As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2020

Registration No. 333-      ​

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

DEAC NV Merger Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Nevada	6770	84-4052441
(State of Incorporation)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 209-7280
(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Eli Baker
Secretary and Vice Chairman
2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 209-7280
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

With a copy to:

Joel L. Rubinstein
Jonathan P. Rochwarger
Elliott M. Smith
Winston & Strawn LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Tel: (212) 294-6700 Scott D. Miller
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Tel: (212) 558-4000 R. Stanton Dodge
DraftKings Inc.
222 Berkeley Street, 5th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02116

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public:
As soon as practicable after this registration statement is declared effective.

If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, please check the following box. ☐

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or emerging growth company. See the definitions of  “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)

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Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of each class of securities to be registered	Amount to be registered(1)		Proposed maximum offering price per share			Proposed maximum aggregate offering price			Amount of registration fee
Shares of Class A Common Stock(2)(3)	​	87,306,117	​	​	10.66(4)	​	​	930,683,207.22(4)	​	$	120,802.68
Warrants(5)	​	19,666,667	​	​	2.34(6)	​	​	46,020,000.78(6)	​	​	5,973.40
Shares of Class A Common Stock(3)(7)	​	19,666,667	​	$	11.50(8)	​	​	226,166,670.50(8)	​	$	29,356.43
Total	​	​	​	​	​	​	$	1,202,869,878.50	​	$	156,132.51

(1)

All securities being registered will be issued by DEAC NV Merger Corp. (“DEAC Nevada”), a Nevada corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“DEAC”). Prior to the consummation of the business combination described in the proxy statement/prospectus forming part of this registration statement, DEAC intends to merge with and into DEAC Nevada, with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger (the “reincorporation”). Upon consummation of the reincorporation and the business combination described herein, DEAC Nevada will be renamed DraftKings Inc. (referred to, both upon the reincorporation and subsequent to such change of name, as “New DraftKings”).

(2)

The number of shares of Class A common stock of New DraftKings being registered includes (i) 40,000,000 shares of DEAC Class A common stock that were sold pursuant to DEAC’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-230815) as part of the units in DEAC’s initial public offering (the “public shares”), all of which will automatically convert into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in the reincorporation and the business combination, (ii) 10,000,000 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock representing 10,000,000 shares of DEAC Class B common stock that will automatically convert into shares of DEAC Class A common stock in connection with the reincorporation and the business combination and (iii) 37,306,117 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock representing shares of DEAC Class A common stock that will be issued to certain institutional investors in private placements immediately prior to the reincorporation pursuant to the terms of certain subscription agreements, including shares of DEAC Class A common stock that will be issued to holders of convertible notes of DraftKings immediately prior to the reincorporation, all of which shares will convert into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the reincorporation and the business combination described in the proxy statement/prospectus forming part of this registration statement.

(3)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a), there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from share splits, share dividends or similar transactions.

(4)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the DEAC Class A common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market on December 30, 2019 ($10.66 per share), in accordance with Rule 457(f)(1).

(5)

The number of warrants being registered represents (i) the number of warrants to acquire shares of DEAC Class A common stock that were sold as part of the units in DEAC’s initial public offering (the “public warrants”), plus (ii) an aggregate of 6,333,334 warrants to purchase shares of DEAC Class A common stock that have been and will be issued in private placements prior to the reincorporation (collectively, the “warrants”). The warrants will automatically convert into warrants to acquire shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in the reincorporation and the business combination described in the proxy statement/prospectus forming part of this registration statement.

(6)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the public warrants on The Nasdaq Capital Market on December 30, 2019 ($2.34 per warrant), in accordance with Rule 457(f)(1).

(7)

Reflects the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock that may be issued upon exercise of the warrants.

(8)

Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, based on the exercise price of the warrants.

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this preliminary proxy statement/prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be issued until the registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. The preliminary proxy statement/prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and does not constitute the solicitation of offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

PRELIMINARY — SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JANUARY 6, 2020

PROXY STATEMENT FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF
DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.

PROSPECTUS FOR
87,306,117 SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK
19,666,667 WARRANTS TO PURCHASE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK AND
19,666,667 SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK UNDERLYING WARRANTS OF DEAC NV
MERGER CORP. (WHICH WILL BE RENAMED DRAFTKINGS INC.)

The board of directors of Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“DEAC,” “we,” “us” or “our”), has unanimously approved the business combination agreement, dated as of December 22, 2019 (as may be amended from time to time, the “BCA” or the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among DEAC, DraftKings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“DraftKings”), SBTech (Global) Limited, a company limited by shares, originally incorporated in Gibraltar and continued as a company under the Isle of Man Companies Act 2006, with registration number 014119V (“SBT” or “SBTech”), DEAC NV Merger Corp., a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEAC (“DEAC Nevada”), DEAC Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEAC (“Merger Sub”), the shareholders of SBT who are party thereto (the “SBT Sellers”) and the SBT Sellers’ Representative, pursuant to which (i) DEAC will merge with and into DEAC Nevada, with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger (the “reincorporation”), (ii) following the reincorporation, Merger Sub will merge with and into DraftKings, with DraftKings surviving the merger (the “DK Merger”) and the stockholders of DraftKings will receive shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock of New DraftKings (as defined below) and (iii) immediately following the DK Merger, DEAC Nevada will acquire all of the issued and outstanding share capital of SBT for a combination of cash and stock consideration. Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the BCA (the “Business Combination”), each of DraftKings and SBT will be wholly-owned subsidiaries of DEAC Nevada, which will be renamed “DraftKings Inc.” and is referred to herein as “New DraftKings” both as of the time of the reincorporation and following such change of name.

As described in this proxy statement/prospectus, DEAC’s stockholders are being asked to consider and vote upon (among other things) the Business Combination, the reincorporation and the other proposals set forth herein.

Under the BCA, DEAC has agreed to combine with DraftKings and SBT for approximately $2.7 billion, of which (A) approximately $2.055 billion will be paid to (i) the current equityholders of DraftKings, including Jason Robins, the Chief Executive Officer of DraftKings (and of New DraftKings following the completion of the Business Combination) (the “DK Equityholders”) in the form of shares of Class A common stock of New DraftKings, valued at the redemption price for DEAC’s public shares in the Business Combination, plus in the case of Mr. Robins, a number of shares of Class B common stock of New DraftKings as a result of which he will have approximately 90% of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings on a fully-diluted basis and (ii) holders of vested options and warrants exercisable for DraftKings equity in the form of newly issued options and warrants of New DraftKings exercisable for New DraftKings Class A common stock and (B) approximately €590 million will be paid to the SBT Sellers and holders of vested in-the-money options exercisable for equity of SBT, consisting of  (i) €180 million in cash, subject to customary net debt and working capital adjustments as well as certain other specified items (the “Cash Consideration”) payable in respect of the SBT shares and 30% of the in-the-money vested SBT options (“Cashed-Out SBT Options”) and (ii) approximately €410 million in shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, valued at the redemption price for DEAC’s public shares in the Business Combination, and in the form of newly issued in-the-money vested options of New DraftKings exercisable for New DraftKings Class A common stock. Outstanding options exercisable for DraftKings or SBT equity (other than Cashed-Out SBT Options, for which the holders will receive a portion of the Cash Consideration for such options) will be converted into options exercisable for shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock. The Cash Consideration will be funded from the following sources: (1) proceeds available from the trust account established in connection with DEAC’s initial public offering (the “trust account”),

after giving effect to any and all redemptions; and (2) proceeds from private placements of shares of DEAC’s Class A common stock to certain institutional investors to occur immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), of which DEAC currently has commitments for $304.7 million of proceeds (the “Private Placement”).

On the effective date of the reincorporation, the currently issued and outstanding shares of DEAC Class B common stock will automatically convert, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of DEAC Class A common stock in accordance with the terms of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of DEAC (the “Current Charter”). Immediately thereafter, the currently issued and outstanding shares of DEAC Class A common stock will automatically convert, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock. Similarly, all of DEAC’s outstanding warrants will become warrants to acquire shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock on the same terms as DEAC’s currently outstanding warrants. In addition, on the effective date, all of DEAC’s outstanding units (each of which consists of one share of DEAC Class A common stock and one-third of one warrant to purchase one share of DEAC Class A common stock) will be separated into its component share of Class A common stock and one-third of one warrant.

Subject to approval by DEAC Stockholders of the Business Combination Proposal, the Reincorporation Proposal and the Charter Proposal, New DraftKings will adopt a dual class stock structure comparable to the one that will be in effect at DraftKings immediately prior to the Closing, comprised of Class A common stock, which will carry one vote per share, and Class B common stock, which will carry 10 votes per share. Upon the Closing, all stockholders of New DraftKings will hold only shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, except for Mr. Robins, who will hold shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock. Immediately following the Closing, and by virtue of his holdings of New DraftKings Class A common stock and New DraftKings Class B common stock, Mr. Robins is expected to hold approximately 90% of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings on a fully-diluted basis. The New DraftKings Class B common stock will not be entitled to dividends and will have only a nominal participation in any liquidation of New DraftKings, which participation will rank junior to the New DraftKings Class A common stock. The New DraftKings Class B common stock is also subject to a “sunset” if Mr. Robins no longer (i) serves in a senior executive or board role, or (ii) holds more than a specified amount of New DraftKings shares. See “Description of New DraftKings Securities — New DraftKings Common Stock — Class B Common Stock — Mandatory Cancellation.”

This proxy statement/prospectus covers the following securities of New DraftKings to be issued in the reincorporation: (i) 87,306,117 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, representing (A) currently issued and outstanding public shares, (B) shares of DEAC Class A common stock that will be issued immediately prior to the reincorporation upon conversion of 10,000,000 shares of DEAC Class B common stock in accordance with the Current Charter and (C) shares of DEAC Class A common stock that will be issued immediately prior to the reincorporation pursuant to the Private Placement (including, pursuant to the conversion of the subordinated convertible promissory notes of DraftKings (the “Convertible Notes”)), (ii) 19,666,667 warrants to purchase shares of DEAC Class A common stock that will be converted into warrants to purchase shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the Business Combination and (iii) 19,666,667 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock underlying the warrants described in clause (ii).

DEAC’s units, shares of Class A common stock and public warrants are currently listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “DEACU,” “DEAC” and “DEACW,” respectively. DEAC intends to apply to continue the listing of the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and public warrants effective upon the consummation of the Business Combination on Nasdaq under the proposed symbols “[ ]” and “[ ]W,” respectively.

This proxy statement/prospectus provides you with detailed information about the Business Combination and other matters to be considered at the Special Meeting. We urge you to carefully read this entire document and the documents incorporated herein by reference. You should also carefully consider the risk factors described in “Risk Factors” beginning on page 46 of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the transactions described in this proxy statement/prospectus, passed upon the fairness of the BCA or the transactions contemplated thereby, or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this proxy statement/prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

This proxy statement/prospectus is dated [ ], 2020, and is first being mailed to DEAC stockholders on or about [ ], 2020.

DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300
Los Angeles, California 90067

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON [ ], 2020

TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting (the “Special Meeting”) of the stockholders of Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“DEAC,” “we,” “us” or “our”), will be held at [ ] a.m., New York City Time, on [ ], 2020, at the offices of Winston & Strawn LLP, at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166. You are cordially invited to attend the Special Meeting, which will be held for the following purposes:

(a)

Proposal No. 1 — The Business Combination Proposal — to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the business combination agreement, dated as of December 22, 2019 (as may be amended from time to time, the “BCA” or the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among DEAC, DraftKings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“DraftKings”), SBTech (Global) Limited, a company limited by shares, originally incorporated in Gibraltar and continued as a company under the Isle of Man Companies Act 2006, with registration number 014119V (“SBTech”), DEAC NV Merger Corp., a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEAC (“DEAC Nevada”), DEAC Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEAC (“Merger Sub”), the shareholders of SBT party thereto (the “SBT Sellers”) and the SBT Sellers’ Representative, pursuant to which (i) DEAC will merge with and into DEAC Nevada, with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger (the “reincorporation”), (ii) following the reincorporation, Merger Sub will merge with and into DraftKings, with DraftKings surviving the merger (the “DK Merger”), (iii) immediately following the DK Merger, DEAC Nevada will acquire all of the issued and outstanding share capital of SBTech and (iv) DEAC Nevada will be renamed DraftKings Inc. (the transactions contemplated by the BCA, the “Business Combination” and such proposal, the “Business Combination Proposal”);

(b)

Proposal No. 2 — The Reincorporation Proposal — to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve, assuming the Business Combination Proposal is approved and adopted, the change of DEAC’s jurisdiction of incorporation from the State of Delaware to the State of Nevada through the reincorporation. In connection with the reincorporation, DEAC will replace its current amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Current Charter”) with the proposed amended and restated articles of incorporation (the “Proposed Charter”) of DEAC Nevada, to be renamed DraftKings Inc. following the reincorporation (“New DraftKings”) (we refer to such proposal as the “Reincorporation Proposal”);

(c)

Proposal No. 3 — The Charter Proposal — to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve, assuming each of the Business Combination Proposal and the Reincorporation Proposal is approved and adopted, the Proposed Charter of New DraftKings in connection with the reincorporation (we refer to such proposal as the “Charter Proposal”);

(d)

Proposal No. 4 — The Advisory Charter Proposals — to approve and adopt, on a non-binding advisory basis, certain differences between the Current Charter and the Proposed Charter, which are being presented in accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as nine separate sub-proposals (which we refer to, collectively, as the “Advisory Charter Proposals”):

(1)

Advisory Charter Proposal A — New DraftKings will have 2,100,000,000 shares of authorized capital stock, which will consist of  (i) 900,000,000 shares of Class A common stock of New DraftKings, par value $0.0001 per share (“New DraftKings Class A common stock”), (ii) 900,000,000 shares of Class B common stock of New DraftKings, par value $0.0001 per share (“New DraftKings Class B common stock”) and (iii) 300,000,000 shares of preferred stock, as opposed to DEAC having 401,000,000 shares of capital stock authorized, consisting of

(i) 380,000,000 shares of Class A common stock of DEAC, par value $0.0001 per share (“DEAC Class A common stock”), (ii) 20,000,000 shares of Class B common stock of DEAC, par value $0.0001 per share (“DEAC Class B common stock”) and (iii) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock;

(2)

Advisory Charter Proposal B — Holders of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock will be entitled to cast one vote per share of New DraftKings Class A common stock and holders of shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock will be entitled to cast 10 votes per share of New DraftKings Class B common stock on each matter properly submitted to New DraftKings’ stockholders entitled to vote, as opposed to each share of DEAC Class A common stock and DEAC Class B common stock being entitled to one vote per share on each matter properly submitted to DEAC’s stockholders entitled to vote;

(3)

Advisory Charter Proposal C — Each member of the board of directors of New DraftKings will be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders (or special meeting in lieu thereof), as opposed to DEAC having three classes of directors, with only one class of directors being elected in each year and each class serving a three-year term;

(4)

Advisory Charter Proposal D — Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of New DraftKings may be taken by written consent until the time that Mr. Robins no longer beneficially owns at least a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings, as opposed to only holders of shares of DEAC Class B common stock having the ability to take stockholder action by written consent;

(5)

Advisory Charter Proposal E — The Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada, or under certain circumstances another state or federal court located within the State of Nevada, will be the exclusive forum for certain actions and claims, as opposed to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or under certain circumstances another state or federal court located within the State of Delaware;

(6)

Advisory Charter Proposal F — Amendments to certain provisions of the Proposed Charter will require either the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings or the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings, depending on the number of shares of New DraftKings capital stock beneficially owned by Mr. Robins at such time, as opposed to amendments to certain provisions of the Current Charter requiring an amendment to be conducted in accordance with Delaware law, subject to certain exceptions;

(7)

Advisory Charter Proposal G — The bylaws of New DraftKings may be amended, altered, rescinded or repealed or adopted either (x) by the New DraftKings board of directors or (y) (i) the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings or (ii) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings, depending on the number of shares of New DraftKings capital stock beneficially owned by Mr. Robins at such time, as opposed to the bylaws of DEAC requiring the approval of a majority of the board of directors of DEAC or by the holders of a majority of DEAC’s outstanding shares;

(8)

Advisory Charter Proposal H — The number of directors will be fixed and may be modified either (i) by the New DraftKings board of directors or (ii) by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings, depending on the number of shares of New DraftKings capital stock beneficially owned by Mr. Robins at such time, as opposed to the number of directors being determined by DEAC’s board of directors; and

(9)

Advisory Charter Proposal I — The Proposed Charter will provide New DraftKings with certain rights to require the sale and transfer of New DraftKings capital stock owned or controlled by persons that fail to comply with applicable gaming laws, and otherwise prohibit the transfer of New DraftKings capital stock to such persons, as opposed to no such provisions in the Current Charter.

(e)

Proposal No. 5 — The Stock Issuance Proposal — to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve, assuming the Business Combination Proposal, the Reincorporation Proposal and the Charter Proposal are approved and adopted, for the purposes of complying with the applicable listing rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, the issuance of  (x) shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to the current DraftKings equity holders (the “DK Equityholders”) and the SBT Sellers pursuant to the terms of the BCA and (y) shares of DEAC Class A common stock to certain institutional investors (the “PIPE Investors”) in connection with the Private Placement, including shares to be issued upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, plus any additional shares pursuant to subscription agreements we may enter into prior to Closing (we refer to this proposal as the “Stock Issuance Proposal”);

(f)

Proposal No. 6 — The Incentive Award Plan Proposal — to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve, assuming the Business Combination Proposal, the Reincorporation Proposal, the Charter Proposal and the Stock Issuance Proposal are approved and adopted, the DraftKings Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan (we refer to this proposal as the “Incentive Award Plan Proposal” and, collectively with the Business Combination Proposal, the Reincorporation Proposal, the Charter Proposal and the Stock Issuance Proposal, the “condition precedent proposals”); and

(g)

Proposal No. 7 — The Adjournment Proposal — to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Special Meeting, any of the condition precedent proposals would not be duly approved and adopted by our stockholders or we determine that one or more of the closing conditions under the BCA is not satisfied or waived (we refer to this proposal as the “Adjournment Proposal”).

Only holders of record of shares of DEAC’s Class A common stock and Class B common stock (collectively, “DEAC common stock”) at the close of business on [ ], 2020 are entitled to notice of and to vote and have their votes counted at the Special Meeting and any adjournment of the Special Meeting.

We will provide you with the proxy statement/prospectus and a proxy card in connection with the solicitation of proxies to be voted at the Special Meeting and at any adjournment of the Special Meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Special Meeting, we urge you to read, when available, the proxy statement/prospectus (and any documents incorporated into the proxy statement/prospectus by reference) carefully. Please pay particular attention to the section entitled “Risk Factors.”

After careful consideration, DEAC’s board of directors has determined that each of the Business Combination Proposal, the Reincorporation Proposal, the Charter Proposal, the Advisory Charter Proposals, the Stock Issuance Proposal, the Incentive Award Plan Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal are in the best interests of DEAC and its stockholders and unanimously recommends that you vote or give instruction to vote “FOR” each of those proposals.

The existence of financial and personal interests of DEAC’s directors and officers may result in a conflict of interest on the part of one or more of the directors between what he or they may believe is in the best interests of DEAC and its stockholders and what he or they may believe is best for himself or themselves in determining to recommend that stockholders vote for the proposals. See the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination” in the proxy statement/prospectus for a further discussion.

Under the BCA, the approval of each of the condition precedent proposals is a condition to the consummation of the Business Combination. The adoption of each condition precedent proposal is conditioned on the approval of all of the condition precedent proposals. If our stockholders do not approve each of the condition precedent proposals, the Business Combination may not be consummated. The Adjournment Proposal is not conditioned on the approval of any other proposal.

In connection with our initial public offering, our initial stockholders (consisting of Eagle Equity Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (our “Sponsor”), and Harry E. Sloan) and our directors at the time of our initial public offering entered into a letter agreement to vote their shares of DEAC Class B common stock purchased prior to our initial public offering (the “founder shares”), as well as any shares of DEAC Class A common stock sold as part of the units by us in our initial public offering (the “public shares”) purchased by them during or after our initial public offering, in favor of the Business Combination Proposal, and we also expect them to vote their shares in favor of all other proposals being presented at the Special Meeting. As of the date hereof, our initial stockholders own approximately 20% of our total outstanding common stock.

Pursuant to DEAC’s Current Charter, a holder of public shares (a “public stockholder”) may request that DEAC redeem all or a portion of its public shares (which would become shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in the Business Combination) for cash if the Business Combination is consummated. As a public stockholder, you will be entitled to receive cash for any public shares to be redeemed only if you:

(i)

(a) hold public shares or (b) hold public shares through units and you elect to separate your units into the underlying public shares and public warrants prior to exercising your redemption rights with respect to the public shares; and

(ii)

prior to [ ] p.m., New York City Time, on [ ], 2020, (a) submit a written request to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, DEAC’s transfer agent (the “transfer agent”), that DEAC redeem your public shares for cash and (b) deliver your public shares to the transfer agent, physically or electronically through Depository Trust Company (“DTC”).

Holders of units must elect to separate the underlying public shares and public warrants prior to exercising redemption rights with respect to the public shares. If holders hold their units in an account at a brokerage firm or bank, holders must notify their broker or bank that they elect to separate the units into the underlying public shares and public warrants, or if a holder holds units registered in its own name, the holder must contact the transfer agent, directly and instruct it to do so. Public stockholders may elect to redeem all or a portion of their public shares even if they vote for the Business Combination Proposal. If the Business Combination is not consummated, the public shares will not be redeemed for cash. If the Business Combination is consummated and a public stockholder properly exercises its right to redeem its public shares and timely delivers its shares to the transfer agent, we will redeem each public share for a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account established in connection with our initial public offering (the “trust account”), calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to fund our working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of   $250,000) and/or to pay our taxes, divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares. For illustrative purposes, as of September 30, 2019, this would have amounted to approximately $10.07 per public share. If a public stockholder exercises its redemption rights, then it will be exchanging its redeemed public shares for cash and will no longer own such shares. Any request to redeem public shares, once made, may be withdrawn at any time until the deadline for submitting redemption requests and thereafter, with our consent, until the Closing (as defined below). If a holder of a public share delivers its shares in connection with an election to redeem and subsequently decides prior to the deadline for submitting redemption requests not to elect to exercise such rights, it may simply request that DEAC instruct its transfer agent to return the shares (physically or electronically). The holder can make such request by contacting the transfer agent, at the address or email address listed in this proxy statement/​prospectus. See “The Special Meeting — Redemption Rights” in the proxy statement/prospectus for a detailed description of the procedures to be followed if you wish to redeem your public shares for cash.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a holder of public shares, together with any affiliate of such public stockholder or any other person with whom such public stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its public shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 20% of the public shares. Accordingly, if a public stockholder, alone or acting in concert or as a group, seeks to redeem more than 20% of the public shares, then any such shares in excess of that 20% limit would not be redeemed for cash.

Under the BCA, DEAC has agreed to combine with DraftKings and SBT for approximately $2.7 billion, of which (A) approximately $2.055 billion will be paid to (i) the current equityholders of DraftKings, including Jason Robins, the Chief Executive Officer of DraftKings (and of New DraftKings following the completion of the Business Combination) (the “DK Equityholders”) in the form of shares of Class A common stock of New DraftKings, valued at the redemption price for DEAC’s public shares in the Business Combination, plus in the case of Mr. Robins, a number of shares of Class B common stock of New DraftKings as a result of which he will have approximately 90% of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings on a fully-diluted basis and (ii) holders of vested options and warrants exercisable for DraftKings equity in the form of newly issued options and warrants of New DraftKings exercisable for New DraftKings Class A common stock and (B) approximately €590 million will be paid to the SBT Sellers and holders of vested in-the-money options exercisable for equity of SBT, consisting of  (i) €180 million in cash, subject to customary net debt and working capital adjustments as well as certain other specified items (the “Cash Consideration”) payable in respect of the SBT shares and Cashed-Out SBT Options and (ii) approximately €410 million in shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, valued at the redemption price for DEAC’s public shares in the Business Combination, and in the form of newly issued in-the-money vested options of New DraftKings exercisable for New DraftKings Class A common stock. Outstanding options exercisable for DraftKings or SBT equity (other than Cashed-Out SBT Options, for which the holders will receive a portion of the Cash Consideration for such options) will be converted into options exercisable for shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock. The Cash Consideration will be funded from the following sources: (1) proceeds available from the trust account established in connection with DEAC’s initial public offering, after giving effect to any and all redemptions; and (2) proceeds from the private placements of shares of DEAC’s Class A common stock and warrants of DEAC pursuant to the Subscription Agreements to certain institutional investors to occur immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”) at a purchase price of  $10.00 per share, of which DEAC currently has commitments for $304.7 million of proceeds (the “Private Placement”).

Under the terms of the BCA, the Closing is subject to certain conditions, including, among other things, (i) approval by DEAC Stockholders, DraftKings’ stockholders and SBT’s shareholders of the Business Combination Agreement, the Business Combination and certain other actions related thereto, (ii) the expiration or termination of the waiting period (or any extension thereof) applicable under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, (iii) certain approvals or other determinations from certain gaming regulatory authorities, as applicable, and the absence of a material adverse regulatory event with respect to DraftKings and SBT, (iv) DEAC having at least $400 million of cash at the Closing (the “Minimum Proceeds Condition”), consisting of cash held in the trust account after giving effect to redemptions of public shares, if any, and proceeds from the Private Placement, (v) the effectiveness of the registration statement, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part and (vi) the listing of the shares of New DraftKings to be issued in the Business Combination on Nasdaq. Unless waived, if any of these conditions are not satisfied, the Business Combination may not be consummated. Furthermore, in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. The required approvals of DraftKings’ stockholders and SBT’s shareholders were obtained prior to the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

In connection with satisfying the Minimum Proceeds Condition, DEAC entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with the PIPE Investors, pursuant to which the PIPE Investors have agreed to purchase immediately prior to the Closing an aggregate of 30,471,352 shares of DEAC Class A common stock at a purchase price of  $10.00 per share, and DEAC has agreed to issue to the PIPE Investors an aggregate of 3.0 million warrants to purchase shares of DEAC Class A common stock that are identical to DEAC’s public warrants.

In connection with the Closing, our Sponsor and Mr. Sloan (together, the “DEAC Founders”) will deposit 5,280,000 of their founder shares into escrow and forfeit 720,000 of their founder shares to New DraftKings, and New DraftKings will issue 720,000 new shares of Class A common stock into escrow for the SBT Earnout Group (as defined below) pursuant to the BCA (collectively, the “Earnout Shares”). Pursuant to the BCA, the Earnout Shares will be released from escrow to the DEAC Founders (the “DEAC Earnout Group”), the SBT Sellers (the “SBT Earnout Group”) and the DK Equityholders and holders of former DraftKings options that were converted into options to purchase a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A Common Stock (together, the “DK Earnout Group”) upon the achievement of certain

earnout targets based upon the volume weighted average share price of New DraftKings Class A common stock ranging from $12.50 to $16.00. The members of the DEAC Earnout Group will each be entitled to receive their respective pro rata shares (as among the DEAC Earnout Group) of 3,000,000 Earnout Shares. The members of the DK Earnout Group will each be entitled to receive their respective pro rata shares (as among the DK Earnout Group) of 2,280,000 Earnout Shares. The members of the SBT Earnout Group will each be entitled to receive their respective pro rata shares (as among the SBT Earnout Group) of 720,000 Earnout Shares. Any Earnout Shares not eligible to be released by the four-year anniversary of the Closing Date will be forfeited to New DraftKings and canceled, and no earnout recipient will have any rights with respect thereto.

In addition, at the Closing, New DraftKings will enter into a Stockholders Agreement (the “Stockholders Agreement”) with the DEAC Founder Group (defined below) and the independent directors of DEAC (the “DEAC Stockholder Group”), certain DK Equityholders consisting of the executive officers and directors of DraftKings and 1% and greater stockholders of DraftKings and excluding any shares acquired via the Private Placement (the “DK Stockholder Group”) and the SBT Sellers (the “SBT Stockholder Group” and, together with the DEAC Stockholder Group and the DK Stockholder Group, the “Stockholder Parties”), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the DK Stockholder Group, the SBT Sellers’ Representative as of the date of the BCA and the DEAC Stockholder Group will have the right to nominate eight, two and one director(s), respectively, to the initial board of directors of New DraftKings, subject to certain independence requirements, (ii) the shares of New DraftKings common stock held by the Stockholder Parties will be subject to certain transfer restrictions and (iii) New DraftKings will provide certain registration rights for the shares of New DraftKings common stock held by the members of the Stockholder Parties.

Subject to approval by DEAC Stockholders of the Business Combination Proposal, the Reincorporation Proposal and the Charter Proposal, New DraftKings will adopt a dual class stock structure comparable to the one that will be in effect at DraftKings immediately prior to the Closing, comprised of Class A common stock, which will carry one vote per share, and Class B common stock, which will carry 10 votes per share. Upon the Closing, all stockholders of New DraftKings will hold only shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, except for Mr. Robins, who will hold shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock. Immediately following the Closing, and by virtue of his holdings of New DraftKings Class A common stock and New DraftKings Class B common stock, Mr. Robins is expected to hold approximately 90% of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings on a fully-diluted basis. The New DraftKings Class B common stock will not be entitled to dividends and will have only a nominal participation in any liquidation of New DraftKings, which participation will rank junior to the New DraftKings Class A common stock. The New DraftKings Class B common stock is also subject to a “sunset” if Mr. Robins no longer (i) serves in a senior executive or board role, or (ii) holds more than a specified amount of New DraftKings shares. See “Description of New DraftKings Securities — New DraftKings Common Stock — Class B Common Stock — Mandatory Cancellation.”

All DEAC stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Special Meeting in person. To ensure your representation at the Special Meeting, however, you are urged to complete, sign, date and return the proxy card accompanying the proxy statement/prospectus as soon as possible. If you are a stockholder of record holding shares of DEAC common stock, you may also cast your vote in person at the Special Meeting. If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm or bank, you must instruct your broker or bank on how to vote your shares or, if you wish to attend the Special Meeting and vote in person, obtain a proxy from your broker or bank. If you do not vote or do not instruct your broker or bank how to vote, it will have no effect on certain proposals because such action would not count as a vote cast at the Special Meeting.

Your vote is important regardless of the number of shares you own. Whether you plan to attend the Special Meeting or not, please sign, date and return the proxy card accompanying the proxy statement/​prospectus as soon as possible in the envelope provided. If your shares are held in “street name” or are in a margin or similar account, you should contact your broker to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own are properly counted.

If you have any questions or need assistance voting your common stock, please contact Morrow Sodali LLC, our proxy solicitor, by calling (800) 662-5200, or banks and brokers can call collect at (203) 658-9400, or by emailing DEAC.info@investor.morrowsodali.com. This notice of special meeting is and the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the Business Combination will be available at https://www.cstproxy.com/[    ].

Thank you for your participation. We look forward to your continued support.

[           ], 2020	By Order of the Board of Directors,
​	Jeff Sagansky Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

IF YOU RETURN YOUR PROXY CARD WITHOUT AN INDICATION OF HOW YOU WISH TO VOTE, YOUR SHARES WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF EACH OF THE PROPOSALS. TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS, YOU MUST (I) IF YOU HOLD SHARES OF DEAC CLASS A COMMON STOCK THROUGH UNITS, ELECT TO SEPARATE YOUR UNITS INTO THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF DEAC CLASS A COMMON STOCK AND PUBLIC WARRANTS PRIOR TO EXERCISING YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC SHARES, (II) SUBMIT A WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE TRANSFER AGENT THAT YOUR PUBLIC SHARES BE REDEEMED FOR CASH AND (III) DELIVER YOUR SHARES OF DEAC CLASS A COMMON STOCK TO THE TRANSFER AGENT, PHYSICALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY USING THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY’S DWAC (DEPOSIT WITHDRAWAL AT CUSTODIAN) SYSTEM, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES AND DEADLINES DESCRIBED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS. IF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION IS NOT CONSUMMATED, THEN THE PUBLIC SHARES WILL NOT BE REDEEMED FOR CASH. IF YOU HOLD THE SHARES IN STREET NAME, YOU WILL NEED TO INSTRUCT THE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AT YOUR BANK OR BROKER TO WITHDRAW THE SHARES FROM YOUR ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO EXERCISE YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS. SEE “THE SPECIAL MEETING — REDEMPTION RIGHTS” IN THE PROXY STATEMENT/​PROSPECTUS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	​	1
TRADEMARKS	​	1
SELECTED DEFINITIONS	​	2
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS	​	4
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE BUSINESS COMBINATION AND THE SPECIAL MEETING	​	6
SUMMARY	​	20
Information About the Parties to the Business Combination	​	20
The Business Combination Agreement	​	20
Structure of the Business Combination	​	21
The Private Placement	​	22
The Convertible Notes	​	22
Treatment of DraftKings Equity	​	22
Treatment of SBT Equity	​	23
Special Meeting of DEAC Stockholders and the Proposals	​	24
Recommendation of DEAC’s Board of Directors	​	25
DEAC’s Board of Directors’ Reasons for Approval of the Business Combination	​	25
Regulatory Approvals	​	26
Conditions to Closing	​	26
Termination and Termination Fee	​	27
Redemption Rights	​	28
No Delaware Appraisal Rights	​	28
Proxy Solicitation	​	29
Interests of DEAC Directors and Officers in the Business Combination	​	29
Stock Exchange Listing	​	31
Sources and Uses of Funds	​	31
Material U.S. Tax Consequences of the Reincorporation and Exercise of Redemption Rights	​	31
Accounting Treatment of the Business Combination	​	32
Comparison of Stockholders’ Rights	​	32
Stockholders Agreement	​	32
Summary of Risk Factors	​	34
Emerging Growth Company	​	34
Controlled Company Exemption	​	34
SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF DEAC	​	36
SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF DRAFTKINGS	​	37
Key Performance Indicators	​	38
SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF SBT	​	39

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SUMMARY UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION	​	41
COMPARATIVE HISTORICAL AND UNAUDITED PRO FORMA PER SHARE FINANCIAL INFORMATION	​	43
MARKET PRICE, TICKER SYMBOL AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION	​	45
DEAC	​	45
DraftKings	​	45
SBT	​	45
RISK FACTORS	​	46
Risk Factors Relating to the Business and Industry of New DraftKings	​	46
Risk Factors Relating to the Business Combination and Integration of DraftKings’ and SBTech’s Businesses	​	70
Risk Factors Relating to DEAC and the Business Combination	​	75
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARTIES TO THE BUSINESS COMBINATION	​	84
DEAC	​	84
DraftKings	​	84
SBTech	​	84
DEAC NV Merger Corp.	​	84
DEAC Merger Sub Inc.	​	84
THE SPECIAL MEETING	​	85
Overview	​	85
Date, Time and Place of the Special Meeting	​	85
Proposals	​	85
Record Date; Outstanding Shares; Shares Entitled to Vote	​	85
Quorum	​	85
Vote Required and DEAC Board Recommendation	​	85
Voting Your Shares	​	87
Voting Shares Held in Street Name	​	87
Revoking Your Proxy	​	88
Share Ownership and Voting by DEAC’s Officers and Directors	​	88
Redemption Rights	​	88
Appraisal Rights	​	90
Potential Purchases of Shares and/or Public Warrants	​	90
Costs of Solicitation	​	90
Other Business	​	90
Attendance	​	90
Assistance	​	91

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THE BUSINESS COMBINATION PROPOSAL	​	92
Structure of the Business Combination	​	92
Consideration	​	92
The Private Placement	​	94
Background of the Business Combination	​	94
DEAC’s Board of Directors’ Reasons for the Approval of the Business Combination	​	97
Regulatory Approvals	​	99
Satisfaction of 80% Test	​	99
Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination	​	100
Indemnification	​	101
Sources and Uses of Funds	​	101
Name; Headquarters of New DraftKings	​	102
Board of New DraftKings following the Business Combination	​	102
Listing of New DraftKings Shares	​	102
Accounting Treatment of the Business Combination	​	102
Vote Required for the Approval	​	103
Recommendation of DEAC Board	​	103
THE BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT	​	104
Explanatory Note Regarding the Business Combination Agreement	​	104
Transaction Structure	​	104
Treatment of Equity	​	104
Closing	​	107
Representations and Warranties	​	107
Covenants Relating to the Conduct of Business	​	110
Additional Covenants	​	111
Employee Matters	​	114
Conditions to Closing	​	115
Termination	​	118
Indemnification	​	119
Fees and Expenses	​	120
Amendment	​	120
Governing Law; Jurisdiction	​	120
ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE BUSINESS COMBINATION	​	121
Stockholders Agreement	​	121
THE REINCORPORATION PROPOSAL	​	124
Overview	​	124
Reasons for Approval of the Reincorporation Proposal	​	124
Anticipated Accounting Treatment of the Reincorporation	​	125
Vote Required for Approval	​	125
Recommendation of DEAC Board	​	125

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THE CHARTER PROPOSAL	​	126
Overview	​	126
Comparison of Current Charter to Proposed Charter	​	126
Reasons for the Approval of the Charter Proposal	​	126
Vote Required for Approval	​	127
Recommendation of DEAC Board	​	127
THE ADVISORY CHARTER PROPOSALS	​	128
Overview	​	128
Advisory Charter Proposals	​	128
Reasons for the Approval of the Advisory Charter Proposals	​	130
Vote Required for Approval	​	132
Recommendation of DEAC Board	​	133
THE STOCK ISSUANCE PROPOSAL	​	134
Overview	​	134
Reasons for the Approval of the Stock Issuance Proposal	​	134
Effect of the Proposal on Current Stockholders	​	134
Vote Required for Approval	​	134
Recommendation of DEAC Board	​	135
THE INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN PROPOSAL	​	136
Overview	​	136
Purpose of the Plan	​	136
Reasons for the Approval of the Incentive Award Plan Proposal	​	136
Material Terms of the Plan	​	136
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences	​	140
Section 409A of the Code	​	141
New Plan Benefits	​	141
Recommendation of DEAC Board	​	141
THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL	​	142
Overview	​	142
Consequences if the Adjournment Proposal is Not Approved	​	142
Vote Required for Approval	​	142
Recommendation of DEAC Board	​	142
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION	​	143
Introduction	​	143
Description of the Business Combination	​	145

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Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2019	​	147
Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019	​	151
Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2018	​	153
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	​	155
Basis of Presentation	​	155
Pro Forma Adjustments (PF)	​	159
Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments (PPA)	​	160
Pro Forma Adjustments (PF)	​	162
Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments (PPA)	​	162
OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO DEAC	​	164
Introduction	​	164
Fair Market Value of DraftKings’ and SBT’s Businesses	​	165
Stockholder Approval of Business Combination	​	165
Voting Restrictions in Connection with Stockholder Meeting	​	165
Liquidation if No Business Combination	​	165
Properties	​	168
Employees	​	168
Directors and Executive Officers	​	169
Executive Compensation and Director Compensation	​	171
Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors	​	171
Director Independence	​	172
Legal Proceedings	​	172
Periodic Reporting and Audited Financial Statements	​	172
DEAC’S MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	​	173
Overview	​	173
Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events	​	173
Liquidity and Capital Resources	​	173
Critical Accounting Policies	​	174
Recent Accounting Pronouncements	​	174
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements	​	174
Contractual Obligations	​	174
BUSINESS OF DRAFTKINGS AND SBTECH	​	175
Overview	​	175
Our Story	​	175
Our Timeline	​	177

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Our People	​	179
Our Core Operating Principles	​	180
What Makes Us Different	​	180
Our Priorities	​	183
Our Products and Economic Model	​	184
Marketing	​	188
Distribution	​	189
Our Technology and Product Development	​	189
Intellectual Property	​	191
Property	​	192
Legal Proceedings	​	192
Government Regulation	​	195
DRAFTKINGS’ INDUSTRY	​	200
Overview	​	200
Our Industry and Opportunity	​	200
Competition	​	204
DRAFTKINGS’ MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	​	205
Our Business	​	205
Our Business Model	​	207
The Business Combination	​	209
Non-GAAP Information	​	210
Key Factors Affecting Our Results	​	211
Key Components of Revenue and Expenses	​	212
Results of Operations	​	215
Quarterly Performance Trend and Seasonality	​	217
Liquidity and Capital Resources	​	218
Contractual Obligations, Commitments and Contingencies	​	221
Off-Balance Sheet Commitments and Arrangements	​	221
Critical Accounting Policies	​	222
Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Pronouncements	​	224
Emerging Growth Company Accounting Election	​	225
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	​	225
SBT’S MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	​	226
Overview	​	226
Presentation of Financial Information	​	227
Key Components of Revenue and Expenses	​	227
Results of Operations	​	228
Liquidity and Capital Resources	​	231
Contractual Obligations	​	232

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Off-Balance Sheet Commitments and Arrangements	​	232
Critical Accounting Policies	​	232
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	​	233
INDEBTEDNESS	​	234
Credit Agreement	​	234
ArrowMark Notes	​	234
Convertible Promissory Notes	​	235
DESCRIPTION OF NEW DRAFTKINGS SECURITIES	​	236
Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock	​	236
New DraftKings Common Stock	​	236
Preferred Stock	​	238
Warrants	​	238
Exclusive Forum	​	243
Anti-Takeover Effects of Provisions of the New DraftKings Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, the New DraftKings Amended and Restated Bylaws and Applicable Law	​	243
Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors	​	246
Corporate Opportunities	​	247
Redemption Rights and Transfer Restrictions with Respect to Capital Stock Held by Unsuitable Persons and Their Affiliates	​	248
Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal and Payment	​	250
Stockholders’ Derivative Actions	​	250
Registration Rights	​	250
Transfer Agent and Registrar	​	250
Listing of Common Stock	​	250
SECURITIES ACT RESTRICTIONS ON RESALE OF COMMON STOCK	​	251
Rule 144	​	251
Restrictions on the Use of Rule 144 by Shell Companies or Former Shell Companies	​	251
COMPARISON OF STOCKHOLDERS’ RIGHTS	​	252
General	​	252
Comparison of Stockholders’ Rights	​	252
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP	​	265
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF NEW DRAFTKINGS AFTER THE COMBINATION	​	269
Board of Directors and Management After the Business Combination	​	269
Board Composition	​	270
Director Independence; Controlled Company Exemption	​	272
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation	​	272
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics	​	273
Limitation on Liability and Indemnification Matters	​	273

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DRAFTKINGS’ EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	​	274
Introduction	​	274
Benefits and Perquisites	​	276
Outstanding Equity Awards at 2018 Year End	​	276
Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control	​	277
Employment Agreements	​	277
Post-Business Combination Company Executive Compensation	​	277
Director Compensation	​	278
Director Compensation Table	​	278
New DraftKings Incentive Award Plan	​	278
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	​	283
DEAC	​	283
DraftKings	​	283
Related Person Transaction Policy Following the Business Combination	​	287
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS	​	288
NO DELAWARE APPRAISAL RIGHTS	​	294
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS AND NOMINATIONS	​	295
SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS	​	296
VALIDITY OF COMMON STOCK	​	297
EXPERTS	​	298
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION	​	299
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	​	F-1
ANNEX A — BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT	​	A-1
ANNEX B — FORM OF STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT	​	B-1
ANNEX C — FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT	​	C-1
ANNEX D — CURRENT CHARTER	​	D-1
ANNEX E — FORM OF PROPOSED CHARTER OF NEW DRAFTKINGS	​	E-1
ANNEX F — FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF NEW DRAFTKINGS	​	F-1
ANNEX G — DRAFTKINGS INC. 2020 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN	​	G-1

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

If you have questions about the Business Combination or the Special Meeting, or if you need to obtain copies of the enclosed proxy statement/prospectus, proxy card or other documents incorporated by reference in the proxy statement/prospectus, you may contact DEAC’s proxy solicitor listed below. You will not be charged for any of the documents you request.

Morrow Sodali LLC
470 West Avenue, Suite 3000
Stamford, CT 06902
Tel: (800) 662-5200
Banks and brokers call collect: (203) 658-9400
E-mail: DEAC.info@investor.morrowsodali.com

In order for you to receive timely delivery of the documents in advance of the Special Meeting to be held on [            ], 2020, you must request the information no later than four business days prior to the date of the Special Meeting, by [            ], 2020.

For a more detailed description of the information incorporated by reference in the enclosed proxy statement/prospectus and how you may obtain it, see the section captioned “Where You Can Find More Information” beginning on page 299 of the enclosed proxy statement/prospectus.

TRADEMARKS

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SELECTED DEFINITIONS

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“BCA” or “Business Combination Agreement” refers to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2019, by and among DEAC, DraftKings, SBT, the SBT Sellers party thereto, the SBT Sellers’ Representative, DEAC Nevada and Merger Sub.

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“Board” refers to DEAC’s board of directors, DraftKings’ board of directors or New DraftKings’ board of directors, as the context suggests.

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“Business Combination” refers to the transactions contemplated by the BCA.

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“Closing” refers to the closing of the Business Combination.

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“Closing Date” refers to the date on which the Closing actually occurs.

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“condition precedent proposals” means the Business Combination Proposal, the Reincorporation Proposal, the Charter Proposal, the Stock Issuance Proposal and the Incentive Award Plan Proposal.

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“Continental” refers to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the transfer agent, warrant agent and escrow agent of DEAC.

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“DEAC” refers to Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation.

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“DEAC Class A common stock” refers to the shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of DEAC.

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“DEAC Class B common stock” refers to the shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of DEAC.

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“DEAC Founder Group” refers to Eagle Equity Partners, LLC, Harry E. Sloan, Jeff Sagansky and Eli Baker.

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“DEAC Liquidation Value” refers to the quotient obtained by dividing (I) the aggregate amount on deposit in DEAC’s trust account as of two business days prior to the Closing (including interest) not previously released to DEAC to fund DEAC’s working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of   $250,000) and/or to pay DEAC’s taxes, by (II) the total number of shares of Class A common stock of DEAC that were sold in DEAC’s initial public offering and outstanding as of two business days prior to the Closing.

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“DEAC Nevada” refers to DEAC NV Merger Corp., a Nevada corporation.

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“DEAC Shares” refers to shares of DEAC Class A common stock and shares of Class B common stock.

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“DEAC Stockholders” refers to, collectively, holders of shares of DEAC Class A common stock and holders of shares of DEAC Class B common stock, but does not include the PIPE Investors.

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“dollars” or “$” refers to U.S. dollars.

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“DraftKings” refers to DraftKings Inc., a Delaware corporation.

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“founder shares” refers to shares of DEAC Class B common stock initially purchased by our Sponsor in a private placement prior to our initial public offering and the shares of DEAC Class A common stock that will be issued upon the automatic conversion of the shares of DEAC Class B common stock in connection with the Closing.

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“Merger Sub” refers to DEAC Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation.

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“New DraftKings” refers to DraftKings Inc., a Nevada corporation and the combined company following the consummation of the Business Combination.

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“New DraftKings Class A common stock” refers to the shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of New DraftKings.

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“New DraftKings Class B common stock” refers to the shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of New DraftKings.

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“Nasdaq” refers to the Nasdaq Capital Market.

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“our,” “we” or “us” refers to DEAC or to New DraftKings, as the context suggests.

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“PIPE Investors” refers to certain institutional investors who are party to the Subscription Agreements, pursuant to which DEAC has agreed to issue an aggregate of 30,471,352 shares of DEAC Class A common stock and 3.0 million warrants to the PIPE Investors immediately before the Closing, at a purchase price of  $10.00 per share, which will convert into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock upon consummation of the Business Combination.

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“Private Placement” refers to the issuance of an aggregate of 30,471,352 shares of DEAC Class A common stock and 3.0 million warrants pursuant to the Subscription Agreements to the PIPE Investors immediately before the Closing, at a purchase price of  $10.00 per share.

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“public shares” refers to shares of DEAC Class A common stock sold as part of the units in DEAC’s initial public offering (whether they are purchased in that offering or thereafter in the open market).

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“public stockholders” refers to the holders of our public shares, including our initial stockholders and management team to the extent our initial stockholders and/or members of our management team purchase public shares, provided that each initial stockholder’s and member of our management team’s status as a “public stockholder” will only exist with respect to such public shares.

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“record date” refers to [            ], 2020, the date for determining the DEAC Stockholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Special Meeting.

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“SBT” or “SBTech” refers to SBTech (Global) Limited, a company limited by shares, originally incorporated in Gibraltar and continued as a company under the Isle of Man Companies Act 2006, with registration number 014119V.

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“SBT Sellers” refers to each of the holders of capital stock of SBT party to the BCA.

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“SBT Sellers’ Representative” refers to Shalom Meckenzie in his capacity as representative of the SBT Sellers under the BCA.

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“SBT shares” refers to the ordinary shares, par value $0.10 per share, of SBT.

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“SEC” refers to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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“Special Meeting” refers to a special meeting of DEAC Stockholders on [            ], 2020 at [     ] a.m., New York City Time, at the offices of Winston & Strawn LLP, located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166 to vote on matters relating to the Business Combination.

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“Stockholders Agreement” refers to the Stockholders Agreement, in the substantial form attached hereto as Annex B and to be entered at or prior to Closing, among New DraftKings and the DEAC Founder Group and the independent directors of DEAC (the “DEAC Stockholder Group”), certain equityholders of DraftKings consisting of the executive officers and directors of DraftKings and 1% and greater stockholders of DraftKings and excluding any shares acquired via the Private Placement (the “DK Stockholder Group”) and the SBT Sellers (the “SBT Stockholder Group” and, together with the DEAC Stockholder Group and the DK Stockholder Group, the “Stockholder Parties”).

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“Subscription Agreements” refers to the subscription agreements, dated December 22, 2019, between DEAC and the PIPE Investors, pursuant to which DEAC has agreed to issue an aggregate of 30,471,352 shares of DEAC Class A common stock plus 3.0 million warrants to the PIPE Investors immediately before the Closing at a purchase price of  $10.00 per share. The warrants to be issued to the PIPE Investors are identical to DEAC’s public warrants.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements contained in this proxy statement/prospectus and in any document incorporated by reference herein that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. The information included in this proxy statement/prospectus in relation to DraftKings has been provided by DraftKings and its management team, and the information included in this proxy statement/prospectus in relation to SBT has been provided by SBT and its management. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to each of DraftKings’ and SBT’s management teams’ expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this proxy statement/prospectus and in any document incorporated by reference herein may include, for example, statements about:

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our ability to complete the Business Combination, or, if we do not consummate the Business Combination, any other initial business combination;

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satisfaction of conditions to the Business Combination, including the availability of at least $400 million of cash in DEAC’s trust account (and/or from other specified sources, if necessary), after giving effect to redemptions of public shares, if any;

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the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the BCA;

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the ability to obtain and/or maintain the listing of our common stock on Nasdaq following the Business Combination;

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New DraftKings’ ability to raise financing in the future;

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New DraftKings’ success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following the Business Combination;

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our directors and officers potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving the Business Combination, as a result of which they would then receive expense reimbursements;

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factors relating to the business, operations and financial performance of DraftKings and SBT, including:

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New DraftKings’ ability to effectively compete in the global entertainment and gaming industries;

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New DraftKings’ ability to successfully acquire and integrate new operations;

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New DraftKings’ ability to obtain and maintain licenses with gaming authorities;

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New DraftKings’ inability to recognize deferred tax assets and tax loss carryforwards;

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market conditions and global and economic factors beyond DraftKings’ and SBT’s control;

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intense competition and competitive pressures from other companies worldwide in the industries in which the combined company will operate;

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litigation and the ability to adequately protect New DraftKings’ intellectual property rights; and

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other factors detailed under the section entitled “Risk Factors.”

The forward-looking statements contained in this proxy statement/prospectus and in any document incorporated by reference herein are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments

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affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” in this proxy statement/prospectus and in our registration statement on Form S-1 filed in connection with our initial public offering. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

Before you grant your proxy or instruct how your vote should be cast or vote on the proposals to be put to the Special Meeting, you should be aware that the occurrence of the events described in the “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus may adversely affect DEAC, DraftKings, SBT, or, following the consummation of the Business Combination, New DraftKings.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE BUSINESS COMBINATION AND THE SPECIAL MEETING

The following are answers to certain questions that you may have regarding the Special Meeting. DEAC urges you to read carefully the remainder of this document because the information in this section may not provide all the information that might be important to you in determining how to vote. Additional important information is also contained in the appendices to, and the documents incorporated by reference in, this proxy statement/prospectus.

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Why am I receiving this proxy statement/prospectus?

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DEAC is proposing to consummate the Business Combination with DraftKings and SBT. DEAC, DEAC Nevada, Merger Sub, DraftKings, SBT, the SBT Sellers and the SBT Sellers’ Representative have entered into the BCA, the terms of which are described in this proxy statement/prospectus. A copy of the BCA is attached hereto as Annex A. DEAC urges its stockholders to read the BCA in its entirety. The BCA provides, among other things, for (i) the reincorporation of DEAC as a Nevada corporation, (ii) following the reincorporation, the merger of Merger Sub with and into DraftKings, with DraftKings surviving the merger and (iii) the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of SBT from its shareholders by New DraftKings.

The BCA must be adopted by the DEAC Stockholders in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and DEAC’s Current Charter. DEAC is holding a Special Meeting to obtain that approval. DEAC Stockholders will also be asked to vote on certain other matters described in this proxy statement/prospectus at the Special Meeting and to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in the event there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to adopt the BCA and thereby approve the Business Combination.

THE VOTE OF DEAC STOCKHOLDERS IS IMPORTANT. DEAC STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO SUBMIT THEIR PROXIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER CAREFULLY REVIEWING THIS PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND CAREFULLY CONSIDERING EACH OF THE PROPOSALS BEING PRESENTED AT THE MEETING.

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Why is DEAC proposing the business combination?

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DEAC was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more operating businesses.

Based on its due diligence investigations of DraftKings and SBT and the industries in which they operate, including the financial and other information provided by DraftKings and SBT in the course of DEAC’s due diligence investigations, the DEAC board of directors believes that the Business Combination with DraftKings and SBT is in the best interests of DEAC and its shareholders and presents an opportunity to increase stockholder value. However, there can be no assurances of this.

Although DEAC’s board of directors believes that the Business Combination with DraftKings and SBT presents a unique business combination opportunity and is in the best interests of DEAC and its stockholders, the board of directors did consider certain potentially material negative factors in arriving at that conclusion. See “The Business Combination Proposal — DEAC’s Board of Directors’ Reasons for Approval of the Business Combination” for a discussion of the factors considered by DEAC’s board of directors in making its decision.

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When and where will the Special Meeting take place?

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The Special Meeting will be held at [    ] a.m., New York City Time, on [           ], 2020, at the offices of Winston & Strawn LLP, located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York, 10166 unless the Special Meeting is adjourned.

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What matters will be considered at the Special Meeting?

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The DEAC Stockholders will be asked to consider and vote on the following proposals:

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a proposal to adopt the BCA and approve the Business Combination (the “Business Combination Proposal”);

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a proposal to approve, assuming the Business Combination Proposal is approved and adopted, the change of DEAC’s jurisdiction of incorporation from the State of Delaware to the State of Nevada (the “reincorporation” and such proposal, the “Reincorporation Proposal”) through the merger of DEAC with and into DEAC Nevada, with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger and being renamed DraftKings Inc.;

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a proposal to approve, assuming the Business Combination Proposal and the Reincorporation Proposal are approved and adopted, the proposed amended and restated articles of incorporation (the “Proposed Charter”) of New DraftKings (the “Charter Proposal”);

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a proposal to approve, on a non-advisory basis and as required by applicable SEC guidance, certain material differences between the Current Charter and the Proposed Charter (the “Advisory Charter Proposals”);

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to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve, assuming the Business Combination Proposal, the Reincorporation Proposal and the Charter Proposal are approved and adopted, the issuance of (i) shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to the DK Equityholders and the SBT Sellers pursuant to the terms of the BCA and (ii) shares of DEAC Class A common stock to the PIPE Investors and the holders of Convertible Notes, including any additional shares of DEAC Class A common stock pursuant to subscription agreements we may enter into prior to Closing (the “Stock Issuance Proposal”);

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to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve, assuming the Business Combination Proposal, the Reincorporation Proposal, the Charter Proposal and the Stock Issuance Proposal are approved and adopted, the DraftKings Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan (the “Incentive Award Plan Proposal”); and

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to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Special Meeting, any of the condition precedent proposals would not be duly approved and adopted by our stockholders or we determine that one or more of the closing conditions under the BCA is not satisfied or waived (the “Adjournment Proposal”).

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Is my vote important?

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Yes. The Business Combination cannot be completed unless the BCA is adopted by the DEAC Stockholders holding a majority of the votes cast on such proposal and the other condition precedent proposals achieve the necessary vote outlined below. Only DEAC Stockholders as of the close of business on [           ], 2020, the record date for the Special Meeting, are entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. The DEAC Board unanimously recommends that such DEAC Stockholders vote “FOR” the approval of the Business Combination Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Reincorporation Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Charter Proposal, “FOR” the approval, on an advisory basis, of the Advisory Charter Proposals, “FOR” the approval of the Stock Issuance Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Incentive Award Plan Proposal and “FOR” the approval of the Adjournment Proposal.

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Q:

If my shares are held in “street name” by my bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, will my bank, brokerage firm or other nominee automatically vote those shares for me?

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No. A “broker non-vote” occurs when a broker submits a proxy that states that the broker does not vote for some or all of the proposals because the broker has not received instructions from the beneficial owners on how to vote on the proposals and does not have discretionary authority to vote in the absence of instructions. Under the relevant rules, brokers are not permitted to vote on any of the matters to be considered at the Special Meeting. As a result, your public shares will not be voted on any matter unless you affirmatively instruct your broker, bank or nominee how to vote your shares in one of the ways indicated by your broker, bank or other nominee. You should instruct your broker to vote your shares in accordance with directions you provide.

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What DEAC Stockholder vote is required for the approval of each proposal brought before the Special Meeting? What will happen if I fail to vote or abstain from voting on each proposal?

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The Business Combination Proposal.   Approval of the Business Combination Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. The failure to vote, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

Our initial stockholders have agreed to vote their shares in favor of the Business Combination. The initial stockholders own approximately 20% of our outstanding shares prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, if all of our outstanding shares were to be voted, we would need the affirmative vote of approximately 38% of the remaining shares to approve the Business Combination.

The Reincorporation Proposal.   Approval of the Reincorporation Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding DEAC Shares entitled to vote thereon. The failure to vote, abstentions and broker non-votes have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the proposal.

The Charter Proposal.   Approval of the Charter Proposal requires the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding DEAC Shares entitled to vote thereon, voting as a single class. The failure to vote, abstentions and broker non-votes have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the proposal.

The Advisory Charter Proposals.   Approval of each of the Advisory Charter Proposals, each of which is a non-binding vote, requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. The failure to vote, abstentions and broker non-votes have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

The Stock Issuance Proposal.   Approval of the Stock Issuance Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. The failure to vote, abstentions and broker non-votes have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

The Incentive Award Plan Proposal.   Approval of the Incentive Award Plan Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. The failure to vote, abstentions and broker non-votes have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

The Adjournment Proposal.   Approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. The failure to vote, abstentions and broker non-votes have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

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Q:

What will DraftKings’ equity holders receive in connection with the DK Merger?

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The aggregate value of the consideration paid in respect of DraftKings is approximately $2.055 billion, which will be paid to (i) the DK Equityholders in the form of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock valued at the redemption price for DEAC’s public shares in the Business Combination, plus in the case of Jason Robins, a number of shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock as a result of which he will have approximately 90% of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings on a fully-diluted basis and (ii) holders of vested DraftKings options and warrants exercisable for DraftKings equity in the form of newly issued options and warrants of New DraftKings exercisable for New DraftKings Class A common stock. In addition, outstanding unvested options exercisable for DraftKings equity will be converted into unvested options exercisable for shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock.

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What will SBT’s equity holders receive in return for the acquisition of SBT by New DraftKings?

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The aggregate consideration payable to the SBT Sellers and holders of vested in-the-money options exercisable for equity of SBT is approximately €590 million, consisting of  (i) €180 million in cash, subject to customary net debt and working capital adjustments as well as certain other specified items, payable in respect of the SBT shares and 30% of the in-the-money vested SBT options and (ii) approximately €410 million in shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, valued at the redemption price for DEAC’s public shares in the Business Combination, and in the form of newly issued vested in-the-money options exercisable for New DraftKings Class A common stock.

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What equity stake will current DEAC Stockholders, DK Equityholders and the SBT Sellers hold in New DraftKings immediately after the consummation of the Business Combination?

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It is anticipated that, upon completion of the Business Combination, the ownership interests in New DraftKings will be as set forth in the table below:

​	Assuming No Redemptions of Public Shares		Assuming Maximum Redemptions of Public Shares(1)
DK Equityholders	​	60.7%	​	67.3%
SBT Sellers	​	13.2%	​	14.7%
DEAC Public Stockholders	​	12.9%	​	3.4%
Initial Stockholders	​	1.2%	​	1.3%
PIPE Investors(2)	​	12.0%	​	13.3%

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Assumes that holders of 30,520,132 public shares exercise their redemption rights in connection with the Business Combination (maximum redemption scenario based on $402,624,209 held in trust as of September 30, 2019 and a redemption price of  $10.07 per share).

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Includes the holders of the Convertible Notes.

The ownership percentages set forth above do not take into account (a) public warrants and private placement warrants that will remain outstanding immediately following the Business Combination and may be exercised thereafter (commencing 30 days after the closing of the Business Combination), (b) the Earnout Shares to be held in escrow and subject to release to the DEAC Earnout Group, the DK Earnout Group and the SBT Earnout Group in accordance with the terms of the BCA or (c) the issuance of any shares upon completion of the Business Combination under the DraftKings Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan, a copy of which is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex G, but does include 3,658,858 of founder shares, which, on the effective date of the Business Combination, will convert into one share of New DraftKings Class A common stock. If the actual facts are different than the assumptions set forth above, the percentage ownership numbers set forth above will be different.

For more information, please see the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information.”

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In addition, there are currently outstanding an aggregate of 19,666,667 warrants to acquire shares of DEAC Class A common stock, which comprise 6,333,334 private placement warrants held by our initial stockholders and 13,333,333 public warrants. Each of our outstanding whole warrants is exercisable commencing 30 days following the Closing for one share of Class A common stock and, following the consummation of the Business Combination, will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one share of New DraftKings Class A common stock in accordance with its terms. Therefore, as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, if we assume that each outstanding whole warrant is exercised and one share of DEAC Class A common stock is issued as a result of such exercise, with payment to DEAC of the exercise price of  $11.50 per whole warrant for one whole share, our fully-diluted share capital would increase by a total of 19,666,667 shares, with approximately $226,166,670 paid to DEAC to exercise the warrants.

Furthermore, subject to approval by DEAC Stockholders of the Business Combination Proposal, the Reincorporation Proposal and the Charter Proposal, in connection with the Closing, New DraftKings will adopt a dual class stock structure and Mr. Robins will receive, in addition to shares of Class A common stock of New DraftKings, a number of shares of Class B common stock of New DraftKings which will have 10 to 1 voting rights as compared to the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, such that as of immediately following the completion of the Business Combination, Mr. Robins will have approximately 90% of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings on a fully-diluted basis.

Q:

Why is DEAC proposing the reincorporation?

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Our Board believes that there are significant advantages to New DraftKings that will arise as a result of being domiciled in Nevada. Further, our Board believes that the direct benefits that Nevada corporation law provides to a corporation will also indirectly benefits DEAC Stockholders, who will become the owners of New DraftKings. The Board believes that there are several reasons why a reincorporation in Nevada is in the best interests of New DraftKings and the DEAC Stockholders, including (i) the elimination of our obligation to pay the annual Delaware franchise tax and the expected savings as a result of not having a franchise tax, (ii) the potential for greater protection for directors of New DraftKings and (iii) the benefit of attracting and retaining qualified management by reducing the risk of lawsuits being filed against New DraftKings and its directors and officers. See “The Reincorporation Proposal” for a further discussion of these factors.

Q:

What happens to the funds deposited in the trust account after consummation of the Business Combination?

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A total of  $400,000,000, comprised of approximately $392,000,000 of the proceeds from our initial public offering, including approximately $14,000,000 of underwriters’ deferred discount, and $8,000,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the private placement warrants were placed in a trust account maintained by Continental, acting as trustee. As of September 30, 2019, there were investments and cash held in the trust account of approximately $402.6 million. These funds will not be released until the earlier of Closing or the redemption of our public shares if we are unable to complete an initial business combination by May 14, 2021, although we may withdraw the interest earned on the funds held in the trust account to pay franchise and income taxes and for working capital purposes (subject to an annual limitation of  $250,000).

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What happens if a substantial number of the public stockholders vote in favor of the Business Combination Proposal and exercise their redemption rights?

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DEAC Stockholders who vote in favor of the Business Combination may also nevertheless exercise their redemption rights. Accordingly, the Business Combination may be consummated even though the funds available from the trust account and the number of public stockholders are reduced as a result of redemptions by public stockholders. However, the consummation of the Business Combination is conditioned upon, among other things, the Minimum Proceeds Condition described below. In addition, with fewer public shares and public stockholders, the trading market for New DraftKings Class A common stock may be less liquid than the market for DEAC’s Class A common stock was prior to consummation of the Business Combination and New DraftKings may not be able to meet the

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listing standards for The Nasdaq Stock Market or another national securities exchange. In addition, with less funds available from the trust account, the working capital infusion from the trust account into New DraftKings’ business will be reduced. As a result, the proceeds will be greater in the event that no public stockholders exercise redemption rights with respect to their public shares for a pro rata portion of the trust account as opposed to the scenario in which DEAC’s public stockholders exercise the maximum allowed redemption rights.

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What amendments will be made to the Current Charter of DEAC?

A:

We are asking DEAC Stockholders to approve the Proposed Charter that will be effective upon the consummation of the Business Combination. The Proposed Charter provides for various changes that the DEAC board of directors believes are necessary to address the needs of the post-Business Combination company, including, among other things: (i) the change of DEAC’s name to “DraftKings Inc.”; (ii) the increase of the total number of authorized shares of all classes of capital stock, par value of  $0.0001 per share, from 401,000,000 shares to 2,100,000,000 shares, consisting of 1,800,000,000 shares of common stock, including 900,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 900,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 300,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share; (iii) the establishment of 10:1 voting rights with respect to shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock, as described herein and in the Proposed Charter; (iv) the declassification of the board of directors of the post-Business Combination company such that all directors will be elected annually; (v) limitations on the ability of the stockholders to act by written consent in lieu of a meeting until the time that Mr. Robins beneficially owns less than a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings; (vi) the selection of the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada as the sole and exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of New DraftKings, subject to certain limitations; (vii) changes to the required vote to amend the charter, bylaws and the number of directors; (viii) the establishment of redemption rights and transfer restrictions with respect to capital stock held by unsuitable persons and their affiliates; and (ix) the elimination of certain provisions specific to DEAC’s status as a blank check company.

Pursuant to Delaware law and the Current Charter, DEAC is required to submit the Charter Proposal to DEAC’s stockholders for approval. For additional information, see the section entitled “The Charter Proposal.”

Q:

What material negative factors did DEAC’s board of directors consider in connection with the business combination?

A:

Although DEAC’s board of directors believes that the acquisition of DraftKings and SBT will provide DEAC’s stockholders with an opportunity to participate in a combined company with significant growth potential, market share and well-known brands, the board of directors did consider certain potentially material negative factors in arriving at that conclusion, such as the risk that DEAC Stockholders would not approve the Business Combination and the risk that significant numbers of DEAC Stockholders would exercise their redemption rights. These factors are discussed in greater detail in the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — DEAC’s Board of Directors’ Reasons for Approval of the Business Combination,” as well as in the section entitled “Risk Factors — Risk Factors Relating to the Business Combination and Integration of DraftKings’ and SBTech’s Business.”

Q:

How will the reincorporation affect my public shares, public warrants and units?

A:

On the effective date of the reincorporation, the currently issued and outstanding shares of DEAC Class B common stock will automatically convert on a one-for-one basis into shares of DEAC Class A common stock in accordance with the terms of the Current Charter. Immediately thereafter, the currently issued and outstanding shares of DEAC Class A common stock will automatically convert on a one-for-one basis into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the Business Combination. Similarly, all of DEAC’s outstanding warrants will become warrants to acquire shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock on the same terms as DEAC’s currently outstanding

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warrants. In addition, at the Closing, all of DEAC’s outstanding units (each of which consists of one share of DEAC Class A common stock and one-third of one warrant to purchase one share of DEAC Class A common stock) will be separated into its component share of common stock and one-third of one warrant.

Q:

Do I have redemption rights?

A:

If you are a public stockholder, you have the right to request that DEAC redeem all or a portion of your public shares for cash, provided that you follow the procedures and deadlines described elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus under the heading “The Special Meeting — Redemption Rights.” Public stockholders may elect to redeem all or a portion of their public shares even if they vote for the Business Combination Proposal. We sometimes refer to these rights to elect to redeem all or a portion of the public shares into a pro rata portion of the cash held in the trust account as “redemption rights.” If you wish to exercise your redemption rights, please see the answer to the next question: “How do I exercise my redemption rights?”

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such public stockholder or any other person with whom such public stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its public shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 20% of the public shares. Accordingly, if a public stockholder, alone or acting in concert or as a group, seeks to redeem more than 20% of the public shares, then any such shares in excess of that 20% limit would not be redeemed for cash.

Our initial stockholders and our directors at the time of our initial public offering entered into the insider letter agreement, pursuant to which they agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their shares in connection with the completion of a business combination.

The Closing is subject to certain conditions, including, among other things, (i) approval by DEAC’s stockholders, DraftKings’ stockholders and SBT’s shareholders of the Business Combination Agreement, the Business Combination and certain other actions related thereto, (ii) the expiration or termination of the waiting period (or any extension thereof) applicable under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”), (iii) certain approvals or other determinations from certain gaming regulatory authorities, as applicable, and the absence of a material adverse regulatory event with respect to DraftKings and SBT, (iv) DEAC having at least $400 million of cash at the Closing, consisting of cash held in the trust account after giving effect to redemptions of public shares, if any, and proceeds from the Private Placement, (v) the effectiveness of the registration statement, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part and (vi) the listing of the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be issued in the Business Combination on Nasdaq. Unless waived, if any of these conditions are not satisfied, the Business Combination may not be consummated. Furthermore, in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. See the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal.” The required approvals of DraftKings’ stockholders and SBT’s shareholders were obtained prior to the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Q:

How do I exercise my redemption rights?

A:

If you are a public stockholder and wish to exercise your right to redeem your public shares, you must:

(i)

(a) hold public shares or (b) hold public shares through units and elect to separate your units into the underlying public shares and public warrants prior to exercising your redemption rights with respect to the public shares; and

(ii)

prior to [   ] p.m., New York City Time, on [           ], 2020, (a) submit a written request to Continental that DEAC redeem your public shares for cash and (b) deliver your public shares to Continental, physically or electronically through The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”).

The address of Continental is listed under the question “Whom do I call if I have questions about the Special Meeting or the Business Combination?” below.

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Holders of units must elect to separate the underlying public shares and public warrants prior to exercising redemption rights with respect to the public shares. If holders hold their units in an account at a brokerage firm or bank, holders must notify their broker or bank that they elect to separate the units into the underlying public shares and public warrants, or if a holder holds units registered in its own name, the holder must contact Continental directly and instruct them to do so.

Any public stockholder will be entitled to request that their public shares (which would become shares of New DraftKings common stock in the reincorporation) be redeemed for a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to fund our working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of  $250,000) and/or to pay our taxes, divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares. For illustrative purposes, as of September 30, 2019, this would have amounted to approximately $10.07 per public share. However, the proceeds deposited in the trust account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of our public stockholders, regardless of whether such public stockholders vote for or against the Business Combination Proposal. Therefore, the per-share distribution from the trust account in such a situation may be less than originally anticipated due to such claims. Your vote on any proposal other than the Business Combination Proposal will have no impact on the amount you will receive upon exercise of your redemption rights. It is anticipated that the funds to be distributed to public stockholders electing to redeem their public shares will be distributed promptly after the consummation of the Business Combination.

If you are a holder of public shares, you may exercise your redemption rights by submitting your request in writing to Continental at the address listed under the question “Whom do I call if I have questions about the Special Meeting or the Business Combination?” below.

Any request for redemption, once made by a holder of public shares, may be withdrawn at any time up to the deadline for submitting redemption requests, which is [ ] (two business days prior to the date of the Special Meeting), and thereafter, with our consent, until the Closing. If you deliver your shares for redemption to Continental and later decide prior to the deadline for submitting redemption requests not to elect redemption, you may request that DEAC instruct Continental to return the shares to you (physically or electronically). You may make such request by contacting Continental at the phone number or address listed at the end of this section.

Any corrected or changed written exercise of redemption rights must be received by DEAC’s secretary prior to the deadline for submitting redemption requests. No request for redemption will be honored unless the holder’s stock has been delivered (either physically or electronically) to Continental by [     ], New York City Time, on [      ], 2020.

If you are a holder of public shares and you exercise your redemption rights, it will not result in the loss of any DEAC warrants that you may hold.

Q:

If I am a holder of units, can I exercise redemption rights with respect to my units?

A:

No. Holders of outstanding units must elect to separate the units into the underlying public shares and public warrants prior to exercising redemption rights with respect to the public shares. If you hold your units in an account at a brokerage firm or bank, you must notify your broker or bank that you elect to separate the units into the underlying public shares and public warrants, or if you hold units registered in your own name, you must contact Continental, DEAC’s transfer agent, directly and instruct them to do so. If you fail to cause your units to be separated and delivered to Continental, DEAC’s transfer agent, by [         ], you will not be able to exercise your redemption rights with respect to your public shares.

Q:

What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences of exercising my redemption rights?

A:

We expect that a U.S. holder (as defined below) that exercises its redemption rights to receive cash from the trust account in exchange for its public shares will generally be treated as selling such public shares resulting in the recognition of capital gain or capital loss. There may be certain circumstances in which

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the redemption may be treated as a distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes depending on the amount of public shares that a U.S. holder owns or is deemed to own (including through the ownership of New DraftKings warrants). For a more complete discussion of the U.S. federal income tax considerations of an exercise of redemption rights, see “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

TAX MATTERS ARE COMPLICATED, AND THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF EXERCISING YOUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS WILL DEPEND ON THE FACTS OF YOUR OWN SITUATION. YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR OWN TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE SPECIFIC TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE EXERCISE OF REDEMPTION RIGHTS TO YOU IN YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.

Q:

What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the reincorporation?

A:

The reincorporation will be a tax-free reorganization under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Accordingly, the holders of DEAC Shares will not recognize any gain or loss under the U.S. federal income tax laws as a result of the consummation of the reincorporation, and neither will DEAC nor New DraftKings. Each DEAC Stockholder will have the same basis in New DraftKings Class A common stock received as a result of the reincorporation as that holder has in DEAC Shares held at the time the reincorporation is consummated. Each holder’s holding period in New DraftKings Class A common stock received as a result of the reincorporation will include the period during which such holder held DEAC Shares at the time the reincorporation is consummated, provided the latter was held by such holder as a capital asset at the time of consummation of the reincorporation. For a more complete discussion of the U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the reincorporation, see “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

Q:

How does the DEAC Board recommend that I vote?

A:

The DEAC Board recommends that the DEAC Stockholders vote “FOR” the approval of the Business Combination Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Reincorporation Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Charter Proposal, “FOR” the approval, on an advisory basis, of the Advisory Charter Proposals, “FOR” the approval of the Stock Issuance Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Incentive Award Plan Proposal and “FOR” the approval of the Adjournment Proposal. For more information regarding how the board of directors of DEAC recommends that DEAC Stockholders vote, see the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — DEAC’s Board of Directors’ Reasons for Approval of the Business Combination” beginning on page 97.

Q:

How do our Sponsor and the other initial stockholders intend to vote their shares?

A:

In connection with our initial public offering, our initial stockholders (consisting of our Sponsor and Mr. Sloan) and our directors at the time of our initial public offering entered into a letter agreement to vote their shares in favor of the Business Combination Proposal, and we also expect them to vote their shares in favor of all other proposals being presented at the Special Meeting. As of the date hereof, our initial stockholders own approximately 20% of our total outstanding common stock.

Q:

May our Sponsor and the other initial stockholders purchase public shares or warrants prior to the Special Meeting?

A:

At any time prior to the Special Meeting, during a period when they are not then aware of any material nonpublic information regarding DEAC or its securities, the initial stockholders, DraftKings and/or its affiliates and SBT and/or its affiliates may purchase shares and/or warrants from investors, or they may enter into transactions with such investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire public shares or vote their public shares in favor of the Business Combination Proposal. The purpose of such share purchases and other transactions would be to increase the likelihood that (i) the proposals presented for approval at the Special Meeting are approved and/or (ii) DEAC satisfies the Minimum Proceeds Condition. Any such stock purchases and other transactions may thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining stockholder approval of the Business Combination. This may result in the completion of our Business Combination in a way that may not otherwise have been possible. While the exact nature of any such incentives has not been determined as of the date of this proxy

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statement/prospectus, they might include, without limitation, arrangements to protect such investors or holders against potential loss in value of their shares, including the granting of put options and the transfer to such investors or holders of shares or rights owned by the initial stockholders for nominal value.

Entering into any such arrangements may have a depressive effect on public shares. For example, as a result of these arrangements, an investor or holder may have the ability to effectively purchase shares at a price lower than market and may therefore be more likely to sell the shares it owns, either prior to or immediately after the Special Meeting.

If such transactions are effected, the consequence could be to cause the Business Combination to be approved in circumstances where such approval could not otherwise be obtained. Purchases of public shares by the persons described above would allow them to exert more influence over the approval of the proposals to be presented at the Special Meeting and would likely increase the chances that such proposals would be approved. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, there have been no such discussions and no agreements to such effect have been entered into with any such investor or holder.

Q:

Who is entitled to vote at the Special Meeting?

A:

The DEAC Board has fixed [           ], 2020 as the record date for the Special Meeting. All holders of record of DEAC Shares as of the close of business on the record date are entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting, provided that those shares remain outstanding on the date of the Special Meeting. Physical attendance at the Special Meeting is not required to vote. See the section entitled “Questions and Answers About the Business Combination and the Special Meeting — How can I vote my shares without attending the Special Meeting?” beginning on page 16 for instructions on how to vote your DEAC Shares without attending the Special Meeting.

Q:

How many votes do I have?

A:

Each DEAC Stockholder of record is entitled to one vote for each DEAC Share held by such holder as of the close of business on the record date. As of the close of business on the record date, there were 50,000,000 outstanding DEAC Shares.

Q:

What constitutes a quorum for the Special Meeting?

A:

A quorum is the minimum number of stockholders necessary to hold a valid meeting.

A quorum will exist at the Special Meeting with respect to each matter to be considered at the Special Meeting if the holders of outstanding DEAC Shares representing a majority of the voting power of all outstanding DEAC Shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting on the record date are present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting.

Q:

What will happen to DEAC as a result of the Business Combination?

A:

Immediately prior to Closing, DEAC will change its jurisdiction of incorporation from the State of Delaware to the State of Nevada by merging with and into DEAC Nevada, with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger. DEAC Nevada will also change its name to DraftKings Inc.

Q:

What is DraftKings?

A:

DraftKings is a digital sports entertainment and gaming company that was incorporated in Delaware in 2011. DraftKings provides users with daily fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming opportunities.

Q:

What will happen to my DEAC Shares as a result of the Business Combination?

A:

If the Business Combination is completed, each DEAC Share will be canceled and converted into the right to receive one share of New DraftKings Class A common stock. See the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — Consideration” beginning on page 92.

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Q:

Where will the New DraftKings Class A common stock that DEAC Stockholders receive in the Business Combination be publicly traded?

A:

Assuming the Business Combination is completed, the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock issued in connection with the Business Combination will be listed and traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “[  ].”

Q:

What happens if the Business Combination is not completed?

A:

If the BCA is not adopted by DEAC Stockholders or if the Business Combination is not completed for any other reason by June 30, 2020, then we will seek to consummate an alternative initial business combination prior to May 14, 2021. If we do not consummate an initial business combination by May 14, 2021, we will cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and redeem our public shares and liquidate the trust account, in which case our public stockholders may only receive approximately $10.00 per share and our warrants will expire worthless.

Q:

How can I vote my shares in person at the Special Meeting?

A:

DEAC Shares held directly in your name as the stockholder of record of such DEAC Shares as of the close of business on [           ], the record date, may be voted in person at the Special Meeting. If you choose to attend the Special Meeting, you will need to bring valid, government-issued photo identification. If you are a beneficial owner of DEAC Shares but not the stockholder of record of such DEAC Shares, you will also need proof of stock ownership to be admitted in the Special Meeting. A recent brokerage statement or a letter from a bank or broker are examples of proof of ownership. Please note that if your shares are held in “street name” by a broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to vote at the Special Meeting, you will not be permitted to vote in person unless you first obtain a legal proxy issued in your name from the record owner and present it to the inspector of elections with your ballot at the Special Meeting. To request a legal proxy, please contact your broker, bank or other nominee holder of record. It is suggested you do so in a timely manner to ensure receipt of your legal proxy prior to the Special Meeting.

Failure to bring the appropriate documentation may delay your entry into or prevent you from attending the Special Meeting.

Q:

How can I vote my shares without attending the Special Meeting?

A:

If you are a stockholder of record of DEAC Shares as of the close of business on [           ], 2020, the record date, you can vote by proxy via the Internet, by telephone or by mail by following the instructions provided in the enclosed proxy card. Please note that if you hold your shares in “street name,” which means your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or nominee, you should contact your broker to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially own are properly counted. In this regard, you must provide the broker, bank or nominee with instructions on how to vote your shares, or otherwise follow the instructions provided by your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee.

Q:

What is a proxy?

A:

A proxy is a legal designation of another person to vote the stock you own. If you are a stockholder of record of DEAC Shares as of the close of business on the record date, and you vote by phone, by Internet or by signing, dating and returning your proxy card in the enclosed postage-paid envelope, you designate two of DEAC’s officers as your proxies at the Special Meeting, each with full power to act without the other and with full power of substitution. These two officers are Jeff Sagansky and Eli Baker.

Q:

What is the difference between holding shares as a stockholder of record and as a beneficial owner?

A:

If your DEAC Shares are registered directly in your name with Continental you are considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares, and access to proxy materials is being provided directly to you. If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, then you are considered the beneficial owner of those shares, which are considered to be held in street name. Access to proxy materials is being provided to you by your broker, bank or other nominee who is considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares.

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Direct holders (stockholders of record).   For DEAC Shares held directly by you, please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card (or cast your vote by telephone or Internet as provided on each proxy card) or otherwise follow the voting instructions provided in this proxy statement/prospectus in order to ensure that all of your DEAC Shares are voted.

Shares in “street name.”   For DEAC Shares held in “street name” through a bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, you should follow the procedures provided by your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee to vote your shares.

Q:

If a DEAC Stockholder gives a proxy, how will the DEAC Shares covered by the proxy be voted?

A:

If you provide a proxy, regardless of whether you provide that proxy by phone, via the Internet or by completing and returning the applicable enclosed proxy card, the individuals named on the enclosed proxy card will vote your DEAC Shares in the way that you indicate when providing your proxy in respect of the DEAC Shares you hold. When completing the Internet or telephone processes or the proxy card, you may specify whether your DEAC Shares should be voted for or against, or should be abstained from voting on, all, some or none of the specific items of business to come before the Special Meeting.

Q:

How will my DEAC Shares be voted if I return a blank proxy?

A:

If you sign, date and return your proxy and do not indicate how you want your DEAC Shares to be voted, then your DEAC Shares will be voted “FOR” the approval of the Business Combination Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Reincorporation Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Charter Proposal, “FOR” the approval, on an advisory basis, of the Advisory Charter Proposals, “FOR” the approval of the Stock Issuance Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Incentive Award Plan Proposal and “FOR” the approval of the Adjournment Proposal.

Q:

Can I change my vote after I have submitted my proxy?

A:

Yes. If you are a stockholder of record of DEAC Shares as of the close of business on the record date, whether you vote by telephone, Internet or mail, you can change or revoke your proxy before it is voted at the meeting in one of the following ways:

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submit a new proxy card bearing a later date;

•

vote again by telephone or the Internet at a later time;

•

give written notice of your revocation to DEAC’s Corporate Secretary, which notice must be received by DEAC’s Corporate Secretary prior to the vote at the Special Meeting; or

•

vote in person at the Special Meeting. Please note that your attendance at the Special Meeting will not alone serve to revoke your proxy.

If your shares are held in “street name” by your broker, bank or another nominee as of the close of business on the record date, you must follow the instructions of your broker, bank or other nominee to revoke or change your voting instructions.

Q:

Where can I find the voting results of the Special Meeting?

A:

The preliminary voting results are expected to be announced at the Special Meeting. In addition, within four business days following certification of the final voting results, DEAC will file the final voting results of its Special Meeting with the SEC in a Current Report on Form 8-K.

Q:

Are DEAC Stockholders able to exercise dissenters’ rights or appraisal rights with respect to the matters being voted upon at the Special Meeting?

A:

No. DEAC Stockholders are not entitled to exercise dissenters’ rights or appraisal rights under Delaware law in connection with the Business Combination, because they are not required to receive any consideration other than the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, which will be listed on Nasdaq. DEAC Stockholders may vote against the Business Combination Proposal if they are not in favor of the adoption of the BCA.

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Q:

Are there any risks that I should consider as a DEAC Stockholder in deciding how to vote or whether to exercise my redemption rights?

A:

Yes. You should read and carefully consider the risk factors set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 46. You also should read and carefully consider the risk factors of DEAC, DraftKings and SBT contained in the documents that are incorporated by reference herein.

Q:

What happens if I sell my DEAC Shares before the Special Meeting?

A:

The record date for DEAC Stockholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting is earlier than the date of the Special Meeting. If you transfer your DEAC Shares before the record date, you will not be entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. If you transfer your DEAC Shares after the record date but before the Special Meeting, you will, unless special arrangements are made, retain your right to vote at the Special Meeting.

Q:

What are the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Business Combination to me?

A:

The U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Business Combination are discussed in more detail in the section entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.” The discussion of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences contained in this proxy statement/prospectus is intended to provide only a general discussion and is not a complete analysis or description of all potential U.S. federal income tax consequences of the business combination’s foreign, state or local tax laws.

TAX MATTERS ARE COMPLICATED, AND THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION WILL DEPEND ON THE FACTS OF YOUR OWN SITUATION. YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR OWN TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE SPECIFIC TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION TO YOU IN YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.

Q:

When is the Business Combination expected to be completed?

A:

Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the closing conditions described in the section entitled “The Business Combination Agreement — Conditions to Closing” beginning on page 115, including the adoption of the BCA by the DEAC Stockholders at the Special Meeting, the Business Combination is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020. However, it is possible that factors outside the control of both companies could result in the Business Combination being completed at a later time, or not being completed at all.

Q:

Who will solicit and pay the cost of soliciting proxies?

A:

DEAC has engaged a professional proxy solicitation firm, Morrow Sodali LLC (“Morrow”), to assist in soliciting proxies for the Special Meeting. DEAC has agreed to pay Morrow a fee of  $[      ], plus disbursements. DEAC will reimburse Morrow for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and will indemnify Morrow and its affiliates against certain claims, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses. DEAC will also reimburse banks, brokers and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries representing beneficial owners of our common stock for their expenses in forwarding soliciting materials to beneficial owners of our common stock and in obtaining voting instructions from those owners. DEAC’s management team may also solicit proxies by telephone, by facsimile, by mail, on the Internet or in person. They will not be paid any additional amounts for soliciting proxies.

Q:

What are the conditions to completion of the Business Combination?

A:

The Closing is subject to certain conditions, including, among other things, (i) approval by DEAC’s stockholders, DraftKings’ stockholders and SBT’s shareholders of the Business Combination Agreement, the Business Combination and certain other actions related thereto, (ii) the expiration or termination of the waiting period (or any extension thereof) applicable under the HSR Act, (iii) certain approvals or other determinations from certain gaming regulatory authorities, as applicable, and the absence of a material adverse regulatory event with respect to DraftKings and SBT, (iv) DEAC having at least $400 million of cash at the Closing, consisting of cash held in the trust account after giving effect to redemptions of public shares, if any, and proceeds from the Private Placement, (v) the effectiveness of the registration statement, of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part and

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(vi) the listing of the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be issued in the Business Combination on Nasdaq. Unless waived, if any of these conditions are not satisfied, the Business Combination may not be consummated. Furthermore, in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. The required approvals of DraftKings’ stockholders and SBT’s shareholders were obtained prior to the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Q:

What should I do now?

A:

You should read this proxy statement/prospectus carefully in its entirety, including the annexes, and return your completed, signed and dated proxy card(s) by mail in the enclosed postage-paid envelope or submit your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet as soon as possible so that your DEAC Shares will be voted in accordance with your instructions.

Q:

What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials?

A:

Stockholders may receive more than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of this proxy statement/prospectus and multiple proxy cards or voting instruction cards. For example, if you hold your shares in more than one brokerage account, you will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which you hold shares. If you are a holder of record and your shares are registered in more than one name, you will receive more than one proxy card. Please complete, sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction card that you receive in order to cast a vote with respect to all of your DEAC Shares.

Q:

Whom do I call if I have questions about the Special Meeting or the Business Combination?

A:

If you have questions about the Special Meeting or the Business Combination, or desire additional copies of this proxy statement/prospectus or additional proxies, you may contact:

Morrow Sodali LLC
470 West Avenue, Suite 3000
Stamford, CT 06902
Tel: (800) 662-5200
Banks and brokers call collect: (203) 658-9400
E-mail: DEAC.info@investor.morrowsodali.com

You also may obtain additional information about DEAC from documents filed with the SEC by following the instructions in the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.” If you are a holder of public shares and you intend to seek redemption of your shares, you will need to deliver your public shares (either physically or electronically) to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, DEAC’s transfer agent, at the address below prior to [     ] p.m., New York City Time, on [           ], 2020. If you have questions regarding the certification of your position or delivery of your stock, please contact:

Mark Zimkind
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
One State Street Plaza, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004
E-mail: mzimkind@continentalstock.com

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SUMMARY

This summary highlights selected information included in this document and does not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should read this entire document and its appendices and the other documents to which DEAC, DraftKings and SBTech refer before you decide how to vote with respect to the proposals to be considered and voted on at the Special Meeting. Each item in this summary includes a page reference directing you to a more complete description of that item.

Information About the Parties to the Business Combination (page 84)

Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp.

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 3200
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 209-7280

Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company whose business purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.

DraftKings Inc.

222 Berkeley Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02116

DraftKings Inc., a Delaware corporation, is a digital sports entertainment and gaming company. DraftKings provides users with daily fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming opportunities.

SBTech (Global) Limited

33-37 Athol Street,
Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 1LB

SBTech is headquartered in the Isle of Man. Its principal business activities involve the design and development of sports betting and casino gaming platform software for online and retail sportsbook and casino gaming products.

DEAC Nevada

DEAC Nevada is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEAC formed for the purpose of effecting the Business Combination and the reincorporation. DEAC Nevada was incorporated under the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) on December 13, 2019. DEAC Nevada owns no material assets and does not operate any business.

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, among other things, DEAC will merge with and into DEAC Nevada with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger.

DEAC Merger Sub Inc.

DEAC Merger Sub Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEAC formed solely for the purpose of effecting the Business Combination. Merger Sub was incorporated under the DGCL on December 9, 2019. Merger Sub owns no material assets and does not operate any business.

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, among other things, Merger Sub will merge with and into DraftKings, with DraftKings surviving the merger.

The Business Combination Agreement (page 104)

The terms and conditions of the Business Combination are contained in the BCA, which is attached to this document as Annex A and is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. DEAC encourages you to read the BCA carefully, as it is the legal document that governs the Business Combination. For more information on the BCA, see the section entitled “The Business Combination Agreement.”

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Structure of the Business Combination (page 92)

Pursuant to the BCA, (i) DEAC will change its jurisdiction of incorporation to Nevada by merging with and into DEAC Nevada, with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger and changing its name to “DraftKings Inc.” (referred to in this proxy statement/prospectus as “New DraftKings”), (ii) following the reincorporation, Merger Sub will merge with and into DraftKings, with DraftKings surviving the merger (the “DK Merger”) and (iii) immediately following the DK Merger, New DraftKings will acquire all of the issued and outstanding share capital of SBT. Upon consummation of the foregoing transactions, DraftKings and SBT will be wholly-owned subsidiaries of New DraftKings. In addition, in connection with the reincorporation, New DraftKings will amend and restate its charter to be the Proposed Charter and adopt the dual class structure and the unsuitability provisions, each as described in the section of this proxy statement/prospectus titled “Description of New DraftKings Securities.”

The following diagrams illustrate in simplified terms the current structure of DEAC and DraftKings and the expected structure of New DraftKings and its operating subsidiaries upon the Closing.

Simplified Pre-Combination Structure

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Simplified Post-Combination New DraftKings Structure

The Private Placement (page 94)

In order to satisfy the Minimum Proceeds Condition, DEAC entered into the Subscription Agreements with the PIPE Investors, pursuant to which, among other things, DEAC agreed to issue and sell in private placements an aggregate of 30,471,352 shares of DEAC Class A common stock to the PIPE Investors for $10.00 per share, plus the issuance by DEAC to the PIPE Investors of an aggregate of 3.0 million warrants to purchase shares of DEAC common stock, which warrants are identical to our public warrants. The Private Placement is expected to close immediately prior to the Closing. For more information regarding the Private Placement, see the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — The Private Placement.”

The Convertible Notes (page 235)

On and after December 16, 2019, DraftKings issued subordinated convertible promissory notes to certain investors in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $66.6 million (the “Convertible Notes”). Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Notes, the outstanding principal and accrued interest on the Convertible Notes will convert immediately prior to the reincorporation into shares of DEAC Class A common stock, at a price per share equal to the price per share paid by the PIPE Investors in the Private Placement. The shares of DEAC Class A common stock issued upon conversion of the Convertible Notes will be converted into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock upon consummation of the reincorporation and the Business Combination.

Treatment of DraftKings Equity (page 105)

Each share of DraftKings Class A common stock (including shares of DraftKings preferred stock converted to DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the conversion of such preferred shares) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the DK Merger (other than certain excluded shares) will be converted into the right to receive shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock based on the DK Share Exchange Ratio as described further herein. Assuming the capitalization of DraftKings, SBT and the DEAC as of the date of the BCA and assuming the Closing occurred on the date of the BCA, the DK Share Exchange Ratio would be 0.3574. Any DraftKings stockholder who is not an “accredited investor” will not receive shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and will instead receive cash in an amount equal to the value of the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock that such DraftKings stockholder would have otherwise received in respect of such stockholder’s shares based on the DK Share Exchange Ratio.

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Prior to the effective time of the DK Merger, DraftKings will issue shares of Class B common stock to Jason Robins. Each share of DraftKings Class B common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the DK Merger will be converted into the right to receive shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock.

Each option to purchase shares of DraftKings common stock that is outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the DK Merger, whether vested or unvested, will automatically be converted into an option to purchase a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock based on the DK Share Exchange Ratio as described further herein.

Treatment of SBT Equity (page 105)

Each of the SBT Sellers and the holders of in-the-money vested options to purchase shares of SBT capital stock will receive, in respect of their shares of SBT capital stock and in respect of the Cashed-Out SBT Options, their respective pro rata portions of the aggregate cash consideration, as determined in accordance with the terms of the BCA, based on a cash amount of €180,000,000, as adjusted for net debt and working capital, as well as certain other specified items.

In addition, each SBT Seller will receive such number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the result of multiplying such SBT Seller’s aggregate number of shares of SBT capital stock held by such SBT Seller immediately prior to the Closing by the SBT Share Exchange Ratio (as defined in the BCA). Assuming the capitalization of DraftKings, SBT and DEAC as of the date of the BCA and assuming the Closing occurred on the date of the BCA, the SBT Share Exchange Ratio would be 998.5 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock per SBT Share.

Each outstanding option to purchase shares of SBT capital stock other than the Cashed-Out SBT Options, which we collectively refer to as the SBT rolled-over options, will automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into an option to purchase a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the number of shares of SBT capital stock subject to such option award immediately prior to the Closing multiplied by the SBT Share Exchange Ratio, with an exercise price per share of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the exercise price per share of such SBT rolled-over option divided by the SBT Share Exchange Ratio. As converted, each such SBT rolled-over option will generally continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to the Closing, except that the terms of the SBT option plan and agreements evidencing awards thereunder will be deemed amended such that a “transaction” is no longer a condition for the exercise of such option. In addition, New DraftKings will assume the SBT option plan (including by adjusting the share reserve available thereunder by the SBT Share Exchange Ratio) such that following the Closing, New DraftKings will be entitled to grant equity awards thereunder to the extent agreed by the parties and outlined in “The Business Combination Agreement — Employee Matters.”

Earnout Shares

The DEAC Founder Group (the “DEAC Earnout Group”), the SBT Sellers (the “SBT Earnout Group”) and the DK Equityholders and holders of former DraftKings options that were converted into options to purchase a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A Common Stock (the “DK Earnout Group”) will have the right to receive the portion of 6,000,000 aggregate Earnout Shares described below, which will be released as follows:

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one-third of the Earnout Shares will be released to such earnout recipients on a Pro Rata Basis (as defined below) if: (A) the volume weighted average share price of New DraftKings Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share for 20 of any 30 consecutive trading days commencing after the Closing or (B) New DraftKings consummates a transaction which results in the stockholders of New DraftKings having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property having a value equaling or exceeding $12.50 per share;

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one-third of the Earnout Shares will be released to such earnout recipients on a Pro Rata Basis if: (A) the volume weighted average share price of New DraftKings Class A common stock equals or exceeds $14.00 per share for 20 of any 30 consecutive trading days commencing after the Closing

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or (B) New DraftKings consummates a transaction which results in the stockholders of New DraftKings having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property having a value equaling or exceeding $14.00 per share; and

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one-third of the Earnout Shares will be released to such earnout recipients on a Pro Rata Basis if: (A) the volume weighted average share price of New DraftKings Class A common stock equals or exceeds $16.00 per share for 20 of any 30 consecutive trading days commencing after the Closing or (B) New DraftKings consummates a transaction which results in the stockholders of New DraftKings having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property having a value equaling or exceeding $16.00 per share.

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If the condition for more than one triggering event is met pursuant to the above, then all of the Earnout Shares to be released and distributed in connection with each such triggering event shall be released and delivered to the earnout recipients.

For the purposes of the release of Earnout Shares only, a “Pro Rata Basis” means (A) with respect to each member of the DEAC Earnout Group, in accordance with the ratio calculated by dividing (x) the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock held by such member, by (y) the aggregate number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock held by the DEAC Earnout Group; (B) with respect to each member of the DK Earnout Group, in accordance with the ratio calculated by dividing (x) the sum of the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock held and the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock underlying exchanged DraftKings options held by such member, by (y) the sum of the aggregate number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock held by the DK Earnout Group and the aggregate number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock underlying exchanged DraftKings options, and in either of case (A) or (B), as of immediately following the Closing; and (C) with respect to each member of the SBT Earnout Group, in accordance with the ratio calculated by dividing (x) the number of SBT shares held by such member immediately prior to Closing, by (y) the aggregate number of shares of SBT held by all members of the SBT Earnout Group immediately prior to the Closing.

The members of the DEAC Earnout Group will each be entitled to the right to receive their respective pro rata shares (as among the DEAC Earnout Group) of 3,000,000 Earnout Shares. The members of the DK Earnout Group will each be entitled to the right to receive their respective pro rata shares (as among the DK Earnout Group) of 2,280,000 Earnout Shares. The members of the SBT Earnout Group will each be entitled to the right to receive their respective pro rata shares (as among the SBT Earnout Group) of 720,000 Earnout Shares. Any Earnout Shares not eligible to be released by the four-year anniversary of the Closing Date will be forfeited to New DraftKings and canceled, and no earnout recipient will have any rights with respect thereto.

Special Meeting of DEAC Stockholders and the Proposals (page 85)

The Special Meeting will be held on [       ], 2020 at [       ] a.m., New York City Time, at the offices of Winston & Strawn LLP, at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166. The purpose of the Special Meeting is to consider and vote on the Business Combination Proposal, the Reincorporation Proposal, the Charter Proposal, the Advisory Charter Proposals (on an advisory basis), the Stock Issuance Proposal, the Incentive Award Plan Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal.

Approval of the condition precedent proposals is a condition to the obligation of DEAC to complete the Business Combination.

Only holders of record of issued and outstanding DEAC Shares as of the close of business on [     ], the record date for the Special Meeting, are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the Special Meeting. You may cast one vote for each share of DEAC common stock that you owned as of the close of business on that record date.

A quorum of stockholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A quorum will exist at the Special Meeting with respect to each matter to be considered at the Special Meeting if the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of DEAC common stock as of the record date present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting. All shares represented by proxy are counted as present for purposes of establishing a quorum.

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Approval of the Business Combination Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

Approval of the Reincorporation Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding DEAC Shares entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” such proposal.

Approval of the Charter Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding DEAC Shares entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a class. Abstentions and broker non-votes have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the proposal.

Approval of each of the Advisory Charter Proposals, each of which is a non-binding vote, requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

Approval of the Stock Issuance Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

Approval of the Incentive Award Plan Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

Approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

Recommendation of DEAC’s Board of Directors (page 85)

The DEAC Board has unanimously determined that the Business Combination is in the best interests of, and advisable to, the DEAC Stockholders and recommends that the DEAC Stockholders adopt the BCA and thereby approve the Business Combination. The DEAC Board made its determination after consultation with its legal and financial advisors and consideration of a number of factors.

The DEAC Board recommends that you vote “FOR” the approval of the Business Combination Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Reincorporation Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Charter Proposal, “FOR” the approval, on an advisory basis, of the Advisory Charter Proposals, “FOR” the approval of the Stock Issuance Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Incentive Award Plan Proposal and “FOR” the approval of the Adjournment Proposal.

For more information about the DEAC Board’s recommendation and the proposals, see the sections entitled “The Special Meeting — Vote Required and DEAC Board Recommendation” beginning on page 85 and “The Business Combination Proposal — DEAC’s Board of Directors’ Reasons for Approval of the Business Combination” beginning on page 97.

DEAC’s Board of Directors’ Reasons for Approval of the Business Combination (page 97)

In considering the Business Combination, DEAC’s board of directors considered the following positive factors, although not weighted or in any order of significance:

High-Growth Industry.   The combination of DraftKings and SBT will establish one of the largest vertically integrated online sports betting, iGaming and DFS platforms to take advantage of the growing world-wide trend of online gaming regulation. Based on third-party data and industry reports, there is approximately a $450 billion global gaming industry and estimates that the U.S. online sports betting industry will be $18 billion of gross revenue at maturity. While the industry in the United States is nascent due to prior federal preemption, increased regulation by individual U.S. states has created a rapidly growing

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environment and a trend toward regulation. This represents a near greenfield opportunity for DraftKings which has already proven itself with its DFS product in 43 U.S. states with an industry leading 60%+ market share and a database of over 4 million unique paid users.

Business with Revenue and Earnings Growth Potential.   DraftKings has an attractive financial profile characterized by strong existing growth and continued prospects of accelerated growth. From 2017 to 2021E, New DraftKings expects to achieve a revenue compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of over 31% and to have grown revenues by $460 million. DEAC believes that DraftKings is well positioned to continue its dynamic growth trajectory as it integrates SBT and expands its product offerings and geographic reach.

Compelling Unit Economics.   DraftKings is a high growth consumer facing Internet business that features compelling unit economics. This has been demonstrated in its core DFS business and has further developed in its rollout of online sports betting and iGaming. In New Jersey, DraftKings’ iGaming has a positive gross profit of 32% and there is the expectation to improve that margin as the business achieves greater scale nationally and integrates the SBT technology. Similarly, SBT’s business-to-business structure also yields strong unit economics.

Diversified Revenue Mix.   After the Business Combination, the combined company will have a diversified revenue mix, well suited to capture different parts of the value chain in the online sports and iGaming industries. While DraftKings’ business is consumer facing and reliant on marketing outreach to end-user consumers, SBT is a business-to-business software service provider with over 40+ customers worldwide. DEAC believes that this provides a financial advantage to the combined company because it will create diversified sources of revenue but also geographic dispersion to capture the growth outside of the United States as well as inside.

Experienced and Motivated Management Team.   DraftKings and SBT are led by a seasoned team of industry experts that have re-defined online daily fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming in the United States and throughout the world.

Regulatory Approvals (page 99)

The Business Combination is subject to the expiration or termination of the waiting period (or any extension thereof) applicable under the HSR Act. The Business Combination is also subject to the receipt of approvals, determinations, grants, confirmations and the satisfaction of any other conditions, as may be applicable, with respect to certain gaming regulatory authorities.

