UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): January 8, 2018
GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)
301 N. Canon Drive, Suite 305 Beverly Hills, CA (Address of principal executive offices) |
000-54389 (Commission File Number) |
20-4118216 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
90210 (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 273-4222
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 1.01 | Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On January 8, 2018, Genius Brands International, Inc. (the “Registrant” or "Company"), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Investors”) pursuant to which the Company sold approximately $1.8 million of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) and warrants (the “Warrants” and, together with the Common Stock, the “Securities”) to the Investors (the “Offering”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company will issue to the Investors approximately 592,000 shares of Common Stock at a per share price of $3.00 and Warrants to purchase approximately 592,000 shares of common stock. The Warrants will be immediately exercisable, will be exercisable for a period of five years from the closing date and will have an exercise price of $3.00 per share. The closing of the sale of these securities under the Purchase Agreement is expected to occur on or about January 10, 2018.
On January 6, 2018, the Company entered into an Engagement Letter (the “Engagement Letter”) with Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (“Chardan” or the “Placement Agent”) pursuant to which the Company engaged Chardan as its placement agent in connection with the Offering. The Placement Agent agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for the sale of the Securities. The Company agreed to pay the Placement Agent a placement agent fee in cash equal to $100,000 and Warrants to purchase 93,000 shares of Common Stock. The Engagement Letter also contains representations, warranties, indemnification and other provisions customary for transactions of this nature.
The Offering is exempt from registration pursuant to the exemption for transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering under Section 4(a)(2) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Regulation D under the Securities Act.
The Securities sold and issued in connection with the Purchase Agreement are not registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.
The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement, form of Warrant and Engagement Letter Agreement are not complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, form of Warrant and Engagement Letter, respectively, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 3.02 | Unregistered Sales of Equity. |
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
The exhibit listed in the following Exhibit Index is filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |
| Date: January 8, 2018 | By: /s/ Andy Heyward |
| Name: Andy Heyward | |
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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