Current Report Filing (8-k)
March 22 2017 - 5:05AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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 18, 2017
RIGHTSCORP,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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000-55097
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33-1219445
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
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3100
Donald Douglas Loop North
Santa
Monica, CA 90405
(Address
of principal executive offices) (zip code)
310-751-7510
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Copies
to:
Gregory
Sichenzia, Esq.
Jeff
Cahlon, Esq.
Sichenzia
Ross Ference Kesner LLP
61
Broadway
New
York, New York 10006
Phone:
(212) 930-9700
Fax:
(212) 930-9725
(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item
3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The
information provided in response to Item 5.02 of this report is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements
of Certain Officers.
On
March 18, 2017, Rightscorp, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an employment agreement with Cecil Kyte, the Company’s
chief executive officer. Under the employment agreement, Mr. Kyte will serve as the Company’s chief executive officer for
a term of three years (the “Initial Term”) from Mr. Kyte’s appointment effective February 14, 2017 (the “Effective
Date”), which term will renew automatically for successive one-year terms (each, a “Renewal Term”) unless terminated
in accordance therewith. The Company will pay Mr. Kyte an annual base salary of $150,000, except that, (i) the base salary will
increase from $150,000 to $250,000, effective upon the Company’s achievement of $100,000 in gross monthly revenue for three
consecutive months, (ii) the base salary will increase to $350,000 upon the Company achieving $2,500,000 in gross revenue in any
one year period commencing on the Effective Date, and (iii) effective upon the Company’s receipt of an aggregate of $10,000,000
in cumulative gross revenue, the base salary will increase to $500,000. The Company also agreed to pay Mr. Kyte a signing bonus
of $50,000 and to issue to Mr. Kyte, upon execution of the employment agreement, 5,000,000 shares of common stock, and 10-year
options to purchase 5,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.05, 1,000,000 of which will vest immediately,
and the remaining 4,000,000 of which will vest monthly in 48 equal monthly installments (each of 83,333 options) commencing on
February 14, 2018. If the Company terminates the employment agreement without Cause (as defined in the employment agreement),
Mr. Kyte terminates the employment agreement for Good Reason (as defined in the employment agreement), or the Company fails to
renew the employment agreement, Mr. Kyte will be entitled to receive a payment equal to the greater of (i) six months of the base
salary, and (ii) (a) the base salary payable for the remainder of the Initial Term (in the event such termination occurs during
the Initial Term, or (b) the base salary payable for the remainder of the Renewal Term (in the event such termination occurs during
a Renewal Term).
The
foregoing description of the employment agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the complete text of the employment agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto, and which is incorporated herein by reference.
In
connection with the foregoing, the Company relied upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, for transactions not involving a public offering.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
10.1
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Employment
Agreement between Rightscorp, Inc. and Cecil Kyte
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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.
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RIGHTSCORP,
INC.
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Dated:
March 21, 2017
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By:
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/s/
Cecil Kyte
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Name:
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Cecil
Kyte
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer
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