Current Report Filing (8-k)

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

May 19, 2016

Date of report (date of earliest event reported)

MusclePharm Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

000-53166

77-0664193

(State or other jurisdictions of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Nos.)

4721 Ironton Street, Building A

Denver, Colorado 80239

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(303) 396-6100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 1.02.

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 19, 2016, MusclePharm Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Settlement Agreement with ETW Corp. (the “Settlement Agreement”). The Settlement Agreement eliminates all costs and terminates all future commitments between Tiger Woods and the Company under the Endorsement Agreement between the Company and ETW, dated July 1, 2014 (as amended, the “Endorsement Agreement”).

The material terms of the Endorsement Agreement were previously described in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2014, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed to pay $2.5 million to terminate the parties’ obligations under Endorsement Agreement, effective as of May 19, 2016, and to resolve all disputes between them. As of March 31, 2016, the Company had accrued $7.0 million in relation to the Endorsement Agreement.

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.