UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): March 1, 2023
MEGA MATRIX CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | | 001-13387 | | 94-3263974 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
3000 El Camino Real, Bldg. 4, Suite 200, Palo Alto, CA | | 94306 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
650-340-1888
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, $0.001 par value | | MPU | | NYSE American Exchange 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).
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 1, 2023, in connection with a newly formed joint venture, Saving Digital Pte. Ltd. (“Saving”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mega Matrix Corp. (the “Company”), and Bit Digital Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“Bit Digital” and together with Saving Digital, the “Shareholders”), entered into a shareholders’ agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”) with Marsprotocol Technologies Pte. Ltd. (the “JV Company”), to provide staking technology tools in digital assets through the staking platform “MarsProtocol,” an individual and institutional grade designed staking platform (the “Joint Venture”). Under the Shareholders Agreement, Saving will invest 180,000 Singapore Dollars, which represents 60% of the registered capital of the JV Company, and Bit Digital will invest 120,000 Singapore Dollars, which represents 40% of the registered capital of the JV Company.
Under the Shareholders Agreement, Saving, as holder of 60% of the outstanding shares of the JV Company, will be entitled to appoint two (2) out of the three (3) directors to the board of directors of the JV Company (“JV Board”), and the right to appoint the chairman of the JV Board. In addition, the Shareholders Agreement imposes certain restrictions in the dealing and transfer of the shares held by the Shareholders unless prior approval and consent of the JV Company has been obtained, as well as a right of first refusal to other Shareholders, and customary tag-along and drag-along rights. The Shareholders Agreement also includes customary restrictive covenants, intellectual property rights and confidentiality clauses.
The foregoing description of the Shareholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Stockholders Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On March 7, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the establishment of the joint venture with Bit Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: BTBT) to jointly provide staking technology tools in digital assets. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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.
| | Mega Matrix Corp. |
| | a Delaware corporation |
| | |
| | By: | /s/ Yucheng Hu |
| | | Yucheng Hu, Chief Executive Officer |
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| Dated: March 7, 2023 | | |
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