UNITED STATES  

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT  

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 10, 2018 (November 14, 2018)

B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC.  

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (818) 884-3737

(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:

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

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

On November 20, 2018, B. Riley Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Filing”) disclosing the completion of the previously announced acquisition of magicJack VocalTec Ltd., an Israeli corporation (the “MJ Acquisition”).

The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K/A (“Amendment”) solely to amend and supplement Item 9.01 of the Original Filing to provide the audited financial statements and unaudited pro forma financial statements required by Item 9.01. No other modifications to the Original Filing are being made by this Amendment. This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing, which provides a more complete description of the MJ Acquisition.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

The audited consolidated balance sheets of magicJack VocalTec Ltd. as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 and the consolidated statements of operations, consolidated statements of capital equity and consolidated statements of cash flows of magicJack VocalTec Ltd. for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017, and the notes related thereto, are incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and are incorporated by reference into this Item 9.01(a).

The Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, issued by BDO USA, LLP, dated March 16, 2018, relating to the magicJack VocalTec Ltd. financial statements are incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and are incorporated by reference into this Item 9.01(a).

The unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet of magicJack VocalTec Ltd. as of September 30, 2018 and the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, unaudited condensed consolidated statements of capital equity and unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows of magicJack VocalTec Ltd. for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, and the notes related thereto, are incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.3 hereto and are incorporated by reference into this Item 9.01(a).

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements and explanatory notes as of September 30, 2018, for the nine month period ended September 30, 2018 and for the year ended December 31, 2017 are incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.4 hereto and are incorporated by reference into this Item 9.01(b). Such financial statements are presented for illustrative purposes only and do not necessarily indicate the financial results of the combined companies had the MJ Acquisition actually been consummated at the beginning of the period presented.

(d) Exhibits.

+Incorporated by reference. 
* Schedules omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any of the omitted schedules upon request by the SEC.

SIGNATURES

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.