# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001946379
**File Stem:** 0001493152-26-009927
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 5203
**Document Hash:** ac5c6244b3a7b6744f81145add0c1fb6
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001493152-26-009927.hdr.sgml**: 20260312

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001493152-26-009927

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 3

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250714

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260312

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260312

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** DITTO LARRY DEAN JR
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001946379

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 3
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-39826
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26749521

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O AKERNA CORP.
- **STREET 2:** 1550 LARIMER STREET SUITE 246
- **CITY:** DENVER
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80202
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Banzai International, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001826011
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 435 ERICKSEN AVE NE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 250
- **CITY:** BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
- **STATE:** WA
- **ZIP:** 98110
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2064141777

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 435 ERICKSEN AVE NE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 250
- **CITY:** BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
- **STATE:** WA
- **ZIP:** 98110

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** 7GC & Co. Holdings Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20200924

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 3

### INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>DITTO LARRY DEAN JR<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>435 ERICKSEN AVE NE, SUITE 350<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA 98110<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>Banzai International, Inc. [ BNZI ] | **5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  |
| **2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2025-07-14 | **4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[ ] Director   [ ] 10% Owner<br>[X] Officer (give title below)   [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_Chief Financial Officer_ | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 3. Ownership Form | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Restricted Stock Unit | <sup>(2)</sup> | <sup>(2)</sup> | Class A Common Stock | 32362 | <sup>(1)</sup> | D |  |
| Restricted Stock Unit | <sup>(3)</sup> | <sup>(3)</sup> | Class A Common Stock | 136646 | <sup>(1)</sup> | D |  |

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### Footnotes:

(1) Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of the Issuer's Class A common stock upon vesting of such RSU.

(2) The RSUs awarded on August 22, 2025, vest in equal quarterly installments over a year, subject to the reporting person's continued service through such date or as otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement. As of this filing, 16,181 of the RSUs have vested.

(3) The RSUs awarded on January 1, 2026, vest in equal quarterly installments over a year, subject to the reporting person's continued service through such date or as otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement. As of this filing, none of the RSUs have vested yet.

**Signature:** /s/ Larry Dean Ditto, Jr.  
**Date:** 2026-03-12

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**