UNITED STATES ~~SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549~~

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): November 297, 2023

KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

000-56230

20-1915692

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

~~746~~5585 ~~North~~Schenck ~~Drive~~Ave, Suite A5 Rockledge, Florida 32955 (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Melbourne, Florida 32934

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (844) 714-2224

(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):

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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
None		N/A		N/A

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 51 -– ~~Corporate~~Registrant’s ~~Governance~~Business and ~~Management~~Operations

Item 51.0201. ~~Departure~~Entry ofinto ~~Directors~~a orMaterial ~~Certain~~Definitive ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Agreement.

On November 17, 2023, ~~Mr.~~Kona ~~Matthew~~Gold ~~Crystal~~Beverage, ~~resigned~~Inc. ~~from~~(the ~~his~~“Company”) ~~position~~entered asinto ~~Director~~an ofexchange ~~Kona~~agreement ~~Gold~~that ~~Beverages~~removed $1,310,500 ~~Inc.~~of debt (the “~~Company~~Debt”)~~, which~~ ~~resignation~~from the Company’s balance sheet. The Debt was ~~effective~~exchanged onfor ~~that~~8,000,000 ~~date.~~of ~~Mr.~~Preferred ~~Crystal~~E Shares of the Company’s ~~resignation~~stock. ~~was~~The ~~not~~Debt ~~the~~originated ~~result~~from ofan ~~any~~unsecured ~~disagreement~~Line ~~between~~of ~~the~~Credit ~~Company and~~put ~~him~~in place on ~~any~~April ~~matter~~4, ~~relating~~2019 towith ~~the~~a ~~Company’s~~credit ~~operations,~~line ~~policies,~~of orup ~~practices~~to $1,500,000.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
3.7		Exchange Agreement
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.

Dated: November 29, 2023	Kona Gold Beverage, Inc.
Dated: November 7, 2023	Kona Gold Beverage, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Robert Clark
	Name:	Robert Clark
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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