SEC Form DEFA14A filed by TaskUs Inc.

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 9, 2025

 

TaskUs, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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(888) 400-8275

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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:

 

 

 

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

 

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).

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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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On May 9, 2025, TaskUs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing its entry into a definitive agreement for the Company to be acquired by an affiliate of Blackstone, the Company’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Bryce Maddock and the Company’s Co-Founder and President Jaspar Weir. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained under Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Exchange Act except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

This communication may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed acquisition of the Company by Breeze Merger Corporation. In connection with the proposed transaction, the Company intends to file relevant materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the Company’s proxy statement in preliminary and definitive form. In addition, the Company and certain affiliates of the Company intend to jointly file a transaction statement on Schedule 13E-3 (the “Schedule 13E-3”). INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY’S PROXY STATEMENT AND SCHEDULE 13E-3 (IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE), BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders are or will be able to obtain the documents (if and when available) free of charge either from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or from the Company’s Investor Relations webpage at ir.taskus.com.

Participants in the Solicitation

The Company and its directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees, under SEC rules, will be deemed to be “participants” in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders of the Company in favor of the proposed transaction. Information about the Company’s directors and executive officers is set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 8, 2025 (available here), under the sections “Executive and Director Compensation”, “Beneficial Ownership of Securities” and “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions”. To the extent holdings of the Company’s securities by its directors or executive officers have changed since the amounts set forth in such 2025 proxy statement, such changes have been or will be reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC.

Additional information concerning the interests of the Company’s participants in the solicitation, which may, in some cases, be different than those of the Company’s stockholders generally, will be set forth in the Company’s proxy statement relating to the proposed transaction when it becomes available.

Forward-Looking Statements

This communication contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts, and further include, without limitation, statements reflecting the Company’s current views with respect to, among other things, the Company’s operations, the Company’s financial performance, the Company’s industry, the impact of the macroeconomic environment on the Company’s business, and other non-historical statements. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “seeks,” “predicts,” “intends,” “trends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “position us” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors include but are not limited to: the risk that the proposed transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all; the failure to receive, on a timely basis or otherwise, the required approvals of the proposed transaction by the Company’s stockholders; the possibility that any or all of the various conditions to the consummation of the proposed transaction may not be satisfied or waived, including the termination or expiration of any required waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended; the possibility that competing offers or acquisition proposals for the Company will be made; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the definitive transaction agreement relating to the proposed transaction, including in circumstances which would require the Company to pay a termination fee; the effect of the announcement or pendency of the proposed transaction on the Company’s ability to attract, motivate or retain key executives and associates, its ability to maintain relationships with its customers, vendors, service providers and others with whom it does business, or its operating results and business generally; the potential impact of certain provisions of the merger agreement on the Company’s liquidity and ability to fund its operations during the pendency of the proposed transaction; risks related to the proposed transaction diverting management’s attention from the Company’s ongoing business operations; the risk of shareholder litigation in connection with the proposed transaction, including resulting expense or delay; the dependence of the Company’s business on key clients; the risk of loss of business or non-payment from clients; the Company’s failure to cost-effectively acquire new clients; the risk that the Company may provide inadequate service or cause disruptions in the Company’s clients’ businesses or fail to comply with the quality standards required by the Company’s clients under the Company’s agreements; the Company’s inability to anticipate clients’ needs by adapting to market and technology trends; utilization of artificial intelligence by the Company’s clients or the Company’s failure to incorporate artificial intelligence into its operations; unauthorized or improper disclosure of personal or other sensitive information, or securities breaches and incidents; negative publicity or liability or difficulty recruiting and retaining employees; the Company’s failure to detect and deter criminal or fraudulent activities or other misconduct by its employees or third parties; global economic and political conditions, especially in the social media and meal delivery and transport industries from which the Company generates significant revenue; the dependence of the Company’s business on its international operations, particularly in the Philippines and India; the Company’s failure to comply with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations; fluctuations against the U.S. dollar in the local currencies in the countries in which the Company operates; the Company’s inability to maintain and enhance its brand; competitive pricing pressure; the Company’s dependence on senior management and key employees; increases in employee expenses and changes to labor laws; failure to attract, hire, train and retain a sufficient number of skilled employees to support operations; the Company’s inability to effectively expand its operations into countries or industries in which the Company has no prior operating experience and in which the Company may be subject to increased business, economic and regulatory risks; reliance on owned and third-party technology and computer systems; and failure to maintain asset utilization levels, price appropriately and control costs; the control of affiliates of Blackstone Inc. and the Company’s  Co-Founders over the Company; the dual class structure of the Company’s common stock; and the volatility of the market price of the Company’s Class A common stock. Additional risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to those described under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 6, 2025, as such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company’s filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in the Company’s SEC filings. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as  required by law.

(d) Exhibits

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.

 

	TASKUS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Balaji Sekar
		Name:	Balaji Sekar
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Date:  May 9, 2025