---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-23-001969"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRSK"
cik: "0001442145"
company_name: "Verisk Analytics, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T22:48:21.388219+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verisk closes $3.1B sale of Wood Mackenzie to Veritas Capital

## Summary
- Sale of Wood Mackenzie closed Feb 1, 2023; Verisk received $3.1B cash, plus up to $200M deferred payments.
- CEO Lee Shavel says deal returns Verisk to core insurance focus, following earlier divestitures of financial services and 3E.
- Energy business reported as discontinued operations; pro forma shows net proceeds of ~$3,066M after adjustments.
- Pro forma diluted EPS for nine months ended Sep 30, 2022 was $3.38, down from $5.59 as reported due to discontinued ops.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-23-001969
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRSK
- cik: 0001442145
- company_name: Verisk Analytics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1442145/000095010323001969/0000950103-23-001969-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1442145/000095010323001969/dp188484_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- M&A Transactions
  Verisk Analytics, Inc. completed a disposition involving Planet Jersey Buyer Ltd (an entity controlled by The Veritas Capital Fund VIII, L.P. and its affiliated funds and entities) for $3.1 billion of cash consideration paid to Verisk at the closing of the Transaction (subject to customary purchase price adjustments for, among other things, th (closed 2023-02-01).
  - Action: disposition
  - Counterparty: Planet Jersey Buyer Ltd (an entity controlled by The Veritas Capital Fund VIII, L.P. and its affiliated funds and entities)
  - Consideration: $3.1 billion of cash consideration paid to Verisk at the closing of the Transaction (subject to customary purchase price adjustments for, among other things, th
  - Closing: 2023-02-01
  source text: that was formed on behalf of, and is controlled by, The Veritas Capital Fund VIII, L.P. and its affiliated funds and entities (“ Veritas ”). The purchase price consists of $3.1 billion of cash consideration paid to Verisk at the closing of the Transaction (subject to customary purchase price adjustments for, among other things, the cash, working capital and
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1442145/000095010323001969/0000950103-23-001969-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.