Conditions to Closing (page 115)

The Business Combination is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, including being subject to the expiration or termination of the waiting period (or any extension thereof) applicable under the HSR Act, receipt of approvals from certain gaming regulators and the required approvals of DEAC’s stockholders, DraftKings’ stockholders and SBT shareholders. The Closing is also conditioned on the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form S-4 of which this proxy statement/prospectus constitutes a part, and receipt of approval for listing the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be issued as consideration under the BCA on the Nasdaq. DEAC is also required to have a minimum of  $400,000,000 in cash comprising (i) the cash held in the trust account after giving effect to DEAC share redemptions, and (ii) proceeds from the Private Placement (provided that DraftKings and SBT (acting jointly) may waive this condition). The Business Combination is also subject to the receipt by the SBT Sellers’ Representative of certain tax rulings from the Israel Tax Authority, which condition may be waived by the SBT Sellers’ Representative. Unless waived, if any of these conditions are not satisfied, the Business Combination may not be consummated. Furthermore, in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. The required approvals of DraftKings’ stockholders and SBT shareholders were obtained prior to the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

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Termination and Termination Fee (page 118)

The BCA may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:

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by mutual written consent of DraftKings, the SBT Sellers’ Representative and DEAC;

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by each of DraftKings, the SBT Sellers’ Representative or DEAC if:

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the Business Combination is not completed on or before June 30, 2020 (the “Outside Date,” which may be extended by an additional 31 days by the mutual written consent of DraftKings, the SBT Sellers’ Representative and DEAC); provided that this termination right will not be available to a party whose action or failure to act has been the primary cause of or resulted in the failure of the Business Combination to be consummated on or before the Outside Date;

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any governmental authority issues an order or injunction or takes any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Business Combination, and such order or other action becomes final and non-appealable; provided that this termination right is not available to any party if such party has not complied in all material respects with its regulatory efforts covenants; or

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the requisite approvals of DEAC’s stockholders are not obtained at the Special Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

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by DraftKings if:

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SBT, the SBT Sellers or DEAC has breached or failed to perform any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the BCA, which breach or failure to perform (i) would give rise to the failure of certain conditions to the Closing to be satisfied and (ii) is incapable of being cured or is not cured by such party by the earlier of (x) 30 days following receipt of written notice from DraftKings of such breach or failure to perform and (y) the Outside Date; or

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DEAC withdraws, or amends, qualifies or modifies in a manner adverse to DraftKings, SBT or the SBT Sellers, its recommendation to DEAC’s stockholders to adopt and approve the Business Combination and the other proposals described in this proxy statement/prospectus, prior to the time requisite approvals of DEAC’s stockholders are obtained;

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by the SBT Sellers’ Representative if:

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DraftKings or DEAC has breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the BCA, which breach or failure to perform (i) would give rise to the failure of certain conditions to the Closing to be satisfied and (ii) is incapable of being cured or is not cured by such party by the earlier of  (x) 30 days following receipt of written notice from the SBT Sellers’ Representative of such breach or failure to perform and (y) the Outside Date; or

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DEAC withdraws, or amends, qualifies or modifies in a manner adverse to DraftKings, SBT or the SBT Sellers, its recommendation to DEAC’s stockholders to adopt and approve the Business Combination and the other proposals described in this proxy statement/prospectus, prior to the time requisite approvals of DEAC’s stockholders are obtained;

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by DEAC if any of DraftKings, SBT or the SBT Sellers has breached or failed to perform any of its or their respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the BCA, which breach or failure to perform (i) would give rise to the failure of certain conditions to the Closing to be satisfied and (ii) is incapable of being cured or is not cured by such party by the earlier of  (x) 30 days following receipt of written notice from DEAC of such breach or failure to perform and (y) the Outside Date.

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Termination Fee

In the event that the BCA is terminated, other than in circumstances where SBT or the SBT Sellers have breached or failed to perform any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the BCA in such a manner that would give rise to a termination right as discussed above, DraftKings must pay to SBT a termination fee of  $3,000,000 (the “SBT Termination Fee”). Upon any valid termination of the BCA where the SBT Termination Fee becomes due and payable, the payment of the SBT Termination Fee will be in full and complete satisfaction of any and all monetary damages of SBT, its affiliates, and their respective representatives that may be claimed by SBT and its affiliates against DraftKings, its subsidiaries and any of their respective representatives arising out of or related to the BCA or the Business Combination (except in case of fraud or any willful and material breach of the BCA by DraftKings).

Redemption Rights (page 88)

Pursuant to DEAC’s Current Charter, a public stockholder may request that DEAC redeem all or a portion of their public shares (which would become shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in the reincorporation) for cash if the Business Combination is consummated. You will be entitled to receive cash for any public shares to be redeemed only if you:

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(a) hold public shares or (b) hold public shares through units and you elect to separate your units into the underlying public shares and public warrants prior to exercising your redemption rights with respect to the public shares; and

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prior to [       ] p.m., New York City Time, on [     ], 2020, (a) submit a written request to the transfer agent that DEAC redeem your public shares for cash and (b) deliver your public shares to the transfer agent, physically or electronically through DTC.

As noted above, holders of units must elect to separate the underlying public shares and public warrants prior to exercising redemption rights with respect to the public shares. Holders may instruct their broker to do so, or if a holder holds units registered in its own name, the holder must contact the transfer agent directly and instruct them to do so. Public stockholders may elect to redeem all or a portion of their public shares even if they vote for the Business Combination Proposal. If the Business Combination is not consummated, the public shares will not be redeemed for cash. If a public stockholder properly exercises its right to redeem its public shares and timely delivers its public shares to Continental, DEAC’s transfer agent, DEAC will redeem each public share into which such public share converted upon the Closing for a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to fund our working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of  $250,000) and/or to pay our taxes, divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares. If a public stockholder exercises its redemption rights, then it will be exchanging its redeemed public shares for cash and will no longer own such shares. See the section entitled “The Special Meeting — Redemption Rights” for a detailed description of the procedures to be followed if you wish to redeem your public shares for cash.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a holder of public shares, together with any affiliate of such public shareholder or any other person with whom such public shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its public shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 20% of the public shares. Accordingly, if a public shareholder, alone or acting in concert or as a group, seeks to redeem more than 20% of the public shares, then any such shares in excess of that 20% limit would not be redeemed for cash.

Holders of our warrants will not have redemption rights with respect to the warrants.

No Delaware Appraisal Rights (page 294)

Pursuant to Section 262(b)(2) of the DGCL, DEAC Stockholders are not entitled to exercise dissenters’, appraisal, cash exit or similar rights in connection with the Business Combination. For more information, see the section entitled “No Delaware Appraisal Rights” beginning on page 294.

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Proxy Solicitation (page 88)

Proxies may be solicited by mail, telephone or in person. DEAC has engaged Morrow to assist in the solicitation of proxies. If a stockholder grants a proxy, it may still vote its shares in person if it revokes its proxy before the Special Meeting. A stockholder also may change its vote by submitting a later-dated proxy as described in the section entitled “The Special Meeting — Revoking Your Proxy.”

Interests of DEAC Directors and Officers in the Business Combination (page 100)

When you consider the recommendation of DEAC’s board of directors in favor of approval of the Business Combination Proposal, you should keep in mind that DEAC’s initial stockholders, including its directors and officers, have interests in such proposal that are different from, or in addition to those of DEAC Stockholders and warrant holders generally. These interests include, among other things, the interests listed below:

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If we are unable to complete our initial business combination by May 14, 2021, we will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the public shares and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete our initial business combination by May 14, 2021. Our initial stockholders purchased the founder shares prior to our initial public offering for an aggregate purchase price of  $25,000. Upon the Closing, such founder shares will convert into 10,000,000 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, 720,000 of which will be forfeited and 5,280,000 of which will be deposited into escrow and released in accordance with the terms of the BCA. Such securities, if unrestricted and freely tradable would be valued at approximately $106,600,000, based on the closing price of  $10.66 per share of our Class A common stock on Nasdaq on December 30, 2019.

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Simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering, we consummated the sale of 6,333,334 private placement warrants at a price of  $1.50 per warrant in a private placement to our initial stockholders, including our independent directors (and/or one or more of their estate planning vehicles). The warrants are each exercisable commencing 30 days following the Closing for one share of DEAC Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. If we do not consummate a business combination transaction by May 14, 2021, then the proceeds from the sale of the private placement warrants will be part of the liquidating distribution to the public stockholders and the warrants held by our initial stockholders will be worthless. The warrants held by our initial stockholders had an aggregate market value of  $14,820,001.60 based upon the closing price of $2.34 per warrant on Nasdaq on December 30, 2019.

•

Our Sponsor, officers and directors will lose their entire investment in us if we do not complete a business combination by May 14, 2021. Certain of them may continue to serve as officers and/or directors of New DraftKings after the Closing. As such, in the future they may receive any cash fees, stock options or stock awards that the New DraftKings board of directors determines to pay to its directors and/or officers.

•

Our initial stockholders and our officers and directors have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if DEAC fails to complete a business combination by May 14, 2021.

•

In order to protect the amounts held in the trust account, the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have entered into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by

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a third party who executed a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account or to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

•

Following the Closing, our Sponsor would be entitled to the repayment of any working capital loan and advances that have been made to DEAC and remain outstanding. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, our Sponsor has not made any advances to us for working capital expenses. If we do not complete an initial business combination within the required period, we may use a portion of our working capital held outside the trust account to repay the working capital loans, but no proceeds held in the trust account would be used to repay the working capital loans.

•

Following the consummation of the Business Combination, we will continue to indemnify our existing directors and officers and will maintain a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy.

•

Upon the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions of the BCA, our Sponsor, our officers and directors and their respective affiliates may be entitled to reimbursement for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and consummating an initial business combination, and repayment of any other loans, if any, and on such terms as to be determined by DEAC from time to time, made by our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination.

At any time prior to the Special Meeting, during a period when they are not then aware of any material nonpublic information regarding DEAC or its securities, the initial stockholders, DraftKings and/or its affiliates and SBT and/or its affiliates may purchase shares and/or warrants from investors, or they may enter into transactions with such investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire DEAC Shares or vote their DEAC Shares in favor of the Business Combination Proposal. The purpose of such share purchases and other transactions would be to increase the likelihood that (i) the proposals presented for approval at the Special Meeting are approved and/or (ii) DEAC satisfies the Minimum Proceeds Condition. Any such purchases of public shares and other transactions may thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining stockholder approval of the Business Combination. This may result in the completion of our Business Combination that may not otherwise have been possible. While the exact nature of any such incentives has not been determined as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, they might include, without limitation, arrangements to protect such investors or holders against potential loss in value of their shares, including the granting of put options and the transfer to such investors or holders of shares or rights owned by the initial stockholders for nominal value.

Entering into any such arrangements may have a depressive effect on DEAC Shares. For example, as a result of these arrangements, an investor or holder may have the ability to effectively purchase shares at a price lower than market and may therefore be more likely to sell the shares it owns, either prior to or immediately after the Special Meeting.

If such transactions are effected, the consequence could be to cause the Business Combination to be approved in circumstances where such approval could not otherwise be obtained. Purchases of shares by the persons described above would allow them to exert more influence over the approval of the proposals to be presented at the Special Meeting and would likely increase the chances that such proposals would be approved. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, there have been no such discussions and no agreements to such effect have been entered into with any such investor or holder.

The existence of financial and personal interests of the DEAC directors and officers may result in a conflict of interest on the part of one or more of them between what he may believe is best for DEAC and what he may believe is best for him in determining whether or not to grant a waiver in a specific situation. See the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “The Business Combination Proposal — Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination” for a further discussion of this and other risks.

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Stock Exchange Listing (page 250)

We expect the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to trade on Nasdaq under the symbol “[   ]” following the Closing.

Sources and Uses of Funds (page 101)

The following table summarizes the sources and uses for funding the transactions contemplated by the BCA. Where actual amounts are not known or knowable, the figures below represent DEAC’s good faith estimate of such amounts assuming a Closing as of April 2020.

(in millions)	Assuming No Redemption(1)			Assuming Maximum Redemption(2)
Sources	​			​
Proceeds from Trust Account(3)	​	$	403	​	$	95
Private Placement	​	​	305	​	​	305
Convertible Notes(4)	​	​	67	​	​	67
Sellers’ Equity	​	​	2,700	​	​	2,700
DEAC Upfront Founder Equity(6)	​	​	37	​	​	37
Total Sources	​	$	3,512	​	$	3,204
Uses	​	​	​	​	​	​
Cash to Balance Sheet	​	$	527	​	$	219
Cash to SBT Shareholders(5)	​	​	198	​	​	198
Sellers’ Equity	​	​	2,700	​	​	2,700
DEAC Upfront Founder Equity(6)	​	​	37	​	​	37
Transaction costs(7)	​	​	50	​	​	50
Total Uses	​	$	3,512	​	$	3,204

(1)

Assuming that no public stockholders exercise redemption rights with respect to their public shares for a pro rata portion of the trust account.

(2)

Assuming DEAC public stockholders redeem approximately 30,520,132 shares for aggregate redemption payments of  $307.3 million based on an estimated $10.07 liquidation value as of September 30, 2019.

(3)

Cash held in the trust account as of September 30, 2019.

(4)

Proceeds raised from the issuance of the Convertible Notes are not included in the calculation for determining satisfaction of the Minimum Proceeds Condition.

(5)

This amount represents €180 million converted into U.S. dollars at $1.098 for €1.00. This amount is subject to adjustment for excess Net Debt Amount and Working Capital Amount pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement.

(6)

Includes 80,000 founder shares that have been transferred to DEAC’s independent directors.

(7)

These estimated transaction-related costs include $14.0 million in deferred underwriting commissions related to DEAC’s initial public offering.

Material U.S. Tax Consequences of the Reincorporation and Exercise of Redemption Rights (page 288)

For a discussion summarizing the U.S. federal income tax considerations of the reincorporation and an exercise of redemption rights, please see “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.” The tax consequences of the foregoing to any particular stockholder will depend on that stockholder’s particular facts and circumstances. Accordingly, please consult your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences to you of the reincorporation or an exercise of redemption rights.

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Accounting Treatment of the Business Combination (page 102)

The merger between DraftKings and Merger Sub will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization for which DraftKings has been determined to be the accounting acquirer (the “Reverse Recapitalization”). As the merger between DraftKings and Merger Sub will be accounted for as a Reverse Recapitalization, no goodwill or other intangible assets will be recorded, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Under this method of accounting, DEAC will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Reverse Recapitalization will be treated as the equivalent of DraftKings issuing stock for the net assets of DEAC, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of DEAC will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Reverse Recapitalization will be those of DraftKings.

DEAC’s acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding share capital of SBTech (the “SBTech Acquisition”) will be treated as a business combination under Accounting Standard Codification 805, “Business Combinations” (“ASC 805”) and will be accounted for using the acquisition method. New DraftKings will record the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed from SBTech. Any excess amounts after allocating the estimated consideration to identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed will be recorded as goodwill.

Comparison of Stockholders’ Rights (page 252)

Following the consummation of the Business Combination, the rights of DEAC Stockholders who become New DraftKings stockholders in the Business Combination will no longer be governed by the Current Charter and DEAC’s amended and restated bylaws (the “Current Bylaws” and, together with the Current Charter, the “Existing Organizational Documents”) and instead will be governed by the Proposed Charter and New DraftKings’ amended and restated bylaws (“New DraftKings Bylaws”). See “Comparison of Stockholders’ Rights” beginning on page 252.

Stockholders Agreement (page 121)

On the Closing Date, New DraftKings and the DEAC Stockholder Group, the DK Stockholder Group and the SBT Stockholder Group will enter into the Stockholders Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex B. The Stockholders Agreement provides, among other things, that:

Corporate Governance

Board Composition

Immediately following the Closing, the New DraftKings board of directors will initially be as set forth below:

•

DraftKings Directors.   Eight directors nominated by the DK Stockholder Group, including the Chief Executive Officer of New DraftKings and at least four directors who qualify as “independent” directors under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules.

•

SBT Directors.   Two directors nominated by Mr. Meckenzie, including at least one director who qualifies as an “independent” director under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules.

•

DEAC Director.   One director nominated by the DEAC Stockholder Group, who will qualify as “independent” under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules subject to approval by DraftKings (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld). Messrs. Sloan, Sagansky and Baker are deemed approved by DraftKings as prospective nominees if they qualify as “independent” under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules.

•

From the first annual meeting of stockholders following the Closing Date, Mr. Meckenzie will have the right to nominate one director (and any replacement of such director) to serve on the

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New DraftKings board of directors (subject to the Board’s approval not to be unreasonably withheld) so long as Mr. Meckenzie continues to hold at least 9% of the issued and outstanding shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock.

•

Subject to applicable law, Mr. Robins agrees to vote in favor of Mr. Meckenzie’s nominee at each annual meeting of stockholders so long as Mr. Meckenzie has such nomination right described above.

Committees

The composition of each committee of the New DraftKings board of directors will be in compliance with applicable Nasdaq Stock Market independence requirements.

Restrictions on Transfers

For a period of 180 days following the Closing (the “DK/SBT Lockup Period”), no member of the DK Stockholder Group or the SBT Stockholder Group (“Sellers”) may transfer any New DraftKings shares of common stock, subject to certain exceptions. Following the expiration of the DK/SBT Lockup Period, Sellers may transfer New DraftKings shares pursuant to an effective registration statement, or in transactions exempt from or not subject to registration requirements and certain transactions otherwise permitted during the DK/SBT Lockup Period.

Members of the DEAC Stockholder Group may not transfer or sell shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock (subject to certain customary exceptions) until the earliest of  (i) one year from the Closing, (ii) the last consecutive trading day where the volume-weighted average New DraftKings share price equals or exceeds $15.00 per share for at least for 20 out of 30 consecutive trading days, but in no event earlier than 180 days after the Closing and (iii) if New DraftKings consummates a transaction after the Business Combination which results in its stockholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property, at such time (the “DEAC Lockup Period”).

The Chief Executive Officer of New DraftKings may not transfer any shares of New DraftKings common stock, subject to certain exceptions for a period of two years from the Closing (the “CEO Lockup Period”).

At any time, any member of the Stockholder Parties may transfer shares of New DraftKings common stock to any wholly-owned affiliate of such Stockholder Party or to any person wholly owning such stockholder.

Registration Rights

Within 30 days of the Closing, New DraftKings will file a shelf registration statement on Form S-1 with respect to resales of all shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock held by members of the Stockholder Parties (“Registrable Shares”) and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such shelf registration statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of  (i) 60 days (or 120 days if the SEC notifies New DraftKings that it will “review” such shelf registration statement) after the Closing and (ii) the tenth business day after the date New DraftKings is notified by the SEC that such shelf registration statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review.

In the period following the expiration of the DK/SBT Lockup Period or the DEAC Lockup Period, if any member of the Stockholder Parties delivers notice to New DraftKings stating that it intends to effect an underwritten public offering of all or part of its Registrable Shares included on a shelf registration and reasonably expects aggregate gross proceeds of not less than $75,000,000, New DraftKings will enter into a customary underwriting agreement and will take all such other reasonable actions as are requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities; provided that New DraftKings will have no obligation to facilitate or participate in more than two underwritten offerings for each of the DK Stockholder Group, the SBT Stockholder Group and the DEAC Stockholder Group and no more than six underwritten offerings in the aggregate.

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Whenever New DraftKings proposes to publicly sell or register for sale any of its securities in an underwritten offering pursuant to a registration statement other than on Form S-8 or on Form S-4, New DraftKings will give notice to the Stockholder Parties and will include all Registrable Shares that any member of the Stockholder Parties requests for inclusion within five days of receiving notice from New DraftKings, subject to any cut-back deemed necessary by an underwriter.

Unsuitable Persons

Each member of the Stockholder Parties acknowledges and agrees to the application of the provisions concerning unsuitability contained in the Proposed Charter of New DraftKings.

Termination

The Stockholders Agreement will be effective as of the Closing and will automatically terminate on the earlier of  (i) the date on which no member of the DEAC Stockholder Group nor the SBT Stockholder Group holds any shares of New DraftKings common stock, (ii) the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of New DraftKings and (iii) upon the unanimous agreement of all members of the Stockholder Parties.

Summary of Risk Factors (page 46)

In evaluating the proposals to be presented at the Special Meeting, a DEAC Stockholder should carefully read this proxy statement/prospectus and especially consider the factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors.”

Emerging Growth Company (page 225)

Section 102(b)(1) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a registration statement under the Securities Act declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the DEAC’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of: (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the closing of DEAC’s initial public offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our common equity that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of the prior fiscal year’s second fiscal quarter; and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.00 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period. References herein to “emerging growth company” have the meaning associated with it in the JOBS Act.

Controlled Company Exemption (page 272)

Upon the completion of the Business Combination, Mr. Robins will be the beneficial owner of all the outstanding shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock and as such, will control the voting power of our outstanding capital stock, as a result of which Mr. Robins will have the power to elect a majority of New DraftKings’ directors. Pursuant to The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors is held by an individual, a group or another company qualifies as a “controlled company.” Therefore, we will not be subject to The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards that would otherwise require us to have: (i) a board of directors comprised of a

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majority of independent directors; (ii) compensation of our executive officers determined by a majority of the independent directors or a compensation committee comprised solely of independent directors; (iii) a compensation committee charter which, among other things, provides the compensation committee with the authority and funding to retain compensation consultants and other advisors; and (iv) director nominees selected, or recommended for the Board’s selection, either by a majority of the independent directors or a nominating committee comprised solely of independent directors.

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SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF DEAC

DEAC is providing the following selected historical financial information to assist you in your analysis of the financial aspects of the Business Combination.

DEAC’s statement of operations data for the period from March 27, 2019 (date of inception) to September 30, 2019 and balance sheet data as of September 30, 2019 is derived from DEAC’s unaudited financial statements included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

The information is only a summary and should be read in conjunction with DEAC’s consolidated financial statements and related notes and “DEAC’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained elsewhere herein. The historical results included below and elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus are not indicative of the future performance of DEAC.

​	For the Period from March 27, 2019 (Date of Inception) to September 30, 2019
Statement of Operations Data	​
Revenue	​	$	—
General and administrative expenses	​	​	433,756
Loss from operations	​	​	(433,756)
Other income:	​	​	​
Interest income	​	​	3,390,875
Provision for income tax	​	​	(620,995)
Net income	​	$	2,336,124
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A common stock	​	​	40,000,000
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A	​	$	0.06
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B common stock	​	​	10,014,960
Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class B	​	$	(0.01)

​	September 30, 2019
Balance Sheet Data	​
Total assets	​	$	403,775,665
Total liabilities	​	​	14,470,410
Total shareholders’ equity	​	​	389,305,255

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SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF DRAFTKINGS

The following table shows selected historical financial information of DraftKings for the periods and as of the dates indicated.

The selected historical financial information of DraftKings as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 was derived from the audited historical consolidated financial statements of DraftKings included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. The selected historical interim financial information of DraftKings as of September 30, 2019 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was derived from the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of DraftKings included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

The following selected historical financial information should be read together with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and “DraftKings’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” appearing elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. The selected historical financial information in this section is not intended to replace DraftKings’ consolidated financial statements and the related notes. DraftKings’ historical results are not necessarily indicative of DraftKings’ future results, and DraftKings’ results as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019.

As explained elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus, the financial information contained in this section relates to DraftKings, prior to and without giving pro-forma effect to the impact of the Business Combination and, as a result, the results reflected in this section may not be indicative of the results of New DraftKings going forward. See the sections entitled “Summary — Information About the Parties to the Business Combination — DraftKings Inc.” and “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

​

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

For The Year Ended December 31, 2018

For The Year Ended December 31, 2017

​

(in thousands)

Statement of Operations Data

​

​

​

​

Revenue

​

$

191,995

​

​

133,016

​

$

226,277

​

​

191,844

Total costs and expenses

​

​

307,411

​

​

208,639

​

​

303,058

​

​

265,042

Loss from operations

​

​

(115,416)

​

​

(75,623)

​

​

(76,781)

​

​

(73,198)

Other income:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Interest income

​

​

1,364

​

​

537

​

​

666

​

​

(1,541)

Other expense, net

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(607)

Income Tax Expense

​

​

35

​

​

63

​

​

105

​

​

210

Net loss

​

$

(114,087)

​

$

(75,149)

​

$

(76,220)

​

$

(75,556)

Statement of Cash Flows Data

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

​

​

(64,168)

​

​

(52,225)

​

​

(45,830)

​

​

(88,437)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

​

​

(25,971)

​

​

(13,711)

​

​

(26,421)

​

​

(7,715)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

​

​

8,246

​

​

91,862

​

​

140,892

​

​

118,531

​	September 30, 2019			September 30, 2018		December 31, 2018			December 31, 2017
​	(in thousands)
Balance Sheet Data	​			​		​			​
Total assets	​	$	259,839	​	N/A	​	$	299,393	​	$	183,033
Total liabilities	​	​	290,505	​	N/A	​	​	223,343	​	​	182,389
Total redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit	​	​	(30,666)	​	N/A	​	​	76,050	​	​	644

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Key Performance Indicators

DraftKings’ reports the following financial and operational key performance indicators, which are used by management to assess its performance:

Adjusted EBITDA.   DraftKings’ defines and calculates Adjusted EBITDA as net losses before the impact of interest income or expense, income tax expense and depreciation and amortization, as further adjusted for the following items: stock-based compensation, transaction-related costs, litigation, settlement and related costs and certain other non-cash and non-core items. See “DraftKings’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Non-GAAP Information” for important information about the limitations of Adjusted EBITDA and a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net loss, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Monthly Unique Payers (“MUPs”).   We define MUPs as the number of unique paid users (“payers”) per month who had a paid engagement (i.e., participated in a real-money DFS contest, sports betting or casino game) across one or more of our product offerings via our platform. For reported periods longer than one month, we average the MUPs for the months in the reported period.

A “unique paid user” or “unique payer” is any person who had one or more paid engagements via our platform during the period (i.e., a user that participates in a paid engagement across each of our product offerings counts as a single unique payer for the period). This measure does not include users who have not played with funds deposited in their wallet on our platform. We exclude users who have made a deposit but have not yet had a paid engagement. Unique payers or unique paid users include users who have participated in a paid engagement with promotional incentives, which are fungible with other funds deposited in their wallets on our platform; the number of these users included in MUPs has not been material to date and a substantial majority of such users are repeat users who have had paid engagements both prior to and after receiving incentives.

Average Revenue per MUP (ARPMUP).   We define ARPMUP as the average monthly revenue for a reporting period, divided by MUPs (i.e., the average number of unique payers) for the same period.

The following table presents our key performance indicators for the periods indicated:

​	Nine months ended September 30,						Year ended December 31,
​	2019			2018			2018			2017
Adjusted EBITDA (dollars in thousands)(1)	​	$	(92,255)	​	$	(62,851)	​	$	(58,850)	​	$	(49,946)
Monthly Unique Payers (MUPs) (in thousands)(2)	​	​	565	​	​	485	​	​	601	​	​	574
Average Revenue per MUP (ARPMUP) (in whole dollars)(2)	​	$	38	​	$	30	​	$	31	​	$	28

(1)

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. See “DraftKings’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Non-GAAP Information” below for our definition of and additional information about Adjusted EBITDA and reconciliation to net loss, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure.

(2)

For important information about how we use our MUPs and ARPMUP, see “DraftKings’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Our Business Model — Growing Our User Base.” Our business is seasonal and our results of operations and key performance indicators may not be comparable between fiscal quarters or between comparative year-over-year periods. See “DraftKings’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Quarterly Performance Trend and Seasonality.”

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SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF SBT

The following table shows selected historical financial information of SBTech for the periods and as of the dates indicated.

The selected historical financial information of SBTech as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 was derived from the audited historical consolidated financial statements of SBTech included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. The selected historical interim financial information of SBTech as of September 30, 2019 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was derived from the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of SBTech included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

The following selected historical financial information should be read together with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and “SBT’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” appearing elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. The selected historical financial information in this section is not intended to replace SBTech’s consolidated financial statements and the related notes. SBTech’s historical results are not necessarily indicative of SBTech’s future results, and SBTech’s results as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019.

As explained elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus, the financial information contained in this section relates to SBTech, as prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and presented in Euros, prior to and without giving pro-forma effect to the impact of the Business Combination and, as a result, the results reflected in this section may not be indicative of the results of New DraftKings going forward. See the sections entitled “Summary — Information About the Parties to the Business Combination — SBTech (Global) Limited” and “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

​

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

For The Year Ended December 31, 2018

For The Year Ended December 31, 2017

​

(in thousands)

Statement of Operations Data

​

​

​

​

Revenue

​

€

68,345

​

€

69,631

​

€

94,147

​

€

66,087

Total costs and expenses

​

​

61,190

​

​

50,393

​

​

66,560

​

​

49,393

Profit from operations

​

€

7,155

​

​

19,238

​

€

27,587

​

​

16,694

Other income:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Financial income

​

​

22

​

​

121

​

​

97

​

​

37

Financial expenses

​

​

676

​

​

44

​

​

340

​

​

177

Income tax expense

​

​

297

​

​

417

​

​

565

​

​

264

Net income

​

€

6,204

​

€

18,898

​

€

26,779

​

€

16,290

Statement of Cash Flows Data

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

​

€

14,744

​

€

15,310

​

€

30,949

​

€

18,260

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

​

​

(14,055)

​

​

(12,875)

​

​

(17,384)

​

​

(14,307)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

​

​

(12,279)

​

​

(445)

​

​

(1,184)

​

​

190

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​	September 30, 2019			September 30, 2018		December 31, 2018			December 31, 2017
​	(in thousands)
Balance Sheet Data	​			​		​			​
Total assets	​	€	92,418	​	N/A	​	€	72,656	​	€	43,947
Total liabilities	​	​	37,920	​	N/A	​	​	14,207	​	​	11,057
Total equity	​	​	54,498	​	N/A	​	​	58,449	​	​	32,890

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SUMMARY UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following summary unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data (the “summary pro forma data”) gives effect to the Business Combination contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement described in the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information.” The merger between DraftKings and Merger Sub will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded, in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Under this method of accounting, DEAC will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Reverse Recapitalization will be treated as the equivalent of DraftKings issuing stock for the net assets of DEAC, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of DEAC will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Reverse Recapitalization will be those of DraftKings. The SBTech Acquisition will be treated as a business combination under Financial Accounting Standards Board’s ASC 805, and will be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting. DraftKings will record the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed from SBTech. The summary unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet data as of September 30, 2019 gives pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it had occurred on September 30, 2019. The summary unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations data for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and year ended December 31, 2018 give pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it had occurred on January 1, 2018.

The summary pro forma data have been derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the combined company appearing elsewhere in this proxy statement/ prospectus and the accompanying notes. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is based upon, and should be read in conjunction with, the historical consolidated financial statements of DEAC, DraftKings and SBTech and related notes included in this proxy statement/ prospectus. The summary pro forma data have been presented for informational purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what the combined company’s financial position or results of operations actually would have been had the Business Combination been completed as of the dates indicated. In addition, the summary pro forma data do not purport to project the future financial position or operating results of the combined company.

The following table presents summary pro forma data after giving effect to the Business Combination, assuming two redemption scenarios as follows:

•

Assuming No Redemptions:   This presentation assumes that no public stockholders of DEAC exercise redemption rights with respect to their public shares for a pro rata share of the funds in the trust account.

•

Assuming Maximum Redemptions:   This presentation assumes that stockholders holding 30,520,132 DEAC public shares will exercise their redemption rights for their pro rata share (approximately $10.07 per share) of the funds in DEAC’s trust account. This scenario gives effect to DEAC’s public share redemptions of 30,520,132 shares for aggregate redemption payments of $307.3 million. The Business Combination Agreement includes as a condition to closing the Business Combination that, at the Closing, DEAC will have a minimum of  $400.0 million in cash comprising (i) the cash held in the trust account after giving effect to DEAC share redemptions and (ii) proceeds from the Private Placement, provided that DraftKings and SBTech are entitled to waive that condition. After giving effect to the proceeds from the Private Placement, approximately $95.3 million would be needed from the trust account in order to meet the Minimum Proceeds Condition of  $400.0 million.

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​	Pro Forma Combined (Assuming No Redemptions)			Pro Forma Combined (Assuming Maximum Redemptions)
​	(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Summary Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations Data Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019	​	​	​	​	​	​
Revenue	​	$	268,773	​	$	268,773
Net loss per share – basic and diluted	​	$	(0.38)	​	$	(0.41)
Weighted-average shares outstanding – basic and diluted	​	​	331,350,425	​	​	300,830,293
Summary Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations Data Year Ended December 31, 2018	​	​	​	​	​	​
Revenue	​	$	308,533	​	$	308,533
Net loss per share – basic and diluted	​	$	(0.29)	​	$	(0.32)
Weighted-average shares outstanding – basic and diluted	​	​	331,350,425	​	​	300,830,293
Summary Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet Data as of September 30, 2019	​			​
Total assets	​	$	1,497,816	​	$	1,190,478
Total liabilities	​	$	307,616	​	$	307,616
Total deficit	​	$	1,190,200	​	$	882,862

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COMPARATIVE HISTORICAL AND UNAUDITED PRO FORMA PER SHARE FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following table sets forth historical comparative share information for DEAC, DraftKings and SBT and unaudited pro forma combined share information after giving effect to the Business Combination, assuming two redemption scenarios as follows:

•

Assuming No Redemptions:   This presentation assumes that no public stockholders of DEAC exercise redemption rights with respect to their public shares for a pro rata share of the funds in the trust account.

•

Assuming Maximum Redemptions:   This presentation assumes that stockholders holding 30,520,132 DEAC public shares will exercise their redemption rights for their pro rata share (approximately $10.07 per share) of the funds in DEAC’s trust account. This scenario gives effect to DEAC’s public share redemptions of 30,520,132 shares for aggregate redemption payments of $307.3 million. The Business Combination Agreement includes as a condition to closing the Business Combination that, at the Closing, DEAC will have a minimum of  $400.0 million in cash comprising (i) the cash held in the trust account after giving effect to DEAC share redemptions and (ii) proceeds from the Private Placement, provided that DraftKings and SBT are entitled to waive that condition. After giving effect to the proceeds from the Private Placement, approximately $95.3 million would be needed from the trust account in order to meet the Minimum Proceeds Condition of  $400.0 million.

The pro forma book value information reflects the Business Combination as if it had occurred on September 30, 2019. The weighted average shares outstanding and net earnings per share information reflect the Business Combination as if it had occurred on January 1, 2018.

This information is only a summary and should be read together with the selected historical financial information summary included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus, and the historical financial statements of DEAC, DraftKings, and SBT and related notes. The unaudited pro forma combined per share information of DEAC, DraftKings, and SBT is derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

The unaudited pro forma combined earnings per share information below does not purport to represent the earnings per share which would have occurred had the companies been combined during the periods presented, nor earnings per share for any future date or period.

​	​	​	​	Combined Pro Forma
​	Diamond Eagle (Historical)			Pro Forma Combined (Assuming No Redemption)			Pro Forma Combined (Assuming Maximum Redemption)
As of and for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Book Value per share(1)	​	$	0.10	​	$	3.59	​	$	2.93
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A common stock – basic and diluted	​	​	40,000,000	​	​	331,350,425	​	​	300,830,293
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B common stock – basic and diluted	​	​	10,014,960	​	​	​	​	​	​
Net income (loss) per share of Class A common stock – basic and diluted	​	$	0.06	​	$	(0.38)	​	$	(0.41)
Net income (loss) per share of Class B common stock – basic and diluted	​	$	(0.01)	​	​	​	​	​	​

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​	​	​	Combined Pro Forma
​	Diamond Eagle (Historical)		Pro Forma Combined (Assuming No Redemption)			Pro Forma Combined (Assuming Maximum Redemption)
As of and for the Year Ended December 31, 2018	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Book Value per share(1)	​	N/A(2)	​	​	N/A(3)	​	​	N/A(3)
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A common stock – basic and diluted	​	N/A(2)	​	​	331,350,425	​	​	300,830,293
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B common stock – basic and diluted	​	N/A(2)	​	​	​	​	​	​
Net income (loss) per share of Class A common stock – basic and diluted	​	N/A(2)	​	$	(0.29)	​	$	(0.32)
Net income (loss) per share of Class B common stock – basic and diluted	​	N/A(2)	​	​	​	​	​	​

(1)

Book value per share = (Total equity excluding preferred shares)/shares outstanding.

(2)

Not applicable as DEAC was incorporated on March 27, 2019.

(3)

Pro forma balance sheet for year ended December 31, 2018 not required and as such, no such calculation included in this table.

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MARKET PRICE, TICKER SYMBOL AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION

DEAC

Market Price and Ticker Symbol

DEAC’s units, Class A common stock and public warrants are currently listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “DEACU,” “DEAC,” and “DEACW,” respectively.

The closing price of the units, Class A common stock and public warrants on December 20, 2019, the last trading day before announcement of the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, was $10.58, $10.17 and $1.35, respectively. As of  [      ], 2020, the record date for the Special Meeting, the most recent closing price for each unit, Class A common stock and public warrant was $[    ], $[    ], and $[    ], respectively.

Holders

As of December 31, 2019, there was one holder of record of our units, one holder of record of our Class A common stock, six holders of record of our Class B common stock and one holder of record of our public warrants. The number of holders of record does not include a substantially greater number of “street name” holders or beneficial holders whose units, Class A common stock and warrants are held of record by banks, brokers and other financial institutions.

Dividend Policy

DEAC has not paid any cash dividends on DEAC Shares to date and does not intend to pay any cash dividends prior to the completion of the Business Combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon New DraftKings revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of the Business Combination. The payment of any cash dividends subsequent to the Business Combination will be within the discretion of New DraftKings’ board of directors at such time.

DraftKings

There is no public market for shares of DraftKings’ common stock.

SBT

There is no public market for SBT’s ordinary shares.

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RISK FACTORS

DEAC Stockholders should carefully consider the following factors, in addition to those factors discussed elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus, before voting at the Special Meeting.

Risk Factors Relating to the Business and Industry of New DraftKings

Competition within the broader entertainment industry is intense and our existing and potential users may be attracted to competing forms of entertainment such as television, movies and sporting events, as well as other entertainment and gaming options on the Internet. If our offerings do not continue to be popular, our business could be harmed.

New DraftKings will operate in the global entertainment and gaming industries within the broader entertainment industry with its business-to-consumer offerings such as DFS, Sportsbook and iGaming, and its business-to-business offerings through the SBT platform. Our users will face a vast array of entertainment choices. Other forms of entertainment, such as television, movies, sporting events and in-person casinos, are more well established and may be perceived by our users to offer greater variety, affordability, interactivity and enjoyment. We will compete with these other forms of entertainment for the discretionary time and income of our users. If we are unable to sustain sufficient interest in our recently launched sports betting and iGaming platforms in comparison to other forms of entertainment, including new forms of entertainment, our business model may not continue to be viable.

The specific industries in which New DraftKings will operate are characterized by dynamic customer demand and technological advances, and there is intense competition among online gaming and entertainment providers. A number of established, well-financed companies producing online gaming and/or interactive entertainment products and services compete with our offerings, and other well-capitalized companies may introduce competitive services. Such competitors may spend more money and time on developing and testing products and services, undertake more extensive marketing campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing or promotional policies or otherwise develop more commercially successful products or services than ours, which could negatively impact our business. Our competitors may also develop products, features, or services that are similar to ours or that achieve greater market acceptance. Such competitors may also undertake more far-reaching and successful product development efforts or marketing campaigns, or may adopt more aggressive pricing policies. Furthermore, new competitors, whether licensed or not, may enter the iGaming industry. There has also been considerable consolidation among competitors in the entertainment and gaming industries and such consolidation and future consolidation could result in the formation of larger competitors with increased financial resources and altered cost structures, which may enable them to offer more competitive products, gain a larger market share, expand offerings and broaden their geographic scope of operations. If we are not able to maintain or improve our market share, or if our offerings do not continue to be popular, our business could suffer.

Economic downturns and political and market conditions beyond our control could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our financial performance will be subject to global and U.S. economic conditions and their impact on levels of spending by users and advertisers. Economic recessions have had, and may continue to have, far reaching adverse consequences across many industries, including the global entertainment and gaming industries, which may adversely affect our business and financial condition. In the past decade, global and U.S. economies have experienced tepid growth following the financial crisis in 2008 – 2009 and there appears to be an increasing risk of a recession due to international trade and monetary policy and other changes. If the national and international economic recovery slows or stalls, these economies experience another recession or any of the relevant regional or local economies suffers a downturn, we may experience a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects.

In addition, changes in general market, economic and political conditions in domestic and foreign economies or financial markets, including fluctuation in stock markets resulting from, among other things, trends in the economy as a whole may reduce users’ disposable income and advertisers’ budgets. Any one of these changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects.

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Reductions in discretionary consumer spending could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Our business will be particularly sensitive to reductions from time to time in discretionary consumer spending. Demand for entertainment and leisure activities, including gaming, can be affected by changes in the economy and consumer tastes, both of which are difficult to predict and beyond our control. Unfavorable changes in general economic conditions, including recessions, economic slowdowns, sustained high levels of unemployment, and rising prices or the perception by consumers of weak or weakening economic conditions, may reduce our users’ disposable income or result in fewer individuals engaging in entertainment and leisure activities, such as daily fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming. As a result, we cannot ensure that demand for our offerings will remain constant. Adverse developments affecting economies throughout the world, including a general tightening of availability of credit, decreased liquidity in certain financial markets, increased interest rates, foreign exchange fluctuations, increased energy costs, acts of war or terrorism, transportation disruptions, natural disasters, declining consumer confidence, sustained high levels of unemployment or significant declines in stock markets, as well as concerns regarding epidemics and the spread of contagious diseases, could lead to a further reduction in discretionary spending on leisure activities, such as daily fantasy sports and gaming. Any significant or prolonged decrease in consumer spending on entertainment or leisure activities could adversely affect the demand for our offerings, reducing our cash flows and revenues, and thereby harming our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

We may experience fluctuations in our operating results, which make our future results difficult to predict and could cause our operating results to fall below expectations.

DraftKings’ quarterly financial results have fluctuated in the past and we expect New DraftKings financial results to fluctuate in the future. These fluctuations may be due to a variety of factors, some of which are outside of our control and may not fully reflect the underlying performance of our business.

New DraftKings’ financial results in any given quarter may be influenced by numerous factors, many of which we are unable to predict or are outside of our control, including the impact of seasonality and our betting results, and the other risks and uncertainties set forth herein. In particular our betting operations will have significant exposure to, and may be materially impacted by, sporting events and seasons, which can result in short-term volatility in betting win margins and user engagement, thus impacting revenues. While DraftKings has been able to forecast revenues from its daily fantasy sports business with greater precision than for new offerings, we cannot provide assurances that consumers will engage with our DFS platform on a consistent basis. Consumer engagement in our daily fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming services may decline or fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including the popularity of the underlying sports, the user’s level of satisfaction with our platforms, our ability to improve and innovate, our ability to adapt our platform, outages and disruptions of online services, the services offered by our competitors, our marketing and advertising efforts or declines in consumer activity generally as a result of economic downturns, among others. Any decline or fluctuation in the recurring portion of our business may have a negative impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects.

In our iGaming product offering, operator losses are limited per stake to a maximum payout. When looking at bets across a period of time, however, these losses can potentially be significant. Our quarterly financial results may also fluctuate based on whether we pay out any jackpots to our iGaming users during the relevant quarter. As part of our iGaming offering, we offer progressive jackpot games. Each time a progressive jackpot game is played, a portion of the amount wagered by the user is contributed to the jackpot for that specific game or group of games. Once a jackpot is won, the progressive jackpot is reset with a predetermined base amount. While we maintain a provision for these progressive jackpots, the cost of the progressive jackpot payout would be a cash outflow for the business in the period in which it is won with a potentially significant adverse effect on our financial condition and cash flows. Because winning is underpinned by a random mechanism, we cannot predict with absolute certainty when a jackpot will be won. In addition, DraftKings does not insure against random outcomes or jackpot wins.

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Our projections will be subject to significant risks, assumptions, estimates and uncertainties, including assumptions regarding future legislation and changes in regulations, both inside and outside of the United States. As a result, our projected revenues, market share, expenses and profitability may differ materially from our expectations.

New DraftKings will operate in rapidly changing and competitive industries and our projections will be subject to the risks and assumptions made by management with respect to our industries. Operating results are difficult to forecast because they generally depend on our assessment of the timing of adoption of future legislation and regulations by different states, which are uncertain. Furthermore, if we invest in the development of new products or distribution channels that do not achieve significant commercial success, whether because of competition or otherwise, we may not recover the often substantial “up front” costs of developing and marketing those products and distribution channels, or recover the opportunity cost of diverting management and financial resources away from other products or distribution channels.

Additionally, as described above under “— Reductions in discretionary consumer spending could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects,” our business may be affected by reductions in consumer spending from time to time as a result of a number of factors which may be difficult to predict. This may result in decreased revenue levels, and we may be unable to adopt measures in a timely manner to compensate for any unexpected shortfall in income. This inability could cause our operating results in a given quarter to be higher or lower than expected. If actual results differ from our estimates, analysts may negatively react and our stock price could be materially impacted.

We will have a new business model, which will make it difficult for us to forecast our financial results, create uncertainty as to how investors will evaluate our prospects, and increase the risk that we will not be successful.

DraftKings was incorporated in 2011 and began operating the DFS product offering in 2012. DraftKings expanded from its DFS product offering to include Sportsbook and iGaming product offerings in 2018. New DraftKings will have a new business model, and new offerings, including a sports betting technology platform. Accordingly, it will be difficult for us to forecast our future financial results, and it will be uncertain how our new business model will affect investors’ perceptions and expectations, which can be idiosyncratic and vary widely, with respect to our prospects. Additionally, as a result of the Business Combination, we will be the only vertically integrated U.S.-based sports betting and online gaming company and it may be difficult for investors to evaluate our business due to the lack of similarly situated competitors. Furthermore, our new business model may not be successful. Consequently, you should not rely upon DraftKings’ past quarterly financial results as indicators of our future financial performance, and our financial results and stock price may be negatively affected.

DraftKings has a history of losses and we may continue to incur losses in the future.

Since DraftKings was incorporated in 2011, it has experienced net losses and negative cash flows from operations. DraftKings experienced net losses of  $114 million and $75 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and net losses of  $76 million and $76 million in the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. We may continue to experience losses in the future, and we cannot assure you that we will achieve profitability. We may continue to incur significant losses in future periods. We expect our operating expenses to increase in the future as we expand our operations. Furthermore, as a public company, we will incur additional legal, accounting and other expenses that DraftKings did not incur as a private company. If our revenue does not grow at a greater rate than our expenses, we will not be able to achieve or maintain profitability. We may incur significant losses in the future for many reasons, including the other risks and uncertainties described in this proxy statement/​prospectus. Additionally, we may encounter unforeseen expenses, operating delays, or other unknown factors that may result in losses in future periods. If our expenses exceed our revenue, our business may be negatively impacted and we may never achieve or maintain profitability.

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Our results of operations may fluctuate due to seasonality and other factors and, therefore, our periodic operating results will not be guarantees of future performance.

Our DFS and Sportsbook operations may fluctuate due to seasonal trends and other factors. We believe that significant sporting events such as the playoffs and championship games, tend to impact, among other things, revenues from operations, key metrics and customer activity, and as such, DraftKings’ historical revenues generally have been highest in the fourth quarter. A majority of DraftKings’ current sports betting and DFS revenue is and will continue to be generated from bets placed on, or contests relating to, the National Football League and the National Basketball Association, each of which have their own respective off-seasons, which may cause decreases in our future revenues during such periods. New DraftKings’ revenues may also be affected by the scheduling of major sporting events that do not occur annually, such as the World Cup, or the cancellation of sporting events and races. In addition, certain individuals or teams advancing or failing to advance and their scores and other results within specific tournaments, games or events may impact New DraftKings’ financial performance.

The success, including win or hold rates, of existing or future sports betting and iGaming products depends on a variety of factors and is not completely controlled by us.

The sports betting and iGaming industries are characterized by an element of chance. Accordingly, DraftKings employs theoretical win rates to estimate what a certain type of sports bet or iGame, on average, will win or lose in the long run. Net win is impacted by variations in the hold percentage (the ratio of net win to total amount wagered), or actual outcome, on our iGames and sports betting we offer to our users. DraftKings uses the hold percentage as an indicator of an iGame’s or sports bet’s performance against its expected outcome. Although each iGame or sports bet generally performs within a defined statistical range of outcomes, actual outcomes may vary for any given period. In addition to the element of chance, win rates (hold percentages) may also (depending on the game involved) be affected by the spread of limits and factors that are beyond our control, such as a user’s skill, experience and behavior, the mix of games played, the financial resources of users, the volume of bets placed and the amount of time spent gambling. As a result of the variability in these factors, the actual win rates on our online iGames and sports bets may differ from the theoretical win rates we have estimated and could result in the winnings of our iGame’s or sports bet’s users exceeding those anticipated. The variability of win rates (hold rates) also have the potential to negatively impact our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

Our success also depends in part on our ability to anticipate and satisfy user preferences in a timely manner. As we will operate in a dynamic environment characterized by rapidly changing industry and legal standards, our products will be subject to changing consumer preferences that cannot be predicted with certainty. We will need to continually introduce new offerings and identify future product offerings that complement our existing platforms, respond to our users’ needs and improve and enhance our existing platforms to maintain or increase our user engagement and growth of our business. We may not be able to compete effectively unless our product selection keeps up with trends in the digital sports entertainment and gaming industries in which we compete, or trends in new gaming products.

We will rely on information technology and other systems and platforms, and any failures, errors, defects or disruptions in our systems or platforms could diminish our brand and reputation, subject us to liability, disrupt our business, affect our ability to scale our technical infrastructure and adversely affect our operating results and growth prospects. Our games and other software applications and systems, and the third-party platforms upon which they are made available could contain undetected errors.

Our technology infrastructure will be critical to the performance of our platform and offerings and to user satisfaction. We devote significant resources to network and data security to protect our systems and data. However, our systems may not be adequately designed with the necessary reliability and redundancy to avoid performance delays or outages that could be harmful to our business. We cannot assure you that the measures we take to prevent or hinder cyber-attacks and protect our systems, data and user information and to prevent outages, data or information loss, fraud and to prevent or detect security breaches, including a disaster recovery strategy for server and equipment failure and back-office systems and the use of third parties for certain cybersecurity services, will provide absolute security. DraftKings and SBT have experienced, and we may in the future experience, website disruptions, outages and other performance problems due to a variety of factors, including infrastructure changes, human or software errors and

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capacity constraints. Disruptions from unauthorized access to, fraudulent manipulation of, or tampering with our computer systems and technological infrastructure, or those of third parties, could result in a wide range of negative outcomes, each of which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Additionally, our products may contain errors, bugs, flaws or corrupted data, and these defects may only become apparent after their launch. If a particular product offering is unavailable when users attempt to access it or navigation through our platforms is slower than they expect, users may be unable to place their bets or set their line-ups in time and may be less likely to return to our platforms as often, if at all. Furthermore, programming errors, defects and data corruption could disrupt our operations, adversely affect the experience of our users, harm our reputation, cause our users to stop utilizing our platforms, divert our resources and delay market acceptance of our offerings, any of which could result in legal liability to us or harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

If our user base and engagement continue to grow, and the amount and types of offerings continue to grow and evolve, we will need an increasing amount of technical infrastructure, including network capacity and computing power, to continue to satisfy our users’ needs. Such infrastructure expansion may be complex, and unanticipated delays in completing these projects or availability of components may lead to increased project costs, operational inefficiencies, or interruptions in the delivery or degradation of the quality of our offerings. In addition, there may be issues related to this infrastructure that are not identified during the testing phases of design and implementation, which may only become evident after we have started to fully use the underlying equipment or software, that could further degrade the user experience or increase our costs. As such, New DraftKings could fail to continue to effectively scale and grow our technical infrastructure to accommodate increased demands. In addition, our business may be subject to interruptions, delays or failures resulting from adverse weather conditions, other natural disasters, power loss, terrorism, cyber-attacks or other catastrophic events.

We believe that if our users have a negative experience with our offerings, or if our brand or reputation is negatively affected, users may be less inclined to continue or resume utilizing our products or recommend our platform to other potential users. As such, a failure or significant interruption in our service would harm our reputation, business and operating results.

Despite our security measures, our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers or breached due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions. Any such breach could compromise our networks and the information stored there could be accessed, publicly disclosed, lost or stolen. Any such access, disclosure or other loss of information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, and regulatory penalties, disruption of our operations and the services we provide to users, damage to our reputation, and a loss of confidence in our products and services, which could adversely affect our business.

The secure maintenance and transmission of user information is a critical element of our operations. Our information technology and other systems that maintain and transmit user information, or those of service providers, business partners or employee information may be compromised by a malicious third-party penetration of our network security, or that of a third-party service provider or business partner, or impacted by intentional or unintentional actions or inactions by our employees, or those of a third-party service provider or business partner. As a result, our users’ information may be lost, disclosed, accessed or taken without our guests’ consent. We have experienced cyber-attacks, attempts to breach our systems and other similar incidents in the past.

We rely on encryption and authentication technology licensed from third parties in an effort to securely transmit confidential and sensitive information, including credit card numbers. Advances in computer capabilities, new technological discoveries or other developments may result in the whole or partial failure of this technology to protect transaction data or other confidential and sensitive information from being breached or compromised. In addition, websites are often attacked through compromised credentials, including those obtained through phishing and credential stuffing. Our security measures, and those of our third-party service providers, may not detect or prevent all attempts to breach our systems, denial-of-service attacks, viruses, malicious software, break-ins, phishing attacks, social engineering, security breaches or other attacks and similar disruptions that may jeopardize the security of information stored in or

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transmitted by our websites, networks and systems or that we or such third parties otherwise maintain, including payment card systems, which may subject us to fines or higher transaction fees or limit or terminate our access to certain payment methods. We and such third parties may not anticipate or prevent all types of attacks until after they have already been launched. Further, techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to or sabotage systems change frequently and may not be known until launched against us or our third-party service providers.

In addition, security breaches can also occur as a result of non-technical issues, including intentional or inadvertent breaches by our employees or by third parties. These risks may increase over time as the complexity and number of technical systems and applications we use also increases. Breaches of our security measures or those of our third-party service providers or cybersecurity incidents could result in unauthorized access to our sites, networks and systems; unauthorized access to and misappropriation of user information, including users’ personally identifiable information, or other confidential or proprietary information of ourselves or third parties; viruses, worms, spyware or other malware being served from our sites, networks or systems; deletion or modification of content or the display of unauthorized content on our sites; interruption, disruption or malfunction of operations; costs relating to breach remediation, deployment of additional personnel and protection technologies, response to governmental investigations and media inquiries and coverage; engagement of third-party experts and consultants; litigation, regulatory action and other potential liabilities. In the past, we have experienced social engineering, phishing, malware and similar attacks and threats of denial-of-service attacks; however, such attacks could in the future have a material adverse effect on our operations. If any of these breaches of security should occur, our reputation and brand could be damaged, our business may suffer, we could be required to expend significant capital and other resources to alleviate problems caused by such breaches, and we could be exposed to a risk of loss, litigation or regulatory action and possible liability. We cannot guarantee that recovery protocols and backup systems will be sufficient to prevent data loss. Actual or anticipated attacks may cause us to incur increasing costs, including costs to deploy additional personnel and protection technologies, train employees and engage third-party experts and consultants.

In addition, any party who is able to illicitly obtain a user’s password could access the user’s transaction data or personal information, resulting in the perception that our systems are insecure. Any compromise or breach of our security measures, or those of our third-party service providers, could violate applicable privacy, data protection, data security, network and information systems security and other laws and cause significant legal and financial exposure, adverse publicity and a loss of confidence in our security measures, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. We continue to devote significant resources to protect against security breaches or we may need to in the future to address problems caused by breaches, including notifying affected subscribers and responding to any resulting litigation, which in turn, diverts resources from the growth and expansion of our business.

DraftKings primarily relies, and we will rely, on Amazon Web Services to deliver our offerings to users on our platform and any disruption of or interference with our use of Amazon Web Services could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

DraftKings currently hosts its sports betting, iGaming and daily fantasy sports platforms and supports its operations using Amazon Web Services (“AWS”), a third-party provider of cloud infrastructure services. New DraftKings will continue to rely on AWS in addition to those service providers used by SBT. We do not, and will not, have control over the operations of the facilities or infrastructure of the third-party service providers that we use. Such third parties’ facilities are vulnerable to damage or interruption from natural disasters, cybersecurity attacks, terrorist attacks, power outages and similar events or acts of misconduct. Our platform’s continuing and uninterrupted performance will be critical to our success. DraftKings has experienced, and we expect that in the future we will experience, interruptions, delays and outages in service and availability from these third-party service providers from time to time due to a variety of factors, including infrastructure changes, human or software errors, website hosting disruptions and capacity constraints. In addition, any changes in these third parties’ service levels may adversely affect our ability to meet the requirements of our users. Since our platform’s continuing and uninterrupted performance is critical to our success, sustained or repeated system failures would reduce the attractiveness

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of our offerings. It may become increasingly difficult to maintain and improve our performance, especially during peak usage times, as we expand and the usage of our offerings increases. Any negative publicity arising from these disruptions could harm our reputation and brand and may adversely affect the usage of our offerings.

Our commercial agreement with AWS will remain in effect until terminated by AWS or us. AWS may only terminate the agreement for convenience after complying with certain advance notice requirements except for extraordinary circumstances as laid out in AWS standard terms. AWS may also terminate the agreement for cause upon a breach of the agreement or for failure to pay amounts due, in each case, subject to AWS providing prior written notice and a 30-day cure period. In the event that our agreement with AWS is terminated or we add additional cloud infrastructure service providers, such as the one currently used by SBT, we may experience significant costs or downtime in connection with the transfer to, or the addition of, new cloud infrastructure service providers.

Any of the above circumstances or events may harm our reputation and brand, reduce the availability or usage of our platform, lead to a significant loss of revenue, increase our costs and impair our ability to attract new users, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We rely on third-party providers to validate the identity and identify the location of our users, and if such providers fail to perform adequately, provide accurate information or we do not maintain business relationships with them, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

There is no guarantee that the third-party geolocation and identity verification systems that we rely on will perform adequately, or be effective. We rely on our geolocation and identity verification systems to ensure we are in compliance with certain laws and regulations, and any service disruption to those systems would prohibit us from operating our platform, and would adversely affect our business. Additionally, incorrect or misleading geolocation and identity verification data with respect to current or potential users received from third-party service providers may result in us inadvertently allowing access to our offerings to individuals who should not be permitted to access them, or otherwise inadvertently deny access to individuals who should be able to access our offerings, in each case based on inaccurate identity or geographic location determination. Our third-party geolocation services provider relies on its ability to obtain information necessary to determine geolocation from mobile devices, operating systems, and other sources. Changes, disruptions or temporary or permanent failure to access such sources by our third-party services providers may result in their inability to accurately determine the location of our users. Moreover, our inability to maintain our existing contracts with third-party services providers, or to replace them with equivalent third parties, may result in our inability to access geolocation and identity verification data necessary for our day-to-day operations. If any of these risks materializes, we may be subject to disciplinary action, fines, lawsuits, and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Our platform contains third-party open source software components, and failure to comply with the terms of the underlying open source software licenses could restrict our ability to provide our offerings.

Our platform contains software modules licensed to us by third-party authors under “open source” licenses. Use and distribution of open source software may entail greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide support, warranties, indemnification or other contractual protections regarding infringement claims or the quality of the code. In addition, the public availability of such software may make it easier for others to compromise our platform.

Some open source licenses contain requirements that we make available source code for modifications or derivative works we create based upon the type of open source software we use, or grant other licenses to our intellectual property. If we combine our proprietary software with open source software in a certain manner, we could, under certain open source licenses, be required to release the source code of our proprietary software to the public. This would allow our competitors to create similar offerings with lower development effort and time and ultimately could result in a loss of our competitive advantages. Alternatively, to avoid the public release of the affected portions of our source code, we could be required to expend substantial time and resources to re-engineer some or all of our software.

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Although we monitor our use of open source software to avoid subjecting our platform to conditions we do not intend, the terms of many open source licenses have not been interpreted by U.S. or foreign courts, and there is a risk that these licenses could be construed in a way that could impose unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to provide or distribute our platform. From time to time, there have been claims challenging the ownership of open source software against companies that incorporate open source software into their solutions. As a result, we could be subject to lawsuits by parties claiming ownership of what we believe to be open source software. Moreover, we cannot assure you that our processes for controlling our use of open source software in our platform will be effective. If we are held to have breached or failed to fully comply with all the terms and conditions of an open source software license, we could face infringement or other liability, or be required to seek costly licenses from third parties to continue providing our offerings on terms that are not economically feasible, to re-engineer our platform, to discontinue or delay the provision of our offerings if re-engineering could not be accomplished on a timely basis or to make generally available, in source code form, our proprietary code, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We rely on third-party payment processors to process deposits and withdrawals made by our users into the platform, and if we cannot manage our relationships with such third parties and other payment-related risks, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

We rely on a limited number of third-party payment processors to process deposits and withdrawals made by our users into our platform. If any of our third-party payment processors terminates its relationship with us or refuses to renew its agreement with us on commercially reasonable terms, we would need to find an alternate payment processor, and may not be able to secure similar terms or replace such payment processor in an acceptable time frame. Further, the software and services provided by our third-party payment processors may not meet our expectations, contain errors or vulnerabilities, be compromised or experience outages. Any of these risks could cause us to lose our ability to accept online payments or other payment transactions or make timely payments to users on our platform, any of which could make our platform less trustworthy and convenient and adversely affect our ability to attract and retain our users.

Nearly all of our payments are made by credit card, debit card or through other third-party payment services, which subjects us to certain regulations and to the risk of fraud. We may in the future offer new payment options to users that may be subject to additional regulations and risks. We are also subject to a number of other laws and regulations relating to the payments we accept from our users, including with respect to money laundering, money transfers, privacy and information security. If we fail to comply with applicable rules and regulations, we may be subject to civil or criminal penalties, fines and/or higher transaction fees and may lose our ability to accept online payments or other payment card transactions, which could make our offerings less convenient and attractive to our users. If any of these events were to occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

For example, if we are deemed to be a money transmitter as defined by applicable regulation, we could be subject to certain laws, rules and regulations enforced by multiple authorities and governing bodies in the United States and numerous state and local agencies who may define money transmitter differently. For example, certain states may have a more expansive view of who qualifies as a money transmitter. Additionally, outside of the United States, we could be subject to additional laws, rules and regulations related to the provision of payments and financial services, and if we expand into new jurisdictions, the foreign regulations and regulators governing our business that we are subject to will expand as well. If we are found to be a money transmitter under any applicable regulation and we are not in compliance with such regulations, we may be subject to fines or other penalties in one or more jurisdictions levied by federal or state or local regulators, including state Attorneys General, as well as those levied by foreign regulators. In addition to fines, penalties for failing to comply with applicable rules and regulations could include criminal and civil proceedings, forfeiture of significant assets or other enforcement actions. We could also be required to make changes to our business practices or compliance programs as a result of regulatory scrutiny.

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Additionally, our payment processors require us to comply with payment card network operating rules, which are set and interpreted by the payment card networks. The payment card networks could adopt new operating rules or interpret or reinterpret existing rules in ways that might prohibit us from providing certain offerings to some users, be costly to implement or difficult to follow. We have agreed to reimburse our payment processors for fines they are assessed by payment card networks if we or the users on our platform violate these rules. Any of the foregoing risks could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We rely on other third-party sports data providers for real-time and accurate data for sporting events, and if such third parties do not perform adequately or terminate their relationships with us, our costs may increase and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

DraftKings and SBT rely on third-party sports data providers such as SportRadar and BetGenius to obtain accurate information regarding schedules, results, performance and outcomes of sporting events. We rely on this data to determine when and how bets are settled or how users rank in their fantasy contests. DraftKings and SBT have experienced, and we may continue to experience, errors in this data feed which may result in us incorrectly settling bets or ranking users in their contests. If we cannot adequately resolve the issue with our users, our users may have a negative experience with our offerings, our brand or reputation may be negatively affected and our users may be less inclined to continue or resume utilizing our products or recommend our platform to other potential users. As such, a failure or significant interruption in our service would harm our reputation, business and operating results.

Furthermore, if any of our sports data partners terminates its relationship with us or refuses to renew its agreement with us on commercially reasonable terms, we would need to find an alternate provider, and may not be able to secure similar terms or replace such providers in an acceptable time frame. Any of these risks could increase our costs and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Further, any negative publicity related to any of our third-party partners, including any publicity related to regulatory concerns, could adversely affect our reputation and brand, and could potentially lead to increased regulatory or litigation exposure.

We rely on other third-party service providers and if such third parties do not perform adequately or terminate their relationships with us, our costs may increase and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Our success depends in part on our relationships with other third-party service providers. For example, we rely on third parties for content delivery, load balancing and protection against distributed denial-of-service attacks. If those providers do not perform adequately, our users may experience issues or interruptions with their experiences. Furthermore, if any of our partners terminates its relationship with us or refuses to renew its agreement with us on commercially reasonable terms, we would need to find an alternate provider, and may not be able to secure similar terms or replace such providers in an acceptable time frame. We also rely on other software and services supplied by third parties, such as communications and internal software, and our business may be adversely affected to the extent such software and services do not meet our expectations, contain errors or vulnerabilities, are compromised or experience outages. Any of these risks could increase our costs and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Further, any negative publicity related to any of our third-party partners, including any publicity related to regulatory concerns, could adversely affect our reputation and brand, and could potentially lead to increased regulatory or litigation exposure.

We incorporate technology from third parties into our platform. We cannot be certain that our licensors are not infringing the intellectual property rights of others or that the suppliers and licensors have sufficient rights to the technology in all jurisdictions in which we may operate. Some of our license agreements may be terminated by our licensors for convenience. If we are unable to obtain or maintain rights to any of this technology because of intellectual property infringement claims brought by third parties against our suppliers and licensors or against us, or if we are unable to continue to obtain the technology or enter into new agreements on commercially reasonable terms, our ability to develop our platform containing that technology could be severely limited and our business could be harmed. Additionally, if we are unable to obtain necessary technology from third parties, we may be forced to acquire or develop alternate technology, which may require significant time and effort and may be of lower

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quality or performance standards. This would limit and delay our ability to provide new or competitive offerings and increase our costs. If alternate technology cannot be obtained or developed, we may not be able to offer certain functionality as part of our offerings, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If we fail to detect fraud or theft, including by our users and employees, our reputation may suffer which could harm our brand and reputation and negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations and can subject us to investigations and litigation.

We have in the past incurred, and may in the future incur, losses from various types of financial fraud, including use of stolen or fraudulent credit card data, claims of unauthorized payments by a user and attempted payments by users with insufficient funds. Bad actors use increasingly sophisticated methods to engage in illegal activities involving personal information, such as unauthorized use of another person’s identity, account information or payment information and unauthorized acquisition or use of credit or debit card details, bank account information and mobile phone numbers and accounts. Under current credit card practices, we may be liable for use of funds on our platform with fraudulent credit card data, even if the associated financial institution approved the credit card transaction.

Acts of fraud may involve various tactics, including collusion. Successful exploitation of our systems could have negative effects on our product offerings, services and user experience and could harm our reputation. Failure to discover such acts or schemes in a timely manner could result in harm to our operations. In addition, negative publicity related to such schemes could have an adverse effect on our reputation, potentially causing a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. In the event of the occurrence of any such issues with our existing platform or product offerings, substantial engineering and marketing resources and management attention, may be diverted from other projects to correct these issues, which may delay other projects and the achievement of our strategic objectives.

In addition, any misappropriation of, or access to, users’ or other proprietary information or other breach of our information security could result in legal claims or legal proceedings, including regulatory investigations and actions, or liability for failure to comply with privacy and information security laws, including for failure to protect personal information or for misusing personal information, which could disrupt our operations, force us to modify our business practices, damage our reputation and expose us to claims from our users, regulators, employees and other persons, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Despite measures we have taken to detect and reduce the occurrence of fraudulent or other malicious activity on our platform, we cannot guarantee that any of our measures will be effective or will scale efficiently with our business. Our failure to adequately detect or prevent fraudulent transactions could harm our reputation or brand, result in litigation or regulatory action and lead to expenses that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If Internet and other technology-based service providers experience service interruptions, our ability to conduct our business may be impaired and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

A substantial portion of our network infrastructure is provided by third parties, including Internet service providers and other technology-based service providers. See “— DraftKings primarily relies, and we will rely, on Amazon Web Services to deliver our offerings to users on our platform and any disruption of or interference with our use of Amazon Web Services could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.” We require technology-based service providers to implement cyber-attack-resilient systems and processes. However, if Internet service providers experience service interruptions, including because of cyber-attacks, communications over the Internet may be interrupted and impair our ability to conduct our business. Internet service providers and other technology-based service providers may in the future roll out upgraded or new mobile or other telecommunications services, such as 5G or 6G services, which may not be successful and thus may impact the ability of our users to access our platform or offerings in a timely fashion or at all. In addition, our ability to process e-commerce transactions depends on bank processing and credit card systems. To prepare for system problems, we

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continuously seek to strengthen and enhance our current facilities and the capabilities of our system infrastructure and support. Nevertheless, there can be no assurance that the Internet infrastructure or our own network systems will continue to be able to meet the demand placed on us by the continued growth of the Internet, the overall online gaming industry and our users. Any difficulties these providers face, including the potential of certain network traffic receiving priority over other traffic (i.e., lack of net neutrality), may adversely affect our business, and we exercise little control over these providers, which increases our vulnerability to problems with the services they provide. Any system failure as a result of reliance on third parties, such as network, software or hardware failure, including as a result of cyber-attacks, which causes a loss of our users’ property or personal information or a delay or interruption in our online services and products and e-commerce services, including our ability to handle existing or increased traffic, could result in a loss of anticipated revenue, interruptions to our platform and offerings, cause us to incur significant legal, remediation and notification costs, degrade the customer experience and cause users to lose confidence in our offerings, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

We rely on strategic relationships with casinos, tribes and horse-tracks in order to be able to offer our products in certain jurisdictions. If we cannot establish and manage such relationships with such partners, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

In each of the jurisdictions in which we offer sports betting and iGaming, we currently rely on a casino, tribe or track in order to get a “skin.” These skins are what allows us to gain access to jurisdictions where online operators are required to have a retail relationship. If we cannot establish, renew or manage our relationships, our relationships could terminate and we would not be allowed to operate in those jurisdictions until we enter into new ones. As a result, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Our growth will depend, in part, on the success of our strategic relationships with third parties. Overreliance on certain third parties, or our inability to extend existing relationships or agree to new relationships may cause unanticipated costs for us and impact our financial performance in the future.

DraftKings relies, and we expect to continue to rely, on relationships with sports leagues and teams, professional athletes and athlete organizations, advertisers, casinos and other third parties in order to attract users to our platform. These relationships along with providers of online services, search engines, social media, directories and other websites and ecommerce businesses direct consumers to the DraftKings platform. In addition, many of the parties with whom we have advertising arrangements provide advertising services to other companies, including other fantasy sports and gaming platforms with whom we compete. While we believe there are other third parties that could drive users to our platform, adding or transitioning to them may disrupt our business and increase our costs. In the event that any of DraftKings’ existing relationships or our future relationships fails to provide services to us in accordance with the terms of our arrangement, or at all, and we are not able to find suitable alternatives, this could impact our ability to attract consumers cost effectively and harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Our growth prospects may suffer if we are unable to develop successful offerings or if we fail to pursue additional offerings. In addition, if we fail to make the right investment decisions in our offerings and technology platform, we may not attract and retain key users and our revenue and results of operations may decline.

DraftKings was founded in 2011 with a singular focus on the DFS industry and has primarily focused its efforts in the last eight years on growing the DFS product offering. DraftKings recently expanded its product offerings to include its Sportsbook and iGaming offerings. DraftKings has rapidly expanded and we anticipate expanding further as new product offerings mature and as we pursue our growth strategies.

The industries in which we operate are subject to rapid and frequent changes in standards, technologies, products and service offerings, as well as in customer demands and expectations and regulations. We must continuously make decisions regarding which offerings and technology to invest in to meet customer demand in compliance with evolving industry standards and regulatory requirements and must continually introduce and successfully market new and innovative technologies, offerings and

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enhancements to remain competitive and effectively stimulate customer demand, acceptance and engagement. Our ability to engage, retain, and increase our user base and to increase our revenue will depend heavily on our ability to successfully create new offerings, both independently and together with third parties. We may introduce significant changes to our existing platforms and offerings or develop and introduce new and unproven products, with which we have little or no prior development or operating experience. The process of developing new offerings and systems is inherently complex and uncertain, and new offerings may not be well received by users, even if well-reviewed and of high quality. If we are unable to develop technology and products that address users’ needs or enhance and improve our existing platforms and offerings in a timely manner, that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Although we intend to continue investing in our research and development efforts, if new or enhanced offerings fail to engage our users or partners, we may fail to attract or retain users or to generate sufficient revenue, operating margin, or other value to justify our investments, any of which may seriously harm our business. In addition, management may not properly ascertain or assess the risks of new initiatives, and subsequent events may alter the risks that were evaluated at the time we decided to execute any new initiative. Creating additional offerings can also divert our management’s attention from other business issues and opportunities. Even if our new offerings attain market acceptance, those new offerings could exploit the market share of our existing product offerings or share of our users’ wallets in a manner that could negatively impact their ecosystem. Furthermore, such expansion of our business increases the complexity of our business and places a significant strain on our management, operations, technical systems and financial resources and we may not recover the often-substantial up-front costs of developing and marketing new offerings, or recover the opportunity cost of diverting management and financial resources away from other offerings. In the event of continued growth of our operations, products or in the number of third-party relationships, we may not have adequate resources, operationally, technologically or otherwise to support such growth and the quality of our platforms, offerings or our relationships with third parties could suffer. In addition, failure to effectively identify, pursue and execute new business initiatives, or to efficiently adapt our processes and infrastructure to meet the needs of our innovations, may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Any new offerings may also require our users to utilize new skills to use our platform. This could create a lag in adoption of new offerings and new user additions related to any new offerings. To date, new offerings and enhancements on our existing platforms have not hindered our user growth or engagement, but that may be the result of a large portion of our user base being in a younger demographic and more willing to invest the time to learn to use our products most effectively. To the extent that future users, including those in older demographics, are less willing to invest the time to learn to use our products, and if we are unable to make our products easier to learn to use, our user growth or engagement could be affected, and our business could be harmed. We may develop new products that increase user engagement and costs without increasing revenue.

Additionally, we may make bad or unprofitable decisions regarding these investments. If new or existing competitors offer more attractive offerings, we may lose users or users may decrease their spending on our platforms. New customer demands, superior competitive offerings, new industry standards or changes in the regulatory environment could render our existing offerings unattractive, unmarketable or obsolete and require us to make substantial unanticipated changes to our platforms or business model. Our failure to adapt to a rapidly changing market or evolving customer demands could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Our growth will depend on our ability to attract and retain users, and the loss of our users, failure to attract new users in a cost-effective manner, or failure to effectively manage our growth could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Our ability to achieve growth in revenue in the future will depend, in large part, upon our ability to attract new users to our offerings, retain existing users of our offerings and reactivate users in a cost-effective manner. Achieving growth in our community of users may require us to increasingly engage in sophisticated and costly sales and marketing efforts, which may not make sense in terms of return on investment. We expect to use a variety of free and paid marketing channels, in combination with compelling

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offers and exciting games to achieve our objectives. For paid marketing, we intend to leverage a broad array of advertising channels, including television, radio, social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snap, affiliates and paid and organic search, and other digital channels, such as mobile display. If the search engines on which we rely modify their algorithms, change their terms around gaming, or if the prices at which we may purchase listings increase, then our costs could increase, and fewer users may click through to our website. If links to our website are not displayed prominently in online search results, if fewer users click through to our website, if our other digital marketing campaigns are not effective, of it the costs of attracting users using any of our current methods significantly increase, then our ability to efficiently attract new users could be reduced, our revenue could decline and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be harmed.

In addition, our ability to increase the number of users of our offerings will depend on continued user adoption of DFS, Sportsbook and iGaming. Growth in the DFS, Sportsbook and iGaming industries and the level of demand for and market acceptance of our product offerings will be subject to a high degree of uncertainty. We cannot assure that consumer adoption of our product offerings will continue or exceed current growth rates, or that the industry will achieve more widespread acceptance.

Additionally, as technological or regulatory standards change and we modify our platform to comply with those standards, we may need users to take certain actions to continue playing, such as performing age verification checks or accepting new terms and conditions. Users may stop using our product offerings at any time, including if the quality of the user experience on our platform, including our support capabilities in the event of a problem, does not meet their expectations or keep pace with the quality of the customer experience generally offered by competitive offerings.

Our core values of focusing on our users first and acting for the long term may conflict with the short-term interests of our business.

One of our operating principles is to put our users first, which we believe is essential to our success and serves the best, long-term interests of our company and our stakeholders. Therefore, we have made in the past and we may make in the future, certain investments or changes in strategy that we think will benefit our users, even if our decision negatively impacts our operating results in the short term.

DraftKings’ business model depends upon the continued compatibility between the DraftKings app and the major mobile operating systems and upon third-party platforms for the distribution of the DraftKings’ product offerings. If Google Play or the Apple App Store prevent users from downloading our apps or block advertising from being delivered to our users, our ability to grow our revenue, profitability and prospects may be adversely affected.

The substantial majority of DraftKings’ users access its DFS, Sportsbook and iGaming product offerings primarily on mobile devices, and we believe that this will continue to be increasingly important to New DraftKings’ long-term success. DraftKings’ business model depends upon the continued compatibility between the DraftKings app and the major mobile operating systems. Third parties with whom DraftKings does not have any formal relationships control the design of mobile devices and operating systems. These parties frequently introduce new devices, and from time to time they may introduce new operating systems or modify existing ones. Network carriers may also impact the ability to download apps or access specified content on mobile devices.

In addition, DraftKings relies upon third-party platforms for distribution of its product offerings. The DFS product offering is delivered as a free application through both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store and is also accessible via mobile and traditional websites. The Sportsbook and iGaming product offerings are primarily distributed through the Apple App Store and a traditional website. The Google Play store and Apple App Store are global application distribution platforms and the main distribution channels for the DraftKings’ app. As such, the promotion, distribution and operation of the DraftKings’ app are subject to the respective distribution platforms’ standard terms and policies for application developers, which are very broad and subject to frequent changes and interpretation. Furthermore, the distribution platforms may not enforce their standard terms and policies for application developers consistently and uniformly across all applications and with all publishers.

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There is no guarantee that popular mobile devices will start or continue to support or feature our product offerings, or that mobile device users will continue to use our product offerings rather than competing products. DraftKings is, and we will continue to be, dependent on the interoperability of our platforms with popular mobile operating systems, technologies, networks and standards that we do not control, such as the Android and iOS operating systems, and any changes, bugs, technical or regulatory issues in such systems, our relationships with mobile manufacturers and carriers, or in their terms of service or policies that degrade our offerings’ functionality, reduce or eliminate our ability to distribute our offerings, give preferential treatment to competitive products, limit our ability to deliver high quality offerings, or impose fees or other charges related to delivering our offerings, could adversely affect our product usage and monetization on mobile devices.

Moreover, DraftKings’ products require high-bandwidth data capabilities in order to place time-sensitive bets. If the growth of high-bandwidth capabilities, particularly for mobile devices, is slower than we expect, our user growth, retention, and engagement may be seriously harmed. Additionally, to deliver high-quality content over mobile cellular networks, DraftKings’ product offerings must work well with a range of mobile technologies, systems, networks, regulations, and standards that DraftKings does not control. In particular, any future changes to the iOS or Android operating systems may impact the accessibility, speed, functionality, and other performance aspects of our platforms, which issues are likely to occur in the future from time to time. In addition, the adoption of any laws or regulations that adversely affect the growth, popularity, or use of the Internet, including laws governing Internet neutrality, could decrease the demand for our products and increase our cost of doing business. Specifically, any laws that would allow mobile providers in the United States to impede access to content, or otherwise discriminate against content providers like us, such as providing for faster or better access to our competitors, over their data networks, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Furthermore, we may not successfully cultivate relationships with key industry participants or develop product offerings that operate effectively with these technologies, systems, networks, regulations, or standards. If it becomes more difficult for our users to access and use our platform on their mobile devices, if our users choose not to access or use our platform on their mobile devices, or if our users choose to use mobile products that do not offer access to our platform, our user growth, retention, and engagement could be seriously harmed.

In addition, if any of the third-party platforms used for distribution of our product offerings were to limit or disable advertising on their platforms, either because of technological constraints or because the owner of these distribution platforms wished to impair our ability to serve ads on them, our ability to generate revenue could be harmed. Also, technologies may be developed that can block the display of our ads. These changes could materially impact the way we do business, and if we or our advertising partners are unable to quickly and effectively adjust to those changes, there could be an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects.

We may require additional capital to support our growth plans, and such capital may not be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all. This could hamper our growth and adversely affect our business.

We intend to make significant investments to support our business growth and may require additional funds to respond to business challenges, including the need to develop new offerings and features or enhance our existing platform, improve our operating infrastructure or acquire complementary businesses, personnel and technologies. Accordingly, we may need to engage in equity or debt financings to secure additional funds. Our ability to obtain additional capital, if and when required, will depend on our business plans, investor demand, our operating performance, capital markets conditions and other factors. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity, equity-linked or debt securities, those securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to the rights of our currently issued and outstanding equity or debt, and our existing shareholders may experience dilution. If New DraftKings is unable to obtain additional capital when required, or on satisfactory terms, our ability to continue to support our business growth or to respond to business opportunities, challenges or unforeseen circumstances could be adversely affected, and our business may be harmed.

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We may invest in or acquire other businesses, and our business may suffer if we are unable to successfully integrate acquired businesses into our company or otherwise manage the growth associated with multiple acquisitions.

As part of its business strategy, DraftKings has made, and New DraftKings intends to continue to make, acquisitions as opportunities arise to add new or complementary businesses, products, brands or technologies. In some cases, the costs of such acquisitions may be substantial, including as a result of professional fees and due diligence efforts. There is no assurance that the time and resources expended on pursuing a particular acquisition will result in a completed transaction, or that any completed transaction will ultimately be successful. In addition, we may be unable to identify suitable acquisition or strategic investment opportunities, or may be unable to obtain any required financing or regulatory approvals, and therefore may be unable to complete such acquisitions or strategic investments on favorable terms, if at all. We may decide to pursue acquisitions with which our investors may not agree and we cannot assure investors that any acquisition or investment will be successful or otherwise provide a favorable return on investment. In addition, acquisitions and the integration thereof require significant time and resources and place significant demands on our management, as well as on our operational and financial infrastructure. In addition, if we fail to successfully close transactions or integrate new teams, or integrate the products and technologies associated with these acquisitions into our company, our business could be seriously harmed. Acquisitions may expose us to operational challenges and risks, including:

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the ability to profitably manage acquired businesses or successfully integrate the acquired businesses’ operations, personnel, financial reporting, accounting and internal controls, technologies and products into the New DraftKings’ business;

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increased indebtedness and the expense of integrating acquired businesses, including significant administrative, operational, economic, geographic or cultural challenges in managing and integrating the expanded or combined operations;

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entry into jurisdictions or acquisition of products or technologies with which we have limited or no prior experience, and the potential of increased competition with new or existing competitors as a result of such acquisitions;

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diversion of management’s attention and the over-extension of our operating infrastructure and our management systems, information technology systems, and internal controls and procedures, which may be inadequate to support growth;

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Our acquisition strategy may not succeed if we are unable to remain attractive to target companies or expeditiously close transactions. Issuing shares of Class A common stock to fund an acquisition would cause economic dilution to existing stockholders. If we develop a reputation for being a difficult acquirer or having an unfavorable work environment, or target companies view our Class A common stock unfavorably, we may be unable to consummate key acquisition transactions essential to our corporate strategy and our business may be seriously harmed.

We may invest or spend the proceeds of the Business Combination in ways with which the investors may not agree or in ways which may not yield a return.

Our management will have considerable discretion in the application of the net proceeds of the Business Combination, and our shareholders will not have the opportunity to approve how the proceeds are being used. If the net proceeds are used for corporate purposes that do not result in an increase to the value of our business, our stock price could decline.

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DraftKings is party to pending litigation in various jurisdictions and with various plaintiffs and we may be subject to future litigation in the operation of our business. An adverse outcome in one or more proceedings could adversely affect our business.

As a growing company with expanding operations, DraftKings and SBT in the past have been parties to, and New DraftKings may in the future increasingly face the risk of, claims, lawsuits, and other proceedings involving competition and antitrust, intellectual property, privacy, consumer protection, accessibility claims, securities, tax, labor and employment, commercial disputes, services and other matters. See “Business of DraftKings and SBTech — Legal Proceedings.” Litigation to defend us against claims by third parties, or to enforce any rights that we may have against third parties, may be necessary, which could result in substantial costs and diversion of our resources, causing a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Any litigation to which we are a party may result in an onerous or unfavorable judgment that may not be reversed upon appeal, or in payments of substantial monetary damages or fines, the posting of bonds requiring significant collateral, letters of credit or similar instruments, or we may decide to settle lawsuits on similarly unfavorable terms. These proceedings could also result in reputational harm, criminal sanctions, consent decrees or orders preventing us from offering certain products or requiring a change in our business practices in costly ways or requiring development of non-infringing or otherwise altered products or technologies. Litigation and other claims and regulatory proceedings against us could result in unexpected disciplinary actions, expenses and liabilities, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Our business will be subject to a variety of U.S. and foreign laws, many of which are unsettled and still developing and which could subject us to claims or otherwise harm our business. Any change in existing regulations or their interpretation, or the regulatory climate applicable to our products and services, or changes in tax rules and regulations or interpretation thereof related to our products and services, could adversely impact our ability to operate our business as currently conducted or as we seek to operate in the future, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

We are generally subject to laws and regulations relating to fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming in the jurisdictions in which we conduct our business or in some circumstances, of those jurisdictions in which we offer our services or those are available, as well as the general laws and regulations that apply to all e-commerce businesses, such as those related to privacy and personal information, tax and consumer protection. These laws and regulations vary from one jurisdiction to another and future legislative and regulatory action, court decisions or other governmental action, which may be affected by, among other things, political pressures, attitudes and climates, as well as personal biases, may have a material impact on our operations and financial results. In particular, some jurisdictions have introduced regulations attempting to restrict or prohibit online gaming, while others have taken the position that online gaming should be licensed and regulated and have adopted or are in the process of considering legislation and regulations to enable that to happen. Additionally some jurisdictions in which we may operate could presently be unregulated or partially regulated and therefore more susceptible to the enactment or change of laws and regulations.

DraftKings offers its DFS product offering in 21 states that have adopted legislation permitting online fantasy sports. In those states that currently require a license or registration, DraftKings has either obtained the appropriate license or registration, has obtained a provisional license, or is operating pursuant to a grandfathering clause that allows operation pending the availability of licensing applications and subsequent grant of a license. DraftKings also has three foreign licenses and operates under those licenses in eight countries.

DraftKings operates in 22 states and one country, Canada, that do not have fantasy sports-specific laws or regulations. In those jurisdictions, our business may be subject to future legislative and regulatory action, court decisions or other governmental action that could alter or eliminate our ability to operate. In certain states in which DraftKings operates, including Texas, Illinois and Florida, the applicable office of the Attorney General has issued an adverse legal opinion regarding DFS. In the event that one of those Attorneys General decides to take action on the opinion from their office, we may have to withdraw our operations from such state, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (“PASPA”). This decision has the effect of lifting federal restrictions on sports betting and thus allows states to determine by themselves the legality of sports betting. Since the repeal of PASPA, 14 states (including Washington D.C.) have legalized online sports betting. To the extent new real money gaming or sports betting jurisdictions are established or expanded, we cannot guarantee that we will be successful in penetrating such new jurisdictions or expanding our business or user base in line with the growth of existing jurisdictions. If we are unable to effectively develop and operate directly or indirectly within these new jurisdictions or if our competitors are able to successfully penetrate geographic jurisdictions that we cannot access or where we face other restrictions, there could be a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. Our failure to obtain or maintain the necessary regulatory approvals in jurisdictions, whether individually or collectively, would have a material adverse effect on our business. See “Business of DraftKings and SBTech — Government Regulation.” To expand into new jurisdictions, we may need to be licensed and obtain approvals of our product offerings. This is a time-consuming process that can be extremely costly. Any delays in obtaining or difficulty in maintaining regulatory approvals needed for expansion within existing jurisdictions or into new jurisdictions can negatively affect our opportunities for growth, including the growth of our customer base, or delay our ability to recognize revenue from our offerings in any such jurisdictions.

Future legislative and regulatory action, and court decisions or other governmental action, may have a material impact on our operations and financial results. Governmental authorities could view us as having violated local laws, despite our efforts to obtain all applicable licenses or approvals. There is also a risk that civil and criminal proceedings, including class actions brought by or on behalf of prosecutors or public entities or incumbent monopoly providers, or private individuals, could be initiated against us, Internet service providers, credit card and other payment processors, advertisers and others involved in the DFS, sports betting and iGaming industries. Such potential proceedings could involve substantial litigation expense, penalties, fines, seizure of assets, injunctions or other restrictions being imposed upon us or our licensees or other business partners, while diverting the attention of key executives. Such proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, as well as impact our reputation.

There can be no assurance that legally enforceable legislation will not be proposed and passed in jurisdictions relevant or potentially relevant to our business to prohibit, legislate or regulate various aspects of the DFS, iGaming and sports betting industries (or that existing laws in those jurisdictions will not be interpreted negatively). Compliance with any such legislation may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, either as a result of our determination that a jurisdiction should be blocked, or because a local license or approval may be costly for us or our business partners to obtain and/or such licenses or approvals may contain other commercially undesirable conditions.

Our growth prospects depend on the legal status of real-money gaming in various jurisdictions, predominantly within the United States, which is an initial area of focus, and legalization may not occur in as many states as we expect, or may occur at a slower pace than we anticipate. Additionally, even if jurisdictions legalize real money gaming, this may be accompanied by legislative or regulatory restrictions and/or taxes that make it impracticable or less attractive to operate in those jurisdictions, or the process of implementing regulations or securing the necessary licenses to operate in a particular jurisdiction may take longer than we anticipate, which could adversely affect our future results of operations and make it more difficult to meet our expectations for financial performance.

A number of states have legalized, or are currently considering legalizing, real money gaming, and our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects are significantly dependent upon legalization of real money gaming. Our business plan is partially based upon the legalization of real money gaming for a specific percent of the population on a yearly basis and the legalization may not occur as we have anticipated. Additionally, if a large number of additional states or the federal government enact real money gaming legislation and we are unable to obtain, or are otherwise delayed in obtaining the necessary licenses to operate online sports betting or iGaming websites in U.S. jurisdictions where such games are legalized, our future growth in online sports betting and iGaming could be materially impaired.

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As we enter into new jurisdictions, states or the federal government may legalize real money gaming in a manner that is unfavorable to us. As a result, we may encounter legal, regulatory and political challenges that are difficult or impossible to foresee and which could result in an unforeseen adverse impact on planned revenues or costs associated with the new opportunity. For example, certain states require us to have a relationship with a land-based, licensed casino for online Sportsbook access, which tends to increase our costs of revenue. States that have established state-run monopolies may limit opportunities for private sector participants like us. States also impose substantial tax rates on online sports betting and iGaming revenue, in addition to sales taxes in certain jurisdictions and a federal excise tax of 25 basis points on the amount of each wager. As most state product taxes apply to various measures of modified gross profit, tax rates, whether federal- or state-based, that are higher than we expect will make it more costly and less desirable for us to launch in a given jurisdiction, while tax increases in any of our existing jurisdictions may adversely impact our profitability.

Therefore, even in cases in which a jurisdiction purports to license and regulate DFS, sports betting or iGaming, the licensing and regulatory regimes can vary considerably in terms of their business-friendliness and at times may be intended to provide incumbent operators with advantages over new licensees. Therefore, some “liberalized” regulatory regimes are considerably more commercially attractive than others.

Failure to comply with regulatory requirements in a particular jurisdiction, or the failure to successfully obtain a license or permit applied for in a particular jurisdiction, could impact our ability to comply with licensing and regulatory requirements in other jurisdictions, or could cause the rejection of license applications or cancelation of existing licenses in other jurisdictions, or could cause financial institutions, online and mobile platforms, advertisers and distributors to stop providing services to us which we rely upon to receive payments from, or distribute amounts to, our users, or otherwise to deliver and promote our services.

Compliance with the various regulations applicable to fantasy sports and real money gaming is costly and time-consuming. Regulatory authorities at the non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local levels have broad powers with respect to the regulation and licensing of fantasy sports and real money gaming operations and may revoke, suspend, condition or limit our fantasy sports or real money gaming licenses, impose substantial fines on us and take other actions, any one of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. These laws and regulations are dynamic and subject to potentially differing interpretations, and various legislative and regulatory bodies may expand current laws or regulations or enact new laws and regulations regarding these matters. We will strive to comply with all applicable laws and regulations relating to our business. It is possible, however, that these requirements may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules. Non-compliance with any such law or regulations could expose us to claims, proceedings, litigation and investigations by private parties and regulatory authorities, as well as substantial fines and negative publicity, each of which may materially and adversely affect our business.

Any fantasy sports or real money gaming license could be revoked, suspended or conditioned at any time. The loss of a license in one jurisdiction could trigger the loss of a license or affect our eligibility for such a license in another jurisdiction, and any of such losses, or potential for such loss, could cause us to cease offering some or all of our offerings in the impacted jurisdictions. We may be unable to obtain or maintain all necessary registrations, licenses, permits or approvals, and could incur fines or experience delays related to the licensing process, which could adversely affect our operations. Our delay or failure to obtain or maintain licenses in any jurisdiction may prevent us from distributing our offerings, increasing our customer base and/or generating revenues. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain and maintain the licenses and related approvals necessary to conduct our DFS, Sportsbook and iGaming operations. Any failure to maintain or renew our existing licenses, registrations, permits or approvals could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Our growth prospects and market potential will depend on our ability to obtain licenses to operate in a number of jurisdictions and if we fail to obtain such licenses our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be impaired.

Our ability to grow our business will depend on our ability to obtain and maintain licenses to offer our product offerings in a large number of jurisdictions or in heavily populated jurisdictions. If we fail to obtain and maintain licenses in large jurisdictions or in a greater number of mid-market jurisdictions, this may

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prevent us from expanding the footprint of our product offerings, increasing our user base and/or generating revenues. We cannot be certain that we will be able to obtain and maintain licenses and related approvals necessary to conduct our DFS, Sportsbook and iGaming operations. Any failure to obtain and maintain licenses, registrations, permits or approvals could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

DraftKings and SBT have been the subject of governmental investigations and inquiries with respect to the operation of their businesses and we could be subject to future governmental investigations and inquiries, legal proceedings and enforcement actions. Any such investigation, inquiry, proceeding or action, could adversely affect our business.

DraftKings and SBT have received formal and informal inquiries from time to time, from government authorities and regulators, including tax authorities and gaming regulators, regarding compliance with laws and other matters, and we may receive such inquiries in the future, particularly as we grow and expand our operations. Violation of existing or future regulations, regulatory orders or consent decrees could subject us to substantial monetary fines and other penalties that could negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations. In addition, it is possible that future orders issued by, or inquiries or enforcement actions initiated by, government or regulatory authorities could cause us to incur substantial costs, expose us to unanticipated liability or penalties, or require us to change our business practices in a manner materially adverse to our business.

Participation in the sports betting industry will expose us to trading, liability management and pricing risk. We may experience lower than expected profitability and potentially significant losses as a result of a failure to determine accurately the odds in relation to any particular event and/or any failure of its sports risk management processes.

DraftKings’ fixed-odds betting products involve betting where winnings are paid on the basis of the stake placed and the odds quoted. Odds are determined with the objective of providing an average return to the bookmaker over a large number of events and therefore, over the long term, our gross win percentage has remained fairly constant. However, there can be significant variation in gross win percentage event-by-event and day-by-day. DraftKings has systems and controls that seek to reduce the risk of daily losses occurring on a gross-win basis, but there can be no assurance that these will be effective in reducing our exposure, and consequently our exposure to this risk in the future. As a result, in the short term, there is less certainty of generating a positive gross win, and we may experience (and DraftKings has from time to time experienced) significant losses with respect to individual events or betting outcomes, in particular if large individual bets are placed on an event or betting outcome or series of events or betting outcomes. Odds compilers and risk managers are capable of human error, thus even allowing for the fact that a number of betting products are subject to capped pay-outs, significant volatility can occur. In addition, it is possible that there may be such a high volume of trading during any particular period that even automated systems would be unable to address and eradicate all risks. Any significant losses on a gross-win basis could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if a jurisdiction where we hold or wish to apply for a license imposes a high turnover tax for betting (as opposed to a gross-win tax), this too would impact profitability, particularly with high value/low margin bets, and likewise have a material adverse effect on our business.

Palpable (obvious) errors in Sportsbook odds making occasionally occur in the normal course of business, sometimes for large liabilities. While it is a worldwide standard business practice to void bets associated with palpable errors or to correct the odds, there is no guarantee regulators will approve voiding palpable errors moving forward in every case.

DraftKings’ Sportsbook offers a huge spectrum of betting markets across dozens of sports, and the odds are set through a combination of algorithmic and manual odds making. Bet acceptance is also a combination of automatic and manual acceptance. In some cases, the odds offered on the website constitute an obvious error. Examples of such errors are inverted lines between teams, or odds that are significantly different from the true odds of the outcome in a way that all reasonable persons would agree is an error. It is commonplace virtually worldwide for operators to void bets associated with such palpable errors, and in most mature jurisdictions these bets can be voided without regulatory approval at operator discretion. In the U.S., it is unclear long term if state-by-state regulators will consistently approve voids or re-setting odds

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to correct odds on such bets. In some cases, we require regulatory approval to void palpable errors ahead of time. If regulators were to not allow voiding of bets associated with large obvious errors in odds making, New DraftKings could be subject to covering significant liabilities.

DraftKings follows the industry practice of restricting and managing betting limits at the individual customer level based on individual customer profiles and risk level to the enterprise; however there is no guarantee that states will allow operators such as DraftKings to limit on the individual customer level.

Similar to a credit card company managing individual risk on the customer level through credit limits, it is customary for sports betting operators to manage customer betting limits at the individual level to manage enterprise risk levels. DraftKings believes this practice is beneficial overall, because if it were not possible, the betting options would be restricted globally and limits available to customers would be much lower to insulate overall risk due to the existence of a very small segment of highly sophisticated syndicates and algorithmic bettors, or bettors looking to take advantage of site errors and omissions. We believe virtually all operators balance taking reasonable action from all customers against the risk of individual customers significantly harming the business viability. We cannot assure you that all state legislation and regulators will always allow operators to execute limits at the individual customer level, or at their sole discretion.

Negative events or negative media coverage relating to, or a declining popularity of, daily fantasy sports, sports betting, the underlying sports or athletes, online sports betting or iGaming in particular, or other negative coverage may adversely impact our ability to retain or attract users, which could have an adverse impact on our business.

Public opinion can significantly influence our business. Unfavorable publicity regarding us, for example, our product changes, product quality, litigation, or regulatory activity, or regarding the actions of third parties with whom we have relationships or the underlying sports (including declining popularity of the sports or athletes) could seriously harm our reputation. In addition, a negative shift in the perception of sports betting and iGaming by the public or by politicians, lobbyists or others could affect future legislation of sports betting and iGaming, which could cause jurisdictions to abandon proposals to legalize sports betting and iGaming, thereby limiting the number of jurisdictions in which we can operate. Furthermore, illegal betting activity by athletes could result in negative publicity for our industry and could harm our brand reputation. Negative public perception could also lead to new restrictions on or to the prohibition of iGaming or sports betting in jurisdictions in which we currently operate. Such negative publicity could also adversely affect the size, demographics, engagement, and loyalty of our customer base and result in decreased revenue or slower user growth rates, which could seriously harm our business.

We may have difficulty accessing the service of banks, credit card issuers and payment processing services providers, which may make it difficult to sell our products and services.

Although financial institutions and payment processors are permitted to provide services to us and others in our industry, banks, credit card issuers and payment processing service providers may be hesitant to offer banking and payment processing services to real money gaming and fantasy sports businesses. Consequently, those businesses involved in our industry, including DraftKings, may encounter difficulties in establishing and maintaining banking and payment processing relationships with a full scope of services and generating market rate interest. If we were unable to maintain DraftKings’ bank accounts or our users were unable to use their credit cards, bank accounts or e-wallets to make deposits and withdrawals from our platforms it would make it difficult for us to operate our business, increase our operating costs, and pose additional operational, logistical and security challenges which could result in an inability to implement our business plan.

The increases in legal, accounting and compliance expenses that will result from the Business Combination may be greater than we anticipate.

As a result of the Business Combination New DraftKings will become a public company, and as such (and particularly after we are no longer an “emerging growth company”), will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that DraftKings and SBT did not incur as private companies. We will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and will be required to comply with the applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer

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Protection Act, as well as the rules and regulations subsequently implemented by the SEC and the listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market, including changes in corporate governance practices and the establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls. Our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives. Moreover, these rules and regulations will increase DraftKings’ and SBT’s historical legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. For example, we expect that these rules and regulations may make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance than DraftKings and SBT obtained as private companies, and could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our Board as compared to DraftKings and SBT as private companies. In particular, we expect to incur significant expenses and devote substantial management effort toward ensuring compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which will increase when we are no longer an “emerging growth company.” We will need to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge and maintain an internal audit function. Moreover, we could incur additional compensation costs in the event that we decide to pay cash compensation closer to that of other public companies, which would increase our general and administrative expenses and could materially and adversely affect our profitability. We are evaluating these rules and regulations, and cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.

As private companies, DraftKings and SBT have not been required to document and test their internal controls over financial reporting nor has their management been required to certify the effectiveness of their internal controls and their auditors have not been required to opine on the effectiveness of their internal control over financial reporting. Failure to maintain adequate financial, information technology and management processes and controls could result in material weaknesses which could lead to errors in our financial reporting, which could adversely affect our business.

DraftKings and SBT have not been required to document and test their internal controls over financial reporting nor has their management been required to certify the effectiveness of their internal controls and their auditors have not been required to opine on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Similarly, as an “emerging growth company,” DEAC has so far been exempt from the SEC’s internal control reporting requirements. New DraftKings may lose its emerging growth company status and become subject to the SEC’s internal control over financial reporting management and auditor attestation requirements in the year in which it is deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which would occur once it is subject to Exchange Act reporting requirements for 12 months, has filed at least one SEC annual report and the market value of its common equity held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of the prior fiscal year’s second fiscal quarter. If New DraftKings is unable to certify the effectiveness of its internal controls, or if New DraftKings’ internal controls have a material weakness, New DraftKings could be subject to regulatory scrutiny and a loss of confidence by stakeholders, which could harm New DraftKings’ business and adversely affect the market price of New DraftKings common stock.

Continued growth and success will depend on the performance of the current and future employees of DraftKings and SBT, including certain key employees. Recruitment and retention of these individuals is vital to growing our business and meeting our business plans. The loss of any of our key executives or other key employees could harm our business.

We will depend on a limited number of key personnel to manage and operate our business, including DraftKings’ co-founders, our Chief Financial Officer and our Chief Legal Officer. The leadership of the current executive officers of DraftKings has been a critical element of DraftKings’ success and the departure, death or disability of any one of our executive officers or other extended or permanent loss of any of their services, or any negative market or industry perception with respect to any of them or their loss, could have a material adverse effect on our business. We are the beneficiary of a $2 million key man insurance policy covering our Chief Executive Officer, but we are not protected by key man or similar life insurance covering other executive officers or members of senior management.

In addition, certain of DraftKings and SBT’s other employees have made significant contributions to their growth and success. We believe our success and our ability to compete and grow will depend in large part on the efforts and talents of our employees and on our ability to retain highly skilled personnel. The

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competition for these types of personnel is intense and we compete with other potential employers for the services of our employees. As a result, we may not succeed in retaining the executives and other key employees that we need. Employees, particularly analysts and engineers, are in high demand, and we devote significant resources to identifying, hiring, training, successfully integrating and retaining these employees. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to attract or retain such highly qualified personnel in the future. In addition, the loss of employees or the inability to hire additional skilled employees as necessary could result in significant disruptions to our business, and the integration of replacement personnel could be time-consuming and expensive and cause additional disruptions to our business.

