10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(MARK ONE)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarter ended September 30, 2019

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                  to                 

Commission file number: 001-38789

PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	61-1898603
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

c/o Graubard Miller

The Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10174

(Address of principal executive offices)

(212) 818-8800

(Issuer’s telephone number)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one redeemable warrant	PVT.U	New York Stock Exchange
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	PVT	New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, exercisable for shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	PVT WS	New York Stock Exchange

Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject 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 to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit 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 reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
		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.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

As of November 14, 2019, 23,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,750,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued and outstanding, respectively.

PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP.

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Page
Part I. Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements		1
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets		1
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations		2
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity		3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows		4
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements		5
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		9
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Market Risk		11
Item 4. Controls and Procedures		11
Part II. Other Information
Item 5. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities		11
Item 6. Exhibits		12
Part III. Signatures		13

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Pivotal Acquisition Corp.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

	September 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
	(unaudited)
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash	$	477,134	$	19,168
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		118,884		—
Total Current Assets		596,018		19,168
Deferred offering costs		—		133,174
Marketable securities held in Trust Account		233,279,783		—
Total Assets	$	233,875,801	$	152,342
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	305,845	$	969
Income taxes payable		555,319		—
Accrued offering costs		—		2,500
Promissory note – related party		—		125,000
Total Current Liabilities		861,164		128,469
Deferred underwriting fee		8,050,000		—
Total Liabilities		8,911,164		128,469
Commitments
Class A Common Stock, subject to possible redemption, 21,752,975 and no shares at redemption value as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively		219,964,630		—
Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 authorized; none issued and outstanding		—		—
Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized; 1,247,025 and no shares issued and outstanding (excluding 21,752,975 and no shares subject to possible redemption) as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively		125		—
Class B Common Stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018		575		575
Additional paid-in capital		3,293,092		24,425
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)		1,706,215		(1,127	)
Total Stockholders’ Equity		5,000,007		23,873
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	233,875,801	$	152,342

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Pivotal Acquisition Corp.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019			Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019			For the Period from August 2, 2018 (Inception) Through September 30, 2018
Operating costs	$	274,695		$	1,017,122		$	993
Loss from operations		(274,695	)		(1,017,122	)		(993	)
Other income:
Interest income		1,141,748			3,279,783			—
Unrealized loss on marketable securities held in Trust Account		(15,659	)		—			—
Other income, net		1,126,089			3,279,783			—
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes		851,394			2,262,661			(993	)
Provision for income taxes		(196,896	)		(555,319	)		—
Net income (loss)	$	654,498		$	1,707,342		$	(993	)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted (1)		6,979,761			6,701,184			5,000,000
Basic and diluted net loss per share (2)	$	(0.03	)	$	(0.11	)	$	(0.00	)

(1) Excludes an aggregate of 21,752,975 shares subject to possible redemption at September 31, 2019. Excludes an aggregate of up to 750,000 shares subject to forfeiture if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units was not exercised in full or in part at September 30, 2018.

(2) Net loss per share – basic and diluted excludes interest income attributable to shares subject to possible redemption of $831,541 and $2,434,928 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively (see Note 2).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Pivotal Acquisition Corp.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

(Unaudited)

For the Period from August 2, 2018 (Inception) Through September 30, 2018

	Class A Common Stock				Class B Common Stock				Additional Paid in Capital		Accumulated Deficit			Total Stockholders’ Equity
	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount
Balance – August 2, 2018 (inception)		—	$	—		—	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	—
Issuance of Class B common stock to Sponsor (1)		—		—		5,750,000		575		24,425		—			25,000
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—		(993	)		(993	)
Balance – September 30, 2018 (unaudited)		—	$	—		5,750,000	$	575	$	24,425	$	(993	)	$	24,007

(1) Included 750,000 shares subject to forfeiture if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units was not exercised in full or in part.

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

	Class A Common Stock						Class B Common Stock				Additional Paid in Capital			(Accumulated Deficit) / Retained Earnings			Total Stockholders’ Equity
	Shares			Amount			Shares		Amount
Balance – January 1, 2019		—		$	—			5,750,000	$	575	$	24,425		$	(1,127	)	$	23,873
Sale of 23,000,000 Units, net of underwriting discount and offering expenses		23,000,000			2,300			—		—		216,881,122			—			216,883,422
Sale of 6,350,000 Private Placement Warrants		—			—			—		—		6,350,000			—			6,350,000
Common stock subject to possible redemption		(21,810,992	)		(2,181	)		—		—		(218,711,906	)		—			(218,714,087	)
Net income		—			—			—		—		—			456,797			456,797
Balance – March 31, 2019 (unaudited)		1,189,008			119			5,750,000		575		4,543,641			455,670			5,000,005
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption		40,753			4			—		—		(596,047	)		—			(596,043	)
Net income		—			—			—		—		—			596,047			596,047
Balance – June 30, 2019 (unaudited)		1,229,761			123			5,750,000		575	$	3,947,594			1,051,717			5,000,009
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption		17,264			2			—		—		(654,502	)		—			(654,500	)
Net income		—			—			—		—		—			654,498			654,498
Balance – September 30, 2019 (unaudited)		1,247,025		$	125			5,750,000	$	575	$	3,293,092		$	1,706,215		$	5,000,007

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Pivotal Acquisition Corp.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019			For the Period from August 2, 2018 (Inception) Through September 30, 2018
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)	$	1,707,342		$	(993	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account		(3,279,783	)		—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(118,884	)		—
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		304,876			969
Income taxes payable		555,319			—
Net cash used in operating activities		(831,130	)		(24	)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Investment of cash in Trust Account		(230,000,000	)		—
Net cash used in investing activities		(230,000,000	)		—
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock to Sponsor		—			25,000
Proceeds from sale of Units, net of underwriting discounts paid		225,400,000			—
Proceeds from sale of Private Placement Warrants		6,350,000			—
Proceeds from promissory note – related party		—			125,000
Repayment of promissory note – related party		(125,000	)		—
Payment of offering costs		(335,904	)		(67,500	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		231,289,096			82,500
Net Change in Cash		457,966			82,476
Cash – Beginning		19,168			—
Cash – Ending	$	477,134		$	82,476
Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities:
Deferred underwriting fee payable	$	8,050,000		$	—
Initial classification of common stock subject to possible redemption	$	218,257,180		$	—
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption	$	1,707,450		$	—
Deferred offering costs included in accrued offering costs	$	—		$	2,500

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

(Unaudited)

Note 1 — Organization and Plan of Business Operations

Pivotal Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on August 2, 2018 as a blank check company whose objective is to acquire, through a merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination, one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”).

All activity through September 30, 2019 relates to the Company’s formation, the Company’s initial public offering of 23,000,000 units (the “Offering”), the simultaneous sale of 6,350,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) in a private placement to Pivotal Acquisition Holdings LLC (the “Sponsor”), an entity affiliated with the Company’s executive officers, the Company’s search for a target business with which to complete a Business Combination and the proposed acquisition of LD Topco, Inc. (“LD”), as more fully described in Note 6.

The Company has one subsidiary, Pivotal Merger Sub Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated in Delaware on May 17, 2019 (“Merger Sub”), which was formed solely to effectuate the Merger described in Note 6.

Liquidity

The Company has principally financed its operations from inception using proceeds from the sale of its equity securities to its stockholders prior to the Offering and such amount of proceeds from the Offering that were placed in an account outside of the Trust Account for working capital purposes. As of September 30, 2019, the Company had $477,134 of cash held outside of the Trust Account.

Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a comprehensive presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period from August 2, 2018 (inception) through December 31, 2018 as filed with the SEC on April 1, 2019, which contains the audited financial statements and notes thereto. The financial information as of December 31, 2018 is derived from the audited financial statements presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period from August 2, 2018 (inception) through December 31, 2018. The interim results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019 or for any future interim periods.

Principles of consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from the Company’s estimates.

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PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

(Unaudited)

Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account

At September 30, 2019, the assets held in the Trust Account were substantially invested in money market funds.

Net loss per common share

Net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. Shares of common stock subject to possible redemption at September 30, 2019, which are not currently redeemable and are not redeemable at fair value, have been excluded from the calculation of basic loss per share since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share of the Trust Account earnings. The Company has not considered the effect of warrants to purchase 29,350,000 shares of Class A common stock that were sold in the Offering and the private placement in the calculation of diluted loss per share, since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the period presented.

Reconciliation of net loss per common share

The Company’s net income is adjusted for the portion of income that is attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption, as these shares only participate in the earnings of the Trust Account and not the income or losses of the Company. Accordingly, basic and diluted loss per share is calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019			ne Months Ended September 30, 2019			For the Period from August 2, 2018 (Inception) Through September 30, 2018
Net income (loss)	$	654,498		$	1,707,342		$	(993	)
Less: Income attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption		(831,541	)		(2,434,928	)		—
Adjusted net loss	$	(177,043	)	$	(727,586	)	$	(993	)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted		6,979,761			6,701,184			5,000,000
Basic and diluted net loss per common share	$	(0.03	)	$	(0.11	)	$	(0.00	)

Recent accounting pronouncements

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Note 3 — Public Offering

Pursuant to the Offering, the Company sold 23,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit, including 3,000,000 Units subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment.

Note 4 — Commitments

The underwriters of the Offering are entitled to a deferred fee of three and one-half percent (3.5%) of the gross proceeds of the Offering, or $8,050,000. The deferred fee will be paid in cash upon the closing of a Business Combination from the amounts held in the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement executed in connection with the Offering.

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PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

(Unaudited)

On February 4, 2019, a managing member of the Sponsor entered into a forward purchase contract with the Company to purchase, in a private placement to occur concurrently with the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, up to $150,000,000 of the Company’s securities subject to certain conditions. In connection with the signing of the Merger Agreement (defined below), the managing member of the Sponsor indicated that up to $50,000,000 of the commitment could be utilized in connection with the Merger (defined below) if necessary, to satisfy the minimum cash requirement under the Merger Agreement. Except as discussed in Note 8, there is currently no binding commitment or agreement to purchase any securities and the amount, type and number of securities to be purchased by the managing member of the Sponsor, if any, will not be known until a later date. Accordingly, the managing member of the Sponsor may not agree to purchase any securities, in which case the Company may need to arrange alternate financing to complete the Business Combination.

