# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001802546
**File Stem:** 0001493152-23-005497
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 10350
**Document Hash:** 0881d3347e58f3faa0dd29c10ab53ca8
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001493152-23-005497.hdr.sgml**: 20230217

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001493152-23-005497

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 18

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230213

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230217

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230217

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001802546
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** BEVERAGES [2080]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 815175120
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-56230
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23644072

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 746 NORTH DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE A
- **CITY:** MELBOURNE
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 32934
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 8447142224

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 746 NORTH DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE A
- **CITY:** MELBOURNE
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 32934

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** KONA GOLD SOLUTIONS, INC.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20200714

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Kona Gold Solutions
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20200206

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**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): February 13, 2023**

**KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC.**

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)**

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Delaware** | **000-56230** | **81-5175120** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction**<br> **of Incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(IRS Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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**746 North Drive, Suite A**

**Melbourne, Florida 32934**

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)**

**Registrant's telephone number, including area code: <u>(844) 714-2224</u>**

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

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):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| None | N/A | N/A |

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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 Exchange 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. ☐

**Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management**

**Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.**

On February 13, 2023, Kona Gold Beverage, Inc. (the "Company"). filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Certificate of Amendment to its amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Amendment") to increase the number of the Company's authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the "Common Stock"), from two billion five hundred million (2,500,000,000) shares to ten billion five hundred million (10,500,000,000) shares. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.7 and incorporated herein by reference.

On February 13, 2023, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Designation of the Preferences, Rights, and Limitations of the Series C Preferred Stock (the "Series C Certificate of Amendment") to increase the number of designated shares of such series from two hundred fifty (250) shares, par value $0.0001 per share, to two thousand (2,000) shares, par value $0.0001 per share. A copy of the Series C Certificate of Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.8 and incorporated herein by reference.

The foregoing description of each of the Certificate of Amendment and the Series C Certificate of Amendment are summaries only and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the provisions of the Certificate of Amendment and the Series C Certificate of Amendment filed as Exhibits 3.7 and 3.8, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(d) Exhibits.**

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| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 3.7 | [Certificate of Amendment to the amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation.](ex3-7.htm) |
| 3.8 | [Certificate of Amendment to the Preferences, Rights, and Limitations of the Series C Preferred Stock.](ex3-8.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**<u>SIGNATURES</u>**

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.

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| Dated: February 17, 2023 | Kona Gold Beverage, Inc. | Kona Gold Beverage, Inc. |
|  | By: | */s/ Robert Clark* |
|  | Name: | Robert Clark |
|  | Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |

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## Exhibit 3.7

**Exhibit 3.7**

![](ex3-7_001.jpg)

**CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT**

**TO THE**

**CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION**

**OF**

**KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC.**

(Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)

**KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC**., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "***Corporation***"), does hereby certify that:

**FIRST**: That resolutions were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation by written consent on February 10, 2023, setting forth a proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended (the "***Certificate of Incorporation***"), declaring said amendment to be advisable and recommended for approval by the stockholders of the Corporation. The resolution setting forth the proposed amendment is as follows:

**RESOLVED**, that the Certificate of Incorporation be amended by deleting the first paragraph of Article 4 in its entirety and replacing it as follows:

"The total number of shares of capital that the Corporation is authorized to issue is ten billion five hundred ten million (10,510,000,000) shares, consisting of ten billion five hundred million shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the "***Common Stock***"), and ten million (10,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the "***Preferred Stock***)."

**SECOND**: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of the stockholders, the Corporation's stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Corporation's capital stock have given written consent approving this Certificate of Amendment in accordance with Sections 228 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

**IN WITNESS WHEREOF**, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be executed this 10<sup>th</sup> day of February, 2023.

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|:---|:---|
| **KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC.** | **KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC.** |
| By: | */s/ Robert Clark* |
|  | Robert Clark |
|  | President |

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## Exhibit 3.8

**Exhibit 3.8**

![](ex3-8_001.jpg)

**CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT**

**TO THE**

**CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF THE PREFERENCES, RIGHTS, AND LIMITATIONS OF THE SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK**

**OF**

**KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC.**

(Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)

**KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC.**, a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "***Corporation***"), does hereby certify:

**FIRST:** That resolutions were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation by written consent on February 10, 2023, setting forth a proposed amendment to the Certificate of Designation of the Preferences, Rights, and Limitations of the Series C Preferred Stock (the "***Series C Certificate of Designation***"), declaring said amendment to be advisable and recommended for approval by the stockholders of the Corporation. The resolution setting forth the proposed amendment is as follows

RESOLVED, That the Certificate of Designation of the Preferences, Rights, and Limitations of the Series C Preferred Stock be amended by increasing the number of designated shares set forth in 'Section 2. Number' from two hundred fifty (250) shares, par value $0.0001 per share, to two thousand (2,000) shares, par value $0.0001 per share.

**SECOND:** That in lieu of a meeting and vote of the stockholders, the Corporation's stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Corporation's capital stock have given written consent approving this Certificate of Amendment in accordance with Sections 228 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

**IN WITNESS WHEREOF**, said Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be executed this 10<sup>th</sup> day of February, 2023.

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|:---|:---|
| **KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC.** | **KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC.** |
| By: | */s/ Robert Clark* |
|  | Robert Clark |
|  | President |

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