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:
March 28, 2022
Gaucho Group Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-40075 | 52-2158952 | ||
| State
of Incorporation |
Commission File Number |
IRS
Employer Identification No. |
112 NE 41st Street, Suite 106
Miami, FL 33137
Address of principal executive offices
212-739-7700
Telephone number, including
Area code
Former name or former address if changed since last report
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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 | VINO | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
As previously reported on our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 21, 2022, on February 28, 2022, the Company, a current 79% shareholder of Gaucho Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and private company (“GGI”) offered to purchase up to 5,266,509 shares of common stock of GGI (the “GGI Shares”) in exchange for an aggregate of approximately 1,042,788 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Company Shares”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Share Exchange and Subscription Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) (which, together with the Offer to Purchase, each as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, collectively constitute the “GGI Transaction”).
The offering period was from February 28, 2022 through 5:00 pm Eastern Time on March 28, 2022 (the “Expiration Date”). Each one GGI Share tendered pursuant to the GGI Transaction was exchanged for 0.198 shares of common stock of the Company, issued promptly after the Expiration Date. The GGI Transaction was not conditioned upon a minimum aggregate number of GGI Shares being tendered for exchange.
As of March 28, 2022, the Company issued in the aggregate 1,042,788 shares of its common stock at a price per share of $2.02 to the minority holders of GGI in exchange for the GGI Shares. The GGI Shares were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) and/or Rule 506(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A Form D will be filed within 15 days of the issuance of the GGI Shares.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the GGI Transaction is incorporated by reference into Item 3.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The GGI Transaction and issuance Company Shares is being made in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 30th day of March 2022.
| Gaucho Group Holdings, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/Scott L. Mathis | |
| Scott L. Mathis, President & CEO | ||