---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-179720"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZD"
cik: "0001084048"
company_name: "ZIFF DAVIS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-07-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T20:23:25.510309+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ziff Davis exchanges $400.9M of 1.75% notes due 2026 for $263.1M of 3.625% notes due 2028 plus cash

## Summary
- Issued $263.1M of new 3.625% Convertible Senior Notes due 2028; initial conversion price $100/share.
- Paid approx. $135M cash to retire $400.9M of existing 1.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026.
- New notes mature March 1, 2028; interest payable semi-annually March/September starting March 2025.
- Settlement at conversion can be cash, stock, or combination; initial conversion rate 10 shares per $1,000 principal.
- Private exchange relied on Section 4(a)(2) and Rule 144A; any shares issuable on conversion rely on Section 3(a)(9).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-179720
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZD
- cik: 0001084048
- company_name: ZIFF DAVIS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-07-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000119312524179720/0001193125-24-179720-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000119312524179720/d824380d8k.htm

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