---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-017299"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001831840"
company_name: "SEMrush Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:08:06.592525+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Adobe completes $12.00/share acquisition of Semrush; SEMR to be delisted

## Summary
- Merger completed; each SEMR share converted into $12.00 cash, no interest.
- Semrush becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Adobe; all directors replaced.
- Common stock delisted from NYSE under "SEMR"; company will deregister under Exchange Act.
- Wade Sherman appointed as President and director of surviving company.
- Charter and bylaws amended and restated effective April 28, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-017299
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001831840
- company_name: SEMrush Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831840/000114036126017299/0001140361-26-017299-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831840/000114036126017299/ef20071354_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-017299.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 9d8f20dcd2
  claim: Wade Sherman was appointed as Director at SEMrush Holdings, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: In connection with the consummation of the Merger, Wade Sherman was appointed to the board of directors of the Company, effective as of the Effective Time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831840/000114036126017299/0001140361-26-017299-index.htm
- claim_id: cbdb57cf975dc3d7e8a6f6c3509734399e86f264
  claim: SEMrush Holdings, Inc.: Merger closing – stockholder rights ceased; charter and bylaws amended and restated in connection with acquisition.
  evidence_excerpt: at the Effective Time, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Third Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company were amended and restated in their entirety
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831840/000114036126017299/0001140361-26-017299-index.htm
- claim_id: c126f3f45431e51bf8ab8c0b95771d511f96ae3f
  claim: SEMrush Holdings, Inc. underwent a change of control involving Adobe Inc. for $12.00 in cash (closed 2026-04-28).
  evidence_excerpt: false 12-31 0001831840 0001831840 2026-04-28 2026-04-28 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831840/000114036126017299/0001140361-26-017299-index.htm

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