Diamond Eagle Announces Special Meeting Date to Approve Proposed Business Combination With DraftKings and SBTech

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. (“Diamond Eagle” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: DEAC, DEACU, DEACW) announced today that it has called the special meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) for April 9, 2020, to, among other things, approve the proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”) among Diamond Eagle, DraftKings Inc. (“DK”) and SBTech (Global) Limited (“SBT”). Stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 20, 2020, the record date for the Special Meeting (the “Record Date”), will be entitled to vote their shares at the Special Meeting either in person or by proxy. Notice of the Special Meeting was mailed on March 20, 2020 to stockholders of record as of the Record Date. Due to concerns about the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Company may hold the Special Meeting solely by means of remote communication or provide for the ability of stockholders to attend the Special Meeting by means of remote communication. In that event, the Company will announce that fact as promptly as practicable, and details on how to participate will be issued by press release, posted on our website at http://eagleinvestmentpartners.com/ and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as supplemental proxy material.