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As submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2021.

 

Registration No. 333-_______

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

Esports Technologies, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Nevada 7900 85-3201309

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

720 South 7th Street, 3rd Floor

Las Vegas, NV 89101

(702) 481-1779

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

 

Aaron Speach, President and Chief Executive Officer

720 South 7th Street, 3rd Floor

Las Vegas, NV 89101

(702) 481-1779

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

 

 

 

Copies to:

 

Cavas S. Pavri

Schiff Hardin LLP

100 N. 18th, Suite 300

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Telephone: (202) 724-6847

Fax: (202) 778-6460

Megan Penick

Stephen Weiss

Michelman & Robinson, LLP

800 Third Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: 212-730-7700

Fax: 212-730-7725

 

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. x

 

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

 

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

 

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

 

Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer x Smaller reporting company x
    Emerging growth company x

 

 

 

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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price (1)

Amount of
registration fee (1)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 $10,000,000.00 $1,091.00
Representatives’ Warrant to Purchase Common Stock    

Shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Representatives

Warrant (2)

$840,000.00 (3) $91.64
Common Stock, par value $0.001, to be sold by selling stockholders (4) $7,289,155 $795.25
Total   $1,977.89
 
 

(1) Estimated solely for purposes of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the securities being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock as may be issued after the date hereof as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(3) The warrants are exercisable at a per share price equal to 120% of the public offering price.
(4) Represents 1,457,831 shares of common stock at an assumed price of $5.00, the high end of the public offering price range.

 

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement contains two prospectuses, as set forth below.

 

·       Public Offering Prospectus. A prospectus to be used for the public offering of up to 2,000,000 shares of common stock of the Registrant (the “Public Offering Prospectus”) through the underwriter named on the cover page of the Public Offering Prospectus.

 

·       Resale Prospectus. A prospectus to be used for the potential resale by the selling stockholders set forth therein of 1,457,831 shares of common stock (the “Resale Prospectus”).

 

The Resale Prospectus is substantively identical to the Public Offering Prospectus, except for the following principal points:

 

·       they contain different front covers;

 

·       all references in the Public Offering Prospectus to “this offering” or “this initial public offering” will be changed to “the IPO,” defined as the underwritten initial public offering of our common stock, in the Resale Prospectus;

 

·       all references in the Public Offering Prospectus to “underwriters” will be changed to “underwriters of the IPO” in the Resale Prospectus;

 

·       they contain different Use of Proceeds sections;

 

·       a “Selling Stockholders” section is included in the Resale Prospectus;

 

·       the contain different “Summary—The Offering” sections;

 

·       the section “Shares Eligible For Future Sale—Selling Stockholder Resale Prospectus” from the Public Offering Prospectus is deleted from the Selling Stockholder Resale Prospectus;

 

·       the Underwriting section from the Public Offering Prospectus is deleted from the Resale Prospectus and a Plan of Distribution section is inserted in its place;

 

·       the Legal Matters section in the Resale Prospectus deletes the reference to counsel for the underwriters; and

 

·       they contain different back covers.

 

The Registrant has included in this Registration Statement a set of alternate pages after the back cover page of the Public Offering Prospectus (the “Alternate Pages”) to reflect the foregoing differences in the Resale Prospectus as compared to the Public Offering Prospectus. The Public Offering Prospectus will exclude the Alternate Pages and will be used for the public offering by the Registrant. The Resale Prospectus will be substantively identical to the Public Offering Prospectus except for the addition or substitution of the Alternate Pages and will be used for the resale offering by the selling shareholder.

 

 

 

     

 

 

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell, nor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

Subject to Completion Dated March 9, 2021.

 

2,000,000 Shares

 

Esports Technologies, Inc.

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

We are offering 2,000,000 shares of our common stock. We anticipate a public offering price between $4.50 and $5.00 per share.

 

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. We intend to list our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “EBET.” If our common stock is not approved for listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market, we will not consummate this offering.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and we have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.

 

The registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part includes a separate prospectus to be used for the potential resale by certain selling stockholders of 1,457,831 shares of common stock.

 

An investment in our common stock involves significant risks. You should carefully consider the risk factors beginning on page 7 of this prospectus before you make your decision to invest in our common stock.

 

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

             
    Per Share     Total  
Initial public offering price   $       $    
Underwriting discounts and commissions (1)   $       $    
Proceeds to us, before expenses.   $       $    

 

(1) We have also agreed to reimburse the underwriters for certain expenses incurred in connection with this offering. See “Underwriting” for a description of compensation payable to the Underwriters.

 

 

 

Delivery of the shares is expected to be made on or about ________________, 2021.

 

 

Boustead Securities, LLC

 

 

 

The date of this prospectus is ___, 2021

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Prospectus Summary 1
Risk Factors 7
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 22
Use Of Proceeds 23
Dividend Policy 23
Capitalization 24
Dilution 25
Management’s Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations 27
Business 34
Management 42
Certain Relationships And Related Party Transactions 52
Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners And Management 53
Description Of Securities 55
Shares Eligible For Future Sale 58
Underwriting 60
Legal Matters 63
Experts 63
Where You Can Find More Information 63

 

No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized information or representations. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the shares offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of its date.

 

Market data and certain industry data and forecasts used throughout this prospectus were obtained from internal company surveys, market research, consultant surveys, publicly available information, reports of governmental agencies and industry publications and surveys. Industry surveys, publications, consultant surveys and forecasts generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but that the accuracy and completeness of such information is not guaranteed. We have not independently verified any of the data from third party sources, nor have we ascertained the underlying economic assumptions relied upon therein. Similarly, internal surveys, industry forecasts and market research, which we believe to be reliable based on our management’s knowledge of the industry, have not been independently verified. Forecasts are particularly likely to be inaccurate, especially over long periods of time. In addition, we do not necessarily know what assumptions regarding general economic growth were used in preparing the forecasts we cite. Statements as to our market position are based on the most currently available data. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding the industry data presented in this prospectus, our estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus.

 

 

 

 

 

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Prospectus Summary

 

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before deciding to invest in our common stock. You should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the “Risk Factors” section, our historical consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto, each included elsewhere in this prospectus. Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, the words “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” or “our Company,” and “Esports Tech” refer to Esports Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

 

Overview

 

We are a technology company developing and operating platforms focused on esports and competitive gaming. We operate a licensed online gambling platform, gogawi.com, which is an esports/sportsbook focused on bettors located in Asia and Latin America. We offer real money betting on esports events from around the world in a secure environment. We accept wagers on major esports titles including: Counter-Strike: GO, League of Legends, Dota 2, StarCraft 2, Rocket League, Rainbow Six, Warcraft 3, King of Glory and FIFA; as well as professional sports including the National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, soccer and more.

 

Esports is the competitive playing of video games by amateur and professional individuals and teams for cash prizes. Esports typically take the form of organized, multiplayer video games that include real-time strategy, fighting, first-person shooter, and multiplayer online battle arena games. Esports also includes games which can be played, primarily by amateurs, in multiplayer competitions on the Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox and WII Nintendo systems.

 

Although official competitions have long been a part of video game culture, participation and spectatorship of such events have seen a global surge in popularity over the past few years with the growth of online streaming and has been further accelerated by the cancelation of traditional sporting events worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As these esports matches are widely broadcasted and watched predominately online, live betting and wagering can occur on these matches, where it is legal and regulated.

 

In February 2021, we introduced an updated version of gogawi.com that we believe offers an enhanced user experience, including, expanded offerings and more customizable odds. Although we are focused on esports wagering, we also offer iGaming, which is online casino and table games such as blackjack, virtual sport computer simulated games and slot machines, as well as traditional sports betting, in the locations where we are licensed to do so.

 

Our gaming license from the Curacao Gaming Authority allows us to accept esports and sports wagers from residents of more than 149 jurisdictions. Historically, substantially all of our wagers have been sourced in the Philippines. During 2021 and in connection with the introduction of our updated website, we intend to target additional markets in which we are presently licensed to accept wagers, including Japan, Thailand, Mexico and South America.

 

Market for Esports Gambling

 

The advent of online streaming has turned esports into a global industry that includes professional players and teams competing in major events that are simultaneously watched in-person in stadiums and by online viewers, which regularly exceed 1,000,000 viewers for major tournaments. The impact of online streaming on the gaming industry has been so significant that video game developers are now building features into their games designed to facilitate competition. Most major professional esports events and a wide range of amateur esports events are broadcast live via streaming services including twitch.tv and youtube.com. This, in turn, has led to increases in wagering on these events.

 

 

 

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According to Newzoo, a gaming industry source for games market insights and analytics, the global video game market is forecast to be worth $159 billion in 2020. Esports revenue for 2020 is projected to be $1.488 billion (not including gambling) according to Green Man Gaming. According to H2 Gambling Capital and iGaming Business, the net revenue from regulated esports-specific betting will grow by 39% year-on-year in 2020, to reach $343 million, and by 2024, the market is projected to generate $862 million in revenue. We are not currently expecting any meaningful revenue generation from, the wider video game market or esports revenue opportunities, such as sponsorships, advertising, event and ticket sales or merchandise sales.

