---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-007692"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EEX"
cik: "0001579214"
company_name: "Emerald Holding, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T03:17:25.559389+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Emerald reports FY22 revenue $325.9M (+124% YoY); guides FY23 revenue >$400M

## Summary
- FY22 revenue $325.9M (+124% YoY); net income $130.8M vs loss $79.7M in 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA (ex-insurance) $56.8M vs -$33.3M; FY23 guidance: >$400M rev, >$100M Adj. EBITDA.
- Board extended share repurchase program by $20M through Dec 2023; bought 2.9M shares at avg $3.60 in 2022.
- Ended Q4 with $239.1M cash; prepaid $100M term loans; three acquisitions in 2022.
- Staged 124 in-person trade shows in FY22; Xcelerator launched 4 new brands.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-007692
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EEX
- cik: 0001579214
- company_name: Emerald Holding, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000095017023007692/0000950170-23-007692-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000095017023007692/eex-20230314.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Emerald Holding, Inc. reported the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $325.9 million, net income $130.8 million, EPS $0.46. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $325.9 million
  - Net income: $130.8 million
  - EPS: $0.46
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: associated conferences, content and commerce, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022. Financial Highlights • Revenues of $325.9 million for 2022, an increase of $180.4 million, or 124.0%, on an increase in events staged in FY 2022 versus FY 2021 • Organic Revenues, a non-GAAP measure which takes into account the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000095017023007692/0000950170-23-007692-index.htm

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