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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-004581"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001554859"
company_name: "Semler Scientific, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T09:48:00.753846+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Strive completes acquisition of Semler Scientific; Semler shareholders receive 21.05 Strive shares per share

## Summary
- Each Semler share converted into 21.05 shares of Strive Class A common stock; Semler now wholly owned subsidiary.
- $100M 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2030 amended; conversion rights changed to Strive common stock; Strive guarantees.
- Semler terminated at-the-market equity offering agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald and other agents.
- Semler requested delisting from Nasdaq and deregistration; trading expected to cease before Jan 20, 2026.
- Prior directors Eric Semler, William Chang, Daniel Messina, Natalie Brunell, Douglas Murphy-Chutorian replaced by Matthew Cole as director; officers now Matthew Cole and Brian Logan Beirne.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-004581
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001554859
- company_name: Semler Scientific, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 1.02, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554859/000110465926004581/0001104659-26-004581-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554859/000110465926004581/tm263118d3_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 134a3673c34a453e5ca467efa392fa3b6f56b041
  claim: Semler Scientific, Inc.: Certificate of incorporation amended and restated in connection with merger.
  evidence_excerpt: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation and Bylaws of Semler Scientific were amended and restated in their entirety to be in the form of the certificate of incorporation and Bylaws, respectively, of Merger Sub, except that the name of the surviving corporation reflected therein shall be “Semler Scientific, Inc.”
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554859/000110465926004581/0001104659-26-004581-index.htm
- claim_id: bac0523c5a0677ba7b989e6d933028790b44e35a
  claim: Semler Scientific, Inc.: Bylaws amended and restated in connection with merger.
  evidence_excerpt: Copies of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554859/000110465926004581/0001104659-26-004581-index.htm
- claim_id: f982a0c986333f0b836b837ed1a1ce119f3e1d33
  claim: Semler Scientific, Inc. underwent a change of control involving Strive, Inc. (closed 2026-01-16).
  evidence_excerpt: On January 16, 2026, Strive, Inc., a Nevada corporation, or Strive, completed the previously announced acquisition of Semler Scientific, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or Semler Scientific, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 22, 2025 as amended December 3, 2025, or the Merger Agreement, by and among Strive, Strive Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Strive, or Merger Sub, and Semler Scientific.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554859/000110465926004581/0001104659-26-004581-index.htm
- claim_id: 6ab0bf920b71e9ad49b14edd4ca83f0c4159404f
  claim: Semler Scientific, Inc. amended Supplemental Indenture with Strive and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association valued at $100.0 million (effective 2026-01-16).
  evidence_excerpt: Semler Scientific, Strive and U.S Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, entered into a supplemental indenture, dated January 16, 2026, or the Supplemental Indenture, to the Indenture
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554859/000110465926004581/0001104659-26-004581-index.htm

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