UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 12, 2023

Commission File Number 001-39223

MUSCLE MAKER, INC.

(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)

1751 River Run, Suite 200, Fort Worth, Texas 76107

(Address of principal executive offices)

(832) 604-9568

(Issuer’s telephone number)

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 Instructions A.2. below):

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

On June 12, 2023, Muscle Maker, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing certain unaudited preliminary financial results with respect to the operations of Sadot LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

As provided in General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

On October 19, 2022, the Company formed Sadot LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Sadot”). On November 14, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), the Company, Sadot and Aggia LLC FC, a company formed under the laws of the United Arab Emirates (“Aggia”) entered into a Services Agreement whereby Sadot engaged Aggia to provide certain advisory services to Sadot for creating, acquiring and managing Sadot’s business of delivering food farm to table, wholesaling food and engaging in the purchase and sale of physical food commodities. The closing date of the Services Agreement was November 16, 2022. The parties entered into an Addendum 1 to the Services Agreement on November 17, 2022.

Subject to certain net income thresholds, Aggia has the right to nominate up to eight directors (the “Designated Directors”) to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, seven of which will meet the independence requirements of the NASDAQ Capital Market and the Company will take such actions as reasonably required to name the directors which Aggia has the right to nominate to the Board. To date, the following directors have been nominated by Aggia and subsequently appointed to the Board:

On June 9, 2023, Aggia nominated David Errington as a director to the Board to fill the final vacancy created when the Board previously voted to increase the size of the Board from twelve to fifteen. The Board appointed Mr. Errington as a director of the Company to fill one vacancy. Since January 1, 2021, the Company and Mr. Errington have not entered into any transaction nor is there any currently proposed transaction, in which the Company was or is to be a participant involving an amount exceeding $120,000, and in which Mr. Errington had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

Mr. Errington, age 44, brings more than 20 years of experience in Sustainability and Environmental Sector with 13 years regional expertise in the Gulf Cooperation Council, including KSA, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE and Oman. Since January 2020, Mr. Errington has served as the Head of Engineering / Senior Technical Resource Manager for the Saudi Investment Recycling Company. From January 2014 through December 2019, Mr. Errington was employed by Ecolog International FZE, a leading provider of supply chain, construction, technology, facility management and environmental services, providing turnkey and customized solutions to governments and defence, humanitarian organizations and commercial clients in the sectors of oil & gas, mining, energy and infrastructure projects. Mr. Ellington received a BSc (Hons) Chemistry from the University of Durham – Grey College in June 2020.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 12, 2023