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): March 18, 2021
MediaAlpha, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 001-39671 | 85-1854133 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
700 South Flower Street, Suite 640 Los Angeles, California | 90017 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(213) 316-6256
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(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:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value | MAX | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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ITEM 1.01 – Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 18, 2021, MediaAlpha, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), together with its subsidiaries Guilford Holdings, Inc. and QL Holdings LLC, entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto (the “Underwriters”), White Mountains Investments (Luxembourg) S.à r.l., Insignia QL Holdings, LLC, Insignia A QL Holdings, LLC and certain management selling stockholders (collectively, the “Selling Stockholders”) relating to an underwritten secondary public offering of an aggregate of 8,050,000 shares of Class A common stock of the Company being sold by the Selling Stockholders, including 1,050,000 shares of Class A common stock sold pursuant to the over-allotment option granted by certain Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters (the “Offering”). The Offering closed on March 23, 2021.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and covenants of the Company and the Selling Stockholders and also provides for customary indemnification by each of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters against certain liabilities.
The Offering is made pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-254338) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which was declared effective by the SEC on March 18, 2021.
The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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 hereunto duly authorized.
MediaAlpha, Inc. | ||||||
Date: March 24, 2021 | By: | /s/ Lance Martinez | ||||
Name: Lance Martinez | ||||||
Title: General Counsel & Secretary |