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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT


Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 17, 2020

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Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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Florida

001-38331

86-0787790

(State or Other Jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)


150 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1200

Coral Gables, FL 33134

 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


(305) 774-0407

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


Not Applicable

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

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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:


¨ 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))


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, $0.015 par value per share

DLPN

The Nasdaq Capital Market

Warrants to purchase Common Stock,
$0.015 par value per share

DLPNW

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  ¨

 


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. ¨


 

 

 




 



Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.


On August 17, 2020 (the “Closing Date”), Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), acquired all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Be Social Public Relations, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Be Social”), pursuant to a membership interest purchase agreement dated the Closing Date (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and Alison Grant (“Seller”). Be Social is a Los Angeles-based digital communications group representing both brands and highly-engaged digital influencers.


The consideration paid by the Company in connection with the acquisition of Be Social is $2,200,000 plus the potential to earn up to an additional $800,000.  The Company paid the Seller $1,500,000 cash and issued 349,534 of shares of its Common Stock on the Closing Date and will issue a number of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate value of $350,000 on January 4, 2020.  The Company may also pay up to an additional $800,000 in earn-out consideration, 62.5% of which will be paid in cash and 37.5% in shares of Common Stock based on the achievement of specified financial performance targets during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2023.  The Seller has entered into an employment agreement with the Company with a term through December 31, 2023.


The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.


The Purchase Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K to provide security holders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, Be Social or any other party to the Purchase Agreement. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement were made solely for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, are solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purpose of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Purchase Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to security holders. Security holders should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company, Be Social or any other party thereto. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Purchase Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures, except to the extent required by law.


Item 3.02

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.


The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.02.  The shares of Common Stock issued or to be issued by the Company to Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement have been or will be, as applicable,  issued  in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The Seller represented to the Company that it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act.


Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.


On August 17, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the acquisition of Be Social.  A copy of the Company’s press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference in this Item 7.01. The information contained in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission nor incorporated by reference in any registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d) Exhibits

2.1*

Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated August 17, 2020, by and among the Company and the Seller

99.1

Press Release issued by Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. dated August 17, 2020


* The schedules and exhibits to the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement have been omitted from this filing pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish copies of any such schedules and exhibits to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.






 


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.


 

DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  August 26, 2020

By:  

/s/ Mirta A. Negrini

 

 

Name:

Mirta A. Negrini

 

         

Title:

Chief Financial and Operating Officer