UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 10, 2023
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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(212 ) 609-4200
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On October 10, 2023, LivePerson, Inc. (“LivePerson” or the “Company”) and certain selling equityholders of e-bot7 GmbH (“e-bot7”) agreed to amend the terms of the share purchase agreement pursuant to which LivePerson acquired e-bot7 with respect to certain contingent potential earnout payments under the agreement.
LivePerson completed the acquisition of e-bot7 in July 2021 for a purchase price of $50.7 million, consisting of approximately $24.3 million in cash, $20.2 million in shares of common stock of the Company, and potential earn-out consideration of up to $8.8 million in common stock of the Company, payable based on achieving certain objectives and milestones.
Pursuant to the amended terms, in full satisfaction of all potential earnout payments under the merger agreement, the parties agreed that (i) a total of 1,190,425 shares of common stock of the Company would be issued to certain of the selling equityholders of e-bot7 on or around October 12, 2023 and (ii) additional shares of common stock of the Company, in a quantity dependent on the market price of common stock of the Company but not exceeding a total of 809,575 shares, would be issued to such selling equityholders of e-bot7 on or around October 19, 2023.
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.
LIVEPERSON, INC. (Registrant) | |||||
| Date: | October 13, 2023 | By: | /s/ Monica L. Greenberg | ||||||||
| Monica L. Greenberg | |||||||||||
| Executive Vice President, Policy and General Counsel | |||||||||||