As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 2021

Registration No. 333-__________

 

 UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 81- 2560811
(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)

 

132 E. Putnam Avenue, Floor 2W, Cos Cob, CT 06807

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 

William J. Rouhana, Jr., Chief Executive Officer

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc.

132 E. Putnam Avenue

Cos Cob, CT 06807

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(203) 861-4000

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

with a copy to:

 

David Alan Miller, Esq.

Brian L. Ross, Esq.

Graubard Miller

The Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue, 11th floor

New York, NY 10174

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  ¨ Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer  x Smaller reporting company   x
  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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

Title of securities

to be registered

 

 

 

Amount to be

registered(1)

  

Proposed

maximum

offering price

per share

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price

 

 

Amount of

registration fee

Class A Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share, reserved for issuance under the ESPP (as defined below)   150,000    $12.98 (2)  $1,947,000  $180.49
Total              $180.49

 

(1)Pursuant to Rule 416 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers such additional securities that may be offered pursuant to the terms of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) as a result of one or more adjustments under the ESPP, as applicable, to prevent dilution resulting from one or more stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 

(2)Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $12.98 per share, which is the average of the high and low prices of our Class A common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on December 16, 2021

 

 

 

In accordance with the provisions of Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registration Statement will become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

Item 1.Plan Information.*

 

Item 2.Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

 

*The information required by this Part I is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with rules and regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 

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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The following documents that we have previously filed with the SEC are incorporated by reference in this registration statement (excluding any reports or portions thereof that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 and any exhibits included with such items):

 

  · our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2021 (“2020 Form 10-K”);

 

  · our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on May 13, 2021;  
     
  · our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2021 filed with the SEC on August 11, 2021;

 

  · our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 filed with the SEC on November 8, 2021;  
     
  · the portions of our proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 30, 2021 which are incorporated by reference into our 2020 Form 10-K;

 

  · our registration statement on Form 8-A effective on August 17, 2017, registering our Class A common stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act;

 

  · our registration statement on Form 8-A effective on June 26, 2018, registering our Series A preferred stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act;

 

  · our registration statement on Form 8-A effective on July 17, 2020 registering our 2025 Notes under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act;

 

  · our Current Reports on Form 8-K and Form 8-K/A, as applicable, filed on January 15, 2021, January 19, 2021, January 20, 2021, February 17, 2021, March 9, 2021, March 16, 2021, April 9, 2021, April 16, 2021, May 17, 2021, May 25, 2021, May 27, 2021, June 11, 2021, June 21, 2021, June 24, 2021, July 1, 2021, July 2, 2021, July 8, 2021, July 16, 2021, August 12, 2021, August 18, 2021, September 17, 2021, October 18, 2021, November 9, 2021, November 10, 2021, and November 18, 2021;

 

  · Form 1-A and the Offering Circular included therein, qualified on July 13, 2017 (filed on July 11, 2017), as amended by post-effective amendment, qualified on August 17, 2017, registering our initial public offering of securities, pursuant to Regulation A+ of the Securities Act; and

 

  · Form 8-A, filed on June 21, 2017, effective on August 17, 2017 registering our common stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”).

 

All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold (excluding any reports or portions thereof that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K and any exhibits included with such items), will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part of this registration statement from the respective date of filing. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this registration statement will be modified or superseded for all purposes to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement or in any other subsequently filed document which is incorporated by reference modifies or replaces the statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

 

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Item 4.Description of Securities.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

Graubard Miller issued the opinion as to the legality of the shares of our Class A common stock being registered pursuant to this registration statement. Graubard Miller and its partners own warrants to purchase shares of our common stock which represent, in the aggregate, beneficial ownership of less than 1% of our common stock.

 

Item 6.Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Our certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that all directors, officers, employees and agents of the registrant shall be entitled to be indemnified by us to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law concerning indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents is set forth below.

 

“Section 145. Indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents; insurance.

 

(a) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

(b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

 

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(c) To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

 

(d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.

 

(e) Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.

 

(f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

 

(g) A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this section.

 

(h) For purposes of this section, references to “the corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

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(i) For purposes of this section, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this section.

 

(j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

(k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily determine a corporation’s obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys’ fees).”

 

Paragraph B of Article Eighth of our certificate of incorporation provides:

 

“The Company, to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of the GCL, as amended from time to time, shall indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which such officer or director may be entitled to indemnification hereunder shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized hereby.”

 

Furthermore, our bylaws provide for (i) indemnification of our directors, officers and employees and agents in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law as set forth above; (ii) the right of our directors and officers to be paid or reimbursed by us for the reasonable expenses incurred in advance of a proceeding’s final disposition; and (iii) our power to purchase insurance to protect any person who is or was serving as our director, officer, employee or agent.

 

We have entered into, and intend to continue to enter into, separate indemnification agreements with our directors, executive officers and other key employees, in addition to the indemnification provided for in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws. We also have directors and officers insurance which includes insurance for claims against these persons brought under securities laws.

 

Item 7.Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.Exhibits.

 

See the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 9.Undertakings.

 

(a)       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1)To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

(i)To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 

(ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement;

 

(iii)To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

 

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

 

(2)That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3)To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(b)       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(h)       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing procedures, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York on this 17th day of December, 2021.

