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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-117471"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DV"
cik: "0001819928"
company_name: "DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-20T21:21:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-20T21:22:10.065456+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DoubleVerify supplements merger proxy with antitrust clearances and stockholder litigation

## Summary
- Merger with Neptune BidCo US Inc., parent of The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, remains at $13.60 per share; Australia, Cyprus, Germany and Morocco antitrust reviews are completed.
- Clearances: German Federal Cartel Office on Oct. 5; Cyprus competition authority Oct. 7; ACCC and Moroccan Competition Council Oct. 13; Australian 14-day review period remains.
- DoubleVerify received 14 stockholder demand letters and two merger-related complaints as of Oct. 20, 2026, alleging proxy disclosure deficiencies; no defendants have been served.
- No executive officer has a post-closing employment agreement with Parent, and Parent has not indicated whether post-closing employment arrangements will be offered.
- PJT Partners' selected analyses implied share prices of $10.62-$16.22 (2027E pre-SBC), $10.77-$14.56 (post-SBC), $12.65-$16.39 (LTM pre-SBC), and $12.40-$15.15 (post-SBC).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-117471
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DV
- cik: 0001819928
- company_name: DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-20T21:21:30+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819928/000110465926117471/0001104659-26-117471-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819928/000110465926117471/tm2627835d1_8k.htm

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