UNITED STATES
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| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. |
On October 12, 2023, 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 6,000,000 to 7,000,000 shares.
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| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences of 9.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock. | |
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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: October 13, 2023 | 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, 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, a further Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 22, 2022, and a further Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 1, 2023;
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 7,000,000 shares.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation to be executed by the undersigned this 12th day of October, 2023.
| Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ William J. Rouhana, Jr. | |
| William J. Rouhana, Jr. | ||
| Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | ||