FORM 8-K

 

UNITED STATE

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

  THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earli est event reported): January 8, 2018

 

 

A RTIS A NAL BRANDS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York 0-26112 41-1759882
(State of Jurisdiction) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer ID No.)
     
42 Forest Lane Bronxville, New York 10708    
(Address of Principal Executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant ’s telephone number, including area code 914-441-3591

 

  Name of each exchange on
Title of each class which registered
Common Stock $.001 par value OTC Electronic Bulletin Board

 

 

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Item 8.01      Other Events.

 

On January 8, 2018, the company issued the following press release.

 

Artisanal Brands, Inc. (OTCQB:AHFP) has entered into a transitional operating agreement with its current licensee effective January 1, 2018. This agreement will start Artisanal ’s transition into its expansion plan as a direct-to-consumer business focused on its online business and select cheese shop & cafes that will serve as regional shipping hubs. The natural and specialty cheese category is expected to exceed $19 billion this year and Artisanal is seeking to drive greater scale in its online business and new retail outlets by offering reduced shipping rates for overnight deliveries of finest quality cave-aged cheeses sold online at www.artisanalcheese.com .

 

The company ’s senior lender has agreed to provide the financing needed during the transition period while the company continues to complete a new equity offering to fund the establishment of the 1 st retail location. The short-term transition funding plan contemplates the recapitalization of the company’s early-stage loans and conversion of its Series A preferred stock subject to shareholder approval.

 

Artisanal plans to use RBSM, LLC again as its outside independent auditors and will become a fully-reporting SEC filer in 2018.

 

The company has initiated a site selection plan and has located a property in midtown Manhattan for its first outlet targeted for Spring, 2018 subject to the closure of its funding plans.

 

 

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.

 

 

ARTISANAL BRANDS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

         /s/ Daniel W. Dowe

 

 

 

       Daniel W. Dowe

 

 

 

       Executive Chairman

 

         

 

DATED: January 8, 2018

 

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