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Item 1.01 Entry into Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously reported by Digital Brands Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and various purchasers (the “Investors”) executed a securities purchase agreement (the “SPA”) on or around April 7, 2023, whereby the Investors purchased from the Company promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $2,500,000 (the “Original Notes”), and the remaining balances of such Original Notes as of October 1, 2023, were exchanged by the Investors for replacement promissory notes issued on October 1, 2023, in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $1,789,668.37 (the “Exchange Notes”). On May 24, 2024, the Company entered into settlement agreements with the Investors (each a “Settlement Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay aggregate cash payments equal to $1,789,668.37 to extinguish all obligations and claims under the SPA, Original Notes, and Exchange Notes, as follows: (i) $500,000.00 on or before May 28, 2024 and (ii) $1,289,668.37 on or before September 30, 2024. Each Settlement Agreement contains mutual releases by and between the Company and the Investors, as well as customary representations and warranties.
The foregoing description of the terms of the form of Settlement Agreement, and the transactions contemplated thereby, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copies of the form of Settlement Agreement filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Form of Settlement Agreement | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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.
| DIGITAL BRANDS GROUP, INC. | ||
| Dated: May 29, 2024 | By: | /s/ John Hilburn Davis IV |
| Name: | John Hilburn Davis IV | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |