# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001883685
**File Stem:** 0001104659-26-068267
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 5292
**Document Hash:** 4a85efa2496f87080cbb7c11e166fd06
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-26-068267.hdr.sgml**: 20260529

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-26-068267

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260529

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260529

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260529

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** DraftKings Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001883685
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NV
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-41379
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261044647

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 222 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (617) 986-6744

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 222 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** New Duke Holdco, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20210917

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**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):** May 29, 2026

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**DRAFTKINGS INC.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Nevada** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**001-41379** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**87-2764212** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(State or other jurisdiction<br> of incorporation) | &nbsp;&nbsp; (Commission<br> File Number) | &nbsp;&nbsp;(IRS Employer<br> Identification No.) |

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**222 Berkeley Street, 5th Floor Boston, MA 02116**

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

**(617)** **986-6744**

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

**Not Applicable**

(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:

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| 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)) |

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

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| **Title of each class** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share DKNG | 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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.**

 

On May 29, 2026, DraftKings Inc. (the "Company") announced that, following a review of the functions and responsibilities of the Company's executive officers and senior leadership team, Alan Ellingson, the Company's Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer, will assume the role of the Company's principal accounting officer ("PAO"), effective as of May 29, 2026. Mr. Ellingson will not receive any adjustment to his compensation or any additional compensation in connection with performing the functions of the Company's PAO. Erik Bradbury, the Company's previous PAO, will remain in his position as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer.

Mr. Ellingson's biographical information is disclosed in the Company's Proxy Statement for its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Ellingson and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as an officer, he has no family relationships with any of the Company's directors or executive officers, and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

**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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|  | **DRAFTKINGS INC.** | **DRAFTKINGS INC.** |
| Dated: May 29, 2026 | By: | /s/ R. Stanton Dodge |
|  |  | Name: R. Stanton Dodge |
|  |  | Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |

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