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): December 6, 2019

 

 

FLUENT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

001-37893

 

77-0688094

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

300 Vesey Street, 9th Floor

New York, New York

 

10282

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 669-7272 

 

 

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:

 

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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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On December 6, 2019, Fluent, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into Second Amendments (the "Second Amendments”) to the Amendments to Warrants and Agreements to Exercise (“Amended Whitehorse Warrants”) with (i) H.I.G. Whitehorse SMA ABF, L.P. regarding 46,667 warrants to purchase common stock of the Company, par value $0.0005 per share, at an exercise price of $3.00 per share; (ii) H.I.G. Whitehorse SMA Holdings I, LLC regarding 66,666 warrants to purchase common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $3.00 per share; and (iii) Whitehorse Finance, Inc. regarding 186,667 warrants to purchase common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $3.00 per share.

 

In November 2017, the Amended Whitehorse Warrants were exercised and the Company issued an aggregate of 300,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Warrant Shares”) to the warrant holders. On July 9, 2018, the parties entered into the First Amendments to the Amended Whitehorse Warrants, pursuant to which they agreed to reduce the price per share at which the warrant holders have the right, but not the obligation, to require the Company to purchase from the warrant holders the Warrant Shares (the “Put Right”) to $3.8334 per share, to modify the period during which the Put Right can be exercised to the period commencing January 1, 2019 and ending December 15, 2019, and to modify the minimum price that the warrant holders can transfer any of the Warrant Shares to no less than $3.8334 per share.

 

Pursuant to the Second Amendments, the expiration of the Put Right was extended from December 15, 2019 to January 31, 2020.

 

The description of the Second Amendments does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Amendments which are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On December 9, 2019, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company increased the size of the Board to six (6) members and appointed Barbara Shattuck Kohn as a director of the Company to fill the additional Board seat, effective December 9, 2019. 

 

The Board affirmatively determined that Ms. Shattuck Kohn (i) meets the Independent Standards specified in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and (ii) the independence requirements set forth in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5605(c)(2). Ms. Shattuck Kohn will serve as a member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. On December 9, 2019, Ms. Shattuck Kohn received a grant of 25,000 restricted stock units upon her appointment to the Board.

 

Ms. Shattuck Kohn, 68, was a Principal at Hammond Hanlon Camp LLC, a strategic advisory and investment banking firm from 2012 to 2018. Since 2004, she has served as a director of Penn National Gaming, Inc., where she serves as a member of the Audit Committee and as Chair of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. Shattuck Kohn also serves as a director of Emblem Health, one of the nation's largest non-profit health plans. She has previously served as a director of Computer Task Group and a division of Sunlife Financial Corporation. Prior to joining Hammond Hanlon Camp LLC in 2012, Ms. Shattuck Kohn was a Managing Director of Morgan Keegan – Raymond James. Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. was acquired by Raymond James Financial from Regions Financial Corp. and was the successor to Shattuck Hammond Partners, an investment banking firm Ms. Shattuck Kohn co-founded in 1993.

On December 11, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing Ms. Shattuck Kohn's appointment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

 

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

4.1

  Second Amendment to Amendment to Warrants and Agreement to Exercise with H.I.G. Whitehorse SMA ABF, L.P., dated December 6, 2019.
     

4.2

 

Second Amendment to Amendment to Warrants and Agreement to Exercise with H.I.G. Whitehorse SMA Holdings I, LLC, dated December 6, 2019.
     
4.3   Second Amendment to Amendment to Warrants and Agreement to Exercise with Whitehorse Finance, Inc., dated December 6, 2019.
     
99.1   Press Release, issued December 11, 2019

 

 

 
 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fluent, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

December 11, 2019

By:  

/s/ Ryan Schulke

 

 

Name:  

Ryan Schulke 

 

 

Title:  

Chief Executive Officer 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO

AMENDMENT TO WARRANTS AND AGREEMENT TO EXERCISE

 

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT TO WARRANTS AND AGREEMENT TO EXERCISE (this “Amendment”) is dated December 6, 2019 by and among Fluent, Inc., formerly known as Cogint, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and H.I.G. Whitehorse SMA ABF, LP (“Warrantholder”). Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Warrants (defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, on October 7, 2016, the Corporation issued to Warrantholder warrants to purchase, in aggregate, forty-six thousand six hundred sixty-seven (46,667) shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, par value $0.0005 per share (the “Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, on November 3, 2017, the Corporation and Warrantholder entered into that certain Amendment to Warrants and Agreement to Exercise (the “Agreement”), lowering the Exercise Price of the Warrants on the terms set forth therein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Warrantholder exercised the Warrants pursuant to the terms of the Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, on July 9, 2018, the Corporation and Warrantholder entered into that certain First Amendment to the Agreement, amending the put right provided under the Agreement on the terms set forth therein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation and Warrantholder have agreed to amend the Put Exercise Period provided under the Agreement on the terms set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.     Put Right. Section 7 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and amended as follows:

 

“7.     PUT RIGHT. Warrantholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to require the Corporation to purchase from Warrantholder all Warrant Shares held by Warrantholder at a price equal to $3.8334 per share (the “Put Right”) on the terms and conditions set forth herein. In order to exercise the Put Right, Warrantholder shall provide the Corporation written notice thereof at any time during the time period commencing January 1, 2019, and ending 11:59 PM ET on January 31, 2020 (the “Put Exercise Period”). As a condition precedent to the exercise of the Put Right and the Corporation's obligation to consummate the Put Closing (as defined below), Warrantholder shall own and possess the Warrant Shares free and clear of any and all liens, mortgages, pledges, security interests, encumbrances or charges of any kind. Subject to the terms hereof, the Corporation shall purchase all Warrant Shares held by Warrantholder no later than ten (10) Business Days from the Corporation's receipt, during the Put Exercise Period, of Warrantholder's written notice of exercise of the Put Right, which purchase shall be effective upon delivery of the purchase price therefor (the “Put Closing”).”

 

2.     Full Force and Effect. Except as specifically amended, modified or supplemented by this Amendment, the Agreement, as amended, shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

 

3.     Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

 

(Signatures on following page)

 

 
 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first written above.

 

     

CORPORATION:

 

FLUENT, INC.

   
   

By:

 

/s/ Ryan Schulke                                     

 

 

Name: Ryan Schulke

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

     

WARRANTHOLDER:

 

H.I.G. Whitehorse SMA ABF, LP

By:

 

/s/ Richard Siegel                                   

 

 

Name: Richard Siegel

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO

AMENDMENT TO WARRANTS AND AGREEMENT TO EXERCISE

 

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT TO WARRANTS AND AGREEMENT TO EXERCISE (this “Amendment”) is dated December 6, 2019 by and among Fluent, Inc., formerly known as Cogint, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and H.I.G. Whitehorse SMA Holdings I, LLC (“Warrantholder”). Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Warrants (defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, on October 7, 2016, the Corporation issued to Warrantholder warrants to purchase, in aggregate, sixty-six thousand six hundred sixty-six (66,666) shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, par value $0.0005 per share (the “Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, on November 3, 2017, the Corporation and Warrantholder entered into that certain Amendment to Warrants and Agreement to Exercise (the “Agreement”), lowering the Exercise Price of the Warrants on the terms set forth therein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Warrantholder exercised the Warrants pursuant to the terms of the Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, on July 9, 2018, the Corporation and Warrantholder entered into that certain First Amendment to the Agreement, amending the put right provided under the Agreement on the terms set forth therein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation and Warrantholder have agreed to extend the Put Exercise Period provided under the Agreement on the terms set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.     Put Right. Section 7 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and amended as follows:

 

“7.     PUT RIGHT. Warrantholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to require the Corporation to purchase from Warrantholder all Warrant Shares held by Warrantholder at a price equal to $3.8334 per share (the “Put Right”) on the terms and conditions set forth herein. In order to exercise the Put Right, Warrantholder shall provide the Corporation written notice thereof at any time during the time period commencing January 1, 2019, and ending 11:59 PM ET on January 31, 2020 (the “Put Exercise Period”). As a condition precedent to the exercise of the Put Right and the Corporation's obligation to consummate the Put Closing (as defined below), Warrantholder shall own and possess the Warrant Shares free and clear of any and all liens, mortgages, pledges, security interests, encumbrances or charges of any kind. Subject to the terms hereof, the Corporation shall purchase all Warrant Shares held by Warrantholder no later than ten (10) Business Days from the Corporation's receipt, during the Put Exercise Period, of Warrantholder's written notice of exercise of the Put Right, which purchase shall be effective upon delivery of the purchase price therefor (the “Put Closing”).”

 

2.     Full Force and Effect. Except as specifically amended, modified or supplemented by this Amendment, the Agreement, as amended, shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

 

3.     Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

 

(Signatures on following page)

 

 
 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first written above.

 

     

CORPORATION:

 

FLUENT, INC.