 

As the size of the market and the number of esports enthusiasts continues to grow, we anticipate the number of esports enthusiasts who gamble will grow concurrently which we believe may increase demand for our platform. Additionally, given the recent cancelations of sporting events and the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, along with the unknown timing of when life and business will return to normal, we believe a business opportunity exists to provide these opportunities to existing and new wagering customers as alternatives to live sporting events.

 

Future Products and Services

 

Our long-term strategy is to differentiate ourselves in the esports gaming industry by developing our own intellectual property in the form of new esports predictive gaming models, predictive consolidated data feeds, bet matching engine, and the platform and software services that allow distribution to both customers and business partners. This intellectual property, combined with the exclusivities we are securing for third-party intellectual property, will allow us to offer users expanded overall odds, expanded esports cash-out offerings, and expanded live-betting. If we are successful in the developing this intellectual property, in addition to providing our users these enhanced offerings, we believe we will be able to not only provide a superior product directly to the esports wagering customer but also partner with other gaming sites to generate revenue from the use of our technology.

 

Although we are not currently licensed to accept wagers in the United States, we intend to introduce a “free to play” online esports experience in the United States during 2021. Our “free to play” experience will allow users to predict esports match winners and outcomes without wagering real money. We will offer users ways to earn points on our site for loyalty and continued engagement. We anticipate monetizing the traffic via advertising (both display and affiliate) as well as offering microtransactions and in-game currencies. We believe the use of a point system allows customers the ability to get the experience of the site and features for free. By providing customer engagement through the accumulation of points is a form of engagement, customers can earn social bragging rights and notoriety for being on top of a leaderboard or receiving user badges and achievements for their continued activity on site.

 

Corporate Structure

 

Esports Technologies, Inc. was formed in Nevada in September of 2020. Upon formation, we entered into a share exchange agreement with the members of Global E-Sports Entertainment Group, LLC, pursuant to which we acquired 100% of Global E-Sports Entertainment Group, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company which, in turn, owns 100% of ESEG Limited, a corporation formed in Belize and which has operated our business since October 31, 2016.

 

Risks Relating to Our Business

 

As an online gambling platform, our business and ability to execute our business strategy are subject to a number of risks of which you should be aware before you decide to buy our securities. In particular, you should consider the following risks, which are discussed more fully in the section entitled “Risk Factors”:

 

  · Our current operations are entirely dependent on our Curacao gaming license, and if we do not retain such license, we will not be able to operate.

 

  · We are an early-stage company operating in a newly developing industry with limited resources.

 

 

 

 

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  · We are subject to payment-related risks, such as risks associated with the fraudulent use of credit or debit cards and risks related to our acceptance of cryptocurrency as a form of payment, which could have adverse effects on our business and revenues due to chargebacks from customers.

 

  · We have had difficulty accessing the service of banks, credit card issuers and payment processing services providers in the past, which may make it difficult to sell and collect on the sales of our products and services.

 

  · Our online offerings are part of new and evolving industries, presenting significant uncertainty and business risks.

 

  · We currently generate all of our revenue internationally and as a result, are subject to the risks related to international operations, which could negatively affect our results.

 

  · We may be unable to obtain licenses in new jurisdictions where our customers operate.

 

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We conduct portions of our business in foreign currencies and bitcoin which can be subject to substantial fluctuations in value when compared to the U.S. dollar.

     
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We will require substantial additional funding, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all, and, if not so available, may require us to delay, limit, reduce or cease our operations.

     
  · Reductions in discretionary consumer spending could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
     
  · We have certain key personnel working for us on a part-time basis, limiting the time and attention that such key personnel dedicate to the development of our business.
     
  · Our executive officers, directors, major stockholders and their respective affiliates will continue to exercise significant control over us after this offering, which will limit your ability to influence corporate matters and could delay or prevent a change in corporate control.
     
  · Our growth prospects depend on the legal status of real-money gaming in various jurisdictions, which may be accompanied by legislative or regulatory restrictions and/or taxes that make it impracticable or less attractive to operate in those jurisdictions.
     
  · Our business is and will be subject to a variety of U.S. and foreign laws, many of which are unsettled and still developing, and which could subject us to claims or otherwise harm our business.
     
  · As of the date of this offering, the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, causing deleterious and unpredictable effects on the U.S. and world economy.  While vaccines have been developed, we do not yet know when or whether they will resolve the COVID-19 global pandemic crisis, the uncertainties that may arise in relation to the global or U.S. economy or the effects that it may have on our business and business development.

 

 

 

 

 

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Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

 

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” as the term is used in The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (JOBS Act), and therefore, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various public company reporting requirements, including:

 

· a requirement to only have two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related selected financial data and management’s discussion and analysis;

 

· exemption from the auditor attestation requirement on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting;

 

· reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation; and

 

· exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory stockholder vote on executive compensation and any golden parachute payments.

 

We may take advantage of these provisions for up to five years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company. We would cease to be an emerging growth company if we have more than $1.07 billion in annual revenues, have more than $700.0 million in market value of our capital stock held by non-affiliates or issue more than $1.07 billion of non-convertible debt over a three-year period. So long as we remain an emerging growth company we may choose to take advantage of some, but not all, of the available benefits of the JOBS Act. We have taken advantage of some of the reduced reporting requirements in this prospectus. Accordingly, the information contained herein may be different than the information you receive from other public companies in which you hold stock. In addition, the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, we will not be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

 

Company Information

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 720 South 7th Street, 3rd Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89101. Our website address is www.esportstechnologies.com. The information on or accessible through our website is not part of this prospectus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of the Offering

 

Securities we are offering

 

2,000,000 shares of common stock.

Common stock outstanding immediately before this offering

 

10,648,769 shares

Common stock outstanding immediately after this offering

 

12,648,769 shares

Use of proceeds

 

We estimate that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $8.6 million at an assumed initial public offering price of $4.75 per share, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to use the proceeds from this offering for technology development, marketing, and working capital. See “Use of Proceeds.”

 

Risk Factors

 

See “Risk Factors” and other information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding whether to invest in our securities.

 

Lock-up

 

We, our directors, executive officers, and certain shareholders have agreed not to offer, issue, sell, contract to sell, encumber, grant any option for the sale of or otherwise dispose of any of our securities for a period of at least three months after the date of this prospectus. See “Underwriting” for more information.

 

Proposed listing symbol

 

We have applied to have our common stock listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “EBET.”

 

The number of shares of common stock to be outstanding after this offering is based on 10,648,769 shares outstanding as of March 1, 2021, and does not give effect to:

 

  · 2,233,541 shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants at a weighted average exercise price of $0.45 per share;

 

  · 3,825,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of principal owed pursuant to outstanding convertible notes with a weighted average conversion price of $0.50 per share;
     
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1,110,250 shares of common stock issuable to employees and consultants upon vesting over time or the completion of various performance milestones;

     
  · 2,239,348 shares of common stock underlying outstanding options with a weighted average exercise price of $0.83 per share. 144,348 of these options vest at the close of the IPO and the remaining options vest over a four year period or at the completion of various performance milestones;

 

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650,402 shares available for future issuance under the 2020 Esports Technologies, Inc. Stock Plan; and

     
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140,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants to be issued to the underwriters in connection with this offering.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, this prospectus reflects and assumes no exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option.

 

 

 

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Summary Financial Data

 

The following tables set forth a summary of our financial data for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and the years ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019. We have derived these data from our audited and unaudited financial statements appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. You should read this data together with our financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus and the sections in this prospectus entitled “Capitalization” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Our historical results for any prior period are not necessarily indicative of our future results.

 

Statements of Operations Data   Three Months Ended December 31, 2020     Year ended
September 30, 2020
    Year ended
September 30, 2019
 
                   
Revenue   $ 10,794     $ 195,778     $ 140,982  
Sales and marketing expense     39,353              
Product and Technology Expense     505,935              
General and administrative expense     1,593,711       192,160       48,426  
Other expense     610,367       462,309        
Net income (loss)   $ (2,140,364 )   $ (573,255 )   $ 24,103  
                         
Net loss per common share   $ (0.30 )   $ (0.08 )   $ 0.00  

 

    As of December 31, 2020  
Balance Sheet Data   Actual     As adjusted – IPO (1)  
             
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 2,610,519     $ 11,915,204  
Total assets     5,294,292       14,598,977  
Working capital     2,425,198       11,729,883  
Accumulated deficit     (4,200,257 )     (4,200,257 )
Total stockholders’ equity     4,075,592       13,380,277  

 

(1) The as adjusted – IPO column reflects (i) the net proceeds from the issuance of 250,014 shares of common stock in a private placement at a purchase price of $3.00 per share completed in February 2021, and (i) the receipt of the net proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by us in this offering, at an assumed public offering price of $4.75 per share, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed public offering price of $4.75 per share, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) each of cash and cash equivalents, additional paid-in capital, and total stockholders’ equity by approximately $1.86 million, assuming the number of shares offered by us as stated on the cover page of this prospectus remains unchanged and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions payable by us. Similarly, each increase (decrease) of 100,000 shares in the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) each of cash and cash equivalents, additional paid-in capital, and total stockholders’ equity by $0.442 million, assuming that the assumed public offering price of $4.75 per share, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same, and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions payable by us.

