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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): October 12, 2026
| ALLIANCE
ENTERTAINMENT HOLDING CORPORATION |
| (Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) |
| Delaware |
|
001-40014 |
|
85-2373325 |
| (State
or Other Jurisdiction |
|
(Commission |
|
(IRS
Employer |
| of
Incorporation) |
|
File
Number) |
|
Identification
No.) |
8201
Peters Road, Suite 1000
Plantation,
FL, 33324
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(954)
255-4000
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not
Applicable
(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:
| ☐ |
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| |
|
| ☐ |
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| |
|
| ☐ |
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| |
|
| ☐ |
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e 4(c)) |
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title
of each class |
|
Trading
Symbol(s) |
|
Name
of each exchange on which registered |
| Class
A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share |
|
AENT |
|
The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Redeemable
warrants, exercisable for shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share |
|
AENTW |
|
The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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. ☐
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
Certain Officers.
On
October 12, 2026, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation (the “Company”)
authorized an increase in the annual base salary of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Amanda Gnecco, to $350,000, effective
as of October 1, 2026. For the Company’s current fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, Ms. Gnecco’s target annual bonus will
be prorated to reflect such mid-year salary adjustment and will be calculated as follows: (a) three months at 25% of her previous annual
base salary of $247,200 ($15,450), plus (b) nine months at 25% of her new annual base salary of $350,000 ($65,625), for a total prorated
annual bonus target of $81,075.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
| Exhibit
|
|
Description |
| |
|
|
| 104 |
|
Cover
Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL
document)
|
SIGNATURE
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:
October 16, 2026 |
ALLIANCE
ENTERTAINMENT HOLDING CORPORATION |
| |
|
|
| |
By:
|
/s/
Bruce Ogilvie |
| |
Name: |
Bruce
Ogilvie |
| |
Title: |
Executive
Chairman |
