------------------------------------- OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------------- OMB Number: 3235-0060 Expires: March 31, 2006 Estimated average burden hours per response............2.64 ------------------------------------- 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): July 7, 2005 ------------ COURTSIDE ACQUISITION CORP. --------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Delaware 001-32549 20-2521288 ------------------------------ --------------------- ------------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 1700 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10019 --------------------------------------------------- ------------------ (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 641-5000 -------------- 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 (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)) ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS On July 7, 2005, the initial public offering ("IPO") of 12,000,000 Units ("Units") of Courtside Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") was consummated. Each Unit consists of one share of Common Stock, $.0001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), and two Warrants ("Warrants"), each to purchase one share of Common Stock. The Units were sold at an offering price of $6.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $72,000,000. Audited financial statements as of July 7, 2005 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon consummation of the IPO have been issued by the Company and are included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS (c) Exhibits: Exhibit 99.1 Audited Financial Statements Exhibit 99.2 Press release dated July 7, 2005 SIGNATURE 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. Dated: July 7, 2005 COURTSIDE ACQUISITION CORP. By: /s/ Richard D. Goldstein ------------------------------------- Richard D. Goldstein Chairman and Chief Executive Officer