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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-061030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GAIA"
cik: "0001089872"
company_name: "GAIA, INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T22:29:21.752748+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gaia acquires Yoga International for $9.065M cash plus 1.13M shares

## Summary
- Total consideration: $9.065M cash plus 1,134,613 Gaia Class A shares; closed Dec 22, 2021.
- Acquisition adds 4,000 hours of unique yoga content to Gaia's library.
- Over 250,000 Gaia members practice yoga on platform; strategic fit with mindful media.
- Cash used: $505k to repay YI debt, $530k transaction fees, $1.33M for balance sheet shortfall.
- Shares subject to six-month and Jan 2023 holdbacks; $1M deferred cash due March 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-061030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GAIA
- cik: 0001089872
- company_name: GAIA, INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 3.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089872/000156459021061030/0001564590-21-061030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089872/000156459021061030/gaia-8k_20211222.htm

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