FORUM MERGER CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FMCIU) Files An 8-K Other Events

Item 8.01

As previously reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K of Forum
Merger Corporation (the Company), on April 12, 2017, the Company
consummated its initial public offering (IPO) of 15,000,000 units
(Units), each Unit consisting of one share of Class A common
stock, $0.0001 par value per share (Common Stock), one right
entitling the holder thereof to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one
share of Common Stock upon the consummation of an initial
business combination, and on-half of one warrant (Warrant), each
whole warrant exercisable to purchase one share of Common Stock,
to the registration statements on Form S-1 (File Nos. 333-216842
and 333-217187). The Units were sold at an offering price of
$10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $150,000,000. The
underwriters of the IPO were granted an option to purchase up to
an additional 2,250,000 Units to cover over-allotments, if any
(Over-Allotment Units).

As previously reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K of the
Company, on April 12, 2017, simultaneously with the consummation
of the IPO, the Company completed a private placement (the
Private Placement) of an aggregate of 555,000 units (the
Placement Units) to Forum Investors I, LLC (the Sponsor),
generating gross proceeds of $5,550,000.

As previously reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K of the
Company, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in
full and, on April 18, 2017, the underwriters purchased 2,250,000
Over-Allotment Units, which were sold at an offering price of
$10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $22,500,000.
Simultaneously with the sale of the Over-Allotment Units, the
Company consummated the sale of an additional 67,500 Placement
Units (Over-Allotment Placement Units) at $10.00 per Unit,
generating gross proceeds of $675,000. A total of $22,725,000 of
the net proceeds from the sale of the Over-Allotment Units and
Over-Allotment Placement Units were deposited in a trust account
established for the benefit of the Companys public stockholders
(the Trust Account).

A total of $174,225,000 of the net proceeds from the sale of
Units in the IPO and the Private Placement (including the
Over-Allotment Units and the Over-Allotment Placement Units) were
placed in the Trust Account. An audited balance sheet as of April
12, 2017 reflecting receipt of the net proceeds from the IPO and
the Private Placement on April 12, 2017, but not the proceeds
from the sale of the Over-Allotment Units or the Over-Allotment
Placement Units had been prepared by the Company and previously
filed on a Current Report on Form 8-K on April 18, 2017. The
Companys unaudited pro forma balance sheet as of April 18, 2017,
reflecting receipt of the proceeds from the sale of the
Over-Allotment Units and the Over-Allotment Placement Units is
included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

About FORUM MERGER CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FMCIU)

Forum Merger Corporation is a blank check company. The Company focuses on acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization, exchangeable share transaction or other similar business transaction, one or more businesses or assets that it has not yet identified. The Company focuses its search on identifying a prospective target business in the United States. The Company focuses on target private companies and divisions of larger companies that are seeking liquidity and facilitate their access to the public equity markets. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had no operations. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had not generated any revenues.

FORUM MERGER CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FMCIU) Recent Trading Information

FORUM MERGER CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FMCIU) closed its last trading session at with 21,748 shares trading hands.