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 9, 2024

 

 

Better Choice Company Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware		001-40477		83-4284557
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

12400 Race Track Road

Tampa, Florida 33626

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code): (212) 896-1254

 

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 the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value share		BTTR		NYSE American

 

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. ☐

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On March 25, 2024, Better Choice Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), filed a lawsuit against Alphia Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Alphia”), in the Business Court Division, Circuit Court of the 13th Judicial Circuit located in Hillsborough County, Florida (the “Lawsuit”). In the Lawsuit, the Company alleges, among other things, that Alphia exercised its right of first refusal to purchase the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Halo, Purely for Pets, Inc. a Delaware corporation (“Halo”), and then breached its contractual obligations to consummate such acquisition. The Company is seeking monetary damages, as well as the alternative remedy of specific performance from Alphia. The Lawsuit is currently ongoing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibits		Description
99.1		Complaint in Re: Better Choice Company, Inc., as Plaintiff, v. Alphia Inc., as Defendant.
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.

 

	Better Choice Company Inc.
	By:	/s/ Carolina Martinez
	Name:	Carolina Martinez
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer
May 9, 2024