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): January 17, 2024

System1, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-39331	92-3978051
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
4235 Redwood Avenue Marina Del Rey, California		90066
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(310) 924-6037

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share	SST	New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Common Stock share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	SST.WS	New York Stock Exchange

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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 January 17, 2024, System1, Inc., together with its subsidiaries Orchid Merger Sub II, LLC and S1 Holdco, LLC (together, “the Company”), completed the repurchase of $63.7 million in principal amount of its outstanding senior secured term loan (the “Term Loan”) for an aggregate purchase price of $40.9 million pursuant to its previously announced modified “Dutch auction” tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) under its Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated January 27, 2022 (the “Credit Agreement”), with RBC Capital Markets LLC, which served as the Auction Agent. The Tender Offer was conducted pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions provided for in the Credit Agreement. Following the repurchase, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan was $301.3 million. The Company used available cash to fund the repurchase. The Company’s estimated gain on the repurchase was approximately $22.8 million before fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with conducting the Tender Offer.

The Company is furnishing the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K to comply with Regulation FD. Such information shall not be deemed to be “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, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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SIGNATURE

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

		System1, Inc.
Date:	January 17, 2024	By:	/s/ Tridivesh Kidambi
		Name:	Tridivesh Kidambi
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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Document Period End Date	Jan. 17, 2024
Entity Registrant Name	System1, Inc.
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity File Number	001-39331
Entity Tax Identification Number	92-3978051
Entity Address, Address Line One	4235 Redwood Avenue
Entity Address, City or Town	Marina Del Rey
Entity Address, State or Province	CA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	90066
City Area Code	310
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Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share
Document Information [Line Items]
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Trading Symbol	SST
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Common Stock share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share
Document Information [Line Items]
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Security Exchange Name	NYSE