The Company’s stockholders prior to the Offering (the “Initial Stockholders”), the holders of the Private Placement Warrants (and underlying shares of Class A common stock) and the holders of any securities issued upon conversion of working capital loans made by the Company’s Sponsor, officers, directors or their affiliates or pursuant to the forward purchase contract, are entitled to registration rights with respect to their securities pursuant to an agreement dated as of January 31, 2019. The holders of the majority of the securities are entitled to demand that the Company register these securities at any time commencing after expiration of the transfer restrictions. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights on registration statements filed after the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination.

Note 5 — Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, there are no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

Common Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 75,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and 10,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, both with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, there were 1,247,025 and no shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding, respectively, excluding 21,752,975 and no shares subject to possible redemption, respectively, and 5,750,000 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding.

Note 6 — Merger Agreement

On May 20, 2019, as amended on October 30, 2019, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (“Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Merger Sub, LD and Carlyle Equity Opportunity GP, L.P. (solely as representative of the stockholders of LD).

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into LD, with LD surviving the merger (the “Merger” and together with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Transactions”). As a result of the Transactions, LD will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, with the stockholders of LD becoming securityholders of the Company. In connection with the Merger Agreement, the stockholders of LD will receive an aggregate of 34,800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The stockholders of LD will also have the right to receive up to 2,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock if the reported closing sale price of the Company’s common stock exceeds $13.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations or other similar actions) for any 20 consecutive trading days during the five-year period following the closing of the Transactions.

The Transactions will be consummated subject to the deliverables and provisions as further described in the Merger Agreement.

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PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

(Unaudited)

Note 7 — Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows the guidance in ASC 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:

Level 1:	Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2:	Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3:	Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2019, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

Description	Level		September 30, 2019
Assets:
Marketable securities held in Trust Account		1	$	233,279,783

Note 8 — Subsequent Events

The Company evaluates subsequent events and transactions that occur after the balance sheet date up to the date that the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. Except as described below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

On October 30, 2019, the Company entered into an amendment to the Merger Agreement to extend the outside date which would allow a party to terminate the agreement under certain circumstances if the Merger had not been consummated by such date from October 31, 2019 to November 6, 2019.

On November 7, 2019, Pivotal, the Company and MGG Investment Group, LP (“MGG”) entered into a commitment letter pursuant to the Forward Purchase Contract. The commitment letter provides that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, Pivotal and MGG may enter into definitive documentation pursuant to which Pivotal may borrow, and MGG and/or certain of its affiliates have agreed to lend, up to $150 million of 5-year convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”), with that principal amount being reduced to the extent that more than $80 million remains in the trust account after giving effect to any redemptions by the public stockholders. As an example, if the trust account holds $130 million in cash after giving effect to such redemptions, then Pivotal may issue $100 million in Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes will pay interest at a rate of 8% per year, with 4% being paid in cash and 4% being paid in additional Convertible Notes. Pivotal will have the option to require the Convertible Notes to be converted into shares of Pivotal common stock at the then-current stock price if the last reported sale price of the Pivotal common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days in a 30 trading-day period. Pivotal may repay all or a portion of the Convertible Notes (including any paid-in kind interest) at any time without any prepayment penalty. In the event of such a prepayment, the holders of the Convertible Notes will have the option to purchase shares of Pivotal common stock, at any time prior to the maturity of the Convertible Notes, in an amount equal to the amount of Convertible Notes prepaid at a price equal to the average closing share price for Pivotal common stock for the five trading days prior to the date of the repayment. All principal and accrued but unpaid interest will be due and payable on the fifth anniversary of the consummation of the Business Combination. The commitment letter provides that under the definitive documentation governing the Convertible Notes, Pivotal will be restricted from selling any additional senior or junior debt securities while the Convertible Notes are outstanding without the prior consent of the holders of the Convertible Notes. Such definitive documentation will also contain certain other affirmative covenants customarily included in similar debt instruments issued by public companies. The closing of the issuance of the Convertible Notes (the “Note Closing”) is conditioned upon the consummation of the Business Combination being scheduled to occur immediately following the Note Closing, with the proceeds from the Convertible Notes able to be used to fund the minimum cash consideration set forth in the Merger Agreement.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings. References to “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” are to Pivotal Acquisition Corp., except where the context requires otherwise. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on August 2, 2018 for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.

We consummated the Offering on February 4, 2019. All activity through September 30, 2019 relates to our formation, the Offering and simultaneous private placement of Private Placement Warrants (each as described below), our search for a target business with which to complete an initial business combination and the proposed acquisition of LD.

Recent Developments

On May 20, 2019, as amended on October 30, 2019, we entered into the Merger Agreement by and among the Company, Merger Sub, LD and Carlyle Equity Opportunity GP, L.P. See Note 6 in Item 1 above for a description of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.

Results of Operations

We will not generate any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial business combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account. We are incurring expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.

For the three months ended September 30, 2019, we had net income of $654,498, which consisted of interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $1,141,748, offset by an unrealized loss on marketable securities held in our Trust Account of $15,659, operating costs of $274,695 and a provision for income taxes of $196,896.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we had net income of $1,707,342, which consisted of interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $3,279,783, offset by operating costs of $1,017,122 and a provision for income taxes of $555,319.

For the period from August 2, 2018 (inception) through September 30, 2018, we had a net loss of $993, which consisted of operating and formation costs.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

On February 4, 2019, we consummated the Offering of 23,000,000 Units, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase an additional 3,000,000 Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating aggregate gross proceeds of $230,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Offering, we consummated the sale of 6,350,000 Private Placement Warrants to our Sponsor at a price of $1.00 per warrant, generating aggregate gross proceeds of $6,350,000.

