UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

☒	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number: 001-40026

GOAL ACQUISITIONS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		85-3660880
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

12600 Hill Country Blvd Building R, Suite 275 Bee Cave, Texas		78738
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 717-7678

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered

Units, each consisting of one share of common stock and one redeemable warrant	PUCKU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	PUCK	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Redeemable warrants, exercisable for shares of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	PUCKW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

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 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
		Smaller reporting company	☒
Non-accelerated filer	☒	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. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☒ No ☐

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $99,091,185 on June 30, 2023 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second quarter) based on the closing price for the common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market on June 30, 2023.

As of April 12, 2024, a total of 7,500,419 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued and outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I

Item 1. Business	6

Item 1A. Risk Factors	22

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments	40

Item 1C. Cybersecurity	40

Item 2. Properties	40

Item 3. Legal Proceedings	40

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures	40

PART II

Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	41

Item 6. [Reserved]	41

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	42

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	47

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	47

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	47

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures	48

Item 9B. Other Information	49

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections	49

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	49

Item 11. Executive Compensation	55

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	55

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	57

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services	59

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	59

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary	61

References to the “Company,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to Goal Acquisitions Corp., a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on October 26, 2020. References to our “Sponsor” refer to Goal Acquisitions Sponsor LLC, an entity affiliated with our officers, directors and advisors.

This annual report on Form 10-K contains statistical data, estimates and forecasts that are based on independent industry publications or other publicly available information, as well as other information based on our internal sources. While we believe the industry and market data included in this report are reliable and are based on reasonable assumptions, these data involve many assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to these estimates. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding any such third-party information presented in this report, we have not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the data contained in these industry publications and other publicly available information. None of the industry publications referred to in this report were prepared on our or on our affiliates’ behalf or at our expense. Our business is subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described in Item 1A. “Risk Factors,” which could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in these publications and other publicly available information.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained in this annual report on Form 10-K, which reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance, and any other statements of a future or forward-looking nature, constitute “forward-looking statements” for the purpose of the federal securities laws. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this report may include, for example, statements about:

●	our ability to complete our initial business combination, including our pending business combination with Digital Virgo (as defined below) and the other transactions contemplated by the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement (as defined below);

●	our expectations around the performance of the prospective target business or businesses, including Digital Virgo;

●	our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination;

●	our officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination, as a result of which they would then receive expense reimbursements;

●	our potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination, including our pending business combination with Digital Virgo;

●	the ability to have our securities continue to be listed on Nasdaq, including following a business combination, including our pending business combination with Digital Virgo;

●	our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading;

●	our ability to consummate an initial business combination, including the pending business combination with Digital Virgo, despite the continued uncertainty resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic or the outbreak of other infectious diseases;

●	the trust account not being subject to claims of third parties;

●	the potential market for our securities; or

●	our financial performance.

The forward-looking statements contained in this annual report on Form 10-K are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. Future developments affecting us may not be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described in Item 1A. “Risk Factors.” Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this annual report, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements as predictions of future results. Our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

RISK FACTOR SUMMARY

Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including those highlighted in the section title “Risk Factors,” that represent challenges that we face in connection with the successful implementation of our strategy. The occurrence of one or more of the events or circumstances described in the section titled “Risk Factors,” alone or in combination with other events or circumstances, may adversely affect our ability to effect a business combination, and may have an adverse effect on our business, cash flows, financial condition and results of operations. Such risks include, but are not limited to:

	●	our ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, including our pending business combination with Digital Virgo;
	●	newly formed company without an operating history;
	●	delay in receiving distributions from the trust account;
	●	lack of opportunity to vote on our proposed business combination;
	●	lack of protections afforded to investors of blank check companies;
	●	deviation from acquisition criteria;
	●	issuance of equity and/or debt securities to complete a business combination, including our pending business combination with Digital Virgo;
	●	lack of working capital;
	●	third-party claims reducing the per-share redemption price;
	●	negative interest rate for securities in which we invest the funds held in the trust account;
	●	our stockholders being held liable for claims by third parties against us;
	●	failure to enforce our sponsor’s indemnification obligations;
	●	warrant holders limited to exercising warrants only on a “cashless basis”;
	●	the ability of warrant holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company;
	●	our dependence on key personnel;
	●	conflicts of interest of our sponsor, officers and directors;
	●	the delisting of our securities by Nasdaq;
	●	dependence on a single target business with a limited number of products or services;
	●	our shares being redeemed and our warrants becoming worthless;
	●	our competitors with advantages over us in seeking business combinations;
	●	our ability to obtain additional financing;
	●	our initial stockholders controlling a substantial interest in us;
	●	warrants adverse effect on the market price of our common stock;
	●	events which may result in the per-share amount held in our trust account dropping below $10.00 per public share;
	●	disadvantageous timing for redeeming warrants;
	●	registration rights’ adverse effect on the market price of our common stock;
	●	impact of COVID-19 and related risks;
	●	business combination with a company located in a foreign jurisdiction, including our pending business combination with Digital Virgo;
	●	changes in laws or regulations; tax consequences to business combinations;
	●	exclusive forum provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation;
	●	specific risks related to businesses in the sports and media sectors;
	●	material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting; and
	●	potential litigation and other risks as a result of the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS.

We are a blank check company incorporated on October 26, 2020 as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this annual report as our initial business combination. We have neither engaged in any operations unrelated to our search for business combination candidates nor generated any revenue to date.