 

 

 

 

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Risk Factors

 

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider each of the following risks, together with all other information set forth in this prospectus, including the consolidated financial statements and the related notes, before making a decision to buy our common stock. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business could be harmed. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

 

Risks Related to the Company’s Business, Operations and Industry

  

The COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to mitigate its impact may have an adverse effect on our business, liquidity, results of operations, financial condition and price of our securities.

 

The pandemic involving the novel strain of coronavirus, or COVID-19, and the measures taken to combat it, may have certain and adverse effects on our business. Public health authorities and governments at local, national and international levels have implemented various measures to respond to this pandemic. Some measures that directly or indirectly impact our business include:

 

  · voluntary or mandatory quarantines;
     
  · restrictions on travel; and
     
  · limiting gatherings of people in public places.

 

While we are primarily an online business, such factors could nonetheless have a negative effect on our business and our ability to effectively and efficiently run our business. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have undertaken certain measures in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, including, having our employees work remotely where possible, which may make maintaining our corporate operations, quality controls and internal controls difficult. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation efforts may also adversely affect our customers’ financial condition, which could result in reduced spending and reduced use of our online gaming platform.

 

As events are rapidly changing, we do not know how long the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures that have been introduced to respond to it will disrupt our operations or the full extent of that disruption.  We also cannot predict how long the effects of COVID-19 and the efforts to contain it will continue to impact our business after the pandemic is under control. Governments could take additional restrictive measures to combat the pandemic that could further impact our business or the economy in the geographies in which we operate. It is also possible that the impact of the pandemic and response on our customers and markets will persist for some time after governments ease their restrictions. These measures may impact our business and financial condition as the responses to control COVID-19 continue.

 

We are an early development stage company with a limited operating history and a history of losses.

 

Although our predecessor has been in business since 2016, during our predecessor’s existence substantially all of our efforts were focused on developing our technology and intellectual property and operating our first generation website. As a result, we have generated extremely limited revenues and have incurred an accumulated deficit of approximately $4,200,257 as of December 31, 2020. There can be no assurance that we will ever generate meaningful revenues or be profitable. If we cannot achieve our business objectives, investors in our shares will likely suffer a loss of their entire investment.

 

 

 

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We have a new business model, which makes it difficult for us to forecast our financial results, creates uncertainty as to how investors will evaluate our prospects, and increases the risk that we will not be successful.

 

We have a new business model and are in the process of developing new offerings, including an updated sports betting technology platform. Accordingly, it will be difficult for us to forecast our future financial results, and it is uncertain how our new business model will affect investors’ perceptions and expectations with respect to our business and economic prospects. Additionally, our new business model may not be successful. Consequently, you should not rely upon any past financial results as indicators of our future financial performance.

 

Our current and future online offerings are part of new and evolving industries, presenting significant uncertainty and business risks.

 

The online gaming and interactive entertainment industry is relatively new and continuing to evolve. Whether these industries grow and whether our online business will ultimately succeed, will be affected by, among other things, developments in gaming platforms, legal and regulatory developments (such as the passage of new laws or regulations or the extension of existing laws or regulations to online gaming activities), taxation of gaming activities, data privacy laws and regulation and other factors that we are unable to predict and which are beyond our control. Given the dynamic evolution of these industries, it can be difficult to plan strategically, and it is possible that competitors will be more successful than us at adapting to the changing landscape and pursuing business opportunities. Additionally, as the online gaming industry advances, including with respect to regulation, we may become subject to additional compliance-related costs. Consequently, we are unable to provide assurance that our online and interactive offerings will grow at anticipated rates or be successful in the long term.

 

We have a limited operating history and we expect a number of factors will cause our operating results to fluctuate on an annual basis, which may make it difficult to predict our future performance.

 

We are an esports gambling platform with a limited operating history. Consequently, any predictions made about our future success or viability may not be as accurate as they could be if we had a longer operating history. We anticipate that our operating results will significantly fluctuate from quarter to quarter and year to year due to a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. In particular, you should consider that we cannot provide assurance that we will be able to:

 

  · successfully develop and introduce our updated website;
     
  · maintain our management team;
     
  · raise sufficient funds in the capital markets to effectuate our business plan;
     
  · attract, enter into or maintain contracts with, and retain customers; and/or
     
  · compete effectively in the extremely competitive environment in which we operate.

 

These factors are our best estimates of possible factors that will affect our future operating results, however, they should not be considered a complete recitation of possible factors that could affect the Company. In addition, we do not know how the economic and societal impact of the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic may negatively affect our current and future operations and development. Accordingly, the results of any historical quarterly or annual periods should not be relied upon as indications of future operating performance.

 

 

 

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We will require substantial additional funding, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all, and, if not so available, may require us to delay, limit, reduce or cease our operations.

 

To date, we have relied primarily on equity financing to carry on our business. We have limited financial resources, no operating cash flow and no assurance that sufficient funding will be available to us to fund our operating expenses and to further develop our business. We expect the net proceeds from this offering, along with our current cash position, will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months. Thereafter, unless we achieve profitability, we anticipate that we will need to raise additional capital to fund our operations while we implement and execute our business plan. We currently do not have any contracts or commitments for additional financing. In addition, any additional equity financing may involve substantial dilution to our existing shareholders. There can be no assurance that such additional capital will be available on a timely basis or on terms that will be acceptable to us. Failure to obtain such additional financing could result in delay or indefinite postponement of operations or the further development of our business with the possible loss of such properties or assets. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, we may not be able to fund our business or the expansion thereof, take advantage of strategic acquisitions or investment opportunities or respond to competitive pressures. Such inability to obtain additional financing when needed could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flow, financial condition and prospects.

 

We currently generate all of our revenue internationally in a very small number of countries. As such, we are particularly at risk of macroeconomic conditions and social and political instability in these countries, as well as changing government policies and legislation in these countries, each of which could negatively affect our results.

 

All of our operations are conducted in foreign jurisdictions, particularly in the Philippines and, to a lesser extent, Latin America. As such, our operations may be adversely affected by changes in foreign government policies and legislation or social and political instability in the limited jurisdictions in which we operate and other factors which are not within our control, including, but not limited to:

 

  · recessions in the foreign countries that we operate in, which may reduce customer demand. As we currently generate a substantial portion of our revenue from a small number of countries, macroeconomic conditions or civil unrest in those countries may adversely affect our business.

 

  · changes in gaming policies and regulatory requirements, particularly in the small number of countries in which we currently operate. We currently operate in countries that do not require licensing or regulatory requirements other than our Curacao license. To the extent any of the countries in which we operate change their licensing or regulatory requirements, we will not be able to operate in these jurisdictions until we are able to satisfy such new regulatory requirements.

  

We may in the future enter into agreements and conduct activities outside of the jurisdictions where we presently conduct business, which expansion may present challenges and risks that we have not faced in the past, and which we may not be able to anticipate, any of which could adversely affect our results of operations and/or financial condition.

 

We are subject to foreign currency fluctuations, particularly with respect to the Philippine Peso.

 

All of our operations are conducted internationally, particularly in the Philippines. Upon receipt of customer deposits in the Philippines, we generally convert such deposits into Euros at the current exchange rate. Conversely, when we are required to pay out customers we convert Euros into the local currency to make such payments. As such, the amounts we receive from our customers in deposits and the amounts we are required to pay out to our customers in winnings could have an adverse effect on our financial results due to changes in the value of the local currency relative to the Euro. Accordingly, currency fluctuations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations by increasing our expenses and reducing our income.

 

 

 

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Participation in the sports betting industry exposes us to trading, liability management, and pricing risk, any of which may expose us to and cause us to experience lower than expected profitability and potentially significant losses.

 

Our fixed-odds betting products involve betting where winnings are paid on the basis of the stakes placed and the odds quoted. We currently generate the initial odds on our platform from a third party service provider. Since the introduction of our updated version of gogawi.com in February 2021, we have utilized the platform provided by Galaxy Group Ltd., or UltraPlay, which platform includes providing odds for all of categories of sporting and esports events that we offer on our site. As such, we do not accept bets for any events for which UltraPlay has not established initial odds, and we do not have any input as to the events UltraPlay carries. Although the initial odds on our site are based on odds provided by UltraPlay, we are able to modify the odds based on our own modeling. These modifications can involve lowering the over-round, which is the house’s profit margin on a wager, or adjusting the overall odds on an event. We do not intend to make modifications on non-esports events, but we have begun adjusting odds on a limited number of esports events based on our internal modeling. As we develop additional modeling, we intend to increase the number of esports events for which we modify the initial odds provided by UltraPlay. We believe our ability to provide alternate odds on esports events will differentiate us from competitors that use the same or similar platforms.

