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DraftKings acquisitions, on the record

The businesses DraftKings bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
SBTech (Global) Limited
Word for word“On December 22, 2019, we entered into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with DraftKings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“DK”), SBTech (Global) Limited, a company limited by shares, incorporated in Gibraltar and continued as a company under the Isle of Man Companies Act 2006, with registration number 014119V (“SBT”), the shareholders of SBT (the “SBT Sellers”), Shalom Meckenzie, in his capacity as the SBT Sellers’ Representative, DEAC NV Merger Corp., a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“DEAC Nevada”) and DEAC Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which (i) the Company will change its jurisdiction of incorporation to Nevada by merging with and into DEAC Nevada, with DEAC Nevada surviving the merger (the “reincorporation”), (ii) Merger Sub will merge with and into DK with DK surviving the merger (the “DK Merger”), and (iii) immediately following the DK Merger, New DraftKings (as defined below) will acquire all of the issued and outstanding share capital of SBT.” 10-K for 2019
agreed acquisitionOn December 22, 2019—
SBTech
Word for word“Net cash used in investing activities during 2020 increased by $185.1 million to $227.3 million from $42.3 million during 2019, mainly reflecting the cash portion of consideration paid to SBTech shareholders, net of cash acquired, of $178.6 in connection with the Business Combination.” 10-K for 2020
acquisition——
Old DK (DraftKings Inc., a Delaware corporation)
Word for word“On April 23, 2020, DEAC consummated the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement dated December 22, 2019, as amended on April 7, 2020, (the “Business Combination”) and, in connection therewith: i. DEAC merged with and into us, whereby we survived the merger and became the successor issuer to DEAC; ii. we changed our name to “DraftKings Inc.”; iii. we acquired DraftKings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Old DK”), by way of a merger;” 10-K for 2020
mergerApril 23, 2020—
Vegas Sports Information Network, Inc.
Word for word“As described in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, on March 26, 2021, the Company acquired Vegas Sports Information Network, Inc. (“VSiN”), for net consideration of $70.0 Million.” 10-K for 2021
acquisitionMarch 26, 2021$70.0 Million
Blue Ribbon Software Ltd.
Word for word“On March 26, 2021 and April 1, 2021, the Company acquired 100% of the equity of Vegas Sports Information Network, Inc. and Blue Ribbon Software Ltd., respectively.” 10-K for 2021
acquisitionApril 1, 2021—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2018-12-31$0—
2019-12-31$0—
2020-12-31$178.6 million$538.2 million
2021-12-31$65 million$63.2 million

Deal filings since 2016

Read from DraftKings’s annual reports (10-K for 2021, 10-K for 2020, 10-K for 2019) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2022-02-18. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.