8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):March 31, 2023

Creatd, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

419 Lafayette Street, 6th Floor

New York, NY 10003

(Address of principal executive offices)

(201) 258-3770

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On March 31, 2023, Creatd, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s stock symbol has changed from CRTD to VOCL (the “Symbol Change”). The Company received approval from FINRA for the Symbol Change effective April 4, 2023. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. Additionally, the Company is in the process of changing its ticker on Upstream to VOCL as well.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits*.*

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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.

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Exhibit 99.1

FINRAhas approved Creatd’s Symbol Change to $VOCL from $CRTD Effective Monday, April 3, 2023

NEW YORK, N.Y., March 31, 2023/PRNewswire/ -- Creatd, Inc. $CRTD (“Creatd” or the “Company”), the parent company of Vocal, today has received approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for a symbol change for its common stock. Effective this Monday, April 3, 2023, the new ticker symbol for Creatd, Inc. will be $VOCL. The company believes that the new symbol better represents its brand and mission to empower creators worldwide, as it continues to expand its innovative social media platforms.

Founder and CEO Jeremy Frommer stated that, “We follow through on what we say. Changing the symbol to $VOCL and soon officially changing the name of the company from Creatd, Inc. to Vocal, Inc. is part of a larger effort to split the company into three distinct publicly traded businesses, with three distinct CUSIPs. These steps generate significant corporate actions. Creatd’s legacy media archive, OG Collection Inc., is set to file an S-1 in accordance with plans to spin it off as a special dividend to $VOCL shareholders. The OG Collection Inc. will be assigned its own independent CUSIP and ticker symbol, potentially $OGCL.”

Frommer continued, “The next step is to spin off Creatd Ventures, which houses the company’s growing direct-to-consumer product businesses, including flagship product Basis, a hydration mix that is currently the company’s best seller with a 2-3 times return on ad spend. We plan on listing Creatd Ventures on the tZero platform, with its own independent CUSIP and ticker symbol, potentially $CVEN, to be distributed to all $VOCL shareholders at a later date.

Once these spin-offs are completed, the plan is to then list $OGCL on tZERO and similarly to list $CVEN on Upstream. The final result will leave all tech assets related to Creatd’s flagship product Vocal in $VOCL, with an expected change in CUSIP at the time of the Company’s planned uplist of $VOCL to a national exchange, an action which would combat short sellers and increase its shareholder base on a global level.

It is important to note that while changing the company’s name or symbol does not necessarily require a new CUSIP, the decision to change a CUSIP is typically made by the company and its transfer agent or custodian based on a variety of factors, such as changes in the company’s structure or ownership, or changes in the terms of the security.”

About Creatd

Creatd, Inc. $CRTD is a company with a mission to provide economic opportunities to creators and brands by multiplying the impact of platforms, people, and technology. Creatd’s pillars work together to create a flywheel effect, supporting our core vision of creating a viable and safe ecosystem for all stakeholders in the creator economy.

Creatd: https://creatd.com;

Creatd IR: https://investors.creatd.com;

Vocal Platform: https://vocal.media;

Investor Relations Contact: ir@creatd.com

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