All Named Executive Officers (as defined below) are employees-at-will and do not have employment agreements with DraftKings. Prior to the completion of the Business Combination, New DraftKings may enter into employment with certain of its key executive officers, including the Named Executive Officers. We cannot assure you that any such agreements with New DraftKings will be executed, and if so, what the terms and conditions of any such agreements would be. The unexpected loss of services of one or more of these key employees could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Additionally, as we grow and develop the infrastructure of a public company, we may find it difficult to maintain DraftKings’ entrepreneurial, innovative and team-based culture. Our retention and recruiting may require significant increases in compensation expense as we transition to a public company, which would adversely affect our results of operation. Moreover, there may also be disparities of wealth between those of our employees who were employees of DraftKings or SBT prior to the Business Combination and those who join us after the Closing, which may harm our culture and relations among employees.

If we do not succeed in attracting, hiring, and integrating excellent personnel, or retaining and motivating existing personnel, we may be unable to grow effectively and our business could be seriously harmed.

In some jurisdictions our key executives, certain employees or other individuals related to the business will be subject to licensing or compliance requirements. Failure by such individuals to obtain the necessary licenses or comply with individual regulatory obligations, could cause the business to be non-compliant with its obligations, or imperil its ability to obtain or maintain licenses necessary for the conduct of the business. In some cases, the remedy to such situation may require the removal of a key executive or employee.

As part of obtaining real money gaming licenses, the responsible gaming authority will generally determine suitability of certain directors, officers and employees and, in some instances, significant shareholders. The criteria used by gaming authorities to make determinations as to who requires a finding of suitability or the suitability of an applicant to conduct gaming operations varies among jurisdictions, but generally requires extensive and detailed application disclosures followed by a thorough investigation. Gaming authorities have broad discretion in determining whether an applicant should be found suitable to conduct operations within a given jurisdiction. If any gaming authority with jurisdiction over our business were to find an applicable officer, director, employee or significant shareholder of ours unsuitable for licensing or unsuitable to continue having a relationship with us, we would be required to sever our relationship with that person. Furthermore, such gaming authorities may require us to terminate the employment of any person who refuses to file required applications. Either result could have a material adverse effect on our business, operations and prospects. Additionally, a gaming regulatory body may refuse to issue or renew a gaming license or restrict or condition the same, based on the past or present activities of DraftKings, SBT, or our current or former directors, officers, employees, shareholders or third parties with whom we have relationships, which could adversely affect our operations or financial condition. If additional gaming regulations are adopted in a jurisdiction in which we operate, such regulations could impose restrictions or costs that could have a significant adverse effect on us. From time to time, various proposals are introduced in the legislatures of some of the jurisdictions in which we have existing or planned operations that, if enacted, could adversely affect our directors, officers, key employees, or other aspects of the company’s operations. To date, we have obtained all governmental licenses, findings of suitability, registrations, permits and approvals necessary for our operations. However, we can give no assurance that any additional licenses, permits and approvals that may be required will be given or that

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existing ones will be renewed or will not be revoked. Renewal is subject to, among other things, continued satisfaction of suitability requirements of our directors, officers, key employees and shareholders. Any failure to renew or maintain our licenses or to receive new licenses when necessary would have a material adverse effect on us.

Due to the nature of our business, we are subject to taxation in a number of jurisdictions and changes in, or new interpretation of, tax laws, tax rulings or their application by tax authorities could result in additional tax liabilities and could materially affect our financial condition and results of operations. SBT’s historic operating structure afforded it a relatively low effective corporate tax rate, and we expect following the completion of the Business Combination the combined company will have a higher effective corporate tax rate.

Our tax obligations will be varied and include U.S. federal, state and international taxes due to the nature of the DraftKings and SBT business. The tax laws that will be applicable to our business are subject to interpretation, and significant judgment will be required in determining our worldwide provision for income taxes. In the course of our business, there will be many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. For example, compliance with the 2017 United States Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) may require the collection of information not regularly produced within our Company, the use of estimates in our consolidated financial statements, and the exercise of significant judgment in accounting for its provisions. As regulations and guidance evolve with respect to the TCJA, and as we gather more information and perform more analysis, our results may differ from previous estimates and may materially affect our consolidated financial statements.

The gaming industry represents a significant source of tax revenue to the jurisdictions in which we will operate. Gaming companies and business-to-business providers in the gaming industry (directly and/or indirectly by way of their commercial relationships with operators) are currently subject to significant taxes and fees in addition to normal corporate income taxes, and such taxes and fees are subject to increase at any time. From time to time, various legislators and other government officials have proposed and adopted changes in tax laws, or in the administration or interpretation of such laws, affecting the gaming industry. In addition, any worsening of economic conditions and the large number of jurisdictions with significant current or projected budget deficits could intensify the efforts of governments to raise revenues through increases in gaming taxes and/or other taxes. It is not possible to determine with certainty the likelihood of changes in tax laws or in the administration or interpretation or enforcement of such laws. Any material increase, or the adoption of additional taxes or fees, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Additionally, tax authorities may impose indirect taxes on Internet-related commercial activity based on existing statutes and regulations which, in some cases, were established prior to the advent of the Internet. Tax authorities may interpret laws originally enacted for mature industries and apply it to newer industries, such as DraftKings. The application of such laws may be inconsistent from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Our in-jurisdiction activities may vary from period to period which could result in differences in nexus from period to period. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, DraftKings’ estimated contingent liability for indirect tax liabilities was $34.6 million and $27.2 million, respectively. DraftKings’ estimated contingent liability for indirect taxes represents its best estimate of tax liability for jurisdictions in which it believes taxation is probable.

We are subject to periodic review and audit by domestic and foreign tax authorities. Tax authorities may disagree with certain positions DraftKings or SBT has taken or that we will take, and any adverse outcome of such a review or audit could have a negative effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Although we believe that our tax provisions, positions and estimates are reasonable and appropriate, tax authorities may disagree with certain positions we have taken. In addition, economic and political pressures to increase tax revenue in various jurisdictions may make resolving tax disputes favorably more difficult. DraftKings is currently under Internal Revenue Service audit for prior tax years, with the primary unresolved issues relating to excise taxation of fantasy sports contests and informational reporting and withholding. The final resolution of that audit, and other audits or litigation, may differ from the amounts recorded in DraftKings’ consolidated financial statements included herein and may materially affect our consolidated financial statements in the period or periods in which that determination is made.

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Although SBT’s corporate and tax structure resulted in relatively low effective corporate tax rate for the business, we cannot guarantee the same tax efficiency upon the completion of the Business Combination due to the change in corporate structures, as well as developments in the cross-border taxation of international businesses with particular focus on the digital economy, as contemplated under the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project and transfer pricing legislation. Further, in light of such structure, the combined business may be exposed to a substantial tax liability if the relevant authorities raise claims with regards to SBT’s tax status in various jurisdictions, including in particular the manner in which it allocated or allocates profit amongst relevant jurisdictions for tax purposes.

Failure to protect or enforce our intellectual property rights or the costs involved in such enforcement could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We will rely on trademark, copyright, patent, trade secret, and domain-name-protection laws to protect our proprietary rights. In the United States and internationally, DraftKings and SBT have filed various applications to protect aspects of their intellectual property, and currently hold a number of issued patents in multiple jurisdictions. In the future we may acquire additional patents or patent portfolios, which could require significant cash expenditures. However, third parties may knowingly or unknowingly infringe our proprietary rights, third parties may challenge proprietary rights held by us, and pending and future trademark and patent applications may not be approved. In addition, effective intellectual property protection may not be available in every country in which we operate or intend to operate our business. In any of these cases, we may be required to expend significant time and expense to prevent infringement or to enforce our rights. There can be no assurance that others will not offer products or services that are substantially similar to ours and compete with our business.

Circumstances outside our control could pose a threat to our intellectual property rights. For example, effective intellectual property protection may not be available in the United States or other countries from which our DFS, Sportsbook and iGaming product offerings or platforms are accessible. Also, the efforts we have taken to protect our proprietary rights may not be sufficient or effective. Any significant impairment of our intellectual property rights could harm our business or our ability to compete. Also, protecting our intellectual property rights is costly and time-consuming. Any unauthorized disclosure or use of our intellectual property could make it more expensive to do business, thereby harming our operating results. Furthermore, if we are unable to protect our proprietary rights or prevent unauthorized use or appropriation by third parties, the value of our brand and other intangible assets may be diminished, and competitors may be able to more effectively mimic our offerings and service. Any of these events could seriously harm our business.

We will rely on licenses to use the intellectual property rights of third parties which are incorporated into our products and services. Failure to renew or expand existing licenses may require us to modify, limit or discontinue certain offerings, which could materially affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We will rely on products, technologies and intellectual property that we license from third parties, for use in our business-to-business and business-to-consumers offerings. Substantially all of our offerings and services use intellectual property licensed from third parties. The future success of our business may depend, in part, on our ability to obtain, retain and/or expand licenses for popular technologies and games in a competitive market. We cannot assure that these third-party licenses, or support for such licensed products and technologies, will continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In the event that we cannot renew and/or expand existing licenses, we may be required to discontinue or limit our use of the products that include or incorporate the licensed intellectual property.

Some of our license agreements contain minimum guaranteed royalty payments to the third party. If we are unable to generate sufficient revenue to offset the minimum guaranteed royalty payments, it could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. Our license agreements generally allow for assignment in the event of a strategic transaction but contain some limited termination rights post-assignment. Certain of our license agreements grant the licensor rights to audit our use of their intellectual property. Disputes with licensors over uses or terms could result in the payment of additional royalties or penalties by us, cancellation or non-renewal of the underlying license or litigation.

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The regulatory review process and licensing requirements also may preclude us from using technologies owned or developed by third parties if those parties are unwilling to subject themselves to regulatory review or do not meet regulatory requirements. Some gaming authorities require gaming manufacturers to obtain approval before engaging in certain transactions, such as acquisitions, mergers, reorganizations, financings, stock offerings and share repurchases. Obtaining such approvals can be costly and time consuming, and we cannot assure that such approvals will be granted or that the approval process will not result in delays or disruptions to our strategic objectives.

Our insurance may not provide adequate levels of coverage against claims.

We intend to maintain insurance that we believe is customary for businesses of our size and type. However, there are types of losses we may incur that cannot be insured against or that we believe are not economically reasonable to insure. Moreover, any loss incurred could exceed policy limits and policy payments made to us may not be made on a timely basis. Such losses could adversely affect our business prospects, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Risk Factors Relating to the Business Combination and Integration of DraftKings’ and SBTech’s Businesses

Each of DEAC, DraftKings and SBT have incurred and will incur substantial costs in connection with the Business Combination and related transactions, such as legal, accounting, consulting and financial advisory fees.

As part of the Business Combination, each of DEAC, DraftKings and SBT are utilizing professional service firms for legal, accounting and financial advisory. Although the parties have been provided with estimates of the costs for each advisory firm, the total actual costs may exceed those estimates. In addition, DraftKings is retaining consulting services to assist in the integration of the businesses, including but not limited to organizational decisions, combined company business process design, cultural integration and go-to-market integration. These consulting services may extend beyond the current estimated time frame thus resulting in higher than expected costs.

While DEAC, DraftKings and SBT work to complete the Business Combination and integrate the DraftKings and SBT businesses and operations, management’s focus and resources may be diverted from operational matters and other strategic opportunities.

Successful integration of SBT’s operations, sports betting and gaming technology and personnel into those of DraftKings may place a significant burden on management and other internal resources. The diversion of management’s attention and any difficulties encountered in the transition and integration process could harm New DraftKings’ business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. In addition, uncertainty about the effect of the Business Combination on DraftKings’ and SBT’s systems, employees, customers, partners, and other third parties, including regulators, may have an adverse effect on New DraftKings. These uncertainties may impair New DraftKings’ ability to attract, retain and motivate key personnel for a period of time after the Business Combination.

Furthermore, the overall integration of the businesses may result in material unanticipated problems, expenses, liabilities, competitive responses, and loss of customers and other relationships. The difficulties of combining the operations of the companies include, among others, difficulties in integrating operations and systems; conforming standards, controls, procedures and accounting and other policies, business cultures and compensation structures; assimilating employees, including possible culture conflicts and different opinions on technical decisions and product roadmaps; managing the expanded operations of a larger and more complex company, including coordinating a geographically dispersed organization; and keeping existing customers and obtaining new customers. Many of these factors will be outside our control and any one of them could result in increased costs, decreases in the amount of expected revenues and diversion of management’s time and energy, which could materially impact New DraftKings’ business, financial condition and results of operations.

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DraftKings’ and SBT’s operations may be restricted during the pendency of the Business Combination pursuant to terms of the BCA.

Prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, SBT is subject to customary interim operating covenants relating to carrying on its business in the ordinary course of business and is also subject to customary restrictions on actions that may be taken during such period. As a result, SBT may be unable, during the pendency of the Business Combination, to make certain acquisitions and capital expenditures, borrow money and otherwise pursue other actions, even if such actions would prove beneficial.

DraftKings is also subject to certain interim operating covenants and restrictions relating to fundamental changes to its business and capital structure prior to the consummation of the Business Combination. DraftKings may be unable, during the pendency of the Business Combination, to undertake certain actions in connection with making dividends or reducing share capital and otherwise pursue other actions, even if such actions would prove beneficial.

Uncertainty about the effect of the Business Combination may affect our ability to retain key employees and integrate management structures and may materially impact the management, strategy and results of our operation as a combined company.

Uncertainty about the effect of the Business Combination on DraftKings’ and SBT’s business, employees, customers, third parties with whom DraftKings and SBT have relationships, and other third parties, including regulators, may have an adverse effect on New DraftKings. These uncertainties may impair New DraftKings’ ability to attract, retain and motivate key personnel for a period of time after the Business Combination. If key employees depart because of issues related to the uncertainty and difficulty of integration or a desire not to remain with New DraftKings, our business could be harmed.

We may incur successor liabilities due to conduct arising prior to the completion of the Business Combination.

New DraftKings may be subject to certain liabilities of DraftKings and SBT. DraftKings and SBT at times may each become subject to litigation claims in the operation of its business, including, but not limited to, with respect to employee matters and contract matters. From time to time, DraftKings and SBT may also face intellectual property infringement, misappropriation, or invalidity/non-infringement claims from third parties, and some of these claims may lead to litigation. DraftKings and SBT may initiate claims to assert or defend their own intellectual property against third parties. Any litigation may be expensive and time-consuming and could divert management’s attention from its business and negatively affect its operating results or financial condition. The outcome of any litigation cannot be guaranteed and adverse outcomes can affect New DraftKings, DraftKings and SBT negatively.

DraftKings and SBT may also face inquiry and investigation by governmental authorities, which could in turn lead to fines, as the regulatory landscape of sport betting and iGaming changes.

Some of DraftKings’ or SBT’s existing agreements contain change in control or early termination rights that may be implicated by the Business Combination.

Parties with which DraftKings or SBT currently does business or may do business in the future, including customers and suppliers, may experience uncertainty associated with the Business Combination, including with respect to current or future business relationships with DraftKings, SBT and New DraftKings. As a result, the business relationships of DraftKings or SBT may be subject to disruptions if customers, suppliers or others attempt to negotiate changes in existing business relationships or consider entering into business relationships with parties other than DraftKings, SBT and New DraftKings. For example, certain customers, suppliers and third-party providers may have contractual consent rights or termination rights that may be triggered by a change of control or assignment of the rights and obligations of contracts that will be transferred in the Business Combination. These disruptions could harm our relationships with existing third parties with whom DraftKings and SBT have relationships and preclude us from attracting new third parties, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, cash flows, and/or share price of New DraftKings. The effect of such disruptions could be exacerbated by a delay in the consummation of the Business Combination.

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Some of DraftKings’ or SBT’s relationships with its customers and suppliers may experience disruptions in connection with the Business Combination, which may limit New DraftKings’ business.

Parties with which DraftKings or SBT currently does business or may do business in the future, including customers and suppliers, may experience uncertainty associated with the Business Combination, including with respect to future business relationships with the other or with New DraftKings. As a result, the business relationships of DraftKings, SBT and New DraftKings may be subject to disruptions if customers, suppliers, or others attempt to renegotiate changes in existing business relationships or consider entering into business relationships with parties other than DraftKings, SBT or New DraftKings, in respect of DraftKings, SBT or New DraftKings. For example, certain customers and collaborators of DraftKings or SBT may exercise contractual termination rights as they arise or elect to not renew contracts with DraftKings or SBT. These disruptions could harm relationships with existing customers, suppliers or others and preclude us from attracting new users, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations of DraftKings, SBT or New DraftKings. The effect of such disruptions could be exacerbated by a delay in the consummation of the Business Combination.

SBT’s and DraftKings’ licenses and applications for licenses in certain jurisdictions may be subject to a review procedure or an ownership change consent requirement by regulators as a result of the Business Combination (including following its consummation), which could result in a license or application being delayed, canceled, withheld, or subjected to additional requirements or conditions.

Both SBT and DraftKings hold certain licenses and have filed certain applications for licenses to operate iGaming and sports-betting products in various jurisdictions. The regulatory bodies that oversee and issue these licenses and review such applications regularly review corporate transactions involving ownership changes to determine whether the ownership changes have any impact on current licenses held by, or applications pending with respect to, either company. Such regulatory bodies also have broad discretion in determining whether to deny applications, cancel existing licenses, withhold new licenses or require the businesses to comply with additional conditions as a result of a business combination. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain regulatory review of our applications or licenses in a timely fashion or without any limitations as a result of the Business Combination.

Although DraftKings management and the management of SBT expect that the Business Combination will produce substantial synergies, the integration of the two companies, incorporated in different countries, with geographically dispersed operations, and with different business cultures and compensation structures, presents significant management challenges. There can be no assurance that this integration, and the synergies expected to result from that integration, will be achieved as rapidly or to the extent currently anticipated.

The Business Combination involves the integration of two businesses that currently operate as independent businesses. Each of the companies will be required to devote management attention and resources to integrating their business practices and operations following the Closing, and prior to the Business Combination, management attention and resources will be required to plan for such integration. The companies may encounter potential difficulties in the integration process including the following:

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the inability to successfully integrate the two businesses, including operations, technologies, products and services, in a manner that permits DraftKings, SBT or New DraftKings to achieve the cost savings and operating synergies anticipated to result from the Business Combination, which could result in the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination not being realized partly or wholly in the time frame currently anticipated or at all;

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the loss of customers as a result of certain customers of either or both of the two businesses deciding not to continue to do business with DraftKings or SBT, or deciding to decrease their amount of business in order to reduce their reliance on a single company;

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the challenge of preserving important relationships of both DraftKings and SBT and resolving potential conflicts that may arise.

Furthermore, it is possible that the integration process could result in the loss of talented employees or skilled workers of DraftKings and SBT. The loss of talented employees and skilled workers could adversely affect DraftKings’, SBT’s or New DraftKings’ ability to successfully conduct their respective businesses because of such employees’ experience and knowledge of the respective business. In addition, DraftKings, SBT, or New DraftKings could be adversely affected by the diversion of management’s attention and any delays or difficulties encountered in connection with the integration of DraftKings and SBT. The process of integrating operations could cause an interruption of, or loss of momentum in, the activities of the businesses. If DraftKings, SBT or New DraftKings experience difficulties with the integration process, the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination may not be realized fully or at all, or may take longer to realize than expected. These integration matters could have an adverse effect on the business, results of operations, financial condition or prospects of DraftKings, SBT, or New DraftKings during this transition period and for an undetermined period after completion of the Business Combination.

SBT’s business includes a B2B business model, primarily in international jurisdictions, which business depends on the underlying financial performance of its direct operators and its resellers. As a material part of SBT’s revenue is currently generated through resellers and a few large direct operators, a decline in such resellers’ or direct operators’ financial performance or a termination of some or all of the agreements with such resellers or operators could have a material adverse effect on SBT’s or New DraftKings’ business.

SBT offers their services direct to operators in Europe and uses a reseller model in Asia. SBT’s financial performance depends on the underlying financial performance of its direct operators and its resellers. An adverse decline in the underlying financial performance of key SBT operators or resellers, or a termination of some or all of the agreements with such resellers or operators, could have a material adverse effect on SBT’s or New DraftKings’ business.

Given the increased number of jurisdictions in which we will operate after the Business Combination, we may experience delays in the licensing application and approval process, depending on the regulatory requirements in each relevant jurisdiction.

Regulated gaming license applications frequently involve an in-depth suitability review of the applicant’s business and associated individuals including certain officers, directors, key employees and significant shareholders. These applications take substantial time to prepare and submit, often requiring the production of multiple years’ worth of business and personal financial records and disclosures which take considerable time to compile, followed by the regulator’s investigatory process which may take months or even years to complete. Due to the increased number of jurisdictions in which we will operate after the Business Combination, as well as additional jurisdictions which may pass laws authorizing and requiring licensure to operate sports betting, iGaming or daily fantasy sports, we may experience delays in the licensing application and approval process due to the volume of application materials we must prepare and submit and the number of jurisdictions for which information is required. Many jurisdictions in which we are already licensed will require additional applications and disclosures as a result of the Business Combination which may also contribute to delays in the licensing application and approval process in additional jurisdictions.

SBT has historically relied on a less formal financial reporting system and only began integrating a group-wide consistent financial reporting system recently, which may affect our ability to report historical financial performance accurately.

In January 2018, SBT implemented a global enterprise resource planning system which produces periodic consolidated financial reports. Prior to January 2018, SBT relied on internally generated financial

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reporting which consolidated a number of financial booking systems. It is possible that historical financial information was not fully aligned from the less formal system to the new system, which could affect the accuracy of historical financial information.

SBT’s growth depends on its ability to develop and sell competitive products and services. As the industry matures, increased competition and price pressures may materialize.

SBT’s financial performance and future growth prospects are partly dependent on its ability to develop competitive products and services for license to operators and resellers. However, there is no certainty that SBT will be able to develop products and services in a timely manner that its customers will want to purchase. In addition, the global online gaming industry is becoming increasingly more characterized by competitive pressures and failure by SBT to develop and sell appropriately competitive and priced products and services could negatively impact SBT’s financial performance.

SBT’s business, which includes significant international operations, is likely to expose New DraftKings to foreign currency transaction and translation risks. As a result, changes in the valuation of the U.S. dollar in relation to other currencies could have positive or negative effects on New DraftKings’ profit and financial position.

SBT’s global operations are likely to expose New DraftKings to foreign currency transaction and translation risks. Currency transaction risk occurs in conjunction with purchases and sales of products and services that are made in currencies other than the local currency of the subsidiary involved, for example if the parent company pays, or transfers U.S. dollars to a subsidiary in order to fund its expenses in local currencies. Currency translation risks occurs when the income statement and balance sheet of a foreign subsidiary is converted into currencies other than the local currency of the company involved, for example when the results of these subsidiaries are consolidated in the results of a parent company with a different reporting currency. As a result, SBT has historically been, and New DraftKings is expected to be, exposed to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates, which may adversely impact New DraftKings’ financial positions and results of operations.

Due to SBT’s global presence, a significant majority of its revenues, operating expenses and assets and liabilities are non-U.S. dollar denominated and therefore subject to foreign currency fluctuation once consolidated in New DraftKings, whose functional currency is expected to be the U.S. dollar. New DraftKings will face exposure to currency exchange rates as a result of the growth in its non-U.S. dollar denominated operating expense across Europe. For example, an increase in the value of non-U.S. dollar currencies against the U.S. dollar could increase costs for delivery of products, services and also increase cost of local operating expenses and procurement of materials or services that New DraftKings must purchase in foreign currencies by increasing labor and other costs that are denominated in such local currencies. These risks related to exchange rate fluctuations may increase in future periods as New DraftKings’ operations outside of the United States expand.

New DraftKings’ foreign currency exposure will reflect SBT’s historical operations, which have been primarily in Euro (reflecting over 90% of its revenue in all reporting periods), and is SBT’s functional and reporting currency, and the British pound (which accounted for 8.6% and 5.0% of SBT’s revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018, respectively). See “SBT’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk — Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk.” SBT has not historically hedged its foreign currency transaction or translation exposure, though New DraftKings may consider doing so in the future. Foreign currency exchange rate volatility, as well as the cost of any hedging arrangements entered into in the future, may negatively affect New DraftKings’ financial position and results of operations, and may adversely impact the comparability of results between periods.

DraftKings depends on the Kambi platform to operate its Sportsbook and, following the completion of the Business Combination, we intend to transition these operations to the SBT platform over time. As we plan and implement this transition, we may face a range of issues including the possibility that we may suffer service disruptions or impediments that make it more difficult for our customers to access our product offerings, all which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

DraftKings currently depends on Kambi and their platform to operate its Sportsbook product offering; however, following the completion of the Business Combination, we intend to transition the

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Sportsbook platform to that of SBT’s over time. Any transition of the Sportsbook platform currently provided by Kambi to that of SBT’s will be difficult to implement and could cause us to incur significant time and expense. We have committed to pay Kambi a percentage of contractual net gaming revenue that tiers depending on volume over the next four years with the ability to terminate early after December 2020. Given this, any significant disruption of, or interference with, our use of Kambi would negatively impact our operations and our business could be seriously harmed. If our users are not able to access Sportsbook or encounter difficulties in doing so, we may lose users, and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

In addition, Kambi may take actions beyond our control that could seriously harm our business, including discontinuing or limiting our access to their sports betting platform; increasing pricing terms; terminating or seeking to terminate our contractual relationship altogether; establishing more favorable relationships with one or more of our competitors; or modifying or interpreting its terms of service or other policies in a manner that impacts our ability to run our business and operations.

Risk Factors Relating to DEAC and the Business Combination

Directors and officers of DEAC have potential conflicts of interest in recommending that stockholders vote in favor of approval of the Business Combination and approval of the other proposals described in this proxy statement/prospectus.

When considering DEAC’s board of directors’ recommendation that its stockholders vote in favor of the approval of the Business Combination, DEAC Stockholders should be aware that directors and officers of DEAC have interests in the Business Combination that may be different from, or in addition to, the interests of DEAC Stockholders. These interests include:

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If we are unable to complete our initial business combination by May 14, 2021, we will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the public shares and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete our initial business combination by May 14, 2021. Our initial stockholders purchased the founder shares prior to our initial public offering for an aggregate purchase price of  $25,000. Upon the Closing, such founder shares will convert into 10,000,000 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, 720,000 of which will be forfeited and 5,280,000 of which will be deposited into escrow and released in accordance with the terms of the BCA. Such securities, if unrestricted and freely tradable would be valued at approximately $106,600,000, based on the closing price of  $10.66 per share of our Class A common stock on Nasdaq on December 30, 2019.

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Simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering, we consummated the sale of 6,333,334 private placement warrants at a price of  $1.50 per warrant in a private placement to our initial stockholders, including our independent directors (and/or one or more of their estate planning vehicles). The warrants are each exercisable commencing 30 days following the Closing for one share of New DraftKings Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. If we do not consummate a business combination transaction by May 14, 2021, then the proceeds from the sale of the private placement warrants will be part of the liquidating distribution to the public stockholders and the warrants held by our initial stockholders will be worthless. The warrants held by our initial stockholders had an aggregate market value of  $14,820,001.60 based upon the closing price of  $2.34 per warrant on Nasdaq on December 30, 2019.

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Our Sponsor, officers and directors will lose their entire investment in us if we do not complete a business combination by May 14, 2021. Certain of them may continue to serve as officers and/or directors of New DraftKings after the Closing. As such, in the future they may receive any cash fees, stock options or stock awards that the New DraftKings board of directors determines to pay to its directors and/or officers.

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Our initial stockholders and our officers and directors have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if DEAC fails to complete a business combination by May 14, 2021.

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In order to protect the amounts held in the trust account, the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have entered into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account or to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

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Following the Closing, our Sponsor would be entitled to the repayment of any working capital loan and advances that have been made to DEAC and remain outstanding. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, our Sponsor has not made any advances to us for working capital expenses. If we do not complete an initial business combination within the required period, we may use a portion of our working capital held outside the trust account to repay the working capital loans, but no proceeds held in the trust account would be used to repay the working capital loans.

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Following the consummation of the Business Combination, we will continue to indemnify our existing directors and officers and will maintain a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy.

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Upon the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions of the BCA, our Sponsor, our officers and directors and their respective affiliates may be entitled to reimbursement for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and consummating an initial business combination, and repayment of any other loans, if any, and on such terms as to be determined by DEAC from time to time, made by our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination.

These financial interests of the initial stockholders, officers and directors and entities affiliated with them may have influenced their decision to approve the Business Combination. You should consider these interests when evaluating the Business Combination and the recommendation DEAC’s Board to vote in favor of the Business Combination Proposal and other proposals to be presented to the stockholders.

DEAC’s initial stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of the Business Combination, regardless of how our public stockholders vote.

Our initial stockholders have agreed to vote their shares in favor of the Business Combination. The initial stockholders own approximately 20% of our outstanding shares prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, it is more likely that the necessary stockholder approval for the Business Combination will be received than would be the case if our initial stockholders had agreed to vote their shares in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by our public stockholders.

DEAC’s initial stockholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates may elect to purchase shares or public warrants from public stockholders, which may influence a vote on the Business Combination and reduce the public “float” of our common stock.

DEAC’s initial stockholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase public shares or public warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of the Business Combination, although they are under no obligation to do so. However, other than as expressly stated herein, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase shares or public warrants in such transactions.

In the event that DEAC’s initial stockholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase public shares in privately negotiated transactions from public stockholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling stockholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their public shares. The purpose of any such purchases of public shares could be to vote such shares in favor of the Business Combination and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining stockholder

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approval of the Business Combination or to satisfy a closing condition in the BCA that requires us to have a certain amount of cash at the Closing, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion of the Business Combination that may not otherwise have been possible.

In addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our common stock and the number of beneficial holders of our securities may be reduced, possibly making it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange.

Warrants will become exercisable for New DraftKings Class A common stock, which would increase the number of shares eligible for future resale in the public market and result in dilution to our stockholders.

Following the Business Combination, there will be 13,333,333 outstanding public warrants to purchase 13,333,333 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock at an exercise price of  $11.50 per share, which warrants will become exercisable 30 days following the Closing. In addition, there will be 6,333,332 private placement warrants outstanding exercisable for 6,333,332 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock at an exercise price of  $11.50 per share. To the extent such warrants are exercised, additional shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock will be issued, which will result in dilution to the holders of New DraftKings Class A common stock and increase the number of shares eligible for resale in the public market. Sales of substantial numbers of such shares in the public market could adversely affect the market price of New DraftKings Class A common stock.

We may redeem your unexpired warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making your warrants worthless.

New DraftKings will have the ability to redeem outstanding public warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per warrant, provided that the closing price of New DraftKings Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period ending on the third trading day prior to proper notice of such redemption provided that on the date we give notice of redemption. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws. Redemption of the outstanding warrants could force holders (i) to exercise the warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so, (ii) to sell the warrants at the then-current market price when the holder might otherwise wish to hold onto such warrants or (iii) to accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding warrants are called for redemption, is likely to be substantially less than the market value of the warrants. None of the private placement warrants will be redeemable by us so long as they are held by their initial purchasers or their permitted transferees.

In addition, we may redeem your warrants after they become exercisable for a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock determined based on the redemption date and the fair market value of New DraftKings Class A common stock. Any such redemption may have similar consequences to a cash redemption described above. In addition, such redemption may occur at a time when the warrants are “out-of-the-money,” in which case you would lose any potential embedded value from a subsequent increase in the value of our common stock had your warrants remained outstanding.

Even if we consummate the Business Combination, there can be no assurance that the warrants will be in the money at the time they become exercisable, and they may expire worthless.

The exercise price for the outstanding warrants is $11.50 per share of New DraftKings Class A common stock. There can be no assurance that the warrants will be in the money following the time they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, and as such, the warrants may expire worthless.

Our stockholders will experience immediate dilution as a consequence of the issuance of New DraftKings Class A common stock as consideration in the Business Combination. Having a minority share position may reduce the influence that our current stockholders have on the management of New DraftKings.

Assuming that no public stockholders exercise their redemption rights in connection with the Business Combination, immediately after the consummation of the Business Combination, DEAC’s initial stockholders and public stockholders will hold 43,658,858 shares of New DraftKings Class A common

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stock, or 14.1% of the outstanding Class A common stock. Assuming that our public stockholders holding 30,520,132 public shares exercise their redemption rights in connection with the Business Combination, immediately after the consummation of the Business Combination, DEAC’s initial stockholders and public stockholders will hold 13,138,726 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, or 4.7% of the outstanding Class A common stock.

There are currently outstanding an aggregate of 19,666,667 warrants to acquire New DraftKings Class A common stock, which comprise 6,333,334 private placement warrants held by DEAC’s initial stockholders at the time of DEAC’s initial public offering and 13,333,333 public warrants. Each of DEAC’s outstanding whole warrants is exercisable commencing 30 days following the Closing for one share of New DraftKings Class A common stock in accordance with its terms. Therefore, as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, if we assume that each outstanding whole warrant is exercised and one share of New DraftKings Class A common stock is issued as a result of such exercise, with payment to New DraftKings of the exercise price of  $11.50 per share, our fully-diluted share capital would increase by a total of 19,666,667 shares, with approximately $226,166,670 paid to New DraftKings to exercise the warrants.

Subsequent to the consummation of the Business Combination, we may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment or other charges that could have a significant negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and stock price, which could cause you to lose some or all of your investment.

Although DEAC has conducted due diligence on DraftKings and SBT, DEAC cannot assure you that this diligence revealed all material issues that may be present in their respective businesses, that it would be possible to uncover all material issues through a customary amount of due diligence, or that factors outside of DEAC’s, DraftKings’ or SBT’s control will not later arise. As a result, New DraftKings may be forced to later write-down or write-off assets, restructure its operations, or incur impairment or other charges that could result in losses. Even if the due diligence successfully identifies certain risks, unexpected risks may arise and previously known risks may materialize in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk analysis. Even though these charges may be non-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that New DraftKings reports charges of this nature could contribute to negative market perceptions about New DraftKings or its securities. In addition, charges of this nature may cause New DraftKings to violate net worth or other covenants to which it may be subject. Accordingly, any DEAC Stockholder who chooses to remain a stockholder of New DraftKings following the Business Combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares. Such stockholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value unless they are able to successfully claim that the reduction was due to the breach by DEAC’s officers or directors of a duty of care or other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are able to successfully bring a private claim under securities laws that the proxy solicitation relating to the Business Combination contained an actionable material misstatement or material omission.

If the benefits of the Business Combination do not meet the expectations of investors or securities analysts, the market price of our securities may decline.

If the benefits of the Business Combination do not meet the expectations of investors or securities analysts, the market price of DEAC’s securities prior to the Closing may decline. The market values of DEAC’s securities at the time of the Business Combination may vary significantly from their prices on the date the BCA was executed, the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, or the date on which our DEAC Stockholders vote on the Business Combination. Because the number of shares to be issued pursuant to the BCA is based on the per share value of the amount in the trust account and will not be adjusted to reflect any changes in the market price of DEAC’s Class A common stock, the market value of New DraftKings Class A common stock issued in the Business Combination may be higher or lower than the values of these shares on earlier dates.

In addition, following the Business Combination, fluctuations in the price of New DraftKings’ securities could contribute to the loss of all or part of your investment. Prior to the Business Combination, there has not been a public market for the stock of any of DraftKings, SBT or New DraftKings and trading in the shares of DEAC’s Class A common stock has not been active. Accordingly, the valuation ascribed to New DraftKings in the Business Combination may not be indicative of the price that will prevail in the trading market following the Business Combination. If an active market for our securities

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develops and continues, the trading price of our securities following the Business Combination could be volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. Any of the factors listed below could have a material adverse effect on your investment in our securities and our securities may trade at prices significantly below the price you paid for them. In such circumstances, the trading price of our securities may not recover and may experience a further decline.

Factors affecting the trading price of New DraftKings’ securities may include:

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actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial results or the quarterly financial results of companies perceived to be similar to us;

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changes in the market’s expectations about our operating results;

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success of competitors;

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lack of adjacent competitors;

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our operating results failing to meet the expectation of securities analysts or investors in a particular period;

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changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts concerning New DraftKings or the industries in which New DraftKings operates in general;

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operating and stock price performance of other companies that investors deem comparable to New DraftKings;

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our ability to market new and enhanced products and services on a timely basis;

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changes in laws and regulations affecting our business;

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commencement of, or involvement in, litigation involving New DraftKings;

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changes in New DraftKings’ capital structure, such as future issuances of securities or the incurrence of additional debt;

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the volume of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock available for public sale;

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any major change in our board or management;

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sales of substantial amounts of New DraftKings Class A common stock by our directors, executive officers or significant stockholders or the perception that such sales could occur; and

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general economic and political conditions such as recessions, interest rates, fuel prices, international currency fluctuations and acts of war or terrorism.

Broad market and industry factors may materially harm the market price of our securities irrespective of our operating performance. The stock market in general, and The Nasdaq Stock Market have experienced price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of the particular companies affected. The trading prices and valuations of these stocks, and of our securities, may not be predictable. A loss of investor confidence in the market for the stocks of other companies which investors perceive to be similar to New DraftKings could depress our stock price regardless of our business, prospects, financial conditions or results of operations. A decline in the market price of our securities also could adversely affect our ability to issue additional securities and our ability to obtain additional financing in the future.

Our actual financial position and results of operations may differ materially from the unaudited pro forma financial information included in this proxy statement/prospectus.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information included in this proxy statement/​prospectus is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of what our actual financial position or results of operations would have been had the Business Combination been completed on the dates indicated. See “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” for more information.

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There can be no assurance that New DraftKings Class A common stock that will be issued in connection with the Business Combination will be approved for listing on Nasdaq following the Closing of the Business Combination, or that we will be able to comply with the continued listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market.

New DraftKings Class A common stock and warrants is expected to be listed on Nasdaq following the Business Combination. New DraftKings continued eligibility for listing may depend on the number of our shares that are redeemed. If, after the Business Combination, Nasdaq delists New DraftKings Class A common stock from trading on its exchange for failure to meet the listing standards, we and our stockholders could face significant material adverse consequences including:

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a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;

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a determination that New DraftKings Class A common stock is a “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in New DraftKings Class A common stock to adhere to more stringent rules, possibly resulting in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for New DraftKings Class A common stock;

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a limited amount of analyst coverage; and

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a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

DEAC’s Current Charter states that we must complete our initial business combination by May 14, 2021. If we have not completed an initial business combination by then (or such later date as our stockholders may approve in accordance with our Current Charter), we will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to fund our working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of $250,000) (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any) and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In such case, our public stockholders may only receive approximately $10.00 per share and our warrants will expire worthless.

Our directors may decide not to enforce the indemnification obligations of our Sponsor, resulting in a reduction in the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public stockholders.

Our Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below the lesser of  (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, if less than $10.00 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the funds held in the trust account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against the Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment and subject to their fiduciary duties may choose not to do so in any particular instance. If our independent directors choose not to enforce these indemnification obligations, the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public stockholders may be reduced below $10.00 per share.

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If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over the claims of our stockholders and the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our stockholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.

If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our stockholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our stockholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.

If our stockholders fail to comply with the redemption requirements specified in this proxy statement/​prospectus, they will not be entitled to redeem their shares of our Class A common stock for a pro rata portion of the trust account.

Holders of public shares are not required to affirmatively vote against the Business Combination Proposal in order to exercise their rights to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the trust account. In order to exercise their redemption rights, they are required to submit a request in writing and deliver their stock (either physically or electronically) to our transfer agent by [            ] p.m., New York City Time, on [            ], 2020. Stockholders electing to redeem their shares will receive their pro rata portion of the funds held in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to fund our working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of $250,000) and/or to pay our taxes, calculated as of two business days prior to the anticipated consummation of the Business Combination.

The ability of DEAC Stockholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of shares could increase the probability that the Business Combination would be unsuccessful and that stockholders would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem their stock.

At the time we entered into the BCA and related agreements for the Business Combination, we did not know how many stockholders would exercise their redemption rights, and therefore we structured the Business Combination based on our expectations as to the number of shares that will be submitted for redemption. The BCA requires us to have at least $400 million of gross cash proceeds available from the trust account, after giving effect to redemptions of public shares, if any, and/or from other specified sources, if necessary. If a larger number of shares are submitted for redemption than we initially expected, we may need to restructure the transaction to reserve a greater portion of the cash in the trust account. The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the Business Combination or optimize our capital structure.

The Business Combination is subject to conditions, including certain conditions that may not be satisfied on a timely basis, if at all.

The completion of the Business Combination is subject to a number of conditions. The completion of the Business Combination is not assured and is subject to risks, including the risk that approval of the Business Combination by DEAC Stockholders is not obtained or that there are not sufficient funds in the trust account, in each case subject to certain terms specified in the BCA (as described under “The Business Combination Agreement — Conditions to Closing”), or that other closing conditions are not satisfied. If DEAC does not complete the Business Combination, it could be subject to several risks, including:

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the parties may be liable for damages to one another under the terms and conditions of the BCA;

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negative reactions from the financial markets, including declines in the price of our Class A common stock due to the fact that current prices may reflect a market assumption that the Business Combination will be completed; and

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the attention of our management will have been diverted to the Business Combination rather than our own operations and pursuit of other opportunities that could have been beneficial to that organization.

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Because New DraftKings will be a “controlled company” under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, our stockholders may not have certain corporate governance protections that are available to stockholders of companies that are not controlled companies.

So long as more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors of New DraftKings is held by an individual, a group or another company, New DraftKings will qualify as a “controlled company” under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing requirements. Following the completion of the Business Combination, Mr. Robins will control a majority of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock. As a result, New DraftKings will be a “controlled company” under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards and will not be subject to the requirements that would otherwise require us to have: (i) a majority of independent directors; (ii) a nominating committee comprised solely of independent directors; (iii) compensation of our executive officers determined by a majority of the independent directors or a compensation committee comprised solely of independent directors; and (iv) director nominees selected, or recommended for the Board’s selection, either by a majority of the independent directors or a nominating committee comprised solely of independent directors.

Mr. Robins may have his interest in New DraftKings diluted due to future equity issuances or his own actions in selling shares of Class A common stock, in each case, which could result in a loss of the “controlled company” exemption under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules. New DraftKings would then be required to comply with those provisions of The Nasdaq Stock Market listing requirements.

The dual class structure of New DraftKings common stock will have the effect of concentrating voting power with New DraftKings’ Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, which will limit an investor’s ability to influence the outcome of important transactions, including a change in control.

Shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock will have 10 votes per share, while shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock will have one vote per share. Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, Mr. Robins, one of the founders of DraftKings, will hold all of the issued and outstanding shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock. Accordingly, upon the consummation of the Business Combination, Mr. Robins will hold approximately 90% of the voting power of New DraftKings’ capital stock on a fully-diluted basis and will be able to control matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election of directors, amendments of our organizational documents and any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of our assets or other major corporate transactions. Mr. Robins may have interests that differ from yours and may vote in a way with which you disagree and which may be adverse to your interests. This concentrated control may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change in control of New DraftKings, could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their capital stock as part of a sale of New DraftKings, and might ultimately affect the market price of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock. For information about our dual class structure, see the section titled “Description of New DraftKings Securities.”

We cannot predict the impact New DraftKings’ dual class structure may have on the stock price of New DraftKings Class A common stock.

We cannot predict whether New DraftKings’ dual class structure will result in a lower or more volatile market price of New DraftKings Class A common stock or in adverse publicity or other adverse consequences. For example, certain index providers have announced restrictions on including companies with multiple-class share structures in certain of their indexes. In July 2017, FTSE Russell and S&P Dow Jones announced that they would cease to allow most newly public companies utilizing dual or multi-class capital structures to be included in their indices. Affected indices include the Russell 2000 and the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600, which together make up the S&P Composite 1500. Beginning in 2017, MSCI, a leading stock index provider, opened public consultations on their treatment of no-vote and multi-class structures and temporarily barred new multi-class listings from certain of its indices; however, in October 2018, MSCI announced its decision to include equity securities “with unequal voting structures” in its indices and to launch a new index that specifically includes voting rights in its eligibility criteria. Under the announced policies, our dual class capital structure would make us ineligible for inclusion in certain indices, and as a result, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other investment vehicles that attempt to passively track those indices will not be investing in our stock. These policies are still fairly new and it is as of yet unclear what effect, if any, they will have on the valuations of publicly traded companies excluded

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from the indices, but it is possible that they may depress these valuations compared to those of other similar companies that are included. Because of our dual class structure, we will likely be excluded from certain of these indexes and we cannot assure you that other stock indexes will not take similar actions. Given the sustained flow of investment funds into passive strategies that seek to track certain indexes, exclusion from stock indexes would likely preclude investment by many of these funds and could make shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock less attractive to other investors. As a result, the market price of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock could be adversely affected.

Nevada law and provisions in New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws could make a takeover proposal more difficult.

If the Business Combination and reincorporation are consummated, New DraftKings’ organizational documents will be governed by Nevada law. Certain provisions of Nevada law and of New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws could discourage, delay, defer or prevent a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or other change of control transaction that a stockholder might consider in its best interest, including those attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares of Class A common stock held by New DraftKings’ stockholders. These provisions provide for, among other things:

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the ability of New DraftKings’ board of directors to issue one or more series of preferred stock;

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stockholder action by written consent only until the first time when Mr. Robins ceases to beneficially own a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings;

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certain limitations on convening special stockholder meetings;

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advance notice for nominations of directors by stockholders and for stockholders to include matters to be considered at our annual meetings;

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amendment of certain provisions of the organizational documents only by the affirmative vote of (i) a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings so long as Mr. Robins beneficially owns shares representing a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings and (ii) at least two-thirds of the voting power of the capital stock from and after the time that Mr. Robins ceases to beneficially own shares representing a majority of the voting power of the voting stock of New DraftKings; and

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a dual class common stock structure, which provides, upon consummation of the Business Combination, Mr. Robins with the ability to control the outcome of matters requiring stockholder approval, even though Mr. Robins owns less than a majority of the outstanding shares of New DraftKings’ capital stock.

These anti-takeover provisions as well as certain provisions of Nevada law could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire New DraftKings, even if the third party’s offer may be considered beneficial by many of New DraftKings’ stockholders. As a result, New DraftKings’ stockholders may be limited in their ability to obtain a premium for their shares. If prospective takeovers are not consummated for any reason, New DraftKings may experience negative reactions from the financial markets, including negative impacts on the price of New DraftKings common stock. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for New DraftKings’ stockholders to elect directors of their choosing and to cause New DraftKings to take other corporate actions. See “Description of New DraftKings Securities.”

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARTIES TO THE BUSINESS COMBINATION

DEAC

DEAC is a blank check company whose business purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. For more information regarding DEAC, see the section entitled “Other Information Related to DEAC” beginning on page 164.

DraftKings

DraftKings is a digital sports entertainment and gaming company. DraftKings provides users with daily fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming opportunities. For more information regarding DraftKings, see the section entitled “Business of DraftKings and SBTech” beginning on page 175.

SBTech

SBTech is headquartered in the Isle of Man. Its principal business activities involve the design and development of sports betting and casino gaming platform software for online and retail sportsbook and casino gaming products. For more information regarding SBTech, see the section entitled “Business of DraftKings and SBTech” beginning on page 175.

DEAC NV Merger Corp.

DEAC Nevada is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEAC formed for the purpose of effecting the Business Combination and the reincorporation. DEAC Nevada was incorporated under Nevada law on December 13, 2019 and owns no material assets and does not operate any business.

DEAC Merger Sub Inc.

Merger Sub is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEAC formed solely for the purpose of effecting the Business Combination. Merger Sub was incorporated under the DGCL on December 9, 2019. Merger Sub owns no material assets and does not operate any business.

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THE SPECIAL MEETING

Overview

This proxy statement/prospectus is being provided to DEAC Stockholders as part of a solicitation of proxies by the DEAC Board for use at the Special Meeting and at any adjournments or postponements of such meeting. This proxy statement/prospectus is being furnished to DEAC Stockholders on or about [           ], 2020. In addition, this proxy statement/prospectus constitutes a prospectus for New DraftKings in connection with the issuance by New DraftKings of common stock to be delivered to DEAC Stockholders in connection with the reincorporation.

Date, Time and Place of the Special Meeting

DEAC will hold the Special Meeting on [           ], 2020, at [     ] a.m., New York City Time, at the offices of Winston & Strawn LLP, located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.

Proposals

At the Special Meeting, DEAC Stockholders will vote upon:

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the Business Combination Proposal;

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the Reincorporation Proposal;

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the Charter Proposal;

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the Advisory Charter Proposals;

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the Stock Issuance Proposal;

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the Incentive Award Plan Proposal; and

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the Adjournment Proposal.

      DEAC’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS UNANIMOUSLY DETERMINED THAT THE BUSINESS COMBINATION PROPOSAL AND THE OTHER PROPOSALS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE SPECIAL MEETING ARE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF AND ADVISABLE TO THE DEAC STOCKHOLDERS AND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE PROPOSALS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

Record Date; Outstanding Shares; Shares Entitled to Vote

DEAC has fixed the close of business on [           ], 2020 as the “record date” for determining DEAC Stockholders entitled to notice of and to attend and vote at the Special Meeting. As of the close of business on [           ], there were [         ] DEAC Shares outstanding and entitled to vote. Each DEAC Share is entitled to one vote per share at the Special Meeting.

Quorum

A quorum of DEAC Stockholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A quorum will exist at the Special Meeting with respect to each matter to be considered at the Special Meeting if the holders of a majority of DEAC Shares are present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting. All shares represented by proxy are counted as present for purposes of establishing a quorum.

Vote Required and DEAC Board Recommendation

The Business Combination Proposal

DEAC Stockholders are being asked to consider and vote on a proposal to adopt the BCA and thereby approve the Business Combination. You should carefully read this proxy statement/prospectus in its entirety for more detailed information concerning the Business Combination. In particular, your attention is directed to the full text of the BCA, which is attached as Annex A to this proxy statement/prospectus.

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Approval of the Business Combination Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal. The Business Combination cannot be completed unless the Business Combination Proposal is adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon.

DEAC’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE BUSINESS COMBINATION PROPOSAL.

The Reincorporation Proposal

Approval of the Reincorporation Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding DEAC Shares entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the proposal.

DEAC’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE REINCORPORATION PROPOSAL.

The Charter Proposal

Approval of the Charter Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding DEAC Shares entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a class. Abstentions and broker non-votes have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the proposal.

DEAC’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE CHARTER PROPOSAL.

The Advisory Charter Proposals

Approval of each of the Advisory Charter Proposals, each of which is a non-binding vote, requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

DEAC’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE ADVISORY CHARTER PROPOSALS.

The Stock Issuance Proposal

Approval of the Stock Issuance Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

DEAC’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE STOCK ISSUANCE PROPOSAL.

The Incentive Award Plan Proposal

Approval of the Incentive Award Plan Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

DEAC’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN PROPOSAL.

Adjournment Proposal

If the chairman of the Special Meeting does not adjourn the Special Meeting, DEAC Stockholders may be asked to vote on a proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting, or any postponement thereof, to another time or place if necessary or appropriate (i) due to the absence of a quorum at the Special Meeting,

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(ii) to prevent a violation of applicable law, (iii) to provide to DEAC Stockholders any supplement or amendment to the proxy statement/prospectus and/or (iv) to solicit additional proxies if DEAC reasonably determines that it is advisable or necessary to do so in order to obtain DEAC Stockholder approval for the BCA and thereby approval of the Business Combination.

Approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL.

Voting Your Shares

DEAC Stockholders may vote in person at the Special Meeting or by proxy. DEAC recommends that you submit your proxy even if you plan to attend the Special Meeting. If you vote by proxy, you may change your vote by submitting a later dated proxy before the deadline or in person at the Special Meeting.

If your DEAC Shares are owned directly in your name with our transfer agent, Continental, you are considered, with respect to those shares, the “stockholder of record.” If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee or intermediary, you are considered the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and are considered a “non-record (beneficial) stockholder.”

If you are a DEAC Stockholder of record you may use the enclosed proxy card to tell the persons named as proxies how to vote your shares. If you properly complete, sign and date your proxy card, your shares will be voted in accordance with your instructions. The named proxies will vote all shares at the meeting for which proxies have been properly submitted and not revoked. If you sign and return your proxy card but do not mark your card to tell the proxies how to vote, your shares will be voted “FOR” the proposals to adopt the BCA and the other proposals presented at the Special Meeting.

Your shares will be counted for purposes of determining a quorum if you vote:

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via the Internet;

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by telephone;

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by submitting a properly executed proxy card or voting instruction form by mail; or

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in person at the Special Meeting.

Abstentions will be counted for determining whether a quorum is present for the Special Meeting.

Voting instructions are printed on the proxy card or voting information form you received. Either method of submitting a proxy will enable your shares to be represented and voted at the Special Meeting.

Voting Shares Held in Street Name

If your DEAC Shares are held in an account through a broker, bank or other nominee or intermediary, you must instruct the broker, bank or other nominee how to vote your shares by following the instructions that the broker, bank or other nominee provides you along with this proxy statement/prospectus. Your broker, bank or other nominee may have an earlier deadline by which you must provide instructions to it as to how to vote your DEAC Shares, so you should read carefully the materials provided to you by your broker, bank or other nominee or intermediary.

If you do not provide voting instructions to your bank, broker or other nominee or intermediary, your shares will not be voted on any proposal on which your bank, broker or other nominee does not have discretionary authority to vote. In these cases, the bank, broker or other nominee or intermediary will not be able to vote your shares on those matters for which specific authorization is required. Brokers do not generally have discretionary authority to vote on any of the proposals.

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Broker non-votes are shares held by a broker, bank or other nominee or intermediary that are present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting, but with respect to which the broker, bank or other nominee or intermediary is not instructed by the beneficial owner of such shares how to vote on a particular proposal and the broker does not generally have voting power on such proposal. Because brokers, banks and other nominees or intermediaries do not generally have discretionary voting with respect to any of the proposals, if a beneficial owner of DEAC Shares held in “street name” does not give voting instructions to the broker, bank or other nominee for any proposal, then those shares will not be present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting.

Revoking Your Proxy

If you are a DEAC Stockholder of record, you may revoke your proxy at any time before it is voted at the Special Meeting by:

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timely delivering a written revocation letter to the Corporate Secretary of DEAC;

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timely submitting your voting instructions again by telephone or over the Internet;

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signing and returning by mail a proxy card with a later date so that it is received prior to the Special Meeting; or

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attending the Special Meeting and voting by ballot in person. Attendance at the Special Meeting will not, in and of itself, revoke a proxy.

If you are a non-record (beneficial) DEAC Stockholder, you should follow the instructions of your bank, broker or other nominee regarding the revocation of proxies.

Share Ownership and Voting by DEAC’s Officers and Directors

As of the record date, the DEAC directors and officers and their affiliates had the right to vote approximately 10,000,000 DEAC Shares, representing approximately 20% of the DEAC Shares then outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. DEAC’s initial stockholders (consisting of the Sponsor and Mr. Sloan) and its directors at the time of its initial public offering have entered into a letter agreement with us to vote “FOR” the approval of the Business Combination Proposal, and we expect them to vote “FOR” the approval of the Reincorporation Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Charter Proposal, “FOR” the approval, on an advisory basis, of the Advisory Charter Proposals, “FOR” the approval of the Stock Issuance Proposal, “FOR” the approval of the Incentive Award Plan Proposal and “FOR” the approval of the Adjournment Proposal.

Redemption Rights

Public stockholders may seek to redeem the public shares that they hold, regardless of whether they vote for or against the proposed Business Combination or do not vote at the Special Meeting. Any public stockholder may request redemption of their public shares for a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to fund our working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of   $250,000) and/or to pay our taxes, divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares. If a holder properly seeks redemption as described in this section and the Business Combination is consummated, the holder will no longer own these shares following the Business Combination.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such holder or any other person with whom such holder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to 20% or more of the shares of the public shares. Accordingly, if a public stockholder, alone or acting in concert or as a group, seeks to redeem more than 20% of the public shares, then any such shares in excess of that 20% limit would not be redeemed for cash.

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DEAC’s initial stockholders will not have redemption rights with respect to any DEAC Shares owned by them, directly or indirectly.

You will be entitled to receive cash for any public shares to be redeemed only if you:

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(a) hold public shares or (b) hold public shares through units and you elect to separate your units into the underlying public shares and public warrants prior to exercising your redemption rights with respect to the public shares; and

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prior to [     ] p.m., New York City Time, on [           ], 2020, (a) submit a written request to the transfer agent that DEAC redeem your public shares for cash and (b) deliver your public shares to the transfer agent, physically or electronically through DTC.

If you hold the shares in street name, you will have to coordinate with your broker to have your shares certificated or delivered electronically. Public shares that have not been tendered (either physically or electronically) in accordance with these procedures will not be redeemed for cash. There is a nominal cost associated with this tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC system. The transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker $80 and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming public stockholder. In the event the proposed Business Combination is not consummated this may result in an additional cost to stockholders for the return of their public shares.

Holders of units must elect to separate the underlying public shares and public warrants prior to exercising redemption rights with respect to the public shares. If holders hold their units in an account at a brokerage firm or bank, holders must notify their broker or bank that they elect to separate the units into the underlying public shares and public warrants, or if a holder holds units registered in its own name, the holder must contact the transfer agent, directly and instruct them to do so.

Any request to redeem public shares, once made, may be withdrawn at any time until the deadline for submitting redemption requests and thereafter, with DEAC’s consent, until the Closing. Furthermore, if a holder of a public share delivers its certificate in connection with an election of its redemption and subsequently decides prior to the deadline for submitting redemption requests not to elect to exercise such rights, it may simply request that DEAC instruct its transfer agent to return the certificate (physically or electronically). The holder can make such request by contacting the transfer agent, at the address or email address listed in this proxy statement/prospectus.

If the Business Combination is not approved or completed for any reason, then public stockholders who elected to exercise their redemption rights will not be entitled to redeem their shares. In such case, DEAC will promptly return any public shares previously delivered by public holders.

For illustrative purposes, the cash held in the trust account on September 30, 2019 was $402,624,209 or $10.07 per public share. Prior to exercising redemption rights, public stockholders should verify the market price of DEAC shares as they may receive higher proceeds from the sale of their DEAC shares in the public market than from exercising their redemption rights if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price. DEAC cannot assure its stockholders that they will be able to sell their DEAC shares in the open market, even if the market price per share is higher than the redemption price stated above, as there may not be sufficient liquidity in its securities when its stockholders wish to sell their shares.

If a public stockholder exercises its redemption rights, then it will be exchanging its redeemed public shares for cash and will no longer own those public shares. You will be entitled to receive cash for your public shares only if you properly exercise your right to redeem your public shares and deliver your DEAC shares (either physically or electronically) to the transfer agent, in each case prior to [         ], the deadline for submitting redemption requests, and the Business Combination is consummated.

Immediately following the Closing, New DraftKings will pay public stockholders who properly exercised their redemption rights in respect of their public shares.

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Appraisal Rights

Neither DEAC Stockholders nor DEAC warrant holders have appraisal rights in connection with the Business Combination or the reincorporation under the DGCL.

Potential Purchases of Shares and/or Public Warrants

At any time prior to the Special Meeting, during a period when they are not then aware of any material nonpublic information regarding DEAC or its securities, the initial stockholders, DraftKings and/or its affiliates and SBT and/or its affiliates may purchase shares and/or warrants from investors, or they may enter into transactions with such investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire DEAC Shares or vote their DEAC Shares in favor of the Business Combination Proposal. The purpose of such share purchases and other transactions would be to increase the likelihood that (i) the proposals presented for approval at the Special Meeting are approved and/or (ii) DEAC satisfies the Minimum Proceeds Condition. Any such stock purchases and other transactions may thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining stockholder approval of the Business Combination. This may result in the completion of our Business Combination in a way that may not otherwise have been possible. While the exact nature of any such incentives has not been determined as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, they might include, without limitation, arrangements to protect such investors or holders against potential loss in value of their shares, including the granting of put options and the transfer to such investors or holders of shares or rights owned by the initial stockholders for nominal value.

Costs of Solicitation

DEAC will bear the cost of soliciting proxies from DEAC Stockholders.

DEAC will solicit proxies by mail. In addition, the directors, officers and employees of DEAC may solicit proxies from DEAC Stockholders by telephone, electronic communication, or in person, but will not receive any additional compensation for their services. DEAC will make arrangements with brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees, and fiduciaries for forwarding proxy solicitation material to the beneficial owners of DEAC Shares held of record by those persons and will reimburse them for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in forwarding such proxy solicitation materials.

DEAC has engaged a professional proxy solicitation firm, Morrow, to assist in soliciting proxies for the Special Meeting. DEAC has agreed to pay Morrow a fee of  $[         ], plus disbursements. DEAC will reimburse Morrow for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and will indemnify Morrow and its affiliates against certain claims, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses. DEAC will also reimburse banks, brokers and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries representing beneficial owners of our common stock for their expenses in forwarding soliciting materials to beneficial owners of our common stock and in obtaining voting instructions from those owners. DEAC’s management team may also solicit proxies by telephone, by facsimile, by mail, on the Internet or in person. They will not be paid any additional amounts for soliciting proxies.

Other Business

DEAC is not aware of any other business to be acted upon at the Special Meeting. If, however, other matters are properly brought before the Special Meeting, the proxies will have discretion to vote or act on those matters according to their best judgment and they intend to vote the shares as the DEAC Board may recommend.

Attendance

Only DEAC Stockholders on the record date or persons holding a written proxy for any stockholder or account of DEAC as of the record date may attend the Special Meeting. Registration and seating will begin at [     ] a.m., New York City Time. Each DEAC Stockholder will be asked to present valid photo identification issued by a government agency, such as a driver’s license or passport. Proof of stock ownership is necessary to attend. If you hold your DEAC Shares in your name as a stockholder of record and you wish to attend the Special Meeting, please bring evidence of your stock ownership, such as your most recent account statement. If your DEAC Shares are held in “street name” in a stock brokerage

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account or by a bank, broker or other holder of record and you wish to attend the Special Meeting, you must obtain a legal proxy from the bank, broker or other holder of record and you will need to bring a copy of a bank or brokerage statement to the Special Meeting reflecting your stock ownership as of the record date.

Assistance

If you need assistance in completing your proxy card or have questions regarding the Special Meeting, please contact Morrow Sodali LLC, the proxy solicitation agent for DEAC, by calling (800) 662-5200, or banks and brokers can call collect at (203) 658-9400, or by emailing DEAC.info@investor.morrowsodali.com.

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THE BUSINESS COMBINATION PROPOSAL

Structure of the Business Combination

Pursuant to the BCA, (i) DEAC will change its jurisdiction of incorporation to Nevada by merging with and into DEAC Nevada, with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger (the “reincorporation”) and changing its name to “DraftKings Inc.” (referred to in this proxy statement/prospectus as “New DraftKings”), (ii) following the reincorporation, Merger Sub will merge with and into DraftKings, with DraftKings surviving the merger (the “DK Merger”) and (iii) immediately following the DK Merger, New DraftKings will acquire all of the issued and outstanding share capital of SBT. Upon consummation of the foregoing transactions, DraftKings and SBT will be wholly-owned subsidiaries of New DraftKings. In addition, in connection with the reincorporation, New DraftKings will amend and restate its charter to be the Proposed Charter and adopt the dual class structure and the unsuitability provisions, each as described in the section of this proxy statement/prospectus titled “Description of New DraftKings Securities.”

Consideration

DK Equityholders

Each share of DraftKings Class A common stock (including shares of DraftKings preferred stock converted to DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the conversion of such preferred shares) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the DK Merger (other than any shares owned or held by DraftKings in treasury, DEAC, SBT or by any of their respective subsidiaries) will be converted into the right to receive (i) such number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock (the “DK Merger Consideration”) equal to the number that is the quotient of  (I) (A) US$2,055,241,409, divided by (B) the sum of  (i) the number of all outstanding shares, as of immediately prior to the Closing, of DraftKings common stock and preferred stock (assuming their conversion to shares of common stock) plus (ii) the number of shares of DraftKings common stock to be issued assuming the exercise of all outstanding DraftKings options and warrants that are vested as of immediately prior to the Closing, on a net exercise basis as of the Closing Date, divided by (II) the DEAC Liquidation Value (the “DK Share Exchange Ratio”). As of the date of the BCA, the estimated DEAC Liquidation Value was $10.18 per share of DEAC Class A common stock. The BCA includes an illustrative calculation of the DK Share Exchange Ratio and based on the DEAC Liquidation Value and assuming the capitalization of DraftKings, SBT and DEAC as of the date of the BCA and assuming the Closing occurred on the date of the BCA, and on that basis, the DK Share Exchange Ratio would be 0.3574.

The aggregate number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be received by each holder of DraftKings Class A common stock, as a result of applying the DK Share Exchange Ratio will be rounded down or up to the nearest whole number. Any DraftKings stockholder who is not an “accredited investor” will not receive the DK Merger Consideration in the form of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and will instead receive cash in an amount equal to the value of the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock that such DraftKings stockholder would have otherwise received.

Prior to the effective time of the DK Merger, DraftKings will issue shares of Class B common stock to Jason Robins. Each share of DraftKings Class B common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the DK Merger will be converted into the right to receive shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock.

Immediately prior to the effective time of the DK Merger, each outstanding option to purchase shares of DraftKings Class A common stock, which we refer to as a DraftKings stock option, whether vested or unvested, will automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into (i) an option denominated in shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, which we refer to as a New DraftKings stock option, and will continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions as were applicable prior to such time and (ii) a right to receive Earnout Shares, as described below. For purposes of the conversion described in clause (i) above, each DraftKings stock option will be converted into an option to purchase a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the number of shares of DraftKings common stock subject to such option award immediately prior to the effective time of the DK Merger multiplied by the DK Share Exchange Ratio, with an exercise price per share of New

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DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the exercise price per share of such DraftKings stock option divided by DK Share Exchange Ratio. In addition, at the effective time of the DK Merger, New DraftKings will assume each of the DraftKings stock plans (including by adjusting the share reserve available thereunder by the DK Share Exchange Ratio) such that following the effective time of the DK Merger, New DraftKings will be entitled to grant equity awards thereunder to the extent permitted by applicable law and the terms of such stock plan.

SBT Equityholders

At the Closing, each of the SBT Sellers and the holders of in-the-money vested options to purchase shares of SBT capital stock will receive, in respect of their shares of SBT capital stock and the Cashed-Out SBT Options, their respective pro rata portions of the aggregate cash consideration, as determined in accordance with the terms of the BCA, based on a cash amount of €180,000,000, as adjusted for net debt and working capital, as well as certain other specified items.

In addition, each SBT Seller will receive such number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the result of multiplying such SBT Seller’s aggregate number of shares of SBT capital stock held by such SBT Seller immediately prior to the Closing by the SBT Share Exchange Ratio (as defined below). Assuming the capitalization of DraftKings, SBT and DEAC as of the date of the BCA and assuming the Closing occurred on the date of the BCA, the SBT Share Exchange Ratio would be 998.5.

The “SBT Share Exchange Ratio” means the quotient of  (I) (A) €407,211,831 (where such amount shall be converted into US$ based on the Euro-US$ average exchange rate for the consecutive seven business day period ending on the fifth business day prior to the Closing (as such exchange rate shall be published by Bloomberg Terminal on Nasdaq at market close at the end of each of such seven business days)) plus the SBT Warrants Value (as defined in the BCA), divided by (B) the sum of  (i) the number of all outstanding SBT shares as of immediately prior to the Closing plus (ii) the number of SBT shares to be issued assuming the exercise of all SBT options that are vested as of immediately prior to the Closing on a net exercise basis (provided, that all Cashed-Out SBT Options and out-of-the-money vested SBT options shall be excluded from (ii)), divided by (II) the DEAC Liquidation Value.

At the Closing, each outstanding option to purchase shares of SBT capital stock other than the Cashed-Out SBT Options, which we collectively refer to as the SBT rolled-over options, will automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into an option to purchase a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the number of shares of SBT capital stock subject to such option award immediately prior to the Closing multiplied by the SBT Share Exchange Ratio, with an exercise price per share of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the exercise price per share of such SBT rolled-over option divided by the SBT Share Exchange Ratio. As converted, each such SBT rolled-over option will generally continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to the Closing, except that the terms of the SBT option plan and agreements evidencing awards thereunder will be deemed amended such that a “transaction” is no longer a condition for the exercise of such option. In addition, New DraftKings will assume the SBT option plan (including by adjusting the share reserve available thereunder by the SBT Share Exchange Ratio) such that following the Closing, New DraftKings will be entitled to grant equity awards thereunder to the extent agreed by the parties and outlined in “The Business Combination Agreement — Employee Matters” below.

DEAC Stockholders

The DEAC Shares held by DEAC stockholders prior to the consummation of the Business Combination will automatically convert on a one-for-one basis into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock upon the consummation of the Business Combination.

On the effective date of the reincorporation, holders of DEAC Class A common stock and warrants will receive New DraftKings Class A common stock and warrants of New DraftKings without needing to take any action and accordingly such holders should not submit the certificates relating to their DEAC Class A common stock or warrants.

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The Private Placement

In order to satisfy the Minimum Proceeds Condition, DEAC entered into the Subscription Agreements with the PIPE Investors, pursuant to which, among other things, DEAC agreed to issue and sell in private placements an aggregate of 30,471,352 shares of DEAC Class A common stock to the PIPE Investors for $10.00 per share, plus the issuance by DEAC to the PIPE Investors of an aggregate of 3.0 million warrants to purchase shares of DEAC common stock, which warrants are identical to our public warrants. The Private Placement is expected to close immediately prior to the reincorporation and the consummation of the Business Combination.

Background of the Business Combination

The terms of the Business Combination are the result of negotiations between the representatives of DEAC, DraftKings and SBTech. The following is a brief description of the background of these negotiations and the resulting Business Combination.

DEAC is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on March 27, 2019 and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Our intention was to capitalize on the substantial deal sourcing, investing and operating expertise of our management team to identify and combine with one or more businesses with high growth potential.

On May 14, 2019, we consummated our initial public offering (“IPO”), of 40,000,000 units, with each unit consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one warrant, generating total gross proceeds of  $400,000,000. Prior to the consummation of our IPO, the Sponsor and Mr. Sloan (together the “DEAC Founders”) purchased 10,000,000 founder shares (after various adjustments) for an aggregate purchase price of  $25,000, or approximately $0.0025 per share. Simultaneously with the consummation of our IPO, we consummated the private sale of 6,333,334 private placement warrants, to the DEAC Founders at a price of  $1.50 per warrant, generating gross proceeds of approximately $9,500,000.

Prior to the consummation of our IPO, neither DEAC, nor anyone on its behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with DEAC.

After our IPO, our officers and directors commenced an active search for prospective businesses or assets to acquire in our initial business combination. Representatives of DEAC were contacted by, and representatives of DEAC contacted, numerous individuals, financial advisors and other entities who offered to present ideas for business combination opportunities. Our officers and directors and their affiliates, as well as our founding investor Mr. Sloan, also brought to our attention target business candidates.

During this search process, DEAC reviewed several opportunities and entered into substantive discussions with three potential target businesses or their representatives. In addition to DraftKings and SBT, we entered into detailed negotiations with one other prospective target. We ultimately determined to abandon each of our other potential acquisition opportunities either because (i) we could not preempt a competitive auction process or alternative transaction path (e.g., a standalone IPO); (ii) extensive structuring considerations related to the target company would delay a transaction or drive unacceptable uncertainty; or (iii) we believed that the target business or the terms of a potential business combination would not be as attractive to DEAC and its stockholders as a business combination with DraftKings and SBT.

In June 2019, Mr. Sloan contacted Jason Robins, the Chief Executive Officer of DraftKings and informed him that both he and the Sponsor had formed DEAC and inquired as to whether DraftKings might be interested in pursuing a business combination. The DEAC Founders had been observing online sports and fantasy gaming opportunities for several years. During the conversation, Mr. Robins expressed some interest in a potential transaction, and confidentially revealed that he was pursuing a third-party acquisition which would require outside financing. Mr. Robins identified the third-party acquisition as SBT, a company headquartered in the Isle of Man that is an industry leader in providing online sports betting technology primarily to European online operators. Mr. Robins further explained that, although DraftKings did not use SBT’s services at that time, DraftKings was interested in acquiring SBT to create a

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vertically integrated online sports gaming solution to take advantage of the opportunities from the ongoing process of online sports gaming becoming legal and regulated throughout the United States. Mr. Robins told Mr. Sloan that DraftKings and its financial advisors had already performed a significant amount of due diligence on SBT, including extensive discussions with Richard Carter, the Chief Executive Officer of SBT and other members of SBT’s management, and had visited SBT’s primary operations in Bulgaria. Mr. Sloan told Mr. Robins that he would discuss the opportunity with the officers of DEAC.

At about the same time, DEAC approached a company in the media industry (“Company M”) to discuss a potential business combination transaction in conjunction with a third party. In connection with those discussions, DEAC’s legal counsel, Winston & Strawn, LLP (“Winston & Strawn”), discussed certain preliminary structuring issues with such third party’s legal counsel.

Shortly thereafter, Mr. Sloan informed Mr. Robins that he and his family would be in Tel Aviv, Israel beginning June 12, 2019 and he would welcome the opportunity to meet with Shalom Meckenzie, the principal owner of SBT, to discuss a possible three-way business combination through which DraftKings would acquire SBT and DraftKings would become publicly traded. Mr. Sloan, Mr. Robins and Mr. Meckenzie met on June 15, 2019. In the meeting, DraftKings and SBT both expressed interest in exploring such a transaction and DEAC engaged Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”) as its financial advisor to provide advice on the potential transaction and the industry generally. DEAC further entered into separate non-disclosure agreements with each of DraftKings and SBT where each of the target companies agreed to share information with DEAC in the context of a three-way business combination.

On July 1 and 2, 2019, members of DEAC’s financial advisors met with certain members of SBT’s management, including its Chief Financial Officer, Shay Berka. Mr. Berka made due diligence materials and financial models available to DEAC and assisted DEAC in developing its own independent financial model of SBT’s business.

On July 4, 2019, DEAC informed Winston & Strawn about the potential DraftKings and SBT transaction and began working with Winston & Strawn on a draft term sheet for the transaction. DEAC then proposed that all three parties meet in New York so that DEAC and its executive officers, Jeff Sagansky and Eli Baker, and its advisors could give a full presentation to both of DraftKings and SBT. On July 9, 2019, DEAC hosted a meeting at Goldman Sachs’ New York offices and presented its vision for a three-way business combination. The meeting was attended by DraftKings, including some of its officers, directors and financial advisors and by SBT, including some of its senior management, lawyers, financial advisors and Shalom Meckenzie.

Following the meeting, on July 12, 2019, DEAC delivered a draft term sheet to both DraftKings and SBT. The term sheet contemplated entering into a business combination between DEAC, DraftKings and SBT, as well entering into subscription agreements for the Private Placement which would close simultaneously with the closing of the business combination. The term sheet also provided for a period of exclusivity for the parties to negotiate the transaction agreements. DraftKings and SBT responded that while they would continue to consider the potential business combination and review the draft term sheet, they were also considering alternate financing strategies including a standalone initial public offering at some future date.

At that time and during the next two months, DEAC continued to pursue other business combination targets including Company M in particular, and engaged in significant discussions with Company M’s senior management. Simultaneously, DEAC continued to speak frequently with executives and representatives of DraftKings and SBT as they considered the DEAC proposal, and the parties negotiated the terms of a potential business combination. DEAC also engaged in due diligence on the two companies.

From July 9 through November 13, 2019, DEAC, DraftKings and SBT had numerous phone calls, emails, question and answer sessions with each company’s respective management and financial and legal advisors.

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In September, DEAC began to meaningfully engage with DraftKings and SBT on the terms of a potential business combination and to discuss key points. Mr. Baker had several discussions with Jason Park, Chief Financial Officer of DraftKings, about the combined companies’ readiness to become a public company. This included a discussion as to the status of DraftKings financial audits, internal controls and compliance and timing around state-by-state regulations. Mr. Baker and Mr. Park similarly discussed the same matters pertaining to SBT.

On September 4, 2019, DraftKings provided written comments on the initial draft term sheet that DEAC had provided in July. During the period from September 4, 2019 through October 14, 2019, the parties continued to discuss the terms of the proposed transaction and exchanged drafts of the term sheet.

On September 16, 2019, Mr. Baker and DEAC’s financial advisors traveled to Boston for due diligence meetings to assist DEAC in preparing its financial model. The meeting was attended by both Mr. Robins and Mr. Park and other key members of the DraftKings management team.

On October 7, 2019, DEAC convened a special meeting of its board of directors to discuss and consider the potential combination transaction and vote on entering into a non-binding term sheet with DraftKings and SBT for the transaction. During the meeting, Mr. Sagansky updated the Board on the status of negotiations with DraftKings and SBT on the principal terms of the transaction, proposed timing for the transaction and additional information about DraftKings’ and SBT’s businesses and the proposed business combination. Mr. Baker also discussed with the Board in particular the proposed valuation of the transaction, which exceeded 80% of the value of the assets held in the trust account. The Board voted unanimously to proceed.

On October 14, 2019, DEAC, DraftKings and SBT entered into a non-binding term sheet for the Business Combination. Following execution of the term sheet, the parties and their respective legal counsel prepared and then negotiated the BCA and related agreements, which continued until the BCA was executed. The parties also began planning for discussions with potential subscribers in the Private Placement.

On October 15, 2019, the parties held a kick-off meeting at DraftKings office in Boston to organize the overall business combination process, to conduct further analysis on the combined company, identify potential investors to approach for the Private Placement solicitation process and prepare an investor presentation for such process.

On October 16, 2019, Mr. Baker met with Mr. Park and Mr. Scarpellini, Vice President of Accounting & Finance of DraftKings and representatives of DEAC’s accounting advisors, to discuss the current state of DraftKings financial statements and financial information requirements relating to the potential business combination transaction. The collective group generally agreed that all accounting, reporting and related procedures relating to DraftKings could be addressed and discussed an expected timeline for filings.

Beginning the week of October 14, 2019, DEAC held investor meetings with certain potential investors in the Private Placement. Mr. Sagansky, Mr. Baker and Mr. Sloan represented DEAC, Mr. Robins and Mr. Park represented DraftKings and Mr. Gavin Isaacs and Mr. Shalom Meckenzie represented SBT in these meetings in different combinations.

On October 24, 2019, DEAC arranged for a digital data room to be established to provide certain materials to prospective Private Placement investors. DEAC, through its capital markets advisors, sent invitations to potential investors who had a track record of long-term investments and an interest in investing in similar transactions.

During the month of November 2019, DEAC, DraftKings and SBT management held several meetings and follow-up phone calls with prospective investors in the Private Placement.

On the week of December 2, 2019, Messrs. Sagansky and Baker travelled to Europe to conduct further meetings and discussions with SBT and to meet with key project managers at each location. The DEAC management team also conducted ongoing due diligence with respect to financial projections and statements and future integration with DraftKings.

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On December 10, 2019, the management teams of each of DEAC, DraftKings and SBT met in New York City, along with their financial advisors and legal counsel to negotiate a number of commercial and legal deal points.

On December 17, 2019, DEAC’s board of directors held a special board meeting via tele-conference to discuss the BCA and the transactions related thereto. Mr. Sagansky briefed the Board on the terms of the BCA and Mr. Baker discussed the status of the proposed Private Placement. Following the discussions, the board of directors unanimously approved the Business Combination, the BCA and the transactions contemplated thereunder, as well as the Private Placement. In approving the BCA, the Board determined that the aggregate fair market value of the proposed Business Combination was at least 80% of the assets held in the trust account.

On December 22, 2019, the DEAC Board executed a unanimous written consent approving the BCA, the Subscription Agreements and the transactions contemplated in the Business Combination.

On December 22, 2019, the parties entered into the BCA and DEAC entered into the Subscription Agreements for the Private Placement. The next morning, on December 23, 2019, DEAC and DraftKings issued a press release announcing the Business Combination.

DEAC’s Board of Directors’ Reasons for the Approval of the Business Combination

On December 22, 2019, our board of directors unanimously (i) approved the signing of the BCA and the transactions contemplated thereby and (ii) directed that the BCA, related transaction documentation and other proposals necessary to consummate the Business Combination be submitted to our stockholders for approval and adoption, and recommended that our stockholders approve and adopt the BCA, related transaction documentation and such other proposals. Before reaching its decision, our board of directors reviewed the results of management’s due diligence, which included:

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research on industry trends, revenue and operating cost projections and other industry factors;

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extensive meetings and calls with DraftKings’ and SBT’s management team and representatives regarding operations, company services, major customers, financial prospects, the pipeline of potential new builds and possible acquisitions, among other customary due diligence matters;

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personal visits to DraftKings’ headquarters in Boston, MA;

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personal visits to SBT group companies’ offices in Europe and Israel and an operational center in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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review of DraftKings’ and SBT’s material business contracts and certain other legal and commercial diligence including discussions with the company’s major customers;

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financial and accounting diligence; and

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creation of an independent financial model in conjunction with management of DraftKings and SBT, which was generally consistent with the financial model prepared by each respective company.

Our board of directors considered a wide variety of factors in connection with its evaluation of the Business Combination. In light of the complexity of those factors, the DEAC board of directors did not consider it practicable to, nor did it attempt to, quantify or otherwise assign relative weights to the specific factors it took into account in reaching its decision. Different individual members of our board of directors may have given different weight to different factors in their evaluation of the Business Combination.

In the prospectus for our IPO, we identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believed would be important in evaluating prospective target businesses, although we indicated we may enter into a business combination with a target business that does not meet these criteria and guidelines.

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High-Growth Industries.   We will seek out opportunities in faster-growing segments of developed industries and emerging international markets. Our management has extensive experience operating media businesses and leading transactions in international markets.

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Business with Revenue and Earnings Growth Potential.   We will seek to acquire one or more businesses that have multiple, diverse potential drivers of revenue and earnings growth, including but not limited to a combination of development, production, digital and distribution capabilities and balance sheet management.

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Companies with Potential for Strong Free Cash Flow Generation.   We will seek to acquire one or more businesses that have the potential to generate strong and stable free cash flow.

These illustrative criteria were not intended to be exhaustive. We stated in the IPO prospectus that any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular initial business combination would be based, to the extent relevant, on these general guidelines as well as other considerations, factors and criteria that our management may deem relevant. In the event that we decided to enter into a business combination with a target business that does not meet the above criteria and guidelines, we indicated that would disclose that the target business does not meet the above criteria in our stockholder communications related to our initial business combination.

In considering the Business Combination, DEAC’s board of directors concluded that it met all the above criteria. In particular, the board considered the following positive factors, although not weighted or in any order of significance:

High-Growth Industry.   The combination of DraftKings and SBT will establish one of the largest vertically integrated online sports betting, iGaming and DFS platforms to take advantage of the growing world-wide trend of online gaming regulation. Based on third-party data and industry reports, there is approximately a $450 billion global gaming industry and estimates that the U.S. online sports betting industry will be $18 billion of gross revenue at maturity. While the industry in the United States is nascent due to prior federal preemption, increased regulation by individual U.S. states has created a rapidly growing environment and a trend toward regulation. This represents a near greenfield opportunity for DraftKings which has already proven itself with its DFS product in 43 U.S. states with an industry leading 60%+ market share and a database of over 4 million unique paid users.

Business with Revenue and Earnings Growth Potential.   DraftKings has an attractive financial profile characterized by strong existing growth and continued prospects of accelerated growth. From 2017 to 2021E, New DraftKings expects to achieve a revenue CAGR of over 31% and to have grown revenues by $460 million. DEAC believes that DraftKings is well positioned to continue its dynamic growth trajectory as it integrates SBT and expands its product offerings and geographic reach.

Compelling Unit Economics.   DraftKings is a high growth consumer facing Internet business that features compelling unit economics. This has been demonstrated in its core DFS business and has further developed in its rollout of online sports betting and iGaming. In New Jersey, DraftKings’ iGaming has a positive gross profit of 32% and there is the expectation to improve that margin as the business achieves greater scale nationally and integrates the SBT technology. Similarly, SBT’s business-to-business structure also yields strong unit economics.

Diversified Revenue Mix.   After the Business Combination, the combined company will have a diversified revenue mix, well suited to capture different parts of the value chain in the online sports and iGaming industries. While DraftKings’ business is consumer facing and reliant on marketing outreach to end-user consumers, SBT is a business-to-business software service provider with over 40+ customers worldwide. DEAC believes that this provides a financial advantage to the combined company because it will create diversified sources of revenue but also geographic dispersion to capture the growth outside of the United States as well as inside.

Experienced and Motivated Management Team.   DraftKings and SBT are led by a seasoned team of industry experts that have re-defined online fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming in the United States and throughout the world.

Under the BCA, DEAC has agreed to combine with DraftKings and SBT for approximately $2.7 billion. The total consideration represents a market value of equity in excess of 80% of the assets held in DEAC’s trust account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account), a requirement for an initial business combination under our Current Charter.

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Although DEAC’s board of directors did not seek a third-party valuation, and did not receive any report, valuation or opinion from any third party in connection with the Business Combination, the board of directors relied on the following sources (i) due diligence on DraftKings’ and SBT’s business operations, (ii) channel checks with SBT’s customer base, (iii) extensive research reports and data related to the online and retail sports gaming industries in the United States and internationally and (iv) DEAC management’s collective experience in public markets transactions in constructing and evaluating financial models/​projections and conducting valuations of businesses. The $2.7 billion purchase price is on a pre-money basis. The board of directors concluded that this is fair and reasonable, given the growth prospects, potential industry consolidation and other compelling aspects of the transaction.

The board of directors also gave consideration to the following negative factors (which are more fully described in the “Risk Factors” section of this proxy statement/prospectus), although not weighted or in any order of significance:

The risk that our public stockholders would vote against the Business Combination proposal or exercise their redemption rights.

The board of directors considered the risk that some of the current public stockholders would vote against the Business Combination proposal or decide to exercise their redemption rights, thereby depleting the amount of cash available in the trust account to an amount below the minimum required to consummate the Business Combination. The board concluded however, that this risk was substantially mitigated because DEAC will have issued a private placement in the amount of up to $304.7 million, which represents 76% of the minimum proceeds necessary for closing. Further, the fact that public stockholders may vote for the Business Combination proposal while also exercising their redemption rights mitigates against any incentive a public stockholder might have to vote against the Business Combination proposal, especially to the extent that they hold public warrants which would be worthless if the Business Combination is not completed.

Our management and directors may have different interests in the Business Combination than the public stockholders.

The board of directors considered the fact that members of our management and board of directors may have interests that are different from, or are in addition to, the interests of our stockholders generally, including the matters described under “— Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers and Others in the Business Combination” below. However, our board of directors concluded that the potentially disparate interests would be mitigated because (i) these interests were disclosed in the initial public offering prospectus, (ii) these disparate interests would exist or may be even greater with respect to a business combination with another target company and (iii) a portion of the founder shares held by the DEAC Founders have been deferred to an earnout structure based on a certain gradient of gross proceeds raised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the 80,000 founder shares that will be held by DEAC’s other directors are not subject to this earnout.

Regulatory Approvals

The Business Combination is subject to the expiration or termination of the waiting period (or any extension thereof) applicable under the HSR Act. The Business Combination is also subject to the receipt of approvals, determinations, grants, confirmations and the satisfaction of any other conditions, as may be applicable, with respect to certain gaming regulatory authorities.

Satisfaction of 80% Test

After consideration of the factors identified and discussed in the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — DEAC’s Board of Directors Reasons for the Approval of the Business Combination,” DEAC’s board of directors concluded that the Business Combination met all of the requirements disclosed in the prospectus for its initial public offering with respect to DEAC’s initial business combination, including that the business combination had a fair market value of at least 80% of the balance of the funds in the trust account at the time of execution of the BCA.

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Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination

In considering the recommendation of our board of directors in favor of approval of the Business Combination Proposal, it should be noted that our directors and officers have interests in the Business Combination that are different from, or in addition to, your interests as a DEAC Stockholder. These interests include, among other things:

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If we are unable to complete our initial business combination by May 14, 2021, we will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the public shares and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete our initial business combination by May 14, 2021. Our initial stockholders purchased the founder shares prior to our initial public offering for an aggregate purchase price of  $25,000. Upon the Closing, such founder shares will convert into 10,000,000 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, 720,000 of which will be forfeited and 5,280,000 of which will be deposited into escrow and released in accordance with the terms of the BCA. Such securities, if unrestricted and freely tradable would be valued at approximately $106,600,000, based on the closing price of  $10.66 per share of our Class A common stock on Nasdaq on December 30, 2019.

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Simultaneously with the closing of its initial public offering, DEAC consummated the sale of 6,333,334 private placement warrants at a price of  $1.50 per warrant in a private placement to our initial stockholders, including our independent directors (and/or one or more of their estate planning vehicles). Each warrant is exercisable commencing 30 days following the Closing for one share of New DraftKings Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. If we do not consummate a business combination transaction by May 14, 2021, then the proceeds from the sale of the private placement warrants will be part of the liquidating distribution to the public stockholders and the warrants held by our initial stockholders will be worthless. The warrants held by our initial stockholders had an aggregate market value of  $14,820,001.60 based upon the closing price of $2.34 per warrant on Nasdaq on December 30, 2019.

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Our Sponsor, officers and directors will lose their entire investment in us if we do not complete a business combination by May 14, 2021. Certain of them may continue to serve as officers and/or directors of New DraftKings after the Closing. As such, in the future they may receive any cash fees, stock options or stock awards that the New DraftKings board of directors determines to pay to its directors and/or officers.

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Our initial stockholders and our officers and directors have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if DEAC fails to complete a business combination by May 14, 2021.

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In order to protect the amounts held in the trust account, the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have entered into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account or to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

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Following the Closing, our Sponsor would be entitled to the repayment of any working capital loan and advances that have been made to DEAC and remain outstanding. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, our Sponsor has not made any advances to us for working capital expenses. If we do not complete an initial business combination within the required period, we may use a portion of our working capital held outside the trust account to repay the working capital loans, but no proceeds held in the trust account would be used to repay the working capital loans.

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Following the consummation of the Business Combination, we will continue to indemnify our existing directors and officers and will maintain a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy.

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Upon the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions of the BCA, our Sponsor, our officers and directors and their respective affiliates may be entitled to reimbursement for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and consummating an initial business combination, and repayment of any other loans, if any, and on such terms as to be determined by DEAC from time to time, made by our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination.

Indemnification

The BCA contains certain indemnification obligations of the SBT Sellers and SBT option holders, on the one hand, and New DraftKings, on the other hand, to indemnify and defend each other against losses incurred, sustained by or imposed as a result of breaches of representations, warranties and covenants, subject to certain limitations set forth in the BCA. In addition, New DraftKings is entitled to be indemnified for any losses in respect of certain SBT tax liabilities. Other than with respect to losses arising out of SBT Fundamental Representations, SBT Sellers Fundamental Representations, and certain SBT tax liabilities or DraftKings Fundamental Representations, such indemnification obligations are payable only to the extent that:

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the losses in respect of a claim are at least $275,000 in the aggregate;

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the aggregate amount of all such losses incurred exceeds $5,000,000, in which case the indemnifying party will be liable for all such losses from the first dollar; and

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the aggregate amount does not exceed $70,000,000.

Indemnity for all Losses pursuant to the BCA, including Losses arising out of breaches of fundamental representations or certain SBT tax liabilities will be capped at the aggregate value at the Closing of the consideration received by the SBT Sellers and the applicable SBT option holders in the Business Combination.

Sources and Uses of Funds

The following table summarizes the sources and uses for funding the transactions contemplated by the BCA. Where actual amounts are not known or knowable, the figures below represent DEAC’s good faith estimate of such amounts assuming a Closing as of April 2020.

(in millions)	Assuming No Redemption(1)			Assuming Maximum Redemption(2)
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Proceeds from Trust Account(3)	​	$	403	​	$	95
Private Placement	​	​	305	​	​	305
Convertible Notes(4)	​	​	67	​	​	67
Sellers’ Equity	​	​	2,700	​	​	2,700
DEAC Upfront Founder Equity(6)	​	​	37	​	​	37
Total Sources	​	$	3,512	​	$	3,204
Uses	​	​	​	​	​	​
Cash to Balance Sheet	​	$	527	​	$	219
Cash to SBT Shareholders(5)	​	​	198	​	​	198
Sellers’ Equity	​	​	2,700	​	​	2,700
DEAC Upfront Founder Equity(6)	​	​	37	​	​	37
Transaction costs(7)	​	​	50	​	​	50
Total Uses	​	$	3,512	​	$	3,204

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(1)

Assuming that no public stockholders exercise redemption rights with respect to their public shares for a pro rata portion of the trust account.

(2)

Assuming DEAC public stockholders redeem approximately 30,520,132 shares for aggregate redemption payments of  $307.3 million based on an estimated $10.07 liquidation value as of September 30, 2019.

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Cash held in the trust account as of September 30, 2019.

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Proceeds raised from the issuance of the Convertible Notes are not included in the calculation for determining satisfaction of the Minimum Proceeds Condition.

(5)

This amount represents €180 million converted into U.S. dollars at $1.098 for €1.00. This amount is subject to adjustment for excess Net Debt Amount and Working Capital Amount pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement.

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Includes 80,000 founder shares that have been transferred to DEAC’s independent directors. These estimated transaction-related costs include $14.0 million in deferred underwriting commissions related to DEAC’s initial public offering.

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These estimated transaction-related costs include $14.0 million in deferred underwriting commissions related to DEAC’s initial public offering.

Name; Headquarters of New DraftKings

Immediately prior to the Closing, DEAC will merge with and into DEAC Nevada, with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger. DEAC Nevada will then change its name to DraftKings Inc. DraftKings will keep its headquarters at 222 Berkeley Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02116.

Board of New DraftKings following the Business Combination

The initial board of directors of New DraftKings will consist of 11 members. Immediately following the Closing, the New DraftKings board of directors will be as set forth below:

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DraftKings Directors.   Eight directors will be nominated by the DK Stockholder Group, including the Chief Executive Officer of New DraftKings and at least four directors who qualify as “independent” directors under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules;

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SBT Directors.   Two directors will be nominated by Mr. Meckenzie, including at least one director who qualifies as an “independent” director under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules; and

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DEAC Director.   One director will be nominated by the DEAC Stockholder Group, who will qualify as “independent” under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules subject to approval by DraftKings (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld). Messrs. Sloan, Sagansky and Baker are deemed approved by DraftKings as prospective nominees if they qualify as “independent” under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules.

Listing of New DraftKings Shares

Prior to the Closing, DEAC and DraftKings will use reasonable best efforts to cause the shares of New DraftKings to be issued in connection with the Business Combination to be approved for listing on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “[      ]” (or if such ticker symbol becomes unavailable, such other ticker symbol as may be agreed upon in writing by the parties).

Accounting Treatment of the Business Combination

The merger between DraftKings and Merger Sub will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization for which DraftKings has been determined to be the accounting acquirer based on the following predominate factors:

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The board of directors of New DraftKings will have 11 members, and DraftKings will have the ability to nominate eight members of the Board;

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DraftKings’ former management will make up the vast majority of the management of New DraftKings;

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DraftKings is the largest entity by revenue and net income/loss;

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Class B common stock issued to one of DraftKings stockholders allow for incremental voting rights;

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The post-combination company will assume DraftKings’ name.

As the merger between DraftKings and Merger Sub will be accounted for as a Reverse Recapitalization, no goodwill or other intangible assets will be recorded, in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Under this method of accounting, DEAC will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Reverse Recapitalization will be treated as the equivalent of DraftKings issuing stock for the net assets of DEAC, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of DEAC will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Reverse Recapitalization will be those of DraftKings.

The SBTech Acquisition will be treated as a business combination under ASC 805 and will be accounted for using the acquisition method. New DraftKings will record the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed from SBTech. Any excess amounts after allocating the estimated consideration to identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed will be recorded as goodwill.

Vote Required for the Approval

Approval of the Business Combination Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal. The Business Combination cannot be completed unless the Business Combination Proposal is adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon.

Recommendation of DEAC Board

THE DEAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE DEAC STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION PROPOSAL.

The existence of financial and personal interests of DEAC’s directors may result in a conflict of interest on the part of one or more of the directors between what he or they may believe is in the best interests of DEAC and its stockholders and what he or they may believe is best for himself or themselves in determining to recommend that stockholders vote for the proposals. See the section entitled “— Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination” for a further discussion.

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THE BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT

The following describes certain aspects of the Business Combination, including certain material provisions of the BCA. The following description of the BCA is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the BCA, which is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A and is incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. We urge you to read the BCA carefully and in its entirety, as it is the legal document governing the Business Combination.

Explanatory Note Regarding the Business Combination Agreement

The BCA and this summary are included to provide you with information regarding the terms of the BCA. The BCA contains representations and warranties by DEAC, DraftKings, SBT and the SBT Sellers. The representations, warranties and covenants made in the BCA by DEAC, DraftKings, SBT and the SBT Sellers were qualified and subject to important limitations agreed to by DEAC, DraftKings, SBT and the SBT Sellers in connection with negotiating the terms of the BCA. In particular, in your review of the representations and warranties contained in the BCA and described in this summary, it is important to bear in mind that the representations and warranties were negotiated with the principal purpose of establishing circumstances in which a party to the BCA may have the right not to consummate the Business Combination if the representations and warranties of the other party were to be untrue due to a change in circumstance or otherwise, and allocating risk between the parties to the BCA, rather than establishing or attempting to set forth matters as facts. The representations and warranties also may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from that generally applicable to shareholders and reports and documents filed with the SEC and some were qualified by the matters contained in the confidential disclosure letters that DEAC, DraftKings and SBT each delivered in connection with the BCA and certain documents filed with the SEC. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties, which do not purport to be accurate as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, may have changed since the date of the BCA.

For the foregoing reasons, the representations and warranties or any descriptions of those provisions should not be read alone or relied upon as presenting the actual state of facts or condition of DEAC, DraftKings, SBT and the SBT Sellers, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Instead, such provisions or descriptions should be read only in conjunction with the other information provided elsewhere in this document or incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. Please see the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information” beginning on page 299. DEAC will provide additional disclosures in its public reports to the extent it is aware of the existence of any material facts that are required to be disclosed under federal securities laws and that might otherwise contradict the terms and information contained in the BCA and will update such disclosure as required by federal securities laws.

Transaction Structure

Pursuant to the BCA, (i) DEAC will change its jurisdiction of incorporation to Nevada by merging with and into DEAC Nevada, with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger (the “reincorporation”) and changing its name to “DraftKings Inc.” (referred to in this proxy statement/prospectus as “New DraftKings”), (ii) following the reincorporation, Merger Sub will merge with and into DraftKings, with DraftKings surviving the merger (the “DK Merger”) and (iii) immediately following the DK Merger, New DraftKings will acquire all of the issued and outstanding share capital of SBT. Upon consummation of the foregoing transactions, DraftKings and SBT will be wholly-owned subsidiaries of New DraftKings. In addition, in connection with the reincorporation, New DraftKings will amend and restate its charter to be the Proposed Charter and adopt the dual class structure as described in the section of this proxy statement/​prospectus titled “Description of New DraftKings Securities.”

Treatment of Equity

Treatment of DEAC Equity

The DEAC Shares held by DEAC stockholders prior to the consummation of the Business Combination will automatically convert, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock upon the consummation of the Business Combination.

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On the effective date of the reincorporation, holders of DEAC Class A common stock and warrants will receive New DraftKings common stock and warrants of New DraftKings without needing to take any action and accordingly such holders should not submit the certificates relating to their DEAC Class A common stock or warrants.

Treatment of DraftKings Equity

Each share of DraftKings Class A common stock (including shares of DraftKings preferred stock converted to DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the conversion of such preferred shares) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the DK Merger (other than any shares owned or held by DraftKings in treasury, DEAC, SBT or by any of their respective subsidiaries) will be converted into the right to receive (i) such number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock (the “DK Merger Consideration”) equal to the number that is the quotient of  (I) (A) $2,055,241,409, divided by (B) the sum of  (i) the number of all outstanding shares, as of immediately prior to the Closing, of DraftKings common stock and preferred stock (assuming their conversion to shares of common stock) plus (ii) the number of shares of DraftKings common stock to be issued assuming the exercise of all outstanding DraftKings options and warrants that are vested as of immediately prior to the Closing, on a net exercise basis as of the Closing Date, divided by (II) the DEAC Liquidation Value (the “DK Share Exchange Ratio”). Assuming the capitalization of DraftKings, SBT and DEAC as of the date of the BCA and assuming the Closing occurred on the date of the BCA, the DK Share Exchange Ratio would be 0.3574 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock per share of DraftKings Class A common stock.

The aggregate number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be received by each holder of DraftKings Class A common stock, as a result of applying the DK Share Exchange Ratio will be rounded down or up to the nearest whole number. Any DraftKings stockholder who is not an “accredited investor” will not receive the DK Merger Consideration in the form of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and will instead receive cash in an amount equal to the value of the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock that such DraftKings stockholder would have otherwise received.

Prior to the effective time of the DK Merger, DraftKings will issue shares of Class B common stock to Jason Robins. Each share of DraftKings Class B common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the DK Merger will be converted into the right to receive shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock.

Immediately prior to the effective time of the DK Merger, each outstanding option to purchase shares of DraftKings Class A common stock, which we refer to as a DraftKings stock option, whether vested or unvested, will automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into (i) an option denominated in shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, which we refer to as a New DraftKings stock option, and will continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions as were applicable prior to such time and (ii) a right to receive Earnout Shares, as described below. For purposes of the conversion described in prong (i) above, each DraftKings stock option will be converted into an option to purchase a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the number of shares of DraftKings common stock subject to such option award immediately prior to the effective time of the DK Merger multiplied by the DK Share Exchange Ratio, with an exercise price per share of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the exercise price per share of such DraftKings stock option divided by DK Share Exchange Ratio. In addition, at the effective time of the DK Merger, New DraftKings will assume each of the DraftKings stock plans (including by adjusting the share reserve available thereunder by the DK Share Exchange Ratio) such that following the effective time of the DK Merger, New DraftKings will be entitled to grant equity awards thereunder to the extent permitted by applicable law and the terms of such stock plan.

Treatment of SBT Equity

At the Closing, each of the SBT Sellers and the holders of vested options to purchase shares of SBT capital stock will receive, in respect of their shares of SBT capital stock and in respect of the Cashed-Out SBT Options, their respective pro rata portions of the aggregate cash consideration, as determined in accordance with the terms of the BCA, based on a cash amount of €180,000,000, as adjusted for net debt and working capital, as well as certain other specified items.

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In addition, each SBT Seller will receive such number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the result of multiplying such SBT Seller’s aggregate number of shares of SBT capital stock held by such SBT Seller immediately prior to the Closing by the SBT Share Exchange Ratio (as defined in the BCA). Assuming the capitalization of DraftKings, SBT and DEAC as of the date of the BCA and assuming the Closing occurred on the date of the BCA, the SBT Share Exchange Ratio would be 998.5 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock per SBT share.

At the Closing, each outstanding option to purchase shares of SBT capital stock other than the Cashed-Out SBT Options, which we collectively refer to as the SBT rolled-over options, will automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into an option to purchase a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the number of shares of SBT capital stock subject to such option award immediately prior to the Closing multiplied by the SBT Share Exchange Ratio, with an exercise price per share of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the exercise price per share of such SBT rolled-over option divided by the SBT Share Exchange Ratio. As converted, each such SBT rolled-over option will generally continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to the Closing, except that the terms of the SBT option plan and agreements evidencing awards thereunder will be deemed amended such that a “transaction” is no longer a condition for the exercise of such option. In addition, New DraftKings will assume the SBT option plan (including by adjusting the share reserve available thereunder by the SBT Share Exchange Ratio) such that following the Closing, New DraftKings will be entitled to grant equity awards thereunder to the extent agreed by the parties and outlined in “— Employee Matters” below.

Earnout Shares

The DEAC Earnout Group, the SBT Earnout Group and the DK Earnout Group will have the right to receive the portion of 6,000,000 aggregate Earnout Shares described below, which will be released as follows:

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one-third of the Earnout Shares will be released to such earnout recipients on a Pro Rata Basis (as defined below) if: (A) the volume weighted average share price of New DraftKings Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share for 20 of any 30 consecutive trading days commencing after the Closing or (B) New DraftKings consummates a transaction which results in the stockholders of New DraftKings having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property having a value equaling or exceeding $12.50 per share;

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one-third of the Earnout Shares will be released to such earnout recipients on a Pro Rata Basis if: (A) the volume weighted average share price of New DraftKings Class A common stock equals or exceeds $14.00 per share for 20 of any 30 consecutive trading days commencing after the Closing or (B) New DraftKings consummates a transaction which results in the stockholders of New DraftKings having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property having a value equaling or exceeding $14.00 per share; and

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one-third of the Earnout Shares will be released to such earnout recipients on a Pro Rata Basis if: (A) the volume weighted average share price of New DraftKings Class A common stock equals or exceeds $16.00 per share for 20 of any 30 consecutive trading days commencing after the Closing or (B) New DraftKings consummates a transaction which results in the stockholders of New DraftKings having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property having a value equaling or exceeding $16.00 per share.

