---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-000215"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STCB"
cik: "0001539850"
company_name: "Starco Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T20:18:08.406356+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Starco Brands acquires Skylar Body; issues up to 96.6M shares as consideration

## Summary
- Acquired Skylar Body, Inc. via merger; immediate issuance of 65.7M restricted shares of STCB common stock.
- Up to 11.6M additional shares after 18-month indemnification period, plus 19.3M shares contingent on sales metrics.
- Non-accredited investors receive $0.17 per share cash in lieu of stock; deal closed Dec 29, 2022.
- CEO Ross Sklar effectively controls ~77% voting power under new Voting Agreement.
- Stock issuance exempt under Regulation D; registration rights granted after 120-day eligibility period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-000215
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STCB
- cik: 0001539850
- company_name: Starco Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539850/000143774923000215/0001437749-23-000215-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539850/000143774923000215/stcb20221221_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-000215
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-000215.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-000215.txt

## Key facts
- M&A Transactions
  Starco Brands, Inc. completed an acquisition involving Skylar Body, Inc. (closed 2022-12-29).
  - Action: acquisition
  - Counterparty: Skylar Body, Inc.
  - Closing: 2022-12-29
  source text: On December 29, 2022 (the " Closing Date "), Starco Brands, Inc. (the " Starco "), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Starco Merger Sub II, Inc. (" First Merger Sub "), completed its acquisition (the " Acquisition ") of Skylar Body, Inc. (" Skylar ") through the merger of First Merger Sub with and into Skylar.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539850/000143774923000215/0001437749-23-000215-index.htm

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