   
   

By:

 

/s/ Ryan Schulke                                        

 

 

Name: Ryan Schulke

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

     

WARRANTHOLDER:

 

H.I.G. Whitehorse SMA Holdings I, LLC

By:

 

/s/ Richard Siegel                                    

 

 

Name: Richard Siegel

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

Exhibit 4.3

 

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO

AMENDMENT TO WARRANTS AND AGREEMENT TO EXERCISE

 

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT TO WARRANTS AND AGREEMENT TO EXERCISE (this “Amendment”) is dated December 6, 2019 by and among Fluent, Inc., formerly known as Cogint, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and Whitehorse Finance, Inc. (“Warrantholder”). Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Warrants (defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, on October 7, 2016, the Corporation issued to Warrantholder warrants to purchase, in aggregate, one hundred eighty-six thousand six hundred sixty-seven (186,667) shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, par value $0.0005 per share (the “Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, on November 3, 2017, the Corporation and Warrantholder entered into that certain Amendment to Warrants and Agreement to Exercise (the “Agreement”), lowering the Exercise Price of the Warrants on the terms set forth therein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Warrantholder exercised the Warrants pursuant to the terms of the Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, on July 9, 2018, the Corporation and Warrantholder entered into that certain First Amendment to the Agreement, amending the put right provided under the Agreement on the terms set forth therein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation and Warrantholder have agreed to extend the Put Exercise Period provided under the Agreement on the terms set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.     Put Right. Section 7 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and amended as follows:

 

“7.     PUT RIGHT. Warrantholder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to require the Corporation to purchase from Warrantholder all Warrant Shares held by Warrantholder at a price equal to $3.8334 per share (the “Put Right”) on the terms and conditions set forth herein. In order to exercise the Put Right, Warrantholder shall provide the Corporation written notice thereof at any time during the time period commencing January 1, 2019, and ending 11:59 PM ET on January 31, 2020 (the “Put Exercise Period”). As a condition precedent to the exercise of the Put Right and the Corporation's obligation to consummate the Put Closing (as defined below), Warrantholder shall own and possess the Warrant Shares free and clear of any and all liens, mortgages, pledges, security interests, encumbrances or charges of any kind. Subject to the terms hereof, the Corporation shall purchase all Warrant Shares held by Warrantholder no later than ten (10) Business Days from the Corporation's receipt, during the Put Exercise Period, of Warrantholder's written notice of exercise of the Put Right, which purchase shall be effective upon delivery of the purchase price therefor (the “Put Closing”).”

 

2.     Full Force and Effect. Except as specifically amended, modified or supplemented by this Amendment, the Agreement, as amended, shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

 

3.     Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

 

(Signatures on following page)

 

 
 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first written above.

 

     

CORPORATION:

 

FLUENT, INC.

   
   

By:

 

/s/ Ryan Schulke                                            

 

 

Name: Ryan Schulke

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

WARRANTHOLDER:

 

Whitehorse Finance., Inc.

 

By:

 

/s/ Joyson C. Thomas                                 

 

 

Name: Joyson C. Thomas

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Fluent, Inc. Appoints Barbara Shattuck Kohn to Board of Directors

Longtime Director of Penn National Gaming, Inc. joins Fluent Board

 

NEW YORK, NY – December 11, 2019 – Fluent, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLNT), a leading data-driven performance marketing company, today announced that the Board of Directors of the Company has appointed Barbara Shattuck Kohn as a Director of the Company. Ms. Shattuck Kohn will serve as a member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

“With her remarkable financial background and significant public company board experience, Barbara brings a new level of expertise to our Board of Directors,” said Ryan Schulke, Chief Executive Officer. “We are incredibly pleased to welcome her to the Fluent team and look forward to her thoughtful advice as we continue to grow and evolve our business.”

 

Ms. Shattuck Kohn has a wealth of experience in financial and strategic advisory roles, having co-founded investment banking firms, Cain Brothers, Shattuck & Company, Inc. and Shattuck Hammond Partners, the latter of which was acquired by Morgan Keegan & Company Inc. in 2007 and Raymond James Financial in 2012. Ms. Shattuck Kohn has also served as a director of Penn National Gaming, Inc. since 2004. Ms. Shattuck Kohn also serves as a director of Emblem Health, one of the nation's largest non-profit health plans, and previously served as a director of Computer Task Group and a division of Sunlife Financial Corporation.

 

“I am grateful for the opportunity to join Fluent’s Board of Directors and to help advise the Company as it fortifies its long-term growth strategies,” said Ms. Shattuck Kohn. “I look forward to working with the Fluent management team and am excited about the future of the Company.”

 

The appointment of Ms. Shattuck Kohn is the latest in a number of moves by the Company to expand its public company expertise and focus on its long-term growth strategies.

 

 

About Fluent, Inc.

Fluent, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLNT) is a leading performance marketing company with an expertise in creating meaningful connections between consumers and brands. Leveraging our proprietary first-party data asset of opted-in consumer profiles, Fluent, Inc. drives intelligent growth strategies that deliver superior outcomes. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in New York City.

 

 
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