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Emerald Holding, Inc. — fact timeline

Source-grounded facts extracted from Emerald Holding, Inc.'s SEC 8-K filings across all families, newest first. Each cites a verbatim SEC excerpt.

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Shareholder Votes

Emerald Holding, Inc. shareholders approved Adoption of the Merger Agreement and approval of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger at the 2026-05-09 meeting.

“On May 9, 2026, the Majority Stockholders, holding over 90% of the Common Stock, delivered the Written Consent and adopted the Merger Agreement and approved the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger.”
Material Agreements

Emerald Holding, Inc. entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with Emma Buyer, LLC and Emma Merger Sub, Inc. valued at $5.03 per share of Common Stock in cash (effective 2026-05-09).

“On May 9, 2026, Emerald Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”) with Emma Buyer, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Parent ”), and Emma Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub ”).”
Debt Financings

Emerald Holding, Inc. incurred term loan of full refinancing of existing term loans with Bank of America, N.A. at either (a) base rate (greatest of prime rate, federal funds effective rate plus maturing not disclosed.

“Amendment No. 1 reduces the applicable margin with respect to the existing term loans (the “ Existing Term Loans ”) by refinancing in full the Existing Term Loans with new term loans, which will bear interest at a rate equal to, at the Borrower’s opinion, either (a) a base rate equal to the greatest of: (i) the administrative agent’s prime rate, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 50 basis points and (iii) one month Term SOFR plus 1.00%, in each case plus 2.25%, with a 25 basis points stepdown for so long as the Borrower achieves a public corporate family rating by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“ Moody’s ”) of at least B1; or (b) Term SOFR plus 3.25%, with a 25 basis points stepdown for so long as the Borrower achieves a public corporate family rating by Moody’s of at least B1.”
Earnings Releases

Emerald Holding, Inc. reported first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $133.4 million, net income $11.0 million. Guidance reaffirmed.

“shows and their associated conferences, content and commerce, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. Financial Highlights • Revenues of $133.4 million for the first quarter 2024, an increase of $11.1 million, or 9.1% over Q1 2023, primarily due to growth in events and a new acquisition. • Organic Revenues, a non-GAAP measure,”
Earnings Releases

Emerald Holding, Inc. reported fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue Revenues of $382.8 million for 2023, net income Net loss of $8.2 million for 2023, EPS Diluted income (loss) per share $ (0.78). Guidance raised.

“Emerald Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results Revenue Growth of 17.5% Year-over-Year”

Stacey Sayetta departed as General Counsel at Emerald Holding, Inc..

“the Chief Operating Officer Brian Field and General Counsel Stacey Sayetta are departing the Company.”

Brian Field departed as Chief Operating Officer at Emerald Holding, Inc..

“the Chief Operating Officer Brian Field and General Counsel Stacey Sayetta are departing the Company.”

Facts are extracted by an LLM and gated to those whose source quote is present verbatim in the filing text. Coverage is best-effort while backfill and monitoring mature; this is not yet a full-market index. See methodology.