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If the condition for more than one triggering event is met pursuant to the above, then all of the Earnout Shares to be released and distributed in connection with each such triggering event will be released and delivered to the earnout recipients.

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For the purposes of the release of Earnout Shares only, a “Pro Rata Basis” means (A) with respect to each member of the DEAC Earnout Group, in accordance with the ratio calculated by dividing (x) the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock held by such member, by (y) the aggregate number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock held by the DEAC Earnout Group; (B) with respect to each member of the DK Earnout Group, in accordance with the ratio calculated by dividing (x) the sum of the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock held and the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock underlying exchanged DraftKings options held by such member, by (y) the sum of the aggregate number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock held by the DK Earnout Group and the aggregate number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock underlying exchanged DraftKings options, and in either of case (A) or (B), as of immediately following the Closing; and (C) with respect to each member of the SBT Earnout Group, in accordance with the ratio calculated by dividing (x) the number of SBT shares held by such member immediately prior to Closing, by (y) the aggregate number of shares of SBT held by all members of the SBT Earnout Group immediately prior to the Closing.

The members of the DEAC Earnout Group will each be entitled to the right to receive their respective pro rata shares (as among the DEAC Earnout Group) of 3,000,000 Earnout Shares. The members of the DK Earnout Group will each be entitled to the right to receive their respective pro rata shares (as among the DK Earnout Group) of 2,280,000 Earnout Shares. The members of the SBT Earnout Group will each be entitled to the right to receive their respective pro rata shares (as among the SBT Earnout Group) of 720,000 Earnout Shares. Any Earnout Shares not eligible to be released by the four (4)-year anniversary of the Closing Date will be forfeited to New DraftKings and canceled, and no earnout recipient will have any rights with respect thereto.

Closing

The Closing will take place on (i) the fifth (5th) business day following the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent permitted by law) of the closing conditions set forth in Article XI of the BCA (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions by the parties benefiting from such conditions) (provided that, if the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions occurs on or after the fifteenth (15th) day in a month and at least five (5) business days prior to the last business day of such month, the Closing will occur on the last business day of such month), or (ii) such other date as agreed in writing by the parties.

Representations and Warranties

The BCA contains customary representations and warranties made by each of DEAC, DEAC Nevada, Merger Sub, DraftKings, SBT and the SBT Sellers regarding aspects of the respective businesses, financial condition and structure of the parties, as well as other facts pertinent to the Business Combination. These representations and warranties are subject to materiality, knowledge and other similar qualifications in many respects and expire at the effective time of the Business Combination. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the BCA.

DEAC, DEAC Nevada, Merger Sub, DraftKings and SBT have made customary representations and warranties, including with respect to:

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organization, good standing and qualification to do business;

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corporate authority, approval and non-contravention;

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capitalization;

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financial statements and internal controls;

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undisclosed liabilities;

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compliance with laws;

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data protection;

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absence of changes,

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corrupt practices;

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litigation; and

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brokers.

DEAC, DEAC Nevada and Merger Sub have made additional representations and warranties, including with respect to:

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SEC filings;

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trust accounts;

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valid issuance of the equity interests to be issued in the Business Combination; and

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no discussions with respect to alternative transactions and independent investigations.

DraftKings and SBT have made additional representations and warranties, including with respect to:

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licenses and compliance with the gaming laws;

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contracts;

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taxes;

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the accuracy of information supplied for inclusion in this proxy statement/prospectus;

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assets;

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intellectual property;

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information technology and assets; and

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employee matters.

SBT has made additional representations and warranties, including with respect to:

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books and records;

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real property; and

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insurance.

The SBT Sellers have also made representations and warranties, including with respect to:

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organization, standing, corporate power;

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ownership of shares of SBT shares;

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corporate authority, approval and non-contravention;

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certain tax matters; and

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investment intent.

Material Adverse Effect

Many of the representations and warranties, covenants and closing conditions set forth in the BCA are qualified by a “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” standard.

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DEAC Material Adverse Effect.   A “material adverse effect” with respect to DEAC means any change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts that prevents or materially impairs or materially delays, or would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair, individually or in the aggregate, the ability of DEAC, DEAC Nevada and Merger Sub to perform their obligations under the BCA or to consummate the Business Combination other than, any change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts to the extent relating to:

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general global, national or regional economic, business, regulatory, political or market conditions or national or global financial or capital markets;

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any change resulting from or arising out of hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, or other natural disasters;

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any change in general economic conditions affecting stock markets, interest rates, exchange rates or commodity prices;

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the Business Combination or the announcement, pendency or consummation of the Business Combination;

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any actions taken by DEAC upon the written request or instruction of DraftKings or SBT or as expressly required by the BCA; or

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changes or developments in any law or applicable accounting standards or the enforcement or interpretation thereof.

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SBT Material Adverse Effect.   A “material adverse effect” with respect to SBT means any change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts that (a) is or would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or results of operations of SBT and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole), or (b) prevents, materially delays or materially impairs, or would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair, individually or in the aggregate, the ability of SBT and its subsidiaries, as applicable, to consummate the Transactions (as defined in the BCA), other than in the case of clause (a) above, any change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts to the extent arising out of, resulting from, or relating to:

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general global, national or regional economic, business, regulatory, political or market conditions or national or global financial or capital markets;

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hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, or other natural disasters;

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any change in general economic conditions affecting stock markets, interest rates, exchange rates or commodity prices;

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the Business Combination or the announcement, pendency or consummation of the Business Combination;

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any actions taken by SBT or any of its subsidiaries upon the written request or instruction of DraftKings or as expressly required by the BCA;

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changes or developments in any law or applicable accounting standards or the enforcement or interpretation thereof; or

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any failure, in and of itself, to meet, with respect to any period or periods, any internal or industry analyst projections, forecasts, estimates of earnings or revenues, or business plans; provided that the underlying factors contributing to such failure will not be deemed excluded unless such underlying factors would otherwise be excepted from this definition;

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except, in the case of the first three and the sixth sub-bullets above, to the extent such changes, effects, events, occurrences or circumstances materially disproportionately affect SBT and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other participants in the industry and/or in such country or region, if applicable to the matter in hand, in which SBT and its subsidiaries operate or have a presence.

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DraftKings Material Adverse Effect.   For the purposes of the BCA, a “material adverse effect” with respect to DraftKings means any change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts that (a) is or would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or results of operations of DraftKings and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole), or (b) prevents or materially impairs or materially delays, or would reasonably be expected to prevent, or materially impair or materially

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delay, individually or in the aggregate, the ability of DraftKings and its subsidiaries, as applicable, to consummate the Transactions (as defined in the BCA), other than in the case of clause (a) above, any change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts to the extent arising out of, resulting from, or relating to:

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general global, national or regional economic, business, regulatory, political or market conditions or national or global financial or capital markets;

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hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, or other natural disasters;

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any change in general economic conditions affecting stock markets, interest rates, exchange rates or commodity prices;

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the Business Combination or the announcement, pendency or consummation of the Business Combination;

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any actions taken by DraftKings or any of its subsidiaries upon the written request or instruction of SBT or as expressly required by the BCA;

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changes or developments in any law or applicable accounting standards or the enforcement or interpretation thereof; or

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any failure, in and of itself, to meet, with respect to any period or periods, any internal or industry analyst projections, forecasts, estimates of earnings or revenues, or business plans (provided that, with respect to this sub-bullet, the underlying factors contributing to such failure will not be deemed excluded unless such underlying factors would otherwise be excepted from this definition);

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except, in the case of the first three and sixth sub-bullets above, to the extent such changes, effects, events, occurrences or circumstances materially disproportionately affect DraftKings and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other participants in the industry and/or in such country or region, if applicable to the matter in hand, in which DraftKings and its subsidiaries operate or have a presence.

Fundamental Representations

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“DEAC Fundamental Representations” refers to certain representations and warranties of DEAC relating to organization, standing, corporate power, capitalization, corporate authority, approval and brokers.

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“DraftKings Fundamental Representations” refers to certain representations and warranties of DraftKings relating to organization, good standing, corporate power, capital structure, corporate authority, approval, and brokers.

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“SBT Fundamental Representations” refers to certain representations and warranties of SBT relating to organization, standing, corporate power, capital structure, corporate authority, approval and brokers.

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“SBT Sellers Fundamental Representations” refers to certain representations and warranties of the SBT Sellers relating to organization, standing, corporate power, ownership of SBT shares, corporate authority, approval and noncontravention.

Covenants Relating to the Conduct of Business

Until the earlier of the Closing or the date, if any, on which the BCA is terminated, DEAC, SBT and DraftKings have agreed to, and will cause each of their subsidiaries, as applicable, to, conduct their businesses in the ordinary course of business. SBT and DraftKings have also agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve their current business organizations, keep available the services of their officers, employees and consultants and preserve their relationships with customers, suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors and others having business dealings with it.

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DEAC, DraftKings and SBT have further agreed, except as expressly contemplated by the BCA or an applicable disclosure letter, or as required by applicable law, any governmental authority or current contractual agreement that they will not, and will not permit their respective Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the other parties (which consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) take certain actions specifically set forth in the BCA, as it may be applicable to such party, including, but not limited to:

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amending their organizational documents or adopting or passing resolutions inconsistent with such organizational documents;

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with respect to SBT and DraftKings, disposing of or granting any option in respect of material assets, except, with respect to SBT, for trading in the ordinary course of business or to SBT or any of its subsidiaries on entirely arm’s length terms;

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with respect to SBT, entering into, amending or terminating certain contractual relationships, other than, (i) in the ordinary course of business with respect to contracts or arrangements involving consideration expenditure or liabilities not in excess of €5,000,000 per annum; or (ii) arrangements on entirely arm’s length terms among SBT and its subsidiaries that have no adverse effect on SBT or any of its subsidiaries;

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with respect to SBT, making commitments or entering into agreements relating to expenses or capital expenditures over specified thresholds other than among SBT and/or its subsidiaries (provided, that SBT will notify DraftKings in writing in advance of making such commitment or entering into any agreement in respect of any such expense or capital expenditure in an amount in excess of €2,500,000);

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guaranteeing indebtedness of any other person other than (i) with respect to SBT, between or among SBT and any of its subsidiaries, to the extent not prohibited under the BCA, and (ii) with respect to DEAC, advances from the DEAC initial stockholders for expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business which in the aggregate, together with any existing indebtedness, do not exceed a certain cap;

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reducing its share capital;

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creating, granting or issuing any encumbrances, debentures or securities, agreeing to redeem securities, or give any guarantees or indemnities, except for: (i) with respect to DraftKings, Permitted DK Issuances (as defined in the BCA), (ii) with respect to SBT, in the case of guarantees or indemnities, in the ordinary course of trading or the ordinary course of business or in respect of the obligations of SBT or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) with respect to DEAC, in connection with the Private Placement, or in connection with the DEAC share redemptions;

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with respect to DraftKings and SBT, ceasing to operate material parts of their businesses;

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with respect to SBT, dismissing or engaging employees over a specified base salary threshold;

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with respect to DraftKings and SBT, settling litigation claims over a specified threshold;

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declaring, making or paying a dividend distribution to their stockholders other than (i) with respect to DEAC, in connection with the DEAC share redemptions and (ii) with respect to SBT, if after giving effect to such distribution, the working capital of SBT and its subsidiaries is not below the target level;

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borrowing money over a certain threshold; and

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with respect to DEAC and SBT, making material tax returns, amending tax returns, settling material tax audit or proceeding, entering into agreements with a tax authority; surrendering a right to any material tax refund or credit, or obtaining any material tax ruling.

Additional Covenants

Company Stockholder Meeting

DEAC is required to give notice and convene and hold the Special Meeting for the purposes of adopting the BCA, and thereby approving the Business Combination, and approving any other stockholder

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approvals required under the BCA, as promptly as practicable after the date upon which the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part becomes effective.

DEAC may postpone or adjourn the Special Meeting only under the following circumstances:

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to seek withdrawals of redemption requests from DEAC’s stockholders if DEAC reasonably expects the payments for the redemption of DEAC Shares would cause a condition precedent to the Closing to not be satisfied at the Closing;

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to solicit additional proxies for the purpose of obtaining the requisite Company stockholder approvals;

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for the absence of a quorum; and

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to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that DEAC has determined after consultation with outside legal counsel is reasonably likely to be required under applicable law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by DEAC’s stockholders prior to the Special Meeting.

Regulatory Approvals

Each of DEAC, DraftKings, SBT, the SBT Sellers and Merger Sub has agreed to use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make the Business Combination effective, including:

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taking all acts necessary to cause the conditions to the Closing to be satisfied as promptly as practicable;

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obtaining all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from governmental authorities and third parties;

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making appropriate filings or notifications, if necessary, pursuant to the HSR Act or other applicable competition laws or required by or advisable with respect to certain gaming regulatory authorities, as promptly as practicable (and in no event later than 15 business days after the date of the BCA with respect to filings by DEAC and DraftKings under the HSR Act and 20 business days with respect to notifications or submissions to or filings by DraftKings and SBT with gaming regulatory authorities); and

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executing and delivering any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Business Combination and fully carry out the purposes of the BCA.

Each of the parties has agreed to keep each other informed about the status of governmental and third-party approval matters and to reasonably cooperate in such efforts.

The parties are not required to agree to, or to take any action if such efforts or action, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of DraftKings, SBT or New DraftKings (immediately following the Closing) (each of such actions, a “Burdensome Condition”). None of the parties nor any of their respective subsidiaries may take any action that has the effect of, or agree with any governmental authority to, a Burdensome Condition without the prior written consent of the other parties.

Director and Officer Indemnification and Insurance

From and after the Closing, New DraftKings will or will cause DraftKings or SBT, as applicable, to indemnify, defend and hold harmless, and provide advancement of expenses to, the current and former directors and officers of DraftKings and its subsidiaries and of SBT and its subsidiaries (the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all costs or expenses, judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, penalties, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory or investigative, arising out of, relating to or in connection with any circumstances, developments or matters in existence, or acts or

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omissions occurring or alleged to occur at or prior to the Closing (including for acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of the BCA, the performance of such party’s obligations under the BCA, arising out of or pertaining to the Business Combination) whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Closing.

All rights to indemnification, expense advancement and exculpation existing in favor of each current and former director, officer and employee of DraftKings or any of its subsidiaries and of SBT and any of its subsidiaries, as provided in their respective organizational documents or under any other agreements, in each case as in effect on the date of the BCA, will survive the Business Combination and New DraftKings will cause DraftKings and SBT to (i) continue in full force and effect for a period of at least six years from the Closing Date (or, if any relevant claim is asserted or made within such six year period, until final disposition of such claim) such rights to indemnification and expense advancement and (ii) perform, in a timely manner, DraftKings’, or its subsidiaries’ and SBT’s or its subsidiaries’ obligations with respect thereto.

For at least six years after the Closing, DraftKings and SBT will maintain (and New DraftKings will cause DraftKings and SBT to maintain) DraftKings’ and SBT’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurances in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering the Indemnified Parties, on terms no less favorable than the policies in effect on the date of the BCA. DraftKings or SBT, as applicable, may substitute the foregoing policies with a “tail” policy or policies of DraftKings or SBT containing terms with respect to coverage and amount no less favorable to the Indemnified Parties.

The Private Placement

DraftKings and SBT will cause their appropriate officers and employees to use reasonable best efforts to cooperate in connection with the arrangement by DEAC of the Private Placement as may be reasonably requested by DEAC. DEAC will not consummate the Private Placement for gross proceeds in excess of $304,713,520 (including the Subscription Agreements existing as of the date of the BCA) or on terms materially different than those contained in such Subscription Agreements without the prior written consent of DraftKings and the SBT Sellers’ Representative, and any such excess proceeds must be raised on substantially the same terms as those applicable to the Private Placement as of the date of the BCA.

Listing of New DraftKings Shares

Prior to the Closing, DEAC, DraftKings and SBT will use their reasonable best efforts to cause the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be issued in connection with the Business Combination to be approved for listing on the Nasdaq under a ticker symbol to be mutually agreed upon in writing by the parties, including by submitting prior to the Closing an initial listing application with the Nasdaq. Each of DEAC, DraftKings, SBT and the SBT Sellers have agreed to promptly provide information concerning itself and its affiliates as may be reasonably requested by the other parties, and otherwise reasonably assist and cooperate with the other parties in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Nasdaq listing application. In addition, DEAC, DraftKings and SBT have agreed not to submit, amend or supplement the Nasdaq listing application, or any response to Nasdaq comments without the other parties’ prior consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and without providing the other parties a reasonable opportunity to review and comment.

Certain DEAC Actions

DEAC will cancel (i) 270,000 of the DEAC Shares held by the DEAC Founders (provided that, if DEAC and DraftKings mutually agree in writing, 120,000 of such DEAC Shares will instead be used in connection with the Private Placement) and (ii) the number of DEAC Shares held by the DEAC Founders representing the SBT Warrants Value (as defined below) in each case pro rata to each DEAC Founder’s ownership percentage of the DEAC Shares held by the DEAC Founders, effective as of immediately prior to the Closing.

Also at the Closing, (i) the DEAC Founders will transfer 1,141,801 of the DEAC warrants held by them, to the DK Equityholders, pro rata in respect of the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock (received as DK Merger Consideration) held by them as of immediately following the

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Closing; and (ii) the value of 358,199 DEAC warrants (agreed as between the parties to be $2.00 per warrant) will be added to the valuation based on which the SBT Share Exchange Ratio is calculated (the “SBT Warrants Value”). To the extent that as of immediately following the Closing, the DEAC Founders hold more than 1,858,199 DEAC warrants, any such DEAC warrants in excess of such number will be forfeited and canceled.

DEAC has also agreed to execute and deliver a joinder to the Convertible Notes executed and delivered by DraftKings to the holders thereof, which joinder will obligate DEAC to issue DEAC Shares to the holder(s) of each such promissory note in accordance with the terms thereof as of immediately prior to the Closing. Proceeds generated from such Convertible Notes will not be included in determining whether the $400,000,000 minimum proceeds closing condition has been satisfied unless expressly agreed to in writing by DraftKings. However, DraftKings will be deemed to have issued a number of shares of DraftKings common stock to satisfy the payment of all unpaid and outstanding interest associated with such promissory notes, and such shares of DraftKings common stock will be converted at the effective time of the DK Merger into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock.

DEAC Share Redemptions

At the Closing, DEAC will use its best efforts to cause the trustee of the trust account to pay as and when due all amounts payable to DEAC’s stockholders holding shares of Class A common stock sold in DEAC’s initial public offering who have validly elected to redeem their shares of Class A common stock (and not rescinded such election) and will use its best efforts to cause the trustee to pay, as and when due, the deferred discount pursuant to the terms of the trust agreement with the trustee.

Employee Matters

The parties have agreed that (i) the employees of DraftKings and its subsidiaries at the effective time of the DK Merger who continue to remain employed with DraftKings or its subsidiaries, whom we refer to as the DraftKings continuing employees and (ii) the employees of SBT and its subsidiaries at the Closing who continue to remain employed with SBT or its subsidiaries, whom we refer to as the SBT continuing employees will, during the one (1) year period commencing on the Closing Date, be provided with compensation and benefits that are no less favorable, in the aggregate, than those provided to such DraftKings continuing employees or SBT continuing employees, as applicable, immediately prior to the Closing Date.

With respect to any benefit plan in which any of the DraftKings or SBT continuing employees first becomes eligible to participate on or after the effective time of the Business Combination, each party will use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause any preexisting conditions or limitations and eligibility waiting periods under any of its group health plans, if any, to be waived with respect to the other party’s continuing employees and their eligible dependents, (ii) give the other party’s continuing employees credit for the plan year in which the effective time of the Business Combination occurs (or the plan year in which the continuing employee first becomes eligible to participate in the applicable benefit plan, if later) toward applicable deductibles and annual out-of-pocket limits for medical expenses incurred during the plan year but prior to the effective time of the Business Combination (or eligibility date, as applicable), for which payment has been made and (iii) give the other party’s continuing employees service credit for such continuing employee’s employment with the other party for purposes of vesting, benefit accrual and eligibility to participate under each applicable benefit plan, as if such service had been performed with such party, except for benefit accrual under defined benefit pension plans, for purposes of qualifying for subsidized early retirement benefits (unless otherwise required under applicable Law) or to the extent it would result in a duplication of benefits.

Additionally, the parties have agreed that following the conversion of, and assumption by New DraftKings, of the unallocated option pool under the SBT option plan, such available pool of New DraftKings stock options, will exclusively serve, following the Closing, for grants of such New DraftKings stock options to SBT continuing employees and consultants and not to any other person. The Chief

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Executive Officer and SBT Sellers’ Representative will jointly determine the identity of such SBT continuing employees and consultants and their entitlement in such unallocated option pool, whether prior to the Closing or shortly thereafter, and New DraftKings shall effect such grants promptly following such determination (but not prior to the Closing).

Conditions to Closing

The completion of the Business Combination is subject to various conditions. There can be no assurance as to whether or when all of the conditions will be satisfied or waived.

Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations

Each party’s obligation to complete the Business Combination is subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by law, waiver of the following conditions:

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adoption and approval by DEAC Stockholders of the BCA, the Business Combination and the other proposals set forth in this proxy statement/prospectus;

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expiration or termination of the waiting period (or any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of the Business Combination under the HSR Act;

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receipt of approvals, determinations, grants, confirmations and the satisfaction of any other conditions, as may be applicable, with respect to certain gaming regulatory authorities;

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the absence of any event or circumstance involving gaming regulatory authorities relating to the BCA or the Business Combination that has had or is reasonably likely to (i) have a material adverse impact on the eligibility of any of DraftKings and its subsidiaries, or New DraftKings and its subsidiaries, to continue to operate under their operating licenses or registrations in any material respect, (ii) have an adverse impact in any material respect on any pending material applications of DraftKings and its subsidiaries, or New DraftKings and its subsidiaries, filed with gaming regulatory authorities or (iii) otherwise impair the ability of New DraftKings or any of its subsidiaries to operate DraftKings’ business and SBT’s business in any material respect following the Closing;

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the absence of any law, order or injunction of any governmental authority which prohibits, makes illegal or enjoins the consummation of the Business Combination;

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the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form S-4, of which this proxy statement/​prospectus forms a part, and the absence of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form S-4 or any proceedings for such purpose initiated or threatened by the SEC;

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receipt of approval for listing the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be issued as consideration under the BCA on the Nasdaq, subject only to the official notice of issuance;

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the execution and delivery by the parties of the Stockholders Agreement and other ancillary agreements contemplated by the BCA; and

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DEAC having a minimum of  $400,000,000 in cash, comprising (i) the cash held in the trust account after giving effect to DEAC share redemptions, and (ii) proceeds from the Private Placement; provided that DraftKings and SBT (acting jointly) may waive this condition.

Additional Conditions to the Obligations of DEAC

The obligations of DEAC to complete the Business Combination are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:

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Representations and Warranties of DraftKings and SBT.

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Representations must be true and correct in all respects as of the date of the BCA and as of the Closing Date (except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of a specific date must be true and correct in all respects as of such date), in each case other than de minimis inaccuracies.

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(i) The DraftKings representations and warranties relating to the absences of certain changes since December 31, 2018 must be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the BCA and as of the Closing Date and (ii) all other DraftKings representations (other than the DraftKings Fundamental Representations) must be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality contained therein) as of the date of the BCA and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing (except that such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date must be true and correct as of such date), except where any failures of any such representations and warranties covered by clause (ii) to be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a DK Material Adverse Effect.

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The SBT representations and warranties (other than the SBT Fundamental Representations) must be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality contained therein) as of the date of the BCA and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing (except that such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date must be true and correct as of such date), except where any failures of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an SBT Material Adverse Effect.

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Each of DraftKings and SBT must have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under the BCA at or prior to the Closing Date.

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DEAC’s receipt of  (i) a DraftKings officer’s certificate as to the satisfaction of the conditions relating to the accuracy of DraftKings’ representations and warranties and the performance of its obligations under the BCA; and (ii) an SBT officer’s certificate as to the satisfaction of the conditions relating to the accuracy of SBT’s representations and warranties and the performance of its obligations under the BCA, in each case dated as of the Closing Date.

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There must not have been any change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a DK Material Adverse Effect or an SBT Material Adverse Effect.

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The delivery of the DK Stockholder Consent (as defined in the BCA) to DEAC (which was so delivered promptly following the execution of the BCA).

Additional Conditions to the Obligations of DraftKings

The obligation of DraftKings to complete the Business Combination is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:

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Representations and Warranties of SBT and DEAC.

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Each of the DEAC Fundamental Representations, SBT Fundamental Representations and SBT Sellers Fundamental Representations must be true and correct in all respects as of the date of the BCA and as of the Closing Date (except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of a specific date must be true and correct in all respects as of such date), in each case other than de minimis inaccuracies.

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All other representations and warranties of DEAC, SBT and the SBT Sellers must be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality contained therein) as of the date of the BCA and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing (except that such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date must be true and correct as of such date), except where any failures of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a DEAC Material Adverse Effect or SBT Material Adverse Effect, respectively.

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Each of SBT, the SBT Sellers and DEAC must have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under BCA at or prior to the Closing Date.

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DraftKings’ receipt of  (i) an SBT officer’s certificate as to the satisfaction of the conditions relating to SBT’s representations and warranties and the performance of its obligations under the BCA; (ii) an SBT Sellers Representative’s certificate as to the satisfaction of the conditions relating to the SBT Sellers’ representations and warranties and the performance of their obligations under the BCA; and (iii) a Company officer’s certificate as to the satisfaction of the conditions applicable to DEAC relating to DEAC’s representations and warranties and the performance of its obligations under the BCA, in each case dated as of the Closing Date.

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There must not have been any change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an SBT Material Adverse Effect, or Company Material Adverse Effect.

Additional Conditions to the Obligations of SBT and the SBT Sellers

The obligation of SBT and the SBT Sellers to complete the Business Combination is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:

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Representations and Warranties.

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Each of the DraftKings Fundamental Representations and DEAC Fundamental Representations must be true and correct in all respects as of the date of the BCA and as of the Closing Date (except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of a specific date must be true and correct in all respects as of such date), in each case other than de minimis inaccuracies.

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(i) The DraftKings representations and warranties relating to the absences of certain changes since December 31, 2018 must be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the BCA and as of the Closing Date and (ii) all other DraftKings representations (other than the DraftKings Fundamental Representations) must be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality contained therein) as of the date of the BCA and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing (except that such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date must be true and correct as of such date), except where any failures of any such representations and warranties covered by clause (ii) to be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a DK Material Adverse Effect.

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DEAC representations and warranties (other than the DEAC Fundamental Representations) must be true and correct (without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality contained therein) as of the date of the BCA and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing (except that such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date must be true and correct as of such date), except where any failures of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

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Each of DraftKings and DEAC must have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under the BCA at or prior to the Closing Date.

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The SBT Sellers Representative’s receipt of: (i) a DraftKings officer’s certificate as to the satisfaction of the conditions relating to the accuracy of DraftKings’ representations and warranties and the performance of its obligations under the BCA; and (ii) a Company officer’s certificate as to the satisfaction of the conditions relating to the accuracy of DEAC’s representations and warranties and the performance of its obligations under the BCA, in each case dated as of the Closing Date.

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There must not have been any change, effect, event, circumstance, occurrence or state of facts that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a DK Material Adverse Effect or a DEAC Material Adverse Effect.

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104H Tax Ruling. The 104H Tax Ruling shall have been obtained from the Israel Tax Authority (“ITA”) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the SBT Sellers’ Representative and its Israeli legal counsel and based on the application made to the ITA in this regard.

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Option Tax Ruling. The Option Tax Ruling or the Interim Option Ruling (each as defined in the BCA) shall have been obtained from the ITA in substantially the form requested in the application for such ruling.

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The delivery of the DK Stockholder Consent to the SBT Sellers’ Representative (which was so delivered promptly following the execution of the BCA).

Termination

The BCA may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:

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by mutual written consent of DraftKings, the SBT Sellers’ Representative and DEAC;

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by each of DraftKings, the SBT Sellers’ Representative or DEAC if:

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the Business Combination is not completed on or before June 30, 2020 (the “Outside Date,” which may be extended by any additional 31 days by the mutual written consent of DraftKings, the SBT Sellers’ Representative and DEAC); provided that this termination right will not be available to a party whose action or failure to act has been the primary cause of or resulted in the failure of the Business Combination to be consummated on or before the Outside Date;

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any governmental authority issues an order or injunction or takes any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Business Combination, and such order or other action becomes final and non-appealable; provided that this termination right is not available to any party if such party has not complied in all material respects with its regulatory efforts covenants; or

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the requisite approvals of DEAC’s stockholders are not obtained at the Special Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

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by DraftKings if:

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SBT, the SBT Sellers or DEAC has breached or failed to perform any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the BCA, which breach or failure to perform (i) would give rise to the failure of certain conditions to the Closing to be satisfied and (ii) is incapable of being cured or is not cured by such party by the earlier of (x) 30 days following receipt of written notice from DraftKings of such breach or failure to perform and (y) the Outside Date; or

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DEAC withdraws, or amends, qualifies or modifies in a manner adverse to DraftKings, SBT or the SBT Sellers, its recommendation to DEAC’s stockholders to adopt and approve the Business Combination and the other proposals described in this proxy statement/prospectus, prior to the time requisite approvals of DEAC’s stockholders are obtained;

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by the SBT Sellers’ Representative if:

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DraftKings or DEAC has breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the BCA, which breach or failure to perform (i) would give rise to the failure of certain conditions to the Closing to be satisfied and (ii) is incapable of being cured or is not cured by such Party by the earlier of  (x) 30 days following receipt of written notice from the SBT Sellers’ Representative of such breach or failure to perform and (y) the Outside Date; or

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DEAC withdraws, or amends, qualifies or modifies in a manner adverse to DraftKings, SBT or the SBT Sellers, its recommendation to DEAC’s Stockholders to adopt and approve the Business Combination and the other proposals described in this proxy statement/prospectus, prior to the time requisite approvals of DEAC’s stockholders are obtained;

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by DEAC if any of DraftKings, SBT or the SBT Sellers has breached or failed to perform any of its or their respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the BCA, which breach or failure to perform (i) would give rise to the failure of certain conditions to the Closing to be satisfied and (ii) is incapable of being cured or is not cured by such party by the earlier of  (x) 30 days following receipt of written notice from DEAC of such breach or failure to perform and (y) the Outside Date.

Termination Fee

In the event that the BCA is terminated, other than in circumstances where SBT or the SBT Sellers have breached or failed to perform any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the BCA in such a manner that would give rise to a termination right as discussed above, the DraftKings must pay to SBT a termination fee of  $3,000,000 (the “SBT Termination Fee”). Upon any valid termination of the BCA where the SBT Termination Fee becomes due and payable, the payment of the SBT Termination Fee will be in full and complete satisfaction of any and all monetary damages of SBT, its affiliates, and their respective representatives that may be claimed by SBT and its affiliates against DraftKings, its subsidiaries and any of their respective representatives arising out of or related to the BCA or the Business Combination (except in case of fraud or any willful and material breach of the BCA by DraftKings).

Indemnification

Survival

The representations, warranties and covenants of the parties will survive the Closing as follows:

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DraftKings Fundamental Representations, SBT Fundamental Representations and the SBT Sellers Fundamental Representations will survive until the date of expiration of the applicable statute of limitations.

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DraftKings’ and SBT’s representations and warranties relating to taxes and any claims for certain SBT tax liabilities will survive until the date that is three months following the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, giving effect to any waivers, tolling or extensions.

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SBT’s representations and warranties relating to licenses, compliance and intellectual property will survive until the four-year anniversary of the Closing Date.

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All other DraftKings and SBT representations and warranties will survive until the two-year anniversary of the Closing Date.

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New DraftKings’ representations and warranties related to the shares of New DraftKings common stock issued pursuant to the BCA will survive until the date of the applicable statute of limitations, and all other representations and warranties specific to New DraftKings will not survive the Closing.

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Covenants and agreements that require performance in full prior to the Closing will survive until the Closing Date (other than with respect to DraftKings’ interim operating covenants, which will survive until the first anniversary of the Closing Date).

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Covenants and agreements that are required to be performed after the Closing will survive until the date on which they have been fully performed or otherwise satisfied.

Indemnification Obligations

The BCA contains certain indemnification obligations of the SBT Sellers and SBT option holders, on the one hand, and New DraftKings, on the other hand, to indemnify and defend each other against losses incurred, sustained by or imposed as a result of breaches of representations, warranties and covenants, subject to certain limitations set forth in the BCA. In addition, New DraftKings is entitled to be

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indemnified for any losses in respect of certain SBT tax liabilities. Other than with respect to losses arising out of SBT Fundamental Representations, SBT Sellers Fundamental Representations, and certain SBT tax liabilities or DraftKings Fundamental Representations, such indemnification obligations are payable only to the extent that:

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the losses in respect of a claim are at least $275,000 in the aggregate;

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the aggregate amount of all such losses incurred exceeds $5,000,000, in which case the indemnifying party will be liable for all such losses from the first dollar; and

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the aggregate amount does not exceed $70,000,000.

Indemnify for all Losses pursuant to the BCA, including Losses arising out of breaches of fundamental representations or certain SBT tax liabilities will be capped at the aggregate value at the Closing of the consideration received by the SBT Sellers and the applicable SBT option holders in the Business Combination.

Escrow and Share Lockup

In connection with SBT indemnification obligations, $25,000,000 of the cash consideration to be received in the Business Combination by the SBT Sellers and the holders of Cashed-Out SBT Options will be placed in escrow for a period of five years from Closing, to be released annually in increments to the SBT Sellers and holders of Cashed-Out SBT Options, subject to any outstanding unresolved claims, beginning on the second anniversary of the Closing Date. Shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock received by the SBT Sellers and underlying the Exchanged SBT Options (as defined in the BCA) totaling $45,000,000 in value as of the Closing will be subject to a lock-up for a period of five years from Closing, to be released annually from such lock-up provisions in increments beginning on the second anniversary of the Closing Date, subject to any outstanding unresolved claims.

Fees and Expenses

All fees and expenses incurred by the parties in connection with the BCA and the Business Combination (including their legal and accounting fees in respect of the Business Combination and their investment banker fees), will be paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses; provided that New DraftKings will reimburse DEAC for up to $31,500,000 in expenses as well as certain fees in respect of certain Private Placements, and New DraftKings will reimburse SBT in respect of certain expenses related to the Business Combination.

Amendment

The BCA may only be amended, modified or supplemented by the written agreement of all of the parties, provided that no amendment will be made where applicable law or the rules of any relevant stock exchange require further approval by a party’s shareholders without such further approval.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction

Except to the extent the laws of the State of Nevada are mandatorily applicable to the Business Combination, the BCA is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. Each party to the BCA submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or in the event that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware (Complex Commercial Division) or, if subject matter jurisdiction over the action or proceeding is vested exclusively in the federal courts of the United States of America, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware).

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ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE BUSINESS COMBINATION

Stockholders Agreement

On the Closing Date, New DraftKings and the DEAC Stockholder Group, the DK Stockholder Group and the SBT Stockholder Group will enter into the Stockholders Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex B. The following summary of the terms of the Stockholders Agreement is not a complete description thereof and is qualified in its entirety by the full text thereof.

Corporate Governance

The Stockholders Agreement provides that the initial board of directors of New DraftKings will consist of 11 members.

Immediately following the Closing, the New DraftKings board of directors will initially be as set forth below:

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DraftKings Directors.   Eight directors nominated by the DK Stockholder Group, including the Chief Executive Officer of New DraftKings and at least four directors who qualify as “independent” directors under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules;

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SBT Directors.   Two directors nominated by Mr. Meckenzie, including at least one director who qualifies as an “independent” director under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules; and

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DEAC Director.   One director nominated by the DEAC Stockholder Group, who will qualify as “independent” under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules subject to approval by DraftKings (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld). Messrs. Sloan, Sagansky and Baker are deemed approved by DraftKings as prospective nominees if they qualify as “independent” under The Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules.

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From the first annual meeting of stockholders following the Closing Date, Mr. Meckenzie will have the right to nominate one director (and any replacement of such director) to serve on the New DraftKings board of directors (subject to the Board’s approval not to be unreasonably withheld) so long as Mr. Meckenzie continues to hold at least 9% of the issued and outstanding shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock.

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Subject to applicable law, Mr. Robins agrees to vote in favor of Mr. Meckenzie’s nominee at each annual meeting of stockholders so long as Mr. Meckenzie has such nomination right described above.

The composition of each committee of the New DraftKings board of directors will be in compliance with applicable Nasdaq Stock Market independence requirements.

Lock-Up

For a period of 180 days following the Closing, no member of the DK Stockholder Group or the SBT Stockholder Group may transfer any New DraftKings shares of common stock, subject to certain exceptions. Following the expiration of the DK/SBT Lockup Period, members of the DK Stockholder Group and the SBT Stockholder Group may transfer New DraftKings shares pursuant to an effective registration statement, or in transactions exempt from or not subject to registration requirements and certain transactions otherwise permitted during the DK/SBT Lockup Period.

Members of the DEAC Stockholder Group may not transfer or sell shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock (subject to certain customary exceptions) until the earliest of  (i) one year from the Closing and (ii) the last consecutive trading day where the volume-weighted average New DraftKings share price equals or exceeds $15.00 per share for at least for 20 out of 30 consecutive trading days, but in no event earlier than 180 days after the Closing or (iii) if New DraftKings consummates a transaction after the Business Combination which results in its stockholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property, at such time.

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The Chief Executive Officer of New DraftKings may not transfer any shares of New DraftKings common stock, subject to certain exceptions for a period of two years from the Closing.

Permitted Transfers

At any time, any member of the Stockholder Parties may transfer shares of New DraftKings common stock:

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pursuant to a merger, stock sale, consolidation or other business combination of New DraftKings with a third party that results in a change in control of New DraftKings;

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so long as such member is an individual, (x) to such member’s ancestors, descendants, siblings, cousins or spouse, (y) to trusts for the benefit of such member or such persons or (z) by way of bequest or inheritance upon death (provided that such transferee agrees in a writing to be bound by the terms of the Stockholders Agreement as a Stockholder Party); and

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to any wholly-owned affiliate of such Stockholder Party or to any person wholly owning such stockholder.

Following the expiration of the DK/SBT Lockup Period, DEAC Lockup Period or CEO Lockup Period, as applicable, the shares of New DraftKings beneficially owned or owned of record by such stockholders may be sold without restriction, other than the restriction to transfer in accordance with the Securities Act and other applicable federal or state securities laws.

Registration Rights

Within 30 days of the Closing, New DraftKings will file a shelf registration statement on Form S-1 with respect to resales of all shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock held by members of the Stockholder Parties and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such shelf registration statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of  (i) 60 days (or 120 days if the SEC notifies New DraftKings that it will “review” such shelf registration statement) after the Closing and (ii) the tenth business day after the date New DraftKings is notified by the SEC that such shelf registration statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review.

In the period following the expiration of the DK/SBT Lockup Period or the DEAC Lockup Period, if any member of the Stockholder Parties delivers notice to New DraftKings stating that it intends to effect an underwritten public offering of all or part of its Registrable Shares included on a shelf registration statement and reasonably expects aggregate gross proceeds of not less than $75,000,000, New DraftKings will enter into a customary underwriting agreement and will take all such other reasonable actions as are requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities; provided that New DraftKings will have no obligation to facilitate or participate in more than two underwritten offerings for each of the DK Stockholder Group, the SBT Stockholder Group and the DEAC Stockholder Group and no more than six underwritten offerings in the aggregate.

Whenever New DraftKings proposes to publicly sell or register for sale any of its securities in an underwritten offering pursuant to a registration statement other than on Form S-8 or on Form S-4, New DraftKings will give notice to the Stockholder Parties and will include all Registrable Shares that any member of the Stockholder Parties requests for inclusion within five days of receiving notice from New DraftKings, subject to any cut-back deemed necessary by an underwriter.

As long as any member of the Stockholder Parties owns Registrable Securities, New DraftKings will, at all times while it remains a reporting company under the Exchange Act, file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by New DraftKings after the Closing pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the members of the Stockholder Parties with true and complete copies of all such filings.

Unsuitable Persons

Each member of the Stockholder Parties acknowledges and agrees to the application of the provisions concerning unsuitability contained in the Proposed Charter of New DraftKings.

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Termination

The Stockholders Agreement will be effective as of the Closing and will automatically terminate on the earlier of  (i) the date on which no member of the DEAC Stockholder Group nor the SBT Stockholder Group holds any shares of New DraftKings common stock, (ii) the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of New DraftKings and (iii) upon the unanimous agreement of all members of the Stockholder Parties. The termination of the Stockholders Agreement will terminate all further rights and obligations of the stockholders under the agreement except that such termination will not affect: (i) the existence of New DraftKings, (ii) the obligation of any party to pay any amounts arising on or prior to the date of termination, or as a result of or in connection with such termination, (iii) the rights which any Stockholder Party may have by operation of law as a stockholder of the DEAC, or (iv) the rights contained in the Stockholders Agreement which are intended to survive termination.

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THE REINCORPORATION PROPOSAL

Overview

In connection with the Business Combination, DEAC is asking its stockholders to approve the Reincorporation Proposal. Under the BCA, the approval of the Reincorporation Proposal is also a condition to the Closing. If the Reincorporation Proposal is approved, but the Business Combination Proposal or the Charter Proposal are not approved, then neither the reincorporation nor the Business Combination will be consummated.

As a condition to the Closing under the terms of the BCA, DEAC has agreed to change its jurisdiction of incorporation from Delaware to Nevada. To effect the reincorporation, DEAC will merge with and into DEAC Nevada, with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger, adopting the Proposed Charter and changing its name to “New DraftKings.” Immediately upon effectiveness of the reincorporation, the currently issued and outstanding shares of DEAC Class A common stock will automatically convert on a one-for-one basis into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock. Similarly, our outstanding warrants will become warrants to acquire the corresponding shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock on the same terms as the current outstanding warrants.

The Reincorporation Proposal, if approved, will approve of the merger of DEAC with and into DEAC Nevada, with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger and the Proposed Charter being adopted. As a result, DEAC’s jurisdiction of incorporation will change from Delaware to Nevada. Accordingly, while DEAC is currently governed by the DGCL, upon reincorporation, New DraftKings will be governed by the NRS. We urge stockholders to carefully consult the information set out below under “Comparison of Stockholder’s Rights.” The Proposed Charter, which is discussed further below, will differ in certain material respects from the Current Charter and we urge stockholders to carefully consult the information set out below under “The Charter Proposal” and “The Advisory Charter Proposals,” the Current Charter, attached hereto as Annex D and the Proposed Charter and Amended and Restated Bylaws of New DraftKings, attached hereto as Annex E and Annex F, respectively.

Reasons for Approval of the Reincorporation Proposal

The reincorporation will result in New DraftKings changing its jurisdiction of incorporation from Delaware to Nevada and adopting the Proposed Charter. We expect the reincorporation to provide a number of benefits to New DraftKings.

It will eliminate our obligation to pay the annual Delaware franchise tax which we expect will result in substantial savings to us over the long term. The difference between annual filing fees in Delaware and Nevada will continue to become greater if the value of our assets continues to grow.

In addition, the reincorporation into Nevada may help us attract and retain qualified management by reducing the risk of lawsuits being filed against New DraftKings and its directors and officers. We believe that for the reasons described below, in general, Nevada law provides greater protection to our directors, officers and New DraftKings than Delaware law. The increasing frequency of claims and litigation directed towards directors and officers has greatly expanded the risks facing directors and officers in general of public companies in exercising their duties. The amount of time and money required to respond to these claims and to defend this type of litigation can be substantial. Delaware law provides that every person becoming a director of a Delaware corporation consents to the personal jurisdiction of the Delaware courts in connection with any action concerning the corporation. Accordingly, a director can be personally sued in Delaware, even though the director has no other contacts with the state. Similarly, Nevada law provides that every person who accepts election or appointment, including reelection or reappointment, as a director or officer of a Nevada corporation consents to the personal jurisdiction of the Nevada courts in connection with all civil actions or proceedings brought in Nevada by, on behalf of or against the entity in which the director or officer is a necessary or proper party, or in any action or proceeding against the director or officer for a violation of a duty in such capacity, whether or not the person continues to serve as a director or officer at the time the action or proceeding is commenced. We believe that the advantage of Nevada is that, unlike Delaware corporate law, much of which consists of judicial decisions that migrate and develop over time, Nevada has pursued a statute-focused approach that does not depend upon constant judicial supplementation and revision, and is intended to be stable, predictable and more efficient.

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Also, reincorporation in Nevada will provide potentially greater protection for directors of New DraftKings and, unlike Delaware, for officers as well. Delaware law permits a corporation to adopt provisions limiting or eliminating the liability of a director to a company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that the liability does not arise from certain proscribed conduct, including breach of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law. By contrast, Nevada law permits a broader exclusion of liability of both officers and directors to the company and its stockholders, providing for an exclusion of all monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty unless they arise from acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law. The reincorporation will result in the elimination of any liability of an officer or director for a breach of the duty of loyalty unless arising from intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law. There is currently no known pending claim or litigation against any of our directors or officers for breach of fiduciary duty related to their service as directors or officers of DEAC, DraftKings or SBTech. The directors have an interest in the reincorporation to the extent that they will be entitled to such limitation of liability.

Operating New DraftKings as a Nevada corporation will not interfere with, or differ substantially from, our present corporate activities. As a Nevada corporation, New DraftKings will be governed by Nevada corporate law, while DEAC and DraftKings are presently governed by Delaware law. Nevada law may constitute a comprehensive, flexible legal structure under which to operate. However, because of differences in the laws of these states, your rights as stockholders will change in several material respects as a result of the reincorporation. These matters are discussed in greater detail in “Comparison of Stockholders’ Rights” starting on page 252.

The reincorporation is not being effected to prevent a change in control, nor is it in response to any present attempt known to our Board to acquire control of DEAC or obtain representation on our Board. Nevertheless, certain effects of the proposed reincorporation may be considered to have anti-takeover implications by virtue of being subject to Nevada law. For a discussion of differences between the laws of Delaware and Nevada, including differences that may have anti-takeover implications, please see “Comparison of Stockholders’ Rights” starting on page 252.

Anticipated Accounting Treatment of the Reincorporation

We expect there to be no accounting effect or change in the carrying amount of the consolidated assets and liabilities of DEAC exclusively as a result of the reincorporation. The reincorporation will not materially affect DEAC’s capitalization, assets and liabilities or financial statements.

Vote Required for Approval

Approval of the Reincorporation Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding DEAC Shares entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the proposal.

The Business Combination cannot be completed unless the Reincorporation Proposal is adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding DEAC Shares by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon.

Recommendation of DEAC Board

THE DEAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT DEAC STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE REINCORPORATION PROPOSAL.

The existence of financial and personal interests of one or more of DEAC’s directors may result in a conflict of interest on the part of such director(s) between what he or they may believe is in the best interests of DEAC and its stockholders and what he or they may believe is best for himself or themselves in determining to recommend that stockholders vote for the proposals. See the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination” for a further discussion.

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THE CHARTER PROPOSAL

Overview

In connection with the Reincorporation Proposal and the Business Combination, DEAC is asking its stockholders to approve the adoption of the Proposed Charter, in the form attached hereto as Annex E, to be effective upon the reincorporation. If the Business Combination, Reincorporation Proposal and the Charter Proposal are approved, the Proposed Charter would replace the Current Charter.

The Charter Proposal is conditioned on the approval of the Reincorporation Proposal, and, therefore, also conditioned on approval of the Business Combination Proposal. Therefore, if the Business Combination Proposal and the Reincorporation Proposal are not approved, the Charter Proposal will have no effect, even if approved by the DEAC Stockholders.

Comparison of Current Charter to Proposed Charter

The following is a summary of the key changes effected by the Proposed Charter relative to the Current Charter. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Proposed Charter, a copy of which is included as Annex E.

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change DEAC’s name to “DraftKings Inc.”;

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increase the total number of authorized shares of all classes of capital stock, par value of  $0.0001 per share, from 401,000,000 shares, consisting of 400,000,000 shares of common stock, including 380,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, and 20,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, to 2,100,000,000 shares, consisting of 1,800,000,000 shares of common stock, including 900,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 900,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 300,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share;

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declassify the DEAC Board;

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amend the terms of the shares of common stock, in particular to provide that each share of Class A common stock of New DraftKings has one vote and each share of Class B common stock has ten (10) votes and that shares of Class B common stock are not entitled to dividends;

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permit stockholders to act by written consent in lieu of a meeting until the time that Mr. Robins beneficially owns less than a majority of the voting power of the voting stock;

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select the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada as the sole and exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of New DraftKings, subject to certain limitations; and

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eliminate certain provisions specific to DEAC’s status as a blank check company.

Reasons for the Approval of the Charter Proposal

In the judgment of the DEAC Board, the Proposed Charter is necessary to address the needs of the post-Business Combination company. In particular:

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the name of the new public entity is desirable to reflect the combined company’s ability to change;

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the greater number of authorized shares of capital stock is desirable for New DraftKings to have sufficient shares to complete the Business Combination and have additional authorized shares for financing its business, for acquiring other businesses, for forming strategic partnerships and alliances and for stock dividends and stock splits;

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the provisions that relate to the operation of DEAC as a blank check company prior to the consummation of its initial business combination will not be applicable to New DraftKings (such as the obligation to dissolve and liquidate if a business combination is not consummated in a certain period of time).

For a discussion of the reasons for the approval of certain provisions in the Proposed Charter, see “The Advisory Charter Proposals — Reasons for the Approval of the Advisory Charter Proposals” below.

Vote Required for Approval

Approval of the Charter Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding DEAC Shares entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a class. Abstentions and broker non-votes have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the proposal.

Recommendation of DEAC Board

THE DEAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT DEAC STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE CHARTER PROPOSAL.

The existence of financial and personal interests of one or more of DEAC’s directors may result in a conflict of interest on the part of such director(s) between what he or they may believe is in the best interests of DEAC and its stockholders and what he or they may believe is best for himself or themselves in determining to recommend that stockholders vote for the proposals. See the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination” for a further discussion.

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THE ADVISORY CHARTER PROPOSALS

Overview

DEAC is asking its stockholders to vote upon, on a non-binding advisory basis, a proposal to approve certain governance provisions contained in the Proposed Charter. These proposals are being presented in accordance with SEC guidance and will be voted upon on an advisory basis, and are not binding on DEAC or our Board (separate and apart from the approval of the Charter Proposal). In the judgment of the DEAC Board, these provisions are necessary to adequately address the needs of the post-Business Combination company. Furthermore, the Business Combination is not conditioned on the separate approval of the Advisory Charter Proposals (separate and apart from approval of the Charter Proposal). Accordingly, regardless of the outcome of the non-binding advisory vote on the Advisory Charter Proposals, DEAC intends that the Proposed Charter will take effect upon consummation of the reincorporation (assuming approval of the Charter Proposal).

Advisory Charter Proposals

The following table sets forth a summary of the governance provisions applicable to the Advisory Charter Proposals. This summary is qualified by reference to the complete text of the Proposed Charter, a copy of which is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex E. All stockholders are encouraged to read the Proposed Charter in its entirety for a more complete description of its terms.

Advisory Charter Proposal	Current Charter	Proposed Charter
Advisory Proposal A –  Changes in Share Capital	The Current Charter authorizes 401,000,000 shares, consisting of (a) 400,000,000 shares of common stock, including 380,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and 20,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, and (b) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock.	The Proposed Charter would authorize 2,100,000,000 shares, consisting of (a) 1,800,000,000 shares of common stock, including 900,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and 900,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, and (b) 300,000,000 shares of preferred stock.
Advisory Proposal B –  Voting Rights of Common Stock	The Current Charter provides that the holders of each share of common stock of DEAC is entitled to one vote for each share on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders entitled to vote.	The Proposed Charter provides holders of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock will be entitled to cast one vote per Class A share, and holders of shares of Class B common stock will be entitled to cast 10 votes per Class B share on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders entitled to vote.
Advisory Proposal C –  Declassification of the New DraftKings Board	The Current Charter provides that the DEAC Board is divided into three classes, with only one class of directors being elected in each year and each class serving a three-year term.	The Proposed Charter provides that the New DraftKings board of directors will consist of one class of directors only, whose term will continue to the next annual meeting of stockholders.
Advisory Proposal D –  Limiting the Ability to Act by Written Consent	The Current Charter provides that any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of DEAC must be effected by a duly called annual or special meeting of such stockholders and may not be effected by written consent of the	The Proposed Charter provides that any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of New DraftKings may be taken by written consent; provided that, from and after the time that Mr. Robins beneficially owns less than a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to

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Advisory Charter Proposal	Current Charter	Proposed Charter
​	stockholders, other than with respect to the Class B common stock, which action may be taken by written consent.	vote thereon, no such action may be taken by written consent of the stockholders.
Advisory Proposal E –  Forum Selection	The Current Charter provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction thereof, another state or federal court located within the State of Delaware, will be the exclusive forum for certain actions and claims.	The Proposed Charter provides that the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada, or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction thereof, another state or federal court located within the State of Nevada, will be the exclusive forum for certain actions and claims.
Advisory Proposal F –  Required Vote to Amend the Charter	The Current Charter provides that the Current Charter may be amended in accordance with Delaware law; provided that, as long as any shares of Class B common stock are outstanding, any amendment to the Current Charter that would alter or change the powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other or special rights of the Class B common stock requires the vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the shares of Class B common stock then outstanding, voting separately as a single class.	The Proposed Charter provides that amendments to certain provisions of the Proposed Charter will require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings once Mr. Robins beneficially owns shares of New DraftKings stock representing less than a majority of the voting power of New DraftKings stock. Prior to that time, amendments to those provisions will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings.
Advisory Proposal G –  Required Vote to Amend the Bylaws	The Current Charter provides that the bylaws may only be adopted, amended, altered or repealed with the approval of a majority of the DEAC Board or by the holders of a majority of DEAC’s outstanding shares.	The Proposed Charter provides that the bylaws may be amended, altered, rescinded or repealed or adopted by the New DraftKings board of directors or the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings once Mr. Robins beneficially owns shares of New DraftKings stock representing less than a majority of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings. Prior to that time, amendments to those provisions through stockholder action will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings.

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Advisory Charter Proposal	Current Charter	Proposed Charter
Advisory Proposal H –  Required Vote to Change Number of Directors	The Current Charter provides that the number of directors is determined by the DEAC Board.	The Proposed Charter provides that the number of directors is fixed and may be modified by the New DraftKings board of directors and, from and after the time that Mr. Robins ceases to beneficially own shares of New DraftKings stock representing at least a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings, the number of directors may be modified by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings.
Advisory Proposal I –  Redemption Rights and Transfer Restrictions with Respect to Capital Stock held by Unsuitable Persons and Their Affiliates	The Current Charter does not contain provisions providing for redemption rights and transfer restrictions with respect to capital stock held by Unsuitable Persons or their affiliates.	The Proposed Charter provides that common stock or any other equity securities of New DraftKings, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for, or convertible into, such other equity securities of New DraftKings, owned or controlled by an a stockholder who is an Unsuitable Person (as defined under “Description of New DraftKings Securities — Redemption Rights and Transfer Restrictions with Respect to Capital Stock Held by Unsuitable Persons and Their Affiliates”) or such person’s affiliate will be subject to mandatory sale and transfer on the terms and conditions set forth in the Proposed Charter.

Reasons for the Approval of the Advisory Charter Proposals

Advisory Charter Proposal A — Changes in Share Capital

The Proposed Charter is intended to provide adequate authorized share capital to (i) accommodate the issuance of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock as part of the stock consideration in the Business Combination and (ii) provide flexibility for future issuances of shares of New DraftKings stock if determined by the New DraftKings board of directors to be in the best interests of New DraftKings after the consummation of the Business Combination without incurring the risk, delay and potential expense incident to obtaining stockholder approval for a particular issuance.

Advisory Charter Proposal B — Voting Rights of Common Stock

The Proposed Charter provides that holders of shares of Class B common stock will have 10 votes on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders entitled to vote. Because, upon consummation of the Business Combination, Mr. Robins will be the sole beneficial owner of shares of Class B common stock, and those shares are generally restricted from transfers, except in limited circumstances, this dual class stock structure provides Mr. Robins with the ability to control the outcome of matters requiring stockholder approval, even though he owns significantly less than a majority of the shares of our outstanding Class A and Class B common stock. We believe that our success rests on our ability to undertake a long-term view and Mr. Robins’ controlling interest will enhance New DraftKings’ ability to focus on long-term value creation and help insulate New DraftKings from short-term outside influences. Mr. Robins’ voting control also provides New DraftKings with flexibility to employ various financing and transaction strategies involving the issuance of equity securities, while maintaining Mr. Robins’ control.

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Advisory Charter Proposal C — Declassification of the New DraftKings Board of Directors

The DEAC Board recognizes that corporate governance standards have continued to evolve in recent years, resulting in a majority of Fortune 500 companies having implemented annual director elections. Furthermore, a classified board structure may appear to reduce director accountability to stockholders since this structure does not permit stockholders to express a view on each director’s performance by means of an annual vote. The DEAC Board also recognizes that many institutional investors and commentators now believe that the election of directors is the primary means for stockholders to influence corporate governance policies and to hold the board and management accountable for implementing those policies. Although the DEAC Board believes that declassifying the New DraftKings board of directors is in the best interests of New DraftKings stockholders, the board is aware that there may be disadvantages to a declassified board structure. For example, a classified board structure may provide increased board continuity and stability and encourages directors to focus on the long-term productivity of a company. Additionally, classified boards may provide additional protections against unwanted, and potentially unfair and abusive, takeover attempts and proxy contests, as they make it more difficult for a substantial stockholder to gain control of a board of directors without the cooperation or approval of incumbent directors. However, after considering the foregoing, the DEAC Board believes that the declassification of the DEAC Board under this proposal is in the best interests of New DraftKings stockholders.

Advisory Charter Proposal D — Limiting the Ability to Act by Written Consent

The DEAC Board believes that limiting the ability of stockholders to act by written consent after the time that Mr. Robins no longer beneficially owns at least a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings is appropriate to protect New DraftKings from unwarranted attempts to gain corporate control as it enters into its post-Business Combination phase. Prohibiting stockholders from taking action by written consent can limit unwarranted attempts to gain control by restricting stockholders from approving proposals unless such proposals are properly presented at a stockholder meeting called and held in accordance with the Proposed Charter and post-Business Combination bylaws.

Advisory Charter Proposal E — Selection of the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada as Exclusive Forum

Similar to that provided under the Current Charter, the Proposed Charter is intended to assist New DraftKings in avoiding multiple lawsuits in multiple jurisdictions regarding the same matter. The ability to require such claims to be brought in a single forum will help to assure consistent consideration of the issues, the application of a relatively known body of case law and level of expertise and should promote efficiency and cost-savings in the resolutions of such claims.

The DEAC Board believes that the Nevada courts are best suited to address disputes involving such matters given that following the Business Combination, New DraftKings will be incorporated in Nevada and Nevada law generally applies to such matters. If the Eighth Judicial District Court does not have jurisdiction over the action, then other state district courts located in the State of Nevada would be the most appropriate forums because these courts have more expertise on matters of Nevada law compared to other jurisdictions. If no state district court in the State of Nevada has jurisdiction over any such action, then a federal court located within the State of Nevada would be the most appropriate forums because these courts have more expertise on matters of Nevada law compared to other jurisdictions. In addition, this amendment would promote judicial fairness and avoid conflicting results, as well as make New DraftKings’ defense of applicable claims less disruptive and more economically feasible, principally by avoiding duplicative discovery. For these reasons, the Board believes that providing for the Eighth Judicial District Court as the exclusive forum for the types of disputes described above is in the best interests of New DraftKings and its stockholders. At the same time, the Board believes that New DraftKings should have the ability to consent to an alternative forum on a case-by-case basis where the Board of New DraftKings determines that New DraftKings’ interests and those of its stockholders are best served by permitting such a dispute to proceed in a forum other than in the Eighth Judicial District Court.

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Advisory Charter Proposals F, G and H — Required Vote to Amend the Charter, Required Vote to Amend the Bylaws and Required Vote to Change Number of Directors

The DEAC Board believes that supermajority voting requirements described in Advisory Charter Proposals F, G and H are appropriate to protect all stockholders of New DraftKings against the potential self-interested actions by one or a few large stockholders after the Business Combination, if Mr. Robins ceases to beneficially own shares of New DraftKings stock representing at least a majority of the voting power thereof. In reaching this conclusion, the Board is cognizant of the potential for certain stockholders to hold a substantial beneficial ownership of shares of common stock following the Business Combination, particularly after the time Mr. Robins ceases to beneficially own shares of New DraftKings stock representing at least a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings. The DEAC Board further believes that going forward, if, and after, Mr. Robins ceases to beneficially own shares of New DraftKings stock representing at least a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings, a supermajority voting requirement encourages the person seeking control of New DraftKings to negotiate with the New DraftKings board of directors to reach terms that are appropriate for all stockholders. With respect to Advisory Charter Proposal G, the ability of the majority of the Board to amend the bylaws remains unchanged.

Advisory Charter Proposal I — Redemption Rights and Transfer Restrictions with Respect to Capital Stock held by Unsuitable Persons and Their Affiliates

The Proposed Charter provides that any capital stock of New DraftKings owned or controlled by an Unsuitable Person or its affiliates will be redeemable by New DraftKings on the transfer date to either New DraftKings or one or more third-party transferees, as described in the Proposed Charter, and in such number and class(es)/series as determined by the New DraftKings board of directors in good faith (following consultation with independent gaming regulatory counsel) pursuant to a resolution adopted by the unanimous affirmative vote of all of the disinterested members of the Board.

Following the consummation of the Business Combination, New DraftKings will be subject to applicable gaming laws. These include requirements in Nevada and other regulated gaming jurisdictions providing that any holder of common stock may be required to file an application, be investigated, and qualify or have his, her or its suitability determined by gaming authorities. Under the Proposed Charter, the New DraftKings board of directors will be permitted to make the determination that a person is an Unsuitable Person, and if such a determination is made, then that person would not be able to, directly or indirectly, beneficially own New DraftKings common stock. Please see “Description of New DraftKings Securities — Redemption Rights and Transfer Restrictions with Respect to Capital Stock Held by Unsuitable Persons and Their Affiliates.” The New DraftKings board of directors believes that providing for the redemption by New DraftKings, or purchase by third-party transferees, of New DraftKings capital stock owned or controlled by Unsuitable Persons or their affiliates is necessary to ensure New DraftKings’ compliance with gaming laws.

Vote Required for Approval

Approval of each of the Advisory Charter Proposals, each of which is a non-binding vote, requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes have no effect on these proposals.

As discussed above, the Advisory Charter Proposals are advisory votes and therefore are not binding on DEAC or our Board. Furthermore, the Business Combination is not conditioned on the separate approval of the Advisory Charter Proposals (separate and apart from approval of the Charter Proposal). Accordingly, regardless of the outcome of the non-binding advisory vote on these proposals, DEAC intends that the Proposed Charter will take effect upon consummation of the reincorporation (assuming approval of the Charter Proposal).

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Recommendation of DEAC Board

THE DEAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT DEAC STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE ADVISORY CHARTER PROPOSALS.

The existence of financial and personal interests of one or more of DEAC’s directors may result in a conflict of interest on the part of such director(s) between what he or they may believe is in the best interests of DEAC and its stockholders and what he or they may believe is best for himself or themselves in determining to recommend that stockholders vote for the proposals. See the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination” for a further discussion.

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THE STOCK ISSUANCE PROPOSAL

Overview

Assuming the Business Combination Proposal, the Reincorporation Proposal, the Charter Proposal and the Advisory Charter Proposals are approved, our stockholders are also being asked to approve the Stock Issuance Proposal.

DEAC’s units, Class A common stock and public warrants are listed on Nasdaq and, as such, we are seeking stockholder approval for the issuance of  (i) [         ] shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the Business Combination and (ii) 37,306,117 shares of DEAC Class A common stock in the Private Placement and upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, plus the issuance of additional shares of DEAC Class A common stock pursuant to subscription agreements that we may enter into prior to the Closing.

Reasons for the Approval of the Stock Issuance Proposal

We are seeking stockholder approval in order to comply with The Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rules 5635(a), (b) and (d). Under The Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rule 5635(a), shareholder approval is required prior to the issuance of securities in connection with the acquisition of another company if such securities are not issued in a public offering and (A) have, or will have upon issuance, voting power equal to or in excess of 20% of the voting power outstanding before the issuance of common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock); or (B) the number of shares of common stock to be issued is or will be equal to or in excess of 20% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding before the issuance of the stock or securities. Collectively, New DraftKings may issue 20% or more of our outstanding common stock or 20% or more of the voting power, in each case outstanding before the issuance, pursuant to the issuance of common stock in connection with the Business Combination. Under The Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rule 5635(b), shareholder approval is required when any issuance or potential issuance will result in a “change of control” of the issuer. Although The Nasdaq Stock Market has not adopted any rule on what constitutes a “change of control” for purposes of Rule 5635(b), The Nasdaq Stock Market has previously indicated that the acquisition of, or right to acquire, by a single investor or affiliated investor group, as little as 20% of the common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock) or voting power of an issuer could constitute a change of control.

Under The Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rule 5635(d), shareholder approval is required for a transaction other than a public offering involving the sale, issuance or potential issuance by an issuer of common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for common stock) at a price that is less than the greater of book or market value of the stock if the number of shares of common stock to be issued is or may be equal to 20% or more of the common stock, or 20% or more of the voting power, outstanding before the issuance.

Effect of the Proposal on Current Stockholders

In the event that this proposal is not approved by DEAC Stockholders, the Business Combination may not be consummated. In the event that this proposal is approved by DEAC Stockholders, but the BCA is terminated (without the Business Combination being consummated) prior to the issuance of shares of common stock pursuant to the BCA, New DraftKings will not issue the shares of common stock.

Vote Required for Approval

Approval of the Stock Issuance Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

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Recommendation of DEAC Board

THE DEAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT DEAC STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE STOCK ISSUANCE PROPOSAL.

The existence of financial and personal interests of one or more of DEAC’s directors may result in a conflict of interest on the part of such director(s) between what he or they may believe is in the best interests of DEAC and its stockholders and what he or they may believe is best for himself or themselves in determining to recommend that stockholders vote for the proposals. See the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination” for a further discussion.

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THE INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN PROPOSAL

Overview

Prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, we expect that our Board will approve and adopt, subject to shareholder approval, the DraftKings Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”), under which we would be authorized to grant cash and equity incentive awards to eligible service providers in order to attract, motivate and retain the talent for which we compete. A copy of the Plan is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex G. Our Board is still in the process of developing, approving and implementing the Plan and, accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Plan will be implemented or will contain the terms described below.

Purpose of the Plan

The purpose of the Plan is to assist us in attracting, motivating and retaining selected individuals who will serve as our employees, directors and consultants, whose judgment, interest and special effort is critical to the successful conduct of our operation. We believe that the equity-based awards to be issued under the Plan will motivate recipients to offer their maximum effort to us and help focus them on the creation of long-term value consistent with the interests of our shareholders. We believe that grants of incentive awards are necessary to enable us to attract and retain top talent; if the Plan is not approved, we believe our recruitment and retention capabilities will be adversely affected.

Reasons for the Approval of the Incentive Award Plan Proposal

Shareholder approval of the Plan is necessary in order for us to (1) meet the shareholder approval requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market and (2) grant incentive stock options (“ISOs”) thereunder. Specifically, approval of the Plan will constitute approval of the material terms of the Plan pursuant to the shareholder approval requirements of Section 422 of the Code relating to ISOs.

If shareholders do not approve this proposal, the Plan will not become effective and we will not be able to grant equity awards under the Plan.

Material Terms of the Plan

The material terms of the Plan, as currently contemplated by our Board, are summarized below. As noted above, our Board is still in the process of developing, approving and implementing the Plan and, accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Plan will be implemented or will contain the terms described below. Accordingly, this summary is subject to change. A copy of the Plan is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex G.

Administration.   The compensation committee of our board of directors will administer the Plan. The compensation committee will generally have the authority to designate participants, determine the type or types of awards to be granted to a participant, determine the terms and conditions of any agreements evidencing any awards granted under the Plan and to adopt, alter and repeal rules, guidelines and practices relating to the Plan. The compensation committee will have full discretion to administer and interpret the Plan and to make any other determination and take any other action that it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.

Eligibility.   Employees, directors, officers, advisors or consultants and prospective employees, directors, officers, advisors or consultants of New DraftKings or its affiliates are eligible to participate in the Plan. Following the consummation of the Business Combination, it is expected that approximately [      ] employees, consultants and service providers and all of our [      ] non-executive officer directors will be eligible to participate in the Plan.

Number of Shares Authorized.   The Plan provides for an aggregate of  [      ] shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be delivered; provided that the total number of shares that will be reserved, and that may be issued, under the Plan will automatically increase on the first trading day of each calendar year, beginning with calendar year 202[   ], by a number of shares equal to [   ] percent ([     ]%) of the total outstanding shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock on the last day of the prior

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calendar year (subject to a maximum annual increase of  [      ]). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may act prior to January 1st of a given year to provide that there will be no such increase in the share reserve for such year or that the increase in the share reserve for such year will be a lesser number of shares than would otherwise occur pursuant to the preceding sentence. The maximum aggregate grant-date fair value of awards granted and cash fees paid to any non-employee director pursuant to the Plan during any fiscal year may not exceed a total value of  $[    ], provided that the Board may make exceptions to this limit for a non-executive Chair of the Board. Shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock underlying awards under the Plan that are forfeited, canceled, expire unexercised or are settled in cash will be available again for new awards under the Plan. The Plan also permits the compensation committee to deliver an aggregate of  [     ] shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock to employees, directors, consultants or advisors who are eligible to hold New DraftKings Class B common stock under the Proposed Charter. If there is any change in our corporate capitalization, the compensation committee in its sole discretion may make substitutions or adjustments to the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and New DraftKings Class B common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan, the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and New DraftKings Class B common stock covered by awards then outstanding under the Plan, the limitations on awards under the Plan, the exercise price of outstanding options and such other equitable substitutions or adjustments as it may determine appropriate.

The Plan will have a term of 10 years from the date it is approved by shareholders and no further awards may be granted under the Plan after that date.

Awards Available for Grant.   The compensation committee may grant awards of nonqualified stock options, ISOs, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock bonus awards, performance compensation awards (including cash bonus awards) or any combination of the foregoing.

Options.   The compensation committee will be authorized to grant options to purchase shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock that are either “qualified,” meaning they are intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, for ISOs, or “nonqualified,” meaning they are not intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. Options granted under the Plan will be subject to such terms, including the exercise price and the conditions and timing of exercise, as may be determined by the compensation committee and specified in the applicable award agreement. In general, the exercise price per share of New DraftKings Class A common stock for each option granted under the Plan will not be less than the fair market value of such share at the time of grant. The maximum term of an option granted under the Plan will be 10 years from the date of grant (or five years in the case of ISOs granted to a 10% shareholder). However, if the option would expire at a time when the exercise of the option by means of a cashless exercise or net exercise method (to the extent such method is otherwise then permitted by the compensation committee for purposes of payment of the exercise price and/or applicable withholding taxes) would violate applicable securities laws or any securities trading policy adopted by us, the expiration date applicable to the option will be automatically extended to a date that is 30 calendar days following the date such cashless exercise or net exercise would no longer violate applicable securities laws or applicable securities trading policy (so long as such extension does not violate Section 409A of the Code), but not later than the expiration of the original exercise period. Payment in respect of the exercise of an option may be made in cash or by check, by surrender of unrestricted shares (at their fair market value on the date of exercise) that have been held by the participant for any period deemed necessary by our accountants to avoid an additional compensation charge or have been purchased on the open market, or the compensation committee may, in its discretion and to the extent permitted by law, allow such payment to be made through a broker-assisted cashless exercise mechanism, a net exercise method, or by such other method as the compensation committee may determine to be appropriate.

Stock Appreciation Rights.   The compensation committee will be authorized to award SARs under the Plan. SARs will be subject to the terms and conditions established by the compensation committee. A SAR is a contractual right that allows a participant to receive, either in the form of cash, shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock or any combination of cash and shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, the appreciation, if any, in the value of a common share over a certain period of time. An option granted under the Plan may include SARs and SARs may also be awarded to a participant

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independent of the grant of an option. SARs granted in connection with an option will be subject to terms similar to the option corresponding to such SARs. SARs will be subject to terms established by the compensation committee and reflected in the award agreement.

Restricted Stock.   The compensation committee will be authorized to award restricted stock under the Plan. Each award of restricted stock will be subject to the terms and conditions established by the compensation committee, including any dividend or voting rights. Restricted stock awards are shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock that generally are non-transferable and subject to other restrictions determined by the compensation committee for a specified period. Unless the compensation committee determines otherwise or specifies otherwise in an award agreement, if the participant terminates employment or services during the restricted period, then any unvested restricted stock is forfeited. Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the compensation committee will be distributed to the participant in cash or, at the sole discretion of the compensation committee, in shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock having a fair market value equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of any applicable restrictions, and if the applicable share is forfeited, the participant will have no right to such dividends (except as otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement).

Restricted Stock Unit Awards.   The compensation committee will be authorized to award restricted stock unit awards under the Plan. The compensation committee will determine the terms of such restricted stock units, including any dividend rights. Unless the compensation committee determines otherwise or specifies otherwise in an award agreement, if the participant terminates employment or services during the period of time over which all or a portion of the units are to be earned, then any unvested units will be forfeited. At the election of the compensation committee, the participant will receive a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the number of units earned or an amount in cash equal to the fair market value of that number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock at the expiration of the period over which the units are to be earned or at a later date selected by the compensation committee. Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the compensation committee will be distributed to the participant in cash or, at the sole discretion of the compensation committee, in shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock having a fair market value equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of any applicable restrictions, and if the applicable share is forfeited, the participant will have no right to such dividends (except as otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement).

Stock Bonus Awards.   The compensation committee will be authorized to grant awards of unrestricted shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock or other awards denominated in shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock or New DraftKings Class B common stock, either alone or in tandem with other awards, under the Plan, on such terms and conditions as the compensation committee may determine.

Performance Compensation Awards.   The compensation committee will be authorized to grant any award, including in the form of cash, under the Plan in the form of a performance compensation award by conditioning the vesting of the award on the satisfaction of certain performance goals, measured on an absolute or relative basis, for a particular performance period. The compensation committee may establish performance criteria that will be used to establish these performance goals with reference to one or more of the following, without limitation:

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Net earnings or net income (before or after taxes);

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basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes);

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revenue or revenue growth (measured on a net or gross basis);

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gross profit or gross profit growth;

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operating profit (before or after taxes);

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return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity or sales);

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cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, net cash provided by operations and cash flow return on capital);

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financing and other capital-raising transactions (including, but not limited to, sales of New DraftKings’ equity or debt securities);

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earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or amortization;

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gross or operating margins;

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productivity ratios;

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share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return);

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expense targets;

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margins;

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productivity and operating efficiencies;

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measures of customer satisfaction;

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customer growth;

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working capital targets;

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measures of economic value added;

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inventory control;

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enterprise value;

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sales;

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debt levels and net debt;

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combined ratio;

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timely launch of new facilities;

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client retention;

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employee retention;

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timely completion of new product rollouts;

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cost targets;

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reductions and savings;

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productivity and efficiencies;

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strategic partnerships or transactions;

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measures of personal targets, goals or completion of projects; or

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any combination of the foregoing.

The compensation committee is authorized to adjust or modify the calculation of a performance goal for a performance period based on and in order to appropriately reflect certain circumstances or events that occur during such performance period.

Transferability.   Each award may be exercised during the participant’s lifetime only by the participant or, if permissible under applicable law, by the participant’s guardian or legal representative and may not be otherwise transferred or encumbered by a participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. The compensation committee, however, may permit awards (other than ISOs) to be transferred to family members, a trust for the benefit of such family members, a partnership or limited liability company whose partners or stockholders are the participant and his or her family members or anyone else approved by it.

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Amendment and Termination.   In general, our Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. However, shareholder approval to amend the Plan may be necessary if the law or the Plan so requires (e.g., repricing, performance goals, approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement, etc.). No amendment, suspension or termination will impair the rights of any participant or recipient of any award without the consent of the participant or recipient.

Change in Control.   In the event of a “Change in Control” (as defined in the Plan), the compensation committee may adjust the number of shares of Class A common stock or other securities of New DraftKings (or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to an award, the exercise or strike price of an award, or any applicable performance measure, and may provide for the substitution or assumption of outstanding awards in a manner that substantially preserves the terms of such awards, the acceleration of the exercisability or lapse of restrictions applicable to outstanding awards and the cancellation of outstanding awards in exchange for the consideration received by shareholders of New DraftKings in connection with such Change in Control transaction.

Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following is a general summary under current law of the principal United States federal income tax consequences related to awards under the Plan applicable to U.S. participants. This summary deals with the general federal income tax principles that apply and is provided only for general information. Other kinds of taxes, such as state, local and foreign income taxes and federal employment taxes, are not discussed. This summary is not intended as tax advice to participants, who should consult their own tax advisors.

Non-Qualified Stock Options.   If an optionee is granted a non-qualified stock option under the Plan, the optionee should not have taxable income on the grant of the option. Generally, the optionee should recognize ordinary income at the time of exercise in an amount equal to the fair market value of the shares acquired on the date of exercise, less the exercise price paid for the shares. The optionee’s basis in the common stock for purposes of determining gain or loss on a subsequent sale or disposition of such shares generally will be the fair market value of our common stock on the date the optionee exercises such option. Any subsequent gain or loss will be taxable as a long-term or short-term capital gain or loss. We or our subsidiaries or affiliates generally should be entitled to a federal income tax deduction at the time and for the same amount as the optionee recognizes ordinary income.

Incentive Stock Options.   A participant receiving ISOs should not recognize taxable income upon grant. Additionally, if applicable holding period requirements are met, the participant should not recognize taxable income at the time of exercise. However, the excess of the fair market value of the shares of our common stock received over the option exercise price is an item of tax preference income potentially subject to the alternative minimum tax. If stock acquired upon exercise of an ISO is held for a minimum of two years from the date of grant and one year from the date of exercise and otherwise satisfies the ISO requirements, the gain or loss (in an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value on the date of disposition and the exercise price) upon disposition of the stock will be treated as a long-term capital gain or loss, and we will not be entitled to any deduction. If the holding period requirements are not met, the ISO will be treated as one that does not meet the requirements of the Code for ISOs and the participant will recognize ordinary income at the time of the disposition equal to the excess of the amount realized over the exercise price, but not more than the excess of the fair market value of the shares on the date the ISO is exercised over the exercise price, with any remaining gain or loss being treated as capital gain or capital loss. We are not entitled to a tax deduction upon either the exercise of an ISO or upon disposition of the shares acquired pursuant to such exercise, except to the extent that the participant recognizes ordinary income on disposition of the shares.

Stock Appreciation Rights.   Generally, a participant will recognize ordinary income upon the receipt of payment pursuant to SARs in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value of any shares of common stock received. We or our subsidiaries or affiliates generally will be entitled to a corresponding tax deduction equal to the amount includible in the participant’s income.

Restricted Stock.   A participant should not have taxable income on the grant of unvested restricted stock, nor will we or our subsidiaries or affiliates then be entitled to any deduction, unless the participant makes a valid election under Section 83(b) of the Code. However, when restrictions on shares of restricted

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stock lapse, such that the shares are no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, the participant generally will recognize ordinary income, and we or our subsidiaries or affiliates will be entitled to a corresponding deduction in an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value of the shares at the date such restrictions lapse over the purchase price, if any, paid for the restricted stock. Stock bonus awards are taxed in a similar manner as when a restricted stock award is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.

If the participant makes a valid election under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to restricted stock, the participant generally will recognize ordinary income at the date of issuance of the restricted stock in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between the fair market value of the shares at that date over the purchase price, if any, for the restricted stock, and we or our subsidiaries or affiliates will be entitled to a deduction for the same amount.

Restricted Stock Units.   A participant will not recognize taxable income at the time of the grant of the restricted stock units, and neither we nor our subsidiaries or affiliates will be entitled to a deduction at that time. When a restricted stock unit is paid, whether in cash or common stock, the participant will have ordinary income equal to the fair market value of the shares delivered or the cash paid, and we or our subsidiaries or affiliates will be entitled to a corresponding deduction.

Cash-Based Awards.   A participant generally will not recognize taxable income at the time of the grant of a cash-based award, and neither we nor our subsidiaries or affiliates will be entitled to a deduction at that time. When any such cash-based award is paid, whether in cash or common stock, the participant will have ordinary income equal to the cash paid, and we or our subsidiaries or affiliates will be entitled to a corresponding deduction.

Section 409A of the Code

Certain types of awards under the Plan may constitute, or provide for, a deferral of compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code. Unless certain requirements set forth in Section 409A of the Code are complied with, holders of such awards may be taxed earlier than would otherwise be the case (e.g., at the time of vesting instead of the time of payment) and may be subject to an additional 20% penalty tax (and, potentially, certain interest penalties and additional state taxes). To the extent applicable, the Plan and awards granted under the Plan are intended to be structured and interpreted in a manner intended to either comply with or be exempt from Section 409A of the Code and the Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance that may be issued under Section 409A of the Code. To the extent determined necessary and appropriate by the plan administrator, the Plan and applicable award agreements may be amended to further comply with Section 409A of the Code or to exempt the applicable awards from Section 409A of the Code.

New Plan Benefits

Grants of awards under the Plan are subject to the discretion of the plan administrator. Therefore, it is not possible to determine the future benefits that will be received by these participants under the Plan.

Recommendation of DEAC Board

Our Board believes that the Plan will provide us with the continued ability to link participants’ pay to shareholder returns, and that it is a critical compensation component in our ability to attract, retain and motivate employees by aligning their interests with the interests of our shareholders.

THE DEAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT DEAC STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN PROPOSAL.

The existence of financial and personal interests of one or more of DEAC’s directors may result in a conflict of interest on the part of such director(s) between what he or they may believe is in the best interests of DEAC and its stockholders and what he or they may believe is best for himself or themselves in determining to recommend that stockholders vote for the proposals. See the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination” for a further discussion.

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THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL

Overview

The adjournment proposal, if approved by DEAC Stockholders, allows the DEAC Board to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation of proxies in the event, based on the tabulated votes, there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the condition precedent proposals or we determine that if one or more of the closing conditions under the BCA has not been satisfied. See the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination.”

Consequences if the Adjournment Proposal is Not Approved

If the adjournment proposal is presented to the Special Meeting and is not approved by the stockholders, DEAC Board may not be able to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date in the event that, based on the tabulated votes, there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the condition precedent proposals, or if one or more of the closing conditions under the BCA has not been satisfied. In such events, the Business Combination would not be completed. However, the chairman of the Special Meeting may adjourn the Special Meeting without the approval of DEAC Stockholders.

Vote Required for Approval

Approval of the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by DEAC Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.

The Adjournment Proposal is not conditioned upon any other proposal.

Recommendation of DEAC Board

THE DEAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT DEAC STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE ADJOURNMENT PROPOSAL.

The existence of financial and personal interests of one or more of DEAC’s directors may result in a conflict of interest on the part of such director(s) between what he or they may believe is in the best interests of DEAC and its stockholders and what he or they may believe is best for himself or themselves in determining to recommend that stockholders vote for the proposals. See the section entitled “The Business Combination Proposal — Interests of DEAC’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination” for a further discussion.

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Defined terms included below have the same meaning as terms defined and included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Introduction

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information presents the pro forma effects of the following transactions (collectively the “Business Combination”):

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The Reverse Recapitalization between Merger Sub and DraftKings;

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The SBTech Acquisition;

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The Private Placement; and

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The issuance of Convertible Notes, which will convert into shares of DEAC Class A common stock immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination.

DEAC was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on March 27, 2019, and completed its initial public offering on May 14, 2019. DEAC is a blank check company whose purpose is to acquire, through a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses. Upon the closing of the IPO, $400.0 million from the net proceeds thereof was placed in a trust account and invested in U.S. “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. As of September 30, 2019, DEAC had approximately $402.6 million held in the trust account.

The following describes the two operating entities:

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DraftKings was organized on December 29, 2011, as a Delaware corporation. DraftKings was founded with the initial mission of leveraging unique technology, analytics and marketing capabilities to deliver a daily fantasy sports offering. Within a few years, DraftKings became one of the largest and most recognized DFS platforms in the United States.

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SBTech was incorporated on July 24, 2007, under the laws of Gibraltar. It was originally named Jamtech Limited, subsequently renamed Networkpot Limited and thereafter renamed SBTech (Global) Limited on August 16, 2010.

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2019 assumes that the Business Combination occurred on September 30, 2019. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and year ended December 31, 2018 present the pro forma effect of the Business Combination as if it had been completed on January 1, 2018.

The pro forma combined financial statements do not necessarily reflect what New DraftKings’ financial condition or results of operations would have been had the Business Combination occurred on the dates indicated. The pro forma combined financial information also may not be useful in predicting the future financial condition and results of operations of the post-combination company. The actual financial position and results of operations may differ significantly from the pro forma amounts reflected herein due to a variety of factors.

The historical financial information of DEAC was derived from the unaudited financial statements of Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. as of September 30, 2019 and for the period between March 27, 2019 and September 30, 2019, included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. The historical financial information of DraftKings was derived from DraftKings’ unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, each of which is included elsewhere in this proxy

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statement/prospectus. The historical financial information of SBTech was derived from SBTech’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, each of which is included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

This information should be read together with DEAC’s, DraftKings’, and SBTech’s unaudited and audited financial statements and related notes, the sections titled “DEAC’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “DraftKings’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “SBT’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and other financial information included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

The Reverse Recapitalization will be accounted for as a reverse merger for which DraftKings has been determined to be the accounting acquirer in both the no redemption and maximum redemption scenarios based on the following predominate factors:

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DraftKings will have the largest voting interest in New DraftKings;

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The board of directors of New DraftKings will have 11 members, and DraftKings will have the ability to nominate eight members of the Board;

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DraftKings’ former management will make up the vast majority of the management of New DraftKings;

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DraftKings is the largest entity by revenue and net income/loss;

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New DraftKings Class B common stock issued to one DraftKings stockholder will allow for incremental voting rights;

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The post-combination company will assume DraftKings’ name.

Other factors were considered but they would not change the preponderance of factors indicating that DraftKings was the accounting acquirer.

The merger between DraftKings and Merger Sub will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded, in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Under this method of accounting, DEAC will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Reverse Recapitalization will be treated as the equivalent of DraftKings issuing stock for the net assets of DEAC, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of DEAC will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Reverse Recapitalization will be those of DraftKings. The SBTech Acquisition will be treated as a business combination under Financial Accounting Standards Board’s ASC 805, and will be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting. DraftKings will record the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed from SBTech.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared using the assumptions below with respect to the potential redemption into cash of DEAC’s Class A common stock:

•

Assuming No Redemptions:   This presentation assumes that none of the holders of shares of DEAC’s Class A common stock exercise redemption rights with respect to their public shares for a pro rata share of the funds in the trust account.

•

Assuming Maximum Redemptions:   This presentation assumes that stockholders holding 30,520,132 DEAC public shares will exercise their redemption rights for their pro rata share (approximately $10.07 per share) of the funds in DEAC’s trust account. This scenario gives effect to DEAC’s public share redemptions of 30,520,132 shares for aggregate redemption payments of $307.3 million. The Business Combination Agreement includes as a condition to closing the Business Combination that, at the Closing, DEAC will have a minimum of  $400.0 million in cash comprising (i) the cash held in the trust account after giving effect to DEAC share redemptions

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and (ii) proceeds from the Private Placement, provided that DraftKings and SBTech will be entitled to waive that condition. After giving effect to the proceeds from the Private Placement, approximately $95.3 million would be needed from the trust account in order to meet the Minimum Proceeds Condition of  $400.0 million.

Description of the Business Combination

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, DEAC intends to acquire all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of DraftKings and SBTech in exchange for cash and equity. The initial purchase price will be based on a combined pre-money enterprise value of DraftKings and SBTech, which will consist of  $197.6 million of cash being transferred to SBTech shareholders (subject to adjustments as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), and the remaining value will be in the form of shares of New DraftKings’ Class A common stock, options and warrants of New DraftKings and, in the case of Mr. Robins, shares of Class B common stock of New DraftKings.

The following summarizes the consideration issuable in the Reverse Recapitalization and SBTech Acquisition assuming a $10.84 share price (as of December 23, 2019) in both the no redemption and maximum redemption scenarios:

Total Consideration (in 000s)	Amounts			Shares
Share consideration – DraftKings(2)	​	$	2,232,100	​	205,913
Cash consideration – SBTech(1)	​	​	197,640	​	—
Share consideration – SBTech(2)	​	​	482,079	​	44,472
Total Merger Consideration	​	$	2,911,819	​	250,385

(1)

Amount is subject to adjustment for the estimated Net Debt Amount and Working Capital Amount, estimated to be $13.5 million, as specified in the Business Combination Agreement. Per the Business Combination Agreement, the cash consideration amount is EUR 180.0 million. Amount was converted using the EUR to USD rate as of December 17, 2019. A 10% fluctuation in the EUR to USD foreign currency exchange rate would change the cash consideration by approximately $19.8 million.

(2)

Represents the estimated fair value of New DraftKings common stock to be issued to DraftKings/​SBTech stockholders pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement. The estimate is based on shares that are expected to be outstanding and options and warrants that are expected to vest by the Closing. Amount is subject to adjustment based on an earnout clause included in the BCA. Per the terms of the BCA, three million shares will be held in escrow for the benefit of DraftKings/SBTech stockholders, and will be paid out in thirds upon the share price of the post-combination company reaching $12.50, $14.00 and $16.00.

The equity share capitalization of New DraftKings under the no redemption and maximum redemption scenarios will be as follows (including shares issuable pursuant to vested options and warrants that will be rolled over at Closing):

Total Capitalization (in 000s)	No Redemptions		%		Maximum Redemptions		%
DraftKings rollover equity – New DraftKings Class A	​	205,913	​	62.1	​	205,913	​	68.4
SBTech rollover equity	​	44,472	​	13.4	​	44,472	​	14.8
DEAC public shareholders	​	40,000	​	12.1	​	9,480	​	3.2
DEAC Founders Shares	​	3,659	​	1.1	​	3,659	​	1.2
DEAC shares issued upon conversion of Convertible Notes	​	6,835	​	2.1	​	6,835	​	2.3
DEAC shares issued in PIPE Offering	​	30,471	​	9.2	​	30,471	​	10.1
Total Shares	​	331,350	​	100.0	​	300,830	​	100.0

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The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2019 and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018 are based on the historical financial statements of DEAC, DraftKings, and SBTech. The unaudited pro forma adjustments are based on information currently available, and assumptions and estimates underlying the unaudited pro forma adjustments are described in the accompanying notes. Actual results may differ materially from the assumptions used to present the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

146

Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet
as of September 30, 2019
(Amounts in thousands)

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

​

​

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

DraftKings (Historical)

DEAC (Historical)

SBTech (As Adjusted) (Note 3)

Accounting Policies and Reclassification Adjustments (Note 2)

Pro Forma Adjustments (Assuming No Redemptions) (Note 4 — PF)

​

Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments (Note 4 — PPA)

​

Pro Forma Combined (Assuming No Redemptions)

Additional Pro Forma Adjustments (Assuming Maximum Redemptions) (Note 4 — PF)

​

Pro Forma Combined (Assuming Maximum Redemptions)

ASSETS

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Current assets:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Cash and cash equivalents

​

$

36,015

​

$

871

​

$

10,208

​

$

—

​

$

402,623

A

​

$

(214,490)

A

​

$

560,085

​

$

(307,338)

K

​

$

252,747

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(14,000)

B

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(32,456)

C

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

66,600

D

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

304,714

E

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Cash reserved for customers

​

​

137,165

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

​

137,165

​

​

—

​

​

​

137,165

Receivables reserved for customers

​

​

21,784

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

​

21,784

​

​

—

​

​

​

21,784

Trade receivables, net

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

20,633

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

​

20,633

​

​

—

​

​

​

20,633

Prepaid expenses

​

​

—

​

​

281

​

​

—

​

​

(281)

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

​

​

11,456

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

4,607

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

​

16,063

​

​

—

​

​

​

16,063

Other current assets

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

4,326

​

​

(4,326)

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

Total current assets

​

​

206,420

​

​

1,152

​

​

35,167

​

​

—

​

​

727,481

​

​

​

(214,490)

​

​

​

755,730

​

​

(307,338)

​

​

​

448,392

Cash and investments held in Trust Account

​

​

—

​

​

402,623

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

(402,623)

A

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

Property and equipment, net

​

​

26,039

​

​

—

​

​

11,197

​

​

123

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

​

37,359

​

​

—

​

​

​

37,359

Intangible assets, net

​

​

20,988

​

​

—

​

​

27,320

​

​

(123)

​

​

—

​

​

​

234,523

B

​

​

282,708

​

​

—

​

​

​

282,708

147

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

DraftKings (Historical)

DEAC (Historical)

SBTech (As Adjusted) (Note 3)

Accounting Policies and Reclassification Adjustments (Note 2)

Pro Forma Adjustments (Assuming No Redemptions) (Note 4 — PF)

​

Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments (Note 4 — PPA)

​

Pro Forma Combined (Assuming No Redemptions)

Additional Pro Forma Adjustments (Assuming Maximum Redemptions) (Note 4 — PF)

Pro Forma Combined (Assuming Maximum Redemptions)

Goodwill

​

4,738

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

​

415,156

A

​

419,894

​

—

​

419,894

Deposits

​

1,654

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

1,654

​

—

​

1,654

Deferred tax assets

​

—

​

—

​

154

​

(154)

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

—

Other non-current assets

​

—

​

—

​

317

​

154

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

471

​

—

​

471

Total Assets

​

259,839

​

403,775

​

74,155

​

—

​

324,858

​

​

435,189

​

​

1,497,816

​

(307,338)

​

1,190,478

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Current liabilities:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Accounts payable

​

—

​

470

​

—

​

(470)

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

—

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

​

68,108

​

—

​

—

​

13,307

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

81,415

​

—

​

81,415

Liabilities to customers

​

158,949

​

—

​

—

​

1,015

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

159,964

​

—

​

159,964

Term note, current portion

​

3,750

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

—

​

—

​

​

3,750

​

—

​

3,750

Settlement liability, current portion

​

2,977

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

2,977

​

—

​

2,977

Trade payables

​

—

​

—

​

6,234

​

(6,234)

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

—

Other accounts payable

​

—

​

—

​

7,618

​

(7,618)

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

—

Total current liabilities

​

233,784

​

470

​

13,852

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

248,106

​

—

​

248,106

Deferred underwriting commissions

​

—

​

14,000

​

—

​

—

​

(14,000)

B

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

—

Other long-term liabilities

​

56,721

​

—

​

—

​

519

​

—

​

​

2,270

C

​

59,510

​

—

​

59,510

Accrued severance pay, net

​

—

​

—

​

519

​

(519)

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

—

Total liabilities

​

290,505

​

14,470

​

14,371

​

—

​

(14,000)

​

​

2,270

​

​

307,616

​

—

​

307,616

Class A common stock subject to possible redemption

​

—

​

384,305

​

—

​

—

​

(384,305)

F

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

—

148

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

​

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

DraftKings (Historical)

DEAC (Historical)

SBTech (As Adjusted) (Note 3)

Accounting Policies and Reclassification Adjustments (Note 2)

Pro Forma Adjustments (Assuming No Redemptions) (Note 4 — PF)

​

Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments (Note 4 — PPA)

​

Pro Forma Combined (Assuming No Redemptions)

Additional Pro Forma Adjustments (Assuming Maximum Redemptions) (Note 4 — PF)

​

Pro Forma Combined (Assuming Maximum Redemptions)

Series E-1 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

​

119,671

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

(119,671)

H

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

Series F Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

​

138,453

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

(138,453)

H

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

Stockholders’ Equity:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Class A common stock

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

1

D

​

4

A

​

33

​

(3)

K

​

30

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

3

E

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

4

F

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

1

G

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

20

H

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Class B common stock

​

—

​

1

​

—

​

—

​

(1)

G

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

—

H

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Common stock

​

389

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

(389)

H

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

Share capital

​

—

​

—

​

3

​

—

​

—

​

​

(3)

D

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

Actuarial reserve

​

—

​

—

​

(156)

​

—

​

—

​

​

156

D

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

Additional paid-in capital

​

680,958

​

2,663

​

—

​

—

​

(6,000)

C

​

492,699

A

​

2,188,508

​

(307,335)

K

​

1,881,173

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

68,347

D

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

304,711

E

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

384,301

F

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

2,336

I

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

258,493

H

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

[ ]

J

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Retained earnings

​

—

​

2,336

​

59,175

​

(61,511)

​

0

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

Accumulated deficit

​

(970,137)

​

—

​

—

​

61,511

​

(26,456)

C

​

(59,175)

D

​

(998,341)

​

—

​

​

(998,341)

149

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

DraftKings (Historical)

DEAC (Historical)

SBTech (As Adjusted) (Note 3)

Accounting Policies and Reclassification Adjustments (Note 2)

Pro Forma Adjustments (Assuming No Redemptions) (Note 4 — PF)

​

Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments (Note 4 — PPA)

​

Pro Forma Combined (Assuming No Redemptions)

Additional Pro Forma Adjustments (Assuming Maximum Redemptions) (Note 4 — PF)

Pro Forma Combined (Assuming Maximum Redemptions)

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(1,748)

D

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(2,336)

I

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

[ ]

J

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Total parent stockholders’ equity

​

(288,790)

​

5,000

​

59,022

​

—

​

981,287

​

​

433,681

​

​

1,190,200

​

(307,338)

​

882,862

Non-controlling interest

​

—

​

—

​

762

​

—

​

—

​

​

(762)

D

​

—

​

—

​

—

Total stockholders’ equity

​

(288,790)

​

5,000

​

59,784

​

—

​

981,287

​

​

432,919

​

​

1,190,200

​

(307,338)

​

882,862

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

​

259,839

​

403,775

​

74,155

​

—

​

324,858

​

​

435,189

​

​

1,497,816

​

(307,338)

​

1,190,478

150

Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations
for the nine months ended September 30, 2019
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

​

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

For the period from March 27, 2019 (inception) to September 30, 2019

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

​

DraftKings (Historical)

DEAC (Historical)

SBTech (As Adjusted) (Note 3)

Accounting Policies and Reclassification Adjustments (Note 2)

Pro Forma Adjustments (Assuming No and Maximum Redemptions) (Note 4 — PF)

​

Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments (Note 4 — PPA)

​

Pro Forma Combined (Assuming No and Maximum Redemptions)

Net revenue

​

$

191,995

​

$

—

​

$

76,778

​

$

—

​

$

—

​

​

$

—

​

​

$

268,773

Cost of revenue

​

​

64,718

​

​

—

​

​

40,235

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

9,127

AA

​

​

114,080

Gross Profit

​

​

127,277

​

​

—

​

​

36,543

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

(9,127)

​

​

​

154,693

Operating Expenses:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Sales and marketing

​

​

124,867

​

​

—

​

​

4,924

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

​

129,791

General and administrative

​

​

78,181

​

​

434

​

​

8,451

​

​

—

​

​

(860)

AA

​

​

495

BB

​

​

86,701

Product and technology

​

​

39,645

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

15,289

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

​

54,934

Research and development expenses

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

15,289

​

​

(15,289)

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Total Operating Expenses

​

​

242,693

​

​

434

​

​

28,664

​

​

—

​

​

(860)

​

​

​

495

​

​

​

271,426

Loss from Operations

​

​

(115,416)

​

​

(434)

​

​

7,879

​

​

—

​

​

860

​

​

​

(9,622)

​

​

​

(116,733)

Interest income (expense)

​

​

1,364

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

(210)

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

​

​

​

1,154

Other income – interest on trust account

​

​

—

​

​

3,391

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

(3,391)

BB

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

151

​

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

For the period from March 27, 2019 (inception) to September 30, 2019

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

​

DraftKings (Historical)

DEAC (Historical)

SBTech (As Adjusted) (Note 3)

Accounting Policies and Reclassification Adjustments (Note 2)

Pro Forma Adjustments (Assuming No and Maximum Redemptions) (Note 4 — PF)

​

Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments (Note 4 — PPA)

​

Pro Forma Combined (Assuming No and Maximum Redemptions)

Financial Income

​

–

​

–

​

25

​

(25)

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

Financial Expenses

​

–

​

–

​

(235)

​

235

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

Loss before Income Tax Expense

​

(114,052)

​

2,957

​

7,669

​

—

​

(2,531)

​

​

(9,622)

​

​

​

(115,579)

Income Tax Expense

​

35

​

621

​

334

​

—

​

936

CC

​

6,919

CC

​

​

8,845

Net Income/(Loss)

​

(114,087)

​

2,336

​

7,335

​

—

​

(3,467)

​

​

(16,541)

​

​

​

(124,424)

No Redemption Scenario

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Weighted average shares outstanding

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

331,350,425

Loss per share (Basic and Diluted) attributable to Class A common stockholders

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

$

(0.38)

Maximum Redemption Scenario

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Weighted average shares outstanding

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

300,830,293

Loss per share (Basic and Diluted) attributable to Class A common stockholders

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

$

(0.41)

152

Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations
for the year ended December 31, 2018
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

​

For the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2018

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

For the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2018

​

DraftKings (Historical)

DEAC (Historical)

SBTech (As Adjusted) (Note 3)

Accounting Policies and Reclassification Adjustments (Note 2)

Pro Forma Adjustments (Assuming No and Maximum Redemptions) (Note 4 — PF)

Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments (Note 4 — PPA)

​

Pro Forma Combined (Assuming No and Maximum Redemptions)

Net revenue

​

$

226,277

​

​

​

$

82,256

​

$

—

​

$

—

​

$

—

​

​

$

308,533

Cost of revenue

​

​

48,689

​

​

​

​

49,551

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

15,554

AA

​

​

113,911

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

117

BB

​

​

​

Gross Profit

​

​

177,588

​

–

​

​

32,705

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

(15,671)

​

​

​

194,622

Operating Expenses:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Sales and marketing

​

​

145,580

​

​

​

​

4,399

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

98

BB

​

$

150,077

General and administrative

​

​

75,904

​

​

​

​

9,024

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

190

AA

​

​

86,578

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

1,460

BB

​

​

​

Product and technology

​

​

32,885

​

​

​

​

—

​

​

11,954

​

​

—

​

​

66

BB

​

​

44,905

Research and development expenses

​

​

​

​

​

​

11,954

​

​

(11,954)

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Total Operating Expenses

​

​

254,369

​

–

​

​

25,377

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

1,814

​

​

​

281,560

Loss from Operations

​

​

(76,781)

​

–

​

​

7,328

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

(17,485)

​

​

​

(86,938)

Interest income (expense)

​

​

666

​

​

​

​

—

​

​

(287)

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

379

Other income – interest on trust account

​

​

–

​

​

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

—

153

​

For the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2018

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

For the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2018

​

DraftKings (Historical)

DEAC (Historical)

SBTech (As Adjusted) (Note 3)

Accounting Policies and Reclassification Adjustments (Note 2)

Pro Forma Adjustments (Assuming No and Maximum Redemptions) (Note 4 — PF)

Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments (Note 4 — PPA)

​

Pro Forma Combined (Assuming No and Maximum Redemptions)

Financial Income

​

—

​

​

​

115

​

(115)

​

—

​

—

​

​

​

—

Financial Expenses

​

—

​

​

​

(402)

​

402

​

—

​

—

​

​

​

—

Loss before Income Tax Expense

​

(76,115)

​

—

​

7,041

​

—

​

—

​

(17,485)

​

​

​

(86,559)

Income Tax Expense

​

105

​

​

668

​

—

​

—

​

9,182

CC

​

​

9,955

Net Income/(Loss)

​

(76,220)

​

—

​

6,373

​

—

​

—

​

(26,667)

​

​

​

(96,514)

No Redemption Scenario

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Weighted average shares outstanding

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

331,350,425

Loss per share (Basic and Diluted) attributable to Class A common stockholders

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

$

(0.29)

Maximum Redemption Scenario

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Weighted average shares outstanding

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

300,830,293

Loss per share (Basic and Diluted) attributable to Class A common stockholders

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

$

(0.32)

154

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Basis of Presentation

The merger between Merger Sub and DraftKings will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Under this method of accounting, DEAC will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Reverse Recapitalization will be treated as the equivalent of DraftKings issuing stock for the net assets of DEAC, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of DEAC will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Reverse Recapitalization will be those of DraftKings.