Following the Offering and private placement, a total of $230,000,000 was placed in the Trust Account and we had $1,269,082 of cash held outside of the Trust Account, after payment of all costs related to the Offering, and available for working capital purposes. We paid $4,600,000 of underwriting fees at the closing of the Offering (an additional $8,050,000 of deferred underwriting fees may be paid upon closing of a business combination) and $466,578 of Offering costs.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, cash used in operating activities was $831,130. Net income of $1,707,342 was affected by interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $3,279,783 and changes in operating assets and liabilities, which provided $741,311 of cash from operating activities.

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As of September 30, 2019, we had marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $233,279,783 (including approximately $3,280,000 of interest income) primarily consisting of money market funds. Interest income on the balance in the Trust Account may be used by us to pay taxes. Through September 30, 2019, we did not withdraw any interest earned on the Trust Account.

We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account not previously released to us (less taxes payable and deferred underwriting commissions) to complete our initial business combination. To the extent that our equity or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

As of September 30, 2019, we had cash of $477,134 held outside the Trust Account. We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a business combination.

We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet expenditures required for operating our business. However, if our estimates of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating an initial business combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our Sponsor, officers and directors or their respective affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required on a non-interest basis. If we complete our initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that our initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants of the post business combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our Sponsors, officers, directors or their respective affiliates as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account.

Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination, either because the transaction requires more cash than is available from the proceeds held in our trust account or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of the business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the Trust Account.

Off-balance sheet financing arrangements

We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30, 2019.

Contractual obligations

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.

Critical accounting policies

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:

Common stock subject to possible redemption

We account for our common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that features redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within our control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. Our common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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Net loss per common share

We apply the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. Shares of common stock subject to possible redemption which are not currently redeemable and are not redeemable at fair value, have been excluded from the calculation of basic net loss per share since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share of the Trust Account earnings. Our net income is adjusted for the portion of income that is attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption, as these shares only participate in the earnings of the Trust Account and not our income or losses.

Recent accounting standards

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Following the consummation of the Offering, the net proceeds of the Offering, including amounts in the Trust Account, may be invested in U.S. government treasury bills, notes or bonds with a maturity of 180 days or less or in certain money market funds that invest solely in US treasuries. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2019, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer have concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level and, accordingly, provided reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the most recently completed fiscal quarter covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 5. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities

In August 2018, we issued to our Sponsor an aggregate of 5,750,000 shares of Class B common stock in exchange for a capital contribution of $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share. Such shares were issued in connection with our organization pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”).

On February 4, 2019, we consummated the Offering of 23,000,000 units, including 3,000,000 units subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment option. Each unit consisted of one share of Class A common stock and one redeemable warrant, with each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. The units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $230,000,000. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. acted as the sole book-running manager and BTIG, LLC acted as lead manager of the offering. The securities sold in the IPO were registered under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-229027) which became effective under Section 8(a) of the Securities Act on January 31, 2019.

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Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, we consummated the private placement of 6,350,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total proceeds of $6,350,000. The Private Placement Warrants were purchased by the Sponsor. This issuance was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the warrants included in the units sold in the Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants are non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis, in each case so long as they continue to be held by the initial purchaser or its permitted transferees. The purchaser of Private Placement Warrants has agreed not to transfer, assign, or sell any of the Private Placement Warrants or Class A common stock underlying the Private Placement Warrants (except to certain permitted transferees) until 30 days after the completion of our initial Business Combination.

Transaction costs amounted to $13,116,578, consisting of $4,600,000 of underwriting fees, $8,050,000 of deferred underwriting fee and $466,578 of other costs. In addition, as of September 30, 2019, $477,134 of net Offering proceeds is held as cash outside of the Trust Account and is available for working capital purposes.

Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP.
Date: November 14, 2019	By:	/s/ Jonathan J. Ledecky
	Name:	Jonathan J. Ledecky
	Title:	Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
	By:	/s/ James H.R. Brady
	Name:	James H.R. Brady
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Jonathan J. Ledecky, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Pivotal Acquisition Corp.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 14, 2019	/s/ Jonathan J. Ledecky
	Jonathan J. Ledecky
	Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, James Brady, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Pivotal Acquisition Corp.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 14, 2019	/s/ James H. R. Brady
	James H. R. Brady
	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

EX-32

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Pivotal Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), each of the undersigned, in the capacities and on the dates indicated below, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operation of the Company.

Date: November 14, 2019	/s/ Jonathan J. Ledecky
	Jonathan J. Ledecky
	Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
	/s/ James H. R. Brady
	James H. R. Brady
	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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Commitments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments

Note 4 — Commitments

The underwriters of the Offering are entitled to a deferred fee of three and one-half percent (3.5%) of the gross proceeds of the Offering, or $8,050,000. The deferred fee will be paid in cash upon the closing of a Business Combination from the amounts held in the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement executed in connection with the Offering.