While our efforts to identify a prospective target business was not limited to a particular industry, sector or region, we capitalized on the expertise of our management team, board and advisors (collectively, our “Team”) in the professional sports teams and media sectors, including, but not limited to, related areas such as sports technology, gaming and e-sports.

Our objective is to generate attractive returns and create value for our shareholders by applying our strategy of capitalizing on the experience of our Team. Our Team has spent their careers working in the global professional sports and media industries. Our Team has particular expertise in operations and turnaround. Our Team’s experience includes negotiating record setting naming rights, cable, TV, radio, licensed merchandise, sponsorship and food service deals with numerous franchises, as well as numerous facility leasing, financing and construction contracts. This experience includes managing the business operations of professional athletes (including Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing), sports franchises (the New York Yankees, San Francisco 49ers, Florida Panther, Atlanta Thrashers, Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Bobcats) and leagues (including the WNBA, the PGA Tour and the NCAA’s Southeastern Conference). We will look to acquire and manage a business that can benefit from our Team’s global experience with sports teams, leagues, media, brands, technology and investments.

Proposed Business Combination

Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement and Merger Agreement

On February 8, 2023, we entered into an Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement”) with Goal Acquisitions Nevada Corp., a Nevada corporation (“Goal Nevada”), Digital Virgo Group, a French corporation (société par actions simplifiée) (“Digital Virgo”), all shareholders of Digital Virgo (the “Digital Virgo Shareholders”), and IODA S.A., in its capacity as the “DV Shareholders Representative” (as defined in the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement), which amends and restates in its entirety the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2022, by and among the Company, Digital Virgo, and certain other parties.

Concurrently with the execution of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, the Company and Goal Nevada entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company will, prior to the Closing (as defined below), reincorporate as a Nevada corporation by merging with and into Goal Nevada, a newly-formed wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, with Goal Nevada surviving the merger (the “Reincorporation Merger”).

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement and after the consummation of the Reincorporation Merger, Digital Virgo will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Goal Nevada whereby the outstanding shares of Goal Nevada will be exchanged for shares of Digital Virgo by means of a statutory share exchange under Nevada law (the “Exchange”). The time of the closing of the Exchange is referred to herein as the “Closing.” The date of the Closing is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”

The Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement and the Exchange, as well as the Merger Agreement and the Reincorporation Merger, were approved by the board of directors of the Company.

Below is a description of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement and the Exchange, as well as the Merger Agreement and the Reincorporation Merger. The description below does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.2 and the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.3.

The Reincorporation Merger and the Exchange

Subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Company will, prior to the Closing, reincorporate as a Nevada corporation by merging with and into Goal Nevada, a newly-formed wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, with Goal Nevada surviving the merger. Each unit of the Company (which is comprised of one share of common stock of the Company and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock of the Company), share of common stock of the Company and warrant to purchase shares of common stock of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Reincorporation Merger will be converted, respectively, into units of Goal Nevada, shares of common stock of Goal Nevada and warrants to purchase shares of common stock of Goal Nevada (respectively, “Goal Nevada Units,” “Goal Nevada Shares” and “Goal Nevada Warrants”) on a one-for-one basis, which will have substantially identical rights, preferences and privileges as the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering and simultaneous private placement, the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and the warrants which were included in the units that were sold in the Company’s initial public offering and simultaneous private placement.

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions set forth therein, Digital Virgo will effect a series of related transactions, in each case, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, including the following:

	●	Prior to the Closing, Digital Virgo will convert into a French public limited company (société anonyme);
	●	After the conversion into a French public limited company (société anonyme) and prior to the Closing, Digital Virgo and the Digital Virgo Shareholders intend to effect a placement of ordinary shares of Digital Virgo to certain institutional and other investors (the “PIPE Investors”) through both primary and/or secondary offerings (the “PIPE Investment”), including the sale of a number of Digital Virgo ordinary shares held by the Digital Virgo Shareholders in exchange for $125,000,000 in cash;
	●	Immediately after the PIPE Investment, Digital Virgo will (i) effect a reverse share split of all of its existing shares pursuant to a conversion parity which is expected to be 10 to 26, including the shares purchased by the PIPE Investors in the PIPE Investment, (ii) change the par value of all such existing shares from €0.10 to €0.26 and (iii) rename all such existing shares to Class A ordinary shares (the “Digital Virgo Class A Ordinary Shares”) (together, the “Reverse Share Split”). Immediately after the completion of the Reverse Share Split, the Digital Virgo Class A Ordinary Shares held by IODA S.A., the controlling shareholder of Digital Virgo, will be converted into Class B preferred shares, par value €0.26 per share of Digital Virgo (the “Digital Virgo Class B Shares”), on a one-for-one basis, with such shares having identical rights to the Digital Virgo Class A Ordinary Shares except that the Digital Virgo Class B Shares will have two votes for each share.

Subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, at the Closing, (i) Digital Virgo will acquire all of the issued outstanding Goal Nevada Shares pursuant to articles of exchange filed with the Nevada Secretary of State in accordance with the Nevada Revised Statutes, whereby each issued and outstanding Goal Nevada Share will be exchanged for one Digital Virgo Class A Ordinary Share by means of a statutory share exchange under Nevada law (the “Exchange”) and (ii) each Goal Nevada Warrant will be automatically exchanged for one warrant issued by Digital Virgo that will be exercisable for one Digital Virgo Class A Ordinary Share. All outstanding Goal Nevada Units will be separated into their underlying securities immediately prior to the Exchange.