 

By providing alternate odds we may increase our pricing risk if our internal modeling is incorrect. Odds are determined with the objective of providing a positive return to the bookmaker over a large number of events. However, there can be significant variation in gross win percentage event-by-event and day-by-day. There can be no assurance that we will be effective in reducing our exposure to such risk in the future. As a result, in the short term, there is less certainty of generating a positive gross win, and we may experience significant losses with respect to individual events or betting outcomes, in particular if large individual bets are placed on an event or betting outcome or series of events or betting outcomes. Odds compilers and risk managers are capable of human error and, thus, even when allowing for the fact that a number of betting products are subject to capped pay-outs, significant volatility can occur. Any significant losses on a gross-win basis could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our agreement with UltraPlay includes certain one-time payments related to the update of our website, as well as ongoing royalty payments, ranging from the high single-digit percentages to low double-digit percentages, based on gross gaming revenue, which is based on losing bet volume less winning bet volume. The initial term of our agreement with UltraPlay ends in September 2021, and thereafter the agreement will continue for renewable six-month periods, provided that either party can terminate the agreement on 60 days’ notice prior to the end of each renewal period. We believe there are multiple available wager platforms and odds providers that we may engage with and, as such, we believe the 60 day notice period is sufficient time to enter into an agreement with an alternate provider, should the need so arise. Nonetheless, in such event, there is no assurance that we will be able to enter into future agreements with other providers on a timely basis, which may cause interruptions in our service.

 

The esports betting industry is new and evolving, which makes the establishment of odds for esports matches more difficult than traditional sports betting and which exposes us to potentially greater risks than competitors that focus solely on traditional sports wagering.

 

The esports betting industry is new and evolving. Unlike traditional sports odds-making that is well established, establishing odds for esports matches is more difficult as the data required to generate the odds is significantly more limited due to the general newness of the industry. As such, we believe there may be greater volatility in betting esports matches, as compared to traditional sports, which may cause greater volatility in our business. In connection with the initial rollout of our updated site, we are currently dependent on UltraPlay to provide odds. Our long-term strategy is to differentiate ourselves in the esports gaming industry by developing our own intellectual property in the form of new esports predictive gaming models, which we believe will help us establish better odds than are currently available in the industry. However, we can provide no assurance that we will be successful in creating esports predictive gaming models that are superior to current odds providers. Furthermore, even if we are able to create such a model, we can provide no assurance that esports betting will not remain more volatile than traditional sports betting.

 

 

 

 

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We rely on other third-party data providers for real-time and accurate data for events, and we cannot guarantee that such third parties will perform adequately or will not terminate their relationships with us.

 

We currently rely on third-party data providers to obtain accurate information regarding schedules, results, performance and outcomes of events. We rely on this data to determine when and how bets are settled. If we experience errors or delays in receiving this data, it may result in us incorrectly settling bets. If we cannot adequately resolve the issue with our users, our users may have a negative experience with our offerings, our brand or reputation may be negatively affected and our users may be less inclined to continue or resume utilizing our products or recommend our platform to other potential users.

 

Our success in the competitive gaming and interactive entertainment industries depends on our ability to develop and manage frequent introductions of innovative products and operate within the guidelines of the content owners (publishers) in order to attract and retain users.

 

The online gaming and interactive entertainment industries are characterized by dynamic customer demand and technological advances. As a result, we must continually introduce and successfully market new technologies in order to remain competitive and effectively stimulate customer demand. The process of developing new products and systems is inherently complex and uncertain. It requires accurate anticipation of changing customer needs and end user preferences as well as emerging technological trends. If our competitors develop new content and technologically innovative products, and we fail to keep pace, our business could be adversely affected. Additionally, the introduction of products embodying new technology and the emergence of new industry standards can render our existing offerings obsolete and unmarketable. To remain competitive, we must invest resources towards research and development efforts to introduce new and innovative products with dynamic features to attract new customers and retain existing customers. If we fail to accurately anticipate customer needs and end-user preferences through the development of new products and technologies, we could lose business to our competitors, which would adversely affect our results of operations and financial position.

 

We can provide no assurance that we will successfully develop new products or enhance and improve our existing products, that new products and enhanced and improved existing products will achieve market acceptance or that the introduction of new products or enhanced existing products by others will not render our products obsolete. Dynamic customer demand and technological advances often demand high levels of research and development expenditures in order to meet accelerated product introductions, and the life cycles of certain products may be short, which could adversely affect our operating results. In some cases, our new products and solutions may require long development and testing periods and may not be introduced in a timely manner or may not achieve the broad market acceptance necessary to generate significant revenue. Our inability to develop solutions that meet customer needs and compete successfully against competitors’ offerings could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Reductions in discretionary consumer spending could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

 

The demand for entertainment and leisure activities tends to be highly sensitive to changes in consumers’ disposable income, and thus can be affected by changes in the economy and consumer tastes, both of which are difficult to predict and beyond our control. Unfavorable changes in general economic conditions, including recessions, economic slowdown, and sustained high levels of unemployment may reduce customers’ disposable income or result in fewer individuals engaging in entertainment and leisure activities, including gambling. As a result, we cannot ensure that demand for our products or services will remain constant. Continued or renewed adverse developments affecting economies throughout the world, including a general tightening of availability of credit, decreased liquidity in many financial markets, increasing interest rates, increasing energy costs, acts of war or terrorism, natural disasters, declining consumer confidence, sustained high levels of unemployment or significant declines in stock markets, could lead to a further reduction in discretionary spending on leisure activities, such as gambling. Any significant or prolonged decrease in consumer spending on entertainment or leisure activities could reduce our online games, reducing our cash flows and revenues. If we experience a significant unexpected decrease in demand for our products, we could incur losses.

 

 

 

 

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Negative events or negative media coverage relating to, or a declining popularity of, daily fantasy sports, sports betting, the underlying sports or athletes, online sports betting or esports in particular, could have an adverse impact on our business.

 

Public opinion can significantly influence our business. Unfavorable publicity regarding us, for example, changes to our product, product quality, litigation, or regulatory activity, or regarding the actions of third parties with whom we have relationships or the underlying sports or esports could seriously harm our reputation. Negative public perception could also lead to new restrictions on or to the prohibition of esports or sports betting in jurisdictions in which we currently operate. Such negative publicity could also adversely affect the size, demographics, engagement, and loyalty of our customer base and result in decreased revenue or slower user growth rates, which could seriously harm our business.

 

Public opinion can also exert a significant influence over the regulation of the gaming industry. A negative shift in the public’s perception of gaming could affect future legislation in different jurisdictions. Among other things, such a shift could cause jurisdictions to abandon proposals to legalize gaming, thereby limiting the number of new jurisdictions into which we could expand. Negative public perception could also lead to new restrictions on or to the prohibition of gaming in jurisdictions in which we currently operate.

 

We face competition from other companies and our operating results will suffer if we fail to compete effectively.

 

There is intense competition amongst gaming solution providers. There are a number of established, well financed companies producing both land-based and online gaming and interactive entertainment products and systems that compete with the products of the Company. As most of our competitors have financial resources that are greater than us, they may spend more money and time on developing and testing products, undertake more extensive marketing campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing policies or otherwise develop more commercially successful products than us, which could impact our ability to win new marketing contracts. Furthermore, new competitors may enter our key market areas. If we are unable to obtain significant market presence or if we lose market share to our competitors, our results of operations and future prospects would be materially adversely affected. There are many companies with already established relationships with third parties, including gaming operators that are able to introduce directly competitive products and have the potential and resources to quickly develop competitive technologies. Our success depends on our ability to develop new products and enhance existing products.

 

We rely on third-party payment processors to process deposits and withdrawals made by our users into the platform, and if we cannot manage our relationships with such third parties or other payment-related risks occur (such as risks associated with the fraudulent use of credit or debit cards, which could have adverse effects on our business due to chargebacks from customers), our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

 

We allow funding and payments to accounts using a variety of methods, including electronic funds transfer (“EFT”), and credit and debit cards. As we continue to introduce new funding or payment options to our players, we may be subject to additional regulatory and compliance requirements. We also may be subject to the risk of fraudulent use of credit or debit cards, or other funding and/or payment options. For certain funding or payment options, including credit and debit cards, we may pay interchange and other fees which may increase over time and, therefore, raise operating costs and reduce profitability. We rely on third parties to provide payment-processing services and it could disrupt our business if these companies become unwilling or unable to provide these services to us. We have had difficulty accessing the service of banks, credit card issuers and payment processing services providers in the past, which may make it difficult to sell and collect on the sales of our products and services. We are also subject to rules and requirements governing EFT which could change or be reinterpreted to make it difficult or impossible for us to comply. If we fail to comply with these rules or requirements, we may be subject to fines and higher transaction fees or possibly lose our ability to accept credit or debit cards, or other forms of payment from customers which could have a material adverse impact on our business.

 

 

 

 

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Chargebacks occur when customers seek to void credit card or other payment transactions. Cardholders are intended to be able to reverse card transactions only if there has been unauthorized use of the card or the services contracted for have not been provided. In our industry, customers occasionally seek to reverse online gaming losses through chargebacks, which have adverse effects on our business or results of operations.

 

We rely on licenses to use the intellectual property rights of third parties which are incorporated into our products and services, and our failure to renew or expand existing licenses may require us to modify, limit or discontinue certain offerings.

 

A significant portion of our revenues may be generated from products using intellectual property we license from third-parties. For example, we license intellectual property from third parties for use in our gaming products. Our future success may depend upon our ability to obtain licenses to use new and existing intellectual property and our ability to retain or expand existing licenses for certain products. If we are unable to obtain new licenses or renew or expand existing licenses, our operating results would be negatively impacted if we were unsuccessful in licensing certain of those rights and/or protecting those rights from infringement, including losses of proprietary information from breaches of our cyber security efforts.

