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accession: "0001493152-23-044272"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STCB"
cik: "0001539850"
company_name: "Starco Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T15:34:45.181482+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Starco Brands amends Cardi B license deal, modifies royalty structure and eliminates sales threshold

## Summary
- Amended and restated license agreement with Cardi B's licensor Washpoppin Inc., effective Nov 27, 2023.
- Royalty rate revised to a percentage of Net Sales; previous net sales threshold eliminated.
- Minimum royalty unchanged; no changes to exclusivity for alcohol-infused dessert products.
- The amendment applies to Whipshots LLC, a Starco Brands subsidiary.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-044272
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STCB
- cik: 0001539850
- company_name: Starco Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539850/000149315223044272/0001493152-23-044272-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539850/000149315223044272/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-044272.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Starco Brands, Inc. amended A&R License Agreement with Washpoppin Inc. valued at modifying the royalty rate based on Net Sales (effective 2023-11-27).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: license
  - Counterparty: Washpoppin Inc.
  - Value: modifying the royalty rate based on Net Sales
  - Effective: 2023-11-27
  source text: On December 7, 2023, the parties amended and restated the License Agreement with an effective date of November 27, 2023 (the "A&R License Agreement").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539850/000149315223044272/0001493152-23-044272-index.htm

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