{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-26-089778","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"ZD","cik":"0001084048","company_name":"ZIFF DAVIS, INC.","filed_at":"2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:34.517700+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-15T21:24:50.112510+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","9.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.8,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.8,"confidence":"high","headline":"Ziff Davis sells Connectivity division to Accenture for $1.2B cash","bullets":["Purchase price of $1.2B in cash, subject to customary adjustments; closing expected in coming months.","Division includes Ookla, Speedtest, Ekahau, RootMetrics, and Downdetector brands.","Transaction approved by Ziff Davis Board; subject to HSR and other regulatory approvals.","Ziff Davis and Accenture will enter into Transition Services Agreement at closing."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-089778","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-089778.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-089778.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-089778.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000119312526089778/0001193125-26-089778-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000119312526089778/d80883d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-15T21:24:50.112510+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"504ed7935cf07606f0628bc5b8127183e972f638","claim":"ZIFF DAVIS, INC. entered into Securities Purchase Agreement with Accenture Inc. valued at $1.2 billion in cash (effective 2026-03-02).","evidence_excerpt":"On March 2, 2026, Ziff Davis, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Ziff Davis, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Seller”), and Accenture Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, the Company agreed to sell its Connectivity division (the “Business”) to Purchaser (the “Transaction”) for an aggregate purchase price of $1.2 billion in cash","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000119312526089778/0001193125-26-089778-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Material Agreements","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"entry"},{"label":"Agreement","value":"asset purchase"},{"label":"Counterparty","value":"Accenture Inc."},{"label":"Value","value":"$1.2 billion in cash"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2026-03-02"}],"fact_type":"material_agreement"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}