Item 8.01. Other Events.
On December 23, 2020, Altimar Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: ATAC) (Altimar) announced that it had entered into a definitive
business combination agreement with Owl Rock Capital Group (Owl Rock) and the Dyal Capital Partners (Dyal) division of Neuberger Berman Group LLC to form Blue Owl Capital Inc. (Blue Owl), a publicly-traded
alternative asset management firm with over $45.0 billion in assets under management. A copy of the press release announcing the transaction is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
Pursuant to the transaction, Altimar, which currently holds $275 million in cash in trust, will combine with Blue Owl at an estimated
$12.5 billion pro forma equity value. Cash proceeds in connection with the transaction will be funded through a combination of Altimars cash in trust and a $1.5 billion fully committed, oversubscribed, common stock private investment
in public equity at $10.00 per share.
The information in this Item 8.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed
filed for purposes of Section 18 of 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 or the Exchange Act, except as
expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
Altimar intends to file a registration statement on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC), which will include a proxy statement and a prospectus of Altimar, and each party will file other documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction. A definitive proxy statement/prospectus will also be sent to the
stockholders of Altimar, seeking any required stockholder approval. Before making any voting or investment decision, investors and security holders of Altimar are urged to carefully read the entire registration statement and proxy
statement/prospectus, when they become available, and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC, as well as any amendments or supplements to these documents, because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction.
The documents filed by Altimar with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at the SECs website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the documents filed by Altimar may be obtained free of charge from Altimar at www.altimarspac.com. Alternatively, these
documents, when available, can be obtained free of charge from Altimar upon written request to Altimar Acquisition Corp., 40 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attn: Secretary, or by
calling 212-287-6767.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K, and oral statements made from time to time by
representatives of the Company are forward looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements regarding the proposed business
combination and expectations regarding the combined business are forward looking statements. In addition, words such as estimates, projects, expects, anticipates, forecasts,
plans, intends, believes, seeks, may, will, would, should, future, propose, target, goal,
objective, outlook and variations of these