As noted by Fortune, the new SEC filing indicates that the company could still have plans to raise an additional $450 million for this funding round. This was first disclosed in an amended certificate of incorporation filed last week.
The SEC filing doesn't list any new board members, meaning that the identities of the participating investors isn't clear. As Fortune notes, however, media reports indicate that the newest backers could include Morgan Stanley, T. Rowe Price and Fidelity.
Digital Sky Technologies (DST), a Russia-based investment firm, is also believed to be a big part of this new round. DST led Groupon's $135 million Series C round back in April. Other high-profile DST investments include Zynga and Facebook.
The SEC filing may not name new investors, but it does shed some other light on some of Groupon's plans. The filing indicates that approximately $345 million of the investment will be used "to pay for shares repurchased by the Issuer in a tender offer for shares held by, among others, certain of the persons named in response to Item 3 above and/or their respective affiliates." In other words, existing shareholdres will have the chance to cash out.
Fortune reports that Groupon shareholders have already received a letter offering to buy back up to 15% of current stock holdings.