UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 11, 2021
DRAGONEER GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands | 001-39447 | 98-1546280 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
One Letterman Drive Building D, Suite M500 San Francisco, CA |
94129 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (415) 539-3099
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
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Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-fifth of one redeemable warrant | DGNR.U | New York Stock Exchange LLC | ||
Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units | DGNR | New York Stock Exchange LLC | ||
Redeemable warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 | DGNR WS | New York Stock Exchange LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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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 4.02(a). Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
The terms the Company, we, our and similar or derivative terms in this Current Report on Form 8-K refer to Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. and its consolidated subsidiaries, except where the context otherwise requires.
Restatement of Previously Issued Consolidated Financial Statements.
On April 12, 2021, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission released a statement on accounting and reporting considerations for warrants issued by special purpose acquisition companies (the Staff Statement). The Staff Statement highlighted certain financial reporting considerations for special purpose acquisition corporations (SPACs) relating to the accounting for warrants. While the specific terms of warrants issued by SPACs can vary, there are certain features of warrants issued in SPAC transactions that are common across many entities. The Staff Statement highlighted that warrants containing these features, which relate to whether the warrants can be indexed to the price of an entitys shares or settled with assets other than common shares, should be classified as a liability measured at fair value, with changes in fair value each period reported as non-cash changes to earnings. Such period-to-period changes could be significant. Prior to the issuance of this guidance, SPACs generally carried their outstanding private placement warrants and public warrants containing these provisions as equity on their balance sheets without quarterly adjustments.
In light of the Staff Statement, we undertook a process to re-evaluate the equity classification of (i) our outstanding warrants issued in connection with our initial public offering on August 18, 2020, including the 15,800,000 private placement warrants issued to Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Holdings and the 13,800,000 warrants issued as part of the units sold in our initial public offering, each with an exercise price of $11.50 (the IPO Warrants), (ii) the 3,500,000 warrants to be issued pursuant to the terms of our forward purchase agreements entered into on the same date with Dragoneer Funding LLC and Willett Advisors LLC at an exercise price of $11.50 share (the Forward Purchase Units) and (iii) the 2,000,000 private placement warrants with an exercise price of $11.50 that may be issued upon conversion of $2,000,000 of working capital loans (the Working Capital Loan Warrants and, together with the IPO Warrants and Forward Purchase Units, the Warrants). Management and the Audit Committee of the Companys board of directors (the Audit Committee) considered the Forward Purchase Units a firm commitment at the time of the Companys initial public offering and that the working capital loans could be issued at any time upon demand by our Sponsor or one of its affiliates. As a result, management and the Audit Committee determined that the Warrants should have been classified as a liability. Based on Accounting Standards Codification 815-40, Contracts in Entitys Own Equity, warrant instruments that do not meet the criteria to be considered indexed to an entitys own stock shall be initially classified as derivative liabilities at their estimated fair values, regardless of the likelihood that such instruments will ever be settled in cash. In periods subsequent to issuance, changes in the estimated fair value of the derivative instruments should be reported in the statement of operations.
As a result, the Company, together with its advisors, undertook a process to value the liability of its Warrants. Based on this valuation, Company management, together with the Audit Committee, determined, on May 11, 2021, that the Companys (i) financial statements and other financial data as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from July 3, 2020 (date of inception) through December 31, 2020 included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and (ii) the condensed financial statements included in the Companys Quarterly Report for the period from July 3, 2020 (inception) through September 30, 2020 (collectively, the Non-Reliance Periods) contained an error that was quantitatively material and, as a result, should no longer be relied upon.
As a result, investors, analysts and other persons should not rely upon the Companys previously released financial statements and other financial data for the Non-Reliance Periods. Similarly, the related press releases, Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on the financial statements as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from July 3, 2020 (date of inception) through December 31, 2020, and the shareholder communications, investor presentations or other communications describing relevant portions of our financial statements for the periods that need to be restated should no longer be relied upon. The Company will file a revised Annual Report on Form 10-K/A that includes restated financial statements for the Non-Reliance Periods and that corrects the errors and provides additional explanation of the changes.
The Companys management has concluded that in light of the classification error described above, a material weakness exists in the Companys internal control over financial reporting and that the Companys disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.
The Audit Committee and management have discussed the matters disclosed in this Item 4.02(a) with the Companys independent registered public accounting firm.
Additional Information
In connection with the Business Combination, Dragoneer has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the Registration Statement), which included a preliminary prospectus and preliminary proxy statement. Dragoneer will mail a definitive proxy statement/final prospectus and other relevant documents to its shareholders. This communication is not a substitute for the Registration Statement, the definitive proxy statement/final prospectus or any other document that Dragoneer will send to its shareholders in connection with the Business Combination. Investors and security holders of Dragoneer are advised to read the proxy statement/prospectus in connection with Dragoneers solicitation of proxies for its extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held to approve the Business Combination (and related matters) because the proxy statement/prospectus contains important information about the Business Combination and the parties to the Business Combination. The definitive proxy statement/final prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of Dragoneer as of a record date to be established for voting on the Business Combination. Shareholders may also obtain copies of the proxy statement/prospectus, without charge, at the SECs website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp., One Letterman Drive, Building D, Suite M500, San Francisco, California, 94129.
Participants in the Solicitation
Dragoneer, CCC and their respective directors, executive officers, other members of management, and employees, under SEC rules, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of Dragoneers shareholders in connection with the Business Combination. Investors and security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names and interests in the Business Combination of Dragoneers directors and officers in Dragoneers filings with the SEC, including the Registration Statement filed with the SEC by Dragoneer, which includes the proxy statement of Dragoneer for the Business Combination, and such information and names of CCCs directors and executive officers are also included in such Registration Statement.
Forward Looking Statements
This communication contains forward-looking statements that are based on beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the following words: may, will, could, would, should, expect, intend, plan, anticipate, believe, estimate, predict, project, potential, continue, ongoing or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. We caution you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currently known by us and our projections of the future, which are subject to a number of risks. Forward-looking statements in this communication include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future events, such as the proposed Business Combination between Dragoneer and CCC, including the timing and structure of the transaction, the likelihood and ability of the parties to successfully consummate the Business Combination, the Amendment and other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement. We cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements in this communication will prove to be accurate. These forward looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, among others, the general economic, political, business and competitive conditions; the inability of the parties to consummate the Business Combination or the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Business Combination Agreement or any related agreements or could otherwise cause the transaction to fail to close; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the parties following the announcement of the Business Combination and the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination; the ability of existing investors to redeem the ability to complete the Business Combination due to the failure to obtain approval from Dragoneers shareholders, or the risk that the approval of the shareholders of Dragoneer for the potential transaction is otherwise not obtained; the failure to satisfy other closing conditions in the Business Combination Agreement or otherwise, the occurrence of any event that could give rise to the termination of the Business Combination Agreement; the failure to obtain financing to complete the Business Combination, including to consummate the PIPE or the transactions contemplated by the forward purchase agreements (each as described in the Registration Statement); the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination; the impact of COVID-19 on CCCs business and/or the ability of the parties to complete the Business Combination; the receipt
of an unsolicited offer from another party for an alternative business transaction that could interfere with the Business Combination; changes to the proposed structure of the Business Combination that may be required or appropriate as a result of applicable laws or regulations or as a condition to obtaining regulatory approval of the Business Combination; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, including as a result of a delay in consummating the potential transaction or difficulty in integrating the businesses of Dragoneer and CCC; the risk that the Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations of Dragoneer or CCC as a result of the announcement and consummation of the Business Combination; the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably and retain its key employees; the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of the post-acquisition companys securities on the New York Stock Exchange following the Business Combination; changes in applicable laws or regulations and delays in obtaining, adverse conditions contained in, or the inability to obtain regulatory approvals required to complete the Business Combination; costs related to the Business Combination; and other risks and uncertainties, including those included under the header Risk Factors in the Registration Statement and those included under the header Risk Factors in the final prospectus of Dragoneer related to its initial public offering. Furthermore, if the forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material. In addition, you are cautioned that past performance may not be indicative of future results. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not rely on these statements in making an investment decision or regard these statements as a representation or warranty by us or any other person that we will achieve our objectives and plans in any specified time frame, or at all. The forward-looking statements in this communication represent our views as of the date of this communication. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we have no current intention of doing so except to the extent required by applicable law. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this communication.
Disclaimer
This communication is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell, subscribe for or buy any securities or the solicitation of any vote in any jurisdiction pursuant to the Business Combination or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer or securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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.
Dated: May 12, 2021
DRAGONEER GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES CORP. | ||
By: |
/s/ Pat Robertson |
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Name: | Pat Robertson | |
Title: | Chief Operating Officer |