On February 4, 2019, a managing member of the Sponsor entered into a forward purchase contract with the Company to purchase, in a private placement to occur concurrently with the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, up to $150,000,000 of the Company’s securities subject to certain conditions. In connection with the signing of the Merger Agreement (defined below), the managing member of the Sponsor indicated that up to $50,000,000 of the commitment could be utilized in connection with the Merger (defined below) if necessary, to satisfy the minimum cash requirement under the Merger Agreement. Except as discussed in Note 8, there is currently no binding commitment or agreement to purchase any securities and the amount, type and number of securities to be purchased by the managing member of the Sponsor, if any, will not be known until a later date. Accordingly, the managing member of the Sponsor may not agree to purchase any securities, in which case the Company may need to arrange alternate financing to complete the Business Combination.

The Company’s stockholders prior to the Offering (the “Initial Stockholders”), the holders of the Private Placement Warrants (and underlying shares of Class A common stock) and the holders of any securities issued upon conversion of working capital loans made by the Company’s Sponsor, officers, directors or their affiliates or pursuant to the forward purchase contract, are entitled to registration rights with respect to their securities pursuant to an agreement dated as of January 31, 2019. The holders of the majority of the securities are entitled to demand that the Company register these securities at any time commencing after expiration of the transfer restrictions. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights on registration statements filed after the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination.

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Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Note 8 — Subsequent Events

The Company evaluates subsequent events and transactions that occur after the balance sheet date up to the date that the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. Except as described below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

On October 30, 2019, the Company entered into an amendment to the Merger Agreement to extend the outside date which would allow a party to terminate the agreement under certain circumstances if the Merger had not been consummated by such date from October 31, 2019 to November 6, 2019.

On November 7, 2019, Pivotal, the Company and MGG Investment Group, LP (“MGG”) entered into a commitment letter pursuant to the Forward Purchase Contract. The commitment letter provides that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, Pivotal and MGG may enter into definitive documentation pursuant to which Pivotal may borrow, and MGG and/or certain of its affiliates have agreed to lend, up to $150 million of 5-year convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”), with that principal amount being reduced to the extent that more than $80 million remains in the trust account after giving effect to any redemptions by the public stockholders. As an example, if the trust account holds $130 million in cash after giving effect to such redemptions, then Pivotal may issue $100 million in Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes will pay interest at a rate of 8% per year, with 4% being paid in cash and 4% being paid in additional Convertible Notes. Pivotal will have the option to require the Convertible Notes to be converted into shares of Pivotal common stock at the then-current stock price if the last reported sale price of the Pivotal common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days in a 30 trading-day period. Pivotal may repay all or a portion of the Convertible Notes (including any paid-in kind interest) at any time without any prepayment penalty. In the event of such a prepayment, the holders of the Convertible Notes will have the option to purchase shares of Pivotal common stock, at any time prior to the maturity of the Convertible Notes, in an amount equal to the amount of Convertible Notes prepaid at a price equal to the average closing share price for Pivotal common stock for the five trading days prior to the date of the repayment. All principal and accrued but unpaid interest will be due and payable on the fifth anniversary of the consummation of the Business Combination. The commitment letter provides that under the definitive documentation governing the Convertible Notes, Pivotal will be restricted from selling any additional senior or junior debt securities while the Convertible Notes are outstanding without the prior consent of the holders of the Convertible Notes. Such definitive documentation will also contain certain other affirmative covenants customarily included in similar debt instruments issued by public companies. The closing of the issuance of the Convertible Notes (the “Note Closing”) is conditioned upon the consummation of the Business Combination being scheduled to occur immediately following the Note Closing, with the proceeds from the Convertible Notes able to be used to fund the minimum cash consideration set forth in the Merger Agreement.

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Temporary equity, shares outstanding	21,752,975	0
Preferred Stock, per share	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Preferred stock, shares authorized	1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Class A Common Stock
Common Stock, per share	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares authorized	75,000,000	75,000,000
Common stock, shares, issued	1,247,025	0
Common stock, shares, outstanding	1,247,025	0
Class B Common Stock
Common Stock, per share	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares authorized	10,000,000	10,000,000
Common stock, shares, issued	5,750,000	5,750,000
Common stock, shares, outstanding	5,750,000	5,750,000

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Parenthetical)	2 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 shares
Aggregate of shares subject to forfeiture	750,000

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Subsequent Events - Additional information (Detail) - Subsequent Event - MGG Investment Group, LP $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Nov. 07, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares
Minimum [Member]
Cash held in trust account after redemptions	$ 80
Convertible Debt [Member]
Debt instrument maximum borrowing capacity	$ 150
Convertible debt term	5 years
Cash held in trust account after redemptions	$ 130
Debt instrument face amount	$ 100
Debt instrument interest rate	8.00%
Paid in cash interest percent	4.00%
Paid in kind interest percent	4.00%
Share price threshold | $ / shares	$ 18.00

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Organization and Plan of Business Operations - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018
Entity Incorporation State Name		Delaware
Date of incorporation		Aug. 02, 2018
Number of warrants sold		6,350,000
Cash on trust account		$ 477,134	$ 19,168	$ 82,476
Common Class A [Member]
Initial public offering	23,000,000	23,000,000

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Commitments - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Deferred underwriting fee payable	$ 8,050,000
Deferred underwriting fee rate	3.50%
Private Placement [Member]
Initial business combination securities transferred	$ 150,000,000
LD [Member] | Private Placement [Member]
Commitment In Connection With The Merger	$ 50,000,000

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Significant Accounting Policies - reconciliation of net loss per share (Detail) - USD ($)		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019
Net income (loss)		$ (993)	$ 654,498	$ 596,047	$ 456,797	$ 1,707,342
Less: Income attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption			(831,541)			(2,434,928)
Adjusted Net Loss		$ (993)	$ (177,043)			$ (727,586)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted	[1]	5,000,000	6,979,761			6,701,184
Basic and diluted net loss per common share	[2]	$ 0.00	$ (0.03)			$ (0.11)

[1] Excludes an aggregate of 21,752,975 shares subject to possible redemption at September 31, 2019. Excludes an aggregate of up to 750,000 shares subject to forfeiture if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units was not exercised in full or in part at September 30, 2018.

