---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-097712"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOUN"
cik: "0001840856"
company_name: "SOUNDHOUND AI, INC."
filed_at: "2026-09-04T20:41:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-04T20:42:07.444463+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SoundHound completes LivePerson acquisition; appoints John Collins CFO

## Summary
- Acquisition closed: LivePerson shareholders get 0.4673 SOUN shares per share; TASE shares get $3.31 cash.
- Notes restructuring: First Lien holders get 25.14M SOUN shares + $2.5M cash; Second Lien get 11.75M shares + $3.35M cash.
- John Collins named CFO; base salary $465k, 65% target bonus, $150k signing bonus, equity 63% RSUs/37% PSUs.
- Combined company debt-free, serves 25 of Fortune 100, holds 750+ patents; targets >$500M revenue from existing customers.
- LivePerson common stock ceases trading on Nasdaq; integration underway.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-097712
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOUN
- cik: 0001840856
- company_name: SOUNDHOUND AI, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-09-04T20:41:14+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 3.02, 8.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840856/000121390026097712/0001213900-26-097712-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840856/000121390026097712/ea0304691-8k_sound.htm

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