 

We rely on information technology and other systems and platforms (including with respect to validating the identity and location of our users), and any failures, errors, defects or disruptions in our and third-party systems or platforms could diminish our brand and reputation, subject us to liability, disrupt our business, and adversely affect our operating results and growth prospects.

 

Our business depends upon the capacity, reliability and security of the infrastructure owned by third parties over which our offerings are deployed. We have no control over the operation, quality or maintenance of a significant portion of that infrastructure or whether or not those third parties will upgrade or improve their equipment. If one or more of these companies is unable or unwilling to supply or expand our levels of service in the future, our operations could be adversely impacted. Also, to the extent the number of users of networks utilizing our future products and services suddenly increases, the technology platform and secure hosting services which will be required to accommodate a higher volume of traffic may result in slower response times or service interruptions. System interruptions or increases in response time could result in a loss of potential or existing users and, if sustained or repeated, could reduce the appeal of the networks to users. In addition, users depend on real-time communications; outages caused by increased traffic could result in delays and system failures. These types of occurrences could cause users to perceive that our products and services do not function properly and could therefore adversely affect our ability to attract and retain licensees, strategic partners and customers.

 

Information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers or breached due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions.

 

We receive, process, store and use personal information and other customer data. There are numerous federal, state and local laws regarding privacy and the storing, sharing, use, processing, disclosure and protection of personal information and other data. Any failure or perceived failure by us to comply with our privacy policies, our privacy-related obligations to customers or other third parties, or our privacy-related legal obligations, or any compromise of security that results in the unauthorized release or transfer of personally identifiable information or other player data, may result in governmental enforcement actions, litigation or public statements against us by consumer advocacy groups or others and could cause our customers to lose trust in us which could have an adverse impact on our business. The costs of compliance with these types of laws may increase in the future as a result of changes in interpretation or changes in law. Any failure on our part to comply with these types of laws may subject us to significant liabilities.

 

Third parties we work with may violate applicable laws or our policies, and such violations may also put our customers’ information at risk and could in turn have an adverse impact on our business. We will also be subject to payment card association rules and obligations under each association’s contracts with payment card processors. Under these rules and obligations, if information is compromised, we could be liable to payment card issuers for the associated expense and penalties. If we fail to follow payment card industry security standards, even if no customer information is compromised, we could incur significant fines or experience a significant increase in payment card transaction costs.

 

 

 

 

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Security breaches, computer malware and computer hacking attacks have become more prevalent. Any security breach caused by hacking which involves efforts to gain unauthorized access to information or systems, or to cause intentional malfunctions or loss or corruption of data, software, hardware or other computer equipment, and the inadvertent transmission of computer viruses could harm our business. Though it is difficult to determine what harm may directly result from any specific interruption or breach, any failure to maintain performance, reliability, security and availability of our network infrastructure to the satisfaction of our players may harm our reputation and our ability to retain existing players and attract new players.

  

Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service, or sabotage systems, change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures.

 

We are subject to risks related to holding cryptocurrencies and accepting cryptocurrencies as a form of payment.

 

We have in the past, and may in the future, accept bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies from our customers as a form of deposit on our platform.

 

Cryptocurrencies are not considered legal tender or backed by any government and have experienced price volatility, technological glitches and various law enforcement and regulatory interventions. The use of cryptocurrency such as bitcoin has been prohibited or effectively prohibited in some countries. If we fail to comply with any such prohibitions that may be applicable to us, we could face regulatory or other enforcement actions and potential fines and other consequences.

 

Cryptocurrencies have in the past and may in the future experience periods of extreme volatility. Fluctuations in the value of any cryptocurrencies that we hold may also lead to fluctuations in the value of our common stock. In addition, there is substantial uncertainty regarding the future legal and regulatory requirements relating to cryptocurrency or transactions utilizing cryptocurrency. For instance, governments may in the near future curtail or outlaw the acquisition, use or redemption of cryptocurrencies. In such case, ownership of, holding or trading in cryptocurrencies may then be considered illegal and subject to sanction. These uncertainties, as well as future accounting and tax developments, or other requirements relating to cryptocurrency, could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Our business depends substantially on the continuing efforts of our executive officers and our business may be severely disrupted if we lose their services.

 

Our future success depends substantially on the continued services of our executive officers, especially our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aaron Speach, and our Chief Operating Officer, Bart Barden. We do not presently maintain key man life insurance on any of our executive officers and directors. If one or more of our executive officers are unable or unwilling to continue in their present positions, we may not be able to replace them readily, if at all. The loss of any of our executive officers could cause our business to be disrupted, and we may incur additional and unforeseen expenses to recruit and retain new officers.

 

Our chief financial officer is working for us on a part-time basis.

 

Our chief financial officer is currently part-time and is also providing consulting services related to financial reporting to other public and private entities. While we intend to hire a full-time chief financial officer in advance of our public listing, our present inability to employ our chief financial officer on a full-time basis could cause us to experience delays in the processing and preparation of our financial information which is necessary for the timely filing our financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 

 

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Risks Related to the Company’s Legal and Regulatory Requirements

 

Our current operations are entirely dependent on our Curacao gaming license, which is a sublicense of a master license, and if we do not retain such sublicense or if the holder of the master license does not retain such master license, we will not be able to operate.

 

The Curacao Ministry of Justice has only granted four online gaming Master Licenses. Our license is a sublicense from one of the four master license holders, Gaming Services Provider N.V. #365/JAZ. The Curacao Ministry of Justice allows an applicant for a sublicense from a Master License holder to operate under the master license holder’s license, so long as they meet certain operating and compliance criteria. These criteria must be met at the stage of application as well as on an ongoing basis. As such, so long as we maintain the requisite criteria for holding the sublicense, as a sublicensee we can enjoy the same privileges and rights that the Master License holder has, but without the ability to issue licenses.

 

All of our operations are conducted pursuant to the foregoing sublicense. If we are unable to maintain our gaming license for any reason, we would be unable to conduct any gaming business and our business would be materially harmed. Additionally, if the holder of the Master License was unable to maintain its Master License because it violated the terms of the Master License or because another sublicense holder committed a violation that caused the Master License holder to lose the Master License, we would be unable to conduct any gaming business and our business would be materially harmed.

 

In addition, under our gaming license, we can accept wagers from residents of a limited number of jurisdictions, primarily in parts of Asia and South America. In order to expand our operations in the future, particularly into the United States and many European countries, we will need to obtain gaming licenses in such jurisdictions or partner with companies already operating in such jurisdictions. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to maintain our current gaming license or obtain future gaming licenses.

 

We cannot be certain that our platform will maintain regulatory approval, and without regulatory approval we will not be able to market and grow our business around the world.

 

Any license, permit, approval or finding of suitability may be revoked, suspended or conditioned at any time. The loss of a license in one jurisdiction could trigger the loss of a license or affect our eligibility for a license in another jurisdiction. We may be unable to obtain or maintain all necessary registrations, licenses, permits or approvals, and could incur fines or experience delays related to the licensing process which could adversely affect our operations. A gaming regulatory body may refuse to issue or renew a registration.

 

We currently block direct access to wagering on our website from the United States and other jurisdictions in which we do not have license to operate through IP address filtering. Individuals are required to enter their age upon gaining access to our platform. Despite all such measures, it is conceivable that that a user, under age, or otherwise could devise a way to evade our blocking measures and access our website from the United States or any other foreign jurisdiction in which we are not currently permitted to operate.

 

Violations of laws in one jurisdiction could result in disciplinary action in other jurisdictions. Licenses, approvals or findings of suitability may be revoked, suspended or conditioned. In sum, we may not be able to obtain or maintain all necessary registrations, licenses, permits or approvals. The licensing process may result in delays or adversely affect our operations and our ability to maintain key personnel, and our efforts to comply with any new licensing regulations will increase our costs.

 

 

 

 

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We are subject to various laws relating to foreign corrupt practices, the violation of which could adversely affect its operations, reputation, business, prospects, operating results and financial condition.

 

We are subject to risks associated with doing business outside of the United States, including exposure to complex foreign and U.S. regulations such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) and other anti-corruption laws which generally prohibit U.S. companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Violations of the FCPA and other anti-corruption laws may result in severe criminal and civil sanctions and other penalties. It may be difficult to oversee the conduct of any contractors, third-party partners, representatives or agents who are not our employees, potentially exposing us to greater risk from their actions. If our employees or agents fail to comply with applicable laws or company policies governing our international operations, we may face legal proceedings and actions which could result in civil penalties, administration actions and criminal sanctions. Any determination that we have violated any anti-corruption laws could have a material adverse impact on our business.

 

Violations of these laws and regulations could result in significant fines, criminal sanctions against us, our officers or our employees. Additionally, any such violations could materially damage our reputation, brand, international expansion efforts, ability to attract and retain employees and our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition.

 

Historically, we have dealt with significant amounts of cash in our operations, which have subjected us to various reporting and anti-money laundering regulations. Any violation of anti-money laundering laws or regulations by us could have a material adverse impact on our business.

 

Our growth prospects depend on a variety of U.S. and foreign laws, many of which are unsettled and still developing with respect to the legal status of real-money gaming in various jurisdictions, regulatory restrictions and/or taxes which could subject us to claims or otherwise harm our business.

