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): December 21, 2020

REED’S, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

201 Merritt 7, Norwalk, CT 06851

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address if changed since last report)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 890-0557

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On December 23, 2020, Reed’s Inc., a Delaware corporation, (“Reed’s”) and Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc. (“Rosenthal”), Reed’s senior secured lender, entered into an amendment to that certain Financing Agreement dated October 4, 2018 by and between them (the “Amendment”), reducing the number of days that the irrevocable standby letter of credit in the amount of $1.5 million (“LC”), which serves as financial collateral for certain obligations of Reed’s under the Rosenthal credit facility, must be replaced or renewed from 90 days to 60 days. The current LC by Daniel J. Doherty, III and Daniel J. Doherty, III 2002 Family Trust in favor of Rosenthal expires March 30, 2021.

In connection with the satisfaction and settlement by Reed’s of its obligations to Raptor Harbor Reeds SPV, LLC (“Raptor”), on December 23, 2020, Rosenthal and Raptor entered into a termination agreement (“Termination Agreement”), terminating the Subordination Agreement dated October 4, 2018 by and between them.

The foregoing description of the Amendment and Termination Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein and thereby, do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, which will be filed as exhibits to Reed’s annual report on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2020.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

The disclosures set forth in item 1.01 are incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Final Voting Results

At the Reed’s Inc. 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on December 21, 2020, the stockholders of Reed’s Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Reed’s”) elected all of the nominees to the board of directors.

In addition, the stockholders adopted and approved the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, approved the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation increasing the number of authorized common shares and ratified the selection of Weinberg & Company, P. A. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2021.

Of the 63,412,210 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date of November 16, 2020, a total of 48,399,786 shares were voted in person or by proxy, representing 76.33% of the votes entitled to be cast, constituting a majority and therefore more than a quorum of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Votes were cast as follows:

1. To elect John Bello, Daniel J. Doherty III, Norman E. Snyder, Jr., Christopher J. Reed, Lewis Jaffe, Scott R. Grossman, James C. Bass and Louis Imbrogno Jr. to serve a one-year term until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or until their death, resignation, removal or disqualification

2. To approve the Reed’s, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan

3. To amend Certificate of Incorporation to increase authorized shares of common stock from 100,000,000 to 120,000,000

4. To ratify the selection of Weinberg & Company, P. A. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020

SIGNATURE

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, thereunto duly authorized.