--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001140361-24-043631" form_type: "8-K" ticker: null cik: "0001496963" company_name: "Squarespace, Inc." filed_at: "2024-10-17T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-05-30T13:17:11.364182+00:00" event_type: "m_and_a" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 1.0 calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Permira completes $7.2B all-cash acquisition of Squarespace; delisted from NYSE ## Summary - Transaction valued ~$7.2B; shareholders received $46.50 per share in cash. - Founder & CEO Anthony Casalena rolled over substantial equity, remains CEO and Chairman. - Company delisted from NYSE; reporting obligations suspended. - New $2.65B credit facilities arranged: $2.1B term loan, $300M delayed draw, $250M revolver. - All prior directors resigned; board reconstituted under Permira. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001140361-24-043631 - form_type: 8-K - cik: 0001496963 - company_name: Squarespace, Inc. - filed_at: 2024-10-17T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: m_and_a - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 1.0 - calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0 - confidence: high - sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.03, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496963/000114036124043631/0001140361-24-043631-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496963/000114036124043631/ny20030653x27_8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-043631 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-043631.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-043631.txt ## Key facts - Executive change Anthony Casalena resigned as Director at Squarespace, Inc.. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: In connection with the Merger, at the Effective Time, each of the directors of the Company (Anthony Casalena, Andrew Braccia, Michael Fleisher, Jonathan Klein, Liza Landsman, Anton Levy and Neela Montgomery) resigned as directors of the Company. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496963/000114036124043631/0001140361-24-043631-index.htm - Executive change Andrew Braccia resigned as Director at Squarespace, Inc.. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: In connection with the Merger, at the Effective Time, each of the directors of the Company (Anthony Casalena, Andrew Braccia, Michael Fleisher, Jonathan Klein, Liza Landsman, Anton Levy and Neela Montgomery) resigned as directors of the Company. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496963/000114036124043631/0001140361-24-043631-index.htm - Executive change Michael Fleisher resigned as Director at Squarespace, Inc.. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: In connection with the Merger, at the Effective Time, each of the directors of the Company (Anthony Casalena, Andrew Braccia, Michael Fleisher, Jonathan Klein, Liza Landsman, Anton Levy and Neela Montgomery) resigned as directors of the Company. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496963/000114036124043631/0001140361-24-043631-index.htm - Executive change Neela Montgomery resigned as Director at Squarespace, Inc.. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: In connection with the Merger, at the Effective Time, each of the directors of the Company (Anthony Casalena, Andrew Braccia, Michael Fleisher, Jonathan Klein, Liza Landsman, Anton Levy and Neela Montgomery) resigned as directors of the Company. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496963/000114036124043631/0001140361-24-043631-index.htm - Executive change Jonathan Klein resigned as Director at Squarespace, Inc.. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: In connection with the Merger, at the Effective Time, each of the directors of the Company (Anthony Casalena, Andrew Braccia, Michael Fleisher, Jonathan Klein, Liza Landsman, Anton Levy and Neela Montgomery) resigned as directors of the Company. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496963/000114036124043631/0001140361-24-043631-index.htm - Executive change Liza Landsman resigned as Director at Squarespace, Inc.. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: In connection with the Merger, at the Effective Time, each of the directors of the Company (Anthony Casalena, Andrew Braccia, Michael Fleisher, Jonathan Klein, Liza Landsman, Anton Levy and Neela Montgomery) resigned as directors of the Company. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496963/000114036124043631/0001140361-24-043631-index.htm - Executive change Anton Levy resigned as Director at Squarespace, Inc.. - Action: resigned - Role: Director source text: In connection with the Merger, at the Effective Time, each of the directors of the Company (Anthony Casalena, Andrew Braccia, Michael Fleisher, Jonathan Klein, Liza Landsman, Anton Levy and Neela Montgomery) resigned as directors of the Company. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496963/000114036124043631/0001140361-24-043631-index.htm - Governance Changes Squarespace, Inc.: Company was acquired via merger; certificate of incorporation and bylaws were amended and restated in connection with the merger. - Change: bylaw amendment source text: at the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Merger, was amended and restated to be in the form of the certificate of incorporation attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, at the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Merger, were amended and restated to be in the form of the bylaws attached as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496963/000114036124043631/0001140361-24-043631-index.htm - M&A Transactions Squarespace, Inc. underwent a change of control involving Spaceship Purchaser, Inc. (affiliates of Permira Advisers LLC) for $46.50 per share (closed 2024-10-17). - Action: change of control - Counterparty: Spaceship Purchaser, Inc. (affiliates of Permira Advisers LLC) - Consideration: $46.50 per share - Closing: 2024-10-17 source text: (the “ Offer ”) on September 16, 2024, to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Shares ”), at a price per share of $46.50, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated as of September 16, 2024, as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496963/000114036124043631/0001140361-24-043631-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.