0001683168-23-004357.txt : 20230622 0001683168-23-004357.hdr.sgml : 20230622 20230622163002 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001683168-23-004357 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230622 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230622 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Genius Brands International, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001355848 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MOTION PICTURE & VIDEO TAPE PRODUCTION [7812] IRS NUMBER: 204118216 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-37950 FILM NUMBER: 231033671 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 190 N. CANON STREET 2: 4TH FLOOR CITY: BEVERLY HILLS STATE: CA ZIP: 90210 BUSINESS PHONE: 310-273-4222 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 190 N. CANON STREET 2: 4TH FLOOR CITY: BEVERLY HILLS STATE: CA ZIP: 90210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PACIFIC ENTERTAINMENT CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060310 8-A12B 1 genius_8a12b.htm 8-A12B

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.*
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   20-4118216
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

190 N. Canon Drive, 4th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

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

 

Title of each class

to be so registered

  

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered

     
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share   NYSE American LLC

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ¨

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ¨

 

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: Not applicable.

 

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

 

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

 * The Registrant is currently named Genius Brands International, Inc. Prior to the consummation of the transfer to the NYSE American LLC, the Registrant plans to change its name to “Kartoon Studios, Inc.”

 

 

   

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

The registrant is filing this registration statement on Form 8-A in connection with the transfer of the listing of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, from The Nasdaq Stock Market to the NYSE American LLC. The Company plans to change its name from “Genius Brands International, Inc.” to “Kartoon Studios, Inc.” prior to the consummation of the transfer.

 

 

 

 

 

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Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

The securities to be registered hereby are common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Genius Brands International, Inc. (the “Company”). The description of common stock set forth in Exhibit 4.13 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020 to which this Form 8-A relates is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on NYSE American LLC, and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Date June 22, 2023    GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.  
     
     
  By: /s/ Andy Heyward
    Name: Andy Heyward
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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