secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Emerald Holding, Inc. (EEX)
CIK:        0001579214
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-14T20:39:37+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-303283
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 1.00
Item codes: 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000119312526303283/0001193125-26-303283-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000119312526303283/d101061d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-303283

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