As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2022

Registration No. 333-       

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

CuriosityStream Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in our charter)

8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 700

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

(301) 755-2050

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Tia Cudahy

Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 700

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

(301) 755-2050

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Christopher Peterson

Arnold & Porter

250 West 5555th Street

New York, New York 10019

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: ☐

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 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, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

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. ☐

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment that specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. WeThe selling securityholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SubjectSubject to Completion, Dated AprilAPRIL 5, 2022

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

CuriosityStream Inc.

Secondary Offering of

$100,000,000

26,509,278 Shares of Common Stock

Preferred Stock

Debt Securities

Warrants

Units

This prospectus relates to the offer and saleresale or distribution from time to time by CuriosityStream Inc.the selling securityholders named in this prospectus or their permitted transferees of up to $100,000,00026,509,278 shares of any combination of the securities described in this prospectus, either individually or in units and in one or more transactions. We may also offer common stock or preferred stock upon conversion of preferred stock, common stock or preferred stock upon conversion of debt securities, or common stock or preferred stock upon the exercise of warrants.our Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”).

This prospectus provides you with a general description of such securitiesthe Common Stock and the general manner in which wethe selling securityholders may offer or sell the securities. More specific terms of any securities that wethe selling securityholders may offer or sell may be provided in a prospectus supplement that describes, among other things, the specific amounts and prices of the securities being offered and the terms of the offering. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you in connection with the offerings. The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, and any documents incorporated by reference therein, may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should carefully read this prospectus,

The selling securityholders may offer, sell or distribute all or a portion of the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, as well as any documents incorporated by reference, before buyingsecurities hereby registered publicly or through private transactions at prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. We will not receive any of the proceeds from such sales. We will bear all costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration of these securities, being offered. This prospectus may not be usedincluding with regard to offercompliance with state securities or sell securities without a prospectus supplement describing the method“blue sky” laws. The selling securityholders will bear all commissions and termsdiscounts, if any, attributable to their sale of any of the offering.

The securities may be offered on a delayed or continuous basis directly by us, through agents, underwriters or dealers as designated from time to time, through a combination of these methods or any other method as provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. We provide more information in the section entitledsecurities. See “Plan of Distribution”.” The prospectus supplement will list any agents, underwriters or dealers that may be involved and the compensation they will receive. Our registration of the securities covered by this prospectus does not mean that we will issue, offer or sell, as applicable, any of the securities.

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and are subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.

Our Common Stock par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), and Warrants areis traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market (the “NASDAQ”) under the symbols “CURI” and “CURIW,symbol “CURI.” respectively. On April 1, 2022, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock and Warrants was $2.85 per share and $0.49 per warrant, respectively. The applicable prospectus supplement will contain information, where applicable, as to any other listing, if any, on the NASDAQ or any securities market or other exchange of the securities covered by the applicable prospectus supplement.share.

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page23 of this prospectus and contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is      , 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus,  as well asincluding the information incorporated by reference into this prospectus, any supplement to this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). WeNeither we nor the selling securityholders have not authorized anyone to provide you with additional information or information different from that contained in this prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.SEC. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. WeThe selling securityholders are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, our securities only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus or in any documents incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the applicable document, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of our securities. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

For investors outside the United States: neither we nor the selling securityholders have not done anything that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of our securities and the distribution of this prospectus outside the United States.

To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus, on the one hand, and the information contained in any document incorporated by reference filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,SEC, on the other hand, you should rely on the information in this prospectus.with the later date. If any statement in a document incorporated by reference is inconsistent with a statement in another document incorporated by reference having a later date, the statement in the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement.

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the SEC using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, wethe selling securityholders may, from time to time, offer shares of our common stock or preferred stock, debtand sell, as applicable, the securities and/or warrants to purchase any of such securities, either individually ordescribed in units,this prospectus in one or more offerings,offerings. The selling securityholders may use the shelf registration statement to sell up to a total dollar amountan aggregate of $100,000,000.  This prospectus provides you with a general description26,509,278 shares of Common Stock from time to time through any means described in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.” More specific terms of any securities wethat the selling securityholders offer and sell may offer. Each time we offer a type or series of securities under this prospectus, we will providebe provided in a prospectus supplement that will contain moredescribes, among other things, the specific information aboutamounts and prices of the Common Stock being offered and the terms of those securities. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to these offerings. We may also add or update in the prospectus supplement (and in any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you) any of the information contained in this prospectus or in the documents we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We urge you to carefully read this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, together with the information incorporated herein by reference as described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information,” before buying any of the securities being offered.offering.

A prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment may also add, update or change information included in this prospectus. Any statement contained in this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified will be deemed to constitute a part of this prospectus only as so modified, and any statement so superseded will be deemed not to constitute a part of this prospectus. You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement, post-effective amendment or any related free writing prospectus. See “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Information Incorporated by Reference.”

WeNeither we nor the selling securityholders have not authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement or any free writing prospectus we have prepared. We and the selling securityholders take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered hereby and only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer to sell securities, and it is not soliciting an offer to buy securities, in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is accurate only as of the date on the front of those documents and that information incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement, or any sale of a security. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information and all of such summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents they purport to summarize. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Information Incorporated by Reference.”

On October 14, 2020 (the “Closing Date”), CuriosityStream Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly named Software Acquisition Group Inc.) (the “Company”), consummated the previously announced merger pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated August 10, 2020, by and among the Company, CS Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), CuriosityCuriosityStream Operating Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly named CuriosityStream(subsequently renamed Curiosity Inc.) (“Legacy CuriosityStream”), and Hendricks Factual Media LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“HFM”). The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are referred to herein as the “Business Combination.”

Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy CuriosityStream, with Legacy CuriosityStream surviving the merger in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law as a wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger” and, the completion of the Merger, the “Closing”). In connection with the Closing, the Company changed its name from “Software Acquisition Group Inc.” to “CuriosityStream Inc.” Unless the context otherwise requires, the “Company” refers to the registrant and its subsidiaries, including Legacy CuriosityStream, after the Closing, and “SAQN” refers to the registrant prior to the Closing.

In this prospectus, we refer to common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants and units collectively as “securities.”

TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADE NAMES

This prospectus and the information incorporated by reference herein containscontain some of our trademarks, service marks and trade names, including, among others, CuriosityStream,“CuriosityStream,” “Curiosity” and “One Day University”.University.” Each one of these trademarks, service marks or trade names is either (1) our registered trademark, (2) a trademark for which we have a pending application, or (3) a trade name or service mark for which we claim common law rights. All other trademarks, trade names or service marks or trade names of any other company appearing in this prospectus or the information incorporated by reference herein belong to their respective owners. Solely for convenience, the trademarks, service marks and trade names referred to in this prospectus are presented without the TM, SM and symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, our respective rights or the rights of the applicable licensors to these trademarks, service marks and trade names.

INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA

The market data and certain other statistical information used throughout this prospectus and the information incorporated by reference herein are based on independent industry publications, government publications and other published independent sources. Although we believe these third-party sources are reliable as of their respective dates, neither we nor the selling securityholders have not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of this information. Some data is also based on our good faith estimates. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding our industry data presented herein, our estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under “Risk Factors”. These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in these publications.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The Company makes certain forward-looking statements in this prospectus. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact included in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, regarding the Company’s future financial performance, as well as the Company’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues, and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this prospectus, the words “could,” “should,” “will,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” the negative of such terms and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. The Company cautions you that these forward-looking statements are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the Company, incident to its business.

These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this prospectus, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any subsequent date. Although the Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, except as may be required under applicable securities laws, you are advised to consult any additional disclosures the Company makes in its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, annual report on Form 10-K and current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC. See “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Information Incorporated by Reference.”

“Forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus include, but are not limited to, statements about the ability of the Company to:

As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, the Company’s actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include:

RISK FACTORS

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks set forth under “Risk Factors” in any applicable prospectus, under “Risk Factors” under Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, and in any Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC subsequent thereto, each incorporated by reference herein, and all of the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, before investing in our securities. If any of these events occur, our business, financial condition and operating results may be materially adversely affected. In that event, the trading price of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. In addition, much of the business information, as well as the financial and operational data contained in our risk factors, are updated by our periodic reports filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which are also incorporated by reference into this prospectus. For more information, see “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Information Incorporated by Reference.”

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise indicated in any applicable prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds we receive from the offering of securities under this prospectus for general corporate purposes. We have not determined the amounts we plan to spend or the timing of these expenditures. As a result, our management will have broad discretion to allocate the net proceeds from any sale of the securities pursuant to this prospectus. Further details relating to the use of net proceeds we receive from the offering of securities under this prospectus will be set forth in any applicable prospectus supplement.

