Current Report Filing (8-k)

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 31, 2023

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-38125

81-2560811

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

132 E. Putnam Avenue, Floor 2W, Cos Cob, CT		06807
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (855) 398-0443

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of Holdco under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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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).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Ticker symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share	CSSE	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
9.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value per share	CSSEP	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
9.50% Notes due 2025	CSSEN	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Title of each class	Ticker symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class W Warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock	CSSEW	OTC Markets
Class Z Warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock	CSSEZ	OTC Markets

Item 2.02.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 31, 2023, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the 2022 fiscal year. The press release is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1.

Attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report is a table setting forth our adjusted earnings per share (non-GAAP) for the year and three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2022. All the information provided in this Current Report, including in the exhibits hereto, are qualified in their entirety by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2023.

The information furnished under this Item 2.02, including the exhibits related thereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any disclosure document of the Company, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such document.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits:

	Exhibit No.		Description

	99.1		Press Release, dated March 31, 2023

	99.2		Adjusted Earnings Per Share

	104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.

Dated: March 31, 2023	CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

	By:	/s/ William J. Rouhana, Jr.
		Name: William J. Rouhana, Jr.
		Title: Chief Executive Officer