[2] Net loss per share – basic and diluted excludes interest income attributable to shares subject to possible redemption of $831,541 and $2,434,928 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively (see Note 2).

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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) - $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Temporary equity, shares outstanding	21,752,975	0
Preferred Stock, per share	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Preferred stock, shares authorized	1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Common Class A [Member]
Common Stock, per share	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares authorized	75,000,000	75,000,000
Common stock, shares, issued	1,247,025	0
Common stock, shares, outstanding	1,247,025	0
Common Class B [Member]
Common Stock, per share	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares authorized	10,000,000	10,000,000
Common stock, shares, issued	5,750,000	5,750,000
Common stock, shares, outstanding	5,750,000	5,750,000

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Stockholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

Note 5 — Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, there are no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

Common Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 75,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and 10,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, both with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, there were 1,247,025 and no shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding, respectively, excluding 21,752,975 and no shares subject to possible redemption, respectively, and 5,750,000 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding.

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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of presentation

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a comprehensive presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period from August 2, 2018 (inception) through December 31, 2018 as filed with the SEC on April 1, 2019, which contains the audited financial statements and notes thereto. The financial information as of December 31, 2018 is derived from the audited financial statements presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period from August 2, 2018 (inception) through December 31, 2018. The interim results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019 or for any future interim periods.

Principles of consolidation

Principles of consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of estimates

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from the Company’s estimates.

Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account

Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account

At September 30, 2019, the assets held in the Trust Account were substantially invested in money market funds.

Net loss per common share

Net loss per common share

Net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. Shares of common stock subject to possible redemption at September 30, 2019, which are not currently redeemable and are not redeemable at fair value, have been excluded from the calculation of basic loss per share since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share of the Trust Account earnings. The Company has not considered the effect of warrants to purchase 29,350,000 shares of Class A common stock that were sold in the Offering and the private placement in the calculation of diluted loss per share, since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the period presented.

Reconciliation of net loss per common share

The Company’s net income is adjusted for the portion of income that is attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption, as these shares only participate in the earnings of the Trust Account and not the income or losses of the Company. Accordingly, basic and diluted loss per share is calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019			ne Months Ended September 30, 2019			For the Period from August 2, 2018 (Inception) Through September 30, 2018
Net income (loss)	$	654,498		$	1,707,342		$	(993	)
Less: Income attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption		(831,541	)		(2,434,928	)		—
Adjusted net loss	$	(177,043	)	$	(727,586	)	$	(993	)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted		6,979,761			6,701,184			5,000,000
Basic and diluted net loss per common share	$	(0.03	)	$	(0.11	)	$	(0.00	)

Recent accounting pronouncements

Recent accounting pronouncements

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. 

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Current Assets
Cash	$ 477,134	$ 19,168
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	118,884
Total Current Assets	596,018	19,168
Deferred offering costs		133,174
Marketable securities held in Trust Account	233,279,783
Total Assets	233,875,801	152,342
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	305,845	969
Income taxes payable	555,319
Accrued offering costs		2,500
Promissory note – related party		125,000
Total Current Liabilities	861,164	128,469
Deferred underwriting fee	8,050,000
Total Liabilities	8,911,164	128,469
Commitments
Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized; 1,247,025 and no shares issued and outstanding (excluding 21,752,975 and no shares subject to possible redemption) as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively	219,964,630
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 authorized; none issued and outstanding
Additional paid-in capital	3,293,092	24,425
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	1,706,215	(1,127)
Total Stockholders' Equity	5,000,007	23,873
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	233,875,801	152,342
Class A Common Stock
Stockholders' Equity
Common Stock Value	125
Total Stockholders' Equity	125
Class B Common Stock
Stockholders' Equity
Common Stock Value	575	575
Total Stockholders' Equity	$ 575	$ 575