As DraftKings is determined to be the accounting acquirer in the SBTech Acquisition, the acquisition will be considered a business combination under ASC 805, and will be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting. DraftKings will record the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed from SBTech.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2019 assumes that the Business Combination occurred on September 30, 2019. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018 present pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it had been completed on January 1, 2018. These periods are presented on the basis of DraftKings being the accounting acquirer.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2019 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, the following:

•

DEAC’s unaudited balance sheet as of September 30, 2019 and the related notes for the period ended September 30, 2019, included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus;

•

DraftKings’ unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019 and the related notes for the period ended September 30, 2019, included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus; and

•

SBTech’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019 and the related notes for the period ended September 30, 2019, included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.*

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, the following:

•

DEAC’s unaudited statement of operations for the period between March 27, 2019 and September 30, 2019 and the related notes, included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus;

•

DraftKings’ unaudited statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the related notes, included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus; and

•

SBTech’s unaudited statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the related notes, included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.*

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, the following:

•

DraftKings’ audited statement of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 and the related notes, included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus; and

•

SBTech’s audited statement of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 and the related notes, included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.*

*

The historical financial information for SBTech was prepared under IFRS as issued by the IASB. Refer to Footnote 3 for additional details regarding impact of conversion to U.S. GAAP for unaudited pro forma financial information.

155

Management has made significant estimates and assumptions in its determination of the pro forma adjustments. As the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on these preliminary estimates, the final amounts recorded may differ materially from the information presented.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not give effect to any anticipated synergies, operating efficiencies, tax savings or cost savings that may be associated with the Business Combination.

DEAC is currently evaluating the accounting treatment of the issuance of New DraftKings Class B common stock in connection with the Business Combination.

The pro forma adjustments reflecting the completion of the Business Combination are based on certain currently available information and certain assumptions and methodologies that DEAC believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The unaudited condensed pro forma adjustments, which are described in the accompanying notes, may be revised as additional information becomes available and is evaluated. Therefore, it is likely that the actual adjustments will differ from the pro forma adjustments and it is possible the difference may be material. DEAC believes that its assumptions and methodologies provide a reasonable basis for presenting all of the significant effects of the Business Combination based on information available to management at this time and that the pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions and are properly applied in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations and financial position would have been had the Business Combination taken place on the dates indicated, nor are they indicative of the future consolidated results of operations or financial position of the post-combination company. They should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements and notes thereto of DEAC, DraftKings, and SBTech.

2.

Accounting Policies and Reclassifications

As part of the preparation of these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, certain reclassifications were made to align DEAC’s, DraftKings’ and SBTech’s financial statement presentation. Upon completion of the Business Combination, management will perform a comprehensive review of DEAC’s, DraftKings’, and SBTech’s accounting policies. As a result of the review, management may identify differences between the accounting policies of the three entities which, when conformed, could have a material impact on the financial statements of the post-combination company. Based on its initial analysis, DEAC has identified differences that would have an impact on the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information and recorded the necessary adjustments.

3.

Adjustments to Historical SBTech Financial Information

The historical financial information of SBTech was prepared in accordance with IFRS and presented in Euros. The historical financial information was translated from Euros to U.S. dollars using the following historical exchange rates:

​	$ / €
Period end exchange rate as of September 30, 2019	​	1.09
Average exchange rate for nine months ended September 30, 2019	​	1.12
Average exchange rate for year ended December 31, 2018	​	1.18

In addition, adjustments were made to convert SBTech’s financial information from IFRS to U.S. GAAP, to align SBTech’s accounting policies to those applied by DraftKings, and to remove SBTech’s dot.com business, which was exited on September 1, 2018 and will not be present in the results of operations of the combined company following the Business Combination. Refer to tables below for impacted line items and adjustment amounts in the pro forma condensed combined balance sheet and statements of operations.

156

Impact on pro forma balance sheet as of September 30, 2019:

​

As of September 30, 2019

​

​

​

​

As of September 30, 2019

As of September 30, 2019

​

IFRS SBTech (in EUR)

Total Adjustments (in EUR)

​

U.S. GAAP SBTech (in EUR)

U.S. GAAP SBTech (in USD)

​

(in thousands)

ASSETS

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

CURRENT ASSETS:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Cash and cash equivalents

​

€

9,361

​

€

—

​

​

€

9,361

​

$

10,208

Trade receivables, net

​

​

18,921

​

​

—

​

​

​

18,921

​

​

20,633

Other current assets

​

​

3,833

​

​

134

A

​

​

3,967

​

​

4,326

Total current assets

​

​

32,115

​

​

134

​

​

​

32,249

​

​

35,167

NON-CURRENT ASSETS:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Intangible assets, net

​

​

25,053

​

​

—

​

​

​

25,053

​

​

27,320

Right-of-use assets

​

​

24,662

​

​

(24,662)

B

​

​

—

​

​

—

Property, plant and equipment, net

​

​

10,268

​

​

—

​

​

​

10,268

​

​

11,197

Deferred tax assets

​

​

275

​

​

(134)

A

​

​

141

​

​

154

Other non-current assets

​

​

45

​

​

246

B

​

​

291

​

​

317

Total assets

​

​

92,418

​

​

(24,416)

​

​

​

68,002

​

​

74,155

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Trade payables

​

​

5,717

​

​

—

​

​

​

5,717

​

​

6,234

Lease liabilities

​

​

2,423

​

​

(2,423)

B

​

​

—

​

​

—

Other accounts payable

​

​

6,986

​

​

—

​

​

​

6,986

​

​

7,618

Total current liabilities

​

​

15,126

​

​

(2,423)

​

​

​

12,703

​

​

13,852

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Lease liabilities

​

​

22,318

​

​

(22,318)

B

​

​

—

​

​

—

Accrued severance pay, net

​

​

476

​

​

—

​

​

​

476

​

​

519

Total non-current liabilities

​

​

22,794

​

​

(22,318)

​

​

​

476

​

​

519

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Share capital

​

​

3

​

​

—

​

​

​

3

​

​

3

Actuarial reserve

​

​

(143)

​

​

—

​

​

​

(143)

​

​

(156)

Retained earnings

​

​

53,939

​

​

325

B

​

​

54,264

​

​

59,175

Equity attributable to owners of the parent

​

​

53,799

​

​

325

​

​

​

54,124

​

​

59,022

Non-controlling interest

​

​

699

​

​

—

​

​

​

699

​

​

762

Total equity

​

​

54,498

​

​

325

​

​

​

54,823

​

​

59,784

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

​

​

92,418

​

​

(24,416)

​

​

​

68,002

​

​

74,155

157

Impact on pro forma income statement for the nine months ended September 30, 2019:

​

For nine months ended September 30, 2019

​

​

​

​

For nine months ended September 30, 2019

For nine months ended September 30, 2019

​

IFRS SBTech (in EUR)

Total Adjustments (in EUR)

​

U.S. GAAP SBTech (in EUR)

U.S. GAAP SBTech (in USD)

​

(in thousands)

Revenue

​

€

68,345

​

€

—

​

​

€

68,345

​

$

76,778

Cost of revenue

​

​

35,816

​

​

—

​

​

​

35,816

​

​

40,235

Gross profit

​

​

32,529

​

​

—

​

​

​

32,529

​

​

36,543

Operating expenses:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Selling and marketing expenses

​

​

4,383

​

​

—

​

​

​

4,383

​

​

4,924

General and administrative expenses

​

​

7,381

​

​

142

B

​

​

7,523

​

​

8,451

Research and development expenses

​

​

13,610

​

​

—

​

​

​

13,610

​

​

15,289

Total operating costs and expenses

​

​

25,374

​

​

142

​

​

​

25,516

​

​

28,664

Operating income

​

​

7,155

​

​

(142)

​

​

​

7,013

​

​

7,879

Financial income

​

​

22

​

​

—

​

​

​

22

​

​

25

Financial expenses

​

​

676

​

​

(467)

B

​

​

209

​

​

235

Profit before tax

​

​

6,501

​

​

325

​

​

​

6,826

​

​

7,669

Tax expenses

​

​

297

​

​

—

​

​

​

297

​

​

334

Net profit

​

​

6,204

​

​

325

​

​

​

6,529

​

​

7,335

Impact on pro forma income statement for the year ended December 31, 2018:

​

For year ended December 31, 2018

​

​

​

​

For year ended December 31, 2018

For year ended December 31, 2018

​

IFRS SBTech (in EUR)

Total Adjustments (in EUR)

​

U.S. GAAP SBTech (in EUR)

U.S. GAAP SBTech (in USD)

​

(in thousands)

Revenue

​

€

94,147

​

€

(24,544)

C

​

€

69,603

​

$

82,256

Cost of revenue

​

​

45,087

​

​

(3,158)

C

​

​

41,929

​

​

49,551

Gross profit

​

​

49,060

​

​

(21,386)

​

​

​

27,674

​

​

32,705

Operating expenses:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Selling and marketing expenses

​

​

3,722

​

​

—

​

​

​

3,722

​

​

4,399

General and administrative expenses

​

​

7,636

​

​

—

​

​

​

7,636

​

​

9,024

Research and development expenses

​

​

10,115

​

​

—

​

​

​

10,115

​

​

11,954

Total operating costs and expenses

​

​

21,473

​

​

—

​

​

​

21,473

​

​

25,377

Operating income

​

​

27,587

​

​

(21,386)

​

​

​

6,201

​

​

7,328

Financial income

​

​

97

​

​

—

​

​

​

97

​

​

115

Financial expenses

​

​

340

​

​

—

​

​

​

340

​

​

402

Profit before tax

​

​

27,344

​

​

(21,386)

​

​

​

5,958

​

​

7,041

Tax expenses

​

​

565

​

​

—

C

​

​

565

​

​

668

Net profit

​

​

26,779

​

​

(21,386)

​

​

​

5,393

​

​

6,373

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A.

Reflects the reclassification of deferred taxes associated with current assets or liabilities to other current assets related to IFRS to U.S. GAAP differences on the classification of deferred taxes. In the historical SBTech consolidated balance sheet, all deferred tax assets were classified as non-current.

B.

Reflects the reversal of the impact of the adoption and ongoing effects of the accounting treatment of IFRS 16, Leases, recognized by SBTech in their financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, as DraftKings, the accounting acquirer, has not yet adopted the similar U.S. GAAP standard under ASC 842, Leases, and operates under ASC 840, Leases, as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

C.

Reflects the removal of dot.com customer, which will not be present in the results of operations of the combined company following the Business Combination due to SBTech’s decision to end its relationship with the customer as of September 1, 2018.

4.

Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

The historical consolidated financial statements have been adjusted in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information to give effect to pro forma events that are (1) directly attributable to the Business Combination, (2) factually supportable and (3) with respect to the statement of operations, expected to have a continuing impact on the results of New DraftKings.

There were no intercompany balances or transactions between DEAC, DraftKings and SBTech as of the dates and for the periods of these unaudited pro forma combined financial statements.

The pro forma combined consolidated provision for income taxes does not necessarily reflect the amounts that would have resulted had the Companies filed consolidated income tax returns during the periods presented.

The pro forma basic and diluted earnings per share amounts presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statements of operations are based upon the number of DEAC’s shares outstanding, assuming the Business Combination occurred on January 1, 2018.

Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2019 are as follows:

Pro Forma Adjustments (PF)

A.

Reflects the reclassification of  $402.6 million of cash and cash equivalents held in the DEAC trust account that become available for transaction consideration, transaction expenses, redemption of public shares and the operating activities of DEAC following the Business Combination.

B.

Reflects the settlement of  $14.0 million of deferred underwriters’ fees.

C.

Represents estimated transaction costs in consummating the Business Combination (excluding approximately $3.4 million in transaction-related costs, including a tail liability insurance for SBTech’s current directors and officers, incurred by SBTech and to be borne by DraftKings under the Business Combination Agreement, which was allocated to purchase price).

D.

Represents proceeds of  $66.6 million received from the issuance of the Convertible Notes. Upon the Closing, the mandatory conversion feature upon a business combination would be triggered, causing a conversion of the outstanding principal amount of these Notes and any unpaid accrued interest in equity securities at a specified price. The Convertible Notes are expected to be outstanding from December 2019 through April 2020. For purposes of this pro forma presentation, interest of $1.7 million for the period the Convertible Note is expected to be outstanding was accrued and converted in addition to the principal balance.

E.

Represents proceeds of  $304.7 million from the issuance of 30.5 million shares in the Private Placement based on commitments received.

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F.

Reflects the reclassification of approximately $384.3 million of DEAC Class A common stock subject to possible redemption to permanent equity.

G.

Reflects the conversion of DEAC Class B common stock to DEAC Class A common stock. In connection with the Closing, all shares of DEAC Class B common stock will convert into shares of DEAC Class A common stock.

H.

Represents recapitalization of DraftKings equity and issuance of 205.9 million of New DraftKings Class A common stock to DK Equityholders as consideration for the Reverse Recapitalization.

I.

Reflects the reclassification of DEAC’s historical retained earnings.

J.

May reflect the estimated amount of compensation cost related to the acceleration of the vesting for certain existing stock options granted, the value of which is being evaluated as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

K.

Reflects the maximum redemption of 30,520,132 shares for aggregate redemption payments of $307.3 million allocated to Class A common stock and additional paid-in capital using par value $0.0001 per share and at a redemption price of  $10.07 per share.

Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments (PPA)

A.

The estimated consideration is as follows:

(in thousands)	​
Cash consideration(1)	$	211,134
Share consideration(2)	​	492,703
Other consideration(3)	​	3,356
Total estimated consideration	​	707,193

(1)

Includes the cash consideration, as adjusted for estimated excess Net Debt Amount and Working Capital Amount as specified in the Business Combination Agreement.

(2)

Includes the share consideration and the estimated contingent consideration of the earnout clause as specified in the Business Combination Agreement. The additional consideration related to the earnout clause was estimated assuming a 50% probability of reaching the specified share price targets. The possible range for the value of the contingent consideration related to the earnout clause is $0 to $21.3 million.

(3)

Includes transaction costs incurred by SBTech to be borne by DraftKings and the six year liability insurance for SBTech’s current directors and officers, as specified in the Business Combination Agreement.

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed of SBTech are recorded at the acquisition date fair values. The pro forma adjustments are preliminary and based on estimates of the fair value and useful lives of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and have been prepared to illustrate the estimated effect of the SBTech Acquisition.

For all assets acquired and liabilities assumed other than identified intangible assets and goodwill, the carrying value was assumed to equal fair value. The final determination of the fair value of certain assets and liabilities will be completed within the one-year measurement period as required by ASC 805. The size and breadth of the SBTech Acquisition may necessitate the use of this measurement period to adequately analyze and assess a number of the factors used in establishing the asset and liability fair values as of the acquisition date, including the significant contractual and operational factors underlying the developed technology and user relationship intangible assets and the assumptions underpinning the related tax impacts of any changes made. Any potential adjustments made could be material in relation to the preliminary values presented.

Accordingly, the pro forma purchase price allocation is subject to further adjustment as additional information becomes available and as additional analyses and final valuations are completed. There

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can be no assurances that these additional analyses and final valuations will not result in significant changes to the estimates of fair value set forth below.

The following table sets forth a preliminary allocation of the estimated consideration for the SBTech Acquisition to the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on SBTech’s September 30, 2019 balance sheet, with the excess recorded as goodwill:

Cash and cash equivalents	$	10,208
Trade receivables, net	​	20,633
Other current assets	​	4,326
Property and equipment, net	​	11,320
Intangible assets, net	​	261,720
Deferred tax assets	​	154
Other non-current assets	​	317
Total Assets	​	308,678
Trade payables	​	6,234
Other accounts payable	​	7,618
Other long-term liabilities	​	2,270
Accrued severance pay, net	​	519
Total liabilities	​	16,641
Net assets acquired (a)	​	292,037
Estimated purchase consideration (b)	​	707,193
Estimated goodwill (b) - (a)	​	415,156

In accordance with ASC Topic 350, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, goodwill will not be amortized, but instead will be tested for impairment at least annually or more frequently if certain indicators are present. In the event management determines that the value of goodwill has become impaired, an accounting charge for the amount of impairment during the quarter in which the determination is made may be recognized. Goodwill recognized is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

Total consideration was calculated based on a $10.84 share price. In the event that the share price increases or decreases by 10%, the impact on total consideration and goodwill would be as follows:

Change in stock price	Stock Price			Estimated Consideration			Goodwill
Decrease of 10%	​	$	9.76	​	$	658,985	​	$	366,948
Increase of 10%	​	$	11.92	​	$	755,400	​	$	463,363

B.

The table below indicates the estimated fair value of each of the identifiable intangible assets:

​	Preliminary Estimated Asset Fair Value		Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)
​	(in thousands, except for useful life)
Developed technology	​	130,860	​	10
User Relationships	​	100,871	​	15
Trademarks and Trade Names	​	29,989	​	15
Total	​	261,720	​	​
Less: Net intangible assets reported on SBTech’s historical financial statements	​	(27,197)	​	​
Pro forma adjustment	​	234,523	​	​

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The fair values of the developed technology intangible assets were determined by using an “income approach,” specifically the relief-from-royalty approach, which is a commonly accepted valuation approach. This approach is based on the assumption that in lieu of ownership, a firm would be willing to pay a royalty in order to exploit the related benefits of this asset. Therefore, a portion of SBTech’s earnings, equal to the after-tax royalty that would have been paid for the use of the asset, can be attributed to the firm’s ownership. The fair values of the trademark and tradename intangible assets were also determined by the relief-from-royalty approach. The fair values of the user relationship intangible assets were determined by using an “income approach,” specifically a multi-period excess earnings approach, which is a commonly accepted valuation approach. Under this approach, the net earnings attributable to the asset or liability being measured are isolated using the discounted projected net cash flows. These projected cash flows are isolated from the projected cash flows of the combined asset group over the remaining economic life of the intangible asset or liability being measured. Both the amount and the duration of the cash flows are considered from a market participant perspective. Where appropriate, the net cash flows were adjusted to reflect the potential attrition of existing customers in the future, as existing customers are a “wasting” asset and are expected to decline over time.

C.

Represents the deferred tax impact associated with the incremental differences in book and tax basis created from the preliminary purchase price allocation resulting from the step up in fair value of intangible assets. Deferred taxes were established based on SBTech’s blended statutory tax rate of 2.25%, based on jurisdictions where income has historically been generated. This estimate of deferred income tax liabilities is preliminary and is subject to change based upon SBTech’s final determination of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed by jurisdiction.

D.

Represents the elimination of SBTech’s historical equity.

Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and year ended December 31, 2018 are as follows:

Pro Forma Adjustments (PF)

AA.

Reflects elimination of transaction-related costs incurred and recorded by DEAC and DraftKings.

BB.

Reflects the elimination of interest income on the trust account.

CC.

Reflects adjustments to income tax expense as a result of the tax impact on the pro forma adjustments at the estimated statutory tax rate of 27.6%.

Purchase Price Allocation Adjustments (PPA)

AA.

Reflects the incremental amortization expense recorded as a result of the fair value adjustment for intangible assets acquired in the SBTech Acquisition.

BB.

Reflects the adjustment to stock-based compensation expense for the post-combination portion of the SBT rolled-over options. The new stock-based compensation expense is amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining vesting periods.

CC.

Reflects adjustments to income tax expense as a result of the tax impact on the purchase accounting adjustments at the estimated statutory tax rate of 27.6%.

5.

Loss per Share

Represents the net earnings per share calculated using the historical weighted average shares outstanding and the issuance of additional shares in connection with the Business Combination, assuming the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2018. As the Business Combination is being reflected as if it had occurred at the beginning of the periods presented, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net income per share assumes that the shares issuable relating to the Business Combination have been outstanding for the entire periods presented. If the maximum number of shares are redeemed, this calculation is retroactively adjusted to eliminate such shares for the entire periods.

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The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared assuming two alternative levels of redemption into cash of DEAC’s Class A common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and for the year ended December 31, 2018:

​

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

Year Ended December 31, 2018

​

Assuming No Redemptions

Assuming Maximum Redemptions

Assuming No Redemptions

Assuming Maximum Redemptions

Pro forma net loss

​

​

(124,424)

​

​

(124,424)

​

​

(96,514)

​

​

(96,514)

Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A common stock

​

​

331,350,425

​

​

300,830,293

​

​

331,350,425

​

​

300,830,293

Net loss per share (Basic and Diluted) attributable to Class A common stockholders(1)

​

$

(0.38)

​

$

(0.41)

​

$

(0.29)

​

$

(0.32)

(1)

For the purposes of applying the if converted method for calculating diluted earnings per share, it was assumed that all outstanding warrants sold in the IPO and the private placement are exchanged for Class A common stock. However, since this results in anti-dilution, the effect of such exchange was not included in calculation of diluted loss per share.

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OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO DEAC

Introduction

DEAC is a blank check company incorporated on March 27, 2019 as a Delaware corporation whose business purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Prior to executing the Business Combination Agreement, DEAC’s efforts were limited to organizational activities, completion of its initial public offering and the evaluation of possible business combinations.

Initial Public Offering

DEAC has neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenue to date. Based on DEAC’s business activities, DEAC is a “shell company” as defined under the Exchange Act because it has no operations and nominal assets consisting almost entirely of cash.

On May 14, 2019, DEAC consummated its initial public offering of 40,000,000 units (“units”), including the issuance of 5,000,000 units as a result of the underwriters’ partial exercise of their over-allotment option. Each unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The units were sold at an offering price of  $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds, before expenses, of  $400,000,000. Prior to the consummation of the initial public offering, on March 28, 2019, Eagle Equity Partners, LLC (the Sponsor) purchased 10,062,500 shares of DEAC Class B common stock for an aggregate purchase price of  $25,000, or approximately $0.002 per share. On April 10, 2019, our Sponsor transferred 4,930,625 founder shares to Mr. Sloan for a purchase price of $12,250 (the same per-share purchase price initially paid by our Sponsor), resulting in our Sponsor holding 5,131,875 founder shares. The number of founder shares issued was determined based on the expectation that the initial public offering would be a maximum of 40,250,000 units and therefore that such founder shares would represent, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock under the initial public offering. In connection with the underwriters’ partial exercise of their over-allotment option prior to the closing of the initial public offering, on May 14, 2019, our Sponsor and Mr. Sloan surrendered an aggregate of 62,500 founder shares (consisting of 31,875 by our Sponsor and 30,625 by Mr. Sloan) to DEAC for no consideration, resulting in our Sponsor holding 5,100,000 founder shares and Mr. Sloan holding 4,900,000 founder shares.

Simultaneously with the consummation of the initial public offering, DEAC consummated the private sale of an aggregate of 6,333,334 warrants, each exercisable to purchase one share of DEAC Class A common stock at $11.50 per share, to our Sponsor and Mr. Sloan at a price of  $1.50 per warrant, generating gross proceeds, before expenses, of approximately $9,500,000 (the “private placement warrants”). The private placement warrants are identical to the warrants included in the units sold in the initial public offering, except that, so long as they are held by their initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, (i) they will not be redeemable by DEAC, (ii) they (including the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of these warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold until 30 days after DEAC completes its initial business combination and (iii) they may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis.

Upon the closing of the initial public offering and the private placement warrants, $400,000,000 was placed in a trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay taxes, if any, and to fund DEAC’s working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of  $250,000), DEAC’s Current Charter provides that none of the funds held in trust will be released from the trust account until the earlier of  (i) the completion of an initial business combination; (ii) the redemption of any of the public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Current Charter to modify the substance or timing of DEAC’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if DEAC does not complete an initial public offering within 24 months from the closing of its initial public offering or with respect to any other material provisions relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity or (iii) the redemption of 100% of the public shares if DEAC is unable to complete an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of DEAC’s initial public offering. The proceeds held in the trust account may only be invested in United States “government

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securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations.

After the payment of underwriting discounts and commissions (excluding the deferred portion of $14,000,000 in underwriting discounts and commissions, which amount will be payable upon consummation of the Business Combination) and $530,870 in expenses relating to the initial public offering, approximately $970,000 of the net proceeds of the initial public offering and private placement was not deposited into the trust account and was retained by DEAC for working capital purposes. The net proceeds deposited into the trust account remain on deposit in the trust account earning interest. As of September 30, 2019, there was $402,624,209 in investments and cash held in the trust account and $870,851 of cash held outside the trust account available for working capital purposes.

Fair Market Value of DraftKings’ and SBT’s Businesses

DEAC’s initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the trust account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the business combination. DEAC will not complete a business combination unless it acquires a controlling interest in a target company or is otherwise not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. DEAC’s board of directors determined that this test was met in connection with the proposed Business Combination.

Stockholder Approval of Business Combination

Under the Current Charter, in connection with any proposed business combination, DEAC must seek stockholder approval of an initial business combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which public stockholders may seek to redeem their public shares, subject to the limitations described in the prospectus for DEAC’s initial public offering. Accordingly, in connection with the Business Combination, the DEAC Stockholders may seek to redeem the public shares that they hold in accordance with the procedures set forth in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Voting Restrictions in Connection with Stockholder Meeting

In connection with DEAC’s initial public offering, DEAC’s initial stockholders (consisting of our Sponsor and Mr. Sloan) and its directors at the time of its initial public offering entered into a letter agreement to vote their shares in favor of the Business Combination Proposal and DEAC also expects them to vote their shares in favor of all other proposals being presented at the Special Meeting. As of the date hereof, DEAC’s initial stockholders own approximately 20% of the total outstanding DEAC Shares.

At any time prior to the Special Meeting, during a period when they are not then aware of any material nonpublic information regarding DEAC or its securities, the DEAC initial stockholders, DraftKings and/or its affiliates and SBT and/or its affiliates may purchase shares and/or warrants from investors, or they may enter into transactions with such investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire shares of DEAC Class A common stock or vote their shares in favor of the Business Combination Proposal. The purpose of such share purchases and other transactions would be to increase the likelihood that (i) the proposals presented to stockholders for approval at the Special Meeting are approved and/or (ii) DEAC satisfy the Minimum Proceeds Condition. Any such stock purchases and other transactions may thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining stockholder approval of the business combination. This may result in the completion of the Business Combination in a way that may not otherwise have been possible. While the exact nature of any such incentives has not been determined as of the date of this proxy statement/​prospectus, they might include, without limitation, arrangements to protect such investors or holders against potential loss in value of their shares, including the granting of put options and the transfer to such investors or holders of shares or rights owned by DEAC’s initial stockholders for nominal value.

Liquidation if No Business Combination

DEAC has until May 14, 2021 to complete an initial business combination. If it is unable to complete its initial business combination by that date (or such later date as its stockholders may approve in

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accordance with the Current Charter), DEAC will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to it to fund its working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of  $250,000) (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any) and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of DEAC’s remaining stockholders and its board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject, in each case, to DEAC’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the private placement warrants, which will expire worthless if DEAC fails to complete its initial business combination by May 14, 2021.

DEAC’s initial stockholders (consisting of the Sponsor and Mr. Sloan) and its directors and officers have entered into a letter agreement with it, pursuant to which they have waived their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if DEAC fails to complete its initial business combination within the required time frame. However, if DEAC’s initial stockholders, officers and independent directors acquire public shares in or after the initial public offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such public shares if DEAC fails to complete its initial business combination by May 14, 2021.

The Sponsor and DEAC’s officers and directors have also agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with DEAC, that they will not propose any amendment to the Current Charter that would affect the substance or timing of DEAC’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if it does not complete its initial business combination by May 14, 2021, unless DEAC provides its public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to it to fund its working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of   $250,000) and/or to pay its taxes, divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares. However, DEAC may not redeem the public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that it is not subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules).

DEAC expects that all costs and expenses associated with implementing its plan of dissolution, as well as payments to any creditors, will be funded from amounts remaining out of the approximately $750,000 of proceeds held outside the trust account, although it cannot assure you that there will be sufficient funds for such purpose. However, if those funds are not sufficient to cover the costs and expenses associated with implementing the plan of dissolution, to the extent that there is any interest accrued in the trust account not required to pay taxes on interest income earned on the trust account balance, DEAC may request the trustee to release to it an additional amount of up to $100,000 of such accrued interest to pay those costs and expenses.

If DEAC was to expend all of the net proceeds of its initial public offering, other than the proceeds deposited in the trust account, and without taking into account interest, if any, earned on the trust account, the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders upon its dissolution would be $10.00. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could, however, become subject to the claims of its creditors, which would have higher priority than the claims of its public stockholders. DEAC cannot assure you that the actual per-share redemption amount received by stockholders will not be less than $10.00. While DEAC intends to pay such amounts, if any, it cannot assure you that it will have funds sufficient to pay or provide for all creditors’ claims.

Although DEAC will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses and other entities with which it does business execute agreements with it waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of its public stockholders, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements or even if they execute such agreements that they would be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account including but not limited to

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fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain an advantage with respect to a claim against DEAC’s assets, including the funds held in the trust account. If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, DEAC’s management will perform an analysis of the alternatives available to it and will only enter into an agreement with a third party that has not executed a waiver if management believes that such third party’s engagement would be significantly more beneficial to DEAC than any alternative. Examples of possible instances where DEAC may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with DEAC and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason. In order to protect the amounts held in the trust account, our Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to DEAC if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to DEAC, or a prospective target business with which DEAC has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below the lesser of  (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable; provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to monies held in the trust account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under DEAC’s indemnity of the underwriters of its initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, DEAC has not asked our Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has DEAC independently verified whether our Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and DEAC believes that our Sponsor’s only assets are DEAC’s securities. Therefore, DEAC cannot assure you that our Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully made against the trust account, the funds available for the Business Combination and redemptions could be reduced to less than $10.00 per public share. In such event, DEAC may not be able to complete the Business Combination, and DEAC’s public stockholders would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of their public shares. None of DEAC’s officers or directors will indemnify DEAC for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

In the event that the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below the lesser of  (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case less taxes payable, and our Sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its indemnification obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, DEAC’s independent directors would determine whether to take legal action against our Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations. While DEAC currently expects that its independent directors would take legal action on its behalf against our Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to DEAC, it is possible that DEAC’s independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so in any particular instance. Accordingly, DEAC cannot assure you that due to claims of creditors the actual value of the per-share redemption price will not be less than $10.00 per share.

DEAC will seek to reduce the possibility that our Sponsor will have to indemnify the trust account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which it does business execute agreements with DEAC waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the trust account. The Sponsor will also not be liable as to any claims under DEAC’s indemnity of the underwriters of its initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. DEAC has access to up to approximately $750,000 held outside the trust account with which it may pay any such potential claims (including costs and expenses

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incurred in connection with its liquidation, currently estimated to be no more than approximately $100,000). In the event that DEAC liquidates, and it is subsequently determined that the reserve for claims and liabilities is insufficient, stockholders who received funds from the trust account could be liable for claims made by creditors.

If DEAC files a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against it that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in its bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of DEAC’s stockholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, DEAC cannot assure you it will be able to return $10.00 per share to its public stockholders. Additionally, if DEAC files a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against DEAC that is not dismissed, any distributions received by stockholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.” As a result, a bankruptcy court could seek to recover all amounts received by DEAC’s stockholders. Furthermore, DEAC’s board may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to DEAC’s creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, and thereby exposing itself and the company to claims of punitive damages, by paying public stockholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors. DEAC cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against it for these reasons.

DEAC’s public stockholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only (i) in the event of the redemption of the public shares if DEAC does not complete its initial business combination by May 14, 2021, (ii) in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Current Charter to modify the substance or timing of DEAC’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if it does not complete its initial business combination by May 14, 2021 or with respect to any other material provisions relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity or (iii) if they redeem their respective shares for cash upon the completion of DEAC’s initial business combination. In no other circumstances will a stockholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the trust account. In the event DEAC seeks stockholder approval in connection with an initial business combination, a stockholder’s voting in connection with the business combination alone will not result in a stockholder’s redeeming its shares to DEAC for an applicable pro rata share of the trust account. Such stockholder must have also exercised its redemption rights described above. These provisions of the Current Charter, like all provisions of the Current Charter, may be amended with a stockholder vote.

Properties

DEAC currently sub-leases its executive offices at 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300, Los Angeles, CA 90067 from Global Eagle Acquisition LLC, an entity affiliated with our Sponsor and the members of DEAC’s management team. DEAC has agreed to reimburse such entity for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to members of its management team in an amount not to exceed $15,000 per month in the event such space and/or services are utilized and DEAC does not pay a third party directly for such services. DEAC believes, based on rents and fees for similar services, that this amount is at least as favorable as it could have obtained from an unaffiliated person. DEAC considers its current office space adequate for its current operations.

Employees

DEAC currently has two executive officers. These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to DEAC’s matters but they intend to devote as much of their time as they deem necessary to DEAC’s affairs until it has completed an initial business combination. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a target business has been selected for an initial business combination and the stage of the business combination process it is in. DEAC does not intend to have any full time employees prior to the completion of its initial business combination.

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Directors and Executive Officers

DEAC’s directors and executive officers are as follows:

Name	Age	Position
Jeff Sagansky	67	Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Eli Baker	45	President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Scott M. Delman	60	Director
Joshua Kazam	42	Director
Fredric D. Rosen	76	Director
Scott I. Ross	39	Director

Jeff Sagansky has been DEAC’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman since March 2019. Mr. Sagansky served as the Chief Executive Officer and chairman of Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. (“Platinum Eagle”) from December 2017 until the consummation of its business combination with Target Logistics Management, LLC and RL Signor Holdings, LLC in March 2019. Platinum Eagle changed its name to Target Hospitality Corp. (“Target Hospitality”) (Nasdaq: TH) in connection with the business combination and Mr. Sagansky continues to serve as a member of Target Hospitality’s board of directors. Mr. Sagansky has been a director of WillScot Corporation (Nasdaq: WSC) since Double Eagle Acquisition Corp. (“Double Eagle”) was formed on June 26, 2015 and served as Double Eagle’s President and Chief Executive Officer from August 6, 2015 until the consummation of its business combination in November 2017. Mr. Sagansky currently serves as co-founder and chairman of Hemisphere Capital Management LLC, a private motion picture and television finance company. Mr. Sagansky co-founded, together with Mr. Sloan, Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. (“GEAC”), which completed its business combination with Row 44 and AIA in January 2013. GEAC changed its name to Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (“GEE”) (Nasdaq: ENT) in connection with its business combination and is currently a worldwide provider of media content, connectivity systems and operational data solutions to the travel industry. Mr. Sagansky served as GEAC’s president from February 2011 through January 2013. He also co-founded, together with Mr. Sloan, Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp. (“Silver Eagle”), which invested approximately $273.3 million in Videocon d2h in exchange for equity shares of Videocon d2h represented by ADSs in March 2015. In March 2018, Videocon d2h merged with and into Dish TV India Limited (NSE: DISHTV). Mr. Sagansky served as Silver Eagle’s president from April 2013 through March 2015.

Mr. Sagansky was formerly chief executive officer and then vice chairman of Paxson Communications Corporation from 1998 to 2003, where he launched the PAX TV program network in 1998. Under his leadership, PAX TV became a highly rated family-friendly television network with distribution growing from 60% of U.S. television households to almost 90% in only four years. In addition, Mr. Sagansky drove substantial improvement in the network’s financial performance with compounded annual revenue growth of 24% and compounded annual gross income growth of 30% from 1998 to 2002. Prior to joining Pax, Mr. Sagansky was co-president of Sony Pictures Entertainment (“SPE”) from 1996 to 1998 where he was responsible for SPE’s strategic planning and worldwide television operations. While at SPE, he spearheaded SPE’s acquisition, in partnership with Liberty Media Corporation and other investors, of Telemundo Network Group, LLC, or Telemundo. The transaction generated significant returns for SPE as Telemundo was sold to the National Broadcasting Company, Inc., for over six times its original investment less than three years later. Previously, as executive vice president of Sony Corporation of America (“SCA”). Mr. Sagansky oversaw the 1997 merger of SCA’s Loews Theaters unit with the Cineplex Odeon Corporation to create one of the world’s largest movie theater companies, and the highly successful U.S. launch of the Sony PlayStation video game console. Prior to joining SCA, Mr. Sagansky was president of CBS Entertainment from 1990 to 1994, where he engineered CBS’ ratings rise from third to first place in 18 months. Mr. Sagansky previously served as president of production and then president of TriStar Pictures, where he developed and oversaw production of a wide variety of successful films.

Mr. Sagansky graduated with a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He also serves on the boards of GEE and GoEuro. We believe Mr. Sagansky is qualified to serve on DEAC’s board of directors due to his extensive background and experience as an executive in the media and entertainment industries and his substantial mergers and acquisitions experience.

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Eli Baker has been DEAC’s President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since March 2019. Mr. Baker served as the president, chief financial officer and secretary of Platinum Eagle from July 2017 until the consummation of its business combination in March 2019, and has served as a member of Target Hospitality’s board of directors since March 2019. Mr. Baker served as Double Eagle’s vice president, general counsel and secretary from June 2015 through its business combination in November 2017. Mr. Baker was also a director of Silver Eagle from July 2014 through Silver Eagle’s business combination in March 2015. Mr. Baker is a co-founder and partner of Manifest Investment Partners, LLC, a growth equity/venture fund that focuses on early stage technology-enabled businesses, where he has served since June 2016. Mr. Baker continues to be co-managing director and a partner in Hemisphere Capital Management LLC, a private motion picture and television finance company where he has been since May 2009. Previously, Mr. Baker served as a principal at Grosvenor Park Investors from 2007 to 2009, a joint venture with Fortress Investment Group where he shared oversight over the special opportunity credit/debt funds in the media space. Mr. Baker is a former lawyer, and has served in a legal affairs capacity at various companies in and out of the media business. Mr. Baker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Juris Doctor from the University of California at Hastings Law School and is a member of the California State Bar.

Scott M. Delman has served on DEAC’s board of directors since December 2019. Mr. Delman is the founder of Blue Spruce Productions, a producer of top Broadway and West End theatrical events, and is also the Managing Partner of DGZ Capital, a private equity firm that acquires ownership stakes in alternative investment firms (“DGZ”). Prior to forming DGZ, Mr. Delman was co-founder and President of Capital Z Investments, where he initiated and managed a multi-billion-dollar investment program to sponsor the creation of new alternative asset management companies. Capital Z Investments has invested over $2.0 billion in more than 25 investment firms throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Mr. Delman has served on the boards and advisory councils of various academic, corporate, cultural and public policy organizations such as Third Way, the New America Foundation, The Truman Project, Manhattan Theatre Club, Yale Drama School and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Mr. Delman graduated with honors from Yale College in 1982 and received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1986. Mr. Delman also served as a Visiting Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s JFK School for Government in 2006 and 2007, where he focused on the intersection between international capital markets and national security.

We believe Mr. Delman is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive private equity and investment experience, as well as his substantial knowledge of the entertainment business.

Joshua Kazam has served on DEAC’s board of directors since the completion of its initial public offering. Mr. Kazam served as a director of Platinum Eagle from its initial public offering through the completion of its initial business combination in March 2019. Mr. Kazam is a co-founder and has been a Partner of Two River Consulting, LLC (“Two River”) since June 2009. Prior to founding Two River, he served as Managing Director of a life science focused venture capital firm from 1999 to 2004, where he was responsible for ongoing operations of venture investments. Mr. Kazam co-founded and served on the Board of Directors of Kite Pharma, Inc. from its inception in 2009 until it was acquired by Gilead Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) in October 2017. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Capricor Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: CAPR) since its inception in 2007. Mr. Kazam also serves as a director of several privately held companies, including Hubble Contacts. Mr. Kazam is a Member of the Wharton School’s Undergraduate Executive Board and serves on the Board of Directors of the Desert Flower Foundation. Mr. Kazam received his B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

We believe Mr. Kazam is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive venture capital experience and his experience serving on boards of other public companies.

Fredric D. Rosen has served on DEAC’s board of directors since the completion of its initial public offering. Mr. Rosen served as a director of Platinum Eagle from its initial public offering through the completion of its initial business combination in March 2019. Mr. Rosen has been a director of WillScot Corporation since the closing of Double Eagle’s initial business combination in September 2015. Mr. Rosen was the Co-CEO of Outbox Enterprises, LLC, an entity comprised of Outbox Technology, Cirque du Soleil and Anschutz Entertainment Group, from September 2010 until February 2012. Mr. Rosen remained a

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principal in the enterprise until he sold his interests in October 2014. Since February 2012, Mr. Rosen has been a self-employed consultant. Mr. Rosen was the President and CEO of Ticketmaster Group, Inc. from 1982 to 1998. Mr. Rosen served as Chairman and CEO of Stone Canyon Entertainment, an operator of traveling amusement parks, from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Rosen has served as a director of Exari Group, Inc., a provider of cloud-based software for contract management, since May 2011. He served as a director of Prime Focus World, NV, a filmmaking partner to studios and film production companies, from August 2012 to June 2015. Mr. Rosen served as a trustee of Crossroads School for 16 years and was a board member of the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission for 15 years and now serves on its advisory board. He was a founding board member of the Wallis Annenberg Cultural Center in Beverly Hills and is currently a member of the Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Mr. Rosen is also currently a board member of the Pacific Council and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Mr. Rosen received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Clark University in June 1965 and his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in June 1969. He was admitted and became a member of the New York State Bar in November 1969 and practiced law in New York City from 1972 to 1982. We believe Mr. Rosen is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his decades of experience leading, operating and managing entertainment businesses and his service as chief executive officer and director of several public companies.

Scott I. Ross has served on DEAC’s board of directors since December 2019. Mr. Ross is the founder and Managing Partner of Hill Path Capital. Mr. Ross was previously a Partner at Apollo Management (“Apollo”), which he joined in 2004, responsible for private equity and debt investments in the lodging, leisure, entertainment, consumer and business services sectors. Prior to Apollo, Mr. Ross was a member of the Principal Investment Area in the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and a Member of the Principal Finance Group in the Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Ross was employed by Shumway Capital Partners from August 2008 to September 2009. Mr. Ross currently serves on the boards of directors of SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. and Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. and has previously served on the boards of directors of EVERTEC, Inc. and CEC Entertainment, Inc. (the parent company of Chuck E. Cheese’s). Mr. Ross graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a B.A. degree in Economics.

We believe Mr. Ross is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive experience leading private equity transactions in the entertainment and leisure industries and his service as director of several public companies.

Executive Compensation and Director Compensation

None of DEAC’s executive officers or directors have received any cash compensation for services rendered to DEAC. We have agreed to reimburse an affiliate of our Sponsor for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to members of our management team in an amount not to exceed $15,000 per month in the event such space and/or services are utilized and we do not pay a third party directly for such services. Our Sponsor, executive officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our Sponsor, executive officers or directors, or our or their affiliates. Any such payments prior to an initial business combination will be made from (i) funds held outside the trust account or (ii) interest earned on the trust account and released to us to fund our working capital requirements (subject to an annual maximum release of $250,000).

Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors

DEAC’s board of directors consists of five members and is divided into three classes with only one class of directors being elected in each year, and with each class (except for those directors appointed prior to DEAC’s first annual meeting of stockholders) serving a three-year term. In accordance with The Nasdaq Stock Market corporate governance requirements, DEAC is not required to hold an annual meeting until one year after its first fiscal year end following its listing on Nasdaq. The term of office of the first class of directors, consisting of Mr. Rosen, will expire at DEAC’s first annual meeting of stockholders. The term of

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office of the second class of directors, consisting of Messrs. Delman and Kazam, will expire at the second annual meeting of stockholders. The term of office of the third class of directors, consisting of Messrs. Ross and Sagansky, will expire at the third annual meeting of stockholders.

DEAC’s officers are appointed by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific terms of office. DEAC’s board of directors is authorized to appoint officers as it deems appropriate pursuant to the Current Charter.

Director Independence

The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards require that a majority of DEAC’s board of directors be independent. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which, in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. DEAC’s board of directors has determined that Messrs. Delman, Kazam, Rosen and Ross are “independent directors” as defined in The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards and applicable SEC rules. DEAC’s independent directors will have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.

Legal Proceedings

There is no material litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding currently pending against DEAC or any members of its management team in their capacity as such, and DEAC and the members of its management team have not been subject to any such proceeding in the 12 months preceding the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Periodic Reporting and Audited Financial Statements

DEAC has registered its securities under the Exchange Act and has reporting obligations, including the requirement to file annual and quarterly reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, DEAC’s annual reports contain financial statements audited and reported on by DEAC’s independent registered public accounting firm. DEAC has filed with the SEC its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30 and September 30, 2019.

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DEAC’S MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes of DEAC, included elsewhere in this prospectus/proxy statement. This discussion contains forward-looking statements reflecting our current expectations, estimates and assumptions concerning events and financial trends that may affect our future operating results or financial position. Actual results and the timing of events may differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those discussed in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” appearing elsewhere in this prospectus/proxy statement.

Overview

DEAC is a blank check company incorporated on March 27, 2019 as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. DEAC consummated its IPO on May 14, 2019. DEAC intends to use the cash proceeds from its IPO and the private placement as well as additional issuances, if any, of its capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt to complete the Business Combination.

DEAC has incurred, and expects to continue to incur, significant costs in the pursuit of the Business Combination. DEAC cannot assure you that its plans to raise capital or to complete the Business Combination will be successful.

Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events

DEAC has neither engaged in any significant business operations nor generated any revenues to date. All activities to date relate to DEAC’s formation and the IPO. DEAC has generated, and expects to continue generating, non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities that are held in the trust account. DEAC expects to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses as it locates a suitable Business Combination.

For the three months ended September 30, 2019, DEAC had a net income of  $1,539,403. The income for the three months ended September 30, 2019 relates to earnings on the trust account assets offset by general and administrative costs, estimated taxes and management fees for administrative services.

For the period from March 27, 2019 (inception) to September 30, 2019, DEAC had a net income of $2,336,124. The income for the period from March 27, 2019 (inception) to September 30, 2019 relates to earnings on the trust account assets offset by general and administrative costs, estimated taxes and management fees for administrative services.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

On May 14, 2019, DEAC consummated a $400,000,000 initial public offering consisting of 40,000,000 units at a price of  $10.00 per unit. Each unit consists of one share of DEAC’s Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Class A Common Stock”) and one-third of one redeemable warrant (each, a “Public Warrant”). Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, DEAC consummated an approximately $9,500,000 private placement of an aggregate of 6,333,334 warrants at a price of  $1.50 per warrant. Upon closing of the IPO and private placement on May 14, 2019, $400,000,000 in proceeds (and a $14,000,000 liability for deferred underwriting commissions) from the IPO and private placement was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. The remaining $8,750,000 (after payment of  $750,000 in IPO expenses) held outside of the trust account was used to pay underwriting commissions of  $8,000,000, loans to Eagle Equity Partners, LLC (our Sponsor), and deferred offering and formation costs.

As of September 30, 2019, DEAC had an unrestricted cash balance of  $870,851 as well as cash and accrued interest held in trust of  $402,624,209. DEAC’s working capital needs will be satisfied through the funds, held outside of the trust account, from the IPO. Interest on funds held in the trust account may be

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used to fund DEAC’s working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of $250,000) and/or to pay taxes. Further, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of DEAC’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan DEAC funds as may be required. The terms of such loans have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. DEAC has identified the following as its critical accounting policies:

Redeemable Shares

All of the 40,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock included in the units sold as part of the IPO contain a redemption feature as described in the prospectus for the IPO. In accordance with FASB ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,” redemption provisions not solely within the control of DEAC require the security to be classified outside of permanent equity. The Current Charter provides a minimum net tangible asset threshold of  $5,000,001. DEAC recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and will adjust the carrying value of the security at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable shares will be affected by charges against additional paid-in capital.

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 DEAC’s financial statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

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

Contractual Obligations

As of September 30, 2019, DEAC did not have any long-term debt, capital or operating lease obligations.

DEAC entered into an administrative services agreement in which DEAC will pay our Sponsor for office space and secretarial and administrative services provided to members of DEAC’s management team, in an amount not to exceed $15,000 per month.

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BUSINESS OF DRAFTKINGS AND SBTECH

The following discussion reflects the business of New DraftKings, as currently embodied by each of DraftKings and SBTech. “We,” “us” and “our” generally refer to DraftKings Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, “DraftKings”) in the present tense or New DraftKings on a go-forward basis, unless the context otherwise refers to SBTech (Global) Limited (together with its subsidiaries, “SBTech”).

Overview

At DraftKings, our mission is to make life more exciting by responsibly creating the world’s favorite real-money games and betting experiences. We accomplish this by creating an environment where our users can find enjoyment and fulfillment through daily fantasy sports contests, sports betting and iGaming.

We seek to innovate and to constantly improve our games and product offerings. Our focus is on creating unique and exciting experiences for our users. We are also highly focused on our responsibility as stewards of this new era in real-money gaming. Our ethics guide every decision we make, both in our respect for the tradition of sports and in our investment in regulatory compliance and consumer protection that have guided our company.

These values anchor our business. Our desire to innovate, improve and do the right thing drives our people and defines DraftKings, as we pursue our vision to transform the way people experience sports entertainment and gaming.

Our Story

We aspire to deliver a product that is developed with our users in mind and to be as trustworthy as we are innovative in everything we bring to market. This comes in the form of what we believe to be leading-edge, proprietary technology that powers real-money games and betting experiences designed for the “skin-in-the-game” sports fan — the fan who seeks a deeper connection to the sporting events that he or she already loves. Our vision for DraftKings has been shaped by this user, both in who he or she is today and who we anticipate he or she will become as the entertainment and gaming industries evolve. At our core, we are a digital sports entertainment and gaming company with roots in technology and analytics that fosters dynamic and personalized experiences for the sports fan.

This vision underpins our position as a leader in today’s fast-growing global entertainment and gaming industries. DraftKings has hosted over 4.3 million unique paid users. That number encompasses a user base that continues to steadily grow:

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we had 564,904 average monthly unique payers (“MUPs”) and revenue of  $192 million, resulting in an average revenue per MUP (“ARPMUP”) of  $38. By comparison, during the same time period in 2018, we had average 485,290 MUPs and revenue of  $133 million, resulting in an ARPMUP of  $30.

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During the year ended December 31, 2018, we had 600,886 average MUPs and revenue of $226 million, resulting in an ARPMUP of  $31. By comparison, during the year ended December 31, 2017, we had 573,854 average MUPs and revenue of  $192 million, resulting in an ARPMUP of  $28. See “DraftKings’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Our growth is driven both by acquiring new users, engaging our existing users and re-engaging our past users. Research tells us that our typical user craves a more immersive and curated fan experience. This was the user we sought with the launch of daily fantasy sports (“DFS”), our first product offering following our founding in 2011, which has served as the foundation for our growth. Unlike traditional, season-long fantasy sports offerings, DFS challenges users to create a lineup of players within a predefined fantasy “budget” and to make decisions tied to a single day’s sporting events, requiring an elevated level of skill and providing a heightened degree of real-time gratification. This format has fundamentally changed the landscape of sports consumption, driving millions of users to download the DraftKings app and visit our website to make DFS a staple of how they engage with teams, athletes and sports statistics on an everyday basis.

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As the popularity of our offerings grew, so did our brand equity, which has been critical to our success over the past eight years. DraftKings became a recognized name among gaming and sports enthusiasts because it represented an entirely new way of interacting with sports. We have remained a recognized name due to the strong and lasting relationships we have formed with our users over time. We have placed our users at the center of our operating model. Built at the intersection of agile technology, data-driven decision-making and dynamic product development, our product offerings and platform are grounded in an absolute focus on our users — who they are and what experiences they want. By leveraging research and analytics to inform our roadmaps, we have built a mobile-first ecosystem that offers experiences tailored to the interests and behaviors of our users, resulting in a truly distinctive and personalized experience for the “skin-in-the-game” sports fan.

Powering our product offerings is a highly scalable platform that allows us to prioritize speed to market without sacrificing the integrity of our products’ performance. Over the past 18 months, we have leveraged the DraftKings’ platform to expand our operations from DFS into two new product offerings: Sportsbook and iGaming. In August 2018, less than three months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, we launched our online Sportsbook offering in New Jersey. The relative speed with which we moved into this nascent space was no accident: it reflected nearly a decade’s work in agile software development and regulatory know-how that allowed us to navigate this environment. Our implementation of critical responsible-gaming staples like user protection and data security would have been virtually impossible to deliver quickly into an online Sportsbook offering without the strength of our existing infrastructure. Since launching in 2018, we have deepened our understanding of who our sports betting users are and what they value. As of January 2020, our Sportsbook app and website are available in Indiana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. As a result of the highly personalized and engaging user experience we offer, we have quickly emerged as one of the most recognized brands in unaided brand association among current online sports bettors and the top website used among sports bettors in the United States, according to a June 2019 survey issued by Ipsos and the Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association.

That model defines our brand in the eyes of both our users and our employees: move rapidly and deliver the experiences that our users love. Our entry into the iGaming space has been no different. Shortly after the launch of our online Sportsbook offering in New Jersey, we turned to iGaming as a clear strategic adjacency for a growing, mobile-centric user base seeking entertainment in real time. We entered an industry with a significant number of incumbent land-based licensed operators with mobile offerings and, in less than a year, surged to one of the top operators in the iGaming space in New Jersey based on revenue, according to Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, LLC’s (“Eilers”) U.S. Online Casino Tracker for November 2019. We offer hundreds of games on our iGaming platform across traditional offerings like blackjack, roulette and slot machines, many of which have been designed by our in-house games studio (and which are our most popular in-app offerings). The continued evolution of this platform will serve as a distinct differentiator in our ability to achieve rapid growth in the iGaming space over time.

The intersection between the continued evolution of the distinct experiences we offer and our user-centric DNA is what sets DraftKings apart.

Following the consummation of the Business Combination with SBTech, we also plan to expand our offerings to begin serving other operators within our industry. We will begin by migrating DraftKings’ own consumer offering onto SBTech’s proprietary sports betting platform over time, allowing us to become a fully vertically integrated sports betting operator. We will also leverage the combined entity’s shared infrastructure to service adjacent branded operators in both the United States and internationally at greater scale. This could include online sportsbooks, retail sportsbooks, iGaming operators, as well as governments or lotteries seeking to manage their own sportsbook or iGaming offerings. SBTech offers one of the industry’s most robust platform solutions to satisfy its customers’ sports betting technology needs, ranging from trading and risk management to platform services to support reporting, customer management and regulatory reporting requirements. SBTech competes with a variety of other sports betting technology providers and differentiates itself through this full suite platform offering. In addition, SBTech offers a leading iGaming solution via its proprietary platform with integrations to third-party iGaming suppliers.

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believe we will be uniquely positioned to continue delivering optimal experiences for sports fans who engage deeply with our offerings and to service other companies who seek to offer those experiences themselves.

Our Timeline

DraftKings was organized on December 29, 2011, as a Delaware corporation. DraftKings was founded by Matt Kalish, Paul Liberman and Jason Robins with the initial mission of leveraging unique technology, analytics and marketing capabilities to deliver a daily fantasy sports offering. Within a few years, DraftKings became one of the largest and most recognized DFS platforms in the United States.

SBTech was incorporated on July 24, 2007, under the laws of Gibraltar. It was originally named Jamtech Limited, subsequently renamed Networkpot Limited and thereafter renamed SBTech (Global) Limited on August 16, 2010.

The following is a timeline of key operational and business milestones for our businesses:

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2007	​	• SBTech was founded and officially began its operations.
2012	• DraftKings began its operations and offered its first DFS contest to the public for the Major League Baseball (“MLB”) season.	• SBTech’s operator base had grown to six.
2013	• MLB became the first major sports organization to invest in, and establish a relationship, with DraftKings. • We launched the first mobile app in the DFS industry.	• SBTech’s operator base had grown to eight and just over 200 employees.
2014	• We acquired DraftStreet, a DFS operator, increasing our user base by more than 50%, and acquired Starstreet, another DFS operator. • We signed a two-year deal to become the official DFS provider of the National Hockey League.	• SBTech’s operator base had grown to 11 and just over 400 employees.
2015	• We were named the official DFS game of NASCAR, Ultimate Fighting Championship and Major League Soccer, and announced partnership deals with major sports teams including the New England Patriots, New York Knicks and Chicago Cubs. • 21st Century Fox America, Inc. (“FOX”) became the first major media company to invest in us. • We obtained a license from the United Kingdom Gambling Commission to provide facilities to offer daily fantasy sports contests and other forms of pool betting, and to manufacture gambling software.	• SBTech obtained a license from the United Kingdom Gambling Commission to provide facilities for real event betting and to manufacture gambling software.

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2016	• We acquired a leading provider of DFS Mixed Martial Arts contests, Kountermove, to bolster our user base in the burgeoning space of combat sports. • We explored a possible combination with a DFS competitor, but did not receive Federal Trade Commission approval.	• SBTech re-domiciled SBTech in the Isle of Man, and acquired a Maltese B2B license from the Malta Gaming Authority for hosting and management of remote gaming operators. • SBTech acquired two Romanian licenses from the National Gambling Office of Romania for the production of gambling software and the hosting of a gambling platform. • SBTech launched our Sportsbook into the newly regulated Romanian and Portuguese jurisdictions, opened an office in London and accepted our first retail sports bet in Mexico.
2017	• We were granted a skill gaming license in Malta, allowing for further expansion in the European Union.	• SBTech launched a sportsbook for the Czech Republic National Lottery, marking SBTech’s first major lottery partner. • SBTech’s sportsbook launched in the Spanish regulated market.
2018	• PASPA was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, opening the potential for state-by-state authorization of sports betting. • We launched the first online sportsbook in New Jersey. • We opened our first retail sportsbooks in Atlantic City, New Jersey (Resorts Casino and Hotel) and D’Iberville, Mississippi (Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort).	• SBTech entered the Danish sports betting and iGaming industry by partnering with the Danish National Lottery, Danske Spil, under the brand YOUBET. • SBTech was awarded a B2B remote gambling license in Gibraltar, where we opened an office. • SBTech became one of the first sportsbook providers to be licensed in the state of Mississippi as a manufacturer and distributor by the Mississippi Gaming Commission, and we debuted our retail sportsbook at the Golden Nugget’s Biloxi Casino as well as two Churchill Downs properties. • SBTech was awarded a Casino Service Industry Enterprise transactional waiver by the New Jersey Gaming Board and debuted a retail sportsbook at the Golden Nugget Atlantic City.

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2019	• We officially launched iGaming in New Jersey with blackjack, roulette, video poker and slots. • We announced a landmark partnership with the National Football League (“NFL”) which made us the Official Daily Fantasy Partner of the NFL. • We were named the Official Daily Fantasy Game of the PGA Tour. • Our online sportsbook launched in Indiana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. • We launched retail sportsbooks in Iowa (Wild Rose) and New York (del Lago). • We were selected by the state of New Hampshire as its exclusive sportsbook partner.	• SBTech launched our online sportsbook and iGaming offerings with Churchill Downs, and our online sportsbook with the Golden Nugget in New Jersey. • SBTech obtained conditional manufacturer and operator licenses from the Pennsylvania Gaming Commission, a manufacturer and Distributer license from the Arkansas Racing Commission and a temporary supplier’s license from the Indiana Gaming Commission, allowing us to launch our retail sportsbook in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Arkansas with Churchill Downs properties. • SBTech signed a five-year agreement with the Oregon State Lottery to provide its online and retail sportsbook offering, and successfully launched the first online sportsbook offering in the State of Oregon in October 2019. The retail sportsbook offering is expected to be rolled out mid-2020. • SBTech launched an online sportsbook for the State Lottery and Monopoly of Azerbaijan, and signed agreements to provide its online and retail sportsbook solution with the Finnish state lottery, Viekkaus, and the Swedish state lottery, Svenska Spel, in 2020.

Our People

From the outset, our founders have embodied and instilled in DraftKings a set of values and entrepreneurial spirit that has set the tone for the company and its employees.

We believe that our people are the reason for our success and that we should be structured to maximize their productivity and performance. We actively work to maintain an exceptional bar for talent to enable our mission, vision and business strategy. We identify, promote and reward talent that is inspired by our purpose and shares our core values: analytical, authentic, bias for action, collaboration, commitment and user focus.

As a technology company at our core, we believe that the best innovation comes from diverse perspectives, thoughts, beliefs, ideas and experiences. We challenge the conventional to ensure our culture and product offerings reflect the expectations of our employees and the users we serve. We work to foster a culture of inclusion, equity and belonging that makes our employees feel safe, empowered, engaged, championed and inspired to be their very best.

Like DraftKings, SBTech was built by founders with an exceptional entrepreneurial spirit, with a focus on driving results, attracting and nurturing great people and teamwork. As a technology supplier, SBTech understands its greatest resource is its human capital and is relentless in creating and fostering a culture where employees feel empowered and inspired to continuously develop and deliver.

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As of September 30, 2019, DraftKings had 867 employees and SBTech had 1,256 employees. None of DraftKings’ or SBTech’s employees are represented by a labor organization or are a party to any collective bargaining arrangement.

Our Core Operating Principles

DraftKings has been built on the foundation of four core principles:

Put our users first.   Every decision we make stems from our fundamental desire to keep our users engaged and excited to interact with our product offerings. We have spent eight years refining our understanding of how our users engage and play and what they want most in terms of digital sports entertainment and gaming offerings. The satisfaction of our users remains the single-most critical lens through which we measure our own success moving forward.

Make data-driven decisions.   At our core, DraftKings takes a data-driven approach to decision-making; no doubt a product of the shared analytical background that our three founders possess. This holds true across everything we do — from minute tweaks to our marketing programs to our product evaluation processes and our business development strategy — we ask our teams to justify their decisions using the kind of thoughtful analysis that grounds our approach in objectivity. Analytics are deeply embedded in our day-to-day operations.

Be an employer of choice.   We can only achieve our goals by acquiring, retaining and developing the best talent available. We have invested heavily in building a team of specialized employees to ensure that our team is uniquely skilled to take on the diverse challenges that our industry presents. Those employees are supported by an organizational structure designed to maximize efficiency without trading off velocity. DraftKings currently operates 12 departments with 52 divisions across five locations, ranging across core disciplines including front- and back-end technology, acquisition and retention marketing, product management and operations, user experience and design, and a range of functions spanning analytics, data science and data engineering. We will continue to make strategic, thoughtful decisions around how to hire the best people for the roles. We achieve the employer of choice status not simply by attracting top talent, but also by fostering a culture that recognizes the contribution and commitment of that talent to our operations, creating continuous opportunities for the growth and development of our team.

Act responsibly.   We are committed to industry-leading responsible gaming practices and seek to provide our users with the resources and services they need to play responsibly. We have invested in processes that identify and protect vulnerable users. Specifically, we created an internal, independent “Game Integrity and Ethics Team” that actively monitors for any indication of activities that may violate current regulations governing us, our own terms of use or our “Community Guidelines.” This team oversees a framework for our user community to follow in determining when a user may need assistance. With our focus on fair and responsible gaming along with user protection and data security, users have come to know and trust our gaming platform.

What Makes Us Different

In order to build the best real-money games and product offerings, we have invested in core disciplines across technology, analytics and marketing, which have become our operational bedrock and have allowed us to rapidly bring innovative new experiences to market while gaining a unique understanding of our users. The result was clear market leadership in the DFS industry, fueled by a brand reputation and a depth of user trust that has set us apart from our competitors.

Our DFS investments positioned us to successfully compete in online sports betting and iGaming, in addition to DFS. The core strengths that were born out of our DFS experience have been critically important in the first 18 months of our entry into Sportsbook and iGaming, from the resonance of our brand to the scalability of our technology. Similarly important were the regulatory experience and technical infrastructure we built in adapting to the responsible gaming requirements of DFS, which have served as the foundation of our speed to market in online sports betting and iGaming.

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These are the strengths that not only set us apart as a DFS operator, but also will continue to differentiate us as a digital sports entertainment and gaming company:

Mobile-First Product Innovation.   From DraftKings’ inception, we have prided ourselves on our ability to deliver new and exciting product offerings to our users. We were the first company to launch a mobile daily fantasy sports app in 2013, anticipating the impending behavioral shift of a user base that had historically relied on a desktop-only experience. The rapid adoption of this product pushed us to extend native mobile experiences across all of our offerings on both iOS and Android, the result of which has been industry-leading app reviews within the sports and games categories. We have extended this investment to build in-house capabilities in order to deliver proprietary mobile games, ranging from DFS offerings across every major professional sport to the native development of our own casino games. These offerings are unified by a consistent experience that reinforces retention within our apps. Additionally, as a result of user-driven feedback around our in-app experience and our product innovation, we have created programs with DraftKings-built social features, including our private DFS leagues for friends, as well as loyalty programs like our daily virtual rewards program. We continue to reinforce this investment in product innovation by recruiting top-tier engineers, with a particular emphasis on experience in consumer-facing mobile app development.

Scalable Platform and Infrastructure.   The consumer experiences described above sit on a shared technology platform that has allowed for maximum flexibility in our product development strategy. We have established a “one-platform” model by launching features like single sign-on, an integrated wallet and universal user profile, while simultaneously leveraging our technological investments in DFS around responsible gaming, compliance and data security to establish similar infrastructure within Sportsbook and iGaming. The net result is an integrated experience that allows a user to move seamlessly between a DFS contest, a sports bet and a hand of blackjack, all while earning money into one wallet and earning rewards into one profile.

It is with these layers of shared technological infrastructure that we bring to market a personalized, interconnected suite of experiences whose back-end meets the standards of a highly regulated environment. As a result, we are now capable of quickly bringing to market new offerings like our Sportsbook app without having to create an entirely new back-end infrastructure. This holds true across multiple enterprise-level disciplines that we are now able to leverage in the world of mobile gaming:

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Analytics framework that cuts across all of our user-facing offerings.

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A single, integrated sign-in and wallet platform across all of our product offerings.

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A shared marketing technology stack with which we can create hyper-targeted cross-product offers and promotions for every type of user.

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A data science engine driven by eight years’ worth of user data that allows us to personalize many aspects of our products.

Consistent with our competitive advantage in our infrastructure, SBTech believes that its recent growth and success has largely been driven by investing significantly in its core products and infrastructure. This investment, together with product features, ensures that SBTech continues to grow its client base and increase its existing clients’ ability to compete more effectively.

Highly Dependable Source of Users.   In addition to building innovative, scalable product offerings, we also have the ability to effectively acquire users to engage with those offerings. The trusted base of DFS users that we have built over time has provided us recognition among a highly dependable source of users that are willing to engage with our new product offerings. This allows us to establish a foothold for Sportsbook in new jurisdictions from the moment sports betting is legalized in such jurisdiction. Our foothold begins with the strength of our brand, which is honed to create a voice and a message that resonates positively with the American sports fan. We have invested in optimizing the new user experience,

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both from the perspective of product innovation — such as our seamless registration flow and a first-time user experience that educates our users without intimidating them — and in proprietary growth marketing technology that optimizes user acquisition at scale. We layer marketing on top of this foundation in various forms, from targeted campaigns to our “Refer-a-Friend” program that rewards friend-to-friend invitations. We have invested deeply in marketing technology to create promotional capabilities that match users dynamically to programs and offers we know they will enjoy. We have spent years honing our model with this type of marketing across TV, digital and offline channels, relying entirely on in-house analytics to reduce our cost of acquisition by algorithmically matching the right user to the right offer on the right channel.

User Retention and Monetization.   Tied to the strengths we have built in amassing an existing user base are the capabilities we have harnessed with our existing users. We function from the perspective that no user is more important than our existing ones — these are the users around whom our business has been built, and for whom we continue to operate. To that end, we have made major investments in building a research-and-feedback loop that connects our users directly to our product and marketing teams, ensuring that we are constantly listening and making decisions based on their needs. This informs the way in which we think about retention. For example, we have implemented various creative reinvestment programs tied to mechanisms like giveaways, missions, achievements and rewards, all of which were designed based entirely on input from our users. These programs sit on top of a data-driven customer relationship management operation that leverages user insights and a suite of models to optimize our retention channels, which we have supplemented with technology that creates automated triggers connecting users to customized offers. All of this technology is underpinned by a data science framework which allows us to build user personae that cut across all of our consumer product offerings, enabling us to intelligently cross sell across all of our product offerings.

Market Access and Compliance Platform.   We have developed technology, product offerings and partnerships to create a sustainable advantage in the gaming and DFS industries. Strategic multi-year arrangements with lotteries, governments and casinos enable us to offer our products to end users. We have entered into the following arrangements where legislation or regulations require us to enter the market through a relationship with a land-based casino:

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In 2018, we entered into multi-year arrangements with Resorts Casino and Hotel (providing us access to the New Jersey market), with del Lago Resort and Casino (providing us access to the New York market) and with Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort (providing us access to the Mississippi market).

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In 2019, we entered into multi-year arrangements with Penn National Gaming Inc. (providing us access to the Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia markets) and with Wild Rose Casino and Resort (providing us with access to the Iowa market).

In addition to our casino arrangements, DraftKings and SBTech have entered into the following arrangements with lotteries;

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In 2016, SBTech entered into an agreement with the Czech Republic National Lottery — its first major lottery partner.

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In 2018, SBTech entered the Danish sports betting and iGaming industry by contracting with the Danish National Lottery, Danske Spil, under the brand YOUBET.

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In 2019, SBTech entered into an exclusive five-year arrangement with the Oregon Lottery to be the sole provider of sports betting in the state of Oregon. Additionally, SBTech signed agreements to provide its online and retail sportsbook solution with the Finnish state lottery, Viekkaus, and the Swedish state lottery, Svenska Spel.

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In November 2019, DraftKings entered into an exclusive multi-year arrangement with the NH Lottery to be the sole operator for online and retail sports betting in the state of New Hampshire.

Lastly, we have obtained licenses in nine states, where it is required, in the United States, and internationally in the United Kingdom, Australia and Malta, to operate our DFS platform. We are also a registered DFS operator in four additional U.S. states where registration versus licensing is required to operate.

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SBTech has obtained licenses (and approval, as applicable) in six states in the United States and in the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, Malta and Romania. Additionally, SBTech has certified its software in Denmark, Italy, Nigeria, Portugal and Spain, and its platform and sportsbook are available in Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Mexico, Poland and Sweden under local licenses held by operators using SBTech’s platform in these jurisdictions.

Underpinning our regulatory access is our DraftKings platform that allows us to efficiently and safely scale our product offerings into multiple jurisdictions. We have developed our DraftKings platform from the ground up to meet the needs of the unique regulatory environment that the United States offers, while maintaining ease of use for our users. We provide a single experience for login, verification and wallet.

SBTech’s platform has been built from the ground up to meet the needs of differing regulatory regimes, including configurable regulatory and responsible gaming controls such as responsible gaming tests, operator alerts on user behavior, deposit limits, betting limits, loss limits, timeout facilities, session limits, reality checks, balance thresholds and intended gaming amounts. These features allow the operators’ customers full control of their gaming to allow them to play responsibly.

Our Priorities

As we continue to invest in our core competitive advantages, we believe we will remain positioned to build a leadership position within the burgeoning global entertainment and gaming industries. We have established several major areas of strategic focus that will guide the way we think about our future growth:

Continue to invest in our products and platform.   We have established a set of competencies that position us at the forefront of the evolving digital sports entertainment and gaming industries. In the immediate term, our focus will be on reinforcing our competitive strengths and our core competencies, in order to continue iterating on our core user experiences while we reinforce the analytical, marketing and technological infrastructure that allows us to scale our offerings. We plan to continue to invest in our users and in our product offerings as we remain dually driven to keep our existing users engaged while we expand the capabilities of the platform that will enable us to rapidly reach new geographies and attract new audiences.

Launch our product offerings in new geographies.   With our experience in regulated gaming jurisdictions in the United States, we are prepared to enter new states as regulations on sports betting and iGaming open up these jurisdictions to us. Whether the appropriate route for a geography is to operate as a mobile consumer operator, a mobile consumer operator with a retail presence, a technology solution provider to a government entity, or any permutation of the foregoing, our goal is to be ready to enter jurisdictions that provide for daily fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming. SBTech is also well prepared to continue growing its customer base outside of the United States given the flexible and robust nature of the SBTech platform.

Effectively integrate with SBTech to form a vertically integrated operation.   Through the Business Combination, we expect to realize synergies with SBTech by transitioning to its risk and trading sports betting platform over time instead of relying on a third-party platform in order to offer Sportsbook. This will provide us with the opportunity to reduce costs and differentiate our offering in North America from other gaming operators in order to establish ourselves as an end-to-end operation across all of our offerings. We expect the transition to SBTech’s risk and trading platform will deliver efficiencies over time as we consolidate redundant capabilities. Additionally, following the Business Combination, we expect that we will be able to serve other branded consumer operators in the United States and internationally — such as online sportsbooks, retail sportsbooks and iGaming operators — with our proprietary sports betting and player-management technology. Following the completion of the Business Combination, SBTech will allow us to access jurisdictions and opportunities within the footprint of SBTech that would otherwise not be available to us.

Create replicable and predictable state-level unit economics in sports betting and iGaming.   We believe that creating the best state-level unit economics in our industry will be necessary for achieving and maintaining long-term significant market share in the U.S. Using as a baseline the economic framework we have refined over our first 18 months operating in New Jersey, we believe we can create a replicable model that balances the right levels of investment and efficiency within each new jurisdiction that we enter. This

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will be aided by our integration of the SBTech platform in order to reduce our platform fees and ultimately remove our reliance on third-party platforms to operate our Sportsbook offering. The Business Combination will also allow us to leverage our national scale to improve our user acquisition costs, reduce our variable operational costs by investing in technology and data science to increase automation, and leverage our combined product, technology and existing user database to create strong strategic partnerships with casinos, lotteries and governments.

Expand our consumer offerings.   In addition to rapidly expanding into new jurisdictions, the strength of our platform is that it allows us to seamlessly integrate new product offerings into the DraftKings ecosystem. This comes in the form of extensions of our existing offerings such as the addition of daily fantasy sports for sporting events like the Olympics, or a deeper investment in our proprietary live-betting mobile experience, as well as in potential expansion into adjacent industries. We are capable of quickly bringing offerings like these to market via our existing technology platform, and to immediately cross-market them to users according to our data analytics.

Our Products and Economic Model

Our Revenue-Generating Product Offerings

As a combined company, our revenues will be predominantly generated through our business-to- consumer (“B2C”) offerings and business-to-business (“B2B”) offerings. Currently, we have three main B2C product offerings — Daily Fantasy Sports, Sportsbook and iGaming. We consider these three offerings to be of a similar class of product, and together they accounted for 97%, 100% and 100% of DraftKings’ revenues for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Our business experiences seasonality based on the relative popularity of certain sports. Although exciting sporting events occur throughout the year, our users are most active in the fourth quarter due to the overlapping calendars of the NFL and NBA seasons, which are our most popular sports.

Below is a breakdown of how each of DraftKings’ and SBTech’s offerings function, and their respective economic model:

Daily Fantasy Sports

Daily Fantasy Sports is a peer-to-peer platform in which our users compete against one another for prizes. Users pay an entry fee (ranging from $0 to $10,000 per user) to join a contest and compete against each other in short-duration contests for cash prizes, where the prize money is distributed to the highest performing competitors in the contest as defined by the prize table.

Every paid daily fantasy sports contest consists of an entry fee and prizes paid out to certain contestants based on the finishing position of the contestants. Certain finishing positions in each contest will be paid out in accordance with a prize payout table established at the beginning of the contest. To enter a contest, a user pays an entry fee and builds a fantasy sports team to compete against other users. The users are then ranked based on the number of fantasy points accrued by each user’s fantasy sports team. If a user finishes in a position that is within the prize payout table, the user wins the corresponding prize. Our DFS revenue is generated from contest entry fees from our paid users, net of amounts paid out as prizes and customer incentives. This amount is typically in the range of 8-15% of all entry fees depending on the contest. We offer two basic payout structures for our fantasy sports contests: contests that pay out the entire prize payout table regardless of how many entrants join the contest (“guaranteed contests”) and contests that will only pay out prizes if a minimum number of entrants have joined the contest (“non-guaranteed contests”). Non-guaranteed contests that do not meet the minimum number of entrants are canceled, any entry fees paid by users are returned, and no prizes are awarded.

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Given the nature of the peer-to-peer platform, and the popularity of large guaranteed prize contests, liquidity (the total volume of users and the total amount of money held with an operator) is critical to the success of the game. The more users and money held on the platform, the larger the amount of prizes an operator can offer. This in turn, creates a compelling offering (such as our $1 Million Top Prize contests), which ultimately drives more users.

In contrast to other types of house-banked gaming, such as slots, blackjack or sports betting, where individuals play against the operator, DFS operators are generally not exposed to the risks of game play or the outcome of the game — only to whether or not the operator will fill the guaranteed prize contests. Non-guaranteed contests, such as certain head-to-head contests (one user against another user), only run if filled completely and therefore always result in the targeted revenue expected for each game when run.

Sportsbook

Sports betting involves a user placing a bet by wagering money on an event at some fixed odds (“proposition”) determined by DraftKings. In the event the user wins, DraftKings pays out the bet. Unlike DFS, DraftKings takes some risk on the bet. Our revenue is generated by setting odds such that there is a built-in theoretical margin in each proposition offered to our users. While different outcomes of the events may cause volatility in our revenue, we believe we can deliver a stable betting win margin over the long term.

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Revenue is realized by taking the settled handle for betting markets that have been resolved, and subtracting the payouts for these betting markets such that the difference is the gross revenue, or “hold.” In addition to our online Sportsbook, we also maintain a limited retail distribution in four states, in which our retail revenue is subject to individual agreements with a land-based casino partner (a “skin”) that provide for a revenue share. Retail distribution leverages the foot traffic for existing casino properties to convert their customers to bet in our Sportsbook while on premise.

iGaming

iGaming, or online casino, offerings typically include the full suite of games available in land-based casinos, such as blackjack, roulette and slot machines. For these offerings, we function similarly to land-based casinos, generating revenue through hold, or gross winnings, as users play against the house. In iGaming, we believe there is typically lower volatility versus land-based casinos, as there is generally a larger number of bets placed at smaller denominations and since the average return to player for specific games is easier to predict in advance based on game rules and statistics.

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Our iGaming offering consists of a combination of games that we have built natively in-house and licensed content from suppliers such as International Gaming Technology, iForium, Scientific Games, Spin and Evolution for Live Dealer services. The latter are subject to various revenue-sharing arrangements specific to each supplier. Revenue generated through our self-developed major casino games such as blackjack results in decreased revenue share payments as a percent of revenue.

B2B Revenue for Sportsbook and iGaming

As a result of the Business Combination with SBTech, we will supply B2B sports betting and iGaming services globally for various DFS and gaming operators and government-run lotteries. Currently, the SBTech business operates with a service revenue model in which services such as sports betting and iGaming content are supplied to business customers in exchange for a share of such operators’ revenues, although some services are provided through fixed fee contracts. Contracts with business customers are typically awarded through a sales process or request for proposal.

Advertising and Sponsorship

We offer advertising and sponsorship packages to targeted advertisers across our product offerings. Our advertising packages range from standard ad placements and background ad placements to more high-touch integrations, such as sponsored DFS contest series or custom site takeovers. These are typically served and tracked by a range of advertising products that have been built directly into our DFS platform — featuring partnerships with brand categories ranging from entertainment to food to automotive — and that only show for contests with no-paying or low-paying users.

Promotional Expense for DraftKings Daily Fantasy Sports, Sportsbook and iGaming

Offsetting our revenues is the portion of gross revenue that we allocate to new and existing user incentives and promotions, which are awarded as a result of game play or at our discretion, through loyalty programs, free plays, deposit bonuses, discounts, rebates or other rewards and incentives. Offsets are generally used to acquire new users, reactivate prior users and increase monetization from active users. We leverage our return on investment models that are based on lifetime value and expected reactivation rates to determine appropriate promotional levels.

Cost of Revenue

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user deposits and occasionally chargebacks as a result of user complaints (chargebacks have not been material to date). Our primary product taxes are state taxes, which are determined on a state-by-state basis, and range from 6.8% to 20% of gross revenue minus applicable deductions, which excludes Pennsylvania at 36%. Importantly, each state defines “gross revenue” differently based on the deductibility of promotion expenses. In addition to state taxes, we pay a federal excise tax of 0.25% of handle. Our platform fees are primarily driven by hosting, third-party vendors that provide certain elements of our platform technology (such as geolocation, risk management and data). We also amortize certain capitalized development costs into our platform expenses. Finally, our revenue share fees are primarily driven by arrangements with land-based casinos in states where online operators are required to have a relationship with a land-based casino. These revenue share fees are driven mainly by levels of paid user activity via our platform, particularly engagement with our Sportsbook and iGaming offerings, in a given period.

Case Study: New Jersey Sportsbook

To better appreciate the mechanics of how DraftKings’ business scales with the opening of new jurisdictions, it is helpful to track our expansion into New Jersey over the past 18 months. Our results in New Jersey are subject to a number of variables, including the accessibility of the state and our competitive position, and as such, we cannot assure you that our results in New Jersey will continue on the same trajectory as our historical results, nor can we assure you that our results in New Jersey will be indicative of our performance in other states. See “Risk Factors — Risk Factors Relating to the Business and Industry of New DraftKings — Our projections will be subject to significant risks, assumptions, estimates and uncertainties, including assumptions regarding future legislation and changes in regulations, both inside and outside of the United States. As a result, our projected revenues, market share, expenses and profitability may differ materially from our expectations.”

After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down PASPA in 2018, New Jersey was the first state to legalize sports betting, and provide an accessible jurisdiction, in August 2018. Eilers estimates New Jersey’s sports betting market at maturity to be greater than $500 million in gross gaming revenue (“GGR”) per year of which more than 75% is expected to be online. DraftKings also launched iGaming in December 2018 and estimates the market size at maturity to be $564 million in GGR per year, as described under “DraftKings’ Industry — Our Industry and Opportunity — North American Gaming Market.” In the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we generated approximately $71 million in U.S. GAAP revenue from all of our B2C product offerings in New Jersey.

Despite our recent entry into the competitive sports betting and iGaming industries, we have succeeded in beating out dozens of established brick-and-mortar land-based casino operators and European-based companies. We maintain greater than 30% in online sport betting market share as of November 30, 2019, and have emerged as one of the top operators in iGaming despite recent entrance in a five-year-old market, according to Eilers’ U.S. Online Casino Tracker for November 2019.

We believe our success in New Jersey can be attributed primarily to our strong brand presence generated by our DFS offering, along with our existing DFS user base. We have relied on cross-selling to DFS users as a core element of strategic differentiation in New Jersey, with approximately 40% of our Sportsbook user base coming from our existing DFS user base. Our results for iGaming are similar; approximately 40% of our iGaming user base also comes from our existing DFS user base. We have also been increasingly successful at optimizing the highly dependable source of DFS users, and we continue to acquire a growing number of New Jersey users.

Sportsbook and iGaming in New Jersey had a pronounced impact on our business:

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For the period from August 2018 through July 2019 (our first twelve months of Sportsbook and first seven months of iGaming operations), our revenues from New Jersey grew 8.5x year-over-year and made up approximately 30% of our total revenue. This was almost equally driven by an increase in MUP and ARPMUP year-over-year.

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By the end of 2019, we will have recouped approximately 90% of our first 12 month marketing spend.

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Following fast on the heels of our entry into New Jersey, we launched online Sportsbook in Indiana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and West Virginia during the second half of 2019.

Marketing

User Acquisition and Retention

Our ability to effectively market is paramount to our operational success. With a blend of analytics and data science as our foundation, we leverage our marketing to acquire, retain and reactivate users while building a trusted consumer-facing brand. We use a variety of free and paid marketing channels, in combination with compelling offers and exciting games, to achieve our objectives. Furthermore, we optimize our marketing spend using data collected since the beginning of our operations, as well as additional data that we collect from vendors, partners and data providers. Our marketing spend is based on a return-on-investment model that considers a variety of factors, including the performance of different marketing channels, predicted lifetime value and behavior of users across various product offerings, the location of our users and our estimate of when enabling legislation and regulations for sports betting and iGaming may come to fruition.

Where paid marketing is concerned, we leverage a broad array of advertising channels, including television, radio, social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snap, affiliates and paid and organic search, and other digital channels such as mobile display. These efforts are concentrated within the specific jurisdictions that have passed enabling legislation and regulations, and in which we operate or intend to operate (which vary on a per-offering basis). Our marketing expenditures tend to be highly seasonal, with most spend correlating with the start of a sports season and during its playoffs and championships.

In addition to traditional paid advertising channels, we cross-promote our product offerings to our existing user base through internal channels such as mobile push notifications, email and text messages, and external channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. Through those channels, we use a combination of content, contests and promotions to engage existing users. Additionally, we incentivize our users to refer new users through our “Refer-a-Friend” program, offering incentives such as free entries into tournaments or free bets if the referred user ultimately subscribes to our product offerings.

Strategic Relationships

We engage in strategic relationships with sports leagues to improve our brand and awareness, acquire users, improve user retention and create differentiated experiences for our users. In September 2019, we entered into a multi-year relationship with the NFL in which our companies agreed to collaborate on a variety of content and product offerings on the DraftKings DFS app, as well as integrations across NFL media properties. The NFL relationship does not include any promotional rights for sports betting. In July 2019, we entered into a multi-year relationship with the PGA Tour. As part of the new relationship, DraftKings’ daily fantasy golf users will have the ability to receive real-time video highlights for players in their respective lineups. Other elements of this relationship will create expanded DFS-specific content offerings and brand integration into both the PGA Tour and DraftKings’ platforms. Lastly, the PGA Tour and DraftKings will collaborate on a variety of real-time product enhancements via the PGA Tour’s proprietary data feed.

We engage in similar multi-year relationships with professional sports teams, which serve to bolster our brand affiliation and create unique collaborative integrations for our users.

We also engage in strategic relationship deals with media companies to create content and integrated marketing experiences. In July 2015, we entered into a multi-year relationship with FOX, which provided DraftKings with committed media and integrations across FOX’s national, local and digital properties. With this relationship, FOX also made a strategic investment in the preferred stock of DraftKings. See “Certain Relationship and Related Party Transactions.” More recently, we have established major partnerships with media entities like Vox and Bleacher Report as we seek to grow our audience of U.S. sports fans.

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B2B Business Marketing

SBTech’s core B2B marketing strategy is centered around attending and exhibiting at major trade shows around the world, which accounted for 75% of all of SBTech’s 2018 marketing costs. SBTech’s trade show marketing is supplemented with digital and offline marketing campaigns in leading industry publications, websites, regular media pieces and participation on industry panels. Similar to the DraftKings business, SBTech’s reputation and customer testimonials also assist in its marketing and business efforts.

Distribution

We distribute our product offerings through various channels, including traditional websites, direct app downloads and global direct-to-consumer digital platforms such as the Apple App Store and the Google Play store. The latter two digital platforms are the main distribution channels for our product offerings. Our DFS product offering is delivered as a free application through both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store and is also accessible via mobile and traditional websites. Our Sportsbook and iGaming product offerings are primarily distributed through the Apple App Store and a traditional website. We allow our Android Sportsbook and iGaming users to install our Sportsbook and iGaming product offerings through our website. We derive nearly all of our revenue through products distributed via the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and via traditional websites. For all of our offerings, neither Apple nor Google take any revenue share for distributing our product.

On the SBTech side, the sportsbook and iGaming products and services are distributed online via the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and traditional websites by operators that have licensed such products and services directly from SBTech, while the retail products and services are distributed primarily via self-service betting terminals and standalone computer terminals. Similarly, Apple and Google do not take any revenue share for distributing those products and services. SBTech also licenses its products and services to resellers (through a fixed-fee model) who sublicense to operators, and in those situations, the reseller is responsible for the maintenance of the products and services.

Our Technology and Product Development

At a high level, our technology consists of three product offerings: DFS, Sportsbook and iGaming. The individual product offerings are comprised of varying levels of proprietary and third-party software. These product offerings are bound together with a common account management and regulatory compliance platform. Each of the product offerings can be accessed with the same account and wallet. Across our product offerings we have made an effort to own the technology in-house for any critical component, and to utilize a combination of new technologies, including data science and machine learning, to optimize conversion and efficiency.

With respect to our DFS offering, we have developed an in-house proprietary platform, which uses open source and third-party sources. The DFS platform has been designed to run DFS contests at a national scale, and features offerings from 15 different sports/leagues. It has supported contests with more

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than 1.4 million entries and has processed in excess of 20,000 entries in a minute. To orchestrate the contests, we integrate with a wide range of data providers to retrieve up-to-the-minute information about the status of sporting events. The platform supports the layering of redundant data providers to minimize the risk of disruption.

Our Sportsbook offering relies on a mix of proprietary and third-party software. The proprietary DraftKings’ technology includes our user experience, unique promotional and merchandising capabilities and cross-product account management and compliance. We have invested in developing fully native mobile apps, which are custom iOS and Android applications that offer a consistent user experience and increase our ability to conform to application store guidelines where applicable. Integrated into our Sportsbook platform is a third-party risk and trading platform from Kambi. This platform provides betting markets, odds and risk management. Following the consummation of the Business Combination and as the integration of our operations with SBTech progresses, we intend to utilize the risk and trading capabilities of SBTech over time. This will provide us with the opportunity to deliver efficiencies, reduce costs and enable further innovation within our Sportsbook offering.

In addition to traditional fixed-odds betting, we have invested in other proprietary sports betting products. For example, we were the first operator in New Jersey to offer paid-entry pari-mutuel sports pools and brackets.

Similar to our Sportsbook offering, our iGaming offering relies on a mix of proprietary and third-party technology. The proprietary technology includes a growing library of casino and card games, an in-house loyalty program and merchandising capabilities. Additionally, we supplement our own gaming catalog with those of third parties, although over the past year we have built proprietary blackjack and roulette offerings and continue to invest in this area. The DraftKings-owned gaming products now account for the majority of our iGaming handle, substantially reducing our third-party content fees.

DraftKings’ core product offerings are built on top of an integrated, proprietary account management platform, which we generally refer to as, our “platform.” The platform provides our users with access to their account history across all product offerings and a uniform identity verification system, which is critical in enabling seamless navigation from our national DFS audience to Sportsbook and iGaming products, as existing DFS users need not manage a separate set of account credentials and payment methods for each product offering. Platform users also enjoy a highly functional wallet which, in many cases, permits user funds to flow freely from product to product. The platform is certified to safely store user payment information, which reduces our dependency on any particular payment processor, provides redundancy and gives us the flexibility to route our payment volume to a processor of our choosing. In addition, our platform is built to be customizable to the specific regulations of individual jurisdictions. SBTech also maintains an account management platform that is used by its operators, so we expect to realize synergies from the Business Combination.

Across our product offerings, we actively use data science and machine learning to help optimize conversion and monetization. Within the DFS offering, data science algorithms are used to customize a user’s contest home screen based upon his or her past play history. We build recommendations by identifying the type of contests that a user is most likely to play, along with the entry fee and prize structure that he or she will find most appealing. In addition, contest-pacing algorithms identify contests that might present a financial exposure and increase the contests’ visibility within the product appropriately. Similarly, within the Sportsbook offering, recommendation engines are used to present betting markets to users based upon their past play history and location. These services are also critical to our back-end infrastructure, as they drive key elements of our fraud and compliance program. Machine-learning models are used to detect proxy play, money laundering, collusion and problematic gaming activity.

The health of our full suite of offerings is dependent on our ability to scale with increased demand on our infrastructure, which naturally grows in real time with live sporting events. We have invested in a hybrid cloud infrastructure comprised of physical data centers and cloud computing that can scale to meet the demand generated by marquee sporting events. We have built substantial technology to facilitate the management of server infrastructure in an automated and efficient way. By taking advantage of a hybrid elastic computing model, we reduce our costs during low demand. In addition to automated scaling and deploying, operational monitoring and responsiveness is critical in our time-sensitive industry. DraftKings

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has honed its operational support strategy over the course of eight years of operating our DFS platform. Our software is highly instrumented, allowing us to detect and respond to the most common type of irregularities quickly. Our on-call team both actively monitors key site health metrics and responds to automated alerts in real time. In the past 18 months, we have had 99.98% uptime for all of our offerings combined. Following the Business Combination, our combined product and engineering workforce will consist of approximately 1,100 people.

Through a combination of cash expenses and capitalized expenditures, DraftKings invested $46 million in products and technology, and SBTech invested €22.7 million in research and development, for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Intellectual Property

Our business and that of SBTech relies substantially on the creation, acquisition, use and protection of intellectual property. Some of this intellectual property is in the form of software code, patented technology and trade secrets that we use to develop and properly run our DFS, Sportsbook and iGaming offerings and related services. Other intellectual property we create includes proprietary daily fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming-related technology and content as well as proprietary data acquired from the use of our daily fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming product offerings.

While most of the intellectual property we use is created by us, we (and SBTech) have obtained rights to use intellectual property of third parties through licenses and service agreements with those third parties. Although we (and SBTech) believe these licenses are sufficient for the operation of the company, these licenses typically limit our use of the third parties’ intellectual property to specific uses and for specific time periods.

We (and SBTech) protect our intellectual property rights by relying on federal, state and common law rights, as well as contractual restrictions. We (and SBTech) control access to our proprietary technology by entering into confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with our employees and contractors, and confidentiality agreements with third parties. We (and SBTech) also engage in monitoring the activities of third parties with respect to potential infringing uses of our intellectual property by third parties.

We (and SBTech) actively seek patent protection covering inventions originating from us and, from time to time, review opportunities to acquire patents to the extent we believe such patents may be useful or relevant to our business.

In addition to these contractual arrangements, we (and SBTech) also rely on a combination of trade secret, copyright, trademark, trade dress, domain name and patents to protect our daily fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming product offerings and other intellectual property. We typically own the copyright to the software code to our content, as well as trademarks under which our daily fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming product offerings and related services are marketed. We pursue the registration of our domain names, trademarks, and service marks in the United States and in locations outside the United States. Our registered trademarks in the United States include “DraftKings,” and the names of our services and applications, among others.

Companies in the fantasy sports, sports betting, gaming, casino, technology and other industries may own large numbers of patents, copyrights and trademarks and may frequently request license agreements, threaten litigation or file suit against us based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. From time to time, we have faced, and we expect to face in the future, allegations by third parties, including our competitors and non-practicing entities, that we have infringed their trademarks, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property rights. As our business grows, we will likely face more claims of infringement.

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Property

Our corporate headquarters are located in Boston, Massachusetts, where we occupy facilities totaling approximately 105,000 rentable square feet under a lease that expires in 2029, subject to our option to extend the term for two successive terms of five years each, or our early termination right. We use these facilities primarily for our management, technology, product design, sales and marketing, finance, legal, human resources, general administrative and information technology teams. Our lease and our rights under the lease are subordinated under a lien of mortgage.

We also lease office space in several cities in the United States and in Dublin, Ireland, as of September 30, 2019. We intend to procure additional space as we add employees and expand geographically. We believe that our facilities are adequate to meet our needs for the immediate future and that suitable additional space will be available to accommodate any expansion of our operations as needed.

SBTech has its corporate headquarters located on the Isle of Man, while its major technology, product design and trading teams are based in Bulgaria and Ukraine. General administration is located in Israel and commercial support is located in London. SBTech also has offices in Gibraltar, Malta and the United States.

Legal Proceedings

We are involved in a number of legal proceedings (including those described below) concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of our business activities. These proceedings are at varying stages, and many of these proceedings seek an indeterminate amount of damages. We regularly evaluate the status of the legal proceedings in which we are involved to assess whether a loss is probable or there is a reasonable possibility that a loss or an additional loss may have been incurred and to determine if accruals are appropriate. If accruals are not appropriate, we further evaluate each legal proceeding to assess whether an estimate of the possible loss or range of possible loss can be made.

For certain cases described on the following pages, management is unable to provide a meaningful estimate of the possible loss or range of possible loss because, among other reasons, (i) the proceedings are in various stages; (ii) damages have not been sought; (iii) damages are unsupported and/or exaggerated; (iv) there is uncertainty as to the outcome of pending appeals or motions; (v) there are significant factual issues to be resolved; and/or (vi) there are novel legal issues or unsettled legal theories to be presented or a large number of parties. For these cases, however, management does not believe, based on currently available information, that the outcomes of these proceedings will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, though the outcomes could be material to our operating results for any particular period, depending, in part, upon the operating results for such period.

In Re: Daily Fantasy Sports Litigation (Multi-District Litigation)

Between late 2015 and early 2016, certain individuals who allegedly registered and competed in daily sports fantasy contests on our and FanDuel’s websites, and their family members, filed numerous actions against us, FanDuel, and other related parties (the “DFS defendants”) in courts across the country. In February 2016, these actions were consolidated in a multidistrict litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. On September 2, 2016, the consolidated group of plaintiffs filed their First Amended Master Class Action Complaint, superseding their individual complaints.

The plaintiffs assert 27 claims arising under both state and federal law against the DFS defendants. The plaintiffs’ claims against us generally fall into four categories: (1) our online daily fantasy sports contests constitute illegal gambling; (2) we promulgated false or misleading advertisements that emphasized the ease of play and likelihood of winning; (3) we induced consumers to lose money through a deceptive bonus program and (4) we allowed our employees to participate in competitors’ fantasy sports contests using non-public information, which gave such employees an unfair advantage over other contestants. The plaintiffs seek money damages, equitable relief, and disgorgement of gains against us.

On November 27, 2019, the Court granted in part and denied in part the DFS defendants’ motions to compel arbitration. The Court granted the DFS defendants’ motions to compel arbitration with respect to the (named) player plaintiffs and the (named) cross-over plaintiffs. The Court denied the DFS defendants’

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motions to compel arbitration with respect to a small set of plaintiffs who are family members of individuals who hold DraftKings or FanDuel accounts and who assert claims under various state laws regarding gambling. The court intends to hold a status conference on Wednesday, January 8, 2020.

We intend to vigorously defend this case. If the plaintiffs were to obtain a judgment in their favor in this lawsuit, we could be subject to substantial damages and we may have to withdraw our DFS operations in certain states. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of this lawsuit.

1,000 Mass Arbitration Demands Filed by One Law Firm

On October 21, 2019, a law firm filed 1,000 “mass arbitrations” against us on behalf of purported DraftKings users that assert claims similar to the multidistrict litigation described above. The 1,000 arbitration demands are virtually identical. The law firm that filed the arbitrations has expressed an intention to file a total of more than 20,000 such “mass arbitrations” against us. If these “mass arbitrations” were to proceed, they could result in significant costs to us, which could include a minimum range of  $3,200 to $4,700 in fees per arbitration, the legal costs incurred by us in connection with defending such arbitrations and any adverse judgments issued in any arbitration, could be a significant cost to us.

We dispute the law firm’s ability to file “mass arbitrations” against us, among other reasons, because they violate our terms of use that require claims be brought on an individual basis and not be consolidated or joined in any other arbitration or proceeding involving a claim of any other party.

After the law firm filed the 1,000 “mass arbitrations,” the AAA informed us in writing that it would close their files on, and decline to administer, the 1,000 “mass arbitrations” unless we waived two provisions in our terms of use and that the parties would then be free to bring their claims in court. We elected not to waive the subject terms of use provisions.

If necessary, we intend to vigorously defend all claims. If the claimants were to obtain a judgment in their favor in these arbitrations, we could be subject to substantial damages and we could be restricted from offering DFS contests in certain states. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of these arbitrations.

Attorney General of Texas

On January 19, 2016, the Texas Attorney General issued an opinion letter that “odds are favorable that a court would conclude that participation in paid daily fantasy sports leagues constitutes illegal gambling” under Texas law. In response to the opinion letter, we sued the Texas Attorney General on March 4, 2016 in Dallas County, Texas.

The lawsuit makes five claims: (1) a claim for a declaratory judgment that daily fantasy sports contests do not violate Texas law; (2) a claim of denial of due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution; (3) a claim of denial of due course of law under Article I of the Texas Constitution; (4) a claim of denial of equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and (5) a claim of denial of equal rights under Article I of the Texas Constitution. We are also seeking reimbursement of costs and attorneys’ fees.

On May 2, 2016, the Texas Attorney General filed a motion to transfer venue to Travis County, Texas. On April 16, 2018, the parties filed a notice of agreed non-suit without prejudice, and we re-filed our lawsuit against the Texas Attorney General in Travis County. On April 17, 2018, the Dallas County court granted the parties’ agreed non-suit without prejudice, thereby dismissing the Dallas County lawsuit without prejudice.

On May 24, 2018, the Texas Attorney General answered the complaint filed in Travis County, Texas.

FanDuel filed a petition in intervention on August 24, 2018, seeking essentially the same relief as DraftKings seeks. On October 2, 2018, the Court entered a scheduling order setting the case for a non-jury trial on November 2, 2020.

We intend to vigorously pursue our claims. In the event a court ultimately determines that daily fantasy sports contests violate Texas law, that determination could cause financial harm to us and loss of business in Texas.

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CG Technology Development, LLC; Interactive Games Limited; and Interactive Games LLC

On April 7, 2016, CG Technology Development, LLC, Interactive Games Limited, and Interactive Games LLC (collectively, “CG”), filed suit against us in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. After filing an Amended Complaint, CG alleges that our Daily Fantasy Sports product offering infringes 10 patents: (1) U.S. Patent No. 6,884,166 (the “166 patent”), which is entitled “System and method for establishing a wager for a gaming application”; (2) U.S. Patent No. 6,899,628 (the “628 patent”), which is entitled “System and method for providing game event management to a user of a gaming application”; (3) U.S. Patent No. 7,029,394 (the “394 patent”), which is entitled “System and method for generating statistics for a user of a gaming application”; (4) U.S. Patent No. 7,534,169 (the “169 patent”), which is entitled “System and method for wireless gaming system with user profiles”; (5) U.S. Patent No. 8,342,924 (the “924 patent”), which is entitled “System and method for providing enhanced services to a user of a gaming application”; (6) U.S. Patent No. 8,641,511 (the “511 patent”), which is entitled “Real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes”; (7) U.S. Patent No. 9,111,417 (the “417 patent”), which is entitled “System and method for providing enhanced services to a user of a gaming application”; (8) U.S. Patent No. 9,306,952 (the “952 Patent”), which is entitled “System and method for wireless gaming with location determination”; (9) U.S. Patent No. 9,355,518 (the “518 patent”), which is entitled “Gaming system with location determination”; and (10) U.S. Patent No. RE39,818 (the “818 patent”), which is entitled “Personalized wireless video game system.”

We filed a Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint and, on December 12, 2016, Judge Robert Jones dismissed the allegations for seven (the 924, 628, 394, 417, 169, 511 and 166 Patents) out of the 10 patents under 35 U.S.C. section 101 because those seven patents are directed to non-patentable subject matter.

Between March and June of 2017, we filed petitions with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office challenging the validity of select claims of each of the three remaining asserted patents — the 818, 952 and 518 patents. All challenged claims of these three patents were found to be unpatentable by the PTAB. CG appealed the PTAB decisions to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit with respect to all three patents. On May 14, 2019, CG voluntarily dismissed its appeal of the PTAB’s unpatentability decision for the 952 Patent. The remaining appeals were fully briefed. On December 17, 2019, the Federal Circuit upheld the unpatentability of the ‘818 Patent. Oral arguments before the Federal Circuit are scheduled on February 4, 2020 for the appeal related to the PTAB’s decision that the challenged claims of the ‘518 Patent are unpatentable.

On July 27, 2017, Judge Jones in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada issued an order transferring the case against us to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The case is now before Judge Richard Andrews. On December 20, 2017, the parties entered into a stipulated stay pending the resolution of the petitions filed with the PTAB.

We intend to vigorously defend this case. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe the asserted patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages and/or an injunction that could require us to modify certain features that we currently offer to consumers. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

Interactive Games LLC

On June 14, 2019, Interactive Games LLC (“IG”) filed suit against us in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. In the Complaint, IG alleges that our Daily Fantasy Sports product offering infringes two patents: U.S. Patent No. 8,956,231 (the “231 patent”), which is entitled “Multi-process communication regarding gaming information” and U.S. Patent No. 8,974,302 (the “302 patent”), which is entitled “Multi-process communication regarding gaming information.” That same Complaint alleges that our Sportsbook product offering infringes two additional patents: U.S. Patent No. 8,616,967 (the “967 patent”), which is entitled “System and method for convenience gaming” and U.S. Patent No. 9,430,901 (the “901 patent”), which is entitled “System and method for wireless gaming with location determination.”

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In response to the Complaint, we filed a Motion to Dismiss the Complaint under 35 U.S.C. section 101 because the asserted patents are directed to non-patentable subject matter. The Court has not yet ruled on this Motion.

We intend to continue to vigorously defend this case. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe the asserted patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages and/or an injunction that could require us to modify certain features that we currently offer to consumers. We cannot predict with any degree of certainty the outcome of the suit or determine the extent of any potential liability or damages.

