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): May 2, 2019

 

Better Choice Company Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

     

Delaware

333-161943

26-2754069

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

   

81 Prospect Street, Brooklyn, New York

11201

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (646) 846-4280

 

 

                                                                                                             

(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 the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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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

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

 

 

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On May 2, 2019, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Better Choice Company Inc. (the “Company”) approved the grant to certain executives of the Company of non-qualified stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock under the Company’s 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “2019 Plan”) at a per-share exercise price equal to the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. In accordance with an agreement with the Company, the stock options vest and become exercisable monthly over 2 years in equal installments of 1/24 each month. The stock options will be accelerated upon a Change of Control, as defined in the 2019 Plan. Any exercise of stock options may, at the election of the executives, be exercised with a “cashless exercise” by using shares from any such exercise to pay the exercise price, which shares, for such purpose, being valued at the fair market value, as determined under the 2019 Plan, on the date of exercise.

 

The following executive officers of the Company were granted the number of stock options under the 2019 Plan, in each case as listed after their names: Damian Dalla-Longa, 1,200,000 stock options; Lori Taylor, 1,150,000 stock options; and Anthony Santarsiero, 1,000,000 stock options.

 

 

Forward Looking Statements.

The Company cautions you that statements included in this Current Report on Form 8-K that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” , or expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negatives of these terms or other similar expressions. These statements are based on the Company’s current beliefs and expectations. The inclusion of forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company that any of its plans will be achieved. Actual results may differ from those set forth in this report due to the risk and uncertainties inherent in the Company’s business. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update this report to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This caution is made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Better Choice Company Inc.

 

 

 Date: May 8, 2019

By:

/s/ Damian Dalla-Longa

 
   

Name: Damian Dalla-Longa

 
   

Title: Chief Executive Officer