secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CLARIVATE PLC (CLVT)
CIK:        0001764046
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-22-099073
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Clarivate sells MarkMonitor domain management to Newfold Digital for ~$302.5M cash
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- Purchase price ~$302.5M: $292.5M at initial close, $10M deferred; close expected late 2022.
- MarkMonitor 2022 estimated revenue ~$80M and EBITDA ~$35M.
- Transaction excludes China/Japan initially; subject to regulatory approvals.
- Clarivate to focus on core IP lifecycle portfolio post-divestiture.
- MarkMonitor team led by Stu Homan will join Newfold.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1764046/000110465922099073/0001104659-22-099073-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1764046/000110465922099073/tm2225609d2_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-099073

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