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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On January 16, 2024, Safety Shot, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release. A copy of the press release is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On January 10, 2024, The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, entered an Order in the matter of Safety Shot, Inc. v. Capybara Research et. al., Case No. 1:23-cv-10728-JSR (the “Capybara Action”), ECF 24 (the Order”), permitting the Company to serve its summons and complaint upon Defendants Capybara Research and Igor Appelboom by filing this Form 8-K and publishing the press release, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. Pursuant to the Order, the filing of this Form 8-K, the summons attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2, the complaint attached hereto as Exhibit _99.3 and the Order attached hereto as Exhibit 99.4 shall provide the Constitutional requirement of actual notice of the Action to Defendants Capybara Research and Igor Appelboom pursuant to Rule 4(f)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Exhibits 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated January 16, 2024 | |
99.2 |
Summons | |
| 99.3 | Complaint | |
| 99.4 | Order | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with 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.
Date: January 16, 2024
| SAFETY SHOT, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Brian John | |
| Brian John | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||