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): September 30, 2021

THEMAVEN, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-321-5002

225 Liberty Street, 27th Floor, New York, New York 10281

(Former Name, or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 1.02. Termination of Material Definitive Agreement

On August 7, 2019, theMaven, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a letter agreement, as subsequently amended (the “Cramer Agreement”), with Jim Cramer and Cramer Digital, Inc. (“Cramer Digital”), pursuant to which Mr. Cramer and Cramer Digital agreed to provide certain services to the Company. As previously disclosed, Cramer Digital notified the Company that it would cancel the optional third year of the term of the Cramer Agreement. On August 7, 2021, the Company, Mr. Cramer and Cramer Digital entered into an extension of the Cramer Agreement, pursuant to which Mr. Cramer and Cramer Digital agreed to continue to provide services to the Company through September 30, 2021, during which time the parties continued negotiations relating to a new agreement. On September 30, 2021, the extension expired without the parties entering into a new agreement and, accordingly, Mr. Cramer and Cramer Digital ceased providing services to the Company.

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.