DESCRIPTIONUSE OF OUR CAPITAL STOCKPROCEEDS

We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of our Common Stock by the selling securityholders.

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

The following is a description of the material terms of, our capital stock, and is qualified in its entirety by, ourthe Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Charter”) and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”). We urge you to read in their entirety our Charter and Bylaws in their entirety.Bylaws. For information on how to obtain copies of thesesuch documents, please see “Where“Where You Can Find More Information”Information”.

Authorized and Outstanding Stock

Our authorized capital stock consists of 125,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value $0.0001 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock, $0.0001 par value.value per share. No shares of preferred stock are issued or outstanding. We have issued all shares of our capital stock in uncertificated form. As of March 25, 2022, there were 52,761,542 shares of Common Stock outstanding.

Common Stock

Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election or removal of directors. Holders of Common Stock vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders, (each a “stockholder,” and collectively the “stockholders”), except as required by law. Unless specified in our Charter or Bylaws, or as required by applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”(the “DGCL”) or applicable stock exchange rules, the affirmative vote of a majority of itsthe shares of Common Stock that are voted is required to approve any such matter voted on by itsour stockholders. Our BoardThe board of Directorsdirectors of the Company (the “Board”) is divided into three classes, each of which generally serve for a term of three years with only one class of directors being elected each year. Our stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. Accordingly, holders of a majority of the voting shares are able to elect all of the directors. Our stockholders are entitled to receive ratable dividends, if any, as may be declared from time-to-time by our Board out of legally available funds.

Preferred Stock

Our Charter provides that shares of preferred stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Our Board is authorized to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences, the relative, participating, optional or other special rights and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, applicable to the shares of each series. Our Board is able, without stockholder approval, to issue preferred stock with voting and other rights that could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of the holders of our Common Stock and could have anti-takeover effects. The ability of our Board to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of us or the removal of existing management. We have no preferred stock outstanding at the date hereof. Although we do not currently intend to issue any shares of preferred stock, we cannot assure you that we will not do so in the future. We will describe the particular terms of any series of preferred stock in more detail

Redeemable Warrants

The warrants issued to Software Acquisition Holdings LLC in the applicable prospectus supplement.

We will fileprivate placement that closed concurrently with our IPO (the “Private Placement Warrants”), the warrants issued to PIPE Investors in connection with our Business Combination (the “PIPE Warrants”) and the warrants sold as exhibits topart of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from reports that we fileUnits in the IPO (the “Public Warrants”, together with the SEC, the certificates of designation that describe the terms of the particular series of preferred stock we are offering before the issuance of the related series of preferred stock. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplements related to the particular series of preferred stock that we may offer under this prospectus, as well as any related free writing prospectuses,Private Placement Warrants and the complete certificates of designations that containPIPE Warrants, the terms of the applicable series of preferred stock.

Redeemable Warrants

We currently have 6,730,203 Warrants outstanding. The Warrants“Warrants”), were issued in registered form under a Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Warrant Agent”), and the Company (the “Warrant Agreement”), as amended. The Warrant Agreement provides that the terms of the Warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires the approval by the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding Public Warrants to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders of Public Warrants.

The Warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the warrant certificate on or prior to the expiration date at the offices of the Warrant Agent, with the exercise form on the reverse side of the warrant certificate completed and executed as indicated, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price (or on a cashless basis, if applicable), by certified or official bank check payable to us, for the number of Warrants being exercised. The warrantholders do not have the rights or privileges of holders of Common Stock and any voting rights until they exercise their Warrants and receive shares of Common Stock. After the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants, each holder will be entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by our stockholders.

Each whole Warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one whole share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below. Pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, a warrantholder may exercise its Warrants only for a whole number of shares of Common Stock. This means that only a whole Warrant may be exercised at any given time by a warrantholder. Only whole Warrants are traded. The Warrants will expire on October 14, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

No Warrant is exercisable and we will not be obligated to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise of a Warrant unless Common Stock issuable upon such Warrant exercise has been registered, qualified, or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the Warrants.such Warrant. In the event that the conditions in the immediately preceding sentence are not satisfied with respect to a Warrant, the holder of such Warrant will not be entitled to exercise such Warrant and such Warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In no event will we be required to net cash settle any Warrant. In the event that a registration statement is not effective for the exercised Warrants, the purchaser of a Unit containing such Warrant will have paid the full purchase price for the Unit solely for the share of Common Stock underlying such Unit.

