---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-001219"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YCBD"
cik: "0001644903"
company_name: "cbdMD, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:25:11.367208+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# cbdMD buys Bluebird Botanicals CBD e-commerce assets for 425k shares plus 525k earnout

## Summary
- Acquired substantially all assets of Gaia Botanicals d/b/a Bluebird Botanicals: brand, domain, trademarks, inventory.
- Consideration: 425,000 restricted common shares issued at closing; up to 525,000 earnout shares based on first-year Net Revenues.
- Shares issued under Section 4(a)(2) exemption; 180-day lockup with limited dribble-out provisions.
- Bluebird operates online CBD marketplace (bluebirdbotanicals.com) selling gummies, oils, soft gels, creams, and pet products.
- cbdMD assumed certain liabilities; includes repayment of a $200,000 member loan prior to closing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-001219
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YCBD
- cik: 0001644903
- company_name: cbdMD, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1644903/000143774926001219/0001437749-26-001219-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1644903/000143774926001219/ycbd20260113_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  cbdMD, Inc. entered into Asset Purchase Agreement with Gaia Botanicals, LLC valued at 425,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock (effective 2026-01-12).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: Gaia Botanicals, LLC
  - Value: 425,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock
  - Effective: 2026-01-12
  source text: On January 12, 2026 (the “Closing”), cbdMD, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”) and Gaia Botanicals, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“Gaia”) and Gaia’s wholly owned subsidiaries entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1644903/000143774926001219/0001437749-26-001219-index.htm

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