Stockholders’ Equity |
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| Stockholders’ Equity | Stockholders’ Equity Common Stock
On February 6, 2023, the Company's board of directors approved a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock. The reverse stock split was effected on February 10, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. At the effective time, every 10 issued and outstanding shares of the Company's common stock were converted into 1 share of common stock. Any fractional shares of common stock resulting from the reverse stock split were rounded up to the nearest whole post-split share and no shareholders received cash in lieu of fractional shares. The par value of each share of common stock remained unchanged. The reverse stock split proportionately reduced the number of shares of authorized common stock from 400,000,000 to 40,000,000 shares. The reverse stock split also applied to common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Company's outstanding warrants and stock options. The reverse stock split did not affect the authorized preferred stock of 10,000,001 shares. Unless noted, all references to shares of common stock and per share amounts contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K have been retroactively adjusted to reflect a 1-for-10 reverse stock split.
As of December 31, 2022, the total number of authorized shares of common stock was 40,000,000.
As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 31,918,552 and 30,337,914 shares of common stock outstanding, respectively.
On February 18, 2022, the Company issued 35,000 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $0.3 million for consulting services.
On February 24, 2022, the Company issued 3,620 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $0.1 million which were held in escrow as part of the ChizComm acquisition.
On April 7, 2022, the Company issued 1,036,582 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $10.8 million related to the Wow Acquisition, as part of the purchase price. Also included as part of the Wow Acquisition, the Company has issued 69,126 shares, valued at $0.7 million, which will be exchanged at a future redemption date upon tender of ExchangeCo (as defined below) shares as specified in the agreement. See additional information on the ExchangeCo shares below under “Preferred Stock.”
On May 31, 2022, the Company issued 73,667 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $0.4 million to a nonemployee for productions services.
Preferred Stock
The Company has 10,000,001 shares of preferred stock authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law, without further vote or action by our
stockholders, to issue from time-to-time shares of preferred stock in one or more series. Each series of preferred stock will have such number of shares, designations, preferences, voting powers, qualifications and special or relative rights or privileges as shall be determined by our Board of Directors, which may include, among others, dividend rights, voting rights, liquidation preferences, conversion rights and preemptive rights.
In connection with the Company’s acquisition of Wow, certain eligible Canadian shareholders, noteholders and optionholders of Wow elected to receive the Exchangeable Shares in the capital of the Wow Exchange Co. Inc. (“ExchangeCo”) instead of shares of the Company’s common stock to which they were otherwise entitled.
The shares of ExchangeCo are exchangeable into shares of the Company’s common stock in accordance with their terms. Holders of the ExchangeCo shares are entitled to defined voting rights (the “Voting Rights”) in the Company pursuant to a voting and exchange trust agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) dated April 6, 2022 between the Company, ExchangeCo, 1329258 B.C. Ltd. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (the “Voting Trustee”). The Voting Trustee holds a single share of Series B Preferred Stock in the capital of the Company (the “Special Voting Share”), which grants the Voting Trustee that number of votes at the meetings of the Company’s shareholders as is equal to the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that at such time have not been delivered pursuant to the tender of ExchangeCo shares. The Voting Trustee is required to exercise each vote attached to the Special Voting Share only as directed by the relevant holder of the underlying Company shares of common stock and, in the absence of any instructions, will not exercise voting rights with respect to the applicable shares.
As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 0 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding. As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there was 1 share of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding.
Treasury Stock
During the year ended December 31, 2022, 699 shares of common stock were withheld to cover taxes owed by certain employees, all of which were included as treasury stock outstanding and recorded at cost within Treasury Stock on the consolidated balance sheet.
In addition, the Company agreed to settle the lawsuit, Harold Chizick and Jennifer Chizick v. Genius Brands International, Inc., ChizComm Ltd, pursuant to a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) dated October 6, 2022 (the “Settlement Date”). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed to purchase 41,934 shares of its common stock (the “Settlement Shares”) held by the Chizicks as of the Settlement Date. The Settlement Shares were purchased at the market price of $6.80 per share, plus a premium of $13.10 per share, for a total cost of $0.8 million. As of December 31, 2022, the shares were repurchased by the Company and the market based cost on the Settlement Date of $0.3 million was recorded within Treasury Stock on the consolidated balance sheet and the amount in excess of market of $0.5 million was recorded as a legal expense within General and Administrative expenses on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.
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