 

  CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
     
  By: /s/ William J. Rouhana, Jr.
    William J. Rouhana, Jr., CEO

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William J. Rouhana, Jr. and Christopher Mitchell, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement, any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and any amendments thereto and to file the same, with exhibits and schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signatures   Title   Date
By: /s/ William J. Rouhana, Jr.   Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
  December 17, 2021
  William J. Rouhana, Jr.        
By: /s/ Christopher Mitchell   Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer) and Director
  December 17, 2021
  Christopher Mitchell        
By:

/s/ Jason Meier

  Chief Accounting Officer (Principal
Accounting Officer)
  December 17, 2021
  Jason Meier        
           
By:

/s/ Amy Newmark

  Director   December 17, 2021
  Amy Newmark        

 

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Signatures   Title   Date
By:

/s/ Cosmo DeNicola

  Director
  December 17, 2021
  Cosmo DeNicola        
           
By:

/s/ Fred Cohen

  Director   December 17, 2021
  Fred Cohen        
           
By:

/s/ Christina Weiss Lurie

  Director   December 17, 2021
  Christina Weiss Lurie        
           
By: /s/ Diana Wilkin   Director   December 17, 2021
  Diana Wilkin        
           
By: /s/ Martin Pompadur   Director
  December 17, 2021
  Martin Pompadur        
           
By: /s/ Vikram Somaya        
  Vikram Somaya   Director   December 17, 2021

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No. Description Included From Filing Date
         
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. By Reference DOS September 21, 2016
         
3.2 Bylaws of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. By Reference DOS September 21, 2016
         
4.1 Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate By Reference 1-A June 21, 2017
         
4.3 Class I Warrant By Reference 8-K May 15, 2019
         
4.4 Class II Warrant By Reference 8-K May 15, 2019
         
4.5.1 Class III-A Warrant By Reference 8-K May 15, 2019
         
4.5.2 Class III-B Warrant By Reference 8-K May 15, 2019
         
4.6 Class W Warrant Agreement between Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Co. By Reference 8-K November 24, 2020
         
4.7 Class Z Warrant Agreement between Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Co. By Reference 8-K November 24, 2020
         
4.8 Form of Class W Warrant By Reference 8-K November 24, 2020
         
4.9 Form of Class Z Warrant By Reference 8-K November 24, 2020
         
5.1 Opinion of Graubard Miller* Herewith -- --
         
23.1 Consent of Rosenfield and Company, PLLC* Herewith -- --
         
23.2 Consent of Moss Adams, LLP* Herewith -- --
         
23.3 Consent of Graubard Miller (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)* Herewith -- --
         
24.1 Power of Attorney (set forth on signature page)* Herewith -- --

 

 

* Filed herewith.

 

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 EXHIBIT 5.1

 

Graubard Miller

405 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10174

 

December 17, 2021

 

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc.

132 E. Putnam Ave

Cos Cob, CT

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to an aggregate of 150,000 shares of Class A common stock (the “Shares”) reserved for issuance by the Company under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”).

 

We have examined such documents and considered such legal matters as we have deemed necessary and relevant as the basis for the opinion set forth below. With respect to such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as reproduced or certified copies, and the authenticity of the originals of those latter documents. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have, to the extent deemed appropriate, relied upon certain representations of certain officers and employees of the Company.

 

In our examination of documents for purposes of this opinion, we have assumed, and express no opinion as to, the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of signatures on documents reviewed by us, the conformity to originals and the completeness of all documents submitted to us as copies, the legal capacity of all parties executing any documents (other than the Company), the lack of any undisclosed termination or modification or waiver of any document, the absence of any extrinsic agreements or documents that might change or affect the interpretation or terms of documents, and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by each party thereto other than the Company. We have also assumed that any certificates or instruments representing the Shares, when issued, will be executed by the Company by officers of the Company duly authorized to do so. In rendering our opinion, we have also relied upon a good standing certificate regarding the Company issued by the Delaware Secretary of State and representations and certifications made to us by the Company, including, without limitation, representations that the Company has available a sufficient number of authorized shares of Common Stock that are not currently outstanding or reserved for issuance under other outstanding securities or plans of the Company, to enable the Company to issue and deliver all of the Shares as of the date of this letter.

 

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Shares that may be issued and sold by the Company pursuant to the purchase rights granted or to be granted under the ESPP, when sold in accordance with the terms of the Plans and the individual instruments or agreements governing their issuance, will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

The opinion expressed herein is limited to the corporate laws of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion as to the effect on matters covered by this letter of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, to the use of our name as your counsel and to all references made to us in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Graubard Miller

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and related prospectus of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. and Subsidiaries of our report dated March 30, 2021 relating to the December 31, 2020 and 2019 consolidated financial statements of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. and Subsidiaries included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) which appears in this Registration Statement.

 

/s/ ROSENFIELD AND COMPANY, PLLC

 

New York, New York

December 16, 2021

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.2

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. of our report dated May 21, 2021, relating to the financial statements of Sonar Entertainment, Inc. as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and for the years then ended (which report expresses an unmodified opinion and includes an emphasis-of-matter paragraph relating to going concern) appearing in the Form 8-K/A of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. filed on July 1, 2021 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Moss Adams LLP

 

Los Angeles, California

 

December 17, 2021