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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): November 22, 2022

 

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   001-38125   81-2560811
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

132 E. Putnam Avenue, Floor 2W, Cos Cob, CT   06807
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (855) 398-0443

 

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e 4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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).

 

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock   CSSE   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Common Stock Purchase Warrant   CSSEL  

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

9.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock   CSSEP   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
9.50% Notes Due 2025   CSSEN   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Class W Warrants   CSSEW   OTC Markets
Class Z Warrants   CSSEZ   OTC Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws.

 

On November 22, 2022, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designations (“Amendment”) attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K  and incorporated herein by reference. The Amendment increased the number of shares of preferred stock designated as Series A Preferred Stock from 4,300,000 to 5,000,000 shares.

 

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.Description

 

3.1Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences of 9.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock.
   
 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: November 22, 2022 CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
     
  By:  /s/ Jason Meier              
    Name: Jason Meier
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES

OF

9.75% SERIES A CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK

OF

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL ENTERTAINMENT INC.

 

 

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. (the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”) does hereby certify:

 

FIRST: The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 4, 2016 (the “Charter”), the Company’s Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences of 9.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 26, 2018 (the “Certificate of Designation”), a Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 22, 2018, a further Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 14, 2018, and a further Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 31, 2019;

 

SECOND: The Board of Directors of the Company, acting by unanimous written consent pursuant to Section 141 of the DGCL, duly adopted resolutions approving an increase to the number of shares of authorized preferred stock that would be designated as 9.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, and approving the form of the third amendment to the Certificate of Designation set forth below.

 

THIRD: Shareholder approval of the amendment set forth below is not required under the Charter or the DGCL.

 

FOURTH: The Certificate of designation is hereby amended by deleting Section 1 in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

 

1.       Designation and Amount. The shares of such series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as “9.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock” and the number of shares constituting such series shall be 5,000,000 shares.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation to be executed by the undersigned this 22nd day of November, 2022.

 

  Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc.
     
  By:  
    William J. Rouhana, Jr.
    Chairman of the Board
    and Chief Executive Officer