In addition, at the Closing, (i) 5,000,000 Class C preferred shares, par value €0.26 per share, of Digital Virgo (the “DV Earnout Shares”) will be issued to and deposited with one or more escrow agents and will be disbursed to the Digital Virgo Shareholders, in whole or in part, after the Closing, if both an earnout milestone based on “EBITDA” (as defined in the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement) and a share price milestone are met and (ii) 1,293,750 Class C preferred shares, par value €0.26 per share, of Digital Virgo (the “Sponsor Earnout Shares”) will be issued to and deposited with an escrow agent and will be disbursed to Goal Acquisitions Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), after the Closing, if a share price milestone is met. The earnout milestone will be met if Digital Virgo’s EBITDA for any fiscal year ending on or before December 31, 2027 is equal or greater than $60,000,000, in which case 2,500,000 DV Earnout Escrow Shares will be released to the Digital Virgo Shareholders. The share price milestone will be met if Digital Virgo’s share price is equal to or greater than $15.00 for at least 20 out of 30 consecutive trading days (counting only those trading days in which there is trading activity) from the period starting from the date immediately following the Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2026, in which case 2,500,000 DV Earnout Escrow Shares will be released to the Digital Virgo Shareholders and all of the Sponsor Earnout Shares will be released to the Sponsor. Any DV Earnout Shares remaining in the earnout escrow account that have not been released to the Digital Virgo Shareholders will be released to Digital Virgo, and any Sponsor Earnout Shares remaining in the earnout escrow account that have not been released to the Sponsor will be released to Digital Virgo. The Class C preferred shares of Digital Virgo will have identical rights to the Digital Virgo Class A Ordinary Shares except that the Class C preferred shares will have no voting rights. If and when the Class C preferred shares are released from escrow to the Digital Virgo Shareholders or the Sponsor, as applicable, such shares shall be automatically be converted into Digital Virgo Class A Ordinary Shares, on a one-for-one basis, with full voting rights as of their respective date of disbursement by the escrow agent. “EBITDA” means the “Adjusted EBITDA” of Digital Virgo as currently calculated by Digital Virgo for its reporting requirements under its existing credit facility, which is a non-GAAP measure and should not be construed as more relevant measures of operational performance than financial information under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

As described below, the Sponsor has agreed to forfeit 646,875 shares of common stock of the Company for no consideration effective as of the Closing.

Representations and Warranties; Covenants

The parties to the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement have agreed to customary representations and warranties for transactions of this type. Except in certain limited instances, the representations and warranties made under the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement will not survive the Closing.

In addition, the parties to the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement agreed to be bound by certain customary covenants for transactions of this type, including, among others, (i) a covenant of each party to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the transactions contemplated by the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement (the “Transactions”) to be consummated in an expeditious manner, (ii) a covenant of the Company to convene a special meeting of the stockholders of the Company to approve the stockholder proposals, except that the board of directors of the Company may fail to make, amend, change, withdraw, modify, withhold or qualify its recommendation (a “Change in Recommendation”) in response to an Intervening Event (as defined in the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, which does not include matters relating to an alternative transaction) if it determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that a failure to make a Change in Recommendation would be a breach by the board of directors of its fiduciary obligations to the Company’s stockholders under applicable law, (iii) covenants providing that the parties will not solicit, initiate, submit, facilitate, discuss or negotiate any inquiry, proposal or offer with respect to any alternative transaction, (iv) a covenant by Digital Virgo to deliver to the Company audited financial statements that have been audited in accordance with PCAOB auditing standards by a PCAOB qualified auditor and other audited and unaudited financial statements of Digital Virgo that are required to be included in the proxy statement, and (v) if the Company or Digital Virgo has received a proposal that it believes is superior to the proposed committed capital on demand facility (“CCOD”), for which the Company has received a term sheet, a covenant by the Company and Digital Virgo to discuss the terms of such proposal in good faith and whether to proceed with such proposal instead of the proposed CCOD.

Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations

Under the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, the obligations of the parties (or, in some cases, some of the parties) to consummate the Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions of the respective parties, including, among others, (i) the accuracy of representations and warranties as of the signing of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement and as of the Closing Date, subject to materiality and material adverse effect qualifiers set forth in the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, (ii) material compliance with pre-closing covenants, (iii) no material adverse effect both for the Company and Digital Virgo, (iv) the delivery of customary closing certificates, (v) the absence of a legal prohibition on consummating the Transactions, (vi) approval by the Company’s stockholders and the consummation of the Reincorporation Merger, (vii) approval of a listing application on Nasdaq for the Digital Virgo Class A Ordinary Shares, (viii) the “Available Cash” (which is defined to include the amount released from the Company’s trust account, after giving effect to redemptions, repayment of the Company’s working capital loans and the Transactions, but without giving effect to payment of any of the parties’ transaction expenses, plus any amounts delivered to the Company or Digital Virgo at or prior to the Closing pursuant to any investments) is equal to or greater than $20,000,000, (ix) the delivery of a fully executed and binding committed capital on demand facility for at least $100,000,000 (or a lesser amount as determined by Digital Virgo) of post-Closing capital (the “CCOD”), (x) the Company having at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets remaining after giving effect to redemptions and (xi) dissenters’ rights under Nevada law not being available in connection with the Exchange.

Termination

The Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement may be terminated under certain customary and limited circumstances at any time prior to the Closing, including, among others, (i) by mutual written consent of the Company and Digital Virgo, (ii) upon any injunction or other governmental order preventing the consummation of the Transactions which shall have become final and non-appealable, (iii) upon a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement (subject to an opportunity to cure, if such violation or breach is capable of being cured), (iv) if the Closing has not occurred by April 30, 2023 (the “Termination Date”), provided, that the Termination Date shall be automatically extended for two (2) months if the Closing shall not have occurred by April 30, 2023, (v) by Digital Virgo, if the Company fails to consummate the Transactions following the satisfaction of the conditions to the Company’s closing, (vi) by Digital Virgo, if the Company fails to consummate the Transactions prior to the Termination Date (as such date may be extended, if at all) as a result of the Company’s failure to satisfy the Available Cash closing condition and/or the CCOD closing condition, and (vii) by the Company, if Digital Virgo fails to consummate the Transactions following the satisfaction of the conditions to Digital Virgo’s closing.

Digital Virgo will be obligated to pay the Company a termination fee of $2,000,000 if the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to clause (vii) of the preceding paragraph. The Company will be obligated to pay Digital Virgo a termination fee of $2,000,000 if the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement is terminated by Digital Virgo pursuant to clauses (v) or (vi) of the preceding paragraph.

Note Regarding the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement

The Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants that the respective parties made to each other as of the date of such agreement or other specific dates. The assertions embodied in those representations, warranties and covenants were made for purposes of the contract among the respective parties and are subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by the parties in connection with negotiating the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement. The Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement has been included as Exhibit 2.3 hereto to provide investors with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the parties to the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement. In particular, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, which were made only for purposes of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties (including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts) and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors and reports and documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, or any descriptions thereof, as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of any party to the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement. In addition, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements and other terms of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement may be subject to subsequent waiver or modification by the parties in their sole discretion without prior public notice. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties and other terms may change after the date of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures.

Other Agreements

The Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement contemplates the execution of various additional agreements and instruments, including, among others, the following:

Amended and Restated Sponsor Support Agreement

Concurrently with the execution of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor and certain other persons parties thereto entered into an Amended and Restated Sponsor Support Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Sponsor Support Agreement”), which amends and restates the Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2022, by and among the Sponsor and certain other parties in its entirety, pursuant to which each of the Sponsor and such other persons has agreed to, among other things, (i) vote all of its shares of common stock of the Company in favor of the Transactions and each of the other proposals presented by the Company at the special meeting of stockholders with respect to the Transactions, (ii) waive its redemption rights with respect to its shares of common stock of the Company in connection with the Transactions and (iii) not transfer any securities of the Company until the Closing or termination of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement (except in limited circumstances).

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Sponsor Support Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Sponsor Support Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.12.

Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement

Concurrently with the execution of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, Digital Virgo, the Company, the Sponsor, the Digital Virgo Shareholders and certain other persons parties thereto entered into an Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement”), which amends and restates the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2022, by and among the Company, Sponsor, the Digital Virgo Shareholders and certain other parties in its entirety. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, (i) the board of directors of Digital Virgo shall be comprised of thirteen (13) directors at and immediately following the Closing, of which, five (5) individuals shall be proposed by the Sponsor (the “Sponsor Directors”) for so long as the Sponsor and the “Other Holders” (as defined in the Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, and their respective permitted transferees) own at least 50% of the number of the Digital Virgo Shares owned by the Sponsor and the Other Holders on the Closing Date (which shall be reduced to three (3) individuals if that percentage drops to 25%) and eight (8) individuals shall be proposed by the Digital Virgo Shareholders (acting through their representative, IODA S.A.) for so long as the Digital Virgo Shareholders (and their permitted transferees) own at least 50% of the number of the Digital Virgo Shares owned by the Digital Virgo Shareholders on the Closing Date (which shall be reduced to five (5) individuals if that percentage drops to 25%), (ii) the board of directors of Digital Virgo shall be divided into three classes of directors, with each class serving for staggered three-year terms, provided that the Sponsor Directors shall be Class III directors, (iii) the Sponsor shall be able to propose two (2) non-voting board observers, (iv) the Digital Virgo Shareholders shall be able to propose one (1) non-voting board observer, (v) Digital Virgo will agree to undertake certain resale shelf registration obligations in accordance with the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and certain holders have been granted customary demand and piggyback registration rights, and (vi) the Digital Virgo Shareholders, the Sponsor and the Other Holders agree to a six (6) month lock-up period for their Digital Virgo Shares, subject to certain exceptions, provided that the Digital Virgo Shares held by IODA S.A. will be subject to additional transfer restrictions if such transfer would result in a default or event of default under Digital Virgo’s existing credit facility.

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.13.

Amended and Restated Initial Shareholders Forfeiture Agreement

Concurrently with the execution of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor and the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Initial Shareholders Forfeiture Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Initial Shareholders Forfeiture Agreement”), which amends and restates the Initial Shareholders Forfeiture Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2022, by and between the Sponsor and the Company in its entirety, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to forfeit 646,875 shares of common stock of the Company for no consideration effective as of the Closing.

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Initial Shareholders Forfeiture Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Initial Shareholders Forfeiture Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.14.

Extension; Redemption

On February 7, 2023, stockholders of Goal Acquisitions Corp. (the “Company”) approved an amendment (the “Trust Agreement Amendment”) to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated February 10, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”) (the “Trust Agreement”), to change the date on which Continental must commence liquidation of the amount on deposit in the trust account (the “Trust Account”) established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering from February 16, 2023 to March 18, 2023, subject to extension by the board of directors for up to five additional thirty-day periods (the latest of which such date is referred to as the “New Termination Date”).

The foregoing description of the Trust Agreement Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 10.15.

On February 7, 2023, the Company’s stockholders also approved an amendment (the “First Charter Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Charter”) to (i) extend the initial period of time by which the Company has to consummate an initial business combination to the New Termination Date and (ii) make other administrative and technical changes in the Charter in connection with the New Termination Date, in each case, pursuant to an amendment in the form set forth in Annex A of the proxy statement. The Company filed the Charter Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 8, 2023.

The foregoing description of the Charter Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 3.4.

In connection with the stockholders’ approval and implementation of the First Charter Amendment, the holders of 16,328,643 Public Shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.13 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $165,489,172. Following such redemptions, 9,546,357 Public Shares remain outstanding and the Company expects to have approximately $96,751,378 remaining in the Trust Account. Also, see below Part I, Item 1. Business – Effecting a Business Combination: Liquidation if No Business Combination for additional redemption activity.

Our Team

Harvey Schiller serves as our Chief Executive Officer. General Schiller is Chairman of Charlestowne Holdings, a financial advisory firm (2018-present). He is Vice Chairman of the digital, media and sports practice of the Diversified Search Group (2015-present). He previously served as Commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (1986-1990) and America’s Cup (2015-2017), executive director of the United States Olympic Committee (1990-1995), president of Turner Sports (1995-2000), president of Atlanta Thrashers NHL hockey team (1997-1999), Chairman of the financial services firm Assante USA (2002-2004), Chairman of the security firm Global Options (2006-2013), and Chairman of YankeeNets, owners of the New York Yankees, New Jersey Devils, and New Jersey Nets (2000-2002) and developer of the YES network (2001-2002). He is also lead director of Mesa Air Group (2015-present), board member of Blinktbi (2018-present) and chair of Sportsgrid and the Collegiate Sports Management Group (2018-present). General Schiller served a distinguished career as an Air Force pilot (1962-1986) and was a Presidential appointed permanent professor (1980-1986) at the U.S. Air Force Academy and White House Commission on Presidential Scholars (2005-2009). Other appointments include NCAA executive committee (1982-1988), Olympic Games consultant (1984-2012), International Baseball President, board member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (present) and World Baseball Classic (present). General Schiller is a distinguished graduate of The Citadel and earned a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Michigan.

William T. Duffy serves as our Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Duffy served as the Vice Chairman of The Aspire Sports Marketing Group, LLC (“Aspire”), a sports consulting firm which he co-founded in 2008 and held the position of Vice-Chairman from January 2020 until May 2023. From 2016 to 2019, he was the CEO of Aspire and he previously held other positions at Aspire, including two years as COO, and has served on its board of managers since 2014. Mr. Duffy’s career has focused on turnarounds of underperforming franchises with a focus on maximizing employee performance and revenue generation and reducing operating costs, while creating cultures of accountability through hands on leadership and career development of employees. His international experience at Aspire includes consulting on projects with The R & A, Leicester City FC and Tijuana Xolos (Liga MX). From 2010 to 2013, Mr. Duffy briefly left Aspire and oversaw finance and arena operations in a variety of roles at Bobcats Sports and Entertainment, including roles as EVP, CFO and CAO. He served as liaison to the City of Charlotte for the expansion NBA Franchise Charlotte Bobcats and Time Warner Cable Arena. Prior to Aspire, Mr. Duffy held the positions of CFO of the San Francisco 49ers (1996-1999), CAO of the Buffalo Bills (1999-2000), CFO of the Florida Panthers (2001-2003) and EVP, CFO of Atlanta Spirit, LLC (2004-2008), a group that bought the operating rights of the Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Thrashers and Philips Arena in 2004 Mr. Duffy holds a Masters of Science in Accounting from New York University, and AB in Economics from Princeton University and has earned a CPA.

David B. Falk will serve as a member of our board of directors and as our Senior Advisor. Mr. Falk is the founder of Falk Associates Management Enterprises (FAME) which provides specialized and personal representation services to the company’s elite clientele of NBA superstars. Prior to founding FAME in 1992, Mr. Falk served as vice chairman of ProServ where he represented numerous professional athletes. Mr. Falk has successfully negotiated a number of large and notable NBA contracts, including Alonzo Mourning’s historical $100 million contract in 1995 and Michael Jordan’s 1996 one-year contract for $30 million. Mr. Falk was also influential in the creation of the “Air Jordan” brand and was an executive producer of the movie “Space Jam.” Mr. Falk is an investor in Consumable, a digital advertising company, Hyperwave, a cooking technology company, Ostendo, a quantum photonics technology company, Wheels Up, an aviation company, and Block Six Analytics. Mr. Falk first attended and is now a member of the Board of Trustees for Syracuse University. Mr Falk endowed and founded the David B. Falk College of Sports and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University, a leading sports program in the U.S.

Donna Orender serves as a member of our board of directors. Ms. Orender spent 17 years at the PGA TOUR where she served as one of three senior executives in the Office of the Commissioner. During her time there, she exponentially grew the TOUR’s television rights and led a major expansion of global production, programming distribution and digital business while also founding PGA TOUR Radio with partner Sirius XM. From 2005 to 2010, Ms. Orender served as the President of the WNBA. During her term business metrics that saw growth included sponsorship, television ratings, profitability and attendance growth (following an eight year decline). Ms. Orender began her current role as Chief Executive Officer of Orender Unlimited, a consulting and advisory firm, in 2011. Ms. Orender serves on the nominating and compensation committees for the V Foundation for Cancer Research board, the board of the World Surf League, and is the founder of Generation W, an organization that focuses on educating, inspiring and connecting women and girls in the service of building better communities. Ms. Orender received a B.A. from Queens College and is a multiple hall of fame athlete.

