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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

New Age Beverages Corporation

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

64157V108

(CUSIP Number)

June 13, 2017

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this is filed:

☐ Rule 13d-1(b)

☒ Rule 13d-1(c)

☐ Rule 13d-1(d)

 

*	The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 

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CUSIP NO. 64157V108		Page 2 of 9

 

1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS   Marley Beverage Company, LLC
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION       Michigan
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH				5		SOLE VOTING POWER       2,781,146 shares
				6		SHARED VOTING POWER       0 shares
				7		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER       2,781,146 shares
				8		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER       0 shares
9		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON       2,781,146
10		CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES       N/A
11		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9       8.2%1
12		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON       OO

 

1	Beneficial ownership percentage is based upon (i) 31,307,133 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of May 12, 2017, as reported by Issuer in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 and (ii) the issuance of 2,781,146 shares to the Reporting Persons.

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CUSIP NO. 64157V108		Page 3 of 9

 

1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS   Viva Beverages LLC
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION       Michigan
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH				5		SOLE VOTING POWER       2,781,146 shares
				6		SHARED VOTING POWER       0 shares
				7		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER       2,781,146 shares
				8		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER       0 shares
9		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON       2,781,146
10		CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES       N/A
11		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9       8.2%2
12		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON       OO

 

2	Beneficial ownership percentage is based upon (i) 31,307,133 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of May 12, 2017, as reported by Issuer in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 and (ii) the issuance of 2,781,146 shares to the Reporting Person.

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CUSIP NO. 64157V108		Page 4 of 9

 

1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS   Gary A. Shiffman
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION       United States
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH				5		SOLE VOTING POWER       0 shares
				6		SHARED VOTING POWER       2,781,146 shares
				7		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER       0 shares
				8		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER       2,781,146 shares
9		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON       2,781,146
10		CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES       N/A
11		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9       8.2%3
12		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON       IN

 

3	Beneficial ownership percentage is based upon (i) 31,307,133 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of May 12, 2017, as reported by Issuer in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 and (ii) the issuance of 2,781,146 shares to the Reporting Person.

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CUSIP NO. 64157V108		Page 5 of 9

 

1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS   Alon Kaufman
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION       United States
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH				5		SOLE VOTING POWER       0 shares
				6		SHARED VOTING POWER       2,781,146 shares
				7		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER       0 shares
				8		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER       2,781,146 shares
9		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON       2,781,146
10		CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES       N/A
11		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9       8.2%4
12		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON       IN

 

4	Beneficial ownership percentage is based upon (i) 31,307,133 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of May 12, 2017, as reported by Issuer in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 and (ii) the issuance of 2,781,146 shares to the Reporting Person.

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Item 1.

 

a.

Name of Issuer:

The name of the issuer is New Age Beverages Corporation (Issuer)

 

b.

Address of Issuers Principal Executive Offices:

1700 68^th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 90503

Tel. Number: (303) 289-8655

Item 2.

 

a.

Name of Person Filing:

b.

Address of Principal Business Office:

c.

Citizenship:

Marley Beverage Company, LLC

P.O. Box 3133

32455 W. 12 Mile Road

Farmington, Michigan 48333

Citizenship: Michigan

Viva Beverages LLC

P.O. Box 3133

32455 W. 12 Mile Road

Farmington, Michigan 48333

Citizenship: Michigan

Gary A. Shiffman

P.O. Box 3133

32455 W. 12 Mile Road

Farmington, Michigan 48333

Citizenship: United States

Alon Kaufman

P.O. Box 3133

32455 W. 12 Mile Road

Farmington, Michigan 48333

Citizenship: United States

 

d.

Title of Class of Securities:

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

 

e.

CUSIP Number:

64157V108

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Item 3.

Not Applicable.

Item 4.

Ownership:

 

a.

Amount Beneficially Owned:

As of the close of business on June 13, 2017:

Marley Beverage Company, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (MBC), beneficially owned 2,781,146 shares of the Issuers common stock.

Viva Beverages LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (Viva), is the manager of MBC and may be deemed to have sole voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by MBC.

Gary A. Shiffman, a United States citizen (Shiffman), and Alon Kaufman, a United States citizen (Kaufman), are the co-managers of Viva and may be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by MBC.

The foregoing should not be construed in and of itself as an admission by Viva, Shiffman or Kaufman as to beneficial ownership of the securities owned by MBC.

 

b.

Percent of Class:

As of the closing of business on June 13, 2017, Shiffman and Kaufman may be deemed to have beneficially owned 2,781,146 shares or 8.2% of the 34,088,279 shares of the Issuers common stock issued and outstanding as of June 13, 2017. The number of shares of the Issuers common stock issued and outstanding was determined based on 31,307,133 shares of common stock outstanding as of May 12, 2017, per the Issuers Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, plus the issuance of an additional 2,781,146 shares of common stock, on June 13, 2017, to the Reporting Persons.

 

c.

 

Number

of shares as to which MBC has:

 

(i)

sole power to vote or to direct the vote of: 2,781,146 shares

(ii)

shared power to vote or to direct the vote of: 0 shares

(iii)

sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 2,781,146 shares

(iv)

shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 shares

 

Number

of shares as to which Viva has:

 

(i)

sole power to vote or to direct the vote of: 2,781,146 shares

(ii)

shared power to vote or to direct the vote of: 0 shares

(iii)

sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 2,781,146 shares

(iv)

shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 shares

 

Number

of shares as to which Shiffman has:

 

(i)

sole power to vote or to direct the vote of: 0 shares

(ii)

shared power to vote or to direct the vote of: 2,781,146 shares

(iii)

sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 shares

(iv)

shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 2,781,146 shares

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Number

of shares as to which Kaufman has:

 

(i)

sole power to vote or to direct the vote of: 0 shares

(ii)

shared power to vote or to direct the vote of: 2,781,146 shares

(iii)

sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 shares

(iv)

shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 2,781,146 shares

Item 5

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of Class: Not Applicable

Item 6

Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of another Person: Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the common stock of the Issuer. No one other persons interest in the common stock of the Issuer is more than five percent of the total outstanding common stock.

Item 7

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person: Not Applicable

Item 8

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: Not Applicable

Item 9

Notice of Dissolution of Group: Not Applicable

Item 10

Certification:

By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under §240.14a-11.

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information with respect to it set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: June 20, 2017

 

Marley Beverage Company, LLC
		By:		Viva Beverages LLC, its Manager
				By:		/s/ Gary A. Shiffman
				Name:		Gary A. Shiffman
				Its:		Co-Manager
				By:		/s/ Alon Kaufman
				Name:		Alon Kaufman
				Its:		Co-Manager
Viva Beverages LLC
		By:		/s/ Gary A. Shiffman
		Name:		Gary A. Shiffman
		Its:		Co-Manager
		By:		/s/ Alon Kaufman
		Name:		Alon Kaufman
		Its:		Co-Manager
/s/ Gary A. Shiffman
Gary A. Shiffman
/s/ Alon Kaufman
Alon Kaufman