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accession: "0001528396-26-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWRE"
cik: "0001528396"
company_name: "Guidewire Software, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-30T20:10:23+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Guidewire signs multi-year cloud deal with top-10 US carrier; guidance unchanged

## Summary
- On September 4, 2026, Guidewire entered a multi-year agreement with a top 10 US-based insurance carrier covering its personal lines book on Guidewire Cloud and PolicyCenter.
- The deal lifts the customer into Guidewire's top 10 customers as measured by fully ramped annual recurring revenue.
- Guidewire said the transaction does not require revising quarterly or full-year guidance previously issued on September 3, 2026.
- No contract value, term length, or ARR dollar figure was disclosed in the filing; deal signed by CFO Jeff Cooper, dated September 30, 2026.
- Fully ramped ARR is defined as annualized recurring value in active contracts including all non-variable price increases in the first five years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001528396-26-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWRE
- cik: 0001528396
- company_name: Guidewire Software, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-30T20:10:23+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528396/000152839626000057/0001528396-26-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528396/000152839626000057/gwre-20260904.htm

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