Kenneth L. Shropshire will serve as a member of our board of directors. Mr. Shropshire has been a faculty member of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (“Wharton”) since 1986, where he is now an emeritus professor, with an expertise in sports business and law. During his tenure at Wharton, Mr. Shropshire founded the Wharton Sports Business Initiative in 2004, a sports business research center and served as a director until 2017. One such example of the innovative programming Mr. Shropshire developed at Wharton includes the NFL/NFLPA Player Business Education Transition Program. Currently, in addition to being a professor emeritus at Wharton, Mr. Shropshire is the Chief Executive Officer of the Global Sport Institute, and serves as the Adidas Distinguished Professor of Global Sport at Arizona State University since joining in 2017. Mr. Shropshire has served as a director of Moelis & Company since 2014. In addition, Mr. Shropshire acts as an advisor to multiple organizations in the sports industry, including Altius Sports Partners, Arctos Sports Partners, Overtime Elite, and Pro Sports Assembly. Mr. Shropshire earned an undergraduate degree in economics from Stanford University and a law degree from Columbia University, and is a member of the California bar. He joined the law firm of Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg and Tunney in Los Angeles prior to working with the 1984 Olympic Games and beginning his lengthy career at Wharton. Mr. Shropshire was also the former President of the Sports Lawyers Association, the largest organization of sports lawyers in the world.

Past performance of our Team is not a guarantee either (i) that we will be able to identify a suitable candidate for our initial business combination or (ii) of success with respect to any business combination we may consummate. You should not rely on the historical performance record of our Team as indicative of our future performance. Additionally, in the course of their respective careers, members of our Team have been involved in businesses and deals that were unsuccessful. Our officers and directors have no experience with special purpose acquisition companies. In addition, our officers and directors may have conflicts of interest with other entities to which they owe fiduciary or contractual obligations with respect to initial business combination opportunities. For a list of our officers and directors and entities for which a conflict of interest may or does exist between such persons and the company, as well as the priority and preference that such entity has with respect to performance of obligations and presentation of business opportunities to us, please refer to the table and subsequent explanatory paragraph under “Management — Conflicts of Interest”.

Advisors

Jon Miller will serve as Chairman of our advisory board as well as a board observer. Mr. Miller currently serves as a director of Akamai Technologies, Inc., Nielsen Holdings plc., AMC Networks Inc., Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. and J2 Global, Inc. From 2013 until January 2018, Mr. Miller was a partner at Advancit Capital, where he continues to serve as an advisor and member of the Investment Committee. He previously has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Digital Media Group at News Corp., and was its Chief Digital Officer from April 2009 to September 2012. Mr. Miller was a founding partner of Velocity Interactive Group, an investment firm focusing on internet and digital media, from its inception in 2007 to 2009. Prior to founding Velocity, Mr. Miller served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of America Online, Inc. (“AOL”) from 2002 to 2006. Prior to joining AOL, Mr. Miller served as Chief Executive Officer and President of USA Information and Services. Mr. Miller previously served as a director of, among others, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co., Ticketmaster, LiveNation Entertainment, Inc., RTL Group SA, Shutterstock, Inc. and TripAdvisor, Inc.. Mr. Miller is a trustee of the American Film Institute and The Paley Center for Media. Mr. Miller holds a B.A. from Harvard College.

Alex Greystoke will serve as a member of our advisory board and is one of our founders. Mr. Greystoke is a successful serial entrepreneur with a breadth of skills in a diverse range of industries. Mr. Greystoke is the founder of multiple AI technology companies including TripChamp, VacationChamp and TravelChamp. He is the inventor of three granted artificial intelligence patents, with eight pending patent applications. Mr. Greystoke is also an investor with investments in real estate, food and beverage, technology and other sectors. Mr. Greystoke founded HSC, a boutique corporate finance business raising money for and helping emerging companies commercialize in a range of sectors including technology, energy, healthcare and consumer products utilizing his wide network of partners throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. Mr. Greystoke has served as director to numerous companies in the education, technology, AI and renewable energy spaces, and has served as a Chairman to a U.K. listed Chinese manufacturing company.

Raghu Kilambi will serve as a member of our advisory board and is one of our founders. Mr. Kilambi has been CEO of PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling Corp. since May 2020. Mr. Kilambi previously served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of ConversionPoint Technologies from December 2017 to January 2020. ConversionPoint was sold in two transactions to a private equity-backed group and a strategic buyer. Mr. Kilambi has also been the principal of Kirarv Capital, a technology investment firm, since June 2009. Mr. Kilambi has raised over $1 billion of equity and debt capital for growth private and public companies in his career and has also been a senior officer and director of companies that were awarded Barron’s ASAP Magazine Top Ramp Champ awards and Profit Magazine’s Top 3 Growth Company awards. Previously, from 1998 to 2001, Mr. Kilambi was the Co-Founder, CFO and Chief Strategy Officer of FutureLink Corp., a leading first-generation VC-backed cloud computing technology company that grew from startup to over $100 million in annualized revenues. Mr. Kilambi graduated with Great Distinction with a Bachelor of Commerce (University Scholar), received a Graduate Diploma in Public Accounting from McGill University (Top 10 List), and qualified as a Canadian Chartered Accountant in 1989 (inactive).

