---
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"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T21:24:50.112510+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ziff Davis sells Connectivity division to Accenture for $1.2B cash

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- 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

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  ZIFF DAVIS, INC. entered into Securities Purchase Agreement with Accenture Inc. valued at $1.2 billion in cash (effective 2026-03-02).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: Accenture Inc.
  - Value: $1.2 billion in cash
  - Effective: 2026-03-02
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000119312526089778/0001193125-26-089778-index.htm

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