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
April 10, 2020
(Date of earliest event reported)
Cinedigm Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-31810 | 22-3720962 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
| 45 West 36th Street, 7th Floor, New York, New York | 10018 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
212-206-8600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Class A Common Stock | CIDM | Nasdaq Global Market |
| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Definitive Material Agreement. |
As previously announced, on December 27, 2019, Cinedigm Corp. (the “Company”) entered into, and on February 14, 2020 amended, a stock purchase agreement (as so amended, the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with BeiTai Investment LP (“BeiTai”) and Aim Right Ventures Limited (“Aim Right”), two shareholders of Starrise Media Holdings Limited, a leading Chinese entertainment company (“Starrise”), to buy from them an aggregate of 410,901,000 outstanding Starrise ordinary shares (the “Share Acquisition”). As previously announced, on February 14, 2020, the Company purchased 162,162,162 of the Starrise ordinary shares from BeiTai, and issued to BeiTai 21,646,604 shares of its Class A common stock in consideration therefor.
On April 10, 2020, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “April Stock Purchase Agreement”) with five (5) shareholders of Starrise—Bison Global Investment SPC - Bison Global No. 1 SP, Huatai Investment LP, Antai Investment LP, Mingtai Investment LP and Shangtai Asset Management LP, to buy an aggregate of 223,380,000 outstanding Starrise ordinary shares from them and for the Company to issue to them an aggregate of 29,855,081 shares of its Class A common stock in consideration therefor (the “April Share Acquisition”). The April Stock Purchase Agreement contains certain conditions to closing, including that the Company obtain approval of its stockholders, applicable lenders, and regulatory authorities, as applicable, and representations and warranties and covenants as are customary for transactions of this type. On April 15, 2020, the April Share Acquisition was consummated.
On April 15, 2020, the Company executed a letter amendment (the “Letter Amendment”) to the Convertible Subordinated Promissory Note (the “Note”), dated July 12, 2019, issued to Bison Global Investment SPC for and on behalf of Global Investment SPC-Bison Global No. 1 SP by Cinedigm Corp. Among other things, the Letter Amendment amended the Note, effective as of March 4, 2020, to change the maturity date of the note to March 4, 2021.
The foregoing descriptions of the April Stock Purchase Agreement and the Letter Amendment do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to and incorporate herein by reference the full text of the April Stock Purchase Agreement and the Letter Amendment, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 4.1, respectively.
| Item 1.02 | Termination of a Material Agreement. |
On April 10, 2020, the Company, in accordance with the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, terminated its obligation to purchase Starrise ordinary shares from Aim Right.
| Item 3.02 | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
The information set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference. The shares of Class A common stock were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| | CINEDIGM CORP. |
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| Dated: April 16, 2020 | By: | /s/ Gary S. Loffredo |
| | | Gary S. Loffredo
Chief Operating Officer, President of Digital Cinema, General Counsel and Secretary |
