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): November 7, 2025
Inspired Entertainment, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36689 | 47-1025534 | ||
| (State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS
Employer Identification No.) |
|
250 West 57th Street, Suite 415 New York, New York |
10107 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 565-3861
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(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | INSE | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On November 7, 2025, Inspired Entertainment, Inc. announced the completion of the previously announced sale of its UK holiday parks business and certain associated leisure assets to GENDA Inc. (“GENDA,” TSE:9166), a global entertainment company, for total consideration of approximately £18.6 million in cash. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release issued by Inspired Entertainment, Inc. on November 7, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| November 7, 2025 | Inspired Entertainment, Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ Simona Camilleri | |
| Name: | Simona Camilleri | |
| Title: | General Counsel | |
Exhibit 99.1
INSPIRED ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF SALE OF UK HOLIDAY PARKS BUSINESS TO GENDA INC.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 7, 2025 – Inspired Entertainment, Inc. (“Inspired”) (NASDAQ: INSE), a leading B2B provider of gaming content, technology, hardware, and services, today announced the completion of the previously announced sale of its UK holiday parks business and certain associated leisure assets to GENDA Inc. (“GENDA,” TSE:9166), a global entertainment company, for total consideration of approximately £18.6 million in cash.
This transaction, which was first announced on August 27, 2025, has received all required regulatory approvals and satisfied all other closing conditions.
About Inspired Entertainment, Inc.
Inspired offers an expanding portfolio of content, technology, hardware and services for regulated gaming, betting, and lottery operators across land-based and mobile channels around the world. Inspired’s gaming, virtual sports, and interactive products appeal to a wide variety of players, creating new opportunities for operators to grow their revenue. Inspired operates in approximately 35 jurisdictions worldwide, supplying gaming systems with associated terminals and content for approximately 75,000 gaming machines located in betting shops, pubs, gaming halls and other route operations worldwide; virtual sports products through approximately 25,000 retail venues and various online websites; and interactive games for 500+ websites.
Additional information can be found at www.inseinc.com.
About GENDA
“More fun for your days”
To realize this Aspiration, GENDA is an entertainment company that aims to build a global entertainment network and increase the “total amount of fun” distributed throughout the world. GENDA operate a wide range of businesses in entertainment, including Amusement, Karaoke, Lifestyle, Tourism, Food & Beverage, Character Merchandising and Contents & Promotions (movies, interactive contents, etc.).
Both domestically and internationally, GENDA operates approximately 1,100 locations, including amusement arcades such as “GiGO,” the karaoke chain “Karaoke BanBan” and the photography studio “Studio CARATT,” as well as approximately 14,000 mini-locations (mainly a gaming corner with 30 or fewer game machines installed). GENDA operates in Japan, the United States, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, the Netherlands, Canada and Singapore.
Company name: GENDA Inc.
Representative: Representative Director, President and CEO Nao Kataoka
Established: May 2018
Web site: https://genda.jp/en
GENDA IR page: https://genda.jp/en/ir
Forward-Looking Statements
Location: 6F Tokyo Shiodome Building, 1-9-1 Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “estimate,” “plan,” “will,” “would” and “project” and other similar expressions that indicate future events or trends or are not statements of historical matters. These statements are based on Inspired’s management’s current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside of Inspired’s control and all of which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Inspired’s views as of any subsequent date and Inspired does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. You are advised to review carefully the “Risk Factors” section of Inspired’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and in subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, which are available, free of charge, on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov and on Inspired’s website at www.inseinc.com.
Contact:
For Investors
IR@inseinc.com
For Press and Sales
inspiredsales@inseinc.com