UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
September 18, 2023
Commission File Number: 001-40352
Genius Sports Limited
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Genius Sports Group
1st Floor, 27 Soho Square,
London, W1D 3QR
(Address of principal executive office)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On September 14, 2023, Genius Sports Limited (“Genius Sports” or the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and among the Company, Maven TopHoldings SARL, an affiliate of investment funds advised by Apax Partners LLP (the “Selling Shareholder”) and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (the “Underwriter”) relating to an underwritten offering (the “Offering”) of 23,000,000 ordinary shares of Genius Sports, par value $0.01 (the “Ordinary Shares”), including the full exercise of the Underwriter’s option to purchase 3,000,000 additional Ordinary Shares, pursuant to Genius Sports’ registration statement on Form F-3, File No: 333-265466, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2022, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated September 14, 2023.
Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriter will offer the Ordinary Shares to the public at a price of $5.35 per Ordinary Share. The Offering closed on September 18, 2023. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of any Ordinary Shares by the Selling Shareholder.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Exhibit.
The information set forth in this Form 6-K and Exhibit 1.1 is hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and the Company’s registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos: 333-264254, 333-266904 and 333-269093).
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. | Description | |
1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated September 14, 2023, among Genius Sports Limited, Maven TopHoldings SARL and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC as Underwriter. |
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
GENIUS SPORTS LIMITED | ||||||
Date: September 18, 2023 | By: | /s/ Mark Locke | ||||
Name: | Mark Locke | |||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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