---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-078813"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLVT"
cik: "0001764046"
company_name: "CLARIVATE PLC"
filed_at: "2022-07-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T17:37:26.989700+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clarivate CEO Jerre Stead to retire Sept 1; Jonathan Gear named CEO-elect

## Summary
- Jonathan Gear, former IHS Markit CFO, joins as CEO-elect on July 11 and becomes CEO on Sept 1.
- Jerre Stead will remain Non-Executive Chair after retiring as CEO on Sept 1.
- Gear's compensation: base salary $900k, target bonus 150%, initial equity grant $6.5M, sign-on RSU $3.5M.
- Gear previously led ~$2.6B revenue P&Ls at IHS Markit; holds BA from UC Berkeley and MBA from Stanford.
- Board increased from 13 to 14 members upon Gear's appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-078813
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLVT
- cik: 0001764046
- company_name: CLARIVATE PLC
- filed_at: 2022-07-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1764046/000110465922078813/0001104659-22-078813-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1764046/000110465922078813/tm2220771d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-078813
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-078813.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-078813.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jonathan Gear was appointed as Member of the Board of Directors at CLARIVATE PLC.
  - Action: will join
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On July 11, 2022, Clarivate Plc (the “Company”) announced that Jonathan Gear, age 51, will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer-Elect effective as of July 11, 2022, and will join the Board of Directors, which will be increased from 13 to 14 members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1764046/000110465922078813/0001104659-22-078813-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jerre Stead departed as Chief Executive Officer at CLARIVATE PLC.
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Jerre Stead, who has served as Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 2019, is retiring from his Chief Executive Officer role effective September 1, 2022 and will continue as the non-executive Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1764046/000110465922078813/0001104659-22-078813-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jonathan Gear changed role as Chief Executive Officer at CLARIVATE PLC.
  - Action: will become
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Gear will become the Chief Executive Officer of the Company on September 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1764046/000110465922078813/0001104659-22-078813-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jerre Stead changed role as Non-Executive Chair at CLARIVATE PLC.
  - Action: will continue
  - Role: Non-Executive Chair
  source text: Jerre Stead, who has served as Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 2019, is retiring from his Chief Executive Officer role effective September 1, 2022 and will continue as the non-executive Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1764046/000110465922078813/0001104659-22-078813-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jonathan Gear was appointed as Chief Executive Officer-Elect at CLARIVATE PLC.
  - Action: will assume
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer-Elect
  source text: On July 11, 2022, Clarivate Plc (the “Company”) announced that Jonathan Gear, age 51, will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer-Elect effective as of July 11, 2022, and will join the Board of Directors, which will be increased from 13 to 14 members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1764046/000110465922078813/0001104659-22-078813-index.htm

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