Amber Allen will serve as a member of our advisory board. Ms. Allen’s experience has been focused in the technology, entertainment and gaming industries, having spent her career at major companies including Reebok, Disney, Warner Bros., and Riot Games. Currently, Ms. Allen serves as the founder of Double A Labs, a leader in developing transformative technologies and experiences for brand engagement. Ms. Allen serves on the Advisory Board of University of Texas Game and Development Design and is a member of the Fashion Institute of Technology. Ms. Allen also volunteers with Women Who Code and is an advisor to both Dell Women’s Entrepreneurship Network and Dell Project Innovate.

Bart Oates will serve as a member of our advisory board. Mr. Oates was a starting center for the USFL Philadelphia Stars, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers, for a total 14 seasons of professional football. In the offseasons, Mr. Oates attended Seton Hall Law School where he graduated with honors and joined the law firm of Ribis, Graham & Curtin in Morristown N.J., where he focused on litigation and real estate tax appeal work. Currently, Mr. Oates serves as President of the NFL Alumni Association, a position that allows him to advocate on behalf of former players to establish benefits and opportunities.

Martin Gruschka will serve as a member of our advisory board. Mr. Gruschka began his career in 1990 as a management consultant for a Deutsche Bank Group subsidiary, with a focus on East German Privatization projects. Thereafter, he led the European media practice of Arthur D. Little, a global management consulting group, from 1996 to 1999. Having spent time as an associate director at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell’s media investment banking division, he co-founded Springwater Capital LLC in 2002 where he currently acts as Managing Partner. Mr. Gruschka has served as Chairman, President, Board Member and CEO of more than forty companies throughout Europe and the U.S. in a diverse range of sectors, including media & communications, aerospace, engineering, logistics, recycling, technology, tourism and business process outsourcing.

Danielle Cantor Jeweler will serve as a member of our advisory board. Ms. Jeweler is the Executive Vice President and Partner at FAME, and is an NBPA Certified Agent, representing current and retired NBA talent. Together with partner David Falk, Danielle negotiates contracts for a number of NBA players. Ms. Jeweler has also negotiated a myriad of national and international endorsement deals for her basketball clients. In September 2017, Danielle was honored by the Sports Business Journal as a Gamechanger in the sports industry, as the only female registered agent with active NBA clients. In July 2019, she negotiated the largest guaranteed sports contract by a female agent (Malcolm Brogdon, with the Indiana Pacers, for 4 years and $85 million). Ms. Jeweler is a member of the Leadership Council for PeacePlayers, International, and she serves on the Board of Advisors for Most Valuable Kids, the Roy Hibbert Foundation, and Little Smiles. A native Washingtonian, Ms. Jeweler graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (“UPenn”) in the Annenberg School for Communications and from The Wharton School for Business. Ms. Jeweler is a competitive youth girls soccer coach and played Division 1 soccer at UPenn.

Marc Wade will serve as a member of our advisory board. Mr. Wade is a financier, philanthropist and founder of Wade & Company, a family office. Mr. Wade has historically invested in a diversified portfolio of businesses with a primary focus on asset backed lending. His portfolio has included commercial real estate, banking, energy, sports and entertainment, technology and securities lending. Mr. Wade was a minority investor in the NHL franchise New Jersey Devils and Devils Entertainment. Mr. Wade is also Co-Founder of BTI, one of South America’s largest aggregators of cell phone towers.

Garret Klugh will serve as a member of our advisory board. Mr. Klugh is the COO of Falk Ventures. He is an internationally recognized Olympian and frequent guest speaker, lecturer and panelist in the sports-tech industry. Mr. Klugh earned his undergraduate degree at San Diego State University and his MBA from George Washington University. At SDSU, Mr. Klugh served as the President of the men’s rowing team. He went on to represent the U.S. on six National Teams and one Olympic Team (Athens 2004). Mr. Klugh won the World Rowing Championship in 1999 and was honored to be selected by his peers as the Athlete Representative on the Board of Directors for USRowing.

Doug Perlman will serve as a member of our advisory board. Mr. Perlman is the founder and CEO of Sports Media Advisors (“SMA”), a boutique advisory firm which focuses on the intersection of sports, television and digital media. Mr. Perlman has worked on all of SMA’s client engagements including those with the NFL, NASCAR, USTA, UFC, Hockey Canada, Little League, NextVR and several leading private equity firms. Prior to SMA, he established himself throughout the sports industry in senior executive roles at the NHL and IMG. Among other accolades, Mr. Perlman has been named to the prestigious Sports Business Journal Forty Under 40 three times, earning a spot in their “Hall of Fame.” Mr. Perlman has been recognized by multiple industry publications and organizations as a leader in the sports, media, and technology industries, including being named one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Sports by the Sporting News while at the NHL. Mr. Perlman regularly appears on television and is often a featured speaker at industry and other events.

We currently expect our advisors to (i) assist us in sourcing, negotiating and consummating a potential business combination, (ii) provide their business insights when we assess potential business combination targets and (iii) upon our request, provide their business insights as we work to create additional value in the businesses that we acquire. However, they have no written advisory agreement with us. Additionally, these individuals have no other employment or compensation arrangements with us. They will not serve on the board or any committee thereof, nor will they have any voting or decision making capacity on our behalf. They will also not be required to devote any specific amount of time to our efforts or be subject to the fiduciary requirements to which our board members are subject. Accordingly, if any of them become aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for us, they are under no obligation to introduce it to us before any other prospective acquiror.

