No competing offer as Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) go-shop period expires

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Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. reported that the “go-shop” period under its previously announced merger agreement with GT Silver BidCo, Inc. expired at 12:00 a.m. New York City time on January 23, 2026. During this period, the Company’s advisors solicited alternative acquisition proposals from 44 potential buyers, including 20 financial sponsors and 24 strategic parties, and six parties entered confidentiality agreements and received access to non-public information. No alternative acquisition proposal was received by the time the go-shop period ended. As a result, Clearwater is now subject to customary “no-shop” provisions that limit its ability to solicit or discuss competing acquisition offers, subject to certain exceptions set out in the merger agreement.

Insights

M&A and corporate governance analyst

Go-shop ended with no rival bid, moving Clearwater’s agreed merger into a more locked-in phase.

The expiration of the go-shop period without any alternative acquisition proposal suggests that no third party was willing, on the disclosed terms and timeline, to pursue a competing transaction for Clearwater Analytics. The Company and its advisors contacted 44 potential buyers, with six signing confidentiality agreements and reviewing non-public information, yet none submitted a formal proposal.

With the shift from a go-shop to customary no-shop restrictions, the Company’s ability to seek or engage on new offers is now limited to the specific exceptions in the merger agreement. Completion of the proposed transaction still depends on stockholder approval, required regulatory clearances, and other conditions described in the risk disclosures, so future SEC and proxy materials will be key sources for tracking progress toward closing.

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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): January 23, 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 8.01 Other Events

On January 23, 2026, at 12:00 a.m., New York City time, the “go-shop” period expired under the terms of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 20, 2025 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among GT Silver BidCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), GT Silver Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the direction of the special committee (the “Special Committee”) of the board of directors of the Company, representatives of PJT Partners LP, the independent financial advisor of the Special Committee, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, the financial advisor of the Company, actively solicited alternative acquisition proposals from 44 parties, consisting of 20 financial sponsors and 24 strategic parties. Six of these parties entered into confidentiality agreements and received access to a virtual data room containing non-public information about the Company. As of the expiration of the “go-shop” period, the Company did not receive an alternative acquisition proposal from any third party.

Upon the expiration of the “go-shop” period, the Company became subject to customary “no-shop” restrictions on its ability to solicit alternative acquisition proposals from third parties and to provide non-public information to and engage in discussions or negotiations with third parties regarding alternative acquisition proposals, subject to certain exceptions as set forth in the Merger Agreement.

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: (i) the risk that the proposed transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all; (ii) the failure to receive, on a timely basis or otherwise, the required approvals of the proposed transaction by the Company’s stockholders; (iii) 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); (iv) 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; (v) 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; (vi) risks related to the proposed transaction diverting management’s attention from the Company’s ongoing business operations; (vii) the risk of shareholder litigation in connection with the proposed transaction, including resulting expense or delay; (viii) certain restrictions during the pendency of the proposed transaction that may impact the Company’s ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions; (ix) risks that the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction are not realized when and as expected; (x) the availability of capital and financing and rating agency actions in connection with the proposed transaction; and (xi) 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, 2024 filed on February 26, 2025 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, filed with the SEC on March 7, 2025), 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 disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company.

Additional Information and Where to Find it

This report may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed acquisition of the Company by Parent. In connection with the proposed transaction, the Company intends to file relevant materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the Company’s proxy statement on Schedule 14A in preliminary and definitive form for its special meeting of stockholders to approve the proposed transaction, and may file or furnish other documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction. In addition, the Company and certain affiliates of the Company intend to jointly file a transaction statement on Schedule 13E-3 (the “Schedule 13E-3”). INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY’S PROXY STATEMENT AND SCHEDULE 13E-3 (IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE) BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. The definitive proxy statement and Schedule 13e-3 will be filed with the SEC and mailed or otherwise made available to the Company’s stockholders. Investors and stockholders are or will be able to obtain the documents (if and when available) filed with the SEC free of charge either from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or from the Company’s Investor Relations webpage at investors.clearwateranalytics.com/overview.

Participants in the Solicitation

The Company and its directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees, under SEC rules, will be deemed to be “participants” in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders of the Company in favor of the proposed transaction. Information about the Company’s directors and executive officers is set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 29, 2025 (the “2025 Proxy Statement”). To the extent holdings of the Company’s securities by its directors or executive officers have changed since the amounts set forth in such 2025 Proxy Statement, such changes have been or will be reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 filed with the SEC.

Additional information concerning the interests of the Company’s participants in the solicitation, which may, in some cases, be different than those of the Company’s stockholders generally, will be set forth in the Company’s proxy statement relating to the proposed transaction when it becomes available. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.

No Offer or Solicitation

This report is not intended to and shall not constitute an offer to buy or sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities, or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act, or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, such registration requirements.

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.
Date: January 23, 2026				By:		/s/ Alphonse Valbrune
				Name:		Alphonse Valbrune
				Title:		Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

FAQ

What did Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) announce in this 8-K?

The Company announced that the “go-shop” period under its merger agreement with GT Silver BidCo, Inc. expired on January 23, 2026, and no alternative acquisition proposals were received.

How many potential buyers did Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) contact during the go-shop period?

Representatives of PJT Partners LP and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC solicited interest from 44 parties, including 20 financial sponsors and 24 strategic parties.

Did any third party submit a competing bid for Clearwater Analytics (CWAN)?

No. Although six parties signed confidentiality agreements and accessed a virtual data room with non-public information, the Company did not receive any alternative acquisition proposal before the go-shop period expired.

What restrictions now apply to Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) after the go-shop period ended?

After the go-shop period expired, the Company became subject to customary no-shop restrictions that limit its ability to solicit, provide information to, or negotiate with third parties regarding alternative acquisition proposals, subject to specified exceptions in the merger agreement.

What are the key risks mentioned regarding the proposed acquisition of Clearwater Analytics (CWAN)?

Risks cited include the possibility the transaction is not completed, failure to obtain stockholder and regulatory approvals, potential termination of the merger agreement (including termination fee scenarios), effects on relationships with employees and business partners, management distraction, shareholder litigation, and the chance that expected benefits of the transaction are not realized.

Will Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) provide more information about the merger process?

Yes. The Company intends to file a proxy statement on Schedule 14A and a Schedule 13E-3 with the SEC related to the proposed transaction, and investors are urged to read these materials when available because they will contain important information.