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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2020
Registration No. 333-235805
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DraftKings Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Nevada
7990
84-4052441
(State of Incorporation)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
222 Berkeley Street, 5th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(617) 986-6744
(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
R. Stanton Dodge
222 Berkeley Street, 5th Floor
Boston, Masachusetts 02116
(617) 986-6744
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
With a copy to:
Scott D. Miller
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Tel: (212) 558-4000
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. ☒
Registration No. 333-235805
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)
Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) is filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) solely to add exhibits with respect to such Registration Statement. The sole purpose of the Amendment is to furnish Exhibit 101 to the Registration Statement. Exhibit 101 provides the financial statements and related notes formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language).
Item 21.   Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
Exhibit No.
Description
 2.1†* Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2019, among DraftKings Inc., SBTech (Global) Limited, SBTech’s shareholders, Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., DEAC NV Merger Corp. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEAC (attached to the proxy statement/prospectus which forms a part of this registration statement as Annex A).
 2.2* Form of Stockholders Agreement (attached to the proxy statement/prospectus which forms a part of this registration statement as Annex B).
 2.3* Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 12, 2020, by and among Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. and DEAC NV Merger Corp. (attached to the proxy statement/prospectus which forms a part of this registration statement as Annex I).
 2.4* Amendment No. 1 to Business Combination Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2020, among DraftKings Inc., SBTech (Global) Limited, SBTech’s shareholders, Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., DEAC NV Merger Corp. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEAC (attached to the proxy statement/ prospectus which forms a part of this registration statement as Annex J).
 3.1* Articles of Incorporation of DEAC NV Merger Corp.
 3.2* Bylaws of DEAC NV Merger Corp.  
 3.3* Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of New DraftKings (attached as Annex E to the proxy statement/prospectus which forms part of this registration statement).  
 3.4* Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of New DraftKings (attached as Annex F to the proxy statement/prospectus which forms part of this registration statement).
 4.1* Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate of New DraftKings.
 4.2* Warrant Agreement, dated May 10, 2019, by and between Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2019).
 5.1* Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, LLP as to the validity of the shares of New DraftKings common stock.
 8.1* Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP as to certain tax matters.
10.1* Form of DraftKings Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan (attached as Annex G to the proxy statement/prospectus which forms part of this registration statement).
10.2* Form of Subscription Agreement, dated December 22, 2019, by and between Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. and the undersigned subscriber party thereto (attached to the proxy statement/prospectus which forms a part of this registration statement as Annex C).
10.3* Executive Employment Agreement, dated May 30, 2019, between DraftKings Inc. and Jason Park.
10.4* Form of DraftKings Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as attached as Annex H to the proxy statement/prospectus which forms a part of this registration statement).
10.5*†** Agreement for the Provision of a Sports Betting Solution (“License Agreement”), between Sports Information Services Limited and Crown Gaming Inc., dated as of June 19, 2018.
10.6*†** Addendum to License Agreement, between Sports Information Services Limited and Crown Gaming Inc., dated as of August 22, 2019.
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Exhibit No.
Description
10.7* Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the ‘‘LSA’’), dated October 21, 2016, by and between DraftKings Inc. and Pacific Western Bank.
10.8* First Amendment to the LSA, dated July 28, 2017, by and between DraftKings Inc. and Pacific Western Bank.
10.9* Second Amendment to the LSA, dated December 28, 2017, by and between DraftKings Inc. and Pacific Western Bank.
10.10* Third Amendment and Joinder to the LSA, dated July 3, 2018, by and among DraftKings Inc., Crown Gaming Inc., Crown DFS Inc. and Pacific Western Bank.
10.11* Fourth Amendment to the LSA, dated December 19, 2018, by and among DraftKings Inc., Crown Gaming Inc., Crown DFS Inc. and Pacific Western Bank.
10.12* Fifth Amendment to the LSA, dated March 28, 2019 by and among DraftKings Inc., Crown Gaming Inc., Crown DFS Inc. and Pacific Western Bank.
10.13* Sixth Amendment to the LSA, dated August 15, 2019, by and among DraftKings Inc., Crown Gaming Inc., Crown DFS Inc. and Pacific Western Bank.
23.1* Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, PC, independent registered public accounting firm of Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp.
23.2*
23.3* Consent of Ziv Haft, CPA (Isr.), a BDO Member Firm, independent registered public accounting firm of SBTech (Global) Limited.
23.4* Consent of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
23.5* Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included as part of Exhibit 8.1).
24.1+ Power of Attorney.
99.1* Form of Preliminary Proxy Card.
99.2* Consent of Michael Gavin Isaacs.
99.3* Consent of Matthew Kalish.
99.4* Consent of Woodrow H. Levin.
99.5* Consent of Paul Liberman.
99.6* Consent of Shalom Meckenzie.
99.7* Consent of Ryan R. Moore.
99.8* Consent of Steven J. Murray.
99.9* Consent of Hany M. Nada.
99.10* Consent of Jason D. Robins.
99.11* Consent of Richard Rosenblatt.
99.12* Consent of John S. Salter.
99.13* Consent of Harry E. Sloan.
99.14* Consent of Marni M. Walden.
101.INS+ XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH+ XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL+ XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF+ XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB+ XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE+ XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
*
Previously filed.
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Certain of the exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The Registrant agrees to furnish a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the SEC upon its request.
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Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(10)(iv). The Registrant agrees to furnish an unredacted copy of the exhibit to the SEC upon its request.
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Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, State of Massachusetts, on the 1st day of May, 2020.
DraftKings Inc.
By:
/s/ R. Stanton Dodge
Name:  R. Stanton Dodge
Title:    Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 1st day of May, 2020.
Name
Position
Date
*
Jason D. Robins
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 1, 2020
*
Jason K. Park
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
May 1, 2020
*
Harry Evans Sloan
Vice Chairman
May 1, 2020
*
Michael Gavin Isaacs
Director
May 1, 2020
*
Matthew Kalish
Director
May 1, 2020
*
Woodrow H. Levin
Director
May 1, 2020
*
Paul Liberman
Director
May 1, 2020
*
Shalom Meckenzie
Director
May 1, 2020
*
Ryan R. Moore
Director
May 1, 2020
*
Steven J. Murray
Director
May 1, 2020
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Name
Position
Date
*
Hany M. Nada
Director
May 1, 2020
*
Richard Rosenblatt
Director
May 1, 2020
*
John S. Salter
Director
May 1, 2020
*
Marni M. Walden
Director
May 1, 2020
* By:
/s/ R. Stanton Dodge
R. Stanton Dodge
As Attorney-in-Fact
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Exhibit 24.1