Other

In addition to the above actions, we are subject to various other legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. In our opinion, the amount of ultimate liability with respect to any of these actions is unlikely to materially affect our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity, though the outcomes could be material to our operating results for any particular period, depending, in part, upon the operating results for such period.

Government Regulation

DraftKings is subject to various U.S. and foreign laws and regulations that affect our ability to operate in the DFS, sports betting and iGaming industries. These industries are generally subject to extensive and evolving regulations that could change based on political and social norms and that could be interpreted in ways that could negatively impact our business.

In order to operate in certain jurisdictions, we must either obtain a license or determination of suitability from the responsible authorities. We seek to ensure that we obtain all necessary licenses to develop and put forth our offerings in the jurisdictions in which we operate and where our users are located.

While we believe that we are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable DFS, sports betting and iGaming laws, licenses and regulatory requirements, we cannot assure that our activities or the activities of our users will not become the subject of any regulatory or law enforcement, investigation, proceeding or other governmental action or that any such proceeding or action, as the case may be, would not have a material adverse impact on us or our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Licensing: Overview

When determining to grant a license to an applicant, gaming authorities generally consider: (i) the financial stability, integrity and responsibility of the applicant (including verification of the applicant’s sources of funding); (ii) the quality and security of the applicant’s online real-money gaming platform, hardware and related software, including the platform’s ability to operate in compliance with local regulation, as applicable; (iii) the applicant’s history; (iv) the applicant’s ability to operate its gaming business in a socially responsible manner; and (v) in certain circumstances, the effect on competition.

Gaming authorities may, subject to certain administrative proceeding requirements, (i) deny an application, or limit, condition, revoke or suspend any license issued by them; (ii) impose fines, either on a mandatory basis or as a consensual settlement of regulatory action; (iii) demand that named individuals or shareholders be disassociated from a gaming business; and (iv) in serious cases, liaise with local prosecutors to pursue legal action, which may result in civil or criminal penalties.

Events that may trigger revocation of a gaming license or another form of sanction vary by jurisdiction. However, typical events include, among others: (i) conviction in any jurisdiction of certain persons with an interest in, or key personnel of, the licensee of an offense that is punishable by imprisonment or may otherwise cast doubt on such person’s integrity; (ii) failure without reasonable cause to comply with any material term or condition of the gaming license; (iii) declaration of, or otherwise engaging in, certain bankruptcy, insolvency, winding-up or discontinuance activities, or an order or application with respect to the same; (iv) obtaining the gaming license by a materially false or misleading representation or in some other improper way; (v) violation of applicable anti-money laundering or terrorist financing laws or regulations; (vi) failure to meet commitments to users, including social

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responsibility commitments; (vii) failure to pay in a timely manner all gaming or betting taxes or fees due; or (viii) determination by the gaming authority that there is another material and sufficient reason to revoke or impose another form of sanction upon the licensee.

Gaming authorities also have the right to investigate any individual or entity having a relationship or involvement with us or any of our subsidiaries, to determine whether such individual or entity is suitable as a business associate. If any director, officer, employee or significant shareholder is found unsuitable (including due to the failure to submit required documentation) by a gaming authority, we may deem it necessary, or be required, to sever our relationship with such person.

As part of obtaining Sportsbook and iGaming licenses, the responsible gaming authority will determine the suitability of our directors and certain officers and employees and, in some instances, significant shareholders (typically, beneficial owners of more than 5% of a company’s outstanding equity). The criteria used by gaming authorities to make determinations as to the suitability of an applicant to conduct gaming operations varies among jurisdictions, but generally requires extensive and detailed application disclosures followed by a thorough investigation. Gaming authorities have broad discretion in determining whether an applicant should be found suitable to conduct operations within a given jurisdiction.

Product-Specific Licensing

Daily Fantasy Sports

DraftKings offers its DFS product offering in 21 states that have adopted legislation permitting online fantasy sports. In those states that currently require a license or registration, DraftKings has either obtained the appropriate license or registration, has obtained a provisional license, or is operating pursuant to a grandfathering clause that allows operation pending the availability of licensing applications and subsequent grant of a license. DraftKings also has three foreign licenses and operates under those licenses in eight countries. Various state laws and regulations govern our licenses, but generally such state laws and regulations define paid fantasy sports, establish the rules concerning the application and licensure procedures for gaming operators in the fantasy sports business and regulate practices for paid fantasy sports deemed to be detrimental to the public interest. As part of the licensing process, we must submit, in some jurisdictions, extensive materials on our operations, including our technology and data security, age verification of users, segregation of account funds and responsible gaming initiatives.

In the United States, our licenses are generally granted for a predetermined period of time (typically ranging from one to three years) or require documents to be supplied on a regular basis in order to maintain our licenses.

We also maintain licenses in Great Britain, Malta and Australia.

In Great Britain, online gaming and sports betting is subject to the Gambling Act 2005 (the “GA2005”), as amended by the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Under the GA2005, entities wishing to offer online sports betting (which for purposes of GA2005 is defined to include DFS) and/or online casino services to persons located in Great Britain must first obtain a remote gambling operating license from the Gambling Commission. We hold a remote-pool-betting operating license authorizing us to offer our DFS product to residents of Great Britain. That license may be varied to add further product categories permitting, for example, fixed-odds-sports betting and online casinos. We also hold a gambling software operating license issued by the Gambling Commission, which authorizes us to develop the DFS software we use. Our British licenses are not limited by a term, but are subject to the payment of annual fees.

In Malta, online gaming and sports betting is subject to the Gaming Act 2018 and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Fantasy sports (including DFS) are considered a controlled skill game for the purposes of the Gaming Authorizations Regulations. Our subsidiary, Crown DFS Malta Limited, holds a gaming services license, issued by the Malta Gaming Authority, which authorizes the holder to conduct controlled skill games. Our Malta license was originally issued in 2017. Under the Gaming Act 2018, it has a duration of 10 years.

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Malta is a Member State of the European Union, and that has made it an increasingly popular hub for online betting and gaming businesses. We rely upon our Malta license to conduct DFS operations not only in Malta, but also in certain other EU Member States, including Germany, Austria, the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands.

In Australia, online gaming and sports betting is regulated at both the federal and state/territory levels. A sports betting operator that holds a license in one state or territory may offer services across all other states (subject to certain specific statutory restrictions that may apply). Our subsidiary, DraftKings Australia Pty Ltd, is the holder of a sports bookmaking license issued by the Northern Territory Racing Commission, which enables DraftKings Australia Pty Ltd to conduct DFS contests. The Northern Territory license was issued in November 2017 for a duration of five years, subject to the payment of annual fees and compliance with license conditions.

Sportsbook

We currently operate our online sports betting product via the DraftKings Sportsbook app in Indiana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia pursuant to our temporary licenses granted by the gaming or lottery commission of such states. We also operate retail sportsbooks in Iowa, Mississippi, New Jersey and New York pursuant to state licensing regimes.

On May 14, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion determining that PASPA was unconstitutional. PASPA prohibited a state from “authorizing by law” any form of sports betting. In striking down PASPA, the Supreme Court opened the potential for state-by-state authorization of sports betting. Several states and territories, including Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia already have laws authorizing and regulating some form of sports betting online or in brick-and-mortar establishments, while other states, including Maine, have pending legislation. Sports betting in the United States is subject to additional laws, rules and regulations at the state level. See “Risk Factors — Risk Factors Relating to the Business and Industry of New DraftKings — Our business will be subject to a variety of U.S. and foreign laws, many of which are unsettled and still developing and which could subject us to claims or otherwise harm our business. Any change in existing regulations or their interpretation, or the regulatory climate applicable to our products and services, or changes in tax rules and regulations or interpretation thereof related to our products and services, could adversely impact our ability to operate our business as currently conducted or as we seek to operate in the future, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.”

iGaming

We currently operate our iGaming platform in New Jersey and are pursuing a license in Pennsylvania.

Generally, online gambling in the United States is only lawful when specifically permitted under applicable state law. At the federal level, several laws provide federal law enforcement with the authority to enforce and prosecute gambling operations conducted in violation of underlying state gambling laws. These enforcement laws include the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (the “UIGEA”), the Illegal Gambling Business Act and the Travel Act. No violation of the UIGEA, the Illegal Gambling Business Act or the Travel Act can be found absent a violation of an underlying state law or other federal law. In addition, the Wire Act of 1961 (the “Wire Act”) provides that anyone engaged in the business of betting or wagering knowingly uses a wire communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest, or for the transmission of a wire communication which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers, or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, will be fined or imprisoned, or both. However, the Wire Act notes that it shall not be construed to prevent the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of information for use in news reporting of sporting events or contests, or for the transmission of information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on a sporting event or contest from a State or foreign country where betting on that sporting event or contest is legal into a State or foreign country in which such betting is legal. There is ongoing legal action as to whether the Wire Act applies beyond sports betting. A federal court of first instance has ruled that it does not.

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SBTech

SBTech has obtained licenses (and approvals, as applicable) in six states in the United States and in the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, Malta and Romania. Additionally, SBTech has certified its software in Denmark, Italy, Nigeria, Portugal and Spain, and its platform and sportsbook are available in Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Mexico, Poland and Sweden under local licenses held by operators using SBTech’s platform in these jurisdictions.

SBTech currently supplies its platform, sportsbook and iGaming services online in New Jersey and its platform and sportsbook online in Oregon. It also supplies its retail sportsbook services in Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Pennsylvania pursuant to state licensing regimes. In addition, SBTech supplies its platform, sportsbook and iGaming services to customers in additional jurisdictions.

In addition to our licensing regime for our offerings, we also take significant measures to protect users’ privacy and data. Our programs consist of the following:

Data Protection and Privacy

Because we handle, collect, store, receive, transmit and otherwise process certain personal information of our users and employees, we are also subject to federal, state and foreign laws related to the privacy and protection of such data. Regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union and the California Consumer Privacy Act, expected to take effect in California on January 1, 2020, are new, untested laws that could affect our business, and the potential impact is unknown.

Compliance

We have developed and implemented a rigorous internal compliance program to help ensure that we comply with legal and regulatory requirements imposed on us in connection with our DFS, Sportsbook and iGaming activities. Our compliance and risk program focuses, among other things, on reducing and managing problematic gaming and providing tools to assist users in making educated choices related to gaming activities.

Additionally, we employ various methods and tools across our operations such as geolocation blocking, which restricts access based upon the user’s geographical location determined through a series of data points such as mobile devices and Wi-Fi networks; age verification to ensure our users are old enough to participate; routine monitoring of user activity; and risk-based user due diligence to ensure the funds used by our users are legitimately derived. We have a zero-tolerance approach to money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud and collusion. While we are firmly committed to full compliance with all applicable laws and have developed appropriate policies and procedures in order to comply with the requirements of the evolving regulatory regimes, we cannot assure that our compliance program will prevent the violation of one or more laws or regulations, or that a violation by us or an employee will not result in the imposition of a monetary fine or suspension or revocation of one or more of our licenses.

SBTech’s platform has been built from the ground up to meet the needs of differing regulatory regimes, including configurable regulatory and responsible gaming controls such as responsible gaming tests, operator alerts on player behavior, deposit limits, betting limits, loss limits, timeout facilities, session limits, reality checks, balance thresholds and intended gaming amounts. These features allow the operators’ customers full control of their gaming to allow them to play responsibly.

Responsible and Safer Gaming

We view the safety and welfare of our users as critical to our business and have made appropriate investments in our processes and systems. We are committed to industry-leading responsible gaming practices and seek to provide our users with the resources and services they need to play responsibly. These practices, resources and services include deposit limits, voluntary restrictions on access and use of certain offerings, temporary self-exclusion and cooling-off periods, voluntary permanent exclusion from our offerings and applications and data science technology, which is able to flag any suspicious or abnormal betting activity. We also participate in national self-exclusion registers where they are in operation. We prominently promote our responsible gaming tools, resources and initiatives on our website and mobile

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applications. We also maintain a self-excluded user list, which prohibits self-identified users from participating in DFS contests or placing bets or participating in real-money gaming and have embedded the software to limit or restrict the amount individual users spend. We also train our frontline personnel to identify signs of problematic gaming, ensuring that we are not only utilizing data and technology but also our human resources.

In December 2019, we joined the National Council on Problem Gambling (“NCPG”) as a Platinum Member. The NCPG is the leading national organization for people and their families who are affected by problem gambling and gambling addiction. Our NCPG membership supports wide-ranging problem gambling prevention, treatment, education, and research programs, as well as innovative responsible gambling policies, provided by the NCPG. Our membership helps build upon NCPG efforts, including the Safer Sports Betting Initiative and Internet Responsible Gambling Standards, which assist gambling operators by providing best practice responsible gambling policies and procedures for all online gambling activities, including sports betting.

We are also members of the Sports Wagering Integrity Monitoring Association and the American Gaming Association.

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DRAFTKINGS’ INDUSTRY

Overview

We are a leader in digital sports entertainment and gaming in the United States, with over 4.3 million cumulative unique paid users. Our total revenue has grown from $192 million in 2017 to $285.3 million for the twelve months ended September 30, 2019. Our growth has been driven substantially by the legalization of sports betting and iGaming in several U.S. jurisdictions, including New Jersey, where we launched our DraftKings Sportsbook in the third quarter of 2018 and iGaming in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Our Industry and Opportunity

We operate within the global entertainment and gaming industries, which are comprised of diverse products and offerings that compete for consumers’ time and disposable income, such as movies, television, music, sporting events, video games, gambling and more. Industry revenue, according to the International Trade Administration and H2 Gambling Capital (“H2”), is estimated to be greater than $2.5 trillion, of which approximately one-third is derived from the United States.

We have focused our business to benefit from the growth opportunities at the intersection of digital sports entertainment and gaming. We believe sports entertainment and sports betting should fuel each other’s growth for the foreseeable future. According to Deloitte’s TMT Predictions 2019, 43% of North American men aged 25-34 who watch sports also regularly bet on sports, with regularly being defined as betting at least once per week. Deloitte estimates that this figure could grow to be as large as 60% going forward. As more jurisdictions legalize online gaming, we expect it to see outsized gains versus retail alternatives. For example, in New Jersey, the N.J. Division of Gaming Enforcement notes that over 80% of sports betting gross gaming revenue has come from online betting since the legalization of sports betting in New Jersey.

As momentum for regulated sports betting and iGaming continues, we believe we are uniquely positioned to be a leader in both B2C and B2B capacities.

Global Gaming Industry

The global gaming industry includes a wide array of products, from lotteries to bingo, slot machines, casino games and sports betting, across land-based and online platforms. In 2018, the global gaming industry generated approximately $450 billion in gross gaming revenue according to H2. The industry has various operators and stakeholders across the private and public sectors, including traditional brick-and-mortar casinos, state-run lottery operators, Native American Tribes, legacy online gaming operators, racetracks/racinos and gaming technology companies.

Recently, online gaming has seen outsized growth and increased penetration. Per H2, online gaming grew at an annual rate of 10% from 2014 to 2018, relative to global gaming’s growth of 2% per annum during that same period. H2 expects this trend to continue over the next five years. Online gaming’s share of total global gaming revenue is projected to nearly double from 2014 to 2024E (from 8% to 15% of the total global gaming industry). We believe the following trends will support continued growth in this space:

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Various jurisdictions globally, including the United States, are embracing regulated sports betting and iGaming in an effort to create a safer gaming environment for consumers and to generate additional tax revenue (which is otherwise lost to illegal bookmakers and operators).

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In the past decade, there has been significant regulatory momentum with respect to online gaming across the globe. This momentum has been particularly relevant in developed nations whose citizens have disposable income to spend on entertainment and gaming. For example, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and various states in the United States have legalized and regulated online sports betting or iGaming. We expect this trend to continue moving forward, most notably in the

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United States. For further details on the U.S. regulatory landscape, see “— Our Industry and Opportunity — North American Gaming Industry — U.S. Sports Betting” and “— Our Industry and Opportunity — North American Gaming Industry — U.S. iGaming” below.

North American Gaming Industry 

Our short- to medium- term focus is on the North American online gaming industry, particularly the opportunity in online sports betting and iGaming. According to H2, the total North American gaming industry generated approximately $128 billion in annual gross gaming revenue in 2018, only 5% of which was derived from online gaming. This low percentage of mobile gaming penetration in North America relative to the rest of the world is predominantly due to the slower pace of adoption in the United States where online gaming is regulated on a state-by-state basis. As U.S. jurisdictions become regulated and mature, online gaming penetration may approach that of other developed nations. For example, H2 estimates that more than 40% of the U.K.’s gross gaming revenue comes from online betting.

The online gaming industry can be broadly segmented into two sub-sectors: (1) sports betting and (2) iGaming. Our primary geographic focus is in the United States.

U.S. Sports Betting

On May 14, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down PASPA. This ruling effectively allows for each state to legislate and regulate sports betting as it sees fit. After PASPA was struck down, 21 states and the District of Columbia, as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, representing approximately 36% of the U.S. population per the Census Bureau, have legalized sports betting in some form. The following table summarizes the current status of legalized sports betting in the United States.

U.S. Regulatory Overview

Source:   “U.S. sports betting tracker” from Gambling Compliance; “Where is sports betting legal in the U.S.?” from Legal Sports Report, U.S. Census Data as of July 2018.

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Indicates states that have legalized sports betting in some form.

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Indicates states with online sportsbooks.

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Green check indicates states with operational online sports betting, while yellow check indicates states that are still pending launch.

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“Retail” indicates states which require a relationship with a land-based operator for online sportsbook access. “Direct” indicates states which grant direct licenses for online sportsbook access.

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Excludes instances where sports betting is regulated by the lottery but operators can otherwise access the jurisdiction through a direct or retail license (e.g., Tennessee and West Virginia).

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In New Mexico sports betting is limited to provision by Native American tribes.

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Tennessee is the only state without retail sportsbooks.

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Indicates percentage of the U.S. population in states with retail access.

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Indicates percentage of the U.S. population in states with multiple operators.

According to Legal Sports Report, for 2019 year-to-date (as of October 31, 2019), the size of the regulated sports betting industry in the United States is approximately $700 million in gross gaming revenue, with approximately $500 million, or greater than 70%, coming from Nevada and New Jersey — states with more established gaming industries. While the overall industry is still nascent, growth has been strong. For example, monthly sportsbook gross gaming revenue in New Jersey, the first state to regulate sports betting after PASPA was struck down, grew 297% year-over-year to $46.4 million this October.

The sports betting industry is expected to grow significantly over the next five years as more states legalize sports betting and currently operational states progress toward maturity.

In addition to regulatory momentum, we believe that industry growth will be spurred by multiple parties having economic interests in the industry’s development (such as media providers, professional sports leagues, sportsbook operators and governments, among others). For example, legalized sports betting should contribute to more engaged television viewers, generating revenue for both professional sports leagues and media providers. According to Deloitte’s TMT Predictions 2019, 68% percent of North American male sports watchers aged 25-34 are more likely to watch a game on TV if they have bet on the game.

U.S. Online Sports Betting: Estimating the Total Addressable Industry Size

There are several different ways to triangulate potential industry size in the United States, some of which we have detailed below. For example, one can extrapolate from other industries globally. These include the United Kingdom and Australia, both of which have mature and regulated sports betting industries. As such, each country presents a data point to help gauge the potential of the U.S. sports betting market. Another way is to extrapolate based on the results in New Jersey, even though New Jersey will only represent a relatively small portion of the mature U.S. industry and the result in New Jersey may not be indicative of results in other jurisdictions.

Estimated U.S. Online Sports Betting GGR at Maturity

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Source:   New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement; H2 Gambling Capital Global All Product Summary Report, June 2019; U.S. Census Bureau; U.K. Office for National Statistics.

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Implies industry size based on New Jersey’s percentage of the U.S. population. 2023E NJ GGR assumes H1’19 annualized GGR of  $180 million grows at five-year historical iGaming CAGR of 28% per year until 2023 at which point the industry reaches a mature state.

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Implies industry size based on 2023E U.K. GGR per adult of  $88 and a U.S. adult population of 254 million people. 2023E U.K. GGR applies five-year historical OSB CAGR of 13% in the U.K. to 2018 GGR of  $2.4 billion.

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Implies industry size based on 2023E Australia GGR per adult of  $92 and a U.S. adult population of 254 million people. 2023E Australia GGR per H2 Gambling Capital Global.

As presented in the chart above, the implied U.S. sports betting industry could range from approximately $18 billion (based on the New Jersey extrapolation) to $23 billion (based on the Australia extrapolation). We believe this industry presents an opportunity for New DraftKings’ B2C and B2B businesses.

U.S. iGaming

Of the nine states with live online sports betting, four states (Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia) have also legalized iGaming in some form. Specifically, iGaming is legal in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, while only online poker is legal in Nevada. Additionally, Delaware has legalized iGaming, although the state has not yet legalized online sports betting.

At the moment, iGaming has less regulatory momentum than sports betting; however, New Jersey presents a data point for iGaming’s industry potential in the United States. As illustrated below, based on an extrapolation of New Jersey results, the implied total U.S. industry size could be greater than $20 billion if every state legalizes iGaming.

For further details on the New Jersey iGaming industry, refer to the New Jersey case study in “Business of DraftKings and SBTech — Our Products and Economic Model — Case Study: New Jersey Sportsbook.”

Estimated U.S. iGaming GGR Implied by New Jersey

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GGR for nine months ended September 30, 2019 is annualized then grown one year forward at the historical CAGR of 25% (‘14-’18A).

Daily Fantasy Sports

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smaller players (such as Yahoo Sports). According to Eilers, DraftKings and FanDuel account for approximately 95% market share, with DraftKings controlling approximately 60% of that share.

Competition

Given that DraftKings operates in the global entertainment and gaming industry, we consider any type of discretionary leisure and entertainment provider to be a competitor with respect to our consumers’ time and disposable income. In the sports betting space, our competitors are established European players, such as Bet365, Flutter Entertainment / The Stars Group (through their FanDuel and FoxBet brands), William Hill and Roar Digital (through its BetMGM brand and partnership with GVC). Additionally, we expect competition from new entrants, such as Pointsbet, and U.S. casinos. We expect to have similar competitors in the iGaming space; however, our competitors may operate under different brand names for the purposes of iGaming. With regard to DFS, our primary competitor is FanDuel, which is majority owned by Flutter Entertainment.

We principally compete on a number of factors across our B2C offerings. These include, but are not limited to, our front-end online product, our back-end infrastructure, our ability to retain and monetize existing users, re-engage prior users and acquire new users and our regulatory access and compliance experience.

In the B2B space, our competitors for sports betting and iGaming will include Bet.Works, Gaming Innovation Group (GiG), GVC Holdings, International Gaming Technology (IGT), Kambi, Playtech and Scientific Games. SBTech principally competes, and we will compete, on the quality and breadth of our technology solutions and support services.

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DRAFTKINGS’ MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of DraftKings Inc. (“DraftKings,” “we,” “us” and “our”) should be read together with our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and our unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2019 and for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, in each case together with related notes thereto, included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. The discussion and analysis should also be read together with the section entitled “Business of DraftKings and SBTech” and our pro forma financial information as of September 30, 2019 and for the nine-month period then ended and for the year ended December 31, 2018. See “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information.” The following discussion contains forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ significantly from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause future results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Certain amounts may not foot due to rounding.

Our Business

Our vision is to transform the way in which people experience sports. Our mission is to make life more exciting by responsibly creating the world’s favorite real-money games and betting experiences.

In 2012, we launched our peer-to-peer daily fantasy sports product offering for short-duration contests for cash prizes and continue to pioneer innovations aligned with our mission. Today, we believe DraftKings is the largest daily fantasy sports operator in the United States. Starting in 2018, we expanded into Sportsbook and iGaming and established ourselves as a top operator.

Our goal is to revolutionize digital sports entertainment at the intersection of technology and entertainment. We have established a following among “skin-in-the-game” sports fans brought together by our robust daily fantasy sports technology platform that powers millions of contest entries in peer-to-peer competitions every week. We leverage our technology platform, the scale and density of our user base and insights from over four million cumulative paid users to continuously improve our analytics, marketing and technology to (a) continue to invest in our products and platform, (b) launch our product offerings in new geographies, (c) effectively integrate SBTech to form a vertically integrated operation, (d) create replicable and predictable state-level unit economics in sports betting and iGaming and (e) expand our consumer offerings. For example, in 2013 we launched the first mobile app in daily fantasy sports, anticipating the behavioral shift of a user base that had historically relied on a desktop-only experience. And five years later, in August 2018, we launched the first mobile sportsbook in New Jersey.

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Over the past eight years, we have achieved sustained paid user growth and several key milestones, as indicated in the chart below (see “Business of DraftKings and SBTech”).

Today, our offerings include expanded means to experience sports and gaming, including our recently added iGaming offering that provides users with a robust suite of gaming options. We anticipate the demand for our offerings will continue to grow as additional states legalize and regulate sports betting and iGaming, and more people discover the convenience of our platform and excitement of the “skin-in-the-game” experience.

The following table sets forth a summary of our financial results for the periods indicated:

​	Nine months ended September 30,						Year ended December 31,
​	2019			2018			2018			2017
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Revenue	​	$	191,995	​	$	133,016	​	$	226,227	​	$	191,844
Net Loss	​	​	(114,087)	​	​	(75,149)	​	​	(76,220)	​	​	(75,556)
Adjusted EBITDA(1)	​	$	(92,255)	​	$	(62,851)	​	$	(58,850)	​	$	(49,946)

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Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. See “— Non-GAAP Information” below for our definition of, and additional information about, Adjusted EBITDA, and for a reconciliation to net loss, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure.

The accelerated revenue growth and higher net loss year-over-year was due to New Jersey Sportsbook and iGaming launches in August and December of 2018, respectively. Our business is also seasonal in nature, and our revenue and user volume between quarters, as well as between year-over-year comparative reporting periods, are impacted by the relative popularity of certain sports and the scheduling of professional sports seasons and sporting events. See “— Quarterly Performance Trend and Seasonality.”

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We make deliberate and substantial investments in support of our mission and long-term growth. For example, we have invested in our products and technology in order to continually launch new product innovations on our platform, improve marketing, merchandising, and operational efficiency through data science, and deliver a great user experience. We also make significant investments in sales and marketing and incentives to grow and retain our paid user base, including personalized cross-product offers and promotions, and promote brand awareness to attract the “skin-in-the-game” sports fan. Together, these investments have enabled us to create a leading product offering built on a scalable platform, while attracting a user base that resulted in the rapid growth of our business. DraftKings is the leader in daily fantasy sports, with approximately 60% revenue market share in the United States in the second quarter of 2019, according to Eilers’ Daily Fantasy Sports Tracker from Q2 2019. We are also among the leading Sportsbook and iGaming operators in New Jersey, with market shares of greater than 30% according to the NJ Division of Gaming Enforcement’s Gross Revenue Share Report from November 2019, and greater than 10% according to Eilers’ U.S. Sports Betting Market Monitor Report from November 2019. We have since launched our online Sportsbook in Indiana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

We are continuing to invest in our future through product innovation and scaling our operations to prepare for the launch of our product offerings in new jurisdictions. When we launch Sportsbook and iGaming offerings in a new jurisdiction, we invest in user acquisition, retention and cross-selling, until the new jurisdiction provides a critical mass of users engaged across our product offerings. We expect each new jurisdiction to achieve a positive contribution profit (which we define as revenue, minus cost of revenue and direct advertising costs) in approximately 12 to 24 months, and in some cases up to 36 months, following launch.

Our path to profitability is based on the acceleration of positive contribution profit growth driven by marketing efficiencies as we transition from local to regional to national advertising, and scale benefits on the platform development component of our cost of revenue. On a consolidated Adjusted EBITDA basis, we expect to achieve profitability when total contribution profit exceeds the fixed costs of our business, which depends, in part, on the percentage of the U.S. adult population that has access to our product offerings.

Our current technology is highly scalable with relatively minimal incremental spend required to launch our product offerings into new states. We will continue to manage our fixed-cost base in conjunction with our market entry plans and focus our variable spend on marketing, user experience and support and regulatory compliance to become the platform of choice for users and the partner of choice for regulators. We expect the Business Combination to further improve our profitability (excluding the impact of amortization of acquired intangibles) through cost synergies and new opportunities driven by vertical integration of SBTech’s technology and know-how.

Our Business Model

Across all of our offerings, we provide users with a single integrated platform that provides one account, one wallet, a centralized payment system and responsible gaming controls, compliant with regulations across all jurisdictions in which we operate (we refer to this as our “platform”). This platform enables us to develop a seamless and personalized experience across our product offerings. Our product offerings, consisting of daily fantasy sports, Sportsbook and iGaming, available through both web and mobile applications, generate substantially all of our revenue. Our business model relies on our ability to leverage this multijurisdictional platform and create innovative product offerings that will both attract new users and retain our growing base of users.

Our business model is based on the following key factors and strategies:

Monetizing our Platform

We monetize our platform through the following principal offerings:

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Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS). Since launching our platform, we have monetized our DFS offering by facilitating peer-to-peer play, whereby users compete against each other for prize money. We provide users with a technology platform that establishes daily fantasy sports contests, scores the

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contest, distributes the prize money and performs other administrative activities to enable the “skin-in-the-game” sports fan experience. Our revenue is the difference between the entry fees collected and the amounts paid out to users as prizes and customer incentives in a period.

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Sportsbook. To further enhance the “skin-in-the-game” sports fan experience, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down PASPA, we enabled our platform to offer online sports betting. In Sportsbook, we generate revenue from “hold” as users play against the house (us).

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iGaming. iGaming includes the full suite of games available in land-based casinos, such as blackjack, roulette and slot machines, all integrated with our other offerings through our platform. For these offerings, we function similarly to land-based casinos, generating revenue through “hold” as users play against the house (us).

Across all of our principal offerings, as more users place more bets or enter more contests, we earn more revenue. We also generate revenue from offering advertising and sponsorship packages to targeted advertisers across our entertainment and gaming offerings.

Growing our User Base

Monthly Unique Payers (“MUPs”).   The number of unique paid users (“payers”) that use our product offerings on a monthly basis is a key metric of our user growth. The charts below present our MUPs for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018 and for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2019, respectively:

MUPs is a key indicator of the scale of our user base and awareness of our brand. We believe that the growth of our MUPs base is also indicative of our long-term revenue growth potential. We expect the number of MUPs to grow as we attract, retain and re-engage users in new and existing jurisdictions and expand our offerings to appeal to a wider audience.

We define MUPs as the number of unique paid users (“payers”) per month who had a paid engagement (i.e., participated in a real-money DFS contest, sports bet or casino game) across one or more of our product offerings via our platform. For reported periods longer than one month, we average the MUPs for the months in the reported period.

A “unique paid user” or “unique payer” is any person who had one or more paid engagements via our platform during the period (i.e., a user that participates in a paid engagement across each of our product offerings counts as a single unique payer for the period). This measure does not include users who have not played with funds deposited in their wallet on our platform. We exclude users who have made a deposit but have not yet had a paid engagement. Unique payers or unique paid users include users who have participated in a paid engagement with promotional incentives, which are fungible with other funds deposited in their wallets on our platform; the number of these users included in MUPs has not been material to date and a substantial majority of such users are repeat users who have had paid engagements both prior to and after receiving incentives.

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Average Revenue per MUP (“ARPMUP”).   The average revenue per MUP represents our ability to drive usage and monetization of our product offerings. The charts below present our ARPMUP for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018 and for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2019, respectively:

We use ARPMUP to analyze comparative revenue growth and measure customer monetization and engagement trends.

We define and calculate ARPMUP as the average monthly revenue for a reporting period, divided by MUPs (i.e., the average number of unique payers) for the same period.

The Business Combination

Under the terms of the BCA, Merger Sub will merge with and into DraftKings (the “DK Merger”), and DraftKings will survive the DK Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of New DraftKings. Concurrently with the DK Merger, New DraftKings will acquire all of the issued and outstanding share capital of SBTech (the “SBTech Acquisition”). Immediately prior to the DK Merger and the SBTech Acquisition, DEAC will merge with and into DEAC NV Merger Corp., a Nevada corporation, and will change its name to DraftKings Inc. In consideration for the DK Merger and the SBTech Acquisition, our stockholders will receive shares of common stock of New DraftKings, and SBTech’s shareholders will receive a combination of cash and shares of common stock of New DraftKings, as described more fully in the section entitled “The Business Combination Agreement.” We refer to these transactions as the “Business Combination.”

We expect to be the accounting acquirer of SBTech and have preliminarily allocated the estimated purchase price of approximately $707 million (reflecting certain estimated purchase price adjustments and seller costs to be borne by New DraftKings pursuant to the BCA) to SBTech’s assets and liabilities in the pro forma balance sheet included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. This would result in, among other adjustments, pro forma increases of approximately $11 million in property, plant and equipment, $262 million in amortizable intangible assets and $415 million in goodwill, compared to DraftKings’ balance sheet as of September 30, 2019. The fair value measurement period for the SBTech acquisition will remain open upon the consummation of the Business Combination while we await further information and analyses to determine the acquisition date fair values of certain acquired assets and assumed liabilities. Additionally, following the Business Combination, we expect to incur certain one-time integration costs. We also plan to integrate SBTech’s platform, services, assets and know-how with our operations over time, which we expect to result in substantial synergies over time and provide us with important competitive advantages. Expected synergies include implementation of SBTech’s proprietary sportsbook technology (transitioning from an external provider), integration of corporate management and shared service functions and processes and the ability to attract skilled IT engineering professionals in lower-cost regions. Consequently, the future results we report for the combined business may not be comparable to DraftKings’ or SBTech’s historical financial statements or the pro forma financial information included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Upon consummation of the Business Combination, DraftKings expects to be deemed the predecessor of the combined business, and New DraftKings, as the parent company of the combined business, will

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continue as the SEC registrant, meaning that DraftKings’ financial statements for previous periods will be disclosed in the registrant’s future periodic reports filed with the SEC. The DK Merger will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded, in accordance with U.S. GAAP. SBTech will be treated as an acquired company for financial statement reporting purposes. The Business Combination is expected to have several significant impacts on our future reported financial position and results, as a consequence of reverse capitalization treatment (with respect to DEAC) and acquisition accounting (with respect to SBTech). These include an estimated increase in cash (as compared to our balance sheet at September 30, 2019) of between approximately $217 million, assuming maximum shareholder redemptions, and $524 million, assuming no shareholder redemptions. These pro forma cash amounts are net of  (x) approximately $211 million in cash consideration payable to SBTech shareholders (including estimated purchase price adjustments pursuant to the BCA) and (y) total non-recurring transaction costs estimated at approximately $46.5 million (including acquisition-related advisory fees in connection with the Business Combination and deferred underwriting commissions in connection with DEAC’s initial public offering, but excluding certain seller costs to be borne by New DraftKings), of which a portion will be treated as a reduction of equity (i.e., the deferred underwriting commissions and costs pertaining to the reverse recapitalization) and a portion will be expensed in the period in which the Business Combination closes (i.e., merger-related costs). The pro forma cash amounts include cash from (i) DEAC’s trust account, the amount of which will depend on the level of shareholder redemptions, (ii) $66.6 million in proceeds from our issuance of Convertible Notes, which we received in December 2019 and (iii) the proceeds from the Private Placement of approximately $304.7 million that we expect to receive upon the consummation of the Business Combination. In addition, certain stock options will be accelerated upon the Closing, which is expected to result in a non-recurring non-cash expense of approximately $[     ] in the period in which the Closing takes place. See “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information.”

As a consequence of the Business Combination, DraftKings expects to become the successor to an SEC-registered and Nasdaq-listed company, which will require us to hire additional staff and implement procedures and processes to address public company regulatory requirements and customary practices. We expect to incur additional annual expenses for, among other things, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, director fees and additional internal and external accounting, legal and administrative resources and fees. DraftKings estimates that these incremental costs will range between approximately $20 million and $30 million per year.

Non-GAAP Information

This proxy statement/prospectus includes Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP performance measure that we use to supplement our results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We believe Adjusted EBITDA is useful in evaluating our operating performance, as it is similar to measures reported by our public competitors and is regularly used by security analysts, institutional investors and other interested parties in analyzing operating performance and prospects. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a substitute for any U.S. GAAP financial measure and, as calculated, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of performance of other companies in other industries or within the same industry.

We define and calculate Adjusted EBITDA as net losses before the impact of interest income or expense, income tax expense and depreciation and amortization, and further adjusted for the following items: stock-based compensation, transaction-related costs, litigation, settlement and related costs and certain other non-cash and non-core items, as described in the reconciliation below.

We include this non-GAAP financial measure because it is used by management to evaluate DraftKings’ core operating performance and trends and to make strategic decisions regarding the allocation of capital and new investments. Adjusted EBITDA excludes certain expenses that are required in accordance with U.S. GAAP because they are non-recurring (for example, in the case of transaction-related costs), non-cash (for example, in the case of depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation) or are not related to our underlying business performance (for example, in the case of interest income and expense and legal settlement costs).

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The table below presents our Adjusted EBITDA reconciled to our net loss, the closest U.S. GAAP measure, for the periods indicated:

​

Nine months ended September 30,

Year ended December 31,

​

2019

2018

2018

2017

​

(in thousands)

Net loss

​

$

(114,087)

​

$

(75,149)

​

$

(76,220)

​

$

(75,556)

Adjusted for:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Depreciation and amortization

​

​

9,629

​

​

4,757

​

​

7,499

​

​

6,301

Interest (income) expense, net

​

​

(1,364)

​

​

(537)

​

​

(666)

​

​

1,541

Income tax expense

​

​

35

​

​

63

​

​

105

​

​

210

Stock-based compensation

​

​

8,519

​

​

5,376

​

​

7,210

​

​

4,500

Transaction-related costs(1)

​

​

2,603

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

10,697

Litigation, settlement and related costs(2)

​

​

2,410

​

​

2,639

​

​

3,222

​

​

1,754

Other non-operating costs(3)

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

607

Adjusted EBITDA

​

$

(92,255)

​

$

(62,851)

​

$

(58,850)

​

$

(49,946)

(1)

Mainly includes advisory, consulting, accounting and legal expenses in connection with mergers and acquisitions activities, including related evaluation, negotiation and integration costs, and capital-raising activities. This includes costs related to the Business Combination in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The 2017 amount relates mainly to an attempted significant transaction.

(2)

Includes primarily litigation settlement costs, and related external legal costs, mainly in connection with regulatory investigations and settlements.

(3)

Includes adjustments to the fair value of contingent consideration and other non-operating costs.

Key Factors Affecting Our Results

Our financial position and results of operations depend to a significant extent on the following factors:

Industry Opportunity and Competitive Landscape

We operate within the global entertainment and gaming industry, which is comprised of diverse products and offerings that compete for consumers’ time and disposable income. Our short-to-medium term focus is on the North American regulated gaming industry, particularly the opportunity in online sports betting and iGaming. See “DraftKings’ Industry.” We believe our industry-leading product offerings, strong technology platform, eight years of U.S. online and mobile gaming experience, established brand and, following our acquisition of SBTech, our vertically integrated solutions make us a partner of choice for state regulators, professional sports leagues and teams, gaming companies, retail and online sportsbooks and other sports entertainment and related businesses.

As we prepare to enter new jurisdictions, we expect to face fierce competition from other established industry players, some of which may have more experience in sports betting and iGaming and have access to more resources. We believe our analytics, the technology that powers our platform, and the lessons learned from our DFS operations and New Jersey experience will enable us to capture significant market share in newly available jurisdictions. For example, we achieved and maintain a digital sportsbook New Jersey market share of over 30% and we are among the top iGaming operators in the state, despite extensive competition.

Legalization, Regulation and Taxation

We are the national leader in daily fantasy sports and a top mobile-gaming operator in New Jersey according to Eilers’ U.S. Sports Betting Market Monitor Report from November 2019. Our financial prospects depend on legalization of online sports betting and iGaming across more of the United States, a

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trend that we believe is in its infancy after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down PASPA in May 2018. Our strategy is to expand our Sportsbook and iGaming offerings in new jurisdictions as they are legalized and become accessible. As of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, 21 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, which collectively represent 36.1% of the U.S population, have legalized sports betting in some form. Of these 21 legal jurisdictions, 14 have legalized online sports betting, and make up 23.9% of the U.S. population. Nine of these 14 jurisdictions are live and five are pending launch. DraftKings operates in five of these nine jurisdictions, and SBTech operates in one other. We plan to launch in one of the three remaining jurisdictions and are exploring plans to enter the other ones.

The process of securing the necessary licenses or partnerships to operate in a given jurisdiction may take longer than we anticipate. In addition, legislative or regulatory restrictions and product taxes may make it less attractive or more difficult for us to do business in a particular jurisdiction. For example, certain jurisdictions require us to have a relationship with a land-based licensed casino for online sportsbook access, which tends to increase our costs of revenue. States that have established state-run monopolies may limit opportunities for private sector participants like us. We nonetheless believe our acquisition of SBTech will allow us to become a partner of choice to power state-run sportsbooks, as exemplified by SBTech’s recent agreement with the Oregon State Lottery.

States impose tax rates on regulated offerings, which may vary substantially between states and product offerings. Sales taxes may also apply in certain jurisdictions. We are also subject to a federal excise tax of 25 basis points on the amount of each sportsbook bet. See “Risk Factors — Risk Factors Relating to the Business and Industry of New DraftKings — Our growth prospects may suffer if we are unable to develop successful offerings or if we fail to pursue additional offerings. In addition, if we fail to make the right investment decisions in our offerings and technology platform, we may not attract and retain key users and our revenue and results of operations may decline.”

Ability to Acquire, Retain and Monetize Users

We grow our business by attracting new paid users to our platform and increasing their level of engagement with our product offerings over time. To effectively attract and retain paid users and to re-engage former paid users, we invest in a variety of marketing channels in combination with personalized user promotions (such as free contest entries or bets). These investments and personalized promotions are intended to increase consumer awareness and drive engagement. While we are continuing to assess the efficiency of our marketing and promotion activities, our limited operating history and the relative novelty of the U.S. online sports betting and iGaming industries makes it difficult for us to predict when we will achieve our longer-term profitability objectives.

Managing Betting Risk

Sports betting and iGaming are characterized by an element of chance. Our revenue is impacted by variations in the hold percentage (the ratio of net win to total amount wagered) on bets placed on, or the actual outcome of, games or events on which users bet. Although our product offerings generally perform within a defined statistical range of outcomes, actual outcomes may vary for any given period, and a single large bet can have a sizeable impact on our short-term financial performance. Our hold is also affected by the spread of limits and factors that are beyond our control, such as a user’s skill, experience and behavior, the mix of games played, the financial resources of users and the volume of bets placed. As a result of the variability in these factors, the actual hold rates on our products may differ from the theoretical win rates we have estimated and could result in the winnings of our gaming users exceeding those anticipated. We seek to mitigate these risks through data science and analytics and rules built into our platform, as well as active management of our amounts at risk at a point in time, but may not always be able to do so successfully, particularly over short periods, which can result in financial losses as well as revenue volatility.

Key Components of Revenue and Expenses

Revenue

We generate revenue primarily through our three main product offerings. DFS currently accounts for a majority of our revenue. Since their launch, Sportsbook and iGaming account for a rapidly growing proportion of revenue. We expect this trend to continue and to further accelerate if and when our

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Sportsbook and iGaming offerings are permitted in more U.S. states. Over time, we expect both Sportsbook and iGaming will surpass DFS in terms of revenue.

We record substantially all our revenue from our consumer product offerings on our platform. DFS revenue is generated to the extent that contest entry fees from customers (i.e., our paid users), in the aggregate, exceed the aggregate prizes awarded and paid user incentives in a period. Sportsbook and iGaming revenue is generated from bets received from paid users (referred to as “handle”), less winnings paid to such users and paid user incentives. While we seek to set the odds of winning to provide us with a revenue margin on the amounts at risk, our liability for the winning bets may result in net reductions to revenue if the amount of user bets won exceeds our hold. We also generate revenue from the sale of advertising across our product offerings, and expect this to grow in dollar terms (though not as a proportion of revenue) as we expand our platform across more of the United States.

We offer a variety of incentives to attract users to our product offerings, including free or matching bets, enhanced odds and betting insurance. In addition, our paid users are eligible for a loyalty program and can earn points for engaging with our offerings and redeem them for various rewards, including contest tickets, apparel, events, sports merchandise and other prizes. We record the cost of these incentives as reductions to revenue, i.e., we report revenue net of these costs. We expect the amount of these incentives, and the mix between incentives and advertising and marketing costs, to be volatile for the foreseeable future. These incentives are also seasonal in nature and will be affected by the timing of sporting events and our entry into new jurisdictions. While we plan to stabilize our incentive rates as a percentage of gross revenue over time, we may incur higher or lower incentive costs in a given period, depending on a number of factors, including the tax treatment of incentives and trend changes in legalization and our advertising spend.

Our revenue is currently concentrated in the United States. See Note 16 to DraftKings’ audited consolidated financial statements and Note 14 to DraftKings’ unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements, both included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Costs and Expenses

Cost of revenue.   Our cost of revenue consists primarily of variable costs. These include mainly (i) payment processing fees and chargebacks, (ii) product taxes, (iii) platform costs and (iv) revenue share / market access arrangements.

We incur payment processing costs on user deposits and occasionally chargebacks as a result of user complaints (chargebacks have not been material to date).

Product taxes are imposed by different jurisdictions, typically as a percentage of our gross gaming revenue, and also include, to a lesser extent, federal excise and local sales taxes on certain product offerings. Product taxation of online sports betting and iGaming can vary substantially across jurisdictions, and we expect this to become an increasingly significant driver of our cost of revenue as we enter new jurisdictions. Product taxes may also reflect state promotional tax credits, which are recorded as an offset to the cost of revenue.

Platform costs relate mainly to third-party integrated platform services, such as Kambi’s sportsbook platform, data fees for information feeds and geolocation services, web hosting, amortization of capitalized software development costs and developer salaries. These platform costs can vary substantially depending on the mix of product offerings. For example, our iGaming offerings consist of a combination of games we have built ourselves, with no license fees payable to content suppliers, and licensed content from third-party suppliers subject to various arrangements based on revenue sharing or levels of activity. The games in our iGaming offering that we developed in-house, such as blackjack, result in higher margins than games subject to licenses.

Revenue share arrangements are mainly agreements with land-based casinos in states that require these agreements in order to provide real-money online sports betting and iGaming offerings (“market access”). These market access fees are driven mainly by the levels of paid user activity via our platform, particularly engagement with our Sportsbook and iGaming offerings, in a given period.

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Sales and Marketing.   Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of direct advertising costs, expenses associated with strategic league and team relationships, brand and creative services and related personnel costs. Sales and marketing also includes, to a lesser extent, costs related to promotional contests funded entirely by us and allocations of rent, maintenance and utilities costs according to headcount.

We consider our sales and marketing spend and promotional offers (which is contra revenue and is described under “— Key Components of Revenue and Expenses — Revenue” above) to be similar in character. Our total spend and allocation of spend between sales and marketing versus promotional spend offers on product launches varies based on local market conditions, regional synergies and competition, among other factors. For example, in New Jersey, we increased our sales and marketing spend upon launching our Sportsbook offering in the second half of 2018, in order to attract a critical mass of new paid users before returning to a normalized level in that market, while also providing promotional offers to our existing DFS users in that state to encourage use of our Sportsbook and iGaming offerings. We expect our advertising spend, like our promotional offers, to be a key component of our geographic expansion. Over the longer term, assuming the trend of mobile sports betting and iGaming legalization continues, we expect our sales and marketing spend to decline as a percentage of revenue, both as a result of higher return on each acquired paid user in multi-offering states (relative to states where only DFS is available) and improved purchasing scale.

Product and Technology.   Product and technology expenses consist of software development costs, comprised mainly of product and platform development, support personnel costs, including stock compensation expense and related professional services. Product and technology also includes, to a lesser extent, allocation of rent, maintenance and utilities costs according to headcount.

Our product and technology costs reflect the ongoing maintenance of existing products, fulfilling user and government commitments including local market regulatory customizations, continuously improving user-facing features and functionality, and innovating. We expect these costs to increase in the near term, and to stabilize once we achieve sufficient organizational scale to support our product offerings on a national scale. We believe these costs are highly scalable.

General and Administrative.   General and administrative expenses (“G&A”) consist primarily of administrative personnel costs, including executive salaries, related stock compensation expense and benefits, professional services (including legal, regulatory, audit and licensing-related), legal settlements and contingencies, insurance and allocation of rent, maintenance and utilities costs according to headcount. Excluding the impact of SBTech integration costs and public company costs (discussed under “— The Business Combination” above), we expect our G&A spend to further stabilize in the near term.

Income Tax Expense.   We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method whereby deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of the assets and liabilities. The provision for income taxes reflects income earned and taxed mainly in the various U.S. federal and state jurisdictions. Jurisdictional tax law changes, increases or decreases in permanent differences between book and tax items, accruals or adjustments of accruals for tax contingencies or valuation allowances, and the change in the mix of earnings from these taxing jurisdictions all affect our overall effective tax rate. Our tax expense has been immaterial throughout the periods presented in this proxy statement/prospectus, reflecting our losses. Our historical losses have given rise to a substantial tax asset mainly comprised of net operating loss carryforwards, which we may be able to apply to future tax liabilities. See Note 11 to DraftKings’ audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus and “— Critical Accounting Policies — Income Taxes.”

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Results of Operations

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated results of operations for the interim periods indicated, and the changes between periods.

​	Nine months ended September 30,
​	2019			2018			$ Change			% Change
​	(in thousands, except percentages)
Revenue	​	$	191,995	​	$	133,016	​	$	58,979	​	44.3%
Cost of revenue	​	​	64,718	​	​	26,576	​	​	38,142	​	143.5%
Sales and marketing	​	​	124,867	​	​	107,127	​	​	17,740	​	16.6%
Product and technology	​	​	39,645	​	​	22,897	​	​	16,748	​	73.1%
General and administrative	​	​	78,181	​	​	52,039	​	​	26,142	​	50.2%
Loss from operations	​	​	(115,416)	​	​	(75,623)	​	​	(39,793)	​	52.6%
Interest income, net	​	​	1,364	​	​	537	​	​	827	​	154.0%
Loss before income tax expense	​	​	(114,052)	​	​	(75,086)	​	​	(38,966)	​	51.9%
Income tax expense	​	​	35	​	​	63	​	​	(28)	​	-44.4%
Net loss	​	$	(114,087)	​	$	(75,149)	​	$	(38,938)	​	51.8%

Revenue.   Revenue increased by $59.0 million, or 44.3%, to $192.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $133.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase was attributable primarily to the launch, in the fourth quarter of 2018, of our iGaming product suite and significant growth in the contribution from our Sportsbook product (which we launched in the third quarter of 2018 and which contributed only two months of revenue in the comparative 2018 period). The revenue trend reflected the growth in MUPs, which increased 16.4% period-on-period, and ARPMUP, which increased 24.0% period-on-period.

Cost of Revenue.   Cost of revenue increased by $38.1 million, or 143.5%, to $64.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $26.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, reflecting our product expansion described above. Product taxes, platform costs, and payment processing fees and chargebacks contributed $13.1 million, $12.4 million and $6.4 million, respectively, to the increase, and increased revenue share arrangements, driven by our Sportsbook and iGaming product offering launches in New Jersey in the second half of 2018, accounted for the remainder. Cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue increased 13.7 percentage points to 33.7% in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from 20.0% in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, reflecting the changed mixed of product offerings and costs noted above. In general, we expect our Sportsbook and iGaming product offerings to produce substantially higher revenue dollars but at a higher cost per revenue dollar relative to our DFS offering.

Sales and Marketing.   Sales and marketing expense increased by $17.7 million, or 16.6%, to $124.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $107.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase was due mainly to increased advertising and marketing spend to increase awareness and user acquisition for the newly launched Sportsbook and iGaming offerings. Sales and marketing expense accounted for 65.0% of our revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to 80.5% in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, a decrease of 15.5 percentage points.

Product and Technology.   Product and technology expense increased by $16.7 million, or 73.1%, to $39.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, from $22.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase was driven mainly by product operations and engineering headcount, which increased steadily to 392 as of September 30, 2019 from 259 as of September 30, 2018. Product and technology expense accounted for 20.6% of our revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to 17.2% in the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

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General and Administrative.   General and administrative expense increased by $26.1 million, or 50.2%, to $78.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $52.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase was due to headcount additions, related stock compensation (including retention incentives for key executives) and the buildout of our Boston headquarters, all in anticipation of industry growth. G&A accounted for 40.7% of our revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to 39.1% in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, an increase of 1.6 percentage points.

Net Loss.   Net loss increased by $38.9 million, to $114.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $75.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, for the reasons discussed above.

Year Ended December 31, 2018 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2017

The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated results of operations for the years indicated, and the changes between periods.

​	Year ended December 31,
​	2018			2017			$ Change			% Change
​	(in thousands, except percentages)
Revenue	​	$	226,277	​	$	191,844	​	$	34,433	​	17.9%
Cost of revenue	​	​	48,689	​	​	31,750	​	​	16,939	​	53.4%
Sales and marketing	​	​	145,580	​	​	156,632	​	​	(11,052)	​	-7.1%
Product and technology	​	​	32,885	​	​	20,212	​	​	12,673	​	62.7%
General and administrative	​	​	75,904	​	​	56,448	​	​	19,456	​	34.5%
Loss from operations	​	​	(76,781)	​	​	(73,198)	​	​	(3,583)	​	4.9%
Interest income (expense), net	​	​	666	​	​	(1,541)	​	​	2,207	​	-143.2%
Other income (expense), net	​	​	—	​	​	(607)	​	​	607	​	n.m.
Loss before income taxes expense	​	​	(76,115)	​	​	(75,346)	​	​	(769)	​	1.0%
Income tax expense	​	​	105	​	​	210	​	​	(105)	​	-50.0%
Net loss	​	$	(76,220)	​	$	(75,556)	​	$	(664)	​	0.9%

n.m. = not meaningful.

Revenue.   Revenue increased by $34.4 million, or 17.9%, to $226.3 million in 2018 from $191.8 million in 2017. The increase was attributable primarily to the launch of our Sportsbook product in the third quarter of 2018 and continued growth of our DFS product offering. The increase in revenue was driven by increases in unique payers and revenue per unique payer, reflected in the 4.7% increase in MUPs and 12.6% increase in ARPMUP, reflecting the impact of our Sportsbook product launch. We directed a growing portion of paid user incentives and promotions at our users, to help establish the new product.

Cost of Revenue.   Cost of revenue increased by $16.9 million, or 53.4%, to $48.7 million in 2018 from $31.8 million in 2017, reflecting the costs of the aforementioned Sportsbook launch, and particularly the related increase in product taxes. Product taxes and platform costs accounted for $7.0 million and $5.6 million, respectively, of the increase, and processing fees and chargebacks and revenue share arrangements accounted for the remainder. Cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue increased by 4.9 percentage points to 21.5% in 2018 from 16.6% in 2017, reflecting the launch of our Sportsbook and iGaming product offerings in the second half of 2018, particularly proportionally higher product taxes and revenue-sharing costs related to our Sportsbook product offering compared to DFS.

Sales and Marketing.   Sales and marketing expense decreased by $11.1 million, or 7.1%, to $145.6 million in 2018 from $156.6 million in 2017, mainly due to a reduction in team sponsorships. Team sponsorships continue to be an important marketing channel, but we have become more targeted in our approach, and shifted spend towards our digital and offline channels. Sales and marketing expense accounted for 64.3% of our revenue in 2018 compared to 81.6% in 2017, a decrease of 17.3 percentage points.

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Product and Technology.   Product and technology expense increased by $12.7 million, or 62.7%, to $32.9 million in 2018 from $20.2 million in 2017. The increase was driven mainly by product operations and engineering headcount, which increased steadily to 295 as of December 31, 2018 from 172 as of December 31, 2017, and increased technology consulting costs. Product and technology expense accounted for 14.5% of our revenue in 2018 compared to 10.5% in 2017, an increase of 4.0 percentage points.

General and Administrative.   General and administrative expense increased by $19.5 million, or 34.5%, to $75.9 million in 2018 from $56.4 million in 2017. The increase was due primarily to higher personnel costs, reflecting headcount growth and a $2.7 million increase in stock-based compensation, as well as additions to our indirect tax loss contingency reserves and third-party professional fees and increased rent and facilities costs. General and administrative expenses accounted for 33.5% of our revenue in 2018 compared to 29.4% in 2017, an increase of 4.1 percentage points, reflecting the increases in headcount, stock-based compensation, consulting and other costs.

Net Loss.   Net loss increased by $0.7 million to $76.2 million in 2018 from $75.6 million in 2017, for the reasons discussed above.

Quarterly Performance Trend and Seasonality

Our user engagement and financial performance is seasonal in nature, as indicated in the following chart, which presents our MUPs and ARPMUP for the last eight fiscal quarters, and the explanations that follow.

Our business experiences seasonality based on the relative popularity of certain sports. Although our platform supports contests and betting on sporting events throughout the year, the fourth quarter is when our users tend to be most engaged, given the overlapping time frame of the NFL and NBA seasons. As a result, we have historically generated higher revenues in our fourth fiscal quarter compared to our other fiscal quarters. We anticipate that this trend will continue, though our mix of revenues in a given quarter will also be impacted by the timing of new jurisdiction launches, the introduction of new product offerings and our integration of SBTech.

In addition, our revenue and key performance indicators for a given quarter or fiscal year may differ substantially due to professional sports season scheduling, including the frequency of play. For example, during the NFL season, our user engagement and revenue is generally highest on Sundays. The number of Sundays in a fiscal reporting period may differ from quarter to quarter and year to year, resulting in revenue volatility between comparative periods. For example, our fiscal years 2016, 2017 and 2018 included revenue

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related to 17, 18 and 17 Sundays of regular season NFL play, respectively. In contrast, the MLB season, which falls in our second and part of our third fiscal quarters, is characterized by numerous, daily games throughout the season, which tends to result in higher DFS user engagement and more Sportsbook bets per paid user relative to the NFL season. MLB play also tends to attract a more dedicated but smaller fan base to our product offerings. The timing of the MLB season in combination with these factors has tended to result in lower MUPs in our second fiscal quarter, but a higher ARPMUP.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We measure liquidity in terms of our ability to fund the cash requirements of our business operations, including working capital and capital expenditure needs, contractual obligations and other commitments, with cash flows from operations and other sources of funding. Our current working capital needs relate mainly to launching our iGaming and Sportsbook product offerings in new geographies, as well as compensation and benefits of our employees. Our ability to expand and grow our business will depend on many factors, including our working capital needs and the evolution of our operating cash flows.

We had $36.0 million in cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2019 (excluding player cash, which we segregate from our operating cash balances on behalf of our paid users). On a pro forma basis, assuming the Business Combination closed on that date, our cash and cash equivalents would have amounted to between approximately $217 million and $524 million, depending on the extent of redemptions by DEAC shareholders. We believe our operating cash flows, together with amounts available under our revolving credit facility, our cash on hand (including the proceeds of the Convertible Notes, as defined below) and the cash we expect to obtain as a result of the Business Combination (including the proceeds of the Private Placement, as discussed above under “The Business Combination Proposal — The Private Placement”), will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure requirements for a period of at least twelve months from the date of this proxy statement/prospectus. We may, however, need additional cash resources due to changed business conditions or other developments, including unanticipated regulatory developments, significant acquisitions and competitive pressures. We expect our capital expenditures and working capital requirements to continue to increase in the immediate future, as we seek to expand our product offerings across more of the United States. To the extent that our current resources are insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, we may need to seek additional equity or debt financing. If the needed financing is not available, or if the terms of financing are less desirable than we expect, we may be forced to decrease our level of investment in new product launches and related marketing initiatives or to scale back our existing operations, which could have an adverse impact on our business and financial prospects. See Note 2 to DraftKings’ audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Debt

We had $3.8 million in debt outstanding as of September 30, 2019. We have since incurred additional debt, as discussed below.

Credit Facility.   We have a revolving credit facility with Pacific Western Bank with a current limit of $50.0 million, which we are seeking to extend to $60.0 million. The facility requires us to hold a minimum cash balance of  $5.0 million at all times (the “minimum cash balance guarantee”). The facility is scheduled to mature on September 15, 2020, but we are seeking to extend it until April 30, 2021. Borrowings under the facility bear interest at a variable annual rate equal to the greater of  (i) 1.00% above the prime rate then in effect and (ii) 6.50%, payable monthly. In addition, we are required to pay quarterly in arrears a fee equal to 0.25% per annum of the unused portion of the revolving line of credit. As of September 30, 2019, we had $3.8 million outstanding under the facility and another $4.5 million was applied to the issuance of letters of credit in connection with our office leases. As of that date, $41.7 million was available for drawdown under the revolving credit facility.

Our obligations under the related loan and security agreement are secured by substantially all of our assets. Pursuant to the agreement, we are required to maintain substantially all depository, operating and investment accounts, excluding any proceeds from our gaming business, with Pacific Western Bank. We are

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also subject to certain affirmative and negative covenants until maturity, including limitations on our ability to incur additional debt and to pay dividends. We have successfully obtained waivers of covenant breaches in the past, and expect such waivers to be granted in the future should the need arise. We are currently in compliance with the terms of our waivers.

In connection with entering into the loan and security agreement, we issued a warrant to Pacific Western Bank to purchase 173,913 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of  $0.23 per share. The warrant remains outstanding and is exercisable at any time until it expires in October 2020. Upon the occurrence of certain events, including the acquisition or initial public offering of DraftKings, we will also be required to pay a success fee to Pacific Western Bank in the amount of  $600 to $650 thousand if the outstanding principal amount exceeds $45 million at any time.

We drew down an additional $3.0 million on the revolving credit facility in December 2019, for a total principal amount outstanding of  $6.8 million.

ArrowMark Notes.   On September 26, 2019, we entered into share redemption agreements with certain funds managed by ArrowMark Partners (the “ArrowMark Funds”), pursuant to which we repurchased and redeemed shares of our preferred stock and common stock held by the ArrowMark Funds (the “ArrowMark Redemption”). A portion of the consideration paid by us in connection with the ArrowMark Redemption, equaling approximately $11.0 million, was paid by the issuance of promissory notes to certain of the ArrowMark Funds (the “ArrowMark Notes”). The ArrowMark Notes have a maturity date of September 26, 2021, and are subject to varying interest rates through maturity.

Convertible Promissory Notes.   On and after December 16, 2019, we issued subordinated convertible promissory notes to certain investors in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $66.6 million. Interest accrues on the outstanding amount of the Convertible Notes at a rate of 10% per annum on a capitalized, pay-in-kind (“PIK”) basis and is added to the outstanding principal amount of each Convertible Note on each anniversary of the date of its issuance or the earlier date of maturity or conversion. The Convertible Notes may only be prepaid with the consent of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding principal amount (the “Majority Holders”).

The Convertible Notes automatically convert into equity upon (i) a business combination transaction that results in common shares of DraftKings, its successor or a new parent company being listed on a national securities exchange (a “Qualified Business Combination”), (ii) the issuance of equity securities of DraftKings that results in DraftKings receiving a minimum of  $100 million in proceeds (a “Qualified Financing”) or (iii) an initial public offering of the equity securities of DraftKings pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (an “IPO”). In the case of a Qualified Business Combination, the outstanding principal (including capitalized interest) on the Convertible Notes will convert into listed common shares of DraftKings, its successor or the new parent entity, as applicable, at a price per share equal to (i) in the case of the closing of the Private Placement prior to the closing of the Qualified Business Combination, the price per share paid by the PIPE Investors in the Private Placement and (ii) in all other cases, the volume-weighted average trading price of such shares for the five consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding the closing of the Qualified Business Combination. In the case of a Qualified Financing, the outstanding principal and interest on the Convertible Notes will convert into the equity securities sold to the cash investors in such Qualified Financing, at a price per share equal to the price paid by the cash investors in such Qualified Financing. In the case of an IPO, the outstanding principal and interest on the Convertible Notes will convert into the equity securities sold in such IPO, at a price per share equal to the initial public offering price.

At the election of the Majority Holders, the Convertible Notes are convertible into equity upon the issuance of equity securities of DraftKings that results in us receiving less than $100 million in proceeds (a “Non-Qualified Financing”). In the case of a Non-Qualified Financing, the outstanding principal and capitalized interest on the Convertible Notes may convert into the equity securities sold to the cash investors in such Non-Qualified Financing, at a price per share equal to the price paid by the cash investors in such Non-Qualified Financing.

In the event of a combination, consolidation or merger, other than a Qualified Business Combination, or a transfer of more than 50% of the voting power of DraftKings’ stock to stockholders that were not stockholders on the date of issuance of the Convertible Notes, we will be obligated to repay the Convertible

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Notes in an amount equal to the outstanding principal and capitalized interest, plus a prepayment premium equal to 15% of the original principal amount of the Convertible Notes.

In addition to the foregoing, in the event that the Convertible Notes remain outstanding on December 16, 2022 (the “CN Maturity Date”), the Convertible Notes will convert as of the CN Maturity Date into shares of a newly created series of DraftKings’ preferred stock having substantially the same rights, privileges and preferences as DraftKings’ existing Series F Preferred Stock at a conversion price equal to $3.312335 (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization or similar transaction).

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated:

​	Nine months ended September 30,						Year ended December 31,
​	2019			2018			2018			2017
​	(in thousands)
Net cash used by operating activities	​	$	(64,168)	​	$	(52,225)	​	$	(45,830)	​	$	(88,437)
Net cash used in investing activities	​	​	(25,971)	​	​	(13,711)	​	​	(26,421)	​	​	(7,715)
Net cash provided by financing activities	​	​	8,246	​	​	91,862	​	​	140,892	​	​	118,531
Net increase (decrease) in cash	​	​	(81,893)	​	​	25,926	​	​	68,641	​	​	22,379
Cash at beginning of period	​	​	117,908	​	​	49,267	​	​	49,267	​	​	26,888
Cash at end of period	​	$	36,015	​	$	75,193	​	$	117,908	​	$	49,267

Operating Activities.   Our cash used in operating activities includes the impact of changes in cash reserved for users, user cash receivables and liabilities to users. Cash reserved for users is comprised of deposits by our users. We treat this cash as the property of our users and segregate it from our operating cash balances. When we receive a user deposit, we record it as cash reserved for users on our balance sheet. In certain cases, a payment processor may delay the remittance of deposits to us for risk management or other reasons, in which case we grant our user access to those funds and record the deposits as a receivable reserved for users. The sum of the changes in cash reserved for users, and changes in receivables reserved for users approximately agree to the change in liabilities owed to users for any given period. While on deposit with us, cash reserved for users earns interest, which is recorded as interest income on our income statement and is included in our operating cash flows. This interest income has not been material to date.

Net cash used in operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 increased by $11.9 million, or 22.9%, to $64.2 million from $52.2 million during the same period in 2018, reflecting our higher operating loss, for the reasons discussed above, net of non-cash operating cost items (which increased by $8.6 million between periods), partially offset by an increase in other long-term liabilities and in accounts payable and accrued expenses ($14.8 million between periods).

Net cash used in operating activities in 2018 decreased by $42.6 million, or 48.2%, to $45.8 million, from $88.4 million in 2017. The decrease was driven primarily by changes to our operating working capital accounts, mainly a substantial decrease in accounts payable, reflecting quicker payments to our vendors. Higher non-cash operating costs (mainly, stock-based compensation) largely offset the negative cash flow impact of our higher loss from operations (discussed above), net of non-cash items.

Investing Activities.   Net cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 increased by $12.3 million, or 89.4%, to $26.0 million from $13.7 million during the same period in 2018. In both periods, this reflected mainly capitalization of internal-use software costs and purchases of property and equipment (mainly reflecting leasehold improvements related to our new Boston headquarters, computer equipment and software purchases and office furniture).

Net cash used in investing activities in 2018 increased by $18.7 million to $26.4 million in 2018 from $7.7 million in 2017, reflecting increases in purchases of property and equipment and higher capitalization of internal-use software costs.

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Financing Activities.   Net cash provided by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 decreased by $83.6 million, or 91.0%, to $8.2 million from $91.9 million during the same period in 2018. We obtained net equity proceeds of  $92.7 million from the issuance of series F redeemable convertible preferred stock in the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Net cash provided by financing activities in 2018 decreased by $22.4 million, or 18.9%, to $140.9 million, from $118.5 million in 2017. We obtained net equity proceeds of  $141.6 million from the issuance of series F redeemable convertible preferred stock in 2018, compared to $118.6 million received from the issuance of series E-1 redeemable convertible preferred stock in 2017.

Contractual Obligations, Commitments and Contingencies

The following table and the information that follows summarizes our contractual obligations as of September 30, 2019.

​

Total

Less than 1 year

1 –  3 Years

3 – 5 Years

More than 5 Years

​

(in thousands)

Operating lease obligations(1)

​

$

57,539

​

$

1,390

​

$

13,418

​

$

13,547

​

$

29,184

Vendors and licenses(2)

​

​

140,252

​

​

26,738

​

​

84,081

​

​

20,283

​

​

9,150

Debt obligations(3)

​

​

14,750

​

​

3,750

​

​

11,000

​

​

—

​

​

—

Other commitments(4)

​

​

2,977

​

​

—

​

​

2,977

​

​

—

​

​

—

Total

​

$

215,518

​

$

31,878

​

$

111,476

​

$

33,830

​

$

38,334

(1)

Includes operating leases of corporate office facilities, including our headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, the lease for which expires in 2029.

(2)

Includes obligations under non-cancelable contracts with vendors, licensors and others requiring us to make future cash payments, including $14.4 million remaining on a commitment for advertising purchases with an affiliate of one of our shareholders, which we expect to fulfil in the year ending December 31, 2020. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

(3)

Includes the ArrowMark Notes and amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility. See “— Liquidity and Capital Resources — Debt” above for applicable interest rates and other relevant terms. We may repay the debt under our revolving credit facility at any time without penalty.

(4)

Represents settlement liabilities with state authorities. See Note 13 to DraftKings’ unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this proxy statement/​prospectus.

We recently entered into a 12-month lease for office space in Dublin, Ireland, with total rent for the year of approximately $641 thousand, exclusive of value added taxes that will be charged at the prevailing rate. In addition, as of September 30, 2019, we recorded contingencies for various indirect operating taxes amounting to $34.6 million. See Note 5 to DraftKings’ unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. We do not have any material obligations for the payment of cash under contractual arrangements, other than as described above under “— Liquidity and Capital Resources — Debt” or in DraftKings’ unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements and audited consolidated financial statements, included elsewhere in this proxy statement/​prospectus.

Off-Balance Sheet Commitments and Arrangements

We are responsible for reimbursement obligations on letters of credit in the aggregate face amount of $4.5 million issued under our revolving credit facility to support our office leases. We do not have any other material off-balance sheet arrangements or contingent commitments.

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Critical Accounting Policies

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. Preparation of the financial statements requires our management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that impact the reported amount of revenue and expenses, assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We consider an accounting judgment, estimate or assumption to be critical when (1) the estimate or assumption is complex in nature or requires a high degree of judgment and (2) the use of different judgments, estimates and assumptions could have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to DraftKings’ audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. Our critical accounting policies are described below.

Revenue Recognition

For sportsbook and iGaming, we generally recognize revenue in the amount of the net difference between aggregate customer bets and customer wins (i.e., hold). DFS revenue is generated to the extent that contest entry fees from paid users exceed prizes awarded and customer incentives in a period. Sportsbook and iGaming revenue is generated from bets received from paid users (referred to as “handle”), less winnings paid and customer incentives. See “— Key Components of Revenue and Expenses” above. We offer a variety of incentives to attract users to our platform and product offerings, including free or matching bets, enhanced odds, betting insurance and a loyalty program. We record the cost of these incentives as reductions to revenue.

Internally Developed Software Costs

We account for the cost of software that is developed or obtained for internal use pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 350-40, Intangibles, Goodwill and Other — Internal-Use Software. Qualifying costs incurred to develop internal-use software are capitalized when (i) the preliminary project stage is completed, (ii) management has authorized further funding for the completion of the project and (iii) it is probable that the project will be completed and performed as intended. These capitalized costs include salaries for employees who devote time directly to developing internal-use software and external direct costs of services consumed in developing the software. Capitalization of these costs ceases once the project is substantially complete and the software is ready for its intended purpose. We amortize capitalized internally developed software costs over an estimated useful life of three years using the straight-line method. These amortization expenses are classified as costs of revenue in the statements of operations. We capitalized $10.1 million, $9.7 million, $12.7 million and $7.1 million in internally developed software costs in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

Loss Contingencies

Our loss contingencies, which are included within the “other long-term liabilities” caption on our consolidated balance sheets, are uncertain by nature and their estimation requires significant management judgment as to the probability of loss and estimation of the amount of loss. These contingencies include, but may not be limited to, litigation, regulatory investigations and proceedings and management’s evaluation of complex laws and regulations, including those relating to indirect taxes, and the extent to which they may apply to our business and industry. See Note 6 to DraftKings’ unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements for more information.

We regularly review our contingencies to determine whether the likelihood of loss is probable and to assess whether a reasonable estimate of the loss can be made. Determination of whether a loss estimate can be made is a complex undertaking that considers the judgement of management, third-party research, the prospect of negotiation and interpretations by regulators and courts, among other information. When losses can be reasonably estimated, an estimated contingent liability is recorded. We continually reevaluate our indirect tax and other positions for appropriateness.

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Business Combinations

We account for business acquisitions in accordance with ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. We measure the cost of an acquisition as the aggregate of the acquisition date fair values of the assets transferred and liabilities assumed and equity instruments issued. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition are expensed as incurred. We record goodwill for the excess of  (i) the total costs of acquisition, fair value of any non-controlling interests and acquisition date fair value of any previously held equity interest in the acquired business over (ii) the fair value of the identifiable net assets of the acquired business.

The acquisition method of accounting requires us to exercise judgment and make estimates and assumptions based on available information regarding the fair values of the elements of a business combination as of the date of acquisition, including the fair values of identifiable intangible assets, deferred tax asset valuation allowances, liabilities related to uncertain tax positions and contingencies. We must also refine these estimates over a one-year measurement period, to reflect any new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have affected the measurement of the amounts recognized as of that date. If we are required to retroactively adjust provisional amounts that we have recorded for the fair value of assets and liabilities in connection with an acquisition, these adjustments could materially impact our results of operations and financial position. While we have not made any material acquisitions to date, estimates and assumptions that we must make in estimating the fair value of future acquired technology, user lists and other identifiable intangible assets include future cash flows that we expect to generate from the acquired assets. If the subsequent actual results and updated projections of the underlying business activity change compared with the assumptions and projections used to develop these values, we could record impairment charges. In addition, we have estimated the economic lives of certain acquired assets and these lives are used to calculate depreciation and amortization expense. If our estimates of the economic lives change, depreciation or amortization expenses could be accelerated or slowed, which could materially impact our results of operations.

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method whereby deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of the assets and liabilities. We are subject to income tax in the United States, including at the federal level and in various U.S. states and in other countries. We record a deferred tax asset for net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards by applying a weighted effective statutory tax rate to our total net operating loss carryforwards. As of December 31, 2018, we had NOL carryforwards of  $714.9 million, which expire at various dates through 2038, and which may be available to offset future income tax liabilities. Additionally, we have $53.1 million of federal NOL carryforwards that never expire (subject to an 80% taxable income limitation in the year of utilization), resulting in a net deferred tax asset for NOL carryforwards of  $203.2 million at that date. We also record a valuation allowance against this and other net deferred tax assets, based on management’s assessment of the asset’s recoverability. As of December 31, 2018, we recorded a valuation allowance of  $215.3 million based on management’s assessment that, based on projections of our future profitability, the realization of any future benefit from our deferred tax assets cannot be sufficiently assured. The use of different estimates of future profitability could materially impact the amount of the valuation allowance and our net deferred tax asset position.

Stock-based Compensation

Our historical and outstanding stock-based compensation awards, including the issuances of options under our equity compensation plans, are described in Note 10 to DraftKings’ audited consolidated financial statements and Note 9 to its unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements, both included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. Stock-based compensation expense is measured based on the grant-date fair value of the stock-based awards, and is recognized over the requisite service period of the awards, which is generally the vesting period. For awards with only service-based vesting conditions, we recognize compensation cost using the straight-line method.

We use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the grant-date fair value of option grants, while the grant-date fair value of the underlying common stock is measured using a number of objective and subjective factors. The Black-Scholes model requires management to make a number of key

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assumptions, including the fair value of common stock, expected volatility, expected term, risk-free interest rate and expected dividends. As our shares have not previously been publicly traded, and have not regularly traded privately, expected volatility is estimated based on the average historical volatility of similar entities with publicly traded shares over the relevant vesting or estimated liquidity period. The expected term represents the period of time that the options are expected to be outstanding and is estimated using the midpoint between the requisite service period and the contractual term of the option. The risk-free interest rate is estimated using the rate of return on U.S. treasury notes with a life that approximates the expected term.

Our management and Board considered various objective and subjective factors to determine the fair value of DraftKings’ common stock as of each grant date, including the value determined by a third-party valuation firm. The factors considered by the third-party valuation firm and our Board included the following:

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our financial performance, capital structure and stage of development;

•

our management team and business strategy;

•

external market conditions affecting our industry, including competition and regulatory landscape;

•

our financial position and forecasted operating results;

•

the lack of an active public or private market for our common stock;

•

the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as a sale of DraftKings or an initial public offering of our common stock; and

•

market performance analyses, including with respect to stock price valuation, of similar companies in our industry.

The assumptions underlying these valuations represent management’s best estimates, which involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management judgment. As a result, if factors or expected outcomes change and our management uses significantly different assumptions or estimates, our stock-based compensation expense could be materially different. Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the fair value of our common stock will be determined based on the quoted market price on the Nasdaq.

Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements are described in Note 2 to DraftKings’ audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

In particular, we are evaluating the impact that Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 606 (Revenue from Contracts with Customers) will have on our future reported results of operations and related disclosures. We plan to adopt ASC Topic 606 using the modified retrospective method, where we will recognize the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings, while prior period amounts will not be adjusted and will continue to be reported in accordance with our legacy accounting under ASC Topic 605. We will not present the effects of adopting ASC Topic 606 in the interim periods for the year ending December 31, 2019, as permitted for emerging growth companies, but will present them for the year ended December 31, 2019 and for the interim periods beginning in the year thereafter. We are evaluating the impact of variable consideration and consideration payable to customers on the transaction price and assessing the impact of accounting for arrangements that include multiple performance obligations. Based on our continued assessment, which may identify other accounting impacts, we have determined that the adoption will change the timing of recognition of breakage related to our loyalty points program. Currently, breakage is recognized using the remote method and will be recognized using the proportional method upon adoption of the guidance. Although our quantification of the impacts of our adoption of ASC Topic 606 is ongoing, we do not expect a material quantitative impact to our consolidated financial statements based on our assessment work to date.

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Emerging Growth Company Accounting Election

Section 102(b)(1) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (“JOBS Act”) exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can choose not to take advantage of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies, and any such election to not take advantage of the extended transition period is irrevocable. DEAC is an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Following the consummation of the Business Combination, New DraftKings is expected to remain an emerging growth company at least through the end of the 2020 fiscal year and is expected to continue to take advantage of the benefits of the extended transition period. This may make it difficult or impossible to compare New DraftKings’ financial results with the financial results of another public company that is either not an emerging growth company or is an emerging growth company that has chosen not to take advantage of the extended transition period exemptions for emerging growth companies because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We have in the past and may in the future be exposed to certain market risks, including interest rate, foreign currency exchange and financial instrument risks, in the ordinary course of our business. Currently, these risks are not material to our financial condition or results of operations, but they may be in the future. In particular, upon the consummation of the Business Combination, we expect our exposure to foreign currency translation and transaction risk to increase. See the section of this proxy statement/prospectus entitled “SBT’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.”

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SBT’S MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of SBTech (Global) Limited (“SBTech”) should be read together with SBTech’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and SBTech’s unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2019 and for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, in each case together with related notes thereto, included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. The discussion and analysis should also be read together with the section entitled “Business of DraftKings and SBTech,” the pro forma financial information as of September 30, 2019 and for the nine-month period then ended and for the year ended December 31, 2018 (see “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information”) and the section entitled “DraftKings’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” The following discussion contains forward-looking statements. SBTech’s actual results may differ significantly from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause future results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements.” Certain amounts in tables and narrative may not foot due to rounding.

Overview

SBTech’s principal business activities involve the design and development of sports betting and casino gaming platform software. SBTech’s platform software is delivered using a SaaS model, along with complementary managed services. SBTech is a turnkey supplier of an end-to-end suite of services, such as a fully- and semi-managed Internet-based (e.g., mobile) sportsbook with industry-leading risk management tools and an in-house multi-channel technology platform configured with all major payment gateways and adaptable to regulatory requirements, casino providers and customer relationship management tools. In addition, SBTech offers a leading mobile casino gaming solution via its proprietary platform with integrations to all leading third-party mobile gaming suppliers. SBTech’s proprietary platform allows leading mobile sportsbook and casino gaming operators to deliver products under their own brands, powered by SBTech’s leading industry platform engine.

The Business Combination presents New DraftKings, including the businesses of DraftKings and SBTech, with an opportunity to provide a vertically integrated Sportsbook offering. SBTech management believes this will enable New DraftKings to leverage SBTech’s proprietary technology to serve other branded online and retail sports betting operators in the U.S. and internationally, including U.S. state monopoly providers for whom New DraftKings’ vertical integration could provide a significant advantage. See “DraftKings’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — The Business Combination.”

The following table sets forth a summary of SBTech’s financial results for the periods indicated:

​	Nine months ended September 30,						Year ended December 31,
​	2019			2018			2018			2017
​	(€ in thousands)
Revenue	​	€	68,345	​	€	69,631	​	€	94,147	​	€	66,087
Gross profit	​	​	32,529	​	​	36,384	​	​	49,060	​	​	34,243
Net profit after tax	​	​	6,204	​	​	18,898	​	​	26,779	​	​	16,290

The comparability of SBTech’s revenue and gross profit was impacted between periods by SBTech’s strategic decision to end a relationship with a certain customer as of September 1, 2018, as discussed below. Excluding the impact of dot.com, which contributed €21.5 million in revenue in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018, €24.5 million revenue in 2018, and €27.7 million in 2017, SBTech’s footprint and revenue have expanded substantially since January 1, 2017, driven mainly by growth in the number of customers using SBTech’s platform, a trend management expects will accelerate following SBTech’s entry into the United States.

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Presentation of Financial Information

In 2018, SBTech decided to end a relationship with a certain customer, “dot.com.” The decision was effective on September 1, 2018, and SBTech continued to support the customer’s operations with transitional support for a limited period. SBTech no longer operates, supports or derives any revenue from dot.com.

SBTech’s financial statements included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). SBTech’s historical financial statements were prepared using the historical cost convention method. To facilitate comparability, the pro forma financial information included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus has been prepared by, among other things, converting SBTech’s historical financial information into U.S. GAAP, eliminating the impact of dot.com, conforming to DraftKings’ accounting policies and applying preliminary purchase accounting adjustments based on DraftKings’ management’s preliminary allocation of the purchase price to SBTech’s assets and liabilities. See “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information.” Consequently, SBTech’s results of operations and consolidated statements of financial positions discussed herein are not comparable to the pro forma financial information and will not be comparable to New DraftKings’ financial reporting for future periods, which will be calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP and will reflect the accounting acquirer’s accounting policies and a new basis of accounting for SBTech’s assets and liabilities.

SBTech adopted IFRS 16 (Leases), which established a new standard for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases, as of January 1, 2019. As a result, at that date SBTech recognized a lease liability and corresponding right-of-use asset of €20.8 million, stopped accruing rent expense and has accrued, in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, related interest expense on the lease liability of €0.5 million and depreciation expense on the right-of-use asset of €2.1 million. As a result, SBTech’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 are not directly comparable to its unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019. See Note 2 to SBTech’s audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

SBTech’s functional currency is the Euro, and its results of operations reported herein are presented in Euro. SBTech has historically been exposed to foreign currency exchange risk. See “— Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk — Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk.” Going forward, SBTech’s results will be reported as part of New DraftKings, and the combined company’s results of operations and financial condition will be reported in U.S. dollars, will be subject to foreign currency transaction and translation risk and will be impacted by various factors, including those discussed in the sections of this proxy statement/prospectus entitled “Risk Factors” and “DraftKings’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Key Factors Affecting Our Results.”

Key Components of Revenue and Expenses

Revenue

SBTech generates revenue by offering its services and software to customers throughout Europe and Asia, and more recently, the United States. SBTech’s services are delivered through its proprietary platform for sports betting and casino gaming, as well as for certain customers trading and risk management and complementary services to support reporting, customer management and regulatory reporting requirements. It is common for SBTech to earn a percentage of a customer’s net gaming revenue, as defined under customer contracts, generated on SBTech’s platform.

SBTech records revenue net of value added tax and discounts. SBTech’s key revenue drivers include the number of customers that it serves, amount of revenue generated by certain customers and geographic expansion (particularly into U.S. jurisdictions). In the nine months ended September 30, 2019, approximately 38% and 62% of SBTech’s revenue was derived from customers in Europe and other regions

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(primarily Asia). In comparison, the revenue split for the respective regions was approximately 34% and 66% in fiscal year 2018 and 48% and 52% in fiscal year 2017. Following the dot.com exit decision and entry into the United States, SBTech’s management expects U.S.- and European-source revenue to continue growing relative to other regions.

Costs and Expenses

Cost of revenue.   SBTech’s cost of revenue is largely variable and consists mainly of salaries, benefits and incidental costs for personnel dedicated primarily to revenue-generating activities (including regulatory compliance, trading services and other professional services), licenses to non-proprietary online casino games marketed through SBTech’s platform and feed providers of live sporting and racing results, information technology infrastructure and hosting costs (including third-party providers that maintain end-user data), amortization of capitalized software costs and allocation of related overhead costs.

Research and development.   Research and development expenses include mainly salaries, benefits and incidental costs for personnel dedicated primarily to research and development activities and related third-party consulting costs. Research and development costs that lead to new or substantially improved internally generated software are capitalized. The determination of whether to capitalize or expense these costs is based on analyses of time and materials dedicated to each project and evaluation of how far the project has progressed. Capitalized costs are amortized through cost of revenue once the asset is determined to be marketable.

Selling and Marketing.   Selling and marketing expenses consist of costs incurred to acquire new customers, mainly salaries and benefits of sales and marketing personnel, advertising and marketing costs and promotional trade conferences and events. In order to reach a larger audience of B2B customers, SBTech typically ramps up its sales and marketing activities upon entering a new market or expansion in an existing market.

General and Administrative.   General and administrative expenses (“G&A”) consist primarily of administrative personnel costs, including executive salaries and bonuses, professional costs related to legal, regulatory, audit and transaction-related consulting services, allocation of overhead, insurance, travel and depreciation of related assets.

Income Taxes.   SBTech accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method whereby deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of the assets and liabilities. The provision for income taxes reflects income earned and taxed in the various, to date mostly non-U.S., jurisdictions. SBTech is headquartered in the Isle of Man, where it has historically reported a significant majority of its profits. SBTech’s applicable subsidiaries are subject to income tax in their respective jurisdictions. See Note 13 to SBTech’s audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. Jurisdictional tax law changes, increases or decreases in permanent differences between book and tax items, accruals or adjustments of accruals for tax contingencies or valuation allowances, and the change in the mix of earnings from these taxing jurisdictions all affect the overall effective tax rate. SBTech’s effective tax rates were approximately 3% and 2% in the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and 2% and 2% in the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The differences between periods were attributable mainly to changes in the mix of taxing jurisdictions.

Results of Operations

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

The following table sets forth a summary of SBTech’s consolidated results of operations for the interim periods indicated, and the changes between periods.

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​	Nine months ended September 30,
​	2019			2018			€ Change			% Change
​	(€ in thousands)
Revenue	​	€	68,345	​	€	69,631	​	€	(1,286)	​	-1.8%
Cost of revenue	​	​	35,816	​	​	33,247	​	​	2,569	​	7.7%
Gross profit	​	​	32,529	​	​	36,384	​	​	(3,855)	​	-10.6%
Operating expenses:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Research and development expenses	​	​	13,610	​	​	8,409	​	​	5,201	​	61.9%
Selling and marketing expenses	​	​	4,383	​	​	3,124	​	​	1,259	​	40.3%
General and administrative expenses	​	​	7,381	​	​	5,613	​	​	1,768	​	31.5%
Profit from operations	​	​	7,155	​	​	19,238	​	​	(12,083)	​	-62.8%
Financial income	​	​	22	​	​	121	​	​	(99)	​	-81.8%
Financial expense	​	​	676	​	​	44	​	​	632	​	1,436.4%
Profit before tax	​	​	6,501	​	​	19,315	​	​	(12,814)	​	-66.3%
Tax expenses	​	​	297	​	​	417	​	​	(120)	​	-28.8%
Net profit	​	€	6,204	​	€	18,898	​	€	(12,694)	​	-67.2%

Revenue.   Revenue declined by €1.3 million, or 1.8%, to €68.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from €69.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. This reflected the impact of dot.com, which was partially offset by customers’ growth, driven by SBTech’s growth in Europe and Asia and entry into U.S. jurisdictions after PASPA was struck down. Excluding the impact of dot.com, which SBTech exited as of September 1, 2018 and which had contributed €21.5 million in revenue in that period, revenue would have been €48.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, implying an organic revenue increase between periods of €20.2 million, or 42.0%. Organic revenue growth reflected mainly additions of new customers in Asia, as well as growth in Europe and the United States.

Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit.   Cost of revenue increased by €2.6 million, or 7.7%, to €35.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, from €33.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, reflecting the expansion in gaming activity on SBTech’s platform, requiring additional information technology infrastructure and personnel to support regulatory compliance and to facilitate processing of bets. dot.com, which historically generated higher margins, accounted for €3.2 million in cost of revenue (mostly fees paid to feed and third-party casino game providers) in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, which resulted in an organic cost of revenue growth rate of 19.3% between periods.

Gross profit decreased by €3.9 million, or 10.6%, to €32.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from €36.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. Gross margin (gross profit as a percentage of revenue) decreased 4.7 percentage points to 47.6% in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from 52.3% in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, reflecting mainly the lower margins of SBTech’s operations exclusive of dot.com. Excluding the impact of dot.com, gross profit in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 would have been €18.1 million, implying an organic gross profit growth rate of 79.6% between periods.

Research and Development.   Research and development expenses increased by €5.2 million, or 61.9%, to €13.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from €8.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase was due primarily to headcount additions, driven by platform adaption to compliance standards and customer requirements in various jurisdictions including the United States. Research and development expenses accounted for 19.9% of SBTech’s revenue in 2019 compared to 12.1% in 2018, an increase of 7.8 percentage points.

Selling and Marketing.   Selling and marketing expenses increased by €1.3 million, or 40.3%, to €4.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from €3.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase was driven by additional headcount related to sales/marketing and an expanding footprint at trade conferences.

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General and Administrative.   General and administrative expenses increased by €1.8 million, or 31.5%, to €7.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from €5.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase was driven by higher third-party professional fees, related mainly to U.S. licensing and compliance, as well as additional headcount in the U.S. and other jurisdictions to provide management support for the platform’s growing footprint.

Net Profit.   Net profit declined by €12.7 million, or 67.2%, to €6.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from €18.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 due to dot.com, as well as the other reasons discussed above.

Year Ended December 31, 2018 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2017

The following table sets forth a summary of SBTech’s consolidated results of operations for the years indicated, and the changes between periods.

​	Year ended December 31,
​	2018			2017			€ Change			% Change
​	(€ in thousands, except percentages)
Revenue	​	€	94,147	​	€	66,087	​	€	28,060	​	42.5%
Cost of revenue	​	​	45,087	​	​	31,844	​	​	13,243	​	41.6%
Gross profit	​	​	49,060	​	​	34,243	​	​	14,817	​	43.3%
Operating expenses:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Research and development expenses	​	​	10,115	​	​	8,693	​	​	1,422	​	16.4%
Selling and marketing expenses	​	​	3,722	​	​	2,964	​	​	758	​	25.6%
General and administrative expenses	​	​	7,636	​	​	5,892	​	​	1,744	​	29.6%
Profit from operations	​	​	27,587	​	​	16,694	​	​	10,893	​	65.3%
Financial income	​	​	97	​	​	37	​	​	60	​	162.2%
Financial expense	​	​	340	​	​	177	​	​	163	​	92.1%
Profit before tax	​	​	27,344	​	​	16,554	​	​	10,790	​	65.2%
Tax expenses	​	​	565	​	​	264	​	​	301	​	114.0%
Net profit	​	€	26,779	​	€	16,290	​	€	10,489	​	64.4%

Revenue.   Revenue increased by €28.0 million, or 42.5%, to €94.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2018 from €66.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2017, driven by organic customer growth in Europe as well as the addition of new customers in Asia. dot.com contributed €24.5 million in revenue in 2018 (reflecting eight full months of revenue from dot.com) and €27.7 million in 2017 (reflecting a full year of revenue from dot.com).

Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit.   Cost of revenue increased by €13.2 million, or 41.6%, to €45.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2018 from €31.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2017, reflecting mainly SBTech’s growth in Europe and in Asia, as well as start-up costs in the U.S. in connection with SBTech’s entry into the United States, partially offset by the impact of dot.com.

Gross profit increased by €14.8 million, or 43.3%, to €49.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to €34.2 million in the year ended December 31, 2017. Gross margin percentage (gross profit as a percentage of revenue) increased by 0.3 percentage points to 52.1% in the year ended December 31, 2018 from 51.8% in the year ended December 31, 2017.

Research and development.   Research and development expenses increased by €1.4 million, or 16.4%, to €10.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2018 from €8.7 million in the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase was due primarily to an increase in headcount relating to our investment in platform improvements and addition of new features and modules, as well as salary increases. However, research and development expenses accounted for 10.7% of SBTech’s revenue in 2018 compared to 13.2% in 2017, a decrease of 2.5 percentage points.

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Selling and Marketing.   Selling and marketing expenses increased by €0.7 million, or 25.6%, to €3.7 million in the year ended December 31, 2018 from €3.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase was due mainly to an increase in spend on trade conference participation. Sales and marketing expenses accounted for 4.0% of SBTech’s revenue in 2018 compared to 4.5% in 2017, a decrease of 0.5 percentage points.

General and Administrative.   General and administrative expenses increased by €1.7 million, or 29.6%, to €7.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2018 from €5.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase was due mainly to higher spend on third-party professional services, mainly related to SBTech’s entry into the United States.

Net Profit.   Net profit increased by €10.5 million, or 64.4%, to €26.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to €16.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2017, for the reasons discussed above.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

SBTech measures liquidity in terms of its ability to fund the cash requirements of its business operations, including working capital needs, capital expenditures, contractual obligations and other commitments with cash flows from operations and other sources of funding. SBTech’s current liquidity needs relate mainly to working capital, platform development and market expansion of its offerings. SBTech has historically generated sufficient cash flows from operations to meet these cash requirements, including investments in platform development throughout SBTech’s current growth phase. SBTech had €9.4 million in cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2019, no debt for borrowed money and €24.7 million in capitalized lease costs. Following the Business Combination, the liquidity needs of the combined company will be determined based on the needs and strategy of the combined business, as discussed in the sections of this proxy statement/prospectus entitled “Business of DraftKings and SBTech” and “DraftKings’ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes SBTech’s cash flows for the periods indicated:

​

Nine months ended September 30,

Year ended December 31,

​

2019

2018

2018

2017

​

(€ in thousands)

Net cash provided by operating activities

​

€

14,744

​

€

15,310

​

€

30,949

​

€

18,260

Net cash used in investing activities

​

​

(14,055)

​

​

(12,875)

​

​

(17,384)

​

​

(14,307)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

​

​

(12,279)

​

​

(445)

​

​

(1,184)

​

​

190

Effects of exchange rate changes

​

​

220

​

​

75

​

​

(104)

​

​

(6)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

​

​

(11,370)

​

​

2,065

​

​

12,277

​

​

4,137

Cash, cash equivalents at beginning of period

​

​

20,731

​

​

8,454

​

​

8,454

​

​

4,317

Cash, cash equivalents at end of period

​

€

9,361

​

€

10,519

​

€

20,731

​

€

8,454

Operating Activities.   Net cash provided by operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 decreased by €0.6 million, or 3.9%, to €14.7 million, as compared to €15.3 million during the same period in 2018, reflecting SBTech’s lower operating profit, driven primarily by dot.com and costs related to expansion, as discussed above, offset by higher non-cash costs, particularly depreciation and amortization, and a substantially lower increase in trade receivables between periods.

Net cash provided by operating activities in 2018 increased by €12.6 million, or 69.4%, to €30.9 million, from €18.3 million in 2017, due to SBTech’s higher operating profit, driven by organic customer growth in Europe as well as the addition of new customers in Asia, as discussed above, net of non-cash costs.

Investing Activities.   Investing activities in all periods included mainly capitalization of internally developed intangibles and purchases of property and equipment, mainly computers and leasehold improvements. Net cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2019

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increased by €1.2 million, or 9.2%, to €14.1 million from €12.9 million during the same period in 2018. The increase was attributable mainly to higher capitalized development costs. In addition, the repayment of a related party loan in 2018 contributed $1.2 million in cash from investing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Net cash used in investing activities in 2018 increased by €3.1 million, or 21.7%, to €17.4 million, from €14.3 million in 2017. The decrease was primarily attributable to a €2.8 million increase in purchases of property and equipment, as well as a modest increase in capitalization of internally developed intangibles.

Financing Activities.   Net cash used in financing activities increased by €11.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, to €12.3 million, from €0.5 million during the same period in 2018. The increase in financing cash flows was due primarily to the distribution of a €10.0 million dividend to shareholders and the payment of lease liabilities.

Net cash used in financing activities in 2018 was €1.2 million, compared to net cash flow in financing activities of €0.2 million in 2017. The change was due primarily to a €0.7 million dividend payment and €0.5 million loan repayment.

Contractual Obligations

The following table and the information that follows summarizes SBTech’s contractual obligations as of September 30, 2019:

​	Total			Less than 1 year			1 – 3 Years			3 – 5 Years			More than 5 Years
​	(€ in thousands)
Lease obligations(1)	​	€	26,746	​	€	3,227	​	€	6,767	​	€	6,080	​	€	10,672

(1)

This includes the total amount of lease liabilities recorded under IFRS 16.

SBTech does not have any material obligations for the payment of cash under contractual arrangements other than as disclosed above.

Off-Balance Sheet Commitments and Arrangements

SBTech does not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities that were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or contingent commitments of the type required to be reported under SEC rules.

Critical Accounting Policies

SBTech’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS. Preparation of the financial statements requires SBTech’s management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that impact the reported amount of revenue and expenses, assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. SBTech considers an accounting judgment, estimate or assumption to be critical when (1) the estimate or assumption is complex in nature or requires a high degree of judgment and (2) the use of different judgments, estimates and assumptions could have a material impact on SBTech’s consolidated financial statements. SBTech’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to SBTech’s annual consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. SBTech’s critical accounting policies are described below.

Capitalization and Amortization of Development Costs

Expenditures incurred for software development activities are capitalized only where the expenditures will lead to new or substantially improved products, the products are technically and commercially feasible and SBTech has sufficient resources to complete the development and reach the stage in which the product is ready for use, which requires significant management judgment. Development costs that lead to new or substantially improved internally generated intangibles are capitalized based on management’s analysis of time and materials dedicated to each project and evaluation of how far the project has progressed.

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Capitalized development costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives once the development is completed and the assets are in use. The carrying value of capitalized development costs are reviewed for impairment whenever there is an indicator that the assets may be impaired.

Useful lives are based on management’s estimates of the period during which the assets will generate revenue, which are periodically reviewed for continued appropriateness. Changes to estimates can result in significant variations in the amounts recorded on SBTech’s consolidated statement of financial position and statement of comprehensive income for a given period. In the nine months ended September 30, 2019, SBTech capitalized €9.8 million of development costs as intangible assets and expensed €13.6 million in research and development costs.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

SBTech has in the past, and New DraftKings may in the future, be exposed to certain market risks, including interest rate, foreign currency exchange and financial instrument risks, in the ordinary course of business. SBTech’s exposure to interest rate and financial instruments risk is not material as of September 30, 2019. In addition, SBTech may also face customer collection risk in the ordinary course of business. See Note 2 to SBTech’s audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

SBTech has been exposed to foreign currency exchange risk related to its transactions in currencies other than the Euro, which is SBTech’s reporting currency. SBTech does not currently hedge its foreign exchange exposure.

SBTech’s foreign currency exposure is primarily with respect to the British pound (which accounted for 8.6% and 5.0% of SBTech’s revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018, respectively) and the U.S. dollar (which accounted for 2.5% and 1.4% of SBTech’s revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018, respectively). A 10% increase or decrease in the value of these currencies to the Euro would have caused SBTech’s reported revenue to increase or decrease by approximately €0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and approximately €0.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018.

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INDEBTEDNESS

Credit Agreement

In October 2016, DraftKings entered into an amended and restated loan and security agreement with Pacific Western Bank, which was most recently amended in August 2019 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides a revolving line of credit of up to $50.0 million, which we are seeking to extend to $60.0 million. The Credit Agreement has a maturity date of September 15, 2020, but we are seeking to extend it until April 30, 2021. Principal amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement totaled $3.75 million as of December 31, 2018 and $3.75 million as of September 30, 2019.

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a variable annual rate equal to the greater of (i) 1.00% above the prime rate then in effect and (ii) 6.50%, and the Credit Agreement requires monthly, interest-only payments. In addition, DraftKings is required to pay quarterly in arrears a fee equal to 0.25% per annum of the unused portion of the revolving line of credit. Upon the earlier of  (i) an “Acquisition,” as defined in the Credit Agreement, or (ii) the closing of an initial public offering, in each case, DraftKings will also be required to pay a success fee to Pacific Western Bank in the amount of 600,000 or $650,000 if the outstanding principal amount exceeds $45 million at any time. As of September 30, 2019, we had $3.8 million outstanding under the Credit Agreement and another $4.5 million was applied to the issuance of letters of credit in connection with our office leases. As of that date, $41.7 million was available for drawdown under the Credit Agreement.

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement are secured by a first lien on all issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of DraftKings’ subsidiaries (except for any foreign subsidiaries, for which 65% of such capital stock is pledged) and on all assets, including intellectual property, of DraftKings.

Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, DraftKings is required to maintain substantially all depository, operating and investment accounts, excluding any proceeds from DraftKings’ iGaming business, with Pacific Western Bank. DraftKings is also subject to certain affirmative and negative covenants until maturity, including limitations on DraftKings’ ability to incur additional debt and to pay dividends. Obligations under the Credit Agreement are subject to acceleration upon the occurrence of specified events of default, including failure to comply with covenants.

In connection with entering into the Credit Agreement, DraftKings issued a warrant to Pacific Western Bank to purchase 173,913 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of  $0.23 per share. The warrant remains outstanding and is exercisable at any time until it expires in October 2020.

DraftKings drew down an additional $3.0 million on the Credit Agreement in December 2019, for a total principal amount outstanding of  $6.8 million.

ArrowMark Notes

On September 26, 2019, DraftKings entered into share redemption agreements with certain funds managed by ArrowMark Partners (the “ArrowMark Funds”), pursuant to which DraftKings repurchased and redeemed shares of its preferred stock and common stock held by the ArrowMark Funds (the “ArrowMark Redemption”). A portion of the consideration paid by DraftKings in connection with the ArrowMark Redemption, equaling approximately $11.0 million, was paid by the issuance of promissory notes to certain of the ArrowMark Funds (the “ArrowMark Notes”). The ArrowMark Notes have a maturity date of the earlier of September 26, 2021 and the date on which DraftKings closes an equity financing with gross proceeds to DraftKings of at least $100 million. Until December 31, 2019, unpaid interest will accrue on the ArrowMark Notes at a rate of 2.33% per annum, computed on a basis of a 365-day year and payable annually in arrears. Following December 31, 2019, unpaid interest will accrue at a rate of 7.5% per annum computed on a basis of a 365-day year and payable annually in arrears. Upon any event of default, as defined in the ArrowMark Notes, and at the option and upon the declaration of the holder thereof, the ArrowMark Notes will accelerate and all principal and unpaid accrued interest will become due and payable.

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The ArrowMark Notes are subordinated to the Credit Agreement and any indebtedness or debentures, notes or other such indebtedness issued in exchange for the Credit Agreement, pursuant to a subordination agreement entered into by and among the relevant ArrowMark funds, DraftKings and Pacific Western Bank, dated as of September 25, 2019.

Convertible Promissory Notes

On and after December 16, 2019, DraftKings issued subordinated convertible promissory notes to certain investors in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $66.6 million. Interest accrues on the outstanding amount of the Convertible Notes at a rate of 10% per annum on a capitalized, pay-in-kind (“PIK”) basis and is added to the outstanding principal amount of each Convertible Note on each anniversary of the date of its issuance or the earlier date of maturity or conversion. The Convertible Notes may only be prepaid with the consent of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding principal amount (the “Majority Holders”).

