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~~March 123, 2026

LIVEONE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-38249		98-0657263
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

269 South Beverly Drive, Suite 1450

Beverly Hills, CA 90212

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(310) 601-2505

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

n/a

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

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

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share		LVO		The NASDAQ Capital Market

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).

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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 21.0201 ~~Results~~Entry ofinto ~~Operations~~a ~~and~~Material ~~Financial~~Definitive ~~Condition~~Agreement.

On ~~February~~March 123, 2026, LiveOne, Inc. (the “Company”), ~~issued~~Slacker, Inc. (“Slacker”), the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, and Music and Entertainment Rights Licensing Independent Network Limited (“Merlin”) entered into a ~~press~~Shares ~~release~~Issuance ~~announcing~~Agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to Merlin 500,000 shares (the “Shares”) of its ~~operating~~common ~~and~~stock, ~~financial~~$0.001 ~~highlights~~par value per share (the “common stock”), at a deemed issued price of $7.50 per share. The Shares will be issued as payment of (i) any outstanding music royalty payments due by Slacker under the Digital Music Services Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2014, entered into between Merlin and ~~results~~Slacker, ~~for~~as last amended on March 3, 2026 (the ~~third~~“Amendment” ~~quarter~~and the Original DMSA, as amended, the “DMSA”), and ~~nine~~(ii) ~~months~~any ~~ended~~music ~~December~~royalty 31payments due by Slacker to Merlin during the Extended Term (as defined below), ~~2025~~unless terminated earlier as provided therein. APursuant ~~copy~~to the Amendment, the parties agreed to extend the term of the ~~press~~DMSA ~~release~~through isNovember ~~attached~~30, ~~hereto~~2026, as ~~Exhibit~~such 99maybe further extended to November 30, 2027 (the “Extended Term”).1.

~~The~~Pursuant ~~information~~to ~~included~~the Amendment, ~~herein~~Merlin’s ~~and~~sale inproceeds ~~Exhibit~~of ~~99.1~~any ~~shall~~Shares ~~not~~will be ~~deemed~~offset ~~“filed”~~against ~~for~~any ~~purposes~~royalty ofpayments ~~Section~~or 18other offees ~~the~~due ~~Securities~~to ~~Exchange~~Merlin ~~Act~~under ofthe ~~1934~~DMSA, and asamong ~~amended~~other ~~(the~~things, ~~“Exchange~~upon ~~Act”),~~any termination or ~~otherwise~~expiration ~~subject~~of to the ~~liabilities~~DMSA, ofSlacker ~~that~~will ~~section,~~have ~~nor~~the ~~shall~~option itto bepurchase ~~deemed~~any ~~incorporated~~ unsold Shares held by Merlin ~~reference~~or to pay in immediately available funds any ~~filing~~amount then outstanding under the ~~Securities~~DMSA ~~Act~~(and in such event Merlin shall return for cancellation any unsold Shares). Merlin agreed not to sell the Shares in excess of ~~1933,~~more asthan ~~amended~~5% (of the ~~“Securities~~average ~~Act”),~~daily ortrading volume for the ~~Exchange~~common ~~Act,~~stock ~~except~~for the preceding 20 consecutive trading days (excluding from such average any index rebalancing days). In the event asany ~~expressly~~fees ~~set~~remain ~~forth~~payable byto ~~specific~~Merlin ~~reference~~upon inexpiration of the Extended Term, Slacker will pay such aremaining ~~filing~~amounts to Merlin in immediately available funds.

~~Item~~The 7Shares will be issued to Merlin pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.01 ~~Regulation~~333-284916), FDwhich ~~Disclosure~~was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 13, 2025 (the “Registration Statement”), and a prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Shares filed with the SEC on March 10, 2026. The settlement of the issuance of the Shares is expected to take place on or about March 10, 2026. The Company will not receive any cash proceeds from the offering of the Shares.

OnThe legal ~~February 11~~opinion, ~~2026,~~including the ~~Company~~ ~~issued~~related aconsent, ~~press~~of ~~release~~Foley ~~announcing~~Shechter ~~that~~Ablovatskiy itLLP, ~~plans~~the toCompany’s ~~hold~~outside acorporate ~~conference call~~ and ~~audio~~securities counsel, ~~webcast~~are tofiled ~~provide~~as aExhibits ~~business~~5.1 ~~update~~ and ~~discuss its operating and financial results for the third quarter ended December 31~~23.1, ~~2025 on February 12~~respectively, ~~2026.~~to Athis ~~copy~~Current ~~of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99~~Report.2.

The information included herein and in Exhibit 99.2 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1*		Press release, dated February 12, 2026.
99.2*		Press release, dated February 11, 2026.
104*		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

(d) Exhibits.

* Furnished herewith.

Exhibit Number		Description
5.1*		Opinion of Foley Shechter Ablovatskiy LLP regarding the Shares.
23.1*		Consent of Foley Shechter Ablovatskiy LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

*	Filed herewith.

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.

	LIVEONE, INC.
Date: February 12, 2026	By:	/s/ Ryan Carhart
Dated: March 9, 2026	By:	/s/ Ryan Carhart
	Name:	Ryan Carhart
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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