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

October 11, 2022

Commission File Number: 001-40352

 

 

Genius Sports Limited

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Genius Sports Group

9th Floor, 10 Bloomsbury Way

London, WC1A 2SL

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F   ☒             Form 40-F   ☐

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K

As previously disclosed as a ‘Risk Factor’ in Genius’ Annual Report on Form 20-F, the Company was party to a litigation involving Sportradar and Football DataCo (“FDC”). The details of the ‘Sportradar Litigation’ can be found in the Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 18, 2022. The litigation by and between Sportradar, Genius, and Football DataCo has been resolved as of October 10, 2022, and Genius Sports released a statement following the settlement of the litigation. A copy of the statement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve significant risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. Words such as “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward looking statements. Although we believe that the forward-looking statements contained in this report are based on reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the effect of COVID-19 on our business, risks related to our reliance on relationships with sports organizations and the potential loss of such relationships or failure to renew or expand existing relationships; fraud, corruption or negligence related to sports events, or by our employees or contracted statisticians; risks related to changes in domestic and foreign laws and regulations or their interpretation; compliance with applicable data protection and privacy laws; pending litigation and investigations; the failure to protect or enforce our proprietary and intellectual property rights; claims for intellectual property infringement; our reliance on information technology; risks related to our ability to achieve the anticipated benefits from the business combination with dMY Technology Group, Inc. II; and other factors included under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 18, 2022.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, to reflect any change in our expectations with respect to such statements or any change in events, conditions or circumstances upon which any statement is based.

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release dated October 10, 2022.

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: October 11, 2022				By:		/s/ Mark Locke
				Name:		Mark Locke
				Title:		Chief Executive Officer