 

If a large number of U.S. states or the federal government enact online real money gaming legislation and we are unable to obtain the necessary licenses to operate online real money gaming websites in the United States jurisdictions where such games are legalized, our future growth in real money gaming could be materially impaired.

 

States or the federal government may legalize online real money gaming in a manner that is unfavorable to us. Several states and the federal government are considering draft laws that require online casinos to also have a license to operate a brick-and mortar casino, either directly or indirectly through an affiliate. If state jurisdictions enact legislation legalizing online real money casino gaming subject to this brick-and-mortar requirement, we may be unable to offer online real money gaming in such jurisdictions if we are unable to establish an affiliation with a brick-and-mortar casino in such jurisdiction on acceptable terms.

 

In the online real money gaming industry, a significant “first mover” advantage exists. Our ability to compete effectively in respect of a particular style of online real money gaming in the United States may be premised on introducing a style of gaming before our competitors. Failing to do so could materially impair our ability to grow in the online real money gaming space.

 

 

 

 

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Failure to protect or enforce our intellectual property rights or the costs involved in such enforcement could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

We may from time to time seek to enforce our intellectual property rights against infringers when we determine that a successful outcome is probable and may lead to an increase in the value of the intellectual property. If we choose to enforce our intellectual property rights against a party, then that individual or company has the right to ask the court to rule that such rights are invalid or should not be enforced. These lawsuits and proceedings are expensive and would consume time and resources and divert the attention of managerial and operational personnel even if we were successful in stopping the infringement of such rights. In addition, there is a risk that the court will decide that such rights are not valid and that we do not have the right to stop the other party from using the inventions.

 

Further, our competitors have been granted patents protecting various gaming products and solutions. If our products and solutions employ these processes, or other subject matter that is claimed under our competitors’ patents, or if other companies obtain patents claiming subject matter that we use, those companies may bring infringement actions against us. The question of whether a product infringes a patent involves complex legal and factual issues, the determination of which is often uncertain. In addition, because patent applications can take many years to issue, there may be applications now pending of which we are unaware, which might later result in issued patents that our products and solutions may infringe. There can be no assurance that our products will not be determined to have infringed upon an existing third-party patent. If any of our products and solutions infringes a valid patent, we may be required to discontinue offering certain products or systems, pay damages, purchase a license to use the intellectual property in question from its owner, or redesign the product in question to avoid infringement. A license may not be available or may require us to pay substantial royalties, which could in turn force us to attempt to redesign the infringing product or to develop alternative technologies at a considerable expense. Additionally, we may not be successful in any attempt to redesign the infringing product or to develop alternative technologies, which could force us to withdraw our products or services from the market.

 

We may also infringe other intellectual property rights belonging to third parties, such as trademarks, copyrights and confidential information. As with patent litigation, the infringement of trademarks, copyrights and confidential information involve complex legal and factual issues and our products, branding or associated marketing materials may be found to have infringed existing third-party rights. When any third-party infringement occurs, we may be required to stop using the infringing intellectual property rights, pay damages and, if we wish to keep using the third party intellectual property, purchase a license or otherwise redesign the product, branding or associated marketing materials to avoid further infringement. Such a license may not be available or may require us to pay substantial royalties.

 

The success of our business depends on our continued ability to use our tradenames in order to increase our brand awareness. As of the date hereof, we do not have any federally registered trademarks owned by us, but we may pursue registered trademarks in the future. The unauthorized use or other misappropriation of any of the foregoing trademarks or tradenames could diminish the value of our business which would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operation.

 

If we are not able to adequately prevent disclosure of trade secrets and other proprietary information, the value of our technology and products could be significantly diminished.

 

We rely on trade secrets to protect our proprietary technologies. However, trade secrets are difficult to protect. We rely in part on confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, and other advisors to protect our trade secrets and other proprietary information. These agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of confidential information and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. In addition, others may independently discover our trade secrets and proprietary information. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could adversely affect our competitive business position.

 

 

 

 

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Risks Related to Our Common Stock and this Offering

 

Our executive officers and directors will continue to exercise significant control over us after this offering, which will limit your ability to influence corporate matters and could delay or prevent a change in corporate control.

 

Immediately following the completion of this offering, the existing holdings of our executive officers and directors, will be, in the aggregate, approximately 4.4% of our outstanding common stock. As a result, these stockholders will be able to influence our management and affairs and control the outcome of matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election of directors and any sale, merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets.

 

These stockholders acquired their shares of common stock for substantially less than the price of the shares of common stock being acquired in this offering, and these stockholders may have interests, with respect to their common stock, that are different from those of investors in this offering and the concentration of voting power among one or more of these stockholders may have an adverse effect on the price of our common stock.

 

In addition, this concentration of ownership might adversely affect the market price of our common stock by: (1) delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control; (2) impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination involving us; or (3) discouraging a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us.

 

We have broad discretion in how we use the proceeds of this offering and may not use these proceeds effectively.

 

We will have considerable discretion in the application of the net proceeds of this offering. As a result, investors will be relying upon management’s judgment with only limited information about our specific intentions for the use of the net proceeds of this offering. We may use the net proceeds for purposes that do not yield a significant return or any return at all for our stockholders. In addition, pending their use, we may invest the net proceeds from this offering in a manner that does not produce income or that loses value.

 

Sales of a substantial amount of our common stock in the public market, particularly sales by our directors, executive officers and significant stockholders, or the perception that these sales could occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

 

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, particularly sales by our directors, executive officers and principal stockholders, or the perception that these sales might occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline. The shares of our common stock being sold in this offering are freely tradable in the public market without restrictions or further registration. With respect to the remaining shares, our directors, executive officers and the holders of substantially all of our common stock outstanding prior to this offering (or issued upon conversion of convertible securities in connection with this offering ) have entered into lock-up agreements with us that, for a period of at least three months from the date of this offering and ending over one year from this offering, subject to certain exceptions, prohibit them from offering for sale, selling, contracting to sell, granting any option for the sale of, transferring or otherwise disposing of any shares of our common stock and of any securities convertible into or exercisable for our common stock, without the prior written consent of the underwriters in this offering or us, as the case may be.

 

When the applicable lock-up periods expire, our security holders subject to a lock-up agreement will be able to sell shares of our common stock in the public market. In addition, the underwriters may, in their discretion, permit our security holders to sell shares prior to the expiration of the restrictive provisions contained in the lock-up agreements. Sales of a substantial number of such shares upon expiration of the lock-up agreements, the perception that such sales may occur or early release of these agreements could cause our market price to fall or make it more difficult for you to sell your common stock at a time and price that you deem appropriate.

 

 

 

 

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In addition, we intend to file a registration statement to register shares reserved for future issuance under our equity compensation plans. Subject to the satisfaction of applicable vesting requirements and expiration of the lock-up agreements referred to above, the shares issued upon exercise of outstanding stock options will be available for immediate resale in the open market.

 

If our stock price fluctuates after the offering, you could lose a significant part of your investment.

 

The market price of our common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to, among other things, the risk factors described in this prospectus, and other factors beyond our control, such as fluctuations in the valuation of companies perceived by investors to be comparable to us. Furthermore, the stock markets have experienced price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations, as well as general economic, political, and market conditions, such as recessions, interest rate changes or international currency fluctuations, may negatively affect the market price of our common stock. In the past, many companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Securities litigation against us could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, which could seriously harm our business.

 

Nevada law and provisions in our articles of incorporation and bylaws could make a takeover proposal more difficult.

 

We are a Nevada corporation and the anti-takeover provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control by prohibiting us from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years after the person becomes an interested stockholder, even if a change in control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. In addition, our articles of incorporation and bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a change in our management or control over us that stockholders may consider favorable. Our articles of incorporation and bylaws:

 

  · authorize the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock that could be issued by our board of directors to thwart a takeover attempt;
     
  · place restrictive requirements (including advance notification of stockholder nominations and proposals) on how special meetings of stockholders may be called by our stockholders; do not provide stockholders with the ability to cumulate their votes; and
     
  · provide that our board of directors may amend our bylaws.

 

Additionally, our authorized capital includes preferred stock issuable in one or more series. Our board has the authority to issue preferred stock and determine the price, designation, rights, preferences, privileges, restrictions and conditions, including voting and dividend rights, of those shares without any further vote or action by stockholders. The rights of the holders of common stock will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future. The issuance of additional preferred stock, while providing desirable flexibility in connection with possible financings and acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of the voting power of our outstanding voting securities, which could deprive our holders of common stock of a premium that they might otherwise realize in connection with a proposed acquisition of our company.

 

 

 

 

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Our management team has limited experience managing a public company and regulatory compliance may divert our attention from the day-to-day management of its business.

 

Our management team has limited experience managing a publicly-traded company and limited experience complying with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies. These obligations typically require substantial attention from our senior management and could divert our attention away from the day-to-day management of our business.

 

Purchasers in this offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution in net tangible book value.

 

The initial public offering price is substantially higher than the net tangible book value of each outstanding share of our common stock. Purchasers of common stock in this offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution on a book value basis. The dilution per share in the net tangible book value per share of common stock will be $3.88 per share, based on a $4.75 initial public offering price (the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus). If outstanding stock options and warrants to purchase shares of common stock are exercised, there would be further dilution. See “Dilution.”

