Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): November 20, 2020

Purple Innovation, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware		001-37523		47-4078206
(State of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4100 N. Chapel Ridge Rd., Suite 200
Lehi, Utah		84043
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (801) 756-2600

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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, par value $0.0001 per share	PRPL	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Warrants to purchase one-half of one share of Class A Common Stock	PRPLW	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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).

Emerging growth company ☒

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

As previously announced, on October 27, 2020 Purple Innovation, Inc. (the “Company”) provided notice to the holders of (i) warrants that were issued in the initial public offering of Global Partner Acquisition Corp. (“GPAC”) (the predecessor to the Company) (the “Public Warrants”) and (ii) warrants that were issued in connection with the closing of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated February 26, 2019 by and among Purple Innovation, LLC, Coliseum Capital Partners, L.P. (“CCP”), Blackwell Partners LLC – Series A (“Blackwell”), Coliseum Co-Invest Debt Fund, L.P. (“CDF” and together with CCP and Blackwell, the “Lenders”) and Delaware Trust Company, to the Lenders (the “Incremental Loan Warrants”) that, pursuant to the terms of such warrants, the Company determined to exercise its right to redeem the Public Warrants and the Incremental Loan Warrants by paying to the holders of such warrants the redemption price of $0.01 per warrant, with the redemption to take place on November 30, 2020. Prior to redemption, the Public Warrants and Incremental Loan Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis, in accordance with the terms of such warrants.

On November 20, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing that, as of November 19, 2020, approximately 9,828,000 Public Warrants and all of the Incremental Loan Warrants had been exercised since October 27, 2020. If the remaining approximately 1,229,000 Public Warrants are not exercised prior to November 30, 2020, they will be redeemed on that date at the redemption price of $0.01 per warrant. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise stated in such filing.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release dated November 20, 2020.

SIGNATURE

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.