UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 14, 2020

STARBOARD VALUE ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-39496	84-3743013
(State or other jurisdiction of  incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer  Identification Number)

777 Third Avenue, 18th Floor  New York, NY	10017
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 845-7977

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-sixth of one Warrant to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock	SVACU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	SVAC	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable Warrants, exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share	SVACW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company x

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 8.01 Other Events.

On September 14, 2020, Starboard Value Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 36,000,000 units (the “Units”) at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit and a private placement with SVAC Sponsor LLC of 6,133,333 private placement warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant (the “Private Placement”). The net proceeds from the IPO together with certain of the proceeds from the Private Placement, $360,000,000 in the aggregate (the “Offering Proceeds”), were placed in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders and the underwriters of the IPO with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. Except for the withdrawal from interest earned on the Offering Proceeds in the trust account to fund taxes payable, or upon the redemption by public stockholders of Class A common stock in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, none of the funds held in the trust account will be released until the earlier of the completion of the Company’s initial business combination or the redemption of 100% of the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units and issued by the Company in the IPO if the Company is unable to consummate an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO.

An audited balance sheet as of September 14, 2020 reflecting receipt of the Offering Proceeds has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statement and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibits.
99.1	Audited Balance Sheet

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: September 18, 2020

Starboard Value Acquisition Corp.
By:	/s/ Martin D. McNulty, Jr.
Name:	Martin D. McNulty, Jr.
Title:	Chief Executive Officer