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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-178500"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EEX"
cik: "0001579214"
company_name: "Emerald Holding, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T14:31:53.723413+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Emerald acquires Generis Group for ~$60M, adding 17 executive summits

## Summary
- Acquired 100% equity of Generis Group, a B2B executive summit leader, for approx. $60M plus contingent earn-outs.
- Generis hosts 11 annual summits in the U.S. and six in Europe across supply chain, manufacturing, life sciences, and more.
- Emerald will now operate over 50 executive summits annually, leveraging Generis' one-to-one matchmaking format.
- Generis founders Francesco Scalzo, Jason Cheddie, and Nadim Allidina join Emerald under CEO Hervé Sedky.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-178500
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EEX
- cik: 0001579214
- company_name: Emerald Holding, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000119312525178500/0001193125-25-178500-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000119312525178500/eex-20250808.htm

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