---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-303283"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EEX"
cik: "0001579214"
company_name: "Emerald Holding, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-14T20:39:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-14T20:41:10.820358+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Apollo funds complete acquisition of Emerald for $5.03/share; stock delisted from NYSE

## Summary
- Emerald stockholders receive $5.03 per share in cash; stock ceases trading on NYSE.
- Hervé Sedky transitions to senior advisor; Paul Miller (Questex CEO) becomes CEO of combined company.
- Combined company appoints new executive leadership team including CFO, COO, CCO, CTO, and Chief Legal Officer.
- Apollo funds also acquire Questex, creating a scaled B2B experiential events and media platform.
- The two companies will be fully integrated over coming months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-303283
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EEX
- cik: 0001579214
- company_name: Emerald Holding, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-14T20:39:37+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000119312526303283/0001193125-26-303283-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000119312526303283/d101061d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-303283
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-303283.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-303283.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Hervé Sedky changed role as President and Chief Executive Officer at Emerald Holding, Inc..
  - Action: transition
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Effective upon the closing of the Transaction, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Hervé Sedky, will transition from his current role to serve as a senior advisor to the combined company of Emerald and Questex, LLC (“Questex”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000119312526303283/0001193125-26-303283-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul Miller was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Emerald Holding, Inc..
  - Action: will lead
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Paul Miller, current Chief Executive Officer of Questex, will lead the combined company as Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000119312526303283/0001193125-26-303283-index.htm

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