secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AVANTAX, INC. (—)
CIK:        0001068875
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-12-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001387131-22-012659
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.01, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Blucora completes $720M sale of TaxAct tax software to Cinven; becomes pure wealth management firm
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- Sold TaxAct for $720M cash; proceeds used to repay $521M term loan, leaving $256M cash pro forma at Sept 30, 2022.
- Pro forma net loss from continuing operations of $17.2M for 9M 2022 and $39.8M for FY 2021; company now only Avantax Wealth Management.
- Directors Steven Aldrich and Mary Zappone will not stand for reelection; board size reduced from 11 to 9 at 2023 annual meeting.
- President of TaxAct Curtis Campbell transferred to buyer and ceased as executive officer upon closing on Dec 19, 2022.
- Entered transition services agreement (up to 6 months) and sublease agreement with buyer for ongoing arrangements.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1068875/000138713122012659/0001387131-22-012659-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1068875/000138713122012659/bcor-8k_121922.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001387131-22-012659

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