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned directors and/or officers of DraftKings Inc. (the “Company”) desire to execute and deliver this Power of Attorney to facilitate the filing of registration statements on Form S-1 and S-4 (the “Registration Statements”) relating to the Company’s Class A Common Stock and warrants and any amendments thereto.

 

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jason D. Robins and R. Stanton Dodge, and each of them individually, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statements and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements (and any additional registration statements related thereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto)), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, amendments to the Registration Statements may make such changes in such Registration Statements as such attorney-in-fact may deem appropriate, and with full power and authority to perform and do any and all acts and things, whatsoever which any such attorney-in-fact or substitute may deem necessary or advisable to be performed or done in connection with any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as each of the undersigned could do if personally present and acting, hereby ratifying and approving all acts of any such attorney-in-fact or substitute.

 

This Power of Attorney may be signed in more than one counterpart, all of which when taken together, shall be deemed one and the same instrument.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed effective as of this 1st day of May, 2020, by the following persons:

 

Name    Position    Date 
         
/s/ Jason D. Robins   Chief Executive Officer and Chairman   May 1, 2020
Jason D. Robins   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
         
         
/s/ Jason K. Park   Chief Financial Officer   May 1, 2020
Jason K. Park   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    
         
         
         
/s/ Harry Evans Sloan   Vice Chairman   May 1, 2020
Harry Evans Sloan        
         
         
         
/s/ Michael Gavin Isaacs   Director   May 1, 2020
Michael Gavin Isaacs        
         
         
         
/s/ Matthew Kalish   Director   May 1, 2020
Matthew Kalish        

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Woodrow H. Levin   Director   May 1, 2020
Woodrow H. Levin        
         
         
         
/s/ Paul Liberman   Director   May 1, 2020
Paul Liberman        
         
         
         
/s/ Shalom Meckenzie   Director   May 1, 2020
Shalom Meckenzie        
         
         
         
/s/ Ryan R. Moore   Director   May 1, 2020
Ryan R. Moore        
         
         
         
/s/ Steven J. Murray   Director   May 1, 2020
Steven J. Murray        
         
         
         
/s/ Hany M. Nada   Director   May 1, 2020
Hany M. Nada        
         
         
         
/s/ Richard Rosenblatt   Director   May 1, 2020
Richard Rosenblatt        
         
         
         
/s/ John S. Salter   Director   May 1, 2020
John S. Salter        
         
         
         
/s/ Marni M. Walden   Director   May 1, 2020
Marni M. Walden