---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-025259"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LVO"
cik: "0001491419"
company_name: "LiveOne, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T17:37:56.099041+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LiveOne to issue 500k shares to Merlin to settle music royalty obligations

## Summary
- LiveOne will issue 500,000 shares of common stock at $7.50/share to Merlin to pay past and future music royalty dues.
- The DMSA term extended to November 30, 2026, with potential extension to November 30, 2027.
- Merlin's sale proceeds from shares offset against royalty payments; unsold shares may be bought back by Slacker on termination.
- Merlin restricted from selling more than 5% of average daily trading volume per day.
- No cash proceeds to LiveOne; shares issued under existing shelf registration statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-025259
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LVO
- cik: 0001491419
- company_name: LiveOne, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1491419/000121390026025259/0001213900-26-025259-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1491419/000121390026025259/ea0280505-8k_liveone.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-025259.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  LiveOne, Inc. entered into Shares Issuance Agreement with Music and Entertainment Rights Licensing Independent Network Limited ("Merlin") valued at 500,000 shares of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share, at a deemed issued price of $7.50 pe (effective 2026-03-03).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: Music and Entertainment Rights Licensing Independent Network Limited ("Merlin")
  - Value: 500,000 shares of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share, at a deemed issued price of $7.50 pe
  - Effective: 2026-03-03
  source text: On March 3, 2026, LiveOne, Inc. (the “Company”), Slacker, Inc. (“Slacker”), the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, and Music and Entertainment Rights Licensing Independent Network Limited (“Merlin”) entered into a Shares Issuance Agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to Merlin 500,000 shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “common stock”), at a deemed issued price of $7.50 per share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1491419/000121390026025259/0001213900-26-025259-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.