UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR
15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March 2018
Commission File Number: 000-19884
LEADING BRANDS, INC.
(Registrant)
33 West 8th Avenue Unit
101,
Vancouver, British Columbia V5Y 1M8 Canada
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
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Yes [ ] No [X]
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Attached hereto and incorporated by way of reference herein is the following exhibit:
SUBMITTED HEREWITH
Exhibits
99.1 | News Release Dated March 20, 2018 |
This Report on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into the registration statement on Form F-3, File No. 333-146271, and into the prospectus that forms a part of that registration statement, and to be a part thereof from the date on which this Report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
This Form 6-K is hereby filed and incorporated by reference into the registrants Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-175241 and 333-101555).
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, thereunto duly authorized.
LEADING BRANDS, INC. | |
(Registrant) |
Date March 20, 2018 | By | Fei Xu |
(Signature) | ||
Fei Xu | ||
Corporate Controller |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: |
Leading Brands, Inc. |
Email: info@LBIX.com |
LEADING BRANDS, INC.:
Announces that it has Retained Jesse Sutton,
CEO of Majesco Entertainment Company
(Majesco)
As the Companys Chief Technical
Officer
Vancouver, Canada, March 20, 2018, Leading Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: LBIX) (the Company), announces that in connection with the Definitive Arrangement Agreement with Liquid Media Group Inc. (Liquid) and the Support Agreement with Liquids subsidiary, Majesco Entertainment Company (Majesco) (announced February 8, 2018), the Company is pleased to announce that it has retained Majesco CEO Jesse Sutton as its Chief Technical Officer.
Jesse Sutton is a co-founder of Majesco and has over 25 years experience in the interactive entertainment industry, publishing hundreds of games across all platforms and genres. Mr. Sutton has been involved in all areas of the interactive entertainment business. He was acting CEO of Majesco from 2007 2015, when Majesco was itself a NASDAQ-listed company. During his lengthy tenure in the industry, Jesse has built an extensive network of relationships across all areas. These include, finance, development, marketing, licensing, sales and operations. His notable games include, Bloodrayne, Psychonauts, Cooking Mama, Alvin & The Chipmunks, Phineaus & Ferb and the best 3rd party fitness game of all time, Zumba Fitness.
Leading Brands CEO, Ralph McRae said: We are pleased to have Jesse join us to start work on developing our new video game business. We are presently reviewing several exciting opportunities with him that we hope to announce shortly.
Jesse Sutton said: Im excited by Liquids vision and the ability to now fast track my involvement in this burgeoning business while the arrangement is being finalized.
Ralph McRae
Ralph D. McRae
Chairman & CEO
Forward Looking Statements
Certain information
contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Words such
as believe, expect, will, or comparable terms, are intended to identify
forward-looking statements concerning the Companys expectations, beliefs,
intentions, plans, objectives, future events or performance and other
developments. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are
based on information available to the Company on the date hereof. Such
statements speak only as of the date hereof. Important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from the Companys estimations and
projections are disclosed in the Companys securities filings and include, but
are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions, weather
conditions, changing beverage consumption trends, pricing, availability of raw
materials, economic uncertainties (including currency exchange rates),
government regulation, managing and maintaining growth, the effect of adverse
publicity, litigation, competition and other risk factors described from time to
time in securities reports filed by Leading Brands, Inc. For all such
forward-looking statements, we claim the safe harbor for forward looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995.
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