secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Emerald Holding, Inc. (EEX)
CIK:        0001579214
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-23-016852
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Emerald Q1 revenue +24% to $122.3M, net income down 56%; reaffirms FY guidance >$400M revenue
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- Revenue $122.3M (+24.2% YoY); organic revenue +17.0% to $122.1M on strong trade show attendance.
- Net income $7.1M vs $16.1M; diluted EPS ($0.04) vs $0.04; Adj. EBITDA $36.5M (ex-insurance +42.6% vs prior year).
- Repurchased 5.1M shares (7.5% of common) at avg $3.34; cash $217.3M; $110M revolver undrawn.
- Acquired Lodestone Events for $9.5M initial cash; FY guidance unchanged: >$400M revenue and >$100M Adj. EBITDA.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000095017023016852/0000950170-23-016852-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000095017023016852/eex-20230503.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-016852

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