Emerald Holding Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Emerald Holding's CEO is Herve Sedky, appointed in Jan 2021, has a tenure of 3.42 years. total yearly compensation is $6.22M, comprised of 10.4% salary and 89.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.082% of the company’s shares, worth €882.40K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.3 years and 6.2 years respectively.

Key information

Herve Sedky

Chief executive officer

US$6.2m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	10.4%
CEO tenure	3.4yrs
CEO ownership	0.08%
Management average tenure	3.3yrs
Board average tenure	6.2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Herve Sedky's remuneration changed compared to Emerald Holding's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	-US$47m
Dec 31 2023	US$6m	US$650k	-US$50m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$17m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$11m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$22m
Dec 31 2022	US$2m	US$650k	US$32m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$10m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$37m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$85m
Dec 31 2021	US$8m	US$650k	-US$115m

Compensation vs Market: Herve's total compensation ($USD6.22M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.36M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Herve's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

Herve Sedky (54 yo)

3.4yrs

Tenure

US$6,224,816

Compensation

Mr. Herve Sedky serves as President and Chief Executive Officer at Emerald Holding, Inc. (formerly known as Emerald Expositions Events, Inc.) since January 5, 2021. He serves as Director at Emerald Holding...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Herve Sedky	CEO, President & Director	3.4yrs	US$6.22m	0.082% $ 882.4k
David Doft	Chief Financial Officer	4.4yrs	US$4.48m	0.017% $ 181.4k
Issa Jouaneh	President of Connections	3.3yrs	US$751.73k	0% $ 0
Monish Sharma	Chief Technology Officer	1.4yrs	no data	no data
Sara Altschul	General Counsel	no data	no data	no data
Beth Cowperthwaite	Senior Vice President of Communications	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Les Weir	Senior Vice President of Corporate Development	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Ren Akinci	Executive Vice President of People & Culture	3.3yrs	no data	no data
Karalynn Sprouse	Executive Vice President	10yrs	no data	no data
Joanne Wheatley	Senior Vice President of Marketing & Digital Operations	no data	no data	no data
Gannon Brousseau	Executive Vice President	no data	no data	no data
Brian Pagel	Executive Vice President of Business Development	no data	no data	no data

3.3yrs

Average Tenure

54yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: EM7's management team is considered experienced (3.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Herve Sedky	CEO, President & Director	3.3yrs	US$6.22m	0.082% $ 882.4k
Anthony Munk	Non-Independent Director	4.1yrs	no data	no data
Konstantin Gilis	Chairman of the Board	11yrs	no data	no data
Todd Hyatt	Independent Director	8.5yrs	US$150.00k	0.037% $ 396.8k
David Levin	Preferred Stock Director	3.8yrs	US$140.00k	0.12% $ 1.3m
Lynda Clarizio	Independent Preferred Stock Director	3.8yrs	US$147.50k	0.037% $ 398.8k
Lisa Klinger	Independent Director	6.2yrs	US$165.00k	0.033% $ 358.7k
Michael Alicea	Independent Director	8.5yrs	US$165.00k	0.044% $ 479.2k
Emmanuelle Skala	Independent Director	6.4yrs	US$147.50k	0.033% $ 361.0k

6.2yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: EM7's board of directors are considered experienced (6.2 years average tenure).

Emerald Holding Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Emerald Holding, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 21, 2024

Emerald Holding, Inc. Announces Departure of Executives

Insufficient new directors

Preferred Stock Director recently bought €114k worth of stock

Emerald Holding, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 18, 2022

Chief Information Officer recently sold €86k worth of stock

Recent updates

Now 32% overvalued after recent price rise

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.002 (vs US$0.045 loss in 1Q 2023)

Emerald Holding, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 07, 2024

Emerald Holding, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 21, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings released: US$0.79 loss per share (vs US$0.46 profit in FY 2022)

Emerald Holding, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 29, 2024

Emerald Holding, Inc. Announces Departure of Executives

New major risk - Financial position

Emerald Holding, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2023

Third quarter 2023 earnings released

New minor risk - Profitability

Emerald Holding, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 06, 2023

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 22%

Insufficient new directors

New major risk - Financial position

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.29 loss per share (vs US$0.11 loss in 2Q 2022)

Emerald Holding, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Aug 02, 2023

First quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.045 loss per share (vs US$0.098 profit in 1Q 2022)

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.46 (vs US$1.59 loss in FY 2021)

Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE:EEX) acquired All of the assets of Lodestone Events.

Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE:EEX) acquired All of the assets of Lodestone Events.

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$2.01 (vs US$0.25 loss in 3Q 2021)

Emerald Holding, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022

Emerald Holding, Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Nov 03, 2022

Emerald Announces the Launch of Remind: A New Business Resource for the Psychedelics Revolution

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.15 loss per share (vs US$0.77 loss in 2Q 2021)

Emerald Holding, Inc. to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Aug 08, 2022

Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE:EEX) acquired Bulletin, Inc.

Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE:EEX) acquired Advertising Week from Stillwell Partners, LLC.

Emerald Holding, Inc.(NYSE:EEX) dropped from Russell 2000 Dynamic Index

Emerald Announces the Launch of Mentera - a New Brand for Improving Workplace Mental Health

Preferred Stock Director recently bought €114k worth of stock

Emerald Holding, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.068 (vs US$0.33 loss in 1Q 2021)

Emerald Holding, Inc. Announces Impairment Charges for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2022

Emerald Holding, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 18, 2022

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Emerald Holding, Inc. Announces Impairment Charges for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2021

Emerald Holding, Inc. to Report Q4, 2021 Results on Feb 24, 2022

Chief Information Officer recently sold €86k worth of stock

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.25 loss per share (vs US$0.31 loss in 3Q 2020)

Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE:EEX) acquired The Wedding School.

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.75 loss per share (vs US$0.13 profit in 2Q 2020)

Independent Director has left the company

First quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.31 loss per share (vs US$7.99 loss in 1Q 2020)

Emerald Launches Powerful B2B E-commerce Platform

Revenue misses expectations

Full year 2020 earnings released: US$9.07 loss per share (vs US$0.70 loss in FY 2019)

Emerald Holding, Inc. Elects Herv Sedky as Class I Director

Emerald Holding, Inc. to Report Q4, 2020 Results on Feb 18, 2021

Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE:EEX) acquired PlumRiver LLC for $47.2 million .

Insider recently bought €86k worth of stock

Emerald Holding, Inc. Appoints Hervé Sedky as CEO, Effective January 5, 2021

New 90-day high: €2.50

Revenue misses expectations

Third quarter 2020 earnings released: US$0.31 loss per share

New 90-day low: €1.94

Emerald Holding, Inc.(NYSE:EEX) dropped from S&P Global BMI Index

Emerald Holding, Inc. announced that it has received funding from Onex Corporation

First half earnings released

Emerald Holding, Inc. to Report Q2, 2020 Results on Aug 03, 2020

CEO Compensation Analysis

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