UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~Pursuant~~PURSUANT toTO ~~Section~~ SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

ofSECURITIES ~~the~~EXCHANGE ~~Securities~~ACT ~~Exchange~~OF ~~Act of~~ 1934

Date of Report (Date of ~~Earliest~~earliest ~~Event~~event ~~Reported~~reported): November 18, 2018

Cambium Learning Group, Inc.

(Exact ~~name~~Name of ~~registrant~~Registrant as ~~specified~~Specified in its ~~charter~~Charter)

Delaware	~~001-34575~~	27001-~~0587428~~34575	27-0587428
(State or other jurisdictionof incorporation)	~~(CommissionFile Number)~~	(~~I.R.S.~~Commission ~~EmployerIdentification~~file ~~No.~~number)	(I.R.S. employeridentification no.)
17855 Dallas Parkway, Suite 400, Dallas, Texas			75287
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)

17855 Dallas Parkway, Suite 400, Dallas, Texas	75287
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 399-1995

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (888) 399-1995

Not Applicable

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

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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~~1-2 ~~of this chapter).~~

~~Emerging~~Item ~~growth~~1.01. ~~company~~Entry ¨into a Material Definitive Agreement

IfVKidz anSPA ~~emerging~~Amendment ~~growth~~and ~~company,~~Rights ~~indicate~~Agreement byAmendment 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~~On 2November 8, 2018, Cambium Learning Group, Inc.02 ~~Results~~(the “Company”) entered into the Third Amendment (the “VKidz SPA Amendment”) to the Stock Purchase Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “VKidz SPA”), with Edcity Holding Inc., a Florida corporation (“Edcity”), VSS VKidZ LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“VSS VKidZ” and together with Edcity, the “Sellers”), VKidz Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“VKidz”), and VSS VKidZ, solely in its capacity as Representative, pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire from the Sellers all of ~~Operations~~the issued and ~~Financial~~outstanding ~~Condition~~capital stock of VKidz (the “VKidz Acquisition”). As previously disclosed, pursuant to the terms of the VKidz SPA, the Company agreed to issue an aggregate of 6,742,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), subject to adjustment as set forth in the VKidz SPA, as consideration to the Sellers. Pursuant to the VKidz SPA Amendment, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock, the Sellers will receive as consideration an aggregate payment in the amount of $77,533,000 in cash, subject to adjustment as set forth in the VKidz SPA and the VKidz SPA Amendment. In addition, as previously disclosed, on October 12, 2018, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Campus Holding Corp. (“Parent”), a Delaware corporation, and Campus Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, providing for the acquisition of the Company by Parent (the “Merger”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon consummation of the Merger, the Sellers were to receive consideration in the form of a fixed per share price of $11.50 per share of Common Stock. The aggregate dollar amount of $77,533,000 to be paid to the Sellers, in accordance with the terms of the VKidz SPA Amendment, upon consummation of the VKidz Acquisition represents the product of (i) $11.50 multiplied by (ii) 6,742,000 shares of Common Stock. The VKidz SPA Amendment was approved by a Special Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors comprised entirely of independent and disinterested directors to evaluate certain aspects of the VKidz Acquisition and the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.

OnIn addition, on November 18, 2018, ~~Cambium~~the ~~Learning~~Company ~~Group,~~entered ~~Inc.~~into the Amendment (the ~~"Company"~~“Rights Agreement Amendment”) ~~issued~~to athe ~~press~~Tax Asset ~~release~~Protection ~~announcing~~Rights ~~its~~Agreement, ~~financial~~dated ~~results~~as ~~for~~of September 21, 2016 (the ~~three~~“Rights Agreement”), between the Company and ~~nine~~Equiniti ~~months~~Trust ~~ended~~Company ~~September 30~~(successor of interest of Wells Fargo Bank, ~~2018~~National Association), as Rights Agent. Pursuant Ato ~~copy~~the terms of the ~~press~~Rights ~~release~~Agreement isAmendment, ~~attached~~the ~~hereto~~parties agreed to amend the Final Expiration Date (as ~~Exhibit~~defined 99in the Rights Agreement) to mean the moment in time that is immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.1.

The ~~information~~foregoing indescriptions ~~this~~of ~~current~~the ~~report~~VKidz onSPA ~~Form~~Amendment ~~8-K~~ and the ~~exhibit~~Rights ~~attached~~Agreement ~~hereto~~Amendment ~~shall~~are ~~not~~qualified bein ~~deemed~~their ~~"filed"~~entirety ~~for~~by ~~purposes~~reference ofto ~~Section 18~~the full text of the ~~Securities~~VKidz ~~Exchange~~SPA ~~Act~~Amendment ofand ~~1934,~~Rights asAgreement ~~amended~~Amendment, ~~(the~~copies ~~"Exchange~~of ~~Act"),~~which orare ~~otherwise~~attached ~~subject~~hereto toas ~~the~~Exhibit ~~liabilities~~10.1 ofand ~~that~~10.2, ~~section~~respectively, ~~nor~~and ~~shall it be deemed~~ incorporated by reference. inExcept ~~any~~as ~~filing~~expressly ~~under~~modified in the ~~Securities~~VKidz ~~Act~~SPA ofAmendment ~~1933,~~and asthe ~~amended~~Rights Agreement Amendment, or the ~~Exchange~~VKidz ~~Act,~~SPA ~~regardless~~and ofthe ~~any~~Rights ~~general~~Agreement ~~incorporation~~remain ~~language~~ in ~~such~~full ~~filing~~force and effect.

Item 98.01. ~~Financial~~Other ~~Statements and Exhibits~~Information.

~~(d)~~A ~~Exhibits~~copy of the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 for VKidz are being voluntarily provided herewith as Exhibit 99.1 for informational purposes only.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated November 1, 2018

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are based on management’s current expectations, the accuracy of which is necessarily subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements are not historical in nature and use words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “possible,” “project,” “intend,” “forecast,” “plan,” “believe” and other similar expressions or words of similar meaning. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: conditions to the closing of the proposed transaction, including the obtaining of required regulatory approvals, which may not be satisfied; risks associated with the financing of the transaction; the proposed transaction may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; the business of the Company may suffer as a result of uncertainty surrounding the

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proposed transaction; the outcome of any legal proceedings related to the proposed transaction; the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement; the ability to recognize benefits of the proposed transaction; risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations and the potential difficulties in employee retention as a result of the proposed transaction; and other risks to consummation of the proposed transaction, including the risk that the proposed transaction will not be consummated within the expected time period or at all. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and the Company’s subsequent filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements should be considered in light of these factors. The Company undertakes no obligation to update its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future results or otherwise.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Third Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2018

10.2		Amendment to Tax Asset Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2018

99.1		Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of VKidz Holdings, Inc. as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017 and accompanying notes

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SIGNATURES

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

	Cambium Learning Group, Inc.
			CAMBIUM LEARNING GROUP, INC.
November 1, 2018		/s/ Barbara Benson
			By:	/s/ Barbara Benson
		Name: Barbara Benson
			Name:	Barbara Benson
		Title: Chief Financial Officer
			Title:	Chief Financial Officer
Date: November 8, 2018

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