0001104659-21-031871.txt : 20210304 0001104659-21-031871.hdr.sgml : 20210304 20210304080026 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-21-031871 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210303 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20210304 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210304 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DraftKings Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001772757 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] IRS NUMBER: 844052441 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38908 FILM NUMBER: 21712613 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 222 BERKELEY STREET STREET 2: 5TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 BUSINESS PHONE: (617) 986-6744 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 222 BERKELEY STREET STREET 2: 5TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. \ DE DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20190403 8-K 1 tm218702d1_8k.htm 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 3, 2021

 

 

 

DRAFTKINGS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Nevada 001-38908 84-4052441
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		 (Commission
File Number)		 (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

222 Berkeley Street, 5th Floor

Boston, MA 02116

 

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 986-6744

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

   

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

   

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

   

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   DKNG   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On March 3, 2021, in connection with DraftKings Inc.’s (the “Company”) previously disclosed lawsuit, In Re: Daily Fantasy Sports Litigation (Multi-District Litigation), the Company and the plaintiffs (other than a small set of plaintiffs who are family members of individuals who have registered accounts with the Company) filed a joint motion for preliminary approval of a proposed settlement in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (the “Court”). The settlement agreement is subject to preliminary and final approval by the Court.

 

The information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

  

 

 

  

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  DRAFTKINGS INC.
       
       
Date: March 4, 2021 By: /s/ R. Stanton Dodge  
  Name: R. Stanton Dodge  
  Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary