Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Form 4)

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Sahai Sandeep 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. [CWAN] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CLEARWATER ANALYTICS HOLDINGS, INC., 777 W. MAIN STREET, SUITE 900 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/18/2026 (Street) BOISE, ID 83702 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Stock 02/18/2026 M 73,558(1) A $ 0 1,166,468(2) D Class A Common Stock 02/18/2026 M 129,012(3) A $ 0 1,295,480 D Class A Common Stock 02/18/2026 M 295,471(4) A $ 0 1,590,951 D Class A Common Stock 02/18/2026 S 34,533(5) D $23.4417 1,556,418 D Class A Common Stock 02/18/2026 S 60,567(5) D $23.4417 1,495,851 D Class A Common Stock 02/18/2026 S 138,713(5) D $23.4417 1,357,138 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sahai Sandeep C/O CLEARWATER ANALYTICS HOLDINGS, INC. 777 W. MAIN STREET, SUITE 900 BOISE, ID 83702	X		Chief Executive Officer

Signatures

/s/ Alphonse Valbrune, as Attorney-in-Fact, for Sandeep Sahai		02/20/2026
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This Class A Common Stock represents shares acquired by the Reporting Person from the vesting of performance stock units ("PSUs") issued to the Reporting Person on February 28, 2024. The eligible PSUs vested based on the Issuer's achievement of certain performance criteria based on revenue growth in 2025.
(2)	The amount in Column 5 in Table I has been adjusted by 13 units to reflect the correct number of shares beneficially owned by the reporting person.
(3)	This Class A Common Stock represents shares acquired by the Reporting Person from the vesting of performance stock units ("PSUs") issued to the Reporting Person on February 13, 2025. The eligible PSUs vested based on the Issuer's achievement of certain performance criteria based on revenue growth in 2025.
(4)	This Class A Common Stock represents shares acquired by the Reporting Person from the vesting of performance stock units ("PSUs") issued to the Reporting Person on February 20, 2023. The eligible PSUs vested based on the Issuer's achievement of certain performance criteria based on revenue growth in 2025.
(5)	The sale reported on this Form 4 represents shares sold by the Reporting Person to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting and settlement of performance stock units. The sale is mandated by the Issuer's election to require the satisfaction of tax withholding obligations to be funded by a "sell to cover" transaction and does not represent a discretionary transaction by the Reporting Person.

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