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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): September 21, 2023
KARTOON
STUDIOS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
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001-37950
(Commission File Number) |
20-4118216
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
190
N. Canon Drive, 4th Fl., Beverly
Hills, CA 90210
(Address of principal executive
offices) (Zip Code)
(310) 273-4222
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
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):
| ☐ | 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, par value $0.001 per share |
TOON |
NYSE American
LLC |
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 3.03.
Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
The disclosure set forth in Item 5.03 below is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change
in Fiscal Year.
On September 21,
2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Kartoon Studios, Inc. (the “Company”) declared a dividend of one
one-thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), for each
outstanding share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) to stockholders of record
at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on October 2, 2023 (the “Record Date”).
Series C Certificate of Designation
The preferences, rights, limitations,
and other matters relating to the Series C Preferred Stock are set forth in a Certificate of Designation of Series C Preferred Stock (the
“Certificate of Designation”).
The Certificate of Designation
authorizes the Company to issue 50,000 of its 10,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock as Series C Preferred Stock.
The following is a summary
of the principal terms of the Series C Preferred Stock as set forth in the Certificate of Designation:
General; Transferability.
Shares of Series C Preferred Stock will be uncertificated and represented in book-entry form. No shares of Series C Preferred Stock may
be transferred by the holder thereof except in connection with a transfer by such holder of any shares of Common Stock held by such holder,
in which case a number of one one-thousandths (1/1,000ths) of a share of Series C Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Common
Stock to be transferred by such holder will be automatically transferred to the transferee of such shares of Common Stock.
Voting Rights.
Each share of Series C Preferred Stock will entitle the holder thereof to 1,000,000 votes per share (and, for the avoidance of doubt,
each fraction of a share of Series C Preferred Stock will have a ratable number of votes). Thus, each one-thousandth of a share of Series
C Preferred Stock would entitle the holder thereof to 1,000 votes. The outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock will vote together
with the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company as a single class exclusively with respect to (1) any proposal to adopt an
amendment to the Company’s articles of incorporation, as amended (the “Articles of Incorporation”), to increase the
number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 40,000,000 shares to 190,000,000 shares and to reflect a corresponding increase in the
total number of shares the Corporation is authorized to issue from 50,000,000 shares to 200,000,000 shares (the “Authorized Share
Increase”), and (2) any proposal to adjourn any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of voting on the Authorized Share
Increase (the “Adjournment Proposal”). The Series C Preferred Stock will not be entitled to vote on any other matter, except
to the extent required under the Nevada Revised Statutes.
Unless otherwise provided
on any applicable proxy or ballot with respect to the voting on the Authorized Share Increase or the Adjournment Proposal, the vote of
each share of Series C Preferred Stock (or fraction thereof) entitled to vote on the Authorized Share Increase and the Adjournment Proposal
brought before any meeting of stockholders held to vote on such matters shall be cast in the same manner as the vote, if any, of the share
of Common Stock (or fraction thereof) in respect of which such share of Series C Preferred Stock (or fraction thereof) was issued as a
dividend is cast on the Authorized Share Increase and the Adjournment Proposal, and the proxy or ballot with respect to shares of Common
Stock held by any holder on whose behalf such proxy or ballot is submitted will be deemed to include all shares of Series C Preferred
Stock (or fraction thereof) held by such holder. Holders of Series C Preferred Stock will not receive a separate ballot or proxy to cast
votes with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock on the Authorized Share Increase or the Adjournment Proposal brought before any meeting
of stockholders held to vote on such matters.
Dividend Rights.
The holders of Series C Preferred Stock, as such, will not be entitled to receive dividends of any kind.
Redemption.
All shares of Series C Preferred Stock that are not duly voted by proxy prior to the opening of any meeting of stockholders held to vote
on the Authorized Share Increase and the Adjournment Proposal, in the manner as specifically described in the definitive proxy statement
(as may be amended and supplemented) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and made
available to the stockholders in connection with such meeting, will automatically be redeemed in whole, but not in part, by the Company
as of immediately prior to the opening of such meeting (the “Initial Redemption Time”) without further action on the part
of the Company or the holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock (the “Initial Redemption”). Any outstanding shares of Series
C Preferred Stock that have not been redeemed pursuant to an Initial Redemption will be redeemed in whole, but not in part, automatically
upon the approval by the Corporation’s stockholders of the Authorized Share Increase at any meeting of stockholders held for the
purpose of voting on such proposals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, in its sole discretion and at any time, order redemption
of all, but not part, of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock by delivering written notice of redemption to each holder
of record of outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock not less than two (2) days prior to the redemption date specified in such
notice.
Each share of Series C Preferred
Stock redeemed in any redemption described above will be redeemed in consideration for the right to receive an amount equal to $0.01 in
cash for each ten whole shares of Series C Preferred Stock that are “beneficially owned” by the “beneficial owner”
(as such terms are defined in the Certificate of Designation) thereof as of immediately prior to the applicable redemption time and redeemed
pursuant to such redemption. However, the redemption consideration in respect of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock (or fractions
thereof) redeemed in any redemption described above: (i) will entitle the former beneficial owners of less than ten whole shares of Series
C Preferred Stock redeemed in any redemption to no cash payment in respect thereof and (y) will, in the case of a former beneficial owner
of a number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock (or fractions thereof) redeemed pursuant to any redemption that is not equal to a whole
number that is a multiple of ten, entitle such beneficial owner to the same cash payment, if any, in respect of such redemption as would
have been payable in such redemption to such beneficial owner if the number of shares (or fractions thereof) beneficially owned by such
beneficial owner and redeemed pursuant to such redemption were rounded down to the nearest whole number that is a multiple of ten (such,
that for example, the former beneficial owner of 25 shares of Series C Preferred Stock redeemed pursuant to any redemption will be entitled
to receive the same cash payment in respect of such redemption as would have been payable to the former beneficial owner of 20 shares
of Series C Preferred Stock redeemed pursuant to such redemption)
Liquidation
Preference. The Series C Preferred Stock will rank senior to the Common Stock as to any distribution of assets upon a liquidation,
dissolution, or winding up of the Company, whether voluntarily or involuntarily (a “Dissolution”). Upon any Dissolution, each
holder of outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock will be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution
to stockholders, prior and in preference to any distribution to the holders of Common Stock, an amount in cash equal to $0.001 per outstanding
share of Series C Preferred Stock.
The Series C Preferred Stock
is not convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or series of stock or other securities of the Company. The Series
C Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and is not subject to any sinking fund. The Series C Preferred Stock is not subject to any restriction
on the redemption or repurchase of shares by the Company while there is any arrearage in the payment of dividends or sinking fund installments.
The Certificate of
Designation was filed with the Nevada Secretary of State and became effective on September 25, 2023. The foregoing description of the
Series C Preferred Stock does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of
Designation, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Amendment to the Bylaws
On September 21, 2023, the
Board approved the first amendment to the Company’s Bylaws (as amended, the “Bylaws”), which became effective immediately.
Such amendment amends Section 7(I) of the Bylaws to reduce the quorum requirements for any meeting of stockholders of the Company from
a majority to 33.34% of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting.
The foregoing summary of the
amendment to the Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the amendment,
a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated into this item by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
The exhibit listed in the following Exhibit Index is filed as part
of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
*Filed herewith.
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.
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Kartoon Studios, Inc. |
|
|
Date: September 25, 2023 |
By: |
/s/ Andy Heyward |
|
Name: Andy Heyward |
|
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 3.2
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
BYLAWS
OF
KARTOON STUDIOS, INC.
(a Nevada corporation)
The By-laws (the “By-Laws”)
of Kartoon Studios, Inc. (f/k/a Genius Brands International, Inc.), a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”), are hereby amended
as follows, effective upon the execution of this amendment by the Secretary of the Company:
Section 7 (I) of Article I
of the By-laws of the Corporation is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“QUORUM. At any meeting
of stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast at least 33.34% of all the votes entitled to be cast
at such meeting shall constitute a quorum; but this section shall not affect any requirement under any statute or the Articles of Incorporation
of Corporation for the vote necessary for the adoption of any measure. If, however, such quorum shall not be present at any meeting of
the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the
meeting despite the absence of a quorum
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto
subscribe my name this 21st day of September, 2023.
|
/s/ Michael A. Jaffa |
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Michael A. Jaffa, Secretary |
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