UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): June 10, 2020

 

GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada 001-37950 20-4118216
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

190 N. Canon Drive, 4th Fl.

Beverly Hills, CA

 

 

90210

(Address of principal executive offices)  

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 273-4222

 

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(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):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share GNUS The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

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 o

 

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. o

 

 

 

   

 

 

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

 

Genius Brands International, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced that its previously filed registration statement on Form S-3, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 4, 2020, and which registers the resale of shares of common stock underlying warrants that the Company issued to investors in March 2020, was declared effective by the SEC on June 10, 2020 and the Company filed a final prospectus related to such registration statement.

 

The filing of this registration statement and prospectus was a normal-course event related to an already disclosed capital raise that closed in March 2020 and does not in any way represent a new capital raise or relate to recent fluctuations in the Company’s stock price.

 

The information disclosed under this Item 7.01 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth in such filing. This disclosure does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of any securities registered on the registration statement in any jurisdiction in which an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

     
  GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
   
Date:   June 11, 2020 By: /s/ Andy Heyward                                
  Name: Andy Heyward
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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