 

Your ownership may be diluted if additional capital stock is issued to raise capital, to finance acquisitions or in connection with strategic transactions.

 

We intend to seek to raise additional funds, finance acquisitions or develop strategic relationships by issuing equity or convertible debt securities in addition to the shares issued in this offering, which would reduce the percentage ownership of our existing stockholders. Our board of directors has the authority, without action or vote of the stockholders, to issue all or any part of our authorized but unissued shares of common or preferred stock. Our articles of incorporation authorize us to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Future issuances of common or preferred stock would reduce your influence over matters on which stockholders vote and would be dilutive to earnings per share. In addition, any newly issued preferred stock could have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of the common stock. Those rights, preferences and privileges could include, among other things, the establishment of dividends that must be paid prior to declaring or paying dividends or other distributions to holders of our common stock or providing for preferential liquidation rights. These rights, preferences and privileges could negatively affect the rights of holders of our common stock, and the right to convert such preferred stock into shares of our common stock at a rate or price that would have a dilutive effect on the outstanding shares of our common stock.

 

As an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements.

 

As an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. We are an emerging growth company until the earliest of:

 

  · the last day of the fiscal year during which we have total annual gross revenues of $1 billion or more;
     
  · the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of this offering;
     
  · the date on which we have, during the previous 3-year period, issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt; or
     
  · the date on which we are deemed a “large accelerated issuer” as defined under the federal securities laws.

 

 

 

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For so long as we remain an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:

 

  · have an auditor report on our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002;
     
  · comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis);
     
  · submit certain executive compensation matters to shareholders advisory votes pursuant to the “say on frequency” and “say on pay” provisions (requiring a non-binding shareholder vote to approve compensation of certain executive officers) and the “say on golden parachute” provisions (requiring a non-binding shareholder vote to approve golden parachute arrangements for certain executive officers in connection with mergers and certain other business combinations) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010;
     
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include detailed compensation discussion and analysis in our filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and instead may provide a reduced level of disclosure concerning executive compensation;

     
  · may present only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, or MD&A; and
     
  · are eligible to claim longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under §107 of the JOBS Act.

 

We intend to take advantage of all of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions.

 

Certain of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions were already available to us due to the fact that we also qualify as a “smaller reporting company” under SEC rules. For instance, smaller reporting companies are not required to obtain an auditor attestation and report regarding management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting; are not required to provide a compensation discussion and analysis; are not required to provide a pay-for-performance graph or CEO pay ratio disclosure; and may present only two years of audited financial statements and related MD&A disclosure.

 

We cannot predict if investors will find our securities less attractive due to our reliance on these exemptions. If investors were to find our common stock less attractive as a result of our election, we may have difficulty raising all of the proceeds we seek in this offering.

 

We are not subject to Sarbanes-Oxley regulations and lack the financial controls and safeguards required of public companies.

 

We do not have the internal infrastructure necessary, and are not required, to complete an attestation about our financial controls that would be required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. There can be no assurance that there are no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the quality of our financial controls. We expect to incur additional expenses and diversion of management’s time if and when it becomes necessary to perform the system and process evaluation, testing and remediation required in order to comply with the management certification and auditor attestation requirements.

 

 

 

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This document contains forward-looking statements.  In addition, from time to time, we or our representatives may make forward-looking statements orally or in writing. We base these forward-looking statements on our expectations and projections about future events, which we derive from the information currently available to us. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future performance, including: our financial performance and projections; our growth in revenue and earnings; and our business prospects and opportunities. You can identify forward-looking statements by those that are not historical in nature, particularly those that use terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “contemplates,” “estimates,” “believes,” “plans,” “projected,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “hopes” or the negative of these or similar terms. In evaluating these forward-looking statements, you should consider various factors, including: our ability to change the direction of the Company; our ability to keep pace with new technology and changing market needs; and the competitive environment of our business. These and other factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements are only predictions. The forward-looking events discussed in this document and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives, may not occur, and actual events and results may differ materially and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us. We are not obligated to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this document and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives might not occur.

 

While we believe we have identified material risks, these risks and uncertainties are not exhaustive. Other sections of this prospectus describe additional factors that could adversely impact our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all risks and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

 

Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We are under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this prospectus to conform our prior statements to actual results or revised expectations, and we do not intend to do so.

 

Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

 

· our ability to introduce our updated website on the timeline indicated in this prospectus;

 

· our ability to obtain additional funding to develop additional services and offerings;

 

· compliance with obligations under intellectual property licenses with third parties;

 

· market acceptance of our new offerings;

 

· competition from existing online offerings or new offerings that may emerge;

 

· our ability to establish or maintain collaborations, licensing or other arrangements;

 

· our ability and third parties’ abilities to protect intellectual property rights;

 

· our ability to adequately support future growth; and

 

· our ability to attract and retain key personnel to manage our business effectively.

 

We caution you not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this prospectus in the case of forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus.

 

 

 

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Use of Proceeds

 

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from the sale of common stock of approximately $8.6 million, based upon an assumed initial public offering price of $4.75 per share, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

We intend to use the net proceeds as follows: (i) $2.5 million for product and technology development; (ii) $4.5 million for marketing; and (iii) the remainder for working capital.

 

We believe the net proceeds of this offering, together with our cash and cash equivalents, will be sufficient to meet our cash, operational and liquidity requirements for at least twelve months.

 

As of the date of this prospectus, we cannot specify with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds to us from this offering. Accordingly, our management will have broad discretion in the application of these proceeds. Net offering proceeds not immediately applied to the uses summarized above will be invested in short-term investments such as money market funds, commercial paper, U.S. treasury bills and similar securities investments pending their use.

 

Dividend Policy

 

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain earnings, if any, to finance the growth and development of our business. We do not expect to pay any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Payment of future dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, restrictions contained in any financing instruments, provisions of applicable law and other factors the board deems relevant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Capitalization

 

The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of September 30, 2020 on:

 

  · an actual basis; and

 

  · a pro forma as adjusted basis after giving effect to: (1) the net proceeds received from the sale of 250,014 shares at $3.00 per share that were issued in our private placement completed February 2021, and (3) the sale of 2,000,000 shares of our common stock in this offering at a public offering price of $4.75 (the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), and our receipt of the estimated $8.6 million in net proceeds from this offering, after deducting underwriting commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

You should read this capitalization table together with “Use of Proceeds,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

    At December 31, 2020  
    Actual     Pro Forma  
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 2,610,519     $ 11,915,204  
                 
Stockholders’ equity:                
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value: 10,000,000 authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding            
Common stock, $0.001 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized, actual and pro forma; 10,398,755 shares issued and outstanding, actual and 12,898,793 shares issued and outstanding, pro forma     10,398       12,648  
Additional paid-in capital     8,265,451       17,567,886  
Accumulated deficit     (4,200,257 )     (4,200,257 )
Total stockholders’ equity     4,075,592       13,380,277  
                 
Total capitalization   $ 4,075,592     $ 13,380,277  

 

The number of shares of common stock to be outstanding after this offering is based on 10,398,755 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2020, and does not give effect to:

  

  · 2,233,541 shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants at a weighted average exercise price of $0.45 per share;

 

  · 3,825,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of principal owed pursuant to outstanding convertible notes with a weighted average conversion price of $0.50 per share;
     
  · 1,110,250 shares of common stock issuable to employees and consultants upon vesting over time or the completion of various performance milestones;
     
  · 2,239,348 shares of common stock underlying outstanding options with a weighted average exercise price of $0.83 per share. 144,348 of these option vest at the close of the IPO and the remaining option vest over a four year period or at the completion of various performance milestones; and

 

  · 650,402 shares available for future issuance under the 2020 Esports Technologies, Inc. Stock Plan.

 

 

 

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Dilution

 

Purchasers of our common stock in this offering will experience an immediate dilution of net tangible book value per share from the initial public offering price. Dilution in net tangible book value per share represents the difference between the amount per share paid by the purchasers of shares of common stock and the net tangible book value per share immediately after this offering.

 

As of December 31, 2020, our net tangible book value was $1,808,026, or $0.17 per share of common stock. Net tangible book value per share represents our total tangible assets, less our total liabilities, divided by the number of outstanding shares of our common stock.

 

Dilution represents the difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers in this offering and the pro forma net tangible book value per share of common stock after the offering. After giving effect to (i) the sale of 250,014 shares to be issued in our private placement that was completed in February 2021, and (ii) the sale of 2,000,000 shares of common stock in this offering at the offering price of $4.75 per share, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and after deducting underwriting commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, but without adjusting for any other change in our net tangible book value subsequent to December 31, 2020, our pro forma net tangible book value would have been $0.86 per share. This represents an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of $0.69 per share to our existing stockholders and immediate dilution of $3.89 per share to new investors purchasing shares at the proposed public offering price.