Business Strategy

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. and global professional sports and entertainment industries has been profound. In-stadium revenue opportunities, such as ticket and premium seating sales, concessions, merchandise and parking have reduced substantially compared to pre-COVID levels. As a result, sports franchises and vendors are facing a huge strain on cash flow, leaving ownership groups without the appetite, nor liquidity to continue franchise funding for an undetermined period of time. Organizations with inefficient operating models are experiencing significantly more stress during these times, leading many groups to reevaluate their management relationships. COVID-19 has also had a significant impact on businesses associated with or dependent on sports, for example groups holding media rights, sports marketing groups and agencies and suppliers to the sports industry. We believe the totality of these circumstances presents a unique opportunity to acquire special situation sports and media assets that would not otherwise be for sale and/or to acquire these businesses at opportunistic prices.

With the resulting pressures of these limitations and uncertainties in general, the need for innovative and dynamic operating models is evident. We believe that with the current landscape, our Team will have the leverage to identify and acquire assets with great potential at opportunistic price points. As more sports franchises, and sports and media related businesses understand the necessity of building global brands in order to compete for revenue and brand recognition across fan bases, mature management teams, experiences and expertise will be required to enhance visibility and profitability.

We believe that our Team can provide all of these attributes to a potential initial business combination target. Our Team has a demonstrated extensive track record of successful value creation and enhancement (including complex turnarounds) with sports-oriented and media assets and also has access to proprietary opportunities globally that can be leveraged to drive value. Our Team’s experience includes negotiating record setting naming rights, cable, TV, radio, licensed merchandise, sponsorship and food service deals with numerous franchises, as well as numerous facility leasing, financing and construction contracts. This experience includes managing the business operations of professional athletes (including Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing), sports franchises (the New York Yankees, Florida Panthers, San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Thrashers, Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Bobcats) and leagues (including the WNBA, the PGA Tour and the NCAA’s Southeastern Conference).

Our Team has also directly worked in the trenches to turnaround organizations, athletes and brands. In addition, we intend to utilize the established global relationships of our Team both for sourcing opportunities and to grow the opportunity which we pursue. Over the course of their careers, the members of our Team have developed a broad network of contacts and corporate relationships that we believe will serve as a useful source of acquisition opportunities.

Our Team has experience globally in:

	●	Managing brands, athletes and sports entities;

	●	Significant experience in the media, sports gaming and new technologies sectors;

	●	Operating and turning around companies, implementing and executing growth strategies and cost saving initiatives;

	●	Developing and growing companies, both organically and through acquisitions and strategic transactions, and expanding the product range;

	●	Providing strategic guidance to develop revenue and commercial opportunities; and

	●	Identifying, mentoring and recruiting world-class talent.

Acquisition Criteria

Consistent with this strategy, we have identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses. We intend to use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating acquisition opportunities, but we may decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet any of these criteria and guidelines.

We intend to seek to acquire companies, brands, assets and/or teams that we believe meet certain of the following criteria:

	●	Minimum enterprise values of between $600 million and $1 billion;

	●	Impacted by recent factors such as COVID-19, mismanagement, media issues, overextension or arbitrage (what we call special situation opportunities);

	●	Could benefit from the substantial expertise, experience and network of our Team;

	●	Have attractive growth prospects or have the potential for having attractive growth prospects;

	●	Have a competitive advantage or have the potential for having a competitive advantage;

	●	Exhibit industry leadership or have the potential for exhibiting industry leadership;

	●	Exhibit potential for global expansion in sports, sponsorship and brand recognition;

	●	Would benefit from a public acquisition currency; or ownership would benefit from liquidity;

	●	Demonstrate attractive valuation;

	●	Demonstrate potential for free cash flow generation; and

	●	Have secondary potential revenue streams.

These criteria are not intended to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular initial business combination may be based, to the extent relevant, on these general guidelines, as well as other considerations, factors and criteria deemed relevant by our management in effecting our initial business combination consistent with our business objectives. In the event that we decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet any of the above criteria and guidelines, we will disclose that the target business does not meet any of the above criteria in our shareholder communications related to our initial business combination.

Effecting a Business Combination

General

We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of our initial public offering (“IPO”) and the private placement of private units, our capital stock, debt or a combination of these in effecting a business combination. Please see Part I, Item 1. Business – Proposed Business Combination above for information regarding a definitive agreements we have entered into in respect of a potential business combination with Digital Virgo and our Charter Amendments that were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

Conversion Rights

At any meeting called to approve an initial business combination (including the meeting called to approve the Digital Virgo transaction), public stockholders may seek to convert their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the proposed business combination or do not vote at all, into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, less any taxes then due but not yet paid. Alternatively, we may provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to sell their shares of our common stock to us through a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a stockholder vote) for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid.

Our sponsor, initial stockholders and our officers and directors do not have conversion rights with respect to any shares of common stock owned by them, directly or indirectly, whether acquired prior to our IPO or purchased by them in our IPO or in the aftermarket. Additionally, the holders of the representative shares do not have conversion rights with respect to the representative shares.

We may require public stockholders, whether they are a record holder or hold their shares in “street name,” to either (i) tender their certificates to our transfer agent or (ii) deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option, in each case prior to a date set forth in the proxy materials sent in connection with the proposal to approve the business combination.

There is a nominal cost associated with the above-referenced delivery process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC System. The transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker a nominal amount and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the holder. However, this fee would be incurred regardless of whether or not we require holders seeking to exercise conversion rights. The need to deliver shares is a requirement of exercising conversion rights regardless of the timing of when such delivery must be effectuated. However, in the event we require stockholders seeking to exercise conversion rights prior to the consummation of the proposed business combination and the proposed business combination is not consummated this may result in an increased cost to stockholders.

SEC Form 10-K filed by Goal Acquisitions Corp.