UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 3, 2011
comScore, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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000-1158172
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54-1955550 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
11950 Democracy Drive
Suite 600
Reston, Virginia 20190
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(703) 438-2000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
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Item 1.01. |
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On August 3, 2011, comScore, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company or comScore), entered
into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) with AdXpose, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (AdXpose), CS Ad Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and
wholly owned subsidiary of comScore (Merger Sub), Draper Associates, L.P., a California limited
partnership, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund IX, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Partners IX, LLC, a California limited liability company, and Draper Fisher
Jurvetson Fund IX, L.P., as Stockholder Representative. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on the
Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement), AdXpose will be merged with and into Merger Sub,
with Merger Sub will continue as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of
comScore (the Merger). The Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby were
approved by the boards of directors of comScore and AdXpose, and approved by AdXposes
stockholders. Closing of the Merger remains subject to customary closing conditions.
The aggregate purchase price to be paid by comScore for all of the outstanding equity securities of
AdXpose is anticipated to be approximately $22 million of which approximately 90% will be paid with
unregistered shares of the Companys common stock, and the remainder to be paid in shares of
comScore common stock pursuant to comScores 2007 Equity Incentive plan and cash. The number of
shares of comScore common stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger will be calculated based the
average closing sales price of comScores common stock as quoted on the NASDAQ Global Market for
the five (5) consecutive trading days prior to the third (3rd) trading day prior to the
Closing Date.
Shares of comScores common stock representing an aggregate value of approximately $4 million upon
Closing will be withheld from the consideration initially distributed to the AdXpose stockholders
and will be deposited into an escrow fund as security for the indemnification obligations of
AdXposes stockholders under the Merger Agreement as well as any amounts owed by the stockholders
due to post-closing adjustments. Any escrowed amount not paid to comScore will be released to the
AdXpose stockholders as follows: fifty percent (50%) on the one-year anniversary of the Closing and
any remaining amount on the two-year anniversary of closing.
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement contains customary
representations and warranties made by and to the parties thereto as to specific dates. The
assertions embodied in those representations and warranties are qualified by information contained
in confidential disclosure schedules that the parties exchanged in connection with negotiating the
terms of the Merger Agreement. Accordingly, investors and comScore stockholders should not rely on
such representations and warranties as characterizations of the actual state of facts or
circumstances, since they were only made as of the date of the Merger Agreement and are modified in
important part by the underlying disclosure schedules. Moreover, information concerning the subject
matter of such representations and warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement,
which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in comScores public disclosures. In
addition, certain representations and warranties may be subject to a contractual standard of
materiality different from what might be viewed as material to stockholders, or may have been used
for the purpose of allocating risk between the respective parties rather than establishing matters
as facts. For the foregoing reasons, no person should rely on the representations and warranties as
statements of factual information at the times they were made or otherwise.
On August 3, 2011, comScore issued a press release announcing the execution of the Merger
Agreement, a copy of which is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 .
The information provided in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and in the attached
Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the Exchange Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it
be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange
Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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Item 9.01 |
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Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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99.1 |
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Press release of comScore issued on August 3, 2011 announcing
the entry into an Agreement and Plan of Merger for the
acquisition of AdXpose, Inc. by comScore, Inc.* |
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This Exhibit is being furnished, not filed, with this Current Report
on Form 8-K. Accordingly, this Exhibit will not be incorporated by
reference into any other filing made by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission unless specifically identified
therein as being incorporated by reference. |