During any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement with respect to the Warrants or the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, warrantholders may exercise Warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to the exemption provided byin accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, provided that such exemption is available.or another exemption. If that exemption, or another exemption, is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their Warrants on a cashless basis.

We may call the Warrants for redemption:

If and when the Warrants become redeemable, we may not exercise our redemption right if the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants is not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or we are unable to effect such registration or qualification. We will use our best efforts to register or qualify such shares of Common Stock under the blue sky laws of the state of residence in those states in which the Warrants were offered by us in our initial public offering.IPO.

We established the last of the redemption criteria discussed above to prevent a redemption call unless there is, at the time of the call, a significant premium to the Warrant exercise price. If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and we issue a notice of redemption of the Warrants, each warrantholder is entitled to exercise its Warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. However, the price of the Common Stock may fall below the $18.00 redemption trigger price (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) as well as the $11.50 Warrant exercise price after the redemption notice is issued.

If we call the Warrants for redemption as described above, our management will have the option to require any holder that wishes to exercise its Warrant to do so on a “cashless basis.” In determining whether to require all holders to exercise their Warrants on a “cashless basis,” management will consider, among other factors, our cash position, the number of Warrants that are outstanding and the dilutive effect on our stockholders of issuing the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of ourthe Warrants. If our management takes advantage of this option, all holders of Warrants would pay the exercise price by surrendering their Warrants for that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the Warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the Common Stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of Warrants. If our management takes advantage of this option, the notice of redemption will contain the information necessary to calculate the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of the Warrants, including the “fair market value” in such case. Requiring a cashless exercise in this manner will reduce the number of shares to be issued and thereby lessen the dilutive effect of a Warrant redemption. We believe this feature is an attractive option to usthe Company if it does not need the cash from the exercise of the Warrants.Warrants . If we call our Warrants for redemption and our management does not take advantage of this option, the Company’s former sponsor, Software Acquisition HoldingsGroup LLC (the “Sponsor”(“Sponsor”), and its permitted transferees would still be entitled to exercise their Private Placement Warrants for cash or on a cashless basis using the same formula described above that other warrantholders would have been required to use had all warrantholders been required to exercise their Warrants on a cashless basis, as described in more detail below.

A holder of a Warrant may notify us in writing in the event it elects to be subject to a requirement that such holder will not have the right to exercise such Warrant, to the extent that, to the Warrant Agent’s actual knowledge, after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.9% or 9.8% (or such other amount as a holder may specify) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise.

If the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or by a split-up of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such stock dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each Warrant will be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding shares of Common Stock. A rights offering to holders of Common Stock entitling holders to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the fair market value will be deemed a stock dividend of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock) and (ii) one minus the quotient of (x) the price per share of Common Stock paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the fair market value. For these purposes (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock, in determining the price payable for Common Stock, any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion, will be taken into account and (ii) fair market value means the volume weighted average price of Common Stock as reported during the 1010-day trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.

In addition, if we, at any time while the Warrants are outstanding and unexpired, pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities, or other assets to the holders of Common Stock on account of such shares of Common Stock (or other shares of our capital stock into which the Warrants are convertible), other than (a) as described above or (b) certain ordinary cash dividends, then the Warrant exercise price will be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such event, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value of any securities or other assets paid on each share of Common Stock in respect of such event.

If the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse stock split or reclassification of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each Warrant will be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Common Stock.

Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants is adjusted, as described above, the Warrant exercise price will be adjusted by multiplying the Warrant exercise price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which will be the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which will be the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately thereafter.

In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than those described above or that solely affects the par value of such shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of us with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which we are the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of our outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of us as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which we are dissolved, the warrantholders will thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the Warrants and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the holder of the Warrants would have received if such holder had exercised their Warrants immediately prior to such event. If less than 70% of the consideration receivable by the holders of Common Stock in such a transaction is payable in the form of Common Stockcommon stock in the successor entity that is listed for trading on a national securities exchange or is quoted in an established over-the-counter market, or is to be so listed for trading or quoted immediately following such event, and if the registered holder of the Warrant properly exercises the Warrant within 30 days following public disclosure of such transaction, the Warrant exercise price will be reduced as specified in the Warrant Agreement based on the Black-Scholes value (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) of the Warrant. The purpose of such exercise price reduction is to provide additional value to warrantholders when an extraordinary transaction occurs during the exercise period of the Warrants pursuant to which the warrantholders otherwise do not receive the full potential value of the Warrants in order to determine and realize the option value component of the Warrant. This formula is to compensate the warrantholder for the loss of the option value portion of the Warrant due to the requirement that the warrantholder exercise the Warrant within 30 days of the event. The Black-Scholes model is an accepted pricing model for estimating fair market value where no quoted market price for an instrument is available.

