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 28, 2018
GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)
131 S. Rodeo Drive, Suite 250 Beverly Hills, CA (Address of principal executive offices) |
000-54389 (Commission File Number) |
20-4118216 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
90212 (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)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 28, 2018, Llama Productions LLC, a California limited liability company (“Llama”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Genius Brands International, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan and Security Agreement”) with Bank Leumi USA (the “Lender”), pursuant to which the Lender agreed to make a secured loan in an aggregate amount not to exceed $4,231,989 to Llama (the “Loan”). The proceeds of the Loan will be used to pay a portion of the expenses of producing, completing and delivering two 22 minute episodes and sixteen 11 minute episodes of the second season of the animated series Llama Llama to be initially exhibited on Netflix.
To secure payment of the Loan, Llama has granted to the Lender a continuing security interest in and against, generally, all of its tangible and intangible assets, which includes all seasons of the Llama Llama animated series.
Under the Loan and Security Agreement, Llama can request revolving loan advances under (a) the Prime Rate Loan facility and (b) the LIBOR Loan facility, each as further described in the Loan and Security Agreement attached as an exhibit hereto. Prime Rate Loan advances shall bear interest, on the outstanding balance thereof, at a fluctuating per annum rate equal to 1.0% plus the Prime Rate (as such term is defined in the Loan and Security Agreement), provided that in no event shall the interest rate applicable to Prime Rate Loans be less than 4.0% per annum. LIBOR Loan advances shall bear interest, on the outstanding balance thereof, for the period commencing on the funding date and ending on the date which is one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter, at a per annum rate equal to 3.25% plus the LIBOR determined for the applicable Interest Period (as such terms are defined in the Loan and Security Agreement), provided that in no event shall the interest rate applicable to LIBOR Loans be less than 3.25% per annum.
The Maturity Date of the Prime Rate Loan facility and LIBOR Loan facility is March 31, 2021.
The foregoing description of the Loan and Security Agreement is not purported to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Loan and Security Agreement attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1, which is incorporated by reference herein.
In addition, on September 28, 2018, Llama and Lender entered into Amendment No. 2 to Loan and Security Agreement, effective as of August 27, 2018, by and between Llama and the Lender (the “Amendment”). Pursuant to the Amendment, the original Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2016 and amended as of November 7, 2017 (the “Original Loan and Security Agreement”), was amended to (i) reduce the loan commitment thereunder to $1,768,010.29, which is a reduction of $3,075,406.03 from the original loan commitment under the Original Loan and Security Agreement and (ii) include the Llama Llama season two obligations under the Loan and Security Agreement as obligations under the Original Loan and Security Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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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.
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GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
| Date: October 3, 2018 | By: /s/ Andy Heyward | |
| Name: | Andy Heyward | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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