Dodge R Stanton Form 4 DraftKings / R Stanton Dodge ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Dodge R Stanton

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O DRAFTKINGS INC.

222 BERKELEY STREET, 5TH FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02116

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DraftKings Inc. [ DKNG ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Legal Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/08/2023

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2023		M		105,554(2)	A	$2.95	758,538	D
Class A Common Stock	11/08/2023		S(3)		105,554	D	$35.82(4)	652,984	D
Class A Common Stock	11/09/2023		M		14,155	A	(1)	667,139	D
Class A Common Stock	11/09/2023		F		6,193	D	$34.81	660,946	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option	$2.95	11/08/2023		M			105,554	(5)	11/07/2027	Class A Common Stock	105,554	$0.00	473,138	D
Restricted Stock Units	(1)	11/09/2023		M			14,155	(6)	(6)	Class A Common Stock	14,155	$0.00	127,389	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. No shares of Class A Common Stock were transferred or sold upon the vesting of the restricted stock units ("RSUs") other than to the Issuer to satisfy withholding taxes. The Reporting Person received the net of the 14,155 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the RSUs listed in Table II, and 6,193 shares of Class A Common Stock withheld by the Issuer. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock.

2. The Reporting Person acquired shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer upon the exercise of stock options and payment of the aggregate exercise price in cash.

3. The reported sale was made pursuant to a pre-arranged program for selling shares of Class A Common Stock adopted on February 26, 2023 pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

4. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $35.44 to $36.28, inclusive. The Reporting Person has provided to the Issuer, and undertakes to provide any security holder of the Issuer or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 4 to this Form 4.

5. These stock options were granted on November 7, 2017. As of the date hereof, all such remaining stock options have vested.

6. On February 9, 2022, the Reporting Person was granted 226,470 RSUs vesting quarterly over four (4) years.

	/s/ Faisal Hasan, attorney-in-fact	11/13/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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