 

The following table illustrates the dilution in pro forma net tangible book value per share to new investors as of December 31, 2020:

 

Assumed initial public offering price per share   $ 4.75  
Net tangible book value per share at December 31, 2020   $ 0.17  
Increase in net tangible book value per share to the existing stockholders attributable to this offering and February 2021 private placement   $ 0.69  
Adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering   $ 0.86  
         
Dilution in net tangible book value per share to new investors   $ 3.89  

 

The following tables set forth, as of February 22, 2020, the number of shares of common stock purchased from us, the total consideration paid to us and the average price per share paid by the existing holders of our common stock and the price to be paid by new investors at the public offering price.

 

    Shares Purchased     Total Consideration     Average Price  
    Number     Percent     Amount     Percent     Per Share  
Existing stockholders     10,648,769       84.2%     $ 5,710,940       37.5%     $ 0.54  
Investors purchasing shares in this offering     2,000,000       15.8%       9,500,000       62.5%     $ 4.75  
Total     12,648,769       100%     $ 15,210,940       100%          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The number of shares of common stock to be outstanding after this offering is based on 10,648,769 shares outstanding as of February 22, 2021, and does not give effect to:

 

  · 2,233,541 shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants at a weighted average exercise price of $0.43 per share;

 

  · 3,825,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of principal owed pursuant to outstanding convertible notes with a weighted average conversion price of $0.50 per share;
     
  ·

1,110,250 shares of common stock issuable to employees and consultants upon vesting over time or the completion of various performance milestones;

 

  · 2,239,348 shares of common stock underlying outstanding options with a weighted average exercise price of $0.83 per share. 144,348 of these option vest at the close of the IPO and the remaining option vest over a four year period or at the completion of various performance milestones;

 

  · 650,402 shares available for future issuance under the 2020 Esports Technologies, Inc. Stock Plan; and
     
  ·

140,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants to be issued to the underwriters in connection with this offering.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in this prospectus. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. See “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” above.

 

Overview

 

We are a technology company creating and operating platforms focused on esports and competitive gaming. Founded in late 2016, our focus has been operating our primary platform, gogawi.com, which is an online esports/sportsbook focused on gamers located in Asia and Latin America. With the esports industry experiencing rapid growth, our strategy is to build out a strong technology platform to enhance users’ experience and expand our offerings world-wide. During the first quarter of 2021, we intend to introduce an updated version of gogawi.com that we believe will offer an enhanced user experience, including, expanded offerings and more customizable odds. Although we are focused on esports wagering, we also offer iGaming, which is online casino and table games such as blackjack, virtual sport computer simulated games and slot machines, as well as traditional sports betting in jurisdictions in which we are licensed to do so.

 

We currently hold a gaming license from the Curacao Gaming Authority. Under our existing license, we can accept wagers from residents of more than 149 jurisdictions. Historically, virtually all of our wagers have been sourced in the Philippines. During 2021 and in connection with the introduction of our updated site, we intend to target additional markets in which we are licensed to accept wagers, including Japan, Thailand, Mexico and South America.

 

Although we are not currently licensed to accept wagers in the United States, we intend to introduce a “free to play” online esports experience in the United States during 2021. Our “free to play” experience will allow users to predict esports match winners and outcomes without wagering real money. We will offer users ways to earn points on our site for loyalty and continued engagement. We anticipate monetizing the traffic via advertising (both display and affiliate) as well as offering microtransactions and in-game currencies. We believe a point system allows customers the ability to experience the site and features for free. The accumulation of points is a form of engagement and allows a customer social bragging rights and notoriety for being on top of a leaderboard or receiving user badges and achievements for their continued activity on site.

 

Our long-term strategy is to differentiate ourselves in the esports gaming industry by developing our own intellectual property in the form of new esports predictive gaming models, predictive consolidated data feed, bet matching engine, and the platform and software services that allow distribution to both customers and business partners. We believe this intellectual property, combined with the exclusivities we are securing for third-party intellectual property, will allow us to offer users expanded overall odds, expanded esports cash-out offerings, and expanded live-betting. If we are successful in the developing this IP, in addition to providing our users these enhanced offerings, we believe we will be able to not only provide superior product directly to the esports wagering customer but also partner with other gaming sites to generate revenue from the use of our technology.

 

Results of Operations

 

Three Months Ended December 31, 2020 compared to December 31, 2019

 

Revenue and Gross Profit

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2020, we generated $10,794 in revenue and $1,465 in gross loss. For the three months ended December 31, 2019, we generated $37,128 in revenue and $11,962 in gross profit. The decrease in revenue and gross profit was primarily driven by our focus on launching our improved wagering platform, which resulted in less outreach to new and existing customers, thus causing a decrease in revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2020 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2021. The new platform was launched in February 2021.

 

 

 

 

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Sales and Marketing Expense

 

Sales and marketing expense was $39,253 for the three months ended December 31, 2020, as a result of our adding marketing staff to prepare for our outreach campaign related to our new wagering platform.

 

Product and Technology Expense

 

Product and technology expense was $505,935 for the three months ended December 31, 2020, as compared to $15,635 for the three months ended December 31, 2019, representing an increase of $490,300, as a result of increasing development activities towards our future platform. The three months ended December 31, 2020 included payroll-related costs of $258,630, stock-based compensation of $102,640 and development costs of $74,065.

 

General and Administrative Expense

 

General and administrative expense was $1,593,711 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 as compared to $19,756 for the three months ended December 31, 2019, representing an increase of $1,573,955. The increase in general and administrative expense was mainly attributable to an increase in employee costs of $181,245 from adding new employees, $1,216,886 of stock-based compensation cost (of which $1,009,824 was to outside consultants), and professional fees of approximately $151,794 as we prepared for our initial public offering.

 

Interest and Other Expenses

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2020, we recognized interest expense of $600,406, which included amortization of debt discount of $547,517 related to the convertible debt issued to acquire certain intangible assets consisting of acquired domain names. We also incurred a foreign currency loss of $9,961.

 

Net Income/Loss

 

Net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2020 was $2,750,731 compared to a net loss of $23,429 for the three months ended December 31, 2019. The increase in net loss was primarily due to the significant in increase in general and administrative expenses of $1,573,955 described above, an increase in product and technology expenses of $490,300 as a result of our efforts to develop our new platform, and interest on convertible notes and the loss on extinguishment of convertible notes described above, which totaled $600,406

 

Year Ended September 30, 2020 compared to September 30, 2019

 

Revenue and Gross Profit

 

During the year ended September 30, 2020, we generated $195,778 in revenue and $81,214 in gross profit. For the year ended September 30, 2019, we generated $140,982 in revenue and $72,529 in gross profit. The increase in revenue was primarily driven by the expansion of our existing player base. The slight decrease in gross profit was due to increased technology platform costs during the year ended September 30, 2020. Increased technology platform costs were related to support of our affiliate program in 2020 compared to 2019 along with additional fees incurred from Amazon Web Services.

 

General and Administrative Expense

 

General and administrative expense was $192,160 for the year ended September 30, 2020 sd compared to $48,426 for the year ended September 30, 2019, representing an increase of $143,734. The increase in general and administrative expense was mainly attributable to an increase in consulting costs of approximately $88,000 and an increase in professional fees of approximately $69,000 as we prepared for our initial public offering.

 

 

 

 

 

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Interest and Other Expenses

 

During the year ended September 30, 2020, we recognized interest expense of $150,376, including amortization of debt discount of $133,691 related to the convertible debt issued to acquire certain intangible assets consisting of acquired domain names. We also incurred a loss on debt extinguishment related to these convertible notes of $265,779, and other expense of $46,154 related to a bank account that was lost as part of an accounting fraud at the holding bank in Germany. We no longer utilize the bank involved and have moved our European bank accounts to insured institutions. We intend to hold the proceeds from this offering at U.S. banking institutions.

 

Net Income/Loss

 

Net loss for the year ended September 30, 2020 was $573,255 compared to a net income of $24,103 for the year ended September 30, 2019. The increase in net loss was primarily due to interest on convertible notes and the loss on extinguishment of convertible notes described above, which totaled $416,155, and an increase in general and administrative expenses of $143,743 as described above.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

On December 31, 2020, we had cash of $2,610,519 and had working capital of $2,425,198. We have historically funded our operations from proceeds from debt and equity sales, and through the use of bitcoin cryptocurrency received from customers.

 

During October and November 2020, we completed a private placement of 2,000,000 shares of our common stock for gross proceeds of $4.0 million.

During January and February 2021, we completed a private placement of 250,014 shares of our common stock at $3.00 per share for gross proceeds of $0.75 million.

 

Our continuation as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to obtain continued financial support from our stockholders, necessary equity financing to continue operations and the attainment of profitable operations. As of December 31, 2020, we have incurred an accumulated deficit of $4,200,257 since inception and have not yet generated any meaningful income from operations. Additionally, management anticipates that upon completion of this offering we will have cash on hand sufficient to fund our planned operations for a period of at least twelve months.

 

Cash used in operating activities

 

Net cash used in operating activities was $812,883 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 as compared to cash used in operating activities of $95 for the three months ended December 31, 2019. Net cash used in operating activities during the three months ended December 31, 2020 mainly included payments made for employee costs, professional fees to our consultants, attorneys and accountants for services related to completion of our audit, development of our new wagering platform and preparation of our public offering filings.

 

Net cash used in operating activities was $67,717 for the year ended September 30, 2020 and net cashed provided by operating activities was $11,792 for the year ended September 30, 2019 and mainly included payments made for professional fