Clarivate Plc filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
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Effective July 22, 2025, Clarivate Plc (“Clarivate” or “we” or “us” or “our”) elected Kenneth Cornick as a new member of our Board. In connection with Mr. Cornick’s election, our Board adopted a resolution to increase the number of our directors from 10 to 11 members. Mr. Cornick will serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Cornick and any other persons pursuant to which he was elected as a director of Clarivate. Mr. Cornick is not a party to any current or proposed transaction with us for which disclosure is required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Cornick will receive compensation as a non-employee director as described in our 2025 Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2025.
Kenneth Cornick co-founded Clear Secure, Inc. (“CLEAR”) in 2010 and served as President from 2010 to March 2025 and Chief Financial Officer from 2020 to March 2025 and from 2010 to 2017. Prior to CLEAR, Mr. Cornick was a Partner at Arience Capital from 2003 to 2009. He has served on the board of Development Corporation for Israel, commonly known as Israel Bonds, a FINRA member broker-dealer and underwriter for securities – Israel bonds – issued by the State of Israel in the United States, since November 2024. Mr. Cornick previously served on the board of directors of CLEAR from June 2021 until June 2025, on the board of directors of Center ID Corp., an expense management software company, from October 2022 until June 2025, and on the board of trustees of LREI, a progressive independent school in New York City, from 2011 to June 2024. Mr. Cornick holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| 104 | Cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K formatted in Inline XBRL. |
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: July 22, 2025 | By: | /s/ John Doulamis |
| Name: | John Doulamis | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President & General Counsel |