UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 23, 2018
Marathon Patent Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 001-36555 | 01-0949984 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction | (Commission | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
| of Incorporation) | File Number) | Identification Number) |
11601 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 500
Los Angeles, CA
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
800-804-1690
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger
As previously reported on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Marathon Patent Group, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 2, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger dated November 1, 2017 (the “Merger Agreement”) whereby the Company shall acquire, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Bit Acquisition Corp., a Nevada corporation (“GBAC”), 100% of the capital stock of Global Bit Ventures, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“GBV,” and collectively with the Company and GBAC, the “Parties”), which is a digital asset technology company that mines cryptocurrencies (the “Acquisition”). All capitalized terms otherwise not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement.
On January 23, 2018, the Parties entered into the Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Amendment”), which amends certain terms, among others, in the Merger Agreement, as follows: (i) the shareholders of GBV shall have entered into lock-up agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Company; (ii) all references to the Company’s Series E Convertible Preferred Stock shall mean the Company’s Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share; and (iii) the Outside Closing Date shall be extended from February 28, 2018, to March 15, 2018, subject to consecutive 14-day extensions upon mutual written consent of the Parties, but no later than April 30, 2018, subject to a mutual agreement by and among the Parties.
The closing of the Acquisition is subject to certain closing conditions including the approval of the Merger Agreement by the Company’s shareholders at a special meeting of the shareholders to be held at a time and date to be determined upon filing of the definitive proxy statement.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Merger Agreement set forth in this Item 1.01 is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement by and among the Company, GBAC and GBV, which Merger Agreement was previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 2, 2017. The foregoing description of the terms of the Amendment set forth in this Item 1.01 is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment by and among the Company, GBAC and GBV, which Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits
The exhibits listed in the following Exhibit Index are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC. | ||
| Dated: January 25, 2018 | By: | /s/ Francis Knuettel, II |
| Name: | Francis Knuettel, II | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |