# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001826018
**File Stem:** 0001826018-23-000018
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 8891
**Document Hash:** 0e5c0e9a852c9e5fbde857810a90f6e0
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001826018-23-000018.hdr.sgml**: 20230315

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001826018-23-000018

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 16

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230314

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230315

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230315

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** ROVER GROUP, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001826018
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-PERSONAL SERVICES [7200]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-39774
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23735405

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 720 OLIVE WAY, 19TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** SEATTLE
- **STATE:** WA
- **ZIP:** 98101
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (888) 453-7889

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 720 OLIVE WAY, 19TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** SEATTLE
- **STATE:** WA
- **ZIP:** 98101

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20200924

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**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**

March 14, 2023

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

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**Rover Group, Inc.**

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **001-39774** | **85-3147201** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of <br>incorporation or organization) | (Commission <br>File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer <br>Identification No.) |

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|:---|:---|
| **720 Olive Way, 19th Floor, Seattle, WA** | **98101** |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |

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**(888) 453-7889**

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

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

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | ROVR | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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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. ☒

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**Item 8.01 Other Events.**

As previously disclosed in its Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 27, 2023 and March 2, 2023, Rover Group, Inc. (the "Company") filed a petition on February 27, 2023 in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the "Court of Chancery") under Section 205 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") seeking validation of the filing and effectiveness of (1) its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated July 30, 2021 (the "Restated Charter"), including the amendments approved by stockholders of the Company's predecessor that, among other things, increased the number of authorized shares of the Company's Class A common stock, and (2) the shares of Class A common stock issued in reliance on the Restated Charter (the "Petition").

On March 14, 2023, the Court of Chancery held a hearing on the Petition and issued a final order pursuant to DGCL Section 205 that: (1) validated and declared effective the stockholder vote approving the Restated Charter; (2) validated and declared effective the Restated Charter, including the filing and effectiveness thereof; (3) validated and declared duly authorized the Company's securities (and the issuance of the securities) described in the Petition, whether already issued or to be issued pursuant to authorization under the Restated Charter; and (4) validated these corporate acts taken, notwithstanding any failures of authorization or potential failures of authorization described in, or resulting from the matters described in, the Petition. A copy of the Court of Chancery's order is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

***(d) Exhibits.***

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Exhibit** |
| 99.1 | <u>[Order entered by the Delaware Court of Chancery on March 14, 2023.](ex991_20230314grantedord.htm)</u> |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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**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.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **ROVER GROUP, INC.** | **ROVER GROUP, INC.** |
| Date: March 15, 2023 | By: | /s/ Charlie Wickers |
|  |  | Charlie Wickers |
|  |  | Chief Financial Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

![](ex991_20230314grantedord001.jpg)

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE In re ROVER GROUP, INC.)) C.A. No. 2023-____-___ [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR RELIEF PURSUANT TO 8 DEL. C. § 205 WHEREAS, on July 30, 2021, Rover Group, Inc. (the "Company") filed its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Charter") with the Delaware Secretary of State; WHEREAS, in reliance on the validity and effectiveness of the Charter, the Company has issued shares of its capital stock and other securities, and taken other actions, from time to time on or after July 30, 2021 and through the date of this order; WHEREAS, on February 27, 2023, the Company filed with this Court a Verified Petition for Relief under 8 Del. C. § 205 seeking validation of the Charter and the securities issued in reliance thereon (the "Petition"); and WHEREAS, the Court has considered the factors in 8 Del. C. § 205(d) and finds good cause to grant the Petition; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, this __ day of ________, 2023, that under 8 Del. C. § 205: 1. The July 28, 2021 stockholder vote approving the Charter is hereby validated and declared effective. GRANTED WITH MODIFICATIONS

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![](ex991_20230314grantedord002.jpg)

-2- 2. The Charter, including the filing and effectiveness thereof, is hereby validated and declared effective. 3. The Company's securities (and the issuance of the securities) described herein or in the Petition, whether already issued or to be issued pursuant to authorization under the Charter, are hereby validated and declared duly authorized. 4. This Order validates the corporate acts taken, notwithstanding any failures of authorization or potential failures of authorization described in, or resulting from the matters described in, the Petition. __________________________ [Vice] Chancellor

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![](ex991_20230314grantedord003.jpg)

This document constitutes a ruling of the court and should be treated as such. Court: DE Court of Chancery Civil Action Judge: Lori W. Will File & Serve Transaction ID: 69193247 Current Date: Mar 14, 2023 Case Number: 2023-0247-LWW Case Name: In re Rover Group, Inc. Court Authorizer: Lori W. Will Court Authorizer Comments: The petition is granted pursuant to Section 205(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law for the reasons set forth in the court's March 14, 2023 bench ruling. See transcript; see also Opinion Regarding Section 205 Petition, In re Lordstown Motors Corp., 2023-0083-LWW (Del. Ch. Feb. 21, 2023) (setting forth reasoning for granting similar relief in a Section 205 action). This order is modified insofar as paragraph 4 shall start: "This Order validates these corporate acts taken…" to avoid any ambiguity with regard to the acts being validated. /s/ Judge Lori W. Will

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