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity - USD ($)		Total	Additional Paid in Capital [Member]	Accumulated Deficit/Retained Earnings [Member]	Class A Common Stock [Member]	Class B Common Stock [Member]
Balance at Aug. 01, 2018
Balance (in shares) at Aug. 01, 2018
Issuance of Class B common stock to Sponsor	[1]	$ 25,000	24,425			$ 575
Issuance of Class B common stock to Sponsor (in shares)	[1]					5,750,000
Net income (loss)		(993)		(993)
Balance at Sep. 30, 2018		24,007	24,425	(993)		$ 575
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2018						5,750,000
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018		23,873	24,425	(1,127)		$ 575
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018						5,750,000
Sale of Units, net of underwriting discount and offering expenses		216,883,422	216,881,122		$ 2,300
Sale of Units, net of underwriting discount and offering expenses (in shares)					23,000,000
Sale of Private Placement Warrants		6,350,000	6,350,000
Common stock subject to possible redemption		(218,714,087)	(218,711,906)		$ (2,181)
Common stock subject to possible redemption (in shares)					(21,810,992)
Net income (loss)		456,797		456,797
Balance at Mar. 31, 2019		5,000,005	4,543,641	455,670	$ 119	$ 575
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019					1,189,008	5,750,000
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018		23,873	24,425	(1,127)		$ 575
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018						5,750,000
Sale of Units, net of underwriting discount and offering expenses (in shares)					23,000,000
Net income (loss)		1,707,342
Balance at Sep. 30, 2019		5,000,007	3,293,092	1,706,215	$ 125	$ 575
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2019					1,247,025	5,750,000
Balance at Mar. 31, 2019		5,000,005	4,543,641	455,670	$ 119	$ 575
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019					1,189,008	5,750,000
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption		(596,043)	(596,047)		$ 4
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption(shares)					40,753
Net income (loss)		596,047		596,047
Balance at Jun. 30, 2019		5,000,009	3,947,594	1,051,717	$ 123	$ 575
Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019					1,229,761	5,750,000
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption		(654,500)	(654,502)		$ 2
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption(shares)					17,264
Net income (loss)		654,498		654,498
Balance at Sep. 30, 2019		$ 5,000,007	$ 3,293,092	$ 1,706,215	$ 125	$ 575
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2019					1,247,025	5,750,000

[1] Included 750,000 shares subject to forfeiture if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units was not exercised in full or in part.

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Public Offering - Additional Information (Detail) - Common Class A [Member] - $ / shares	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019
Initial public offering	23,000,000	23,000,000
Initial public offering, price per share		$ 10.00
Warrant Exercise Price		$ 11.50
Over-Allotment Option [Member]
Initial public offering		3,000,000

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Fair Value Measurements - assets are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (Detail)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Level 1 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Marketable securities held in Trust Account	$ 233,279,783

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($)	2 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)	$ (993)	$ 1,707,342
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account		(3,279,783)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(118,884)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	969	304,876
Income taxes payable		555,319
Net cash used in operating activities	(24)	(831,130)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Investment of cash in Trust Account		(230,000,000)
Net cash used in investing activities		(230,000,000)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock to Sponsor	25,000
Proceeds from sale of Units, net of underwriting discounts paid		225,400,000
Proceeds from sale of Private Placement Warrants		6,350,000
Proceeds from promissory note – related party	125,000
Repayment of promissory note – related party		(125,000)
Payment of offering costs	(67,500)	(335,904)
Net cash provided by financing activities	82,500	231,289,096
Net Change in Cash	82,476	457,966
Cash – Beginning		19,168
Cash – Ending	82,476	477,134
Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities:
Deferred underwriting fee payable		8,050,000
Initial classification of common stock subject to possible redemption		218,257,180
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption		$ 1,707,450
Deferred offering costs included in accrued offering costs	$ 2,500

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($)		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019
Operating costs		$ 993	$ 274,695	$ 1,017,122
Loss from operations		(993)	(274,695)	(1,017,122)
Other income:
Interest income			1,141,748	3,279,783
Unrealized loss on marketable securities held in Trust Account			(15,659)
Other income, net			1,126,089	3,279,783
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes		(993)	851,394	2,262,661
Provision for income taxes			(196,896)	(555,319)
Net income (loss)		$ (993)	$ 654,498	$ 1,707,342
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted	[1]	5,000,000	6,979,761	6,701,184
Basic and diluted net loss per share | $ / shares	[2]	$ 0.00	$ (0.03)	$ (0.11)

[1] Excludes an aggregate of 21,752,975 shares subject to possible redemption at September 31, 2019. Excludes an aggregate of up to 750,000 shares subject to forfeiture if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units was not exercised in full or in part at September 30, 2018.

[2] Net loss per share – basic and diluted excludes interest income attributable to shares subject to possible redemption of $831,541 and $2,434,928 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively (see Note 2).

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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair value of assets measured on a recurring basis

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2019, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

Description	Level		September 30, 2019
Assets:
Marketable securities held in Trust Account		1	$	233,279,783

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Public Offering

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Public Offering [Abstract]

Public Offering

Note 3 — Public Offering

Pursuant to the Offering, the Company sold 23,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit, including 3,000,000 Units subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. 

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Fair Value Measurements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

Note 7 — Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows the guidance in ASC 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:

Level 1:	Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2:	Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3:	Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2019, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

Description	Level		September 30, 2019
Assets:
Marketable securities held in Trust Account		1	$	233,279,783

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Cover Page - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Nov. 14, 2019
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2019
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Entity Registrant Name	Pivotal Acquisition Corp
Entity Central Index Key	0001752474
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Emerging Growth Company	true
Entity Ex Transition Period	false
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Shell Company	true
Entity Address, State or Province	NY
Class A Common Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Trading Symbol	PVT
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		23,000,000
Title of 12(b) Security	Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Class B Common Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		5,750,000
Capital Units
Document Information [Line Items]
Trading Symbol	PVT.U
Title of 12(b) Security	Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one redeemable warrant
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Warrant
Document Information [Line Items]
Trading Symbol	PVT WS
Title of 12(b) Security	Redeemable warrants, exercisable for shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share
Security Exchange Name	NYSE

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Parenthetical) - USD ($)	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Aggregate of share subject to possible redemption		21,752,975	21,752,975	0
Net income (loss) per share subject to possible redemption		$ 831,541	$ 2,434,928
Shares Subject To Forfeiture [Member]
AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	750,000

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Organization and Plan of Business Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization and Plan of Business Operations

Note 1 — Organization and Plan of Business Operations

Pivotal Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on August 2, 2018 as a blank check company whose objective is to acquire, through a merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination, one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”).