Annual Stockholder Meetings

Our annual stockholder meetings are held at a date, time and place as exclusively selected by our Board. To the extent permitted under applicable law, we may conduct meetings by remote communications, including by webcast.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Our Charter and Bylaws and Certain Provisions of Delaware Law

Our Charter and Bylaws contain and the DGCL contains provisions, as summarized in the following paragraphs, that are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of our Board. These provisions are intended to avoid costly takeover battles, reduce our vulnerability to a hostile change of control and enhance the ability of our Board to maximize stockholder value in connection with any unsolicited offer to acquire the Company. However, these provisions may have an anti-takeover effect and may delay, deter, or prevent a merger or acquisition of the Company by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or other takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider in its best interest, including those attempts that might result in a premium over the prevailing market price for the shares of Common Stock held by stockholders.

Authorized but Unissued Capital Stock

Delaware law does not require stockholder approval for any issuance of authorized shares.

However, the listing requirements of NASDAQ, which would apply so long as our Common Stock remains listed on the NASDAQ, require stockholder approval of certain issuances equal to or exceeding 20% of the then-outstanding voting power of our capital stock or the-then outstanding number of shares of common stock. These additional shares may be used for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings, to raise additional capital or to facilitate acquisitions.

Our Board may generally issue preferred shares on terms calculated to discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of the Company or the removal of its management. Moreover, our authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock will be available for future issuances without stockholder approval and could be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future offerings to raise additional capital, to facilitate acquisitions and employee benefit plans.

One of the effects of the existence of unissued and unreserved Common Stock or preferred stock may be to enable our Board to issue shares to persons friendly to current management, which issuance could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of the Company by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise, and thereby protect the continuity of our management and possibly deprive our stockholders of opportunities to sell their shares of Common Stock at prices higher than prevailing market prices.

Classified Board of Directors

Our Charter provides that our Board is classified into three classes of directors, with the classes to be as nearly equal in number as possible, and with each director serving a three-year term. As a result, approximately one-third of our Board members are elected each year. The classification of directors has the effect of making it more difficult for stockholders to change the composition of our Board. Our Charter and Bylaws provide that, subject to any rights of holders of preferred stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors will be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board.

Business Combinations

The Company is subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL regulating corporate takeovers. This statute prevents certain Delaware corporations, under certain circumstances, from engaging in a “business combination” with:

A “business combination” includes a merger or sale of more than 10% of our assets. However, the above provisions of Section 203 do not apply if:

Removal of Directors; Vacancies

Under the DGCL, and as provided in our Charter, a director serving on a classified board may be removed by the stockholders only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority in voting power of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. In addition, our Charter provides that, subject to the rights granted to one or more series of preferred stock then outstanding and the rights granted pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement (as defined below), any newly created directorship on our Board that results from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on our Board will be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors (other than directors elected by the holders of any series of preferred stock, voting separately as a series or together with one or more series, as the case may be), even if less than a quorum, by a sole remaining director or by the stockholders.

No Cumulative Voting

Under Delaware law, the right to vote cumulatively does not exist unless our Charter specifically authorizes cumulative voting. Our Charter does not authorize cumulative voting.

Special Stockholder Meetings

Our Charter provides that special meetings of our stockholders may be called at any time only by or at the direction of the chief executive officer, the Board or the chairperson of the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of our Board. Our Bylaws prohibit the conduct of any business at a special meeting other than as specified in the notice for such meeting. These provisions may have the effect of deferring, delaying or discouraging hostile takeovers, or changes in control or management of the Company.

Requirements for Advance Notification of Director Nominations and Stockholder Proposals

Our Bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of the Board or a committee of the Board. In order for any matter to be “properly brought” before a meeting, a stockholder must comply with advance notice requirements and provide us with certain information. Generally, to be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders. Our Bylaws also specify requirements as to the form and content of a stockholder’s notice. Our Bylaws allow our Board to adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings as it deems appropriate, which may have the effect of precluding the conduct of certain business at a meeting if the rules and regulations are not followed. These provisions may also defer, delay, or discourage a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to influence or obtain control of us.

Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal and Payment

Under the DGCL, with certain exceptions, the Company’s stockholders have appraisal rights in connection with a merger or consolidation of the Company. Pursuant to the DGCL, stockholders who properly request and perfect appraisal rights in connection with such merger or consolidation have the right to receive payment of the fair value of their shares as determined by the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Stockholders’ Derivative Actions

Under the DGCL, any of our stockholders may bring an action in our name to procure a judgment in our favor, also known as a derivative action, provided that the stockholder bringing the action is a holder of our shares at the time of the transaction to which the action relates or such stockholder’s stock thereafter devolved by operation of law.

Exclusive Forum

Our Charter provides that unless we consent to the selection of an alternative forum, the Delaware Chancery Court will be the exclusive forum for any (1) derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (2) action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of ours or our stockholders, (3) action asserting a claim against our Charter or our Bylaws, or (4) action asserting a claim against us, our directors, officers or employees governed by the internal affairs. Our Charter provides that the Delaware Chancery Court is the exclusive jurisdiction for any stockholder to bring any action asserting an “internal corporate claim” as defined in Section 115 of the DGCL. In addition, our Charter provides that the Federal District Courts of the United States of America are the exclusive forum for resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action under the Securities Act, or with respect to the offer or sale of our securities.

Conflicts of Interest

Delaware law permits corporations to adopt provisions renouncing any interest or expectancy in certain opportunities that are presented to the corporation or its officers, directors, or stockholders. Our Charter, to the maximum extent permitted from time to time by Delaware law, renounces any interest or expectancy that we have in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, specified business opportunities that are from time to time presented to our officers, directors or stockholders or their respective affiliates, other than those officers, directors, stockholders or affiliates who are our or our subsidiaries’ employees. Our Charter provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, none of the stockholder parties or any of their affiliates or any director who is not employed by us (including any non-employee director who serves as one of our officers in both his director and officer capacities) or his or her affiliates will have any duty to refrain from (1) engaging in a corporate opportunity in the same or similar lines of business in which we or our affiliates now engage or propose to engage or (2) otherwise competing with us or our affiliates. In addition, to the fullest extent permitted by law, in the event that any stockholder party or non-employee director acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for itself or himself or its or his affiliates or for us or our affiliates, such person will have no duty to communicate or offer such transaction or business opportunity to us or any of our affiliates and they may take any such opportunity for themselves or offer it to another person or entity. Our Charter does not renounce our interest in any business opportunity that is expressly offered to a non-employee director solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no business opportunity is deemed to be a potential corporate opportunity for us unless we would be permitted to undertake the opportunity under our Charter, we have sufficient financial resources to undertake the opportunity and the opportunity would be in line with our business.

Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

The DGCL authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties, subject to certain exceptions. Our Charter includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL. The effect of these provisions is to eliminate the rights of the Company and its stockholders, through stockholders’ derivative suits on our behalf, to recover monetary damages from a director for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, including breaches resulting from grossly negligent behavior. However, exculpation does not apply to any director if the director has acted in bad faith, knowingly or intentionally violated the law, authorized illegal dividends or redemptions or derived an improper benefit from his or her actions as a director.

Our Bylaws provide that we must indemnify and advance expenses to our directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL. We are also expressly authorized to carry directors’ and officers’ liability insurance providing indemnification for our directors, officers and certain employees for some liabilities. We believe that these indemnification and advancement provisions and insurance are useful to attract and retain qualified directors and executive officers.

The limitation of liability, advancement and indemnification provisions in our Charter and Bylaws may discourage our stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty.

These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

There is currently no pending material litigation or proceeding involving our directors, officers or employees for which indemnification is sought.

Investor Rights Agreement

In connection with the consummation of the Merger, we entered into an Investor Rights Agreement with Legacy CuriosityStream, the Sponsor, HFM and officers and directors of Legacy CuriosityStream (the “Investor Rights Agreement”).

Under the Investor Rights Agreement, we agree to nominate two (2) individuals designated by the Sponsor (each a “Sponsor Director”) for election as members of our Board if, at such time, the Board does not contain a Sponsor Director and the Sponsor and their affiliates (the “Sponsor Entities”) together continue to beneficially own at least 50% of the shares of our common stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors as of the date of the consummation of the Merger. Further, under the Investor Rights Agreement, weHFM and the officers and directors of Legacy CuriosityStream agree to vote in favor of, or otherwise consent to, the election or appointment of a Sponsor Director at any meeting of the stockholders under the terms set forth above. If the Sponsor does not elect to nominate two (2) Sponsor Directors, we will agree to permit the Sponsor to select one (1) non-voting observer to participate in any Board meeting (including any committee thereof), for so long as the Sponsor and its affiliates continue to beneficially own at least 50% of the shares of our common stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors as of the date of the consummation of the merger.Merger.

In the case of a vacancy on our Board created by the death, disability, disqualification, removal or resignation of a Sponsor Director, we agree to notify Sponsor of such vacancy and nominate an individual timely designated by the Sponsor for election to fill the vacancy, provided that such nomination would not constitute a breach by our Board of its fiduciary duties or applicable laws.

Registration Rights

Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, the Company must provide to certain Legacy CuriosityStream officers and directors certain customary “mandatory,” “demand” and “piggyback” registration rights in respect of its Common Stock. This registration statement is being filed in satisfaction of certain of these registration rights.

In addition, in connection with the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of November 19, 2019 by and between the Company and the Sponsor, the Company must provide to certain Sponsor entitiesEntities certain customary “demand” and “piggyback” registration rights in respect of their securities of the Company.

Rule 144

Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) is not available for the resale of securities initially issued by shell companies (other than business combination related shell companies) or issuers that have been at any time previously a shell company. However, Rule 144 also includes an important exception to this prohibition if the following conditions are met:

Upon the Closing of the Business Combination, the Company ceased to be a shell company and at least one year has elapsed from the time that the Company filed current Form 10 type information with the SEC reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company.

Now that Rule 144 has become available for the resale of our securities, a person who has beneficially owned restricted shares of our Common Stock or Warrants for at least six months would be entitled to sell their securities, provided that (i) such person is not deemed to have been one of our affiliates at the time of, or at any time during the three months preceding, a sale and (ii) we are subject to the Exchange Act periodic reporting requirements for at least three months before the sale and have filed all required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the 12 months (or such shorter period as we were required to file reports) preceding the sale.

Persons who have beneficially owned restricted shares of our Common Stock or Warrants for at least six months but who are our affiliates at the time of, or at any time during the three months preceding, a sale, would be subject to additional restrictions, by which such person would be entitled to sell within any three-month period only a number of securities that does not exceed the greater of:

Sales by our affiliates under Rule 144 are also limited by manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

The following description, together withSELLING SECURITYHOLDERS

This prospectus relates to the additional information we include in any applicable prospectus supplementresale or free writing prospectus, summarizes certain general terms and provisions ofdistribution from time to time by the debt securities that we may offer under this prospectus. When we offer to sell a particular series of debt securities, we will describe the specific terms of the series in a supplement to this prospectus. We will also indicate in the supplement to what extent the general terms and provisions describedselling securityholders named in this prospectus applyor their permitted transferees of up to 26,509,278 shares of our Common Stock.

The term “selling securityholders” includes the securityholders listed in the table below and their permitted transferees.

The following table provides, as of March 25, 2022, information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock by each selling securityholder, the number of shares of our Common Stock that may be sold by each selling securityholder under this prospectus and that each selling securityholder will beneficially own after this offering. Beneficial ownership is determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. These rules generally provide that a particular seriesperson is the beneficial owner of debt securities.securities if such person has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting thereof, or to dispose or direct the disposition thereof, or has the right to acquire such powers within 60 days. The “Shares to be Sold in Offering” column lists the number of shares of Common Stock which may be offered by the selling securityholders pursuant to this prospectus, and includes shares of common stock underlying certain equity awards which are subject to various vesting and forfeiture conditions, as further detailed in the footnotes to the table.

Because each selling securityholder may dispose of all, none or some portion of their securities, no estimate can be given as to the number of securities that will be beneficially owned by a selling securityholder upon termination of this offering. For purposes of the table below, however, we have assumed that after termination of this offering none of the securities covered by this prospectus will be beneficially owned by the selling securityholders and further assumed that the selling securityholders will not acquire beneficial ownership of any additional securities during the offering. In addition, the selling securityholders may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, or may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, at any time and from time to time, our securities in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act after the date on which the information in the table is presented.

We may issue debtamend or supplement this prospectus from time to time in the future to update or change this selling securityholders list and the securities either separately,that may be resold.

Please see the section titled “Plan of Distribution” for further information regarding the selling securityholders’ method of distributing these shares.