secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CLARIVATE PLC (CLVT)
CIK:        0001764046
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-24-086317
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Clarivate appoints Matti Shem Tov as CEO effective Aug 9; Jonathan Gear steps down
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- Gear receives $4.375M lump sum, pro-rated bonus, accelerated RSUs, and 18 months COBRA reimbursement.
- Shem Tov gets $900k base salary, 100% target bonus, $3.5M initial equity grant, and $500k sign-on RSU.
- Retention awards: Jonathan Collins $2M RSU; Bar Veinstein, Henry Levy, Gordon Samson each $1M RSU, cliff-vest one year.
- Gear remains non-executive employee through Nov 1, 2024; departure not due to disagreement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1764046/000110465924086317/0001104659-24-086317-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1764046/000110465924086317/tm2420983d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-086317

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