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Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
Attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto are materials that Clarivate Plc (the “Company”) intends to present in connection with certain upcoming meetings. The materials include reaffirmance of the Company’s 2021 outlook, previously reaffirmed on May 17, 2021, for adjusted revenues, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted diluted EPS and adjusted free cash flow, excluding the Company’s previously announced acquisition of ProQuest LLC and its wholly owned subsidiaries (“ProQuest”). The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 furnished herewith, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.
Item 8.01 | Other Events |
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 is a press release issued by the Company on June 8, 2021 announcing an offering of its ordinary shares and an offering of its mandatory convertible preferred shares.
The Company is providing herewith certain pre-acquisition financial statements for CPA Global Group Holdings Limited ("CPA Global"), which the Company acquired on October 1, 2020, and ProQuest, which the Company has agreed to acquire, as announced on May 17, 2021. The Company is also providing pro forma financial information reflecting the acquisition of CPA Global, the proposed acquisition of ProQuest and the other transactions referred to therein.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(a) | Financial Statements of Business Acquired |
The audited consolidated financial statements of ProQuest as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 are included as Exhibit 99.3 hereto. The unaudited consolidated financial statements of ProQuest as of and for the interim period ended March 31, 2021 are included as Exhibit 99.4 hereto. The audited consolidated financial statements of CPA Global as of and for the years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are included as Exhibit 99.5 hereto. The unaudited consolidated financial statements of CPA Global as of and for the interim period ended September 30, 2020 are included as Exhibit 99.6 hereto.
(b) | Pro Forma Financial Information |
The Company's unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 and statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the interim periods ended March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020 are included as Exhibit 99.7 hereto.
(c) | Exhibits |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CLARIVATE PLC | ||
Date: June 8, 2021 | By: | /s/ Richard Hanks |
Name: | Richard Hanks | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |