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Shareholders back Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) sale to GT Silver

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Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. stockholders approved its previously announced merger with GT Silver BidCo, Inc., moving the company toward becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of GT Silver. At the special meeting, holders of 210,766,446 shares of Company Common Stock, about 70.6% of shares entitled to vote, were present or represented by proxy, constituting a quorum.

The Merger Agreement Proposal received 205,143,338 votes for, 1,387,769 against and 4,235,339 abstentions under the majority of outstanding shares standard, and 200,228,312 votes for under the disinterested stockholder standard. Stockholders also approved the advisory compensation proposal. All required regulatory approvals have been obtained except approval from the Australia Foreign Investment Review Board, and, subject to that approval and other customary closing conditions, the merger is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026.

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Shareholder approval advances Clearwater’s sale to GT Silver, with closing still contingent on Australian regulatory sign-off.

Clearwater Analytics secured strong shareholder support for its merger with GT Silver, with over 70% of eligible shares represented and more than 200 million votes cast in favor under both the majority and disinterested stockholder standards. Approval of the advisory compensation proposal indicates alignment around transaction-related executive pay.

The remaining gating item is approval from the Australia Foreign Investment Review Board after an application submitted in Q2 2026, along with other customary closing conditions. Until the FIRB decision and final closing, the transaction remains subject to risks outlined in the forward-looking statements, including possible delays, non-consummation, or termination under specified circumstances.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders Governance
Results of a shareholder vote on proposals at an annual or special meeting.
Shares outstanding on record date 298,388,859 shares Company Common Stock entitled to vote as of April 6, 2026
Shares present at special meeting 210,766,446 shares Approximately 70.6% of outstanding voting shares forming a quorum
Merger majority approval votes for 205,143,338 votes Votes for Merger Agreement Proposal under majority of outstanding shares standard
Merger majority approval votes against 1,387,769 votes Votes against Merger Agreement Proposal under majority of outstanding shares standard
Disinterested stockholder votes for 200,228,312 votes Votes for Merger Agreement Proposal by disinterested stockholders
Advisory compensation votes for 201,242,041 votes Support for advisory compensation proposal related to the merger
Advisory compensation votes against 4,673,866 votes Opposition to advisory compensation proposal
Quorum percentage 70.6% Portion of outstanding Company Common Stock represented at special meeting
Agreement and Plan of Merger financial
"entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”)"
An Agreement and Plan of Merger is a formal document where two companies agree to combine into one, outlining how the process will happen. It’s like a step-by-step plan for merging, and it matters because it shows both sides have agreed on the details before the official transition takes place.
Disinterested Stockholder Approval regulatory
"a majority of the votes cast by the “disinterested stockholders” ... (the “Disinterested Stockholder Approval”)"
Australia Foreign Investment Review Board regulatory
"The Company has obtained all required regulatory approvals, except the Australia Foreign Investment Review Board (“FIRB”) approval."
forward-looking statements financial
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termination fee financial
"including in circumstances which would require the Company to pay a termination fee"
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 6, 2026

 

 

Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-40838   87-1043711
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

777 W. Main Street  
Suite 900  
Boise, Idaho   83702
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 208 433-1200

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share   CWAN   New York Stock Exchange LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 
 


Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

As previously announced, on December 20, 2025, Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with GT Silver BidCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and GT Silver Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, on the terms and the conditions set forth therein and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

On May 6, 2026, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) to vote on the proposals identified in the definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 8, 2026, which was first mailed to the Company’s stockholders on or about April 8, 2026.

As of the close of business on April 6, 2026, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 298,388,859 shares of Company Common Stock (as defined below) issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, of which 297,275,723 were shares of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Company Class A Common Stock”) and 1,113,136 were shares of Class B common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Company Class B Common Stock” and together with the Company Class A Common Stock, the “Company Common Stock”). The holders of Company Class A Common Stock and Company Class B Common Stock were each entitled to one vote per share. 210,766,446 shares of Company Common Stock, representing approximately 70.6% of all the issued and outstanding Company Common Stock entitled to vote, were present or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting, constituting a quorum to conduct business. The final voting results with respect to each proposal are set forth below.

The Special Meeting was held to consider the following proposals:

 

  1.

a proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement Proposal”);

 

  2.

a proposal to approve, by advisory (nonbinding) vote, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the named executive officers of the Company in connection with the consummation of the Merger (the “Advisory Compensation Proposal”); and

 

  3.

a proposal to approve any adjournment of the Special Meeting, if a quorum was present and if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there were insufficient votes in favor of the Merger Agreement Proposal at the time of the Special Meeting (the “Adjournment Proposal”).

The Merger Agreement Proposal and Advisory Compensation Proposal were approved by the requisite votes of the Company’s stockholders. Approval of the Merger Agreement Proposal required the affirmative vote of (i) the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company Common Stock entitled to vote on the Merger Agreement Proposal (the “Majority Approval”) and (ii) a majority of the votes cast by the “disinterested stockholders” (as defined in Section 144 of the DGCL) (the “Disinterested Stockholder Approval”). Approval of the Advisory Compensation Proposal required the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the Company Common Stock present virtually or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the Advisory Compensation Proposal. The final voting results with respect to each proposal are set forth below:

Proposal 1: The Merger Agreement Proposal.

Majority Approval

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

205,143,338   1,387,769   4,235,339

Disinterested Stockholder Approval

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

200,228,312   1,387,769   4,235,339

Proposal 2: The Advisory Compensation Proposal.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

201,242,041   4,673,866   4,850,539

 

 

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As there were sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the Merger Agreement Proposal, the Adjournment Proposal was unnecessary and such proposal was not submitted to the stockholders for approval at the Special Meeting.

The Merger is subject to the receipt of certain regulatory approvals and satisfaction or waiver of other customary closing conditions. The Company has obtained all required regulatory approvals, except the Australia Foreign Investment Review Board (“FIRB”) approval. An FIRB application was submitted in the second quarter of 2026. Subject to the approval by the Australian Treasurer pursuant to the FIRB approval process and the satisfaction or waiver of other customary closing conditions, the Merger is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026.

Use of Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements include information concerning the Company’s expectations with respect to the proposed transaction, including the timing thereof, and the Company’s possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, technology developments, financing and investment plans, dividend policy, competitive position, industry, economic and regulatory environment, potential growth opportunities and the effects of competition. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “aim,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s current expectations and include, but are not limited to: risks related to the proposed transaction, including (i) the risk that the proposed transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all; (ii) the possibility that any or all of the various conditions to the consummation of the proposed transaction may not be satisfied or waived, including the failure to receive any required regulatory approvals from any applicable governmental entities (or any conditions, limitations or restrictions placed on such approvals); (iii) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the definitive transaction agreement relating to the proposed transaction, including in circumstances which would require the Company to pay a termination fee; (iv) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the proposed transaction on the Company’s ability to attract, motivate or retain key executives and associates, its ability to maintain relationships with its customers, vendors, service providers and others with whom it does business, or its operating results and business generally; (v) risks related to the proposed transaction diverting management’s attention from the Company’s ongoing business operations; (vi) the risk of shareholder litigation in connection with the proposed transaction, including resulting expense or delay; (vii) certain restrictions during the pendency of the proposed transaction that may impact the Company’s ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions; (viii) risks that the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction are not realized when and as expected; (ix) the availability of capital and financing and rating agency actions in connection with the proposed transaction; and (x) other risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company’s periodic public filings with the SEC, including but not limited to those discussed under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 filed on February 18, 2026 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2026) and in other periodic reports filed by the Company with the SEC. These filings are available at www.sec.gov and on the Company’s website.

Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this report and should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the time they are made. The Company does not undertake to and specifically declines any obligation to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

CLEARWATER ANALYTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Alphonse Valbrune

Name:   Alphonse Valbrune
Title:   Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Date: May 7, 2026

 

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FAQ

What did Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) shareholders approve regarding the GT Silver merger?

Shareholders approved the merger agreement for Clearwater Analytics to be acquired by GT Silver BidCo. The Merger Agreement Proposal passed both the overall majority vote and the disinterested stockholder vote, clearing a key corporate approval needed to complete the transaction.

How strong was shareholder support for the Clearwater Analytics GT Silver deal?

Support was substantial, with 210,766,446 shares, about 70.6% of outstanding voting shares, present or represented. For the main Merger Agreement Proposal, 205,143,338 votes were cast in favor and 1,387,769 against, indicating broad backing among participating stockholders.

What is the disinterested stockholder approval in the Clearwater Analytics merger vote?

Disinterested stockholder approval required a majority of votes cast by stockholders not considered interested under Delaware law. For the merger, 200,228,312 disinterested votes were for, 1,387,769 against, and 4,235,339 abstained, satisfying this additional approval standard.

What regulatory approvals are still needed for the Clearwater Analytics GT Silver merger to close?

All required regulatory approvals have been obtained except from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board. An FIRB application was submitted in the second quarter of 2026, and the merger is expected to close in that quarter, subject to FIRB approval and other customary conditions.

Did Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) shareholders approve the advisory compensation proposal tied to the merger?

Yes. Stockholders approved the advisory compensation proposal related to payments to named executive officers in connection with the merger. The vote totaled 201,242,041 shares for, 4,673,866 against, and 4,850,539 abstaining, signaling support for the disclosed transaction-related compensation.

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