Clarivate Plc 2024年度报告

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM10-K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2024 ☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the transition period from _________ to _______ Commission File No.001-38911 CLARIVATE PLC (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Jersey, Channel Islands(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)70 St. Mary AxeLondonEC3A 8BEUnited Kingdom(Address of principal executive offices) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:+442074334000 Securities registered pursuant to Section12(b) of the Act: Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section13 or Section15(d) of the Act.Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)has filed all reports required to be filed by Section13 or 15(d) of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)has beensubject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant toRule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to submit and post such files).Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reportingcompany, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and“emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complyingwith any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of itsinternal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered publicaccounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrantincluded in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of ordinary shares held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based on the closing price of the ordinary shares asreported on the New York Stock Exchange as of June 30, 2024, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscalquarter, was approximately $1.8billion. Solely for purposes of this calculation, all executive officers, directors, and holders of five percent ormore of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of the registrant are deemed “affiliates.” The number of ordinary shares of the Company outstanding as of January31, 2025, was691,638,374. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE The information required by Part III of this Form 10-K, to the extent not set forth herein, is incorporated herein by reference to theregistrant’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, to be filed with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the close of the registrant’s fiscal year. TABLE OF CONTENTS Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This annual report includes statements that express our opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, or projections regardingfuture events or future results and therefore are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harborprovisions” of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use offorward-looking terminology, including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “seeks,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,”“may,” “will,” or “should” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminolog