UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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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): June 26, 2018

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 861-4000

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

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. ¨

On June 26, 2018, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the Certificate of Designations attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K  and incorporated herein by reference. The Certificate of Designations established and designated the 9.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and the rights, preferences, privileges and limitations thereof.

On June 29, 2018, the Company consummated the offering (the “Offering”) of an aggregate of 600,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the previously announced Underwriting Agreement, dated June 27, 2018, between the Company and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named therein. The Shares were sold at a price of $25.00 per Share. The Offering generated total net proceeds, after payment of the total underwriting fees and other offering expenses, of approximately $13.7 million.

On June 29, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the consummation of the Offering. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

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.