---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-215652"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EEX"
cik: "0001579214"
company_name: "Emerald Holding, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T18:41:43.395829+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Apollo Funds acquire Emerald (EEX) for $5.03/sh (42% premium); combine with Questex

## Summary
- Emerald stockholders to receive $5.03/sh cash, a 42.1% premium to unaffected price as of Dec 15, 2025.
- Estimated closing enterprise value of approximately $1.5 billion.
- Onex, owning >90% of EEX shares, entered support agreement to vote in favor.
- Transaction expected to close in H2 2026, subject to customary conditions including HSR clearance.
- Board declared $0.015/sh quarterly dividend, payable June 1, 2026 to holders of record May 21, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-215652
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EEX
- cik: 0001579214
- company_name: Emerald Holding, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000119312526215652/0001193125-26-215652-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000119312526215652/d22741d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-215652.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 5a8f0aa277e01d2f1b4481acbcd0c029663097df
  claim: Emerald Holding, Inc. entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with Emma Buyer, LLC and Emma Merger Sub, Inc. valued at $5.03 per share of Common Stock in cash (effective 2026-05-09).
  evidence_excerpt: On May 9, 2026, Emerald Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”) with Emma Buyer, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Parent ”), and Emma Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000119312526215652/0001193125-26-215652-index.htm
- claim_id: 1be6a1cebf055ec57a9345578c2107279121d505
  claim: Emerald Holding, Inc. shareholders approved Adoption of the Merger Agreement and approval of the Merger at the 2026-05-09 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 9, 2026, the Majority Stockholders, holding over 90% of the Common Stock, delivered the Written Consent and adopted the Merger Agreement and approved the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000119312526215652/0001193125-26-215652-index.htm

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