All activity through September 30, 2019 relates to the Company’s formation, the Company’s initial public offering of 23,000,000 units (the “Offering”), the simultaneous sale of 6,350,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) in a private placement to Pivotal Acquisition Holdings LLC (the “Sponsor”), an entity affiliated with the Company’s executive officers, the Company’s search for a target business with which to complete a Business Combination and the proposed acquisition of LD Topco, Inc. (“LD”), as more fully described in Note 6.

The Company has one subsidiary, Pivotal Merger Sub Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated in Delaware on May 17, 2019 (“Merger Sub”), which was formed solely to effectuate the Merger described in Note 6.

Liquidity

The Company has principally financed its operations from inception using proceeds from the sale of its equity securities to its stockholders prior to the Offering and such amount of proceeds from the Offering that were placed in an account outside of the Trust Account for working capital purposes. As of September 30, 2019, the Company had $477,134 of cash held outside of the Trust Account. 

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Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a comprehensive presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period from August 2, 2018 (inception) through December 31, 2018 as filed with the SEC on April 1, 2019, which contains the audited financial statements and notes thereto. The financial information as of December 31, 2018 is derived from the audited financial statements presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period from August 2, 2018 (inception) through December 31, 2018. The interim results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019 or for any future interim periods.

Principles of consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from the Company’s estimates.

Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account

At September 30, 2019, the assets held in the Trust Account were substantially invested in money market funds.

Net loss per common share

Net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. Shares of common stock subject to possible redemption at September 30, 2019, which are not currently redeemable and are not redeemable at fair value, have been excluded from the calculation of basic loss per share since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share of the Trust Account earnings. The Company has not considered the effect of warrants to purchase 29,350,000 shares of Class A common stock that were sold in the Offering and the private placement in the calculation of diluted loss per share, since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the period presented.

Reconciliation of net loss per common share

The Company’s net income is adjusted for the portion of income that is attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption, as these shares only participate in the earnings of the Trust Account and not the income or losses of the Company. Accordingly, basic and diluted loss per share is calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019			ne Months Ended September 30, 2019			For the Period from August 2, 2018 (Inception) Through September 30, 2018
Net income (loss)	$	654,498		$	1,707,342		$	(993	)
Less: Income attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption		(831,541	)		(2,434,928	)		—
Adjusted net loss	$	(177,043	)	$	(727,586	)	$	(993	)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted		6,979,761			6,701,184			5,000,000
Basic and diluted net loss per common share	$	(0.03	)	$	(0.11	)	$	(0.00	)

Recent accounting pronouncements

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. 

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Merger Agreement

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 6 — Merger Agreement

On May 20, 2019, as amended on October 30, 2019, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (“Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Merger Sub, LD and Carlyle Equity Opportunity GP, L.P. (solely as representative of the stockholders of LD).

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into LD, with LD surviving the merger (the “Merger” and together with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Transactions”). As a result of the Transactions, LD will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, with the stockholders of LD becoming securityholders of the Company. In connection with the Merger Agreement, the stockholders of LD will receive an aggregate of 34,800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The stockholders of LD will also have the right to receive up to 2,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock if the reported closing sale price of the Company’s common stock exceeds $13.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations or other similar actions) for any 20 consecutive trading days during the five-year period following the closing of the Transactions.

The Transactions will be consummated subject to the deliverables and provisions as further described in the Merger Agreement.

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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Reconciliation of net loss per share

The Company’s net income is adjusted for the portion of income that is attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption, as these shares only participate in the earnings of the Trust Account and not the income or losses of the Company. Accordingly, basic and diluted loss per share is calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019			ne Months Ended September 30, 2019			For the Period from August 2, 2018 (Inception) Through September 30, 2018
Net income (loss)	$	654,498		$	1,707,342		$	(993	)
Less: Income attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption		(831,541	)		(2,434,928	)		—
Adjusted net loss	$	(177,043	)	$	(727,586	)	$	(993	)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted		6,979,761			6,701,184			5,000,000
Basic and diluted net loss per common share	$	(0.03	)	$	(0.11	)	$	(0.00	)

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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 shares
Common Class A [Member]
Shares excluded from loss per share	29,350,000

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Merger Agreement - Additional Information (Detail)		1 Months Ended
	May 20, 2019 $ / shares shares	May 20, 2019 $ / shares
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Description		In connection with the Merger Agreement, the stockholders of LD will receive an aggregate of 34,800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The stockholders of LD will also have the right to receive up to 2,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock if the reported closing sale price of the Company’s common stock exceeds $13.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations or other similar actions) for any 20 consecutive trading days during the five-year period following the closing of the Transactions.
LD [Member]
Date Of Merger Agreement	May 20, 2019
Common Stock Issued Or Issuable Pursuant To Merger	34,800,000
Closing Sale Price Of Company's Common Stock | $ / shares	$ 13.50	$ 13.50
Additional Common Stock Issuable	34,800,000
LD [Member] | Common Stock Issuable Contingently [Member]
Common Stock Issued Or Issuable Pursuant To Merger	2,200,000
Additional Common Stock Issuable	2,200,000