The Convertible Notes automatically convert into equity upon (i) a business combination transaction that results in common shares of DraftKings, its successor or a new parent company being listed on a national securities exchange (a “Qualified Business Combination”), (ii) the issuance of equity securities of DraftKings that results in DraftKings receiving a minimum of  $100 million in proceeds (a “Qualified Financing”) or (iii) an initial public offering of the equity securities of DraftKings pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (an “IPO”). In the case of a Qualified Business Combination, the outstanding principal and accrued interest (including capitalized interest) on the Convertible Notes will convert into listed common shares of DraftKings, its successor or the new parent entity, as applicable, at a price per share equal to (i) in the case of the closing of the Private Placement prior to the closing of the Qualified Business Combination, the price per share paid by the PIPE Investors in the Private Placement and (ii) in all other cases, the volume-weighted average trading price of such shares for the five consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding the closing of the Qualified Business Combination. In the case of a Qualified Financing, the outstanding principal and interest on the Convertible Notes will convert into the equity securities sold to the cash investors in such Qualified Financing, at a price per share equal to the price paid by the cash investors in such Qualified Financing. In the case of an IPO, the outstanding principal and interest on the Convertible Notes will convert into the equity securities sold in such IPO, at a price per share equal to the initial public offering price.

At the election of the Majority Holders, the Convertible Notes are convertible into equity upon the issuance of equity securities of DraftKings that results in DraftKings receiving less than $100 million in proceeds (a “Non-Qualified Financing”). In the case of a Non-Qualified Financing, the outstanding principal and interest on the Convertible Notes will convert into the equity securities sold to the cash investors in such Non-Qualified Financing, at a price per share equal to the price paid by the cash investors in such Non-Qualified Financing.

In the event of a combination, consolidation or merger, other than a Qualified Business Combination, or a transfer of more than 50% of the voting power of DraftKings’ stock to stockholders that were not stockholders on the date of issuance of the Convertible Notes, DraftKings will be obligated to repay the Convertible Notes in an amount equal to the outstanding principal and any unpaid accrued interest (including capitalized interest), plus a prepayment premium equal to 15% of the original principal amount of the Convertible Notes.

In addition to the foregoing, in the event that the Convertible Notes remain outstanding on December 16, 2022 (the “CN Maturity Date”), the Convertible Notes will convert as of the CN Maturity Date into shares of a newly created series of DraftKings’ preferred stock having substantially the same rights, privileges and preferences as DraftKings’ existing Series F Preferred Stock at a conversion price equal to $3.312335 (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization or similar transaction).

The Convertible Notes are subordinated to the Credit Agreement and any indebtedness or debentures, notes or other such indebtedness issued in exchange for the Credit Agreement, pursuant to a subordination agreement entered into by and among the holders of the Convertible Notes, DraftKings and Pacific Western Bank.

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DESCRIPTION OF NEW DRAFTKINGS SECURITIES

As a result of the Business Combination, DEAC Stockholders who receive shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in the transactions will become New DraftKings stockholders. Your rights as New DraftKings stockholders will be governed by Nevada law and the New DraftKings’ charter and bylaws. The following description of the material terms of New DraftKings’ securities reflects the anticipated state of affairs upon completion of the Business Combination.

In connection with the reincorporation as part of the Business Combination, DEAC Nevada will amend and restate its articles of incorporation and bylaws. The following summary of the material terms of New DraftKings’ securities following the Business Combination is not intended to be a complete summary of the rights and preferences of such securities. The full text of the Proposed Charter and post-Business Combination bylaws are attached as Annex E and Annex F, respectively, to this proxy statement/prospectus. You are encouraged to read the applicable provisions of Nevada law, the Proposed Charter and the post-Business Combination bylaws in their entirety for a complete description of the rights and preferences of New DraftKings’ securities following the Business Combination.

Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock

The Proposed Charter authorizes the issuance of 2,100,000,000 shares, of which 900,000,000 shares will be shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, 900,000,000 shares will be shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 300,000,000 shares will be shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

As of  [           ], 2020, the record date, DEAC had approximately [      ] units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant, [      ] shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and [      ] warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock, issued and outstanding and [      ] holders of record of common stock. After giving effect to the Business Combination, New DraftKings will have approximately [      ] shares of Class A common stock outstanding (assuming no redemptions) and [      ] shares of Class B common stock outstanding.

New DraftKings Common Stock

Class A Common Stock

Voting Rights

Holders of New DraftKings Class A common stock will be entitled to cast one vote per Class A share. Generally, holders of all classes of New DraftKings common stock vote together as a single class, and an action is approved by New DraftKings stockholders if the number of votes cast in favor of the action exceeds the number of votes cast in opposition to the action, while directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast. Holders of New DraftKings Class A common stock will not be entitled to cumulate their votes in the election of directors.

Dividend Rights

Holders of New DraftKings Class A common stock will share ratably (based on the number of shares of Class A common stock held) if and when any dividend is declared by the New DraftKings board of directors out of funds legally available therefor, subject to restrictions, whether statutory or contractual (including with respect to any outstanding indebtedness), on the declaration and payment of dividends and to any restrictions on the payment of dividends imposed by the terms of any outstanding preferred stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over, or the right to participate with, the New DraftKings Class A common stock with respect to the payment of dividends.

Liquidation, Dissolution and Winding Up

On the liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding up of New DraftKings, each holder of New DraftKings Class A common stock will be entitled, pro rata on a per share basis, to all assets of New DraftKings of whatever kind available for distribution to the holders of common stock, subject to the designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of any other class or series of preferred stock of New DraftKings then outstanding.

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Other Matters

No shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock will be subject to redemption (except as described below under “Redemption Rights and Transfer Restrictions with Respect to Capital Stock held by Unsuitable Persons and Their Affiliates”) or have preemptive rights to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock. Holders of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock do not have subscription, redemption or conversion rights. Upon completion of the Business Combination, all the outstanding shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

Class B Common Stock

Issuance of Class B common stock with Common Units

Shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock may be issued only to, and registered in the name of, Mr. Robins and any entities wholly owned by Mr. Robins (including all subsequent successors, assigns and permitted transferees) (collectively, “Permitted Class B Owners”).

Voting Rights

Holders of New DraftKings Class B common stock will be entitled to cast 10 votes per Class B share. Generally, holders of all classes of New DraftKings common stock vote together as a single class, and an action is approved by New DraftKings stockholders if the number of votes cast in favor of the action exceeds the number of votes cast in opposition to the action, while directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast. Holders of New DraftKings Class B common stock will not be entitled to cumulate their votes in the election of directors.

Dividend Rights

Holders of New DraftKings Class B common stock will not participate in any dividend declared by the board of directors.

Liquidation Rights

On the liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding up of New DraftKings, holders of New DraftKings Class B common stock will not be entitled to receive any distribution of New DraftKings assets of whatever kind available until distribution has first been made to all holders of New DraftKings Class A common stock.

Transfers

Pursuant to the Proposed Charter, holders of New DraftKings Class B common stock are generally restricted from transferring such shares, other than to a Permitted Class B Owner or in connection with a divorce or domestic relations order or decree.

Mandatory Cancellation

Each share of New DraftKings Class B common stock will be (1) automatically canceled for no consideration in the event that shares of Class A common stock that are then held by Permitted Class B Owners (including without limitation all shares of Class A common stock that are the subject of unvested stock options or other equity awards held by Mr. Robins) represent less than 33% of Base Class A Shares (as defined in the Proposed Charter) and (2) subject to cancelation by New DraftKings (without consideration) one year after the date that both of the following conditions apply (the “Founder Termination Anniversary Date”): (a) the earliest to occur of  (i) Mr. Robins’ employment as Chief Executive Officer of New DraftKings being terminated due to termination of employment for cause or due to death or permanent disability and (ii) Mr. Robins resigns (other than for good reason) as the Chief Executive Officer of New DraftKings and (b) either (i) Mr. Robins no longer serves as a member of the board of directors of New DraftKings or (ii) Mr. Robins’ service to New DraftKings is not his primary business occupation. In the event that Mr. Robins is reinstated as the Chief Executive Officer of New DraftKings or is reelected or reappointed to serve as a member of the board of directors of New DraftKings prior to the Founder Termination Anniversary Date (each, a “Reset Event”), then the shares of Class B common stock will not be canceled pursuant to clause (2) unless and until the one-year anniversary of the date that both of

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the foregoing conditions are subsequently met; provided that in the event of a subsequent Reset Event, the next Founder Termination Anniversary Date will extend until the one-year anniversary of the date that both of the foregoing conditions are subsequently met without a Reset Event occurring prior to such anniversary.

Other Matters

No shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock will be subject to redemption (except as described below under “Redemption Rights and Transfer Restrictions with Respect to Capital Stock Held by Unsuitable Persons and Their Affiliates”) or have preemptive rights to purchase additional shares of Class B common stock. Holders of shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock do not have subscription, redemption or conversion rights. Upon completion of the Business Combination, all outstanding shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

Preferred Stock

New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation provide that the New DraftKings board of directors has the authority, without action by the stockholders, to designate and issue shares of preferred stock in one or more classes or series, and the number of shares constituting any such class or series, and to fix the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of each class or series of preferred stock, including, without limitation, dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, exchange rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption, dissolution preferences, and treatment in the case of a merger, business combination transaction, or sale of New DraftKings’ assets, which rights may be greater than the rights of the holders of the common stock. There will be no shares of preferred stock outstanding immediately upon consummation of the Business Combination.

The purpose of authorizing the New DraftKings board of directors to issue preferred stock and determine the rights and preferences of any classes or series of preferred stock is to eliminate delays associated with a stockholder vote on specific issuances. The simplified issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions, future financings and other corporate purposes, could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or could discourage a third party from seeking to acquire, a majority of New DraftKings outstanding voting stock. Additionally, the issuance of preferred stock may adversely affect the holders of New DraftKings Class A common stock by restricting dividends on the Class A common stock, diluting the voting power of the Class A common stock or subordinating the dividend or liquidation rights of the Class A common stock. As a result of these or other factors, the issuance of preferred stock could have an adverse impact on the market price of New DraftKings Class A common stock.

Warrants

Public Stockholders’ Warrants

There are currently outstanding an aggregate of 19,666,667 warrants, which, following the consummation of the Business Combination, will entitle the holder to acquire New DraftKings Class A common stock. Each whole warrant will entitle the registered holder to purchase one share of New DraftKings Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, beginning 30 days after the Closing. A holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock. This means only a whole warrant may be exercised at a given time by a warrant holder. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless you hold at least three units, you will not be able to receive or trade a whole warrant. The warrants will expire five years after the completion of the Business Combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

Redemption of Warrants for Cash

Once the warrants become exercisable, New DraftKings may call the warrants for redemption for cash:

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in whole and not in part; at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

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upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption (the “30-day redemption period”) to each warrant holder; and

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if, and only if, the closing price of the New DraftKings Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three business days before New DraftKings sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

If and when the warrants become redeemable by New DraftKings for cash, New DraftKings may exercise its redemption right even if it is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.

The last of the redemption criterion discussed above prevents a redemption call unless there is at the time of the call a significant premium to the warrant exercise price. If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and New DraftKings issues a notice of redemption of the warrants, each warrant holder will be entitled to exercise his, her or its warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. However, the price of the New DraftKings Class A common stock may fall below the $18.00 redemption trigger price (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) as well as the $11.50 warrant exercise price after the redemption notice is issued.

Redemption of warrants for shares of Class A common stock

Commencing 90 days after the warrants become exercisable, New DraftKings may redeem the outstanding warrants for shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock:

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in whole and not in part (including both public warrants and private placement warrants);

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at a price equal to a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be determined by reference to the table below, based on the redemption date and the “fair market value” of New DraftKings Class A common stock, except as otherwise described below;

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upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption;

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if, and only if, the last reported sale price of New DraftKings Class A common stock equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) on the trading day prior to the date on which New DraftKings sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders;

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if, and only if, the private placement warrants are also concurrently exchanged at the same price (equal to a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock) as the outstanding public warrants, as described above; and

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if, and only if, there is an effective registration statement covering the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating thereto available throughout the 30-day redemption period after written notice of redemption is given.

The numbers in the table below represent the “redemption prices,” or the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock that a warrant holder will receive upon redemption by us pursuant to this redemption feature, based on the “fair market value” of New DraftKings Class A common stock on the corresponding redemption date, determined based on the average of the last reported sales price for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants, and the number of months that the corresponding redemption date precedes the expiration date of the warrants, each as set forth in the table below.

The share prices set forth in the column headings of the table below will be adjusted as of any date on which the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a warrant is adjusted. The adjusted stock prices in the column headings will equal the stock prices immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares deliverable upon exercise of a warrant immediately prior to

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such adjustment and the denominator of which is the number of shares deliverable upon exercise of a warrant as so adjusted. The number of shares in the table below shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a warrant.

​	Fair Market Value of New DraftKings Class A Common Stock
Redemption Date (period to expiration of warrants)	$10.00		$11.00		$12.00		$13.00		$14.00		$15.00		$16.00		$17.00		$18.00
57 months	​	0.257	​	0.277	​	0.294	​	0.310	​	0.324	​	0.337	​	0.348	​	0.358	​	0.365
54 months	​	0.252	​	0.272	​	0.291	​	0.307	​	0.322	​	0.335	​	0.347	​	0.357	​	0.365
51 months	​	0.246	​	0.268	​	0.287	​	0.304	​	0.320	​	0.333	​	0.346	​	0.357	​	0.365
48 months	​	0.241	​	0.263	​	0.283	​	0.301	​	0.317	​	0.332	​	0.344	​	0.356	​	0.365
45 months	​	0.235	​	0.258	​	0.279	​	0.298	​	0.315	​	0.330	​	0.343	​	0.356	​	0.365
42 months	​	0.228	​	0.252	​	0.274	​	0.294	​	0.312	​	0.328	​	0.342	​	0.355	​	0.364
39 months	​	0.221	​	0.246	​	0.269	​	0.290	​	0.309	​	0.325	​	0.340	​	0.354	​	0.364
36 months	​	0.213	​	0.239	​	0.263	​	0.285	​	0.305	​	0.323	​	0.339	​	0.353	​	0.364
33 months	​	0.205	​	0.232	​	0.257	​	0.280	​	0.301	​	0.320	​	0.337	​	0.352	​	0.364
30 months	​	0.196	​	0.224	​	0.250	​	0.274	​	0.297	​	0.316	​	0.335	​	0.351	​	0.364
27 months	​	0.185	​	0.214	​	0.242	​	0.268	​	0.291	​	0.313	​	0.332	​	0.350	​	0.364
24 months	​	0.173	​	0.204	​	0.233	​	0.260	​	0.285	​	0.308	​	0.329	​	0.348	​	0.364
21 months	​	0.161	​	0.193	​	0.223	​	0.252	​	0.279	​	0.304	​	0.326	​	0.347	​	0.364
18 months	​	0.146	​	0.179	​	0.211	​	0.242	​	0.271	​	0.298	​	0.322	​	0.345	​	0.363
15 months	​	0.130	​	0.164	​	0.197	​	0.230	​	0.262	​	0.291	​	0.317	​	0.342	​	0.363
12 months	​	0.111	​	0.146	​	0.181	​	0.216	​	0.250	​	0.282	​	0.312	​	0.339	​	0.363
9 months	​	0.090	​	0.125	​	0.162	​	0.199	​	0.237	​	0.272	​	0.305	​	0.336	​	0.362
6 months	​	0.065	​	0.099	​	0.137	​	0.178	​	0.219	​	0.259	​	0.296	​	0.331	​	0.362
3 months	​	0.034	​	0.065	​	0.104	​	0.150	​	0.197	​	0.243	​	0.286	​	0.326	​	0.361
0 months	​	—	​	—	​	0.042	​	0.115	​	0.179	​	0.233	​	0.281	​	0.323	​	0.361

The “fair market value” of New DraftKings Class A common stock means the average last reported sale price of New DraftKings Class A common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants.

The exact fair market value and redemption date may not be set forth in the table above, in which case, if the fair market value is between two values in the table or the redemption date is between two redemption dates in the table, the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be issued for each warrant redeemed will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of shares set forth for the higher and lower fair market values and the earlier and later redemption dates, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable. For example, if the average last reported sale price of New DraftKings Class A common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading date prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of the warrants is $11.00 per share, and at that time there are 57 months until the expiration of the warrants, New DraftKings may choose to, pursuant to this redemption feature, redeem the warrants at a “redemption price” of 0.277 shares of Class A common stock for each whole warrant. For an example where the exact fair market value and redemption date are not as set forth in the table above, if the average last reported sale price of New DraftKings Class A common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading date prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of the warrants is $13.50 per share, and at such time there are 38 months until the expiration of the warrants, New DraftKings may choose to, pursuant to this redemption feature, redeem the warrants at a “redemption price” of 0.298 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock for each whole warrant. Finally, as reflected in the table above, New DraftKings can redeem the warrants for no consideration in the event that the warrants are “out of the money” (i.e., the trading price of New DraftKings Class A common stock is below the exercise price of the warrants) and about to expire.

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Any public warrants held by New DraftKings officers or directors will be subject to this redemption feature, except that such officers and directors will only receive “fair market value” for such public warrants so redeemed (“fair market value” for such public warrants held by New DraftKings officers or directors being defined as the last reported sale price of the public warrants on such redemption date).

New DraftKings can redeem the warrants when the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock are trading at a price starting at $10.00, which is below the exercise price of   $11.50. As a result, if New DraftKings chooses to redeem the warrants when the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock are trading at a price below the exercise price of the warrants, this could result in the warrant holders receiving fewer shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock than they would have received if they had chosen to wait to exercise their warrants for shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock if and when such shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock were trading at a price higher than the exercise price of $11.50.

No fractional shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock will be issued upon redemption. If, upon redemption, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, New DraftKings will round down to the nearest whole number of the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be issued to the holder.

Redemption Procedures and Cashless Exercise

If New DraftKings calls the warrants for redemption as described above, its management will have the option to require any holder that wishes to exercise his, her or its warrant to do so on a “cashless basis.” To exercise warrants on a cashless basis, the holders of exercised warrants would pay the exercise price by surrendering their warrants for that number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” of the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” will mean the average closing price of the New DraftKings Class A common stock for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third (3rd) trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants or the warrant agent, as applicable. The notice of redemption will contain the information necessary to calculate the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be received upon exercise of the warrants, including the “fair market value” in such case. Requiring a cashless exercise in this manner will reduce the number of shares to be issued and thereby lessen the dilutive effect of a warrant redemption. If New DraftKings management calls the warrants for redemption and does not require the holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis, the holders of the private placement warrants and their permitted transferees would be entitled to exercise their private placement warrants for cash or on a cashless basis using the same formula described above that other warrant holders would have been required to use had all warrant holders been required to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis, as described in more detail below.

A holder of a warrant may notify New DraftKings in writing in the event it elects to be subject to a requirement that such holder will not have the right to exercise such warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the warrant agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of 4.9% or 9.8% (as specified by the holder) of the New DraftKings Class A common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise.

If the number of outstanding shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock is increased by a share capitalization payable in shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, or by a split-up of common stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such share capitalization, split-up or similar event, the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock issuable on exercise of each warrant will be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding shares of common stock. A rights offering to holders of common stock entitling holders to purchase New DraftKings Class A common stock at a price less than the fair market value will be deemed a share capitalization of a number of shares of Class A common stock equal to the product of  (i) the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for New DraftKings Class A common stock) and (ii) the quotient of  (x) the price per share of New DraftKings Class A common stock paid in such rights

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offering and (y) the fair market value. For these purposes (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, in determining the price payable for New DraftKings Class A common stock, there will be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) fair market value means the volume weighted average price of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the New DraftKings Class A common stock trades on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.

In addition, if New DraftKings, at any time while the warrants are outstanding and unexpired, pays a dividend or makes a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of New DraftKings Class A common stock on account of such New DraftKings Class A common stock (or other securities into which the warrants are convertible), other than (a) as described above, (b) certain ordinary cash dividends or (c) to satisfy the redemption rights of the holders of New DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the Business Combination, then the warrant exercise price will be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such event, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value of any securities or other assets paid on each share of New DraftKings Class A common stock in respect of such event.

If the number of outstanding shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse share split or reclassification of New DraftKings Class A common stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse share split, reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock issuable on exercise of each warrant will be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock.

Whenever the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock purchasable upon the exercise of the warrants is adjusted, as described above, the warrant exercise price will be adjusted by multiplying the warrant exercise price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which will be the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock purchasable upon the exercise of the warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which will be the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock so purchasable immediately thereafter.

In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding New DraftKings Class A common stock (other than those described above or that solely affects the par value of such New DraftKings Class A common stock), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of us with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which New DraftKings is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of outstanding New DraftKings Class A common stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of us as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which New DraftKings is dissolved, the holders of the warrants will thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the warrants and in lieu of the New DraftKings Class A common stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the holder of the warrants would have received if such holder had exercised its warrants immediately prior to such event. If less than 70% of the consideration receivable by the holders of New DraftKings Class A common stock in such a transaction is payable in the form of New DraftKings Class A common stock in the successor entity that is listed for trading on a national securities exchange or is quoted in an established over-the-counter market, or is to be so listed for trading or quoted immediately following such event, and if the registered holder of the warrant properly exercises the warrant within 30 days following public disclosure of such transaction, the warrant exercise price will be reduced as specified in the warrant agreement based on the Black-Scholes Warrant Value (as defined in the warrant agreement) of the warrant. The purpose of such exercise price reduction is to provide additional value to holders of the warrants when an extraordinary transaction occurs during the exercise period of the warrants pursuant to which the holders of the warrants otherwise do not receive the full potential value of the warrants.

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The warrants are issued in registered form under a warrant agreement between Continental, as warrant agent, and DEAC. The warrant agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, and that all other modifications or amendments will require the vote or written consent of the holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding public warrants, and, solely with respect to any amendment to the terms of the private placement warrants, a majority of the then outstanding private placement warrants. You should review a copy of the warrant agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to this proxy solicitation/​prospectus, for a complete description of the terms and conditions applicable to the warrants.

The warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the warrant certificate on or prior to the expiration date at the offices of the warrant agent, with the exercise form on the reverse side of the warrant certificate completed and executed as indicated, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price (or on a cashless basis, if applicable), by certified or official bank check payable to us, for the number of warrants being exercised. The warrant holders do not have the rights or privileges of holders of common stock and any voting rights until they exercise their warrants and receive New DraftKings Class A common stock. After the issuance of New DraftKings Class A common stock upon exercise of the warrants, each holder will be entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by holders of New DraftKings Class A common stock.

No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the warrants. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, New DraftKings will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be issued to the warrant holder.

Private Placement Warrants

The private placement warrants (including the New DraftKings Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants) will not be transferable, assignable or salable until thirty (30) days after the Closing (except in limited circumstances) and they will not be redeemable by New DraftKings for cash so long as they are held by our initial stockholders or their permitted transferees. The initial purchasers of the private placement warrants, or their permitted transferees, have the option to exercise the private placement warrants on a cashless basis. Except as described in this section, the private placement warrants have terms and provisions that are identical to those of the warrants sold in our initial public offering, including that they may be redeemed for shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock. If the private placement warrants are held by holders other than the initial purchasers thereof or their permitted transferees, the private placement warrants will be redeemable by New DraftKings and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the warrants included in the units being sold in our initial public offering.

Exclusive Forum

The Proposed Charter provides that unless New DraftKings otherwise consents in writing, the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada (or if the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada does not have jurisdiction, any other state district court located in the State of Nevada) will be the sole and exclusive forum for any action or proceeding brought in the name or right of New DraftKings or on its behalf, any action asserting a claim for breach of any fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of New DraftKings to New DraftKings or its stockholders, any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of NRS Chapters 78 or 92A, New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation or the New DraftKings bylaws, any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of the New DraftKings Articles of Incorporation or the New DraftKings bylaws or any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Provisions of the New DraftKings Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, the New DraftKings Amended and Restated Bylaws and Applicable Law

Certain provisions of New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws and laws of the State of Nevada, where New DraftKings is incorporated, may discourage or make more difficult a takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider in his or her best interest. These provisions may also adversely affect prevailing market prices for New DraftKings common stock. We

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believe that the benefits of increased protection give New DraftKings the potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure New DraftKings and outweigh the disadvantage of discouraging those proposals because negotiation of the proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

Authorized but Unissued Shares

The authorized but unissued shares of Class A and B common stock and preferred stock are available for future issuance without stockholder approval, subject to any limitations imposed by the listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market. These additional shares may be used for a variety of corporate finance transactions, acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued and unreserved common stock and preferred stock could make more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of New DraftKings by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.

Dual Class Stock

As described above in “— New DraftKings Common Stock — Class A Common Stock — Voting Rights” and “— New DraftKings Common Stock — Class B Common Stock — Voting Rights,” the New DraftKings amended and restated articles of incorporation will provide for a dual class common stock structure, which will provide Mr. Robins with the ability to control the outcome of matters requiring stockholder approval, even though he owns significantly less than a majority of the shares of outstanding New DraftKings Class A and Class B common stock, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of New DraftKings or its assets.

Number of Directors

The New DraftKings amended and restated articles of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that, subject to any rights of holders of preferred stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors may be fixed from time to time pursuant to a resolution adopted by the New DraftKings board of directors or, from and after the time that Mr. Robins beneficially owns less than a majority of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings, may be modified by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings. The initial number of directors will be fixed at 11.

Requirements for Advance Notification of Stockholder Meetings, Nominations and Proposals

The New DraftKings Bylaws will establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors. In order for any matter to be “properly brought” before a meeting, a stockholder will have to comply with advance notice requirements and provide New DraftKings with certain information. Generally, to be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received at New DraftKings’ principal executive offices not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders. The New DraftKings Bylaws will also specify requirements as to the form and content of a stockholder’s notice. The New DraftKings Bylaws will allow the chairman of the meeting at a meeting of the stockholders to adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings which may have the effect of precluding the conduct of certain business at a meeting if the rules and regulations are not followed. These provisions may also defer, delay or discourage a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to influence or obtain control of us.

Limitations on Stockholder Action by Written Consent

Nevada law permits stockholder action by written consent unless the corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise. Pursuant to Section 78.320 of the NRS, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, if a written consent to such action is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having at least a majority of the voting power of all classes entitled to vote, or such different proportion that would be required for such an action at a meeting of the stockholders. New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation provides that stockholder action by written consent will be permitted so long as Mr. Robins beneficially owns a

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majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of New DraftKings. Once Mr. Robins no longer beneficially owns a majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of New DraftKings, all stockholder actions must be taken at a meeting of New DraftKings stockholders.

Amendment of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws

Nevada law provides generally that a resolution of the board of directors is required to propose an amendment to a corporation’s articles of incorporation and that the amendment must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of all classes entitled to vote, as well as a majority of any class adversely affected. Nevada law also provides that the corporation’s bylaws, including any bylaws adopted by its stockholders, may be amended by the board of directors and that the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws may be granted exclusively to the directors in the corporation’s articles of incorporation. New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation provide that, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, amendments to the Proposed Charter must be approved by (1) a majority of the combined voting power of all shares of New DraftKings capital stock entitled to vote, voting together as a single class, so long as shares representing a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of New DraftKings entitled to vote is beneficially owned by Mr. Robins or (2) two-thirds of the combined voting power of all shares entitled to vote, voting together as a single class, thereafter. The New DraftKings amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws provide that the New DraftKings amended and restated bylaws may be amended or repealed by either the affirmative vote of a majority of the New DraftKings board of directors or by the affirmative vote of stockholders representing a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of New DraftKings entitled to vote, while Mr. Robins beneficially owns shares representing at least a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings, or, thereafter, by the affirmative vote of stockholders representing at least two-thirds or more of the voting power of New DraftKings capital stock.

Business Combinations

The “business combination” provisions of Sections 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, of the NRS generally prohibit a publicly traded Nevada corporation with at least 200 stockholders of record from engaging in various “combination” transactions with any interested stockholder for a period of up to four years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the combination or transaction was approved by the board of directors before such person became an interested stockholder or the combination is approved by the board of directors, if within two years after the date in which the person became an interested stockholder, and is approved at a meeting of the stockholders by the affirmative vote of stockholders representing at least 60% (for a combination within two years after becoming an interested stockholder) or a majority (for combinations between two and four years thereafter) of the outstanding voting power held by disinterested stockholders. Alternatively, a corporation may engage in a combination with an interested stockholder more than two years after such person becomes an interested stockholder if:

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the consideration to be paid to the holders of the corporation’s stock, other than the interested stockholder, is at least equal to the highest of: (a) the highest price per share paid by the interested stockholder within the two years immediately preceding the date of the announcement of the combination or the transaction in which it became an interested stockholder, whichever is higher, plus interest compounded annually, (b) the market value per share of common stock on the date of announcement of the combination or the date the interested stockholder acquired the shares, whichever is higher, less certain dividends paid or (c) for holders of preferred stock, the highest liquidation value of the preferred stock, if it is higher; and

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the interested stockholder has not become the owner of any additional voting shares since the date of becoming an interested stockholder except by certain permitted transactions.

A “combination” is generally defined to include (i) mergers or consolidations with the “interested stockholder” or an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder, (ii) any sale, lease exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of assets of the corporation, in one transaction or a series of

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transactions, to or with the interested stockholder or an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder: (a) having an aggregate market value equal to 5% or more of the aggregate market value of the assets of the corporation, (b) having an aggregate market value equal to 5% or more of the aggregate market value of all outstanding shares of the corporation or (c) representing more than 10% of the earning power or net income (determined on a consolidated basis) of the corporation, (iii) any issuance or transfer of securities to the interested stockholder or an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder, in one transaction or a series of transactions, having an aggregate market value equal to 5% or more of the aggregate market value of all of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation (other than under the exercise of warrants or rights to purchase shares offered, or a dividend or distribution made pro rata to all stockholders of the corporation), (iv) adoption of a plan or proposal for liquidation or dissolution of the corporation with the interested stockholder or an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder and (v) certain other transactions having the effect of increasing the proportionate share of voting securities beneficially owned by the interested stockholder or an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder.

In general, an “interested stockholder” means any person who (i) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting power of the outstanding voting shares of a corporation, or (ii) is an affiliate or associate of the corporation that beneficially owned, within two years prior to the date in question, 10% or more of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of the corporation.

New DraftKings has opted out of these provisions in its amended and restated articles of incorporation until Mr. Robins ceases to beneficially own shares of common stock of New DraftKings representing at least 15% of the outstanding voting stock of New DraftKings.

Control Share Acquisitions

The “control share” provisions of Sections 78.378 to 78.3793, inclusive, of the NRS apply to “issuing corporations” that are Nevada corporations doing business, directly or through an affiliate, in Nevada, and having at least 200 stockholders of record, including at least 100 of whom have addresses in Nevada appearing on the stock ledger of the corporation. The control share statute prohibits an acquirer, under certain circumstances, from voting its “control shares” of an issuing corporation’s stock after crossing certain ownership threshold percentages, unless the acquirer obtains approval of the issuing corporation’s disinterested stockholders or unless the issuing corporation amends its articles of incorporation or bylaws within 10 days of the acquisition. The statute specifies three thresholds: one-fifth or more but less than one-third, one-third but less than a majority, and a majority or more, of the outstanding voting power of a corporation. Generally, once an acquirer crosses one of the foregoing thresholds, those shares acquired in an acquisition or offer to acquire in an acquisition and acquired within 90 days immediately preceding the date that the acquirer crosses one of the thresholds become “control shares,” and such control shares are deprived of the right to vote until disinterested stockholders restore the right. In addition, the corporation, if provided in its articles of incorporation or bylaws in effect on the tenth (10th) day following the acquisition of a controlling interest, may cause the redemption of all of the control shares at the average price paid for such shares if the stockholders do not accord the control shares full voting rights. If control shares are accorded full voting rights and the acquiring person has acquired a majority or more of all voting power, all other stockholders who did not vote in favor of authorizing voting rights to the control shares are entitled to demand payment for the fair value of their shares in accordance with statutory procedures established for dissenters’ rights.

New DraftKings has opted out of these provisions in its amended and restated articles of incorporation until Mr. Robins ceases to beneficially own shares of common stock of New DraftKings representing at least 15% of the outstanding voting stock of New DraftKings. After such time, New DraftKings may opt out of the “control share” statute by amending its articles of incorporation or bylaws within 10 days of the acquisition as provided by Nevada law.

Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation eliminate the liability of New DraftKings officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law. Nevada law provides that New DraftKings directors and officers will not be individually liable to us, New DraftKings stockholders or New DraftKings creditors for any damages for any act or failure to act in the capacity of a director or

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officer other than in circumstances where both (i) the presumption that the director or officer acted in good faith, on an informed basis and with a view to the interests of the corporation has been rebutted, and (ii) the act or failure to act of the director or officer is proven to have been a breach of his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer and such breach is proven to have involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law.

New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws also provide for indemnification for New DraftKings’ directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law. New DraftKings intends to enter into indemnification agreements with each of its directors that may, in some cases, be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained under Nevada law. The effect of these provisions is to restrict New DraftKings rights and the rights of New DraftKings stockholders in derivative suits to recover any damages against a director for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, because a director will not be individually liable for acts or omissions, except where the act or failure to act constituted a breach of fiduciary duty and such breach involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law, and the presumption that the director or officer acted in good faith, on an informed basis, and with a view to the interests of the corporation, has been rebutted.

These provisions may be held not to be enforceable for certain violations of the federal securities laws of the United States.

New DraftKings is also expressly authorized to carry directors’ and officers’ insurance to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents against certain liabilities.

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions under Nevada law and in New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duties. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit New DraftKings and New DraftKings stockholders. However, these provisions do not limit or eliminate New DraftKings rights, or those of any stockholder, to seek non-monetary relief such as injunction or rescission in the event of a breach of a director’s fiduciary duties. Moreover, the provisions do not alter the liability of directors under the federal securities laws. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent that, in a class action or direct suit, New DraftKings pays the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

The foregoing provisions of New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws could discourage potential acquisition proposals and could delay or prevent a change in control. These provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of New DraftKings’ board of directors and in the policies formulated by New DraftKings’ board of directors and to discourage certain types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened change of control. These provisions are designed to reduce New DraftKings’ vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition proposal. The provisions also are intended to discourage certain tactics that may be used in proxy fights. However, such provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for New DraftKings shares and, as a consequence, they also may inhibit fluctuations in the market price of New DraftKings shares of Class A common stock that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. Such provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in New DraftKings management or delaying or preventing a transaction that might benefit you or other minority stockholders.

Corporate Opportunities

In anticipation that Mr. Robins may engage in activities or lines of business similar to those in which New DraftKings engages, New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation provide for, to the fullest extent permitted under Nevada law, the renouncement by New DraftKings of all interest and expectancy that New DraftKings otherwise would be entitled to have in, and all rights to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity that from time to time may be presented to any director, stockholder, officer or agent of New DraftKings (or any affiliate thereof), other than an employee of New DraftKings or any of its subsidiaries. Specifically, no holder of shares of common stock, nor any non-employee director, of New DraftKings has any duty to refrain from engaging in the same or similar

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business activities or lines of business that New DraftKings does or otherwise competing with New DraftKings. In the event that any holder of shares of common stock of New DraftKings or any director that is not an employee of New DraftKings or its subsidiaries acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for itself and New DraftKings, that person will not have any duty to communicate or offer such corporate opportunity to New DraftKings and may pursue or acquire such corporate opportunity for itself or direct such opportunity to another person.

To the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law, no potential transaction or business opportunity may be deemed to be a potential corporate opportunity of New DraftKings or its subsidiaries unless (a) New DraftKings and its subsidiaries would be permitted to undertake such transaction or opportunity in accordance with the New DraftKings amended and restated articles of incorporation, (b) New DraftKings and its subsidiaries at such time have sufficient financial resources to undertake such transaction or opportunity and (c) such transaction or opportunity would be in the same or similar line of business in which New DraftKings and its subsidiaries are then engaged or a line of business that is reasonably related to, or a reasonable extension of, such line of business.

Redemption Rights and Transfer Restrictions with Respect to Capital Stock Held by Unsuitable Persons and Their Affiliates

The Proposed Charter provides that any common stock or any other equity securities of New DraftKings, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for, or convertible into, such other equity securities of New DraftKings owned or controlled by a person whom the board determines in good faith (following consultation with independent gaming regulatory counsel) pursuant to a resolution adopted by the unanimous affirmative vote of all of the disinterested members of the New DraftKings board of directors (i) fails or refuses to file an application within 30 days (or such shorter period imposed by any gaming authority) after having been requested in writing and in good faith to do the same by New DraftKings (based on consultation with independent gaming regulatory counsel), or has withdrawn or requested the withdrawal of a pending application (other than for technical reasons with the intent to promptly file an amended application following such withdrawal), to be found suitable by any gaming authority or for any gaming license when such finding of suitability or gaming license is required by gaming laws or gaming authorities for the purpose of obtaining a material gaming license for, or compliance with material gaming laws by New DraftKings for the purpose of obtaining a material gaming license for, or compliance with material gaming laws by, New DraftKings, (ii) is denied or disqualified from eligibility for any material gaming license by any gaming authority, (iii) is determined by a gaming authority in any material gaming jurisdiction to be unsuitable to own or control any equity interests, or be affiliated, associated or involved with a person engaged in gaming activities, (iv) is determined by a gaming authority to have caused, in whole or in part, any material gaming license of New DraftKings or any affiliated company to be lost, rejected, rescinded, suspended, revoked or not renewed by any gaming authority, or to have cause, in whole or in part, New DraftKings or any affiliated company to be threatened by any gaming authority with the loss, rejection, rescission, suspension, revocation or non-renewal of any material gaming license (in each of (ii) through (iv) above, only if such denial, disqualification or determination by a gaming authority is final and non-appealable), or (v) is reasonably likely to (1) preclude or materially delay, impede, impair, threaten or jeopardize any material gaming license held or desired in good faith to be held by New DraftKings or any affiliated company or New DraftKings’ or any affiliated company’s application for, right to the use of, entitlement to, or ability to obtain or retain, any material gaming license held or desired in good faith to be held by New DraftKings or any affiliated company, or (2) cause or otherwise be reasonably likely to result in the imposition of any materially burdensome terms or conditions on any material gaming license held or desired to be held by New DraftKings or any affiliated company (each of such persons, an “Unsuitable Person”) or its affiliates will be subject to mandatory sale and transfer on the terms and conditions set forth in the Proposed Charter to either New DraftKings or one or more third-party transferees (as described in the Proposed Charter) and in such number and class(es)/series as determined by the New DraftKings board of directors.

Any such sale or transfer will not occur until the later to occur of: (i) delivery to the Unsuitable Person of a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the unanimous affirmative vote of all of the disinterested members of the New DraftKings board of directors at a meeting thereof called and held for the purpose (after providing reasonable notice to such person and a reasonable opportunity for such person, together

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with their counsel, to be heard and to provide documents and written arguments), finding that the New DraftKings board of directors has determined in good faith (following consultation with independent gaming regulatory counsel) that (A) such person is an Unsuitable Person and (B) it is necessary for such person to sell and transfer such number and class(es)/series of equity interests in order for New DraftKings or an affiliated company to: (1) obtain, renew, maintain or prevent the loss, rejection, rescission, suspension, revocation or non-renewal of a material gaming license; (2) comply in any material respect with a material gaming law; (3) ensure that any material gaming license held or desired in good faith to be held by New DraftKings or any affiliated company, or New DraftKings’ or any affiliated company’s application for, right to the use of, entitlement to, or ability to obtain or retain, any material gaming license held or desired in good faith to be held by New DraftKings or any affiliated company, is not precluded, delayed, impeded, impaired, threatened or jeopardized in any material respect; or (4) prevent the imposition of any materially burdensome terms or conditions on any material gaming license held or desired in good faith to be held by New DraftKings or any affiliated company, and specifying the reasoning for such determinations in reasonable detail, and (ii) conclusion of any arbitration process brought in accordance with the provisions of the Proposed Charter.

Following (x) the determination of unsuitability by the New DraftKings board of directors and (y) if applicable, an arbitrator determining that such determinations were made in good faith by the New DraftKings board of directors, New DraftKings will deliver a transfer notice to the Unsuitable Person or its affiliate(s) and will purchase and/or cause one or more third-party transferees to purchase such number and class(es)/series of equity interests determined in good faith by the New DraftKings board of directors for the purchase price set forth in the transfer notice, which will be determined in accordance with the Proposed Charter; provided that an Unsuitable Person or its affiliate(s) will be permitted, during the 45-day period commencing on the date of the transfer notice (or before a transfer notice is formally delivered), to effect and close a disposition of the number and class(es)/series of equity interests specified in the transfer notice (or a portion of them) to a person that the New DraftKings board of directors determines in good faith (following consultation with independent gaming regulatory counsel) is not an Unsuitable Person, on terms agreed between the Unsuitable Person and such person (an “Alternate Private Transaction”).

At the closing of a sale and transfer other than an Alternate Private Transaction, (i) New DraftKings or the third-party transferee(s) (as applicable), will deliver the aggregate applicable purchase price for the equity interests being purchased by each of the foregoing by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified in writing by the Unsuitable Person in the case of third-party transferees, by unsecured promissory note in the case of New DraftKings, or a combination of both in the case of New DraftKings in such proportion as it may determine in its sole and absolute discretion and (ii) the Unsuitable Person or affiliate thereof will deliver to New DraftKings or each such third-party transferee, such stock powers, assignment instruments and other agreements as are necessary or appropriate to fully convey all right, title and interest in and to the equity interests being purchased by each of the foregoing, free and clear of all liens and other encumbrances and to evidence the subordination of any promissory note if and only to the extent required by any debt obligations of New DraftKings (and to the minimum extent required pursuant to such subordination arrangement).

The Proposed Charter provides that, in the case of a sale and transfer to New DraftKings, from and after the transfer date and subject only to the right to receive the purchase price for such equity interests, the equity interests will be deemed no longer outstanding and the Unsuitable Person or any affiliate thereof will cease to be a stockholder, and all rights of such Unsuitable Person or any affiliate thereof, other than the right to receive the purchase price, will cease. In the case of an Alternate Private Transaction or a transfer to one or more third-party transferees, from and after the earlier to occur of: (i) the transfer date, in the case of a transfer to one or more such third-party transferees, or (ii) consummation of an Alternate Private Transaction, subject only to the right to receive the purchase price for such Unsuitable Person’s equity securities, all rights and entitlements of the Unsuitable Person or any affiliates thereof will be terminated, including, without limitation, any such person will from such date no longer be entitled to: (i) receive any dividend, payment, distribution or interest with regard to the applicable equity interests which has been declared following such date or of which the due payment date according to the applicable declaration is following such date, other than the right to receive the purchase price or (ii) to exercise, directly or indirectly or through any proxy, trustee, or nominee, any voting or other right (including, without limitation, observer and information rights) conferred by the underlying equity interests.

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Further, to the extent that a sale and transfer to one or more third-party transferees is determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, New DraftKings will be permitted to redeem or repurchase the equity interests owned or controlled by an Unsuitable Person or an affiliate thereof for the price and under the terms contemplated by the Proposed Charter promptly following any such determination.

Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal and Payment

Under Nevada law, subject to certain exceptions and conditions, as long as shares of Class A common stock are traded on Nasdaq, holders of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock will not have dissenters’ rights to payment of an appraised fair value for such shares in connection with a plan of merger, conversion or exchange, unless such action requires holders of a class or series of shares to accept for such shares anything other than cash, certain publicly traded shares or securities of certain investment companies redeemable at the option of the holder. To the extent that dissenters’ rights may be available under Nevada law, stockholders who properly request and perfect such rights in connection with such merger or consolidation will have the right to receive payment of the fair value of their shares as determined by the Nevada court.

Stockholders’ Derivative Actions

Under Nevada law, any of New DraftKings’ stockholders may bring an action in New DraftKings’ name to procure a judgment in New DraftKings’ favor, also known as a derivative action, provided that the stockholder bringing the action was a holder of New DraftKings shares at the time of the transaction to which the action relates or such stockholder’s stock thereafter devolved by operation of law and such suit is brought in a Nevada court. See “Exclusive Forum” above.

Registration Rights

Certain New DraftKings stockholders will have registration rights with respect to their shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock following the consummation of the Business Combination. See “Ancillary Agreements related to the Business Combination — Stockholders Agreement — Registration Rights” for further information.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent for New DraftKings common stock will be [       ].

Listing of Common Stock

Application will be made for the shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be approved for listing on Nasdaq under the symbol “[       ].”

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SECURITIES ACT RESTRICTIONS ON RESALE OF COMMON STOCK

Rule 144

Pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), a person who has beneficially owned restricted common stock or warrants of New DraftKings for at least six months would be entitled to sell their securities provided that (i) such person is not deemed to have been one of our affiliates at the time of, or at any time during the three months preceding, a sale and (ii) we are subject to the Exchange Act periodic reporting requirements for at least three months before the sale and have filed all required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the 12 months (or such shorter period as we were required to file reports) preceding the sale.

Persons who have beneficially owned restricted common stock or warrants of New DraftKings for at least six months but who are our affiliates at the time of, or at any time during the three months preceding a sale, would be subject to additional restrictions, by which such person would be entitled to sell within any three-month period only a number of securities that does not exceed the greater of:

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1% of the total number of shares of New DraftKings common stock then outstanding (as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, DEAC has 50,000,000 shares outstanding); or

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the average weekly reported trading volume of New DraftKings common stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale.

Sales by our affiliates under Rule 144 are also limited by manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and by the availability of current public information about us.

Restrictions on the Use of Rule 144 by Shell Companies or Former Shell Companies

Rule 144 is not available for the resale of securities initially issued by shell companies (other than business-combination related shell companies) or issuers that have been at any time previously a shell company. However, Rule 144 also includes an important exception to this prohibition if the following conditions are met:

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the issuer of the securities that was formerly a shell company has ceased to be a shell company;

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the issuer of the securities is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

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the issuer of the securities has filed all Exchange Act reports and material required to be filed, as applicable, during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports and materials) other than Form 8-K reports; and

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at least one year has elapsed from the time that the issuer filed current Form 10-type information with the SEC reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company.

As a result, our initial stockholders will be able to sell their founder shares and private placement warrants, as applicable, pursuant to Rule 144 without registration one year after we have completed our initial business combination.

Following the Closing, we will no longer be a shell company, and so, once the conditions listed above are satisfied, Rule 144 will become available for the resale of the above-noted restricted securities.

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COMPARISON OF STOCKHOLDERS’ RIGHTS

General

DEAC is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. The laws of the State of Delaware, including the DGCL, and DEAC’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws govern the rights of DEAC Stockholders. As a result of the reincorporation and Business Combination, DEAC Stockholders will become New DraftKings stockholders. New DraftKings will be incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada and the rights of New DraftKings stockholders will be governed by the laws of the State of Nevada, including chapters 78 and 92A of the NRS, New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation and New DraftKings’ amended and restated bylaws. Thus, following the consummation of the Business Combination, the rights of DEAC Stockholders who become New DraftKings stockholders will no longer be governed by Delaware law and DEAC’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, but will instead be governed by Nevada law and New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation and New DraftKings’ amended and restated bylaws. The Current Charter will differ in certain material respects from the Proposed Charter. As a result, when you become a stockholder of New DraftKings, your rights will differ in some regards as compared to when you were a DEAC Stockholder.

Comparison of Stockholders’ Rights

Set forth below is a summary comparison of material differences between the rights of DEAC Stockholders under DEAC’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws (left column) and the rights of New DraftKings stockholders under forms of New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation and New DraftKings’ amended and restated bylaws (right column), which are attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex D and Annex E, respectively. This summary set forth below is not intended to be complete or to provide a comprehensive discussion of each company’s governing documents and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of those documents, as well as the relevant provisions of the DGCL and NRS.

​	DEAC Stockholder Rights	New DraftKings Stockholder Rights
Authorized Capital Stock	The Current Charter authorizes 401,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of  (a) 400,000,000 shares of common stock, including 380,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and 20,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, and (b) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock.	New DraftKings will be authorized to issue 2,100,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of  (i) 900,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, (ii) 900,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and (iii) 300,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of  [           ], 2020, upon consummation of the Business Combination, we expect there will be [    ] million shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and [     ] million shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock (in each case, assuming no redemptions) outstanding. Following consummation of the Business Combination, New DraftKings is not expected to have any preferred stock outstanding.
Rights of Preferred Stock	The Current Charter permits DEAC’s board of directors to provide out of the unissued shares of preferred stock for one or more series of preferred stock and to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series	The Proposed Charter permits New DraftKings’ board of directors to fix for any class or series of preferred stock the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of each class or series of preferred stock,

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​	and to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preference and relative, participating, optional, special and other rights, if any, of each such series and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof.	including, without limitation, dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, exchange rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption, dissolution preferences, and treatment in the case of a merger, business combination transaction, or sale of New DraftKings’ assets, which rights may be greater than the rights of the holders of the common stock.
Number and Qualification of Directors	The Current Charter provides that the number of directors of DEAC, other than those who may be elected by the holders of one or more series of preferred stock voting separately by class or series, will be fixed from time to time exclusively by DEAC’s board of directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of DEAC’s board of directors.	Subject to any rights of holders of preferred stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors will be fixed from time to time pursuant to a resolution adopted by the New DraftKings board of directors, or, from and after the time that Mr. Robins beneficially owns less than a majority of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings, by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings. Directors need not be stockholders of New DraftKings.
Classification of the Board of Directors	Delaware law permits a corporation to classify its board of directors into as many as three classes with staggered terms of office. Under the Current Charter, the DEAC Board is classified into three classes of directors with staggered terms of office.	The NRS permits a corporation to classify its board of directors into as many as four classes with staggered terms of office, where at least one-fourth of the directors must be elected annually. However, the New DraftKings amended and restated articles of incorporation does not provide for a classified board of directors, and thus all directors will be elected each year for one-year terms.
Removal of Directors	Under the DGCL, holders of a majority of shares of each class entitled to vote at an election of directors may vote to remove any director or the entire board without cause unless (i) the board is a classified board, in which case directors may be removed only for cause, or (ii) the corporation has cumulative voting, in which case, if less than the entire board is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his or her removal would be sufficient to elect such director. Thus, under the DGCL, a director of a corporation that does not have a classified board or permit cumulative voting may be removed, without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding	The NRS requires the vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote at an election of directors in order to remove a director or all of the directors. Furthermore, the NRS does not make a distinction between removals for cause and removals without cause. The New DraftKings amended and restated articles of incorporation provides that any or all of the directors may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders representing not less than two-thirds of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of New DraftKings entitled to vote at an annual or special meeting duly noticed and called.

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​	DEAC Stockholder Rights	New DraftKings Stockholder Rights
​	shares entitled to vote at an election of directors. The Current Charter provides that any or all of the directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of capital stock of DEAC entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.	​
Voting	The Current Charter provides that the holders of the Class A common stock and the Class B common stock exclusively possess all voting power with respect to DEAC. The holders of shares of DEAC common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share on each matter properly submitted to DEAC’s stockholders on which the holders of DEAC’s common stock are entitled to vote.	Holders of New DraftKings Class A common stock will be entitled to cast one vote per Class A share, while holders of New DraftKings Class B common stock will be entitled to cast 10 votes per Class B share. Generally, holders of all classes of New DraftKings common stock vote together as a single class, and an action is approved by New DraftKings stockholders if the number of votes cast in favor of the action exceeds the number of votes cast in opposition to the action, while directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast.
Cumulative Voting	Delaware law provides that a corporation may grant stockholders cumulative voting rights for the election of directors in its certificate of incorporation; however, the Current Charter does not authorize cumulative voting.	Nevada law provides that a corporation may grant stockholders cumulative voting rights for the election of directors in its articles of incorporation as long as certain procedures are followed; however, the Proposed Charter does not authorize cumulative voting.
Vacancies on the Board of Directors	The Current Charter provides that vacancies in DEAC’s board of directors and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause may be filled solely and exclusively by a majority vote of the remaining directors then in office, even if less than a quorum or by a sole remaining director (and not by stockholders).	Subject to the rights of holders of any series of preferred stock and the terms and conditions of the Stockholders Agreement, vacancies in the New DraftKings’ board of directors and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or from any other cause will be filled by, and only by, a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum.
Special Meeting of the Board of Directors	There is no such provision in the Current Charter.	Special meetings of the New DraftKings’ board of directors may be called by the Chairperson, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or two or more Directors (or the sole Director, if applicable) of New DraftKings.

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Stockholder Action by Written Consent	The DGCL provides that, unless the articles or certificate of incorporation provides otherwise, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if the holders of outstanding stock having at least the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting of stockholders consent to the action in writing. In addition, the DGCL requires a corporation to give prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent to those stockholders who did not consent in writing. Under the Current Charter, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of DEAC must be effected by a duly called annual or special meeting of such stockholders and may not be effected by written consent of the stockholders, other than with respect to the Class B common stock with respect to which action may be taken by written consent.	The NRS provides that, unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provides otherwise, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if, before or after the meeting, the holders of outstanding stock having at least a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings, or a different proportion of voting power if required for such action at the meeting, consent to the action in writing. The New DraftKings amended and restated articles of incorporation provide that any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of New DraftKings may be effected by an action by written consent in lieu of a meeting with the approval of the holders of outstanding capital stock having not less than the minimum voting power that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon were present and voted; however, from and after the time that Mr. Robins beneficially owns less than a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings, no action which is required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of New DraftKings may be taken by written consent without a meeting.
Amendment of the Charter	Under Delaware law, an amendment to a charter generally requires the approval of DEAC’s board of directors and a majority of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding shares of voting stock, voting together as a single class.	Nevada law provides generally that a resolution of the board of directors is required to propose an amendment to a corporation’s articles of incorporation and that the amendment must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of all classes of New DraftKings capital stock entitled to vote, as well as a majority of any class adversely affected. Amendments to the Proposed Charter must be approved by (1) a majority of the combined voting power of all shares entitled to vote, voting together as a single class, so long as shares representing a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of New DraftKings entitled to vote are beneficially owned by Mr. Robins or (2) two-thirds of the combined voting

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​	​	power of all shares entitled to vote, voting together as a single class, thereafter.
Amendment of the Bylaws	DEAC’s board of directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the amended and restated bylaws. The bylaws may also be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the DEAC stockholders representing a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of DEAC entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.	The New DraftKings amended and restated bylaws may be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the New DraftKings board of directors or by stockholders representing either a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of New DraftKings entitled to vote, so long as shares representing a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of New DraftKings entitled to vote are beneficially owned by Mr. Robins, or thereafter, by at least two-thirds of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of New DraftKings entitled to vote.
Quorum	Board of Directors.   A majority of DEAC’s board of directors constitutes a quorum at any meeting of DEAC’s board of directors. Stockholders.   The presence, in person or by proxy, at a stockholders meeting of the holders of shares of outstanding capital stock representing a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote at such meeting constitutes a quorum.	Board of Directors.   At all meetings of the New DraftKings board of directors, a majority of the directors will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Stockholders.   The holders of a majority of the voting power of all shares of New DraftKings capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote constitute a quorum at all meetings of New DraftKings stockholders for the transaction of business.
Special Meetings of Stockholders	Under Delaware law, a special meeting of stockholders may be called by the board of directors or by any other person authorized in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws to call a special stockholder meeting. The DEAC bylaws provide that a special meeting of stockholders may be called by the Secretary of DEAC at the written request of the majority of the board of directors of DEAC, by the Chairman of the board, by the President of DEAC or by the stockholders owning a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote.	The NRS permits special meetings of stockholders to be called by the entire board of directors, any two directors or the President, unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock then outstanding of New DraftKings, special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time (a) by the Chairman of the New DraftKings board of directors or by the Chief Executive Officer upon direction of the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire New DraftKings board of directors or by the holders of a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings, so long as shares representing a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of New DraftKings entitled to vote are

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​	​	beneficially owned by Mr. Robins, and (b) thereafter, only by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer of New DraftKings upon the direction of the New DraftKings board of directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, and may not be called by any other person or persons.
Notice of Stockholder Meetings	Whenever notice is required to be given to any stockholder, such notice may be given (i) in writing and sent either by hand delivery, through the United States mail, or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery, or (ii) by means of a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder, to the extent permitted by, and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 232 of the DGCL.	Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a timely notice in writing or by electronic transmission, in the manner consistent with the NRS, of the meeting, which will state the place, if any, date and time of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purposes for which the meeting is called, will be mailed to or transmitted electronically to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided by law, the charter or the bylaws, notice will be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.
Stockholder Proposals (Other than Nominations of Persons for Election as Directors)	No business may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than business that is either (i) specified in DEAC’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of DEAC’s board of directors, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of DEAC’s board of directors or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any DEAC stockholder (x) who is a stockholder of record entitled to vote at such annual meeting on the date of the giving of the required notice and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (y) who complies with applicable notice procedures.	No business may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than business that is either (i) specified in New DraftKings’ notice of meeting delivered pursuant to the bylaws, (ii) properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the board (or a committee thereof) or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any stockholder of New DraftKings who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the notice procedures set forth in the bylaws and who is a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary of New DraftKings. The stockholder must (i) give timely notice thereof in proper written form to the

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​	​	Secretary of New DraftKings and (ii) the business must be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of New DraftKings not less than 90 or more than 120 days before the meeting. The public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting will not commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice. Additionally, the stockholder must provide information pursuant to the advance notice provisions in the New DraftKings bylaws.
Stockholder Nominations of Persons for Election as Directors	Nominations of persons for election to DEAC’s board of directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to DEAC’s notice of meeting only by giving notice to the secretary must be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of DEAC (i) in the case of an annual meeting, not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day before the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date (or if there has been no prior annual meeting), notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received no earlier than the close of business on the 120th day before the meeting and not later than the later of (x) the close of business on the 90th day before the meeting or (y) the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was first made by DEAC; and (ii) in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the special meeting is first made by DEAC.	Nominations of persons for election to the New DraftKings board of directors at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors as set forth in New DraftKings’ notice of such special meeting, may be made (i) by or at the direction of the board of directors or (ii) by any stockholder of New DraftKings (x) who is a stockholder of record entitled to vote in the election of directors on the date of the giving of the notice and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (y) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in the New DraftKings Bylaws. For a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of New DraftKings (i) in the case of an annual meeting, not later than the close of business not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting or, if the number of directors to be elected to the board of directors is increased and the first public announcement naming all of the nominees for directors or specifying the size of the increased board of directors is less than 100 days prior to the meeting, the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date

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​	DEAC Stockholder Rights	New DraftKings Stockholder Rights
​	​	of such meeting is first made; and (ii) in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the special meeting is first made by New DraftKings. In no event will the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice. Additionally, the stockholder must provide information pursuant to the advance notice provisions in the New DraftKings bylaws.
Limitation of Liability of Directors and Officers	The DGCL permits limiting or eliminating the monetary liability of a director to a corporation or its stockholders, except with regard to breaches of the duty of loyalty, intentional misconduct, unlawful repurchases or dividends, or improper personal benefit. The Current Charter provides that no director will be personally liable, except to the extent an exemption from liability or limitation is not permitted under the DGCL, unless a director violated his or her duty of loyalty to the DEAC or its stockholders, acted in bad faith, knowingly or intentionally violated the law, authorized unlawful payments of dividends, unlawful stock purchases or unlawful redemptions, or derived improper personal benefit from his or her actions as a director.	The NRS has a similar, but somewhat broader provision limiting or eliminating the individual liability of both directors and officers unless the articles of incorporation provide for greater liability. Under the NRS, a director or officer is not liable unless the presumption that such person acted in good faith, on an informed basis and with a view to the interests of the corporation has been rebutted. In addition, there must be proof both that the act or failure to act constituted a breach of a fiduciary duty as a director or officer and that such breach involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law, a more stringent burden than a breach of the duty of loyalty or deriving an improper personal benefit under the DGCL. In addition, the NRS provision permitting limitation of liability applies to both directors and officers and expressly applies to liabilities owed to creditors of the corporation. Furthermore, under the NRS, it is not necessary to adopt provisions in the articles of incorporation limiting personal liability of directors as this limitation is provided by statute. Thus, the NRS provides broader protection from personal liability for directors and officers than the DGCL. Under the New DraftKings amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws, no director or officer will be personally liable to New DraftKings, or its stockholders or its creditors for any damages as a result of any act or failure to

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​	DEAC Stockholder Rights	New DraftKings Stockholder Rights
​	​	act in his or her capacity as a director or officer to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law. In addition, New DraftKings renounces in its amended and restated articles of incorporation, any interest or expectancy to participate in specific or specified classes or categories of business opportunities, limiting certain types of claims against directors or officers for certain possible breaches of the duty of loyalty.
Indemnification of Directors, Officers	The DGCL generally permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers acting in good faith. Under the DGCL, the corporation through its stockholders, directors or independent legal counsel, will determine that the conduct of the person seeking indemnity conformed with the statutory provisions governing indemnity. The Current Charter provides that DEAC will indemnify each director and officer to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.	The NRS generally permits a corporation to indemnify any director or officer who acted in good faith and in a manner in which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation (and, in the case of a non-derivative action involving a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful). Under the NRS, the person seeking indemnity may also be indemnified if he or she is not liable for his or her actions under Nevada law as described under “— Limitation of Liability of Directors and Officers” above. The New DraftKings amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws provide that New DraftKings will indemnify each current, former or prospective director, officer, employee or agent to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law.
Dividends	Unless further restricted in the certificate of incorporation, the DGCL permits a corporation to declare and pay dividends out of either (i) surplus, or (ii) if no surplus exists, out of net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year (provided that the amount of capital of the corporation is not less than the aggregate amount of the capital represented by the issued and outstanding stock of all classes having a preference upon the distribution of assets). The DGCL defines surplus as the excess, at any time, of the net assets of a corporation over its stated capital. In addition, the DGCL provides that a corporation may redeem or repurchase its	The NRS provides that no distribution (including dividends on, or redemption or repurchases of, shares of capital stock) may be made if, after giving effect to such distribution, (i) the corporation would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business, or, (ii) except as otherwise specifically permitted by the articles of incorporation, the corporation’s total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus the amount that would be needed at the time of a dissolution to satisfy the preferential rights of preferred stockholders. In making those determinations, the board of directors may consider financial statements prepared on the basis of accounting practices that are reasonable in the

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​	DEAC Stockholder Rights	New DraftKings Stockholder Rights
​	shares only when the capital of the corporation is not impaired and only if such redemption or repurchase would not cause any impairment of the capital of a corporation. The Current Charter provides that, subject to applicable law, the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of preferred stock and the charter requirements relating to business combinations, holders of shares of common stock are entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions (payable in cash, property or capital stock of DEAC) when, as and if declared thereon by DEAC’s board of directors from time to time out of any assets or funds legally available therefor and will share equally on a per share basis in such dividends and distributions.	circumstances, a fair valuation, including but not limited to unrealized appreciation and depreciation, or any other method that is reasonable in the circumstances. The Proposed Charter provides that holders of Class A common stock are entitled, on a per share basis, to such dividends and other distributions of cash, property, shares of capital stock or rights to acquire shares of capital stock of New DraftKings as may be declared by the Board from time to time with respect to common stock out of assets or funds legally available therefor. Dividends will not be declared or paid on the Class B common stock and holders of Class B common stock will have no entitlement in respect of dividends thereon.
Liquidation	In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of DEAC, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of DEAC, the holders of shares of common stock shall be entitled to receive all the remaining assets of DEAC available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of common stock held by them.	On the liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding up of New DraftKings, each holder of New DraftKings Class A common stock will be entitled to a pro rata distribution of the net assets, if any, available for distribution to common stockholders. Holders of New DraftKings Class B common stock will not be entitled to receive any distribution of New DraftKings’ assets of whatever kind available until distribution has first been made to all holders of New DraftKings Class A common stock.
Supermajority Voting Provisions	Amendments to Article VIII (Indemnification) of the Current Charter require the affirmative vote of DEAC’s stockholders holding at least two-thirds of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of DEAC.	Amendments to certain provisions of the Proposed Charter will require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings once Mr. Robins beneficially owns shares of New DraftKings capital stock representing less than a majority of the voting power of New DraftKings capital stock. Prior to that time, amendments to those provisions will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding voting stock of New DraftKings. See “Description of New DraftKings Securities — Anti-Takeover Effects of Provisions of the New DraftKings Amended and Restated Articles of

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​	DEAC Stockholder Rights	New DraftKings Stockholder Rights
​	​	Incorporation, the New DraftKings Amended and Restated Bylaws and Applicable Law”. In addition, removal of directors and changes to the number of directors requires the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of New DraftKings in certain circumstances.
Anti-Takeover Provisions and Other Stockholder Protections	The anti-takeover provisions and other stockholder protections in the Current Charter include the staggered board, blank check preferred stock, and an election to be subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, which regulates corporate takeovers, among others.	See “Description of New DraftKings Securities — Anti-Takeover Effects of Provisions of the New DraftKings Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, the New DraftKings Amended and Restated Bylaws and Applicable Law” for further information regarding the anti-takeover provisions related thereto.
Preemptive Rights	There are no preemptive rights provisions in the Current Charter.	There are no preemptive rights relating to shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock.
Fiduciary Duties of Directors	Under Delaware law, the standards of conduct for directors have developed through Delaware court case law. Generally, directors must exercise a duty of care and duty of loyalty and good faith to the company and its stockholders. Members of the board of directors or any committee designated by the board of directors are similarly entitled to rely in good faith upon the records of the corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports and statements presented to the corporation by corporate officers, employees, committees of the board of directors or other persons as to matters such member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence, provided that such other person has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the corporation. Such appropriate reliance on records and other information protects directors from liability related to decisions made based on such records and other information.	Nevada requires that directors and officers of Nevada corporations exercise their powers in good faith and with a view to the interests of the corporation. As a matter of law, under the NRS, directors and officers are presumed to act in good faith, on an informed basis and with a view to the interests of the corporation in making business decisions. In performing such duties, directors and officers may exercise their business judgment through reliance on information, opinions, reports, financial statements and other financial data prepared or presented by corporate directors, officers or employees who are reasonably believed to be reliable and competent. Professional reliance may also be extended to legal counsel, public accountants, advisers, bankers or other persons as to matters reasonably believed to be within their professional competence, and to the work of a committee (on which the particular director or officer does not serve) if the committee was established and empowered by the corporation’s board of directors, and if the committee’s work was within its designated authority and was about matters on which the committee was reasonably believed to merit confidence. However, directors and officers may not rely on such information, opinions, reports,

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​	DEAC Stockholder Rights	New DraftKings Stockholder Rights
​	​	books of account or similar statements if they have knowledge concerning the matter in question that would make such reliance unwarranted.
Inspection of Books and Records	Under the DGCL, any stockholder or beneficial owner has the right, upon written demand under oath stating the proper purpose thereof, either in person or by attorney or other agent, to inspect and make copies and extracts from the corporation’s stock ledger, list of stockholders and its other books and records for a proper purpose during the usual hours for business.	Inspection rights under Nevada law are more limited. The NRS grants any person who has been a stockholder of record of a corporation for at least six months immediately preceding the demand, or any person holding, or thereunto authorized in writing by the holders of, at least 5% of all of its outstanding shares, upon at least five days’ written demand, the right to inspect in person or by agent or attorney, during usual business hours (i) the articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto, (ii) the bylaws and all amendments thereto and (iii) a stock ledger or a duplicate stock ledger, revised annually, containing the names, alphabetically arranged, of all persons who are stockholders of the corporation, showing their places of residence, if known, and the number of shares held by them respectively. A Nevada corporation may require a stockholder to furnish the corporation with an affidavit that such inspection is for a proper purpose related to his or her interest as a stockholder of the corporation. In addition, the NRS grants certain stockholders the right to inspect the books of account and records of a corporation for any proper purpose. The right to inspect the books of account and all financial records of a corporation, to make copies of records and to conduct an audit of such records is granted only to a stockholder who owns at least 15% of the issued and outstanding shares of a Nevada corporation, or who has been authorized in writing by the holders of at least 15% of such shares. However, these requirements do not apply to any corporation that furnishes to its stockholders a detailed, annual financial statement or any corporation that has filed during the preceding 12 months all reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

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​	DEAC Stockholder Rights	New DraftKings Stockholder Rights
Choice of Forum	The Current Charter generally designates the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the sole and exclusive forum for any stockholder (including a beneficial owner) to bring (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of DEAC, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of DEAC to DEAC or DEAC’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against DEAC, its directors, officers or employees arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or its charter or bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against DEAC, its directors, officers or employees governed by the internal affairs doctrine and, if brought outside of Delaware, the stockholder bringing the suit will be deemed to have consented to service of process on such stockholder’s counsel, subject to certain exceptions.	The Proposed Charter generally designates the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada as the sole and exclusive forum for any or all actions, suits, proceedings, whether civil, administrative or investigative or that asserts any claim or counterclaim, (a) brought in the name or right of New DraftKings or on its behalf; (b) asserting a claim for breach of any fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of New DraftKings to New DraftKings or New DraftKings’ stockholders; (c) arising or asserting a claim pursuant to any provision of NRS Chapters 78 or 92A or any provision of the charter or bylaws; (d) to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of the Proposed Charter or bylaws; or (e) asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, subject to certain exceptions, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

The following table sets forth information regarding (i) the actual beneficial ownership of DEAC Shares as of December 31, 2019 and (ii) expected beneficial ownership of New DraftKings common stock immediately following the Closing, assuming that no public shares are redeemed, and alternatively that 30,520,132 public shares are redeemed, by:

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each person who is, or is expected to be, the beneficial owner of more than 5% of issued and outstanding shares of our common stock or of New DraftKings Class A common stock or New DraftKings Class B common stock;

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each of our current executive officers and directors;

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each person who will become an executive officer or director of New DraftKings post-Business Combination; and

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all executive officers and directors of DEAC as a group pre-Business Combination and all executive officers and directors of New DraftKings post-Business Combination.

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days.

The beneficial ownership of DEAC Shares pre-Business Combination is based on 50,000,000 shares (including 40,000,000 public shares and 10,000,000 founder shares) issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019.

The expected beneficial ownership of shares of New DraftKings common stock post-Business Combination assuming none of the public shares are redeemed has been determined based upon the following: (i) that no public stockholders exercise their redemption rights (no redemptions scenario), (ii) that none of the investors set forth in the table below has purchased or purchases shares of DEAC common stock (pre-Business Combination) or New DraftKings common stock (post-Business Combination), (iii) that 37,306,117 shares of DEAC Class A common stock (which will convert to shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in the reincorporation) are issued to the PIPE Investors, including to holders of Convertible Notes, (iv) that 188,581,646 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock are issued to the DK Equityholders and [     ] shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock are issued to Jason Robins, (v) that 41,185,149 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock are issued to the SBT Sellers, (vi) the DEAC Founders forfeit an aggregate of 270,000 founder shares in connection with the Closing and (vii) there will be an aggregate of 310,731,770 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and [    ] shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock issued and outstanding at Closing (excluding 6,000,000 Earnout Shares held in escrow, which may be released to the DEAC Founders, the DK Equityholders and the SBT Sellers subject to the achievement of certain stock price targets).

The expected beneficial ownership of shares of New DraftKings common stock post-Business Combination assuming the maximum number of public shares have been redeemed has been determined based on the following: (i) that holders of 30,520,132 public shares exercise their redemption rights (based on $402,624,209 held in trust as of September 30, 2019 and a redemption price of  $10.07 per share) (maximum redemptions scenario), (ii) that none of the investors set forth in the table below has purchased or purchases shares of DEAC common stock (pre-Business Combination) or New DraftKings common stock (post-Business Combination), (iii) that 37,306,117 shares of DEAC Class A common stock (which will convert to shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in the reincorporation) are issued to the PIPE Investors, including to holders of Convertible Notes, (iv) that 188,581,646 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock are issued to the DK Equityholders and [    ] shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock are issued to Jason Robins, (v) that 41,185,149 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock are issued to the SBT Sellers, (vi) the DEAC Founders forfeit an aggregate of 270,000 founder shares in connection with the Closing and (vii) there will be an aggregate of 280,211,638 shares of New

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DraftKings Class A common stock and [    ] shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock issued and outstanding at Closing (excluding 6,000,000 Earnout Shares held in escrow, which may be released to the DEAC Founders, the DK Equityholders and the SBT Sellers subject to the achievement of certain stock price targets).

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Before the Business Combination

After the Business Combination

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Assuming No Redemption

Assuming Maximum Redemption

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner

Number of shares of DEAC common stock

%

% of Total Voting Power**

Number of shares of New DraftKings Class A Common Stock

%

Number of shares of New DraftKings Class B Common Stock

%

% of Total Voting Power**

Number of shares of New DraftKings Class A Common Stock

%

Number of shares of New DraftKings Class B Common Stock

%

% of Total Voting Power**

Eagle Equity Partners, LLC(1)(2)

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5,020,000

​

10.0

​

10.0

​

2,718,529

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*

​

—

​

—

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*

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2,718,529

​

1.0%

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—

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—

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*

Jeff Sagansky(1)(2)

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5,020,000

​

10.0

​

10.0

​

2,718,529

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*

​

—

​

—

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*

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2,718,529

​

1.0%

​

—

​

—

​

*

Eli Baker(1)(2)

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5,020,000

​

10.0

​

10.0

​

2,718,529

​

*

​

—

​

—

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*

​

2,718,529

​

1.0%

​

—

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—

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*

Harry E. Sloan(1)(3)

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4,900,000

​

9.8

​

9.8

​

2,718,528

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*

​

—

​

—

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*

​

2,718,528

​

1.0%

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—

​

—

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*

Fredric Rosen(1)(4)

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20,000

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*

​

*

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153,333

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*

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—

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—

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*

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153,333

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*

​

—

​

—

​

*

Joshua Kazam(1)(5)

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20,000

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*

​

*

​

153,333

​

*

​

—

​

—

​

*

​

153,333

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*

​

—

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—

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*

Scott Ross(1)

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20,000

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*

​

*

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20,000

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*

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—

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—

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*

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20,000

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*

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—

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—

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*

Scott Delman(1)(6)

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20,000

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*

​

*

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86,666

​

*

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—

​

—

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*

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86,666

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*

​

—

​

—

​

*

All Directors and Executive Officers of DEAC as a Group (Seven Individuals)

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10,000,000

​

20.0%

​

20.0%

​

5,850,389

​

1.9%

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—

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—

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*

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5,850,389

​

2.1%

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—

​

—

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*

Directors and Executive Officers of New DraftKings After Consummation of the Business Combination

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​

​

​

​

​

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Jason Robins(7)(8)(9)

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—

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—

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—

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9,354,949

​

2.9%

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[ ]

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100%

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[ ]

​

9,354,949

​

3.3%

​

[ ]

​

100%

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[ ]

Matthew Kalish(7)(9)(10)

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—

​

—

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—

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4,101,340

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1.3%

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—

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—

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*

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4,101,340

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1.5%

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—

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—

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*

Paul Liberman(7)(9)(11)

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—

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—

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—

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4,759,510

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1.5%

​

—

​

—

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*

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4,759,510

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1.7%

​

—

​

—

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*

R. Stanton Dodge(7)(9)(12)

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—

​

—

​

—

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2,493,639

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*

​

—

​

—

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*

​

2,493,639

​

*

​

—

​

—

​

*

Jason Park(7)(9)(13)

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

258,662

​

*

​

—

​

—

​

*

​

258,662

​

*

​

—

​

—

​

*

All Directors and Executive Officers of New DraftKings as a Group ([   ] Individuals)

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—

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—

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—

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[ ]

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[ ]

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[ ]

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[ ]

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[ ]

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[ ]

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[ ]

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[ ]

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[ ]

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[ ]

Five Percent Holders:

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Shalom Meckenzie(14)

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—

​

—

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—

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35,007,377

​

11.3%

​

—

​

—

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[ ]

​

35,007,377

​

12.5%

​

—

​

—

​

[ ]

RPII DK LLC(7)(9)

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—

​

—

​

—

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23,253,572

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7.5%

​

—

​

—

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[ ]

​

23,253,572

​

8.3%

​

—

​

—

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[ ]

TFCF Sports Enterprises, LLC(7)(9)

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—

​

—

​

—

​

18,948,839

​

6.1%

​

—

​

—

​

[ ]

​

18,948,839

​

6.8%

​

—

​

—

​

[ ]

*

Less than one percent.

**

Percentage of total voting power represents voting power with respect to all shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, as a single class. After the Business Combination, each share of New DraftKings Class B common stock will be entitled to ten votes per share and each share of New DraftKings Class A common stock will be entitled to one vote per share. For more information about the voting rights of New DraftKings common stock after the Business Combination, see “Description of New DraftKings Securities — New DraftKings Common Stock.”

(1)

The business address of each of these shareholders is 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

(2)

Eagle Equity Partners, LLC is the record holder of the shares reported herein. Messrs. Baker and Sagansky are the members and managers of Eagle Equity Partners, LLC and share voting and investment discretion with respect to the common stock held of record by Eagle Equity Partners, LLC. Pre-Business Combination amounts consist entirely of founder shares, which will convert into shares of

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New DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the reincorporation and the Closing, and excludes 2,833,335 shares of Class A common stock underlying private placement warrants that will only become exercisable 30 days after completion of an initial business combination. Post-Business Combination amounts include 929,100 shares underlying private placement warrants and excludes (i) 158,279 founder shares which the Sponsor will forfeit in connection with the Closing, (ii) 3,036,291 Earnout Shares which will be placed in escrow at the Closing, (iii) 36,001 founder shares which will be forfeited and which value will be added to the value used in the formula of the SBT Share Exchange Ratio for the benefit of the SBT Equityholders in connection with the Closing and (iv) an aggregate of 1,904,235 private placement warrants which will be forfeited to New DraftKings in connection with the Closing.

(3)

Pre-Business Combination amounts consist entirely of founder shares, which will convert into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the reincorporation and the Closing, and exclude 3,166,667 shares of Class A common stock underlying the private placement warrants that will only become exercisable 30 days after completion of an initial business combination. Post-Business Combination amounts include 929,099 shares underlying private placement warrants and exclude (i) 111,721 founder shares which Mr. Sloan will forfeit in connection with the Closing, (ii) 2,963,709 Earnout Shares which will be placed in escrow at the Closing, (iii) 35,141 founder shares which will be forfeited and which value will be added to the value used in the formula of the SBT Share Exchange Ratio for the benefit of the SBT Equityholders in connection with the Closing and (iv) an aggregate of 2,237,568 private placement warrants which will be forfeited to New DraftKings in connection with the Closing.

(4)

Pre-Business Combination amounts consist entirely of founder shares, which will convert into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the reincorporation and the Closing, and exclude 133,333 shares of Class A common stock underlying the private placement warrants that will not become exercisable until 30 days after completion of an initial business combination. These shares are included in the post-Business Combination amounts.

(5)

Pre-Business Combination amounts consist entirely of founder shares, which will convert into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the reincorporation and the Closing, and exclude 133,333 shares of Class A common stock underlying the private placement warrants that will not become exercisable until 30 days after completion of an initial business combination. These shares are included in the post-Business Combination amounts.

(6)

Pre-Business Combination amounts consist entirely of founder shares, which will convert into shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock in connection with the reincorporation and the Closing, and exclude 66,666 shares of Class A common stock underlying the private placement warrants that will not become exercisable until 30 days after completion of an initial business combination. These shares are included in the post-Business Combination amounts.

(7)

The business address of each of these shareholders is 222 Berkeley Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02116.

(8)

Includes 2,625,285 shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and 6,585,281 vested options to exercise New DraftKings Class A common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Robins, Jason Robins Revocable Trust u/d/t January 8, 2014 and/or Robins Family Trust, for which Mr. Robins has sole investment and voting power. Also includes 128,488 shares of unvested DraftKings common stock that will vest within 60 days of the Closing of the Business Combination.

(9)

Includes such holder’s pro rata portion of New DraftKings Class A common stock underlying the private placement warrants transferred from the DEAC Founders to DK Equityholders that will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination as follows: 15,895 shares to Mr. Robins and entities affiliated with him; 9,068 shares to Mr. Kalish; 8,630 shares to Mr. Liberman; 139,946 shares to RPII DK LLC; and 114,039 shares to TFCF Sports Enterprises, LLC.

(10)

Includes 2,551,692 shares of vested DraftKings common stock and 42,935 shares of unvested DraftKings common stock that will vest within 60 days of the Closing of the Business Combination.

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(11)

Includes 3,282,641 shares of vested DraftKings common stock and 42,935 shares of unvested DraftKings common stock that will vest within 60 days of the Closing of the Business Combination.

(12)

Includes 2,250,613 shares of vested DraftKings common stock and 243,026 shares of unvested DraftKings common stock that will vest within 60 days of the Closing of the Business Combination.

(13)

Includes 110,686 shares of vested DraftKings common stock and 147,976 shares of unvested DraftKings common stock that will vest within 60 days of the Closing of the Business Combination.

(14)

The business address of Mr. Meckenzie is c/o Herzog Fox & Neeman, Asia House, 4 Weizman St. Tel Aviv 6423904, Israel.

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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF NEW DRAFTKINGS AFTER THE COMBINATION

Board of Directors and Management After the Business Combination

Board of Directors

The business and affairs of New DraftKings will be managed by or under the direction of the New DraftKings Board. The Stockholders Agreement provides for the New DraftKings director designation rights of DEAC, DraftKings and SBT. See the section entitled “Ancillary Agreements Related to the Business Combination — Stockholders Agreement” beginning on page 121 for more information.

The table below lists the persons expected to be nominated and elected to the New DraftKings board of directors following the completion of the Business Combination, along with the party to the Stockholders Agreement expected to nominate each person, each nominee’s age as of the date of the Special Meeting, and any other position that such nominee will hold with New DraftKings.

Name	Position with New DraftKings		Age as of Special Meeting		Nominated By
[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]
[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]
[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]
[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]
[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]
[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]
[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]
[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]
[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]
[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]
[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]	​	[   ]

The following is a brief biography of each director nominee of the New DraftKings board of directors that is known as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

[     ]

Management

The following persons are anticipated to be the executive officers of New DraftKings following the consummation of the Business Combination:

Name	Position with New DraftKings	Age as of Special Meeting
Jason Robins	Chief Executive Officer	​	39
Matthew Kalish	President, DraftKings North America	​	38
Paul Liberman	President, Global Technology and Product	​	36
R. Stanton Dodge	Chief Legal Officer and Secretary	​	52
Jason Park	Chief Financial Officer	​	43

The following is a brief biography of each of the executive officers of New DraftKings.

Jason Robins is our Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Robins co-founded DraftKings in December 2011 and has been DraftKings’ Chief Executive Officer since inception. Mr. Robins oversees the company’s strategy and operations, while also driving funding and partnerships. He has built a reputation for expanding DraftKings’ reach across numerous platforms through wide-ranging, forward-thinking partnerships. Under his leadership, DraftKings became the first DFS company to partner with Major League Baseball in 2013. Mr. Robins has led efforts at DraftKings to work with policy makers and regulators to pass fantasy sports, sports betting and iGaming legislation.

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Mr. Robins attended Duke University, where he received his B.S. in Economics and Computer Science.

Matthew Kalish is our President, DraftKings North America. Mr. Kalish co-founded DraftKings and served as its Chief Revenue Officer from 2014 until December 2019. In December 2019, Mr. Kalish was appointed President, DraftKings North America. As Chief Revenue Officer, Mr. Kalish’s purview has grown consistently to now oversee the performance of DraftKings’ DFS, Sportsbook and iGaming offerings, and he leads DraftKings’ operations, marketing, analytics and customer experience departments. Mr. Kalish focuses on developing and managing high-performing offerings and promotions that users love, and bringing those offerings to market in order to drive user base growth and loyalty. The innovation under Mr. Kalish’s guidance has helped DraftKings grow its customer base significantly. Under Mr. Kalish’s oversight, DraftKings has grown to offer a broad variety of sports and game variants in DFS as well as highly competitive Sportsbook and iGaming offerings, which have resulted in DraftKings achieving a market leadership position in the rapidly expanding U.S. real-money gaming landscape. Mr. Kalish’s passion for sports, analytics and game design has been instrumental in growing DraftKings from a small Boston start-up to a digital sports entertainment enterprise.

Mr. Kalish received his MBA from Boston College and holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Economics from Columbia University.

Paul Liberman is our President, Global Technology and Product. Mr. Liberman co-founded DraftKings in December 2011 and served as its Chief Operations Officer (“COO”) from 2015 to December 2019. In December 2019, Mr. Liberman was appointed President, Global Technology and Product. He oversees our product development while leading efforts in maintaining the company’s current product set. He acted as DraftKings’ Chief Technology Officer from 2011 to 2013 and subsequently acted as its Chief Marketing Officer before moving into his current position as COO. Mr. Liberman’s data-driven mindset has been instrumental in growing DraftKings from a small Boston start-up to a digital sports entertainment enterprise. Under his leadership, Mr. Liberman’s team has developed award-winning, stand-alone apps and product offerings including DraftKings’ DK Live and Leagues, DraftKings Daily Fantasy Sports app and, most recently, the DraftKings Sportsbook platform.

Mr. Liberman attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and minor in Computer Science.

R. Stanton Dodge is our Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. Mr. Dodge joined DraftKings in that capacity in November 2017, and is responsible for all legal and government affairs for DraftKings and oversees Corporate Communications. Prior to joining DraftKings, Mr. Dodge served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of DISH Network Corporation from June 2007 to October 2017. Mr. Dodge serves on the board of directors of EchoStar Corporation.

Mr. Dodge received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School and his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Vermont.

Jason Park is our Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Park joined DraftKings in that capacity in June 2019, and is responsible for the accounting, tax, treasury, financial planning and analysis and investor relations departments. Prior to joining DraftKings, from January 2009 to June 2019, Mr. Park worked at Bain Capital Private Equity where he was an Operating Partner and focused on technology investments. For more than 10 years, Mr. Park worked collaboratively with chief executive officers, chief financial officers and management teams to develop and achieve value creation plans. Before Bain Capital, Mr. Park was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company.

Mr. Park received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a MAcc (Master of Accountancy) and a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Board Composition

Committees of the New DraftKings Board of Directors

The New DraftKings board of directors is expected to form the following board committees:

•

audit committee;

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compensation committee; and

•

nominating committee.

Audit Committee

New DraftKings’ audit committee will oversee New DraftKings’ corporate accounting and financial reporting process. Among other matters, the audit committee will:

•

appoint our independent registered public accounting firm;

•

evaluate the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications, independence and performance;

•

determine the engagement of the independent registered public accounting firm;

•

review and approve the scope of the annual audit and the audit fee;

•

discuss with management and the independent registered public accounting firm the results of the annual audit and the review of New DraftKings’ quarterly financial statements;

•

approve the retention of the independent registered public accounting firm to perform any proposed permissible non-audit services;

•

monitor the rotation of partners of the independent registered public accounting firm on New DraftKings’ engagement team in accordance with requirements established by the SEC;

•

be responsible for reviewing New DraftKings’ financial statements and New DraftKings’ management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations to be included in New DraftKings’ annual and quarterly reports to be filed with the SEC;

•

review New DraftKings’ critical accounting policies and estimates; and

•

review the audit committee charter and the committee’s performance at least annually.

The initial members of the audit committee will be [  ], [      ] and [   ], with [  ] serving as the chair of the committee. Under the rules of the SEC, members of the audit committee must also meet heightened independence standards. Our board of directors has determined that all of the members of the audit committee will be independent directors as defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and The Nasdaq Stock Market with respect to audit committee membership. We also believe that qualifies as our “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined in Item 401(h) of Regulation S-K. Our board of directors will adopt a written charter for the audit committee, which will be available on our corporate website at www.[ ].com upon the completion of the Business Combination. The information on our website is not part of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Compensation Committee

Our compensation committee will review and recommend policies relating to compensation and benefits of our officers and employees. Among other matters, the compensation committee will:

•

review and recommend corporate goals and objectives relevant to compensation of our chief executive officer and other executive officers;

•

recommend to our board of directors the issuance of stock options and other awards under our stock plans; and

•

review and evaluate, at least annually, the performance of the compensation committee and its members, including compliance by the compensation committee with its charter.

The initial members of New DraftKings’ compensation committee will be [  ], [      ] and [   ], with [  ] serving as the chair of the committee. Pursuant to The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, as a controlled company New DraftKings will not be required to have a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors. While New DraftKings will remain able to rely upon such exemption from The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, [  ] of the members of our compensation committee will

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be independent as defined in The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, and each will be “non-employee directors” as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and “outside directors” as that term is defined in Section 162(m) of the Code (“Section 162(m)”). Our board of directors will adopt a written charter for the compensation committee, which will be available on our corporate website at www.[       ].com upon the completion of the Business Combination. The information on our website is not part of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Nominating Committee

The nominating committee will be responsible for making recommendations to New DraftKings’ board of directors regarding candidates for directorships and the size and composition of New DraftKings’ board of directors. In addition, the nominating committee will be responsible for overseeing New DraftKings’ corporate governance policies and reporting and making recommendations to New DraftKings’ board of directors concerning governance matters.

The initial members of New DraftKings’ nominating committee will be [      ], [      ] and [   ], with [  ] serving as the chair of the committee. Pursuant to The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, as a controlled company New DraftKings will not be required to have a nominating committee composed entirely of independent directors. While New DraftKings will remain able to rely upon such exemption from The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, each of the members of New DraftKings’ nominating committee will be an independent director as defined in the listings standards. Our board of directors plans to adopt a written charter for the nominating committee, which will be available on our corporate website at www.[       ].com upon the completion of the Business Combination. The information on our website is not part of this proxy statement/prospectus.

Director Independence; Controlled Company Exemption

Upon the completion of the Business Combination, Mr. Robins will be the beneficial owner of all the outstanding shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock and will control the voting power of our outstanding capital stock, as a result of which Mr. Robins will have the power to elect a majority of New DraftKings’ directors. Pursuant to The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors is held by an individual, a group or another company qualifies as a “controlled company.” Therefore, we will not be subject to The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards that would otherwise require us to have: (i) a board of directors comprised of a majority of independent directors; (ii) compensation of our executive officers determined by a majority of the independent directors or a compensation committee comprised solely of independent directors; (iii) a compensation committee charter which, among other things, provides the compensation committee with the authority and funding to retain compensation consultants and other advisors; and (iv) director nominees selected, or recommended for the Board’s selection, either by a majority of the independent directors or a nominating committee comprised solely of independent directors.

Upon the Closing, we anticipate that the size of the New DraftKings’ board of directors will be 11 directors. Pursuant to The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, as a controlled company New DraftKings will not be required to have a board of directors composed of a majority of independent directors. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which in the opinion of the board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.

We anticipate that [      ] and [      ] will be “independent directors,” as defined in The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards and applicable SEC rules.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Following the consummation of the Business Combination, New DraftKings’ compensation committee will consist of  [      ], [      ] and [  ]. None of the expected members of New DraftKings’ compensation committee has at any time been an officer or employee of DEAC, DraftKings or SBT, other than as disclosed in this proxy statement/prospectus. None of New DraftKings’ executive officers currently

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serves, or in the past fiscal year has served, as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee (or other board committee performing equivalent functions or, in the absence of any such committee, the entire board of directors) of any entity that has one or more executive officers on DEAC’s, DraftKings’ or SBT’s compensation committee or board of directors.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Effective upon the consummation of the Business Combination, New DraftKings will adopt a code of business conduct and ethics that will apply to all of its employees, officers and directors, including those officers responsible for financial reporting. The code of business conduct and ethics will be available after the Closing on New DraftKings’ website at www.[      ].com. New DraftKings expects that, to the extent required by law, any amendments to the code, or any waivers of its requirements, will be disclosed on its website.

Limitation on Liability and Indemnification Matters

New DraftKings’ amended and restated articles of incorporation that will become effective immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination contain provisions that limit the liability of New DraftKings’ directors for damages to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law. Consequently, New DraftKings’ directors will not be personally liable to New DraftKings or its stockholders for damages as a result of an act or failure to act in his or her capacity as a director, unless:

•

the presumption that directors are acting in good faith, on an informed basis, and with a view to the interests of the corporation has been rebutted; and

•

it is proven that the director’s act or failure to act constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties as a director and such breach involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law.

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DRAFTKINGS’ EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Introduction

This section provides an overview of DraftKings’ executive compensation programs, including a narrative description of the material factors necessary to understand the information disclosed in the summary compensation table below.

For the year ended December 31, 2018, DraftKings’ named executive officers (“Named Executive Officers” or “NEOs”) were:

•

Jason Robins, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

•

Matt Kalish, Chief Revenue Officer & Co-Founder

•

Paul Liberman, Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder

The objective of DraftKings’ compensation program is to provide a total compensation package to each Named Executive Officer that will enable DraftKings to attract, motivate and retain outstanding individuals, align the interests of our executive team with those of our equity holders, encourage individual and collective contributions to the successful execution of our short- and long-term business strategies and reward Named Executive Officers for performance. The board of directors of DraftKings has historically determined the compensation for DraftKings’ Named Executive Officers.

For 2018, the compensation program for DraftKings’ NEOs consisted of base salary and incentive compensation delivered in the form of an annual cash bonus and time- and performance-based stock option awards, each as described below:

Base Salary — Base salary is paid to attract and retain qualified talent and is set at a level that is commensurate with the executive’s duties and authorities, contributions, prior experience and sustained performance. For each of Messrs. Robins, Kalish and Liberman, base salary for 2018 remained unchanged compared to the prior year.

Annual Cash Bonus — Annual cash bonus is paid to incentivize the Named Executive Officers to achieve annual financial and operating performance metrics (for 2018, net revenue and EBITDA (defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) targets) and is paid at the discretion of the board of directors. For 2018, each NEO’s target annual bonus remained unchanged compared to the prior year, and based on actual performance results, the board of directors determined to pay 2018 bonuses at 100% target.

Stock Option Awards — Stock options are granted to our Named Executive Officers under three programs within our 2017 Equity Incentive Plan:

•

Short-Term Performance Share Plan (PSP) — The PSP is a program designed to deliver stock option awards that incentivize our Named Executive Officers to achieve key short-term financial metrics. For 2018, DraftKings’ board of directors granted stock options under the PSP (“PSP Options”) that were subject to performance-based vesting conditions tied to achievement of net revenue and EBITDA targets, as well as a service-based vesting component which conditioned vesting on the Named Executive Officer’s continued employment with DraftKings through the date on which the board of directors certified applicable performance results. On February 26, 2019, DraftKings’ board of directors determined that although DraftKings slightly missed its revenue target and achieved its EBITDA target, that overall financial and non-financial performance for the year justified use of discretion to vest the PSP Options. As a result, each of our Named Executive Officers vested in 100% of his 2018 PSP Option award.

•

Time-Vested Stock Options — Time-vested stock options (“Time-vested Options”) were a component of 2018 incentive compensation and granted to further align the interests of our Named Executive Officers with those of our shareholders, incentivize long-term value

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creation, and retain executives over the long term. Time-vested Options were granted to our Named Executive Officers in April 2018 and vest in equal quarterly installments over four years following grant, subject to the Named Executive Officer’s continued employment with DraftKings through each such date.

•

Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan (LTIP) — The LTIP is a program designed to incentivize the Named Executive Officers to maximize the long-term growth and value of the business. In May 2018, DraftKings’ board of directors granted stock options under the LTIP (“LTIP Performance Options”) that become eligible to vest upon achievement of any one of three specified performance targets tied to DraftKings’ annual consolidated revenue with respect to any fiscal year, DraftKings’ annual EBITDA with respect to any fiscal year and the fair market value of a share of DraftKings common stock upon the occurrence of a “liquidity event,” subject, in the case of the revenue and/or EBITDA performance targets, to a threshold vesting condition relating to DraftKings’ actual achievement of at least 80% of both the revenue and EBITDA metrics specified in the operating plan for such fiscal year. For purposes of the LTIP Performance Options, a liquidity event includes (i) a change in control of DraftKings (generally, a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the stockholders of DraftKings immediately prior to such transaction represent less than 50% of the combined voting power of the surviving entity in such transaction), (ii) a sale of shares of DraftKings common stock to the public in an underwritten public offering and (iii) a “majority transaction” resulting in any person or affiliated persons having beneficial ownership of shares of DraftKings stock representing more than 50% of the outstanding voting power of the company (or surviving or resulting entity in such transaction). If the employment of a Named Executive Officer terminates for any reason, he will not be eligible to vest with respect to any then remaining unvested LTIP Performance Options, provided that upon a termination by the company without cause (and not due to death or disability, as each such term is defined in the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan), then such NEO will remain eligible to vest in any LTIP Performance Options that become vested pursuant to their terms within 12 months following the date of such termination.

Summary Compensation Table

Name and Position

Fiscal Year

Salary ($)

Bonus ($)

Option Awards ($) (1)

Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) (2)

All Other Compensation ($) (3)

Total ($)

Jason Robins

​

2018

​

$

400,000

​

$

0

​

$

12,847,259

​

$

500,000

​

$

9,250

​

$

13,756,509

Chief Executive Officer

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Matthew Kalish

​

2018

​

$

300,000

​

$

0

​

$

3,015,662

​

$

300,000

​

$

9,250

​

$

3,624,912

Chief Revenue Officer

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Paul Liberman

​

2018

​

$

300,000

​

$

0

​

$

2,817,791

​

$

300,000

​

$

10,588

​

$

3,428,379

Chief Operating Officer

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(1)

The amounts in this column represent the aggregate grant-date fair value of option awards granted to each Named Executive Officer, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. See Note 10 to DraftKings’ audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus for a discussion of all assumptions made by us in determining the grant-date fair value of our equity awards. For each of the NEOs, the amounts disclosed in this column include the following grant-date fair value of Time-Vested Options, PSP Options and LTIP Performance Options granted in 2018:

Name	Time-Vested Options ($)			PSP Options ($)			LTIP Performance Options ($)
Jason Robins	​	$	1,212,322	​	$	672,223	​	$	10,962,714
Matthew Kalish	​	$	296,096	​	$	527,023	​	$	2,192,543
Paul Liberman	​	$	493,493	​	$	131,756	​	$	2,192,543

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(2)

Reflects payments to the Named Executive Officers in accordance with our annual bonus plan.

(3)

Comprised of 401(k) plan employer contributions in the amount of  $9,250 for each of our Named Executive Officers and healthcare spending account employer contributions in the amount of  $1,338 for Mr. Lieberman.

Benefits and Perquisites

DraftKings’ Named Executive Officers participate in employee benefits programs available to its employees generally, including the DraftKings 401(k) Plan, a tax-qualified 401(k) plan. Under this plan, DraftKings matches 50% of each dollar contributed by a participant, up to the first 6% of eligible compensation, subject to tax limits. DraftKings did not maintain any executive-specific benefit or perquisite programs.

Outstanding Equity Awards at 2018 Year End

The following table presents information regarding outstanding equity awards held by DraftKings’ Named Executive Officers as of December 31, 2018.

Name

Grant Date

Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable (#)

Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable (#)

Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#)

Option Exercise Price ($)

Option Expiration Date

Jason Robins

​

7/12/2013(1)

​

2,000,000

​

―

​

​

​

$

0.09

​

7/12/2023

​

​

9/22/2014(1)

​

400,000

​

―

​

​

​

$

0.22

​

9/22/2024

​

​

2/18/2015(1)

​

1,566,592

​

104,440

​

​

​

$

0.22

​

2/18/2025

​

​

8/27/2015(1)

​

678,728

​

156,630

​

​

​

$

0.22

​

8/27/2025

​

​

3/24/2016(1)

​

3,260,919

​

1,482,236

​

​

​

$

0.22

​

3/24/2026

​

​

5/3/2017(1)

​

1,103,807

​

1,419,182

​

​

​

$

1.35

​

5/3/2027

​

​

4/18/2018(2)

​

321,238

​

2,248,664

​

​

​

$

1.16

​

4/18/2028

​

​

4/18/2018(3)

​

―

​

―

​

1,307,645

​

$

1.16

​

4/18/2028

​

​

5/3/2018(4)

​

―

​

―

​

21,376,180

​

$

1.16

​

5/3/2028

Matt Kalish

​

9/22/2014(1)

​

207,320

​

―

​

​

​

$

0.22

​

9/22/2024

​

​

2/18/2015(1)

​

695,413

​

52,220

​

​

​

$

0.22

​

2/18/2025

​

​

8/27/2015(1)

​

481,932

​

111,216

​

​

​

$

0.22

​

8/27/2025

​

​

3/24/2016(1)

​

1,630,459

​

741,118

​

​

​

$

0.22

​

3/24/2026

​

​

5/3/2017(1)

​

459,919

​

591,326

​

​

​

$

1.35

​

5/3/2027

​

​

4/18/2018(2)

​

78,458

​

549,212

​

​

​

$

1.16

​

4/18/2028

​

​

4/18/2018(3)

​

―

​

―

​

1,025,194

​

$

1.16

​

4/18/2028

​

​

5/3/2018(4)

​

―

​

―

​

4,275,236

​

$

1.16

​

5/3/2028

Paul Liberman

​

7/12/2013(1)

​

2,415,000

​

―

​

​

​

$

0.09

​

7/12/2023

​

​

9/22/2014(1)

​

302,160

​

―

​

​

​

$

0.22

​

9/22/2024

​

​

2/18/2015(1)

​

783,296

​

52,220

​

​

​

$

0.22

​

2/18/2025

​

​

8/27/2015(1)

​

469,687

​

108,390

​

​

​

$

0.22

​

8/27/2025

​

​

3/24/2016(1)

​

1,630,459

​

741,118

​

​

​

$

0.22

​

3/24/2026

​

​

5/3/2017(1)

​

459,919

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591,326

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130,764

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915,352

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256,298

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(1)

These options vest as to 25% on the first anniversary of grant and in equal quarterly increments thereafter over the following three years, subject to the Named Executive Officer’s continued employment with DraftKings through each such date.

(2)

Represent Time-Vested Options as described in the narrative disclosure above.

(3)

Represent PSP Options as described in the narrative disclosure above.

(4)

Represent LTIP Performance Options as described in the narrative disclosure above.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control

Prior to September 2017, all stock options granted by DraftKings (including to the NEOs) were granted under the 2012 Stock Option & Restricted Stock Incentive Plan (the “2012 Equity Incentive Plan”). The 2012 Equity Incentive Plan provides that upon an “acquisition” of DraftKings, 50% of the unvested portion of any stock options outstanding thereunder would immediately vest and become exercisable. As defined in the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, an “acquisition” means (i) any merger, business combination or similar consolidation after which the voting securities of DraftKings outstanding immediately prior thereto represent less than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of DraftKings (or the surviving or acquiring entity outstanding immediately after such event), (ii) any sale of all or substantially all of the capital stock or assets of DraftKings or (iii) any other form of business combination or acquisition in which DraftKings is the target, as determined by the board of directors.

In September 2017, DraftKings adopted the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan and subsequent to its adoption, all awards of stock options granted by DraftKings (including to the NEOs) have been granted under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan. The 2017 Equity Incentive Plan does not provide for any default “single-trigger” vesting upon a change in control. Under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, upon a change in control, the board of directors may, in its sole discretion, provide that outstanding stock option awards are assumed or substituted by the surviving or acquiring corporation, accelerate vesting conditions, in whole or in part, or cancel awards at the effective time of the change in control in exchange for consideration (or no consideration), among other actions enumerated in the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan. For purposes of the 2018 LTIP Performance Options granted to the Named Executive Officers under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, a change in control of DraftKings constitutes a “liquidity event” upon which achievement of pre-determined stock price targets would be evaluated in light of the consideration payable in respect of one share of DraftKings common stock in connection with such transaction to determine whether, and to what extent, the applicable vesting conditions are achieved.

Each of the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan provide that, upon a termination other than for “cause” (as defined in the applicable plan document), each Named Executive Officer would forfeit any outstanding stock options to the extent unvested at the time of such termination, and would have a period of three months following his termination date (or, if earlier, until the expiration of the applicable term) in which he could exercise his vested stock options.

Employment Agreements

All Named Executive Officers are employees-at-will and do not have employment agreements with DraftKings. Prior to the completion of the Business Combination, New DraftKings may enter into employment with certain of its key executive officers, including the NEOs. There is at this time no assurances that any such agreements with New DraftKings will be executed, and if so, what the terms and conditions of any such agreements would be.

Post-Business Combination Company Executive Compensation

Following the Closing, New DraftKings intends to develop an executive compensation program that is designed to align compensation with New DraftKings’ business objectives and the creation of stockholder value, while enabling New DraftKings to attract, motivate and retain individuals who contribute to the long-term success of New DraftKings. Decisions on the executive compensation program will be made by the compensation committee of the board of directors.

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Director Compensation

The board of directors of DraftKings sets non-employee director compensation which is designed to provide competitive compensation necessary to attract and retain high quality non-employee directors and to encourage ownership of DraftKings stock to further align their interests with those of our stockholders. Each non-employee director of DraftKings is eligible to receive the following compensation:

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A stock option award with a value of  $400,000 (based on the DraftKings fair-market value on the date of grant), upon such director’s election to office, subject to vesting as to 25% of the award on the 6-month anniversary of grant and the remaining 75% in equal monthly installments over the following 18 months;

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An annual stock option award with a value of  $200,000 (based on the DraftKings fair-market value on the date of grant), for service on the board of directors subject to vesting as to 25% of the award on the 6-month anniversary of grant and the remaining 75% in equal monthly installments over the following 18 months; and

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An annual stock option award with a value of  $5,000 (based on the DraftKings fair-market value on the date of grant), for service on any committee of the board of directors subject to vesting as to 25% of the award on the 6-month anniversary of grant and the remaining 75% in equal monthly installments over the following 18 months.

DraftKings also pays reasonable travel and accommodation expenses of the non-employee directors in connection with their participation in meetings of the board of directors.

Director Compensation Table

The following table provides information concerning the compensation of each non-employee director who served on DraftKings’ board of directors in 2018. DraftKings employees do not receive compensation for serving as directors. Accordingly, Messrs. Robins, Kalish, and Liberman do not receive any compensation for their service as directors.

Name	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)			Stock Awards ($)			Option Awards ($)			All Other Compensation ($)			Total ($)
Woodrow Levin	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	94,256	​	$	0	​	$	94,256
Ryan Moore	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	0
Steve Murray	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	0
Hany Nada	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	0
Richard Rosenblatt	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	236,891	​	$	0	​	$	236,891
Marni Walden	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	203,992	​	$	0	​	$	203,992
John Salter	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	0	​	$	0

Following the completion of the Business Combination, New DraftKings’ compensation committee will determine the annual compensation to be paid to the members of New DraftKings’ board of directors.

New DraftKings Incentive Award Plan

Prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, we expect that our Board will approve and adopt, subject to shareholder approval, the DraftKings Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”), under which we would be authorized to grant cash and equity incentive awards to eligible service providers in order to attract, motivate and retain the talent for which we compete. A copy of the Plan is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex G. Our Board is still in the process of developing, approving and implementing the Plan and, accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Plan will be implemented or will contain the terms described below.

Material Terms of the Plan

The material terms of the Plan, as currently contemplated by our Board, are summarized below. As noted above, our Board is still in the process of developing, approving and implementing the Plan and,

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accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Plan will be implemented or will contain the terms described below. Accordingly, this summary is subject to change. A copy of the Plan is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex G.

Administration.   The compensation committee of our board of directors will administer the Plan. The compensation committee will generally have the authority to designate participants, determine the type or types of awards to be granted to a participant, determine the terms and conditions of any agreements evidencing any awards granted under the Plan and to adopt, alter and repeal rules, guidelines and practices relating to the Plan. The compensation committee will have full discretion to administer and interpret the Plan and to make any other determination and take any other action that it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.

Eligibility.   Employees, directors, officers, advisors or consultants and prospective employees, directors, officers, advisors or consultants of New DraftKings or its affiliates are eligible to participate in the Plan. Following the consummation of the Business Combination, it is expected that approximately [   ] employees, consultants and service providers and all of our [   ] non-executive officer directors will be eligible to participate in the Plan.

Number of Shares Authorized.   The Plan provides for an aggregate of  [        ] shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock to be delivered; provided that the total number of shares that will be reserved, and that may be issued, under the Plan will automatically increase on the first trading day of each calendar year, beginning with calendar year 202[ ], by a number of shares equal to [   ] percent ([  ]%) of the total outstanding shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock on the last day of the prior calendar year (subject to a maximum annual increase of  [   ]). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may act prior to January 1st of a given year to provide that there will be no such increase in the share reserve for such year or that the increase in the share reserve for such year will be a lesser number of shares than would otherwise occur pursuant to the preceding sentence. The maximum aggregate grant-date fair value of awards granted and cash fees paid to any non-employee director pursuant to the Plan during any fiscal year may not exceed a total value of  $[   ], provided that the Board may make exceptions to this limit for a non-executive Chair of the Board. Shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock underlying awards under the Plan that are forfeited, canceled, expire unexercised or are settled in cash will be available again for new awards under the Plan. The Plan also permits the compensation committee to deliver an aggregate of  [         ] shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock to employees, directors, consultants or advisors who are eligible to hold New DraftKings Class B common stock under the Proposed Charter. If there is any change in our corporate capitalization, the compensation committee in its sole discretion may make substitutions or adjustments to the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and New DraftKings Class B common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan, the number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock and New DraftKings Class B common stock covered by awards then outstanding under the Plan, the limitations on awards under the Plan, the exercise price of outstanding options and such other equitable substitutions or adjustments as it may determine appropriate.

The Plan will have a term of 10 years from the date it is approved by shareholders and no further awards may be granted under the Plan after that date.

Awards Available for Grant.   The compensation committee may grant awards of nonqualified stock options, ISOs, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock bonus awards, performance compensation awards (including cash bonus awards) or any combination of the foregoing.

Options.   The compensation committee will be authorized to grant options to purchase shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock that are either “qualified,” meaning they are intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, for ISOs, or “nonqualified,” meaning they are not intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. Options granted under the Plan will be subject to such terms, including the exercise price and the conditions and timing of exercise, as may be determined by the compensation committee and specified in the applicable award agreement. In general, the exercise price per share of New DraftKings Class A common stock for each option granted under the Plan will not be less than the fair market value of such share at the time of grant. The maximum term of an option granted

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under the Plan will be 10 years from the date of grant (or five years in the case of ISOs granted to a 10% shareholder). However, if the option would expire at a time when the exercise of the option by means of a cashless exercise or net exercise method (to the extent such method is otherwise then permitted by the compensation committee for purposes of payment of the exercise price and/or applicable withholding taxes) would violate applicable securities laws or any securities trading policy adopted by us, the expiration date applicable to the option will be automatically extended to a date that is 30 calendar days following the date such cashless exercise or net exercise would no longer violate applicable securities laws or applicable securities trading policy (so long as such extension does not violate Section 409A of the Code), but not later than the expiration of the original exercise period. Payment in respect of the exercise of an option may be made in cash or by check, by surrender of unrestricted shares (at their fair market value on the date of exercise) that have been held by the participant for any period deemed necessary by our accountants to avoid an additional compensation charge or have been purchased on the open market, or the compensation committee may, in its discretion and to the extent permitted by law, allow such payment to be made through a broker-assisted cashless exercise mechanism, a net exercise method, or by such other method as the compensation committee may determine to be appropriate.

Stock Appreciation Rights.   The compensation committee will be authorized to award SARs under the Plan. SARs will be subject to the terms and conditions established by the compensation committee. A SAR is a contractual right that allows a participant to receive, either in the form of cash, shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock or any combination of cash and shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, the appreciation, if any, in the value of a common share over a certain period of time. An option granted under the Plan may include SARs and SARs may also be awarded to a participant independent of the grant of an option. SARs granted in connection with an option will be subject to terms similar to the option corresponding to such SARs. SARs will be subject to terms established by the compensation committee and reflected in the award agreement.

Restricted Stock.   The compensation committee will be authorized to award restricted stock under the Plan. Each award of restricted stock will be subject to the terms and conditions established by the compensation committee, including any dividend or voting rights. Restricted stock awards are shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock that generally are non-transferable and subject to other restrictions determined by the compensation committee for a specified period. Unless the compensation committee determines otherwise or specifies otherwise in an award agreement, if the participant terminates employment or services during the restricted period, then any unvested restricted stock is forfeited. Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the compensation committee will be distributed to the participant in cash or, at the sole discretion of the compensation committee, in shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock having a fair market value equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of any applicable restrictions, and if the applicable share is forfeited, the participant will have no right to such dividends (except as otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement).

Restricted Stock Unit Awards.   The compensation committee will be authorized to award restricted stock unit awards under the Plan. The compensation committee will determine the terms of such restricted stock units, including any dividend rights. Unless the compensation committee determines otherwise or specifies otherwise in an award agreement, if the participant terminates employment or services during the period of time over which all or a portion of the units are to be earned, then any unvested units will be forfeited. At the election of the compensation committee, the participant will receive a number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock equal to the number of units earned or an amount in cash equal to the fair market value of that number of shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock at the expiration of the period over which the units are to be earned or at a later date selected by the compensation committee. Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the compensation committee will be distributed to the participant in cash or, at the sole discretion of the compensation committee, in shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock having a fair market value equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of any applicable restrictions, and if the applicable share is forfeited, the participant will have no right to such dividends (except as otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement).

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Stock Bonus Awards.   The compensation committee will be authorized to grant awards of unrestricted shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock, shares of New DraftKings Class B common stock or other awards denominated in shares of New DraftKings Class A common stock or New DraftKings Class B common stock, either alone or in tandem with other awards, under the Plan, on such terms and conditions as the compensation committee may determine.

Performance Compensation Awards.   The compensation committee will be authorized to grant any award, including in the form of cash, under the Plan in the form of a performance compensation award by conditioning the vesting of the award on the satisfaction of certain performance goals, measured on an absolute or relative basis, for a particular performance period. The compensation committee may establish performance criteria that will be used to establish these performance goals with reference to one or more of the following, without limitation:

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Net earnings or net income (before or after taxes);

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basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes);

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revenue or revenue growth (measured on a net or gross basis);

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gross profit or gross profit growth;

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operating profit (before or after taxes);

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return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity or sales);

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cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, net cash provided by operations and cash flow return on capital);

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financing and other capital-raising transactions (including, but not limited to, sales of New DraftKings’ equity or debt securities);

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earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or amortization;

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gross or operating margins;

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productivity ratios;

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share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return);

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expense targets;

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margins;

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productivity and operating efficiencies;

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measures of customer satisfaction;

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customer growth;

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working capital targets;

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measures of economic value added;

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inventory control;

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enterprise value;

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sales;

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debt levels and net debt;

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combined ratio;

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timely launch of new facilities;

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client retention;

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employee retention;

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timely completion of new product rollouts;

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cost targets;

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reductions and savings;

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productivity and efficiencies;

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strategic partnerships or transactions;

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measures of personal targets, goals or completion of projects; or

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any combination of the foregoing.

The compensation committee is authorized to adjust or modify the calculation of a performance goal for a performance period based on and in order to appropriately reflect certain circumstances or events that occur during such performance period.

Transferability.   Each award may be exercised during the participant’s lifetime only by the participant or, if permissible under applicable law, by the participant’s guardian or legal representative and may not be otherwise transferred or encumbered by a participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. The compensation committee, however, may permit awards (other than ISOs) to be transferred to family members, a trust for the benefit of such family members, a partnership or limited liability company whose partners or stockholders are the participant and his or her family members or anyone else approved by it.

Amendment and Termination.   In general, our Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. However, shareholder approval to amend the Plan may be necessary if the law or the Plan so requires (e.g., repricing, performance goals, approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement, etc.). No amendment, suspension or termination will impair the rights of any participant or recipient of any award without the consent of the participant or recipient.

Change in Control.   In the event of a “Change in Control” (as defined in the Plan), the compensation committee may adjust the number of shares of Class A common stock or other securities of New DraftKings (or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to an award, the exercise or strike price of an award, or any applicable performance measure, and may provide for the substitution or assumption of outstanding awards in a manner that substantially preserves the terms of such awards, the acceleration of the exercisability or lapse of restrictions applicable to outstanding awards and the cancellation of outstanding awards in exchange for the consideration received by shareholders of New DraftKings in connection with such Change in Control transaction.

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

DEAC

On March 28, 2019, our Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 10,062,500 founder shares in exchange for a capital contribution of  $25,000, or approximately $0.002 per share. On April 10, 2019, our Sponsor transferred 4,930,625 founder shares to Harry E. Sloan for a purchase price of $12,250 (the same per-share price initially paid by our Sponsor), resulting in our Sponsor holding 5,131,875 founder shares. On May 10, 2019, the Sponsor and Mr. Sloan each forfeited at no cost 31,875 and 30,625 founder shares, respectively, to DEAC in connection with the election by the underwriters to exercise their over-allotment option in part and not in full, resulting in an aggregate of 10,000,000 founder shares outstanding, consisting of 5,100,000 held by the Sponsor and 4,900,000 held by Mr. Sloan.

The Sponsor and Mr. Sloan purchased an aggregate of 6,333,334 private placement warrants in connection with DEAC’s initial public offering, at a price of  $1.50 per warrant, or $9,550,000 in the aggregate. Each private placement warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. The private placement warrants (including the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold until 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination.

DEAC currently sub-leases its executive offices at 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300, Los Angeles, CA 90067 from Global Eagle Acquisition LLC, an affiliate of our Sponsor. Commencing upon consummation of its initial public offering, DEAC reimburses Global Eagle Acquisition LLC for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to members of our management team in an amount not to exceed $15,000 per month. Upon completion of DEAC’s initial business combination or liquidation, it will cease paying these monthly fees.

DEAC’s officers and directors are entitled to reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on DEAC’s behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. DEAC’s audit committee reviews on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our Sponsor, DEAC’s officers, directors or its or their affiliates.

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of its officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan DEAC funds as may be required on a non-interest basis. If DEAC completes the Business Combination, it would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the Business Combination does not close, DEAC may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from its trust account would be used for such repayment. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. Except as set forth above, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.

DraftKings

Transaction with Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

To facilitate the delivery of Class B common stock of DraftKings to Mr. Robins, DraftKings will enter into an exchange agreement with Mr. Robins, effective as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, pursuant to which each share of DraftKings common stock held by Mr. Robins will automatically be exchanged for one share of DraftKings Class A common stock and [       ] shares of DraftKings Class B common stock. Such shares will equate to [     ]% of the voting power of DraftKings’ outstanding capital stock, such that as of immediately following the completion of the Business Combination, Mr. Robins will have approximately 90% of the voting power of the capital stock of New DraftKings on a fully-diluted basis.

Private Placements of Securities

Series E-1 Preferred Stock Financing

Between March 2017 and April 2017, DraftKings sold an aggregate of 54,901,310 shares of its Series E-1 preferred stock in multiple closings at a purchase price of  $2.202916 per share, for an aggregate

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purchase amount of approximately $120.9 million. Certain related persons participated in the financing round through investment funds in which they participate in management and/or have a financial interest. The following table summarizes purchases of DraftKings’ Series E-1 preferred stock by related persons:

Name	Number of Shares		Purchase Price ($)
Revolution Growth III, LP(1)	​	2,269,718	​	4,999,998.10
GGV Capital Select L.P.(2)	​	1,815,775	​	3,999,999.80
RPII DK LLC(3)	​	1,361,830	​	2,999,997.10
Entities affiliated with Accomplice, LLC(4)	​	478,003	​	1,053,000.46
Entities affiliated with Redpoint Ventures(5)	​	453,943	​	999,998.30

(1)

Steven J. Murray is a member of the DraftKings board of directors and is an affiliate of Revolution Growth III, LP. Revolution Growth III, LP held more than 5% of DraftKings capital stock as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

(2)

Hany Nada is a member of the DraftKings board of directors and is an affiliate of GGV Capital Select L.P. as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus. In addition, affiliates of GGV Capital Select L.P. collectively held more than 5% of DraftKings capital stock as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

(3)

John Salter is a member of the DraftKings board of directors and is an affiliate of RPII DK LLC. RPII DK LLC held more than 5% of DraftKings capital stock as of the date of this proxy statement/​prospectus.

(4)

Consists of 637,758 shares purchased by Accomplice Fund I, L.P. and 33,802 shares purchased by Accomplice Management Holdings, LLC. Ryan Moore is a member of the DraftKings board of directors and is an affiliate of Accomplice Fund I, L.P. and Accomplice Management Holdings, LLC. Entities affiliated with Accomplice, LLC held over 5% of DraftKings capital stock as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

(5)

Consists of 440,325 shares purchased by Redpoint Omega II, L.P. and 13,618 shares purchased by Redpoint Omega Associates II, LLC. Redpoint Omega II, L.P. and Redpoint Omega Associates II, LLC collectively held more than 5% of DraftKings capital stock as of the date of this proxy statement/​prospectus.

Series F Preferred Stock Financing

Between August 2018 and March 2019, DraftKings sold an aggregate of 59,966,628 shares of its Series F preferred stock in multiple closings at a purchase price of  $2.549560 per share, for an aggregate amount of approximately $152.9 million. Certain related persons participated in the financing round through investment funds in which they participate in management and/or have a financial interest. The following table summarizes purchases of DraftKings’ Series F preferred stock by related persons:

Name	Number of Shares		Purchase Price ($)
Revolution Growth III, LP(1)	​	3,922,245	​	9,999,998.97
Italianflare & Co., as nominee for Hadley Harbor Master Investors (Cayman) L.P.(2)	​	980,561	​	2,499,999.11
Accomplice Fund II, L.P.(3)	​	784,449	​	1,999,999.80
Jason Robins Revocable Trust u/d/t January 8, 2014(4)	​	39,222	​	99,998.85

(1)

Steven J. Murray is a member of the DraftKings board of directors and is an affiliate of Revolution Growth III, LP. Revolution Growth III, LP held more than 5% of DraftKings capital stock as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

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(2)

Hadley Harbor Master Investors (Cayman) L.P. is an affiliate of Wellington Management Company, LLC. Entities affiliated with Wellington Management Company, LLC held over 5% of DraftKings capital stock as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

(3)

Ryan Moore is a member of the DraftKings board of directors and is an affiliate of Accomplice Fund II, L.P. Entities affiliated with Accomplice Fund II, L.P. held over 5% of DraftKings capital stock as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus.

(4)

Jason Robins, the trustee of Jason Robins Revocable Trust u/d/t January 8, 2014, is the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of DraftKings.

Investor Rights Agreement

DraftKings entered into an amended and restated investor rights agreement dated August 17, 2018, granting registration rights and information rights, among other things, to holders of its preferred stock, including Fox, RPII DK LLC, Revolution Growth III, LP, Jason Robins, Jason Robins Revocable Trust u/d/t January 8, 2014, Paul Liberman, Matthew Kalish, Kevin Kalish and entities affiliated with Accomplice, LLC, Eldridge Industries LLC, GGV Capital Holdings L.L.C., Redpoint Ventures, and Wellington Management Company, LLC (the “Agreement Parties”). This agreement will terminate upon the Closing.

Right of First Refusal Agreement

DraftKings entered into an amended and restated right of first refusal and co-sale agreement dated August 17, 2018 with holders of its preferred stock, including the Agreement Parties, pursuant to which such holders have a right of first refusal and co-sale in respect of certain sales of securities by certain of DraftKings’ current and former service providers and their affiliates, including Jason Robins, Jason Robins Revocable Trust u/d/t January 8, 2014, Paul Liberman, Matthew Kalish and Woodrow Levin. To the extent this agreement does not terminate in accordance with its terms, DraftKings intends to amend the agreement and terminate it at the Closing of the Business Combination.

Voting Rights Agreement

DraftKings is a party to the Voting Rights Agreement dated August 17, 2018 pursuant to which holders of its preferred stock, including the Agreement Parties, and certain of its current and former service providers, including Woodrow Levin, have agreed to vote in a certain way on certain matters, including with respect to the election of directors of DraftKings. Upon the Closing, the Voting Rights Agreement will terminate and none of DraftKings’ stockholders will have any special rights regarding the election or designation of members of the DraftKings board of directors, and to the extent this agreement doesn’t terminate in accordance with its terms, DraftKings intends to amend the agreement and terminate it at the Closing of the Business Combination.

Raine 2019 Engagement Letter

On August 28, 2019, DraftKings entered into an engagement letter, which was subsequently amended on December 13, 2019, with Raine Securities LLC (“Raine”), an entity in which John Salter, a member of the board of directors of DraftKings, is a partner. Pursuant to the engagement letter, Raine has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to DraftKings in connection with the acquisition of SBTech and the Business Combination with DEAC. Under the terms of the engagement letter, DraftKings has agreed to pay Raine the following fees in addition to any other fees and expenses that may become payable under the terms of the engagement letter: (i) a success fee of  $5.0 million for services in connection with the consummation of the SBTech Acquisition; and (ii) a success fee of  $7.0 million for services in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination. The engagement letter is terminable at will by either party upon written notice to the other party.

DKFS

On August 27, 2019, DraftKings and other investors, including Accomplice Fund II, L.P. and Hany Nada, as well as Jason Robins and Jason Park, acquired equity interests of DKFS, LLC, a newly created joint venture, which among other things, will invest in early stage companies in the sports entertainment

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industry. Jason Robins and Jason Park are managers of DKFS. The following table summarizes the equity interests of DKFS, LLC held by DraftKings and related persons, as well as the consideration paid for such interests:

Name	Common Units		Incentive Units(1)		Cash Consideration ($)		In-Kind Consideration ($)(2)
DraftKings	​	4,500,000	​	—	​	—	​	3,000,000
Accomplice Fund II, L.P.(3)	​	1,500,000	​	—	​	1,000,000	​	—
Hany Nada(4)	​	375,000	​	—	​	250,000	​	—
Jason Robins(5)	​	—	​	126,603	​	—	​	—
Jason Park(6)	​	—	​	63,301	​	—	​	—

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One-fourth of each recipient’s incentive units vest on the one-year anniversary of the date of issuance and the remainder vest in equal monthly installments over the subsequent 36 months, subject to the recipient’s continued provision of services to DKFS, LLC.

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Consists of the contribution to DKFS, LLC of a license to use certain proprietary marks and logos owned by DraftKings.

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Accomplice Fund II, L.P. is an affiliate of entities holding over 5% of DraftKings capital stock.

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Hany Nada is a member of the DraftKings board of directors and is an affiliate of GGV Capital Select L.P. as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus. Affiliates of GGV Capital Select L.P. collectively held more than 5% of DraftKings capital stock as of the date of this proxy statement/​prospectus.

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Jason Robins is the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of DraftKings.

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Jason Park is the Chief Financial Officer of DraftKings.

In connection with the investment in DKFS, LLC, DraftKings also agreed to enter into a services agreement with Drive by DraftKings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of DKFS, LLC. Pursuant to this services agreement, DraftKings will provide certain administrative and other services to Drive by DraftKings, Inc. We anticipate that the service agreement fees incurred by Drive by DraftKings, Inc. will be approximately $120,000 annually.

Smack Transfer Transaction

On May 11, 2018, DraftKings entered into an asset purchase agreement with Smack Inc. (“Smack”) and certain stockholders of Smack, including Jason Robins and OneSix Red, LLC. Woodrow Levin, a director of DraftKings, is a manager of and has a financial interest in OneSix Red, LLC, primarily to hire certain key employees of Smack, which at the time, made mobile-based applications for end users. The stockholders party to the asset purchase agreement received shares of DraftKings common stock as consideration for the transaction totaling 258,621 shares in the aggregate at a price per share of  $1.16 (for a total value of  $300,000.36). Jason Robins received 761 shares (valued at $882.76) and OneSix Red, LLC received 8,747 shares (valued at $10,146.52). In connection with the transaction, the Smack stockholders, including Jason Robins and OneSix Red, LLC, entered into a stockholder agreement with DraftKings, which, among other things, requires such stockholders to vote the shares received as consideration in a certain way in the event of a change of control of DraftKings.

Fox Right of First Negotiation

On July 15, 2015, DraftKings and Fox entered into a right of first negotiation agreement (the “ROFN Agreement”) in connection with Fox’s purchase of DraftKings’ Series D preferred stock. Pursuant to the ROFN Agreement, Fox has the right to submit a non-binding offer to acquire DraftKings in the event that DraftKings takes certain steps in connection with a sale of the company or a change of control, subject to certain terms and conditions. If DraftKings rejects Fox’s offer and, during the subsequent 12-month period, intends to enter into a definitive agreement to sell the company on terms inferior to those proposed by Fox,

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DraftKings must provide Fox with the exclusive opportunity to acquire DraftKings on such inferior terms. The ROFN Agreement will terminate upon the Closing, and to the extent this agreement does not terminate in accordance with its terms, DraftKings intends to amend the agreement and terminate it at the Closing of the Business Combination.

Fox Media Agreement

On August 1, 2014, DraftKings entered into a fantasy games advertising agreement with Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC, which was incorporated into a media purchase agreement between DraftKings and Fox Networks Group, Inc., dated July 13, 2015 (as amended from time to time thereto, the “Media Purchase Agreement”). Fox Networks Group, Inc., until March 2019, was an affiliate of Fox, which holds over 5% of DraftKings capital stock. Pursuant to the Media Purchase Agreement, and effective January 2019, DraftKings is committed to an aggregate minimum commitment of  $14.4 million through December 31, 2021 ($5 million per year). The Media Purchase Agreement will expire December 31, 2021 unless DraftKings elects to extend it.

Related Person Transaction Policy Following the Business Combination

Upon consummation of the Business Combination, it is anticipated that the New DraftKings board of directors will adopt a written related person transaction policy that sets forth the following policies and procedures for the review and approval or ratification of related person transactions.

A “Related Person Transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship in which New DraftKings or any of its subsidiaries was, is or will be a participant, the amount of which involved exceeds $120,000, and in which any related person had, has or will have a direct or indirect material interest. A “Related Person” means:

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any person who is, or at any time during the applicable period was, one of New DraftKings’ executive officers or a member of New DraftKings’ board of directors;

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any person who is known by New DraftKings to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of our voting stock;

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any immediate family member of any of the foregoing persons, which means any child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law of a director, officer or a beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of our voting stock, and any person (other than a tenant or employee) sharing the household of such director, executive officer or beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of our voting stock; and

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any firm, corporation or other entity in which any of the foregoing persons is a partner or principal or in a similar position or in which such person has a 10 percent (10%) or greater beneficial ownership interest.

It is also anticipated that New DraftKings will have policies and procedures designed to minimize potential conflicts of interest arising from any dealings it may have with its affiliates and to provide appropriate procedures for the disclosure of any real or potential conflicts of interest that may exist from time to time. Specifically, pursuant to its audit committee charter, the audit committee will have the responsibility to review related person transactions.

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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following is a discussion of certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations for holders of our shares of Class A common stock that receive New DraftKings common stock in the reincorporation merger or that elect to have their Class A common stock redeemed for cash if the Business Combination is completed. This discussion applies only to Class A common stock that is held as a capital asset for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This discussion is limited to U.S. federal income tax considerations, and does not address estate or any gift tax considerations or considerations arising under the tax laws of any state, local or non-U.S. jurisdiction. This discussion does not describe all of the U.S. federal income tax consequences that may be relevant to you in light of your particular circumstances, including the alternative minimum tax, the Medicare tax on certain investment income and the different consequences that may apply if you are subject to special rules that apply to certain types of investors, such as:

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financial institutions or financial services entities;

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broker dealers;

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insurance companies;

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dealers or traders in securities subject to a mark-to-market method of accounting with respect to shares of Class A common stock;

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persons holding Class A common stock as part of a “straddle,” hedge, integrated transaction or similar transaction;

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U.S. holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar;

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“specified foreign corporations” (including “controlled foreign corporations”), “passive foreign investment companies” and corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax;

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U.S. expatriates or former long-term residents of the U.S.;

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governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof;

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regulated investment companies (RICs) or real estate investment trusts (REITs);

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persons subject to the alternative minimum tax provisions of the Code;

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persons who received their shares of Class A common stock as compensation;

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partnerships or other pass-through entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and

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tax-exempt entities.

If you are a partnership (or other pass-through entity) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of your partners (or other owners) will generally depend on the status of the partners and your activities. Partnerships and their partners (or other owners) should consult their tax advisors with respect to the consequences to them of electing to have their Class A common stock redeemed for cash if the business combination is completed.

This discussion is based on the Code and administrative pronouncements, judicial decisions and final, temporary and proposed Treasury regulations as of the date hereof, changes to any of which subsequent to the date of this proxy statement may affect the tax consequences described herein. No assurance can be given that the IRS would not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a contrary position. This discussion does not address any aspect of state, local or non-U.S. taxation, or any U.S. federal taxes other than income taxes (such as gift and estate taxes).

You are urged to consult your tax advisor with respect to the application of U.S. federal tax laws to your particular situation, as well as any tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or foreign jurisdiction.

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Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Reincorporation

The reincorporation merger will qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the Code. As such, the holders of our common stock will not recognize any gain or loss under the U.S. federal income tax laws as a result of the consummation of the reincorporation, and neither will DEAC nor New DraftKings. Each stockholder will have the same basis in New DraftKings common stock received as a result of the reincorporation as that holder has in our common stock held at the time the reincorporation is consummated. Each holder’s holding period in New DraftKings common stock received as a result of the reincorporation will include the period during which such holder held our common stock at the time the reincorporation merger is consummated, provided the latter was held by such holder as a capital asset at the time of consummation of the reincorporation.

Redemption of Class A Common Stock

In the event that a holder’s shares of Class A common stock are redeemed pursuant to the redemption provisions described in this proxy statement under the section entitled “The Special Meeting — Redemption Rights,” the treatment of the redemption for U.S. federal income tax purposes will depend on whether the redemption qualifies as a sale or other exchange of shares of Class A common stock under Section 302 of the Code. If the redemption qualifies as a sale of shares of Class A common stock, a U.S. holder will be treated as described below under the section entitled “— U.S. Holders — Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Common Stock,” and a Non-U.S. holder will be treated as described under the section entitled “— Non-U.S. Holders — Gain on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Common Stock.” If the redemption does not qualify as a sale of shares of Class A common stock, a holder will be treated as receiving a corporate distribution with the tax consequences to a U.S. holder described below under the section entitled “— U.S. Holders — Taxation of Distributions,” and the tax consequences to a Non-U.S. holder described below under the section entitled “— Non-U.S. Holder — Taxation of Distributions.”

Whether a redemption of shares of Class A common stock qualifies for sale treatment will depend largely on the total number of shares of our stock treated as held by the redeemed holder before and after the redemption (including any stock constructively owned by the holder as a result of owning private placement warrants or public warrants and any of our stock that a holder would directly or indirectly acquire pursuant to the business combination) relative to all of our shares outstanding both before and after the redemption. The redemption of Class A common stock generally will be treated as a sale of Class A common stock (rather than as a corporate distribution) if the redemption (1) is “substantially disproportionate” with respect to the holder, (2) results in a “complete termination” of the holder’s interest in us or (3) is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” with respect to the holder. These tests are explained more fully below.

In determining whether any of the foregoing tests result in a redemption qualifying for sale treatment, a holder takes into account not only shares of our stock actually owned by the holder, but also shares of our stock that are constructively owned by it. A holder may constructively own, in addition to stock owned directly, stock owned by certain related individuals and entities in which the holder has an interest or that have an interest in such holder, as well as any stock that the holder has a right to acquire by exercise of an option, which would generally include Class A common stock which could be acquired pursuant to the exercise of the private placement warrants or the public warrants. Moreover, any of our stock that a holder directly or constructively acquires pursuant to the business combination generally should be included in determining the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the redemption.

In order to meet the substantially disproportionate test, the percentage of our outstanding voting stock actually and constructively owned by the holder immediately following the redemption of shares of Class A common stock must, among other requirements, be less than 80 percent (80%) of the percentage of our outstanding voting stock actually and constructively owned by the holder immediately before the redemption (taking into account both redemptions by other holders of Class A common stock and the Class A common stock to be issued pursuant to the business combination). There will be a complete termination of a holder’s interest if either (1) all of the shares of our stock actually and constructively owned by the holder are redeemed or (2) all of the shares of our stock actually owned by the holder are redeemed and the holder is eligible to waive, and effectively waives in accordance with specific rules, the

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attribution of stock owned by certain family members and the holder does not constructively own any other stock. The redemption of Class A common stock will not be essentially equivalent to a dividend if the redemption results in a “meaningful reduction” of the holder’s proportionate interest in us. Whether the redemption will result in a meaningful reduction in a holder’s proportionate interest in us will depend on the particular facts and circumstances. However, the IRS has indicated in a published ruling that even a small reduction in the proportionate interest of a small minority stockholder in a publicly held corporation where such stockholder exercises no control over corporate affairs may constitute such a “meaningful reduction.”

If none of the foregoing tests is satisfied, then the redemption of shares of Class A common stock will be treated as a corporate distribution to the redeemed holder and the tax effects to such a U.S. holder will be as described below under the section entitled “U.S. Holders — Taxation of Distributions,” and the tax effects to such a Non-U.S. holder will be as described below under the section entitled “Non-U.S. Holders — Taxation of Distributions.” After the application of those rules, any remaining tax basis of the holder in the redeemed Class A common stock will be added to the holder’s adjusted tax basis in its remaining stock, or, if it has none, to the holder’s adjusted tax basis in its warrants or possibly in other stock constructively owned by it.

A holder should consult with its own tax advisors as to the tax consequences of a redemption.

U.S. Holders

This section applies to you if you are a “U.S. holder.” A U.S. holder is a beneficial owner of our shares of Class A common stock who or that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

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an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;

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a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

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an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation purposes regardless of its source; or

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an entity treated as a trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes if  (i) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust or (ii) it has a valid election in effect under Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

Taxation of Distributions.   If our redemption of a U.S. holder’s shares of Class A common stock is treated as a corporate distribution, as discussed above under the section entitled “— Redemption of Class A Common Stock,” such distribution generally will constitute a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent paid from our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. Distributions in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits will constitute a return of capital that will be applied against and reduce (but not below zero) the U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in our Class A common stock. Any remaining excess will be treated as gain realized on the sale or other disposition of the Class A common stock and will be treated as described below under the section entitled “— Redemption of Class A Common Stock — U.S. Holders — Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Common Stock.”

Dividends we pay to a U.S. holder that is a taxable corporation generally will qualify for the dividends received deduction if the requisite holding period is satisfied. With certain exceptions (including, but not limited to, dividends treated as investment income for purposes of investment interest deduction limitations), and provided certain holding period requirements are met, dividends we pay to a non-corporate U.S. holder generally will constitute “qualified dividends” that will be subject to tax at the maximum tax rate accorded to long-term capital gains. It is unclear whether the redemption rights with respect to the Class A common stock described in this proxy statement may prevent a U.S. holder from satisfying the applicable holding period requirements with respect to the dividends received deduction or the preferential tax rate on qualified dividend income, as the case may be.

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Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Common Stock.   If our redemption of a U.S. holder’s shares of Class A common stock is treated as a sale, taxable exchange or other taxable disposition, as discussed above under the section entitled “— Redemption of Class A Common Stock,” a U.S. holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of cash and the U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in the shares of Class A common stock redeemed. A U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Class A common stock generally will equal the U.S. holder’s acquisition cost less any prior distributions paid to such U.S. holder with respect to its shares of Class A common stock treated as a return of capital. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. holder’s holding period for the Class A common stock so disposed of exceeds one year. Long-term capital gains recognized by non-corporate U.S. holders will be eligible to be taxed at reduced rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

U.S. holders who hold different blocks of Class A common stock (shares of Class A common stock purchased or acquired on different dates or at different prices) should consult their tax advisors to determine how the above rules apply to them.

Non-U.S. Holders

This section applies to you if you are a “Non-U.S. holder.” A Non-U.S. holder is a beneficial owner of our Class A common stock who, or that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

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a non-resident alien individual, other than certain former citizens and residents of the United States subject to U.S. tax as expatriates;

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a foreign corporation; or

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an estate or trust that is not a U.S. holder.

Taxation of Distributions.   If our redemption of a Non-U.S. holder’s shares of Class A common stock is treated as a corporate distribution, as discussed above under the section entitled “— Redemption of Class A Common Stock,” to the extent paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles), such distribution will constitute a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, provided such dividend is not effectively connected with the Non-U.S. holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States, we will be required to withhold tax from the gross amount of the dividend at a rate of 30 percent (30%), unless such Non-U.S. holder is eligible for a reduced rate of withholding tax under an applicable income tax treaty and provides proper certification of its eligibility for such reduced rate (usually on an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E). Any distribution not constituting a dividend will be treated first as reducing (but not below zero) the Non-U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in its shares of our Class A common stock and, to the extent such distribution exceeds the Non-U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis, as gain realized from the sale or other disposition of the Class A common stock, which will be treated as described below under the section entitled “— Redemption of Class A Common Stock — Non-U.S. Holders — Gain on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Common Stock.”

The withholding tax described in the preceding paragraph does not apply to dividends paid to a Non-U.S. holder who provides an IRS Form W-8ECI certifying that the dividends are effectively connected with the Non-U.S. holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States. Instead, the effectively connected dividends will be subject to regular U.S. federal income tax as if the Non-U.S. holder were a U.S. resident, subject to an applicable income tax treaty providing otherwise. A Non-U.S. holder that is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is receiving effectively connected dividends may also be subject to an additional “branch profits tax” imposed at a rate of 30 percent (30%) (or a lower applicable income tax treaty rate).

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Gain on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Common Stock.   If our redemption of a U.S. holder’s shares of Class A common stock is treated as a sale or other taxable disposition, as discussed above under the section entitled “— Redemption of Class A Common Stock,” a Non-U.S. holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax in respect of the redemption, unless:

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the gain is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business by the Non-U.S. holder within the United States (and, under certain income tax treaties, is attributable to a United States permanent establishment or fixed base maintained by the Non-U.S. holder);

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such Non-U.S. holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year in which the disposition takes place and certain other conditions are met; or

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we are or have been a “United States real property holding corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes at any time during the shorter of the five-year period ending on the date of disposition or the period that the Non-U.S. holder held our Class A common stock and, in the circumstance in which shares of our Class A common stock are regularly traded on an established securities market, the Non-U.S. holder has owned, directly or constructively, more than 5% of our Class A common stock at any time within the shorter of the five-year period preceding the redemption or such Non-U.S. holder’s holding period for the shares of our Class A common stock. There can be no assurance that our Class A common stock will be treated as regularly traded on an established securities market for this purpose.

Unless an applicable treaty provides otherwise, gain described in the first bullet point above will be subject to tax at generally applicable U.S. federal income tax rates as if the Non-U.S. holder were a U.S. resident. Any gains described in the first bullet point above of a Non-U.S. holder that is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes may also be subject to an additional “branch profits tax” at a 30 percent (30%) rate (or lower income tax treaty rate). If the second bullet point applies to a Non-U.S. holder, such Non-U.S. holder will be subject to U.S. tax on such Non-U.S. holder’s net capital gain for such year (including any gain realized in connection with the redemption) at a tax rate of 30 percent (30%).

If the third bullet point above applies to a Non-U.S. holder, gain recognized by such holder in the redemption will be subject to tax at generally applicable U.S. federal income tax rates. In addition, we may be required to withhold U.S. federal income tax at a rate of fifteen percent (15%) of the amount realized upon such redemption.

We believe that we are not, and have not been at any time since our formation, a United States real property holding corporation and we do not expect to be a United States real property holding corporation immediately after the business combination is completed.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

Dividend payments with respect to our Class A common stock and proceeds from the sale, taxable exchange or taxable redemption of our Class A common stock may be subject to information reporting to the IRS and possible United States backup withholding. Backup withholding will not apply, however, to a U.S. holder who furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number and makes other required certifications, or who is otherwise exempt from backup withholding and establishes such exempt status.

Amounts treated as dividends that are paid to a Non-U.S. holder are generally subject to reporting on IRS Form 1042-S even if the payments are exempt from withholding. A Non-U.S. holder generally will eliminate any other requirement for information reporting and backup withholding by providing certification of its foreign status, under penalties of perjury, on a duly executed applicable IRS Form W-8 or by otherwise establishing an exemption.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Amounts withheld as backup withholding may be credited against a holder’s United States federal income tax liability, and a holder generally may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules by timely filing the appropriate claim for refund with the IRS and furnishing any required information.

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FATCA Withholding Taxes

Provisions commonly referred to as “FATCA” impose withholding of 30 percent (30%) on payments of dividends (including amounts treated as dividends received pursuant to a redemption of stock) on our Class A common stock. Previously, withholding with respect to the gross proceeds of a disposition of any stock, debt instrument, or other property that can produce U.S.-source dividends or interest was scheduled to begin on January 1, 2019; however, such withholding has been eliminated under proposed U.S. Treasury regulations, which can be relied on until final regulations become effective. In general, no such withholding will be required with respect to a U.S. holder or an individual Non-U.S. holder that timely provides the certifications required on a valid IRS Form W-9 or W-8, respectively. Holders potentially subject to withholding include “foreign financial institutions” (which is broadly defined for this purpose and in general includes investment vehicles) and certain other non-U.S. entities unless various U.S. information reporting and due diligence requirements (generally relating to ownership by U.S. persons of interests in or accounts with those entities) have been satisfied, or an exemption applies (typically certified as to by the delivery of a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN-E). If FATCA withholding is imposed, a beneficial owner that is not a foreign financial institution generally will be entitled to a refund of any amounts withheld by filing a U.S. federal income tax return (which may entail significant administrative burden). Foreign financial institutions located in jurisdictions that have an intergovernmental agreement with the United States governing FATCA may be subject to different rules. Non-U.S. holders should consult their tax advisers regarding the effects of FATCA on a redemption of Class A common stock.

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NO DELAWARE APPRAISAL RIGHTS

Appraisal rights are statutory rights under the DGCL that enable stockholders who object to certain extraordinary transactions to demand that the corporation pay such stockholders the fair value of their shares instead of receiving the consideration offered to stockholders in connection with the extraordinary transaction. However, appraisal rights are not available in all circumstances. Appraisal rights are not available to DEAC Stockholders or warrant holders in connection with the Business Combination.

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STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS AND NOMINATIONS

In addition to any other requirements under applicable law and the New DraftKings Bylaws, for business to be properly brought before an annual or special meeting by a stockholder, the New DraftKings Bylaws provide that the stockholder must give timely notice in written form to New DraftKings’ secretary and such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action. Notice, to be timely, must be received at least 90 days, but no more than 120 days, prior to the first anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided that if, and only if, the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences within 30 days before such anniversary date and ends within 60 days after such anniversary date, to be timely, notice by the stockholder must be received by the close of business on the later of  (i) the 90th day before the meeting or (ii) the 10th day following the day on which the date of the annual meeting is first publicly announced or disclosed.

Any notice must include the following information: (i) whether the stockholder is providing the notice at the request of a beneficial holder of shares, whether the stockholder, any such beneficial holder or any nominee has any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, or has received any financial assistance, funding or other consideration from, any other person with respect to the investment by the stockholder or such beneficial holder in New DraftKings or the matter the notice relates to, and the details thereof, including the name of such other person (the stockholder, any beneficial holder on whose behalf the notice is being delivered, any nominees listed in the notice and any persons with whom such agreement, arrangement or understanding exists or from whom such assistance has been obtained are hereinafter collectively referred to as “Interested Persons”); (ii) the name and record address of all Interested Persons; (iii) a complete listing of all equity securities and debt instruments (including loans or capital market instruments) of New DraftKings or its subsidiaries that are directly or indirectly owned beneficially and of record by the Interested Persons; (iv) whether, and the extent to which, any hedging, derivative or other transaction is in place or has been entered into within the prior six months preceding the date of delivery of the notice by or for the benefit of any Interested Person with respect to New DraftKings or its subsidiaries or any of their respective securities, debt instruments or credit ratings, the effect or intent of which transaction is to give rise to gain or loss as a result of changes in the trading price of such securities or debt instruments or changes in the credit ratings for New DraftKings, its subsidiaries or any of their respective securities or debt instruments (or, more generally, changes in the perceived creditworthiness of New DraftKings or its subsidiaries), or to increase or decrease the voting power of such Interested Person, and if so, a summary of the material terms of such transaction; (v) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of New DraftKings that would be entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose the matter set forth in the notice; (vi) a representation regarding whether any Interested Person will be or is part of a group that will (x) deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of New DraftKings’ outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee or (y) otherwise solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination; (vii) a certification regarding whether the Interested Persons have complied with all applicable federal, state and other legal requirements in connection with the acquisition of shares of capital stock or other securities of New DraftKings; and (viii) any other information relating to the Interested Persons required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Any notice relating to the nomination of directors must also contain (i) the information regarding each nominee required by paragraphs (a), (e) and (f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K adopted by the SEC, (ii) each nominee’s signed consent to serve as a director of New DraftKings if elected and (iii) whether each nominee is eligible for consideration as an independent director under the relevant standards contemplated by Item 407(a) of Regulation S-K.

A stockholder shall update and supplement its notice to New DraftKings’ secretary, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice as described above will be true and correct as of the record date for notice of the annual meeting and as of the date that is 15 days prior to the annual meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof; provided that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is less than 15 days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the information will be supplemented and updated as of such later date.

295

SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS

Stockholders and interested parties may communicate with DEAC’s board of directors, any committee chairperson or the non-management directors as a group by writing to the board or committee chairperson in care of Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Following the Business Combination, such communications should be sent to New DraftKings, 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. Each communication will be forwarded, depending on the subject matter, to the board of directors, the appropriate committee chairperson or all non-management directors.

296

VALIDITY OF COMMON STOCK

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has passed upon the validity of the common stock of New DraftKings offered by this proxy statement/prospectus and certain other legal matters related to this proxy statement/​prospectus. Winston & Strawn LLP has passed upon the validity of the warrants of New DraftKings offered by this proxy statement/prospectus and certain other legal matters related to this proxy statement/​prospectus. Winston & Strawn LLP, as tax counsel for DEAC, has passed upon certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of the business combination and the reincorporation for DEAC.

297

EXPERTS

The financial statements of Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. as of March 31, 2019 and for the period from March 27, 2019 (date of inception) through March 31, 2019 appearing in this proxy statement/​prospectus have been audited by WithumSmith+Brown, PC independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon appearing elsewhere herein and are included in reliance on such report given the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

The consolidated financial statements of DraftKings Inc. at December 31, 2018 and 2017, and for the years then ended, appearing in this proxy statement/prospectus, have been audited by BDO USA, LLP (“BDO”), independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report appearing elsewhere herein, and are included in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing. BDO’s report contains an explanatory paragraph regarding DraftKings’ ability to continue as a going concern.

The consolidated financial statements of SBT and Subsidiaries at December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the two years then ended, appearing in this proxy statement/prospectus, have been audited by Ziv Haft, CPA (Isr.), a BDO Member Firm, independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing elsewhere herein, and are included in reliance on the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

298

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

DEAC Nevada has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 to register the issuance of securities described elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus. This proxy statement/prospectus is a part of that registration statement. This proxy statement/prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. For further information pertaining to DEAC Nevada and its securities, you should refer to the registration statement and to its exhibits. Whenever reference is made in this proxy statement/prospectus to any of DEAC Nevada or DEAC’s contracts, agreements or other documents, the references are not necessarily complete, and you should refer to the annexes to the proxy statement/​prospectus and the exhibits attached to the registration statement for copies of the actual contract, agreement or other document.

Upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, DEAC Nevada will be subject to the information and periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and will file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC.

DEAC files reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC as required by the Exchange Act. You may access information on DEAC at the SEC web site containing reports, the registration statement and other information at: http://www.sec.gov.

If you would like additional copies of this proxy statement/prospectus or any document incorporated by reference herein, or if you have questions about the Business Combination, you should contact via phone or in writing:

Morrow Sodali LLC
470 West Avenue, Suite 3000
Stamford CT 06902
Tel: (800) 662-5200
Banks and brokers call collect: (203) 658-9400
E-mail: DEAC.info@investor.morrowsodali.com

If you are a stockholder of DEAC and would like to request documents, please do so no later than four business days before the Special Meeting in order to receive them before the Special Meeting. If you request any documents from Morrow, Morrow will mail them to you by first class mail, or another equally prompt means. Information and statements contained in this proxy statement/prospectus or any annex to this proxy statement/prospectus are qualified in all respects by reference to the copy of the relevant contract or other annex filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, which includes exhibits incorporated by reference from other filings made with the SEC.

All information contained in this proxy statement/prospectus relating to DEAC has been supplied by DEAC, and all such information relating to DraftKings and SBTech has been supplied by DraftKings and SBTech, respectively. Information provided by one another does not constitute any representation, estimate or projection of the other.

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.

​	Page
Condensed Financial Statements as of September 30, 2019	​	​
Condensed Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)	​	F-4
Condensed Statements of Operations for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and for the period from March 27, 2019 (inception) through September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)	​	F-5
Condensed Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the period from March 27, 2019 (inception) to September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)	​	F-6
Condensed Statement of Cash Flows for the period from March 27, 2019 (inception) to September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)	​	F-7
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements	​	F-8
Financial Statements as of March 31, 2019	​
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	​	F-17
Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2019	​	F-18
Statement of Operations for the period from March 27, 2019 (date of inception) through March 31, 2019	​	F-19
Statement of Changes in Stockholder’s equity for the period from March 27, 2019 (date of inception) through March 31, 2019	​	F-20
Statement of Cash Flows for the period from March 27, 2019 (date of inception) through March 31, 2019	​	F-21
Notes to Financial Statements	​	F-22

F-1

DRAFTKINGS INC.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018	​
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018	F-30
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	F-32
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	F-33
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018	F-34
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	F-35
Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2018 and 2017	​
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Report	F-50
Consolidated Balance Sheets as at December 31, 2018 and 2017	F-51
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017	F-53
Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017	F-54
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017	F-55
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	F-56

F-2

SBTECH (GLOBAL) LIMITED

Unaudited Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018	​
Unaudited Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position	F-83
Unaudited Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	F-85
Unaudited Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity	F-86
Unaudited Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	F-88
Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements	F-89
Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2018 and 2017	​
Independent Auditors’ Report	F-95
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position	F-96
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	F-97
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity	F-98
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	F-99
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements	F-100

F-3

DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
September 30, 2019

(Unaudited)

ASSETS:
Current assets:	​	​
Cash and cash equivalents	$	870,851
Prepaid expenses	​	280,605
Total current assets	​	1,151,456
Cash and investments held in Trust Account	​	402,624,209
Total Assets	$	403,775,665
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:	​	​
Current liabilities:	​	​
Accounts payable	$	470,410
Total current liabilities	​	470,410
Deferred underwriting compensation	​	14,000,000
Total Liabilities	​	14,470,410
Class A common shares subject to possible redemptions; 38,430,525 shares at redemption value of approximately $10.00 per share	​	384,305,250
Stockholders’ equity:	​	​
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding	​	—
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 380,000,000 shares authorized; 1,569,475 shares issued and outstanding, (excluding 38,430,525 shares subject to possible redemption)	​	157
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 10,000,000 shares issued and outstanding	​	1,000
Additional paid-in capital	​	2,662,724
Retained earnings	​	2,336,124
Total stockholders’ equity, net	​	5,000,005
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	403,775,665

See accompanying notes to condensed interim financial statements

F-4

DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

​	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019			For the period from March 27, 2019 (inception) to September 30, 2019
Revenue:	​	$	—	​	$	—
General and administrative expenses	​	​	247,387	​	​	433,756
Loss from operations	​	​	(247,387)	​	​	(433,756)
Other income — interest on Trust Account	​	​	2,195,999	​	​	3,390,875
Income before provision for income tax	​	​	1,948,612	​	​	2,957,119
Provision for income tax	​	​	(409,209)	​	​	(620,995)
Net income	​	$	1,539,403	​	$	2,336,124
Two Class Method:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Weighted average number of Class A common stock outstanding	​	​	40,000,000	​	​	40,000,000
Net income per common stock, Class A — basic and diluted	​	$	0.04	​	$	0.06
Weighted average number of Class B common stock outstanding	​	​	10,000,000	​	​	10,014,960
Net loss per common stock, Class B — basic and diluted	​	$	(0.01)	​	$	(0.01)

See accompanying notes to condensed interim financial statements

F-5

DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
For the period from March 27, 2019 (inception) to September 30, 2019

(Unaudited)

​

Common Stock

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Class A

Class B

Additional Paid-in Capital

Retained Earnings

Total Stockholders’ Equity

​

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Issuance of common stock to initial shareholder at approximately $0.002 per share

​

—

​

$

—

​

10,062,500

​

$

1,006

​

$

23,994

​

$

—

​

$

25,000

Net loss

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

(675)

​

​

(675)

Balance, March 31, 2019

​

—

​

​

—

​

10,062,500

​

​

1,006

​

​

23,994

​

​

(675)

​

​

24,325

Sale of Units to the public at $10.00 per unit

​

40,000,000

​

​

4,000

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

399,996,000

​

​

—

​

​

400,000,000

Underwriters’ discount and offering expenses

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

(22,555,870)

​

​

—

​

​

(22,555,870)

Sale of 6,333,334 Private Placement Warrants at $1.50 per warrant

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

9,500,001

​

​

—

​

​

9,500,001

Forfeiture of Class B shares by initial shareholders

​

—

​

​

—

​

(62,500)

​

​

(6)

​

​

6

​

​

—

​

​

—

Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption

​

(38,276,585)

​

​

(3,828)

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

(382,762,022)

​

​

—

​

​

(382,765,850)

Net income

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

797,396

​

​

797,396

Balance, June 30, 2019

​

1,723,415

​

​

172

​

10,000,000

​

​

1,000

​

​

4,202,109

​

​

796,721

​

​

5,000,002

Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption

​

(153,940)

​

​

(15)

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

(1,539,385)

​

​

—

​

​

(1,539,400)

Net income

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

1,539,403

​

​

1,539,403

Balance, September 30, 2019

​

1,569,475

​

$

157

​

10,000,000

​

$

1,000

​

$

2,662,724

​

$

2,336,124

​

$

5,000,005

See accompanying notes to condensed interim financial statements

F-6

DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

​	For the period from March 27, 2019 (inception) to September 30, 2019
Cash flows from operating activities:	​	​	​
Net income	​	$	2,336,124
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:	​	​	​
Trust income reinvested in Trust Account	​	​	(3,390,875)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:	​	​	​
Prepaid expenses	​	​	(280,605)
Accounts payable	​	​	246,085
Net cash used in operating activities	​	​	(1,089,271)
Cash flows from investing activities:	​	​	​
Principal deposited in Trust Account	​	​	(400,000,000)
Interest income released from Trust Account to pay taxes	​	​	766,666
Net cash used in investing activities	​	​	(399,233,334)
Cash flows from financing activities:	​	​	​
Proceeds from private placement of warrants	​	​	9,500,001
Proceeds from sale of Class A common stock	​	​	400,000,000
Payment of underwriters’ discount	​	​	(8,000,000)
Payment of offering costs	​	​	(306,545)
Net cash provided by financing activities	​	​	401,193,456
Increase in cash during period	​	​	870,851
Cash at beginning of period	​	​	—
Cash at end of period	​	$	870,851
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:	​	​	​
Cash paid during the year for income taxes	​	$	766,666
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:	​	​	​
Deferred underwriting compensation	​	$	14,000,000
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption	​	$	384,305,250
Offering costs paid by sponsor in exchange for founder shares (Class B Common Stock)	​	$	25,000
Deferred offering costs included in accounts payable	​	$	224,325

See accompanying notes to condensed interim financial statements

F-7

DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.
 
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.   Organization and Business Operations

Incorporation

Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on March 27, 2019.

Sponsor

The Company’s sponsor is Eagle Equity Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). Jeff Sagansky, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and Eli Baker, the Company’s President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, are members of the Sponsor.

Fiscal Year End

The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

Business Purpose

The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more operating businesses that it has not yet selected (“Business Combination”). The Company has neither engaged in any operations nor generated significant revenue to date.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of its initial public offering of Units (the “Public Offering”), although substantially all of the net proceeds of the Public Offering are intended to be generally applied toward completing a Business Combination. Furthermore, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully complete a Business Combination.

Financing

The Sponsor intends to finance a Business Combination in part with proceeds from the $400,000,000 Public Offering and an approximately $9,500,000 private placement (the “Private Placement”), see Notes 3 and 4. The registration statement for the Public Offering was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 10, 2019. The Company consummated the Public Offering of 40,000,000 units, including the issuance of 5,000,000 units as a result of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full (the “Units”), at $10.00 per Unit on May 14, 2019, generating gross proceeds of  $400,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Public Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of an aggregate of 6,333,334 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant. Upon the closing of the Public Offering and Private Placement, $400,000,000 from the net proceeds of the Public Offering and the Private Placement was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee (the “Trust Account”).

Trust Account

The proceeds held in the Trust Account were invested in permitted United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act that invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations.

The Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter”) provides that, other than the withdrawal of interest earned on the funds that may be released to the Company to fund working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of   $250,000) and/or to pay taxes, none of the funds held in

F-8

DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.
 
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (continued)
 

the Trust Account will be released until the earlier of: (i) the completion of the Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any of the shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) included in the Units sold in the Public Offering properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Charter to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the common stock included in the Units being sold in the Public Offering if the Company does not complete the Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Public Offering or with respect to any other material provisions relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity or (iii) the redemption of 100% of the shares of Class A Common Stock included in the Units sold in the Public Offering if the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Public Offering.

The Company, after signing a definitive agreement for a Business Combination, will either (i) seek stockholder approval of the Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose in connection with which stockholders may seek to redeem their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the Business Combination, for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to fund its working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of  $250,000) and/or to pay taxes, or (ii) provide stockholders with the opportunity to sell their shares to the Company by means of a tender offer for an amount in cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to commencement of the tender offer, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to fund its working capital requirements and/or to pay taxes. However, in no event will the Company redeem its public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 upon consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions. In such case, the Company would not proceed with the redemption of its public shares and the related Business Combination, and instead may search for an alternate Business Combination.

If the Company holds a stockholder vote in connection with a Business Combination, a public stockholder will have the right to redeem its shares for an amount in cash equal to its pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account but not previously released to the Company to fund its working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of  $250,000) and/or to pay taxes. As a result, such common stock will be recorded at redemption amount and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Public Offering, in accordance with FASB, ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”

The Company has 24 months from the closing of the Public Offering to complete its Business Combination (or until May 14, 2021). If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within this period of time, it will (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares for a per share pro rata portion of the Trust Account, including interest, but less income taxes payable (less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses) and (iii) as promptly as possible following such redemption, dissolve and liquidate the balance of the Company’s net assets to its remaining stockholders, as part of its plan of dissolution and liquidation. The Sponsor, Harry E. Sloan and the Company’s executive officers and independent directors (the “initial stockholders”) entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they waived their rights to participate in any redemption with respect to their Founder Shares (as defined below); however, if the initial stockholders or any of the Company’s officers, directors or affiliates acquire shares of Class A Common Stock, they will be entitled to a pro rata share of the Trust Account upon the Company’s redemption or liquidation in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the required time period. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be less than the initial public offering price per Unit in the Public Offering.

F-9

DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.
 
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (continued)
 

Emerging Growth Company

Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accountant standards used.

2.   Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

These unaudited financial statements of the Company are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The interim financial information provided is unaudited, but includes all adjustments which management considers necessary for the fair presentation of the results for these periods. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year period and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s prospectus filed with the SEC on May 10, 2019, and the Company’s audited balance sheet and notes thereto included in the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 14, 2019.

Net Income (Loss) Per Share

Net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. The Company has not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the Public Offering (including the over-allotment) and private placement warrants to purchase approximately 13,333,333 and 6,333,334 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, respectively, in the calculation of diluted income per share, since their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

The Company’s statement of operations includes a presentation of net income per share for common shares subject to redemption in a manner similar to the two-class method of net income (loss) per share. Net income (loss) per common share for basic and diluted Class A common stock is calculated by dividing the interest income earned on the Trust Account, net of applicable franchise taxes of  $133,334, working capital up to $250,000 annually, and income taxes, by the weighted average number of Class A common stock since issuance. Net loss per common share for basic and diluted for Class B common stock is calculated by dividing the net loss, which excludes income attributable to Class A common stock, by the weighted average number of Class B common stock outstanding for the period.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution which, at times, may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of  $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet with the exception of investments in the Trust Account which are carried at amortized cost.

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 revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Offering Costs

The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99-1. Offering costs of  $22,555,870 consisting principally of underwriters’ discounts of  $22,000,000 (including $14,000,000 of which payment is deferred) and $555,870 of professional, printing, filing, regulatory and other costs were charged to additional paid-in capital upon completion of the Public Offering.

Income Taxes

The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standard Codification, or FASB ASC, 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

There were no unrecognized tax benefits as of September 30, 2019. FASB ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. No amounts were accrued for the payment of interest and penalties at September 30, 2019. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception. The Company’s currently taxable income primarily consists of interest income on the Trust Account. The Company’s general and administrative costs are generally considered start-up costs and are not currently deductible. During the three months ended September 30, 2019, and the period from March 27, 2019 (inception) to September 30, 2019, the Company recorded income tax expense of  $409,209 and $620,995, respectively.

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 financial statements.

3.   Public Offering

Public Units

In the Public Offering, which closed May 14, 2019, the Company sold 40,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-third of one

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (continued)
 

redeemable warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at a price of  $11.50 per share. Each Warrant will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination and 12 months from the closing of the Public Offering. The exercise price and number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation.

The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 5,250,000 additional Units to cover any over-allotment, at the Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The Company issued 5,000,000 Units in connection with the underwriters’ partial exercise of the over-allotment option.

Underwriting Commissions

The Company paid an underwriting discount of  $8,000,000 ($0.20 per Unit sold) to the underwriters at the closing of the Public Offering on May 14, 2019, with an additional fee (“Deferred Discount”) of $14,000,000 ($0.35 per Unit sold) payable upon the Company’s completion of an initial Business Combination. The Deferred Discount will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event the Company completes its initial Business Combination.

4.   Related Party Transactions

Founder Shares

On March 28, 2019, the Sponsor received 10,062,500 shares of Class B common stock (the “Founder Shares”) in exchange for a capital contribution of  $25,000, or approximately $0.002 per share.

The Founder Shares are identical to the shares of Class A Common Stock included in the Units sold in the Public Offering except that the Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below.

On April 10, 2019, the Sponsor transferred 4,930,625 Founder Shares to Harry E. Sloan (together with the Sponsor, the “initial stockholders”) for a purchase price of  $12,250 (the same per-share price initially paid by the Sponsor), resulting in the Sponsor holding 5,131,875 Founder Shares. On May 10, 2019, the Sponsor and Mr. Sloan each forfeited at no cost 31,875 and 30,625 Founder Shares, respectively, to the Company in connection with the election by the underwriters of the Public Offering to exercise their over-allotment option in part and not in full, resulting in an aggregate of 10,000,000 Founder Shares outstanding.

The initial stockholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier of  (A) one year after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, or earlier if, subsequent to the Company’s initial Business Combination, the closing price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Company’s initial Business Combination, and (B) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar transaction after the initial Business Combination that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their common stock for cash, securities or other property.

Private Placement Warrants

In conjunction with the Public Offering, the Sponsor and Harry E. Sloan purchased an aggregate of 6,333,334 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of  $1.50 per warrant (approximately $9,500,000 in the aggregate) in the Private Placement. Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one

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share of Class A Common Stock at $11.50 per share. A portion of the purchase price of the Private Placement Warrants was added to the proceeds from the Public Offering to be held in the Trust Account such that at closing of the Public Offering, $400,000,000 was placed in the Trust Account.

The Private Placement Warrants (including the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) are not transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination and they are non-redeemable for cash so long as they are held by the initial purchasers of the Private Placement Warrants or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers of the Private Placement Warrants or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable for cash by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the warrants included in the Units sold in the Public Offering. Otherwise, the Private Placement Warrants have terms and provisions that are identical to those of the Warrants sold as part of the Units in the Public Offering and have no net cash settlement provisions.

If the Company does not complete a Business Combination, then the proceeds will be part of the liquidating distribution to the public stockholders and the Warrants issued to the Sponsor and Harry E. Sloan will expire worthless.

Registration Rights

The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and Warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and any Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Sponsor Loans

The Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to an aggregate of  $300,000 by the issuance of an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) to cover expenses related to the Public Offering. The Note was payable without interest on the earlier of December 31, 2019 or the completion of the Public Offering. Upon completion of the Public Offering, $60,875 under the Note was repaid in full. As of September 30, 2019, there was no outstanding balance under the Note.

Administrative Services Agreement

The Company entered into an administrative services agreement in which the Company will reimburse an affiliate of the Sponsor for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative services provided to members of the Company’s management team in an amount not to exceed $15,000 per month. For the three months ended September 30, 2019 and the period from March 27, 2019 (inception) to September 30, 2019, the Company incurred $45,000 and $90,000, respectively, of administrative services expenses under the arrangement.

Working Capital Loans

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of  $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. The terms of such loans have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.

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5.   Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is committed to pay the Deferred Discount totaling $14,000,000, or 3.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Public Offering, to the underwriters upon the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination. The underwriters will not be entitled to any interest accrued on the Deferred Discount, and no Deferred Discount is payable to the underwriters if there is no Business Combination.

6.   Trust Account

As of September 30, 3019, investment securities in the Company’s Trust Account consisted of $402,622,630 in United States Treasury Bills and another $1,579 held as cash. The Company classifies its Treasury Instruments and equivalent securities as held-to-maturity in accordance with FASB ASC 320 “Investments — Debt and Equity Securities”. Held-to-maturity securities are those securities which the Company has the ability and intent to hold until maturity. Held-to-maturity treasury securities are recorded at amortized cost on the accompanying balance sheet and adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts. The following table presents fair value information as of September 30, 2019 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value. In addition, the table presents the carrying value (held to maturity), excluding accrued interest income and gross unrealized holding gain. Since all of the Company’s permitted investments consist of U.S. government treasury bills and cash, fair values of its investments are determined by Level 1 inputs utilizing quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets as follows:

​	Carrying Value			Gross Unrealized Holding Gain			Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
U.S. Government Treasury Securities as of September 30, 2019(1)	​	$	402,622,630	​	$	34,420	​	$	402,657,050

(1)

Maturity date October 8, 2019. Reinvested on October 9, 2019.

7.   Stockholders’ Equity

Class A Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 380,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of  $0.0001 per share. At September 30, 2019, there were 40,000,000 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding of which, 38,430,525 were classified outside of permanent equity.

Class B Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of  $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class B common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At September 30, 2019, there were 10,000,000 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding.

Preferred stock — The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of  $0.0001 per share. At September 30, 2019, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

Warrants — Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional Public Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Public Warrants will trade. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of   (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Public Offering; provided in each case that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available (or the Company permits holders to exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis and such cashless exercise is exempt from registration under the Securities Act). The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under

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the Securities Act, of the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the Public Warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement relating to the Warrants. If a registration statement covering the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is not effective by the sixtieth (60th) day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will be non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or such purchasers’ permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than their initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

The Company may call the Warrants for redemption (except with respect to the Private Placement Warrants):

•

in whole and not in part;

•

at a price of  $0.01 per warrant;

•

upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption; and

•

if, and only if, the last reported closing price of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

Additionally, commencing ninety days after the Warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem its outstanding Warrants in whole and not in part, for the number of Class A ordinary shares determined by reference to the table set forth in the Company’s prospectus relating to the Public Offering based on the redemption date and the “fair market value” of the Class A Common Stock, upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption and if, and only if, the last sale price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) on the trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders, if, and only if, the Private Placement Warrants are also concurrently exchanged at the same price (equal to a number of shares of Class A Common Stock) as the outstanding Warrants, as described above and if, and only if, there is an effective registration statement covering the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and a current prospectus relating thereto available throughout the 30-day period after written notice of redemption is given. The “fair market value” of the shares of Class A Common Stock is the average last reported sale price of the Class A Common Stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants.

If the Company calls the Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement.

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The exercise price and number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the required time period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such Warrants. Accordingly, the Warrants may expire worthless.

In addition, if   (x) the Company issues additional shares of Class A Common Stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of its initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share of Class A Common Stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the initial stockholders or their affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the initial stockholders or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 50% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the initial Business Combination, and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Class A Common Stock during the 10 trading day period starting on the trading day after the day on which the Company consummates the initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the Warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the Market Value, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price of the Warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the Market Value. However, if the Company does not complete its initial Business Combination on or prior to May 14, 2021, the Warrants will expire at the end of such period.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholder and the Board of Directors of
Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2019, the related statements of operations, changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows for the period from March 27, 2019 (date of inception) through March 31, 2019, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from March 27, 2019 (date of inception) through March 31, 2019, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

This financial statement is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statement based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2019.

New York, New York
May 9, 2019

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BALANCE SHEET
March 31, 2019

ASSETS:
Current asset:	​	​
Cash	$	—
Deferred offering costs	​	26,733
Total assets	$	26,733
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY:	​	​
Current Liabilities:	​	​
Accrued expenses	$	2,408
Stockholder’s equity:	​	​
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding	​	—
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 380,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding	​	​
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 10,062,500 shares issued and outstanding(1)	​	1,006
Additional paid-in capital	​	23,994
Accumulated deficit	​	(675)
Total stockholder’s equity	​	24,325
Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity	$	26,733

(1)

This number includes an aggregate of up to 1,312,500 shares of Class B common stock subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.
 
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the period from March 27, 2019 (date of inception) through March 31, 2019

Revenue	$	—
General and administrative expenses	​	675
Net loss attributable to stockholder	$	(675)
Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding(1)	​	8,750,000
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to stockholder	$	(0.00)

(1)

This number excludes an aggregate of up to 1,312,500 shares of Class B common stock subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
For the period from March 27, 2019 (date of inception) through March 31, 2019

​	Class B Common stock					Additional Paid-In Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Total Stockholder’s Equity
​	Shares		Amount
Issuance of common stock to initial stockholder at approximately $0.002 per share(1)	​	10,062,500	​	$	1,006	​	$	23,994	​	$	—	​	$	25,000
Net loss	​	—	​	​	—	​	​	—	​	​	(675)	​	​	(675)
Balances as of March 31, 2019	​	10,062,500	​	$	1,006	​	$	23,994	​	$	(675)	​	$	24,325

(1)

This number includes an aggregate of up to 1,312,500 shares of Class B common stock subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.
 
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For the period from March 27, 2019 (date of inception) through March 31, 2019

Cash flows from operating activities:	​	​
Net loss	​	(675)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:	​	​
Increase in accured expense	​	2,408
Increase in deferred offering costs	​	(1,733)
Net cash provided by operating activities	​	—
Net change in cash	​	—
Cash at beginning of period	​	—
Cash at end of period	$	—
Supplemental Schedule of Non-Cash Financing Activities:	​	​
Offering costs paid by Sponsor in exchange for Founder Shares	$	25,000
Deferred offering costs included in accrued expenses	$	1,733

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.   Organization and Business Operations

Incorporation

Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on March 27, 2019.

Sponsor

The Company’s sponsor is Eagle Equity Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). Jeff Sagansky, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and Eli Baker, the Company’s President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, are members of the Sponsor.

Fiscal Year End

The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

Business Purpose

The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more operating businesses that it has not yet selected (“Business Combination”). The Company has neither engaged in any operations nor generated significant revenue to date.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of its proposed initial public offering of Units (as defined in Note 3 below) (the “Proposed Offering”), although substantially all of the net proceeds of the Proposed Offering are intended to be generally applied toward completing a Business Combination. Furthermore, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully complete a Business Combination.

Financing

The Sponsor intends to finance a Business Combination in part with proceeds from a $350,000,000 public offering (the “Proposed Offering” — Note 3) and a private placement (Note 4).

Upon the closing of the Proposed Offering and the private placement, $350,000,000 (or $402,500,000 if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full — Note 3) will be held in the Trust Account (discussed below).

Trust Account

The trust account (the “Trust Account”) will be invested in permitted United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which we refer to as the Investment Company Act, having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act that invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations.

The Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, other than the withdrawal of interest earned on the funds that may be released to the Company to fund working capital requirements and/or to pay taxes (subject to an annual limit of  $250,000), none of the funds held in trust will be released until the earlier of: (i) the completion of the Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any of the common stock included in the Units being sold in the Proposed Offering properly tendered in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the common stock included in the Units being sold in the Proposed Offering if the Company does not complete the Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Proposed Offering or with respect to any other material provisions

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relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity or (iii) the redemption of 100% of the common stock included in the Units being sold in the Proposed Offering if the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Proposed Offering.

The Company, after signing a definitive agreement for a Business Combination, will either (i) seek stockholder approval of the Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose in connection with which stockholders may seek to redeem their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the Business Combination, for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to fund our working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of  $250,000) and/or to pay taxes, or (ii) provide stockholders with the opportunity to sell their shares to the Company by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a stockholder vote) for an amount in cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to commencement of the tender offer, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to fund our working capital requirements and/or to pay taxes,. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of the Business Combination or will allow stockholders to sell their shares in a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require the Company to seek stockholder approval. If the Company seeks stockholder approval, it will complete its Business Combination only if a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. However, in no event will the Company redeem its public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 upon consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions. In such case, the Company would not proceed with the redemption of its public shares and the related Business Combination, and instead may search for an alternate Business Combination.

If the Company holds a stockholder vote in connection with a Business Combination, a public stockholder will have the right to redeem its shares for an amount in cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account but not previously released to the Company to fund its working capital requirements (subject to an annual limit of  $250,000) and/or to pay taxes. As a result, such common stock will be recorded at redemption amount and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Proposed Offering, in accordance with FASB, ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” The amount in the Trust Account is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share ($350,000,000 held in the Trust Account divided by 35,000,000 public shares).

The Company will only have 24 months from the closing of the Proposed Offering to complete its initial Business Combination. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within this period of time, it will (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares for a per share pro rata portion of the Trust Account, including interest, but less income taxes payable (less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses) and (iii) as promptly as possible following such redemption, dissolve and liquidate the balance of the Company’s net assets to its remaining stockholders, as part of its plan of dissolution and liquidation. The Sponsor, Harry E. Sloan and the Company’s executive officers and independent director nominees (the “initial stockholders”) will enter into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have waived their rights to participate in any redemption with respect to their Founder Shares (as defined below); however, if the initial stockholders or any of the Company’s officers, directors or affiliates acquire shares of common stock in or after the Proposed Offering, they will be entitled to a pro rata share of the Trust Account upon the Company’s redemption or liquidation in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the required time period. In the

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 

event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be less than the initial public offering price per Unit in the Proposed Offering.

Emerging Growth Company

Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accountant standards used.

2.   Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements of the Company are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASU 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” as of March 31, 2019, the Company does not have sufficient liquidity to meet its current obligations. However, management has determined that the Company has access to funds from the Sponsor entity that are sufficient to fund the working capital needs of the Company until the earlier of the consummation of the Proposed Offering or a minimum one year from the date of issuance of these financial statements.

Net Loss Per Share

Net loss per share of common stock is computed by dividing net loss applicable to stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, plus to the extent dilutive the incremental number of shares of common stock to settle warrants, as calculated using the treasury method. At March 31, 2019, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common stock and then share in the earnings of the Company under the treasury method. As a result, diluted loss per share of common stock is the same as basic loss per share of common stock for the period.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution which, at times, may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of  $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles 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 revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Deferred Offering Costs

The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99-1. Deferred offering costs of $26,733 consist principally of legal and accounting fees incurred through the balance sheet date that are related to the Proposed Offering and that will be charged to capital upon the receipt of the capital raised or charged to operations if the Proposed Offering is not completed.

Income Taxes

The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standard Codification, or FASB ASC, 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

There were no unrecognized tax benefits as of March 31, 2019. FASB ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. No amounts were accrued for the payment of interest and penalties at March 31, 2019. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.

The provision for income taxes was deemed to be de minimis for the period from March 27, 2019 (date of inception) through March 31, 2019.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2018, the SEC adopted the final rule under SEC Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification, amending certain disclosure requirements that were redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated or superseded. In addition, the amendments expanded the disclosure requirements on the analysis of stockholders' equity for interim financial statements. Under the amendments, an analysis of changes in each caption of stockholders' equity presented in the balance sheet must be provided in a note or separate statement. The analysis should present a reconciliation of the beginning balance to the ending

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 

balance of each period for which a statement of comprehensive income is required to be filed. The Company anticipates its first presentation of changes in stockholder's equity, in accordance with the new guidance, will be included in its first quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

In July 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2017-11, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480) and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Part I. Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Down Round Features; Part II. Replacement of the Indefinite Deferral for Mandatorily Redeemable Financial Instruments of Certain Nonpublic Entities and Certain Mandatorily Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests with a Scope Exception. Part I of this update addresses the complexity of accounting for certain financial instruments with down round features. Down round features are features of certain equity-linked instruments (or embedded features) that result in the strike price being reduced on the basis of the pricing of future equity offerings. Also, entities must adjust their basic Earnings Per Share (“EPS”) calculation for the effect of the down round provision when triggered (that is, when the exercise price of the related equity-linked financial instrument is adjusted downward because of the down round feature). That effect is treated as a dividend and as a reduction of income available to common shareholders in basic EPS. An entity will also recognize the effect of the trigger within equity. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company plans to adopt this guidance during the quarter ended June 30, 2019. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows or disclosures until a trigger event occurs. Part II of this update addresses the difficulty of navigating Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, because of the existence of extensive pending content in the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. This pending content is the result of the indefinite deferral of accounting requirements about mandatorily redeemable financial instruments of certain nonpublic entities and certain mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interests. The amendments in Part II of this update are not expected to have an impact on the Company.

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

Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated subsequent events to determine if events or transactions occurring after the date of the balance sheet were issued, require potential adjustment to or disclosure in the balance sheet and has concluded that all such events that would require adjustment or disclosure have been recognized or disclosed.

3.   Proposed Offering

Public Units

Pursuant to the Proposed Offering, the Company will offer for sale up to 35,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one of the Company’s shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value and one-third of one redeemable warrant (the “Warrants”). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of  $11.50 per share. Each Warrant will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination and 12 months from the closing of the Proposed Offering. The exercise price and number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. In addition, if  (x) the Company issues additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of its initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share of Class A common stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the initial stockholders or their affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the initial stockholders or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 

such issuance), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 50% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the initial Business Combination, and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Class A common stock during the 10 trading day period starting on the trading day after the day on which the Company consummates the initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the Warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the Market Value, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price of the Warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the Market Value. However, if the Company does not complete its initial Business Combination on or prior to the 24-month period allotted to complete the Business Combination, the Warrants will expire at the end of such period. If the Company is unable to deliver registered common stock to the holder upon exercise of Warrants issued in connection with the 35,000,000 public units during the exercise period, there will be no net cash settlement of these Warrants and the Warrants will expire worthless, unless they may be exercised on a cashless basis in the circumstances described in the warrant agreement.

The Company expects to grant the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 5,250,000 additional Units to cover any over-allotment, at the initial public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The warrants that would be issued in connection with the 5,250,000 over-allotment Units are identical to the public warrants and have no net cash settlement provisions.

The Company expects to pay an underwriting discount at the closing of the Proposed Offering, a portion of which will be deferred and payable upon the Company’s completion of an Initial Business Combination. The deferred portion of the discount will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event the Company completes its initial Business Combination.

4.   Related Party Transactions

Founder Shares

On March 28, 2019, the Sponsor received 10,062,500 shares of Class B common stock (the “Founder Shares”) in exchange for a capital contribution of  $25,000, or approximately $0.002 per share.

The Founder Shares are identical to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units being sold in the Proposed Offering except that the Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below. The initial stockholders will collectively own 20.0% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the proposed offering to the extent that the over-allotment option is not exercised at all.

If the Company increases or decreases the size of the offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company will effect a stock dividend or share contribution back to capital or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to the Founder Shares immediately prior to the consummation of the offering in such amount as to maintain the ownership of the initial stockholders at 20.0% of the issued and outstanding shares of the common stock upon the consummation of the offering.

In addition, up to 1,312,500 Founder Shares will be forfeited by the initial stockholders depending on the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option

The initial stockholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier of   (A) one year after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, or earlier if, subsequent to the Company’s initial Business Combination, the closing price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Company’s initial Business Combination, and (B) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar transaction after the initial Business Combination that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their common stock for cash, securities or other property (the “Lock Up Period”).

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 

Private Placement Warrants

The Company expects that the Sponsor and Harry E. Sloan will purchase from the Company warrants in a private placement that will occur simultaneously with the completion of the Proposed Offering, at a price of  $1.50 per warrant (the “Private Placement Warrants”), at an aggregate purchase price equal to the amount necessary to pay the upfront underwriting discount at the closing of the Proposed Offering plus a total of  $1.50 million to pay expenses in connection with the closing of the Proposed Offering and for working capital following the Proposed Offering. Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. The purchase price of the Private Placement Warrants will be added to the proceeds from this offering to be held in the trust account pending completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination. The Private Placement Warrants (including the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination and they will be non-redeemable for cash so long as they are held by the initial purchasers of the Private Placement Warrants or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers of the Private Placement Warrants or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the warrants included in the Units being sold in this offering. Otherwise, the Private Placement Warrants have terms and provisions that are identical to those of the Warrants being sold as part of the Units in this offering and have no net cash settlement provisions.

If the Company does not complete a Business Combination, then the proceeds will be part of the liquidating distribution to the public stockholders and the Warrants issued to the Sponsor and Harry E. Sloan will expire worthless.

Registration Rights

The initial stockholders and holders of the Private Placement Warrants will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed on or before the date of the prospectus for the Proposed Offering. The initial stockholders and holders of the Private Placement Warrants will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form registration demands, that the Company register such securities for sale under the Securities Act. In addition, these holders will have “piggy-back” registration rights to include their securities in other registration statements filed by the Company. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Sponsor Loans

The Sponsor has agreed to loan the Company up to an aggregate of  $300,000 by the issuance of an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) to cover expenses related to this Proposed Offering. When and if issued, these loans will be payable without interest on the earlier of December 31, 2019 or the completion of the Proposed Offering. At March 31, 2019, there were no amounts outstanding under the note.

Subsequent to March 31, 2019, the Company borrowed an aggregate of  $65,875 under the Note.

Administrative Services Agreement

The Company will reimburse an affiliate of the Sponsor for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to members of the Company’s management team in an amount not to exceed $15,000 per month. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying such monthly fees.

Working Capital Loans

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 

convertible into warrants of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of  $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.

5.   Stockholder’s equity

Class A Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 380,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of  $0.0001 per share. At March 31, 2019, there were no shares of Class A common stock issued or outstanding.

Class B Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of  $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class B common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At March 31, 2019, there were 10,062,500 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding, of which up to 1,312,500 are subject to forfeiture to the Company to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part, so that the initial stockholders will collectively own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock after the Proposed Offering.

Preferred stock — The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of  $0.0001 per share. At March 31, 2019, there are no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

6.   Subsequent events

On April 10, 2019, the Sponsor transferred 4,930,625 Founder Shares to Harry E. Sloan for a purchase price of  $12,250 (the same per-share price initially paid by the Sponsor), resulting in the Sponsor holding 5,131,875 Founder Shares.

In April 2019, the Company borrowed an aggregate of  $65,875 under the Note.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)

​	September 30,			December 31,
​	2019			2018
Assets	​	​	​	​	​	​
Current assets:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Cash	​	$	36,015	​	$	117,908
Cash reserved for users	​	​	137,165	​	​	111,698
Receivables reserved for users	​	​	21,784	​	​	21,334
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	​	​	11,456	​	​	11,233
Total current assets	​	​	206,420	​	​	262,173
Property and equipment, net	​	​	26,039	​	​	14,102
Intangible assets, net	​	​	20,988	​	​	16,876
Goodwill	​	​	4,738	​	​	4,738
Deposits	​	​	1,654	​	​	1,504
Total assets	​	$	259,839	​	$	299,393
Liabilities, Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit	​	​	​	​	​	​
Current liabilities:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	​	$	68,108	​	$	56,149
Liabilities to users	​	​	158,949	​	​	132,769
Term note, current portion	​	​	3,750	​	​	3,750
Settlement liability, current portion	​	​	2,977	​	​	3,272
Total current liabilities	​	​	233,784	​	​	195,940
Other long-term liabilities	​	​	56,721	​	​	27,403
Total liabilities	​	$	290,505	​	$	223,343

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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​	September 30,			December 31,
​	2019			2018
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 13)	​	​	​	​	​	​
Stockholders’ Deficit:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Series E-1 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 54,901 shares authorized, issued and outstanding at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018; liquidation preference of  $120,943 as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018	​	​	119,671	​	​	119,427
Series F Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 78,445 shares authorized at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, 55,349 and 57,068 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively; liquidation preference of  $141,117 and $145,499 as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively	​	​	138,453	​	​	141,850
Total Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock	​	​	258,124	​	​	261,277
Stockholders’ Deficit:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Common stock, $0.001 par value 735,000 shares authorized as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018; 388,764 and 384,009 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively	​	​	389	​	​	384
Additional paid-in capital	​	​	680,958	​	​	670,439
Accumulated deficit	​	​	(970,137)	​	​	(856,050)
Total Stockholders’ Deficit	​	​	(288,790)	​	​	(185,227)
Total Liabilities, Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit	​	$	259,839	​	$	299,393

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)

​	Nine Months Ended September 30,
​	2019			2018
Revenue	​	$	191,995	​	$	133,016
Cost of revenue	​	​	64,718	​	​	26,576
Sales and marketing	​	​	124,867	​	​	107,127
Product and technology	​	​	39,645	​	​	22,897
General and administrative	​	​	78,181	​	​	52,039
Loss from operations	​	​	(115,416)	​	​	(75,623)
Interest income, net	​	​	1,364	​	​	537
Loss before income tax expense	​	​	(114,052)	​	​	(75,086)
Income tax expense	​	​	35	​	​	63
Net loss	​	$	(114,087)	​	$	(75,149)

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF REEDEEMABLE COVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)

​

Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock

Common Stock

Additional Paid-in Capital

Accumulated Deficit

Total Stockholders’ Deficit

​

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Balances at December 31, 2017

​

54,901

​

$

119,009

​

379,932

​

$

380

​

$

661,085

​

$

(779,830)

​

$

(118,365)

Issuance of Series F Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

​

37,448

​

​

92,676

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

Exercise of Stock Options

​

—

​

​

—

​

2,385

​

​

2

​

​

434

​

​

—

​

​

436

Issuance of Common Stock for In-kind Transfer

​

—

​

​

—

​

892

​

​

1

​

​

1,146

​

​

—

​

​

1,147

Accretion of Preferred Stock Issuance Cost

​

—

​

​

383

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(383)

​

​

​

​

​

(383)

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

5,376

​

​

—

​

​

5,376

Net Loss

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(75,149)

​

​

(75,149)

Balances at September 30, 2018

​

92,349

​

$

212,068

​

383,209

​

​

383

​

​

667,658

​

​

(854,979)

​

​

(186,938)

Balance at December 31, 2018

​

111,969

​

​

261,277

​

384,009

​

​

384

​

​

670,439

​

​

(856,050)

​

​

(185,227)

Issuance of Series F Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

​

2,879

​

​

7,804

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

Exercise of Stock Options

​

—

​

​

—

​

2,145

​

​

2

​

​

723

​

​

—

​

​

725

Common Stock Issued

​

—

​

​

—

​

1,906

​

​

2

​

​

437

​

​

—

​

​

439

Issuance of Common Stock for In-kind Transfer

​

—

​

​

—

​

704

​

​

1

​

​

1,167

​

​

—

​

​

1,168

Repurchase of Series F Preferred Stock

​

(4,598)

​

​

(11,722)

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

Accretion of Preferred Stock Issuance Cost

​

—

​

​

765

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

(765)

​

​

—

​

​

(765)

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

8,519

​

​

—

​

​

8,519

Issuance of warrants

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

438

​

​

—

​

​

438

Net Loss

​

—

​

​

—

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

(114,087)

​

​

(114,087)

Balances at September 30, 2019

​

110,250

​

$

258,124

​

388,764

​

$

389

​

$

680,958

​

$

(970,137)

​

$

(288,790)

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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DRAFTKINGS INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)

​	Nine Months Ended September 30,
​	2019			2018
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Net loss	​	$	(114,087)	​	$	(75,149)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Depreciation and amortization	​		9,629	​	​	4,757
Non-cash rent expense	​		325	​	​	37
Non-cash interest expense	​		16	​	​	24
Loss on exit activities	​		179	​	​	—
Loss on disposal of fixed assets	​		730	​	​	—
Stock-based compensation expense	​		8,519	​	​	5,376
Issuance of warrants	​		438	​	​	—
Advertising expense paid through issuance of Common Stock	​		1,168	​	​	1,147
Deferred income taxes	​		27	​	​	25
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Cash reserved for users	​		(25,467)	​	​	(14,257)
Receivables reserved for users	​		(450)	​	​	(3,486)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	​		(223)	​	​	(3,067)
Deposits	​		(150)	​	​	893
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	​		11,764	​	​	7,379
Other long-term liability	​		17,966	​	​	7,581
Settlement liability	​		(295)	​	​	(1,255)
Liabilities to users	​		26,180	​	​	17,823
Acquisition of state licenses	​		(437)	​	​	(53)
Net cash used in operating activities	​	​	(64,168)	​	​	(52,225)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Purchases of property and equipment	​		(15,892)	​	​	(3,972)
Capitalization of internal-use software costs	​		(10,079)	​	​	(9,739)
Net cash used in investing activities	​	​	(25,971)	​	​	(13,711)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Repayment of notes payable	​		—	​	​	(1,250)
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	​		439	​	​	—
Net proceeds from issuance of Series F redeemable convertible Preferred Stock	​		7,804	​	​	92,676
Repurchase of Preferred Stock	​		(722)	​	​	—
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	​		725	​	​	436
Net cash provided by financing activities	​	​	8,246	​	​	91,862
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash	​	​	(81,893)	​	​	25,926
Cash at Beginning of Year	​	​	117,908	​	​	49,267
Cash at End of Period	​	$	36,015	​	$	75,193
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Non-cash Redemption of Series F redeemable convertible preferred to stock through issuance of Promissory Note	​	$	11,000	​	$	0
Accretion of preferred stock	​	$	765	​	$	383
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Activities:	​	​	​	​	​	​
Cash paid for interest	​	$	184	​	$	202

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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DRAFTKINGS INC.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)

1.   Description of Business and Summary

DraftKings Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on December 31, 2011. The Company provides online and retail wagering offerings and Internet daily fantasy sports contest offerings that allow users of its website or mobile application to compete in daily fantasy sports contests and to place bets on sporting events and to play virtual casino games. The Company is headquartered in Boston, MA. The Company began accepting users in the United States and Canada in 2012. The Company began accepting users in the United Kingdom in 2016, and in Germany, Malta, Netherlands, Ireland, and Austria in 2017 and in Australia in 2018.

From 2015 through 2017, the daily fantasy sports industry was subject to government inquiries in the United States. State Attorneys General in Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia issued advisory opinions regarding the legality of daily fantasy sports in their respective states. As of September 30, 2019, the Company had reached agreements with the Attorneys General of Alabama, Hawaii and Idaho to suspend offering paid contests to individuals physically present at the time of contest entry in those states until such time a legislative solution is reached. A bill authorizing fantasy sports was enacted by the Alabama legislature this year and DraftKings reentered the state to offer paid fantasy sports contests on June 18, 2019. The Company has suspended permitting participation in paid contests from Nevada and is currently seeking judicial clarifications with respect to offering paid contests to individuals in Texas while continuing to permit participation from that state.

Due to the Company’s interpretation of existing laws in Arizona, Louisiana, Montana, and Washington, the Company has not historically permitted individuals in those states to participate in paid contests. In April 2019, the Iowa legislature passed a bill to legalize fantasy sports, and in May 2019 the bill was signed into law by the Governor of Iowa. As of September 30, 2019, the Company does not offer paid fantasy sports contests in Iowa but is working to launch imminently.

Laws defining fantasy sports contests as games of skill and requiring certain consumer protections have been enacted in New York, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Virginia, Missouri, Indiana, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Arkansas, Tennessee, New Jersey, Delaware, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Connecticut, Ohio, Alabama and Pennsylvania. Of the remaining 21 states (and the District of Columbia) that the Company operates in, two states have introduced fantasy sports legislation in 2018 (Kentucky and Illinois), two states have passed a bill out of one chamber of their legislature in 2018 (Texas and Louisiana), three states have passed a bill out of at least one legislative committee in 2019 (Nebraska, Michigan and North Carolina), two states currently enjoy positive legal opinions from the states Attorneys General (West Virginia and Rhode Island) and one state has passed a law and the Company is planning to launch imminently (Iowa).

In May 2018, the Supreme Court struck down on constitutional grounds the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (“PASPA”), a law that prohibited most states from authorizing and regulating sports betting. Since the Court’s decision, states have moved quickly to legalize and regulate sports betting. States with statutes legalizing statewide online sports betting as of September 30, 2019 are Nevada, New Jersey, West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Iowa, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Washington, D.C, and Rhode Island. States with current or in process statues for online gaming are; Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Washington D.C. and West Virginia. Colorado enacted a law, that became effective after approval by voters in a referendum in November 2019. States authorizing and regulating sports betting at specific retail locations are Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, New Hampshire, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, West Virginia, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Colorado. Some states have passed laws authorizing sports wagering on the Internet or in retail locations, but no operators are live offering betting yet. The Company currently operates Internet

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DRAFTKINGS INC.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)
 

sports betting in New Jersey and West Virginia and is planning to launch imminently in Indiana and Pennsylvania. The Company has retail sportsbooks in Mississippi, New York, New Jersey and is planning to launch in Iowa. The Company also has multi-state agreements in place to expand operations upon the passing of regulations.

The Company launched an online sportsbook product in New Jersey and West Virginia, which were launched in August 2018 and August 2019, respectively. The Company launched an iGaming product in New Jersey which was launched in December 2018.

2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Practices

Basis of Consolidation and Presentation

These unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim reporting. Accordingly, certain notes or other information that are normally required by U.S. GAAP have been omitted if they substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in our annual audited consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, the unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in connection with the Company’s audited financial statements and related notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018. The accompanying unaudited financial statements are unaudited; however, in the opinion of management they include all normal and recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s unaudited financial statements for the periods presented. Results of operations reported for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire year due to seasonal fluctuations in the Company’s revenue as a result of timing of various sports season openers.

The preparation of the unaudited consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for the fair statement of our financial position and results of operations in accordance with U.S. GAAP (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) have been included in the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of the Company. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Going Concern

Since its inception, the Company has funded its operations primarily with proceeds from sales of convertible preferred stock (including proceeds from convertible debt, which converted into convertible preferred stock) and borrowings under loan and security agreements. The Company has experienced operating losses for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. In addition, as of September 30, 2019 (unaudited) and December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company had negative operating cash flows of  $64,168, $45,830, and $88,437 respectively The Company expects to continue to incur operating losses for the foreseeable future. As of January 6, 2020, the issuance date of the annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 and the interim consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company does not expect that its cash and cash equivalents, cash provided by financing activities (including subsequent events) and the ability to draw down on their line of credit, will be sufficient to fund its operating expenses, capital expenditure requirements and debt service payments through January 6, 2021.

The Company plans to seek additional funding through equity financings or other capital sources, including collaborations with other companies or other strategic transactions. The Company may not be

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DRAFTKINGS INC.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)
 

able to obtain financing on acceptable terms, or at all. The terms of any financing may adversely affect the holdings or the rights of the Company’s stockholders.

If the Company is unable to obtain funding, the Company may be forced to delay or reduce some of its product portfolio expansion efforts, which could adversely affect its business prospects, or the Company may be unable to continue operations. Although management continues to pursue these plans, there is no assurance that the Company will be successful in obtaining sufficient funding on terms acceptable to the Company to fund continuing operations, if at all.

Based on its recurring losses from operations incurred, expectation of continuing operating losses for the foreseeable future, and need to raise additional capital to finance its future operations, as of January 6, 2020, the issuance date of the annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 and the interim consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company has concluded that there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the consolidated financial statements are issued.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a basis that assumes the Company will continue as a going concern and which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business.

Emerging Growth Company

Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statement with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. 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. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in the financial statements relate to and include, but are not limited to, the valuation of equity awards, fair value estimates of embedded derivatives, purchase price allocations including fair value estimates of intangible assets, long-term contingent liabilities, the estimated useful lives of fixed assets and intangible assets, including internally developed software costs, and accrued expenses.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of operating cash and cash reserved for users. The Company maintains cash and cash reserved for users across five financial institutions, however the vast majority is held with one financial institution within

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DRAFTKINGS INC.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)
 

separate bank accounts, which management believes to be of a high credit quality, in amounts that exceed federally insured limits. The Company does not believe that it is subject to unusual credit risk beyond the normal credit risk associated with commercial banking relationships.

3.   Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consist of the following:

​	September 30,			December 31,
​	2019			2018
Computer equipment and software	​	$	9,357	​	$	5,537
Furniture and fixtures	​	​	5,845	​	​	4,018
Leasehold improvements	​	​	16,945	​	​	7,924
Property and Equipment	​	​	32,147	​	​	17,479
Accumulated depreciation	​	​	(6,108)	​	​	(3,377)
Property and Equipment, net	​	$	26,039	​	$	14,102

Depreciation expense on property and equipment was $3,225 and $796 during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

4.   Intangible Assets, net and Goodwill

The Company has the following intangible assets, net at September 30, 2019:

​	Weighted- Average Amortization Period	Gross Carrying Amount			Accumulated Amortization			Net
User relationships	—	​	$	3,328	​	$	(3,328)	​	$	—
Internally developed software	1.80 years	​	​	39,016	​	​	(18,342)	​	​	20,674
State licenses	.75 years	​	​	688	​	​	(374)	​	​	314
​	​	​	$	43,032	​	$	(22,044)	​	$	20,988

The Company has the following intangible assets, net at December 31, 2018:

​	Weighted- Average Amortization Period	Gross Carrying Amount			Accumulated Amortization			Net
User relationships	.5 years	​	$	3,328	​	$	(3,013)	​	$	315
Internally developed software	1.91 years	​	​	28,937	​	​	(12,572)	​	​	16,365
State licenses	.75 years	​	​	251	​	​	(55)	​	​	196
​	​	​	$	32,516	​	$	(15,640)	​	$	16,876

The Company recorded amortization expense of  $6,404 and $3,961 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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DRAFTKINGS INC.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)
 

At September 30, 2019, estimated future amortization expense is as follows:

Years ending December 31,	​	​
2019 (remaining three months)	$	2,548
2020	​	7,847
2021	​	5,369
2022	​	5,224
Total	$	20,988

Goodwill

There was no change in goodwill from December 31, 2018 through the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

5.   Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following:

​	At September 30,			At December 31,
​	2019			2018
Accounts payable	​	$	15,135	​	$	11,626
Accrued marketing fees	​	​	13,948	​	​	3,237
Accrued payroll and related expenses	​	​	13,062	​	​	9,857
Accrued litigation, lobbying & compliance	​	​	5,375	​	​	5,566
Accrued partnership fees	​	​	4,881	​	​	4,340
Accrued loyalty points	​	​	4,376	​	​	7,272
Accrued other	​	​	4,561	​	​	7,269
Accrued operating taxes	​	​	3,510	​	​	2,741
Accrued professional fees	​	​	2,114	​	​	1,978
Accrued software licenses	​	​	1,146	​	​	2,263
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	​	$	68,108	​	$	56,149

6.   Current and Long-term Liabilities

Loan and Security Agreement

In October 2016, the Company entered into an amended and restated loan and security agreement with Pacific Western Bank, which was most recently amended in August 2019 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides a revolving line of credit of up to $50,000. The Credit Agreement has a maturity date of September 15, 2020. Principal amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement totaled $3,750 as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018. Net facility available from the Credit Agreement totaled $41,769 and $31,769 as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a variable annual rate equal to the greater of (i) 1.00% above the prime rate then in effect and (ii) 6.50%, and the Credit Agreement requires monthly, interest-only payments. In addition, the Company is required to pay quarterly in arrears a fee equal to 0.25% per annum of the unused portion of the revolving line of credit. Upon the earlier of  (i) an Acquisition as defined in the Credit Agreement, or (ii) the closing of an initial public offering, in each case, the Company will also be required to pay a success fee to Pacific Western Bank in the amount of  $600 or $650, if the outstanding principal amount exceeds $45,000 at any time.

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DRAFTKINGS INC.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)
 

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement are secured by a first lien on all issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company’s subsidiaries (except for any foreign subsidiaries, for which 65% of such capital stock is pledged) and on all assets, including intellectual property.

Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Company is required to maintain substantially all depository, operating and investment accounts, excluding any proceeds from the Company’s gaming business, with Pacific Western Bank. The Company is also subject to certain affirmative and negative covenants until maturity. These covenants include limitations on the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness and to pay dividends. Obligations under the Credit Agreement are subject to acceleration upon the occurrence of specified events of default, including failure to comply with covenants.

In connection with entering into the Credit Agreement, the Company issued a warrant to Pacific Western Bank to purchase 173,913 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of  $0.23 per share. The warrant was immediately exercisable and expires in October 2020.

Amounts outstanding, were recorded as current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018. The interest rate in effect at September 30, 2019 and at December 31, 2018 was 6.5% and 6.5%, respectively. The Company recorded interest expense of  $182 and $195 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company did not meet all financial and non-financial covenants per the Credit Agreement; however, the Company has obtained waivers from Pacific Western Bank for all covenants not met.

Preferred Stock Investor in Series F Note

On September 26, 2019, the Company entered into share redemption agreements with certain funds managed by Preferred Stock Investor in Series F (the “Preferred Stock Investor in Series F Funds”), pursuant to which the Company repurchased and redeemed shares of its preferred stock held by the Preferred Stock Investor in Series F Funds (the “Preferred Stock Investor in Series F Redemption”). A portion of the consideration paid by DraftKings in connection with the Preferred Stock Investor in Series F Redemption, equaling approximately $11,000, was paid by the issuance of promissory notes to certain of the Preferred Stock Investor in Series F Funds (the “Preferred Stock Investor in Series F Notes”). The Preferred Stock Investor in Series F Notes have a maturity date of the earlier of September 26, 2021 and the date on which DraftKings closes an equity financing with gross proceeds to DraftKings of at least $100 million. Until December 31, 2019, unpaid interest will accrue on the Preferred Stock Investor in Series F Notes at a rate of 2.33% per annum, computed on a basis of a 365-day year and payable annually in arrears. Following December 31, 2019, unpaid interest will accrue at a rate of 7.5% per annum computed on a basis of a 365-day year and payable annually in arrears. Upon any event of default, as defined in the Preferred Stock Investor in Series F Notes, and at the option and upon the declaration of the holder thereof, the Preferred Stock Investor in Series F Notes will accelerate and all principal and unpaid accrued interest will become due and payable.

The Preferred Stock Investor in Series F Notes are subordinated to the Credit Agreement and any indebtedness or debentures, notes or other such indebtedness issued in exchange for the Credit Agreement, pursuant to a subordination agreement entered into by and among the relevant Preferred Stock Investor in Series F funds, the Company and Pacific Western Bank, dated as of September 25, 2019.

Interest expense will be recognized over the term of the notes using the effective interest method. The Company had $11,000 outstanding as of September 30, 2019. The effective interest rate at September 30, 2019 was 6.61%. No interest expense was recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 due to the timing of the note issuance.

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DRAFTKINGS INC.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands)
 

Indirect Taxes

Taxation of e-commerce is becoming more prevalent and could negatively affect our business and our users. The impact of indirect taxes on our business is uncertain, as is the period required to resolve this uncertainty. Our estimated contingent liability for indirect taxes represents our best estimate of tax liability in jurisdictions in which we believe taxation is probable. We continually reevaluate our tax positions for appropriateness.

Indirect taxation laws are complex and subject to differences in application and interpretation. Tax authorities may interpret laws originally enacted for mature industries and apply it to newer industries, such as ours, and that application may be inconsistent from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Tax authorities may impose indirect taxes on Internet-related commercial activity based on statutes and regulations which, in some cases, were established prior to the advent of the Internet and do not apply with certainty to our business. Our in-jurisdiction activities may vary from period to period which could result in differences in nexus from period to period. Our estimated contingent liability for indirect taxes may also be materially impacted by future indirect tax audit results, litigation and settlements, should they occur.

As of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, our reserve for estimated indirect tax liabilities was $34,600 and $27,200, respectively.

Deferred Rent

In conjunction with its newly leased business facilities, the Company received $11,248 of reimbursement from the Landlord for tenant owned leasehold improvements. This amount is recorded as deferred rent reported in the other long-term liabilities section of the balance sheet. The amount is released ratably over the 10-year lease term with an offset to current period lease expense. As of September 30, 2019, rent expense has been reduced by $656 due to the release of the deferred rent balance.

7.   Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

The Company had the following shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding at September 30, 2019:

(in thousands)	Preferred Shares Authorized		Preferred Shares Issued and Outstanding		Carrying Value
Series E-1 redeemable convertible preferred stock	​	54,901	​	54,901	​	$	119,671
Series F redeemable convertible preferred stock	​	78,445	​	55,349	​	$	138,453
Total	​	133,346