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): ~~September~~November 153, 2016

MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Canada

001-14944

N/A

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

10680 Treena Street, Suite 500

San Diego, California 92131

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(858) 790-5008

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

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

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Item 12.0102. ~~Entry~~Results ~~Into~~of aOperations ~~Material~~and ~~Definitive~~Financial ~~Agreement.~~Condition

OnThe ~~September~~following ~~15,~~information ~~2016,~~is ~~Mad~~furnished ~~Catz~~pursuant ~~Interactive,~~to ~~Inc~~Item 2.02, ~~(the~~ “~~Company”),~~Results ~~along~~of ~~with~~Operations ~~its subsidiaries Mad Catz, Inc., Mad Catz Interactive Asia Ltd., Mad Catz Technological Development (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., 1328158 Ontario Inc.,~~ and ~~Mad~~Financial ~~Catz Europe Limited (collectively~~Condition, ~~“Mad Catz~~”), ~~entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Logitech Europe S.A., Logitech, Inc., Logitech UK Limited, Logitech Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.,~~ and ~~Logitech~~shall ~~Asia~~not ~~Pacific~~be ~~Limited~~deemed ~~(collectively,~~ “~~Logitech~~filed”) ~~pursuant~~for topurposes ~~which Mad Catz sold certain assets~~ of ~~Mad~~Section 18 ~~Catz’ simulation business to Logitech for an aggregate cash purchase price~~ of ~~$13 million (~~the ~~“Purchase~~Securities ~~Price”). Of~~Exchange ~~the~~Act ~~Purchase Price, $11 million was paid in cash at closing and $2 million was deposited in escrow with Bank~~ of ~~America~~1934, ~~National~~as ~~Association~~amended, ~~to fund any post-closing adjustments~~ or ~~claims.~~otherwise ~~The~~subject ~~funds will remain in escrow for up~~ to ~~one year following completion of~~ the ~~transaction.~~liabilities The assets being sold by Mad Catz include specified trademarks, equipment and tooling, inventory, technical data and records, and other related documents necessary for the designing, manufacturing, marketing and distributing of ~~interactive~~that ~~flight, space, and farm simulation controllers presently marketed and sold by Mad Catz under the “Saitek” brand~~section. ~~Additionally, eight Mad Catz research and development employees have accepted employment offers with Logitech.~~

~~The~~On ~~Agreement contains customary representations~~November 3, ~~warranties~~2016, ~~covenants~~the ~~and~~Company ~~indemnification~~issued ~~provisions,~~a ~~subject~~press torelease ~~disclosures~~announcing ~~and~~its ~~limitations.~~financial ~~The~~results ~~indemnification~~for ~~provided~~its byquarter ~~Mad~~ended ~~Catz under the Agreement covers breaches of representations and warranties~~September 30, ~~liabilities retained by Mad Catz, performance of covenants under the Agreement and the other agreements entered into in connection with the transaction~~2016. ~~Pursuant~~A tocopy ~~the terms~~ of the ~~Agreement,~~press ~~Mad~~release ~~Catz~~is ~~and~~attached ~~Logitech~~hereto ~~also entered into several ancillary agreements~~ as ~~part~~Exhibit of the transaction, including an Escrow Agreement governing the terms of release of the $2 million escrow described above and a Transition Services Agreement governing the delivery of certain services and deliverables by Mad Catz after completion of the transaction99.1.

The ~~above-referenced~~information ~~transaction~~contained ~~was~~in ~~recommended~~this byCurrent aReport, ~~special~~including ~~committee of~~ the ~~Company’s Board of Directors~~exhibit, ~~consisting~~shall ~~solely~~not ofbe ~~disinterested~~incorporated ~~directors, and approved~~ by ~~the~~reference ~~Company’s~~into ~~full~~any ~~Board~~filing of ~~Directors. Wedbush Securities acted as financial advisor to~~ the Company, inwhether ~~connection~~made ~~with~~before ~~the~~or ~~transaction~~after ~~and Stout Risius Ross rendered a fairness opinion in connection with~~ the ~~transaction~~date hereof, ~~which~~regardless ~~concluded~~of ~~that~~any ~~the~~general ~~transaction~~incorporation ~~was~~language ~~fair~~in ~~from~~such ~~a financial point of view~~filing.

The above description of the terms of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s next quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

The above description has been included to provide investors with information regarding the terms of the Agreement and other described agreements. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about Mad Catz or Logitech or their respective affiliates or equity holders. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Agreement as described above were made only for the purposes of the Agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties thereto, may have been used for purposes of allocating risk between each party rather than establishing matters of fact, may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from that generally applicable to investors and may be subject to qualifications or limitations agreed upon by the parties in connection with the negotiated terms, including being qualified by disclosure schedules. Information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Agreement, and such change may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures. Accordingly, readers should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants in the Agreement as statements of factual information.

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the disposition of assets was consummated on September 15, 2016. The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.


Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits.

99.1 Press Release, dated ~~September~~November 153, 2016, issued by Mad Catz Interactive, Inc., furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K.

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.

Date: September 15, 2016	MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE, INC.
Date: November 3, 2016	MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE, INC.
	By:	/s/ DAVID MCKEON
	Name: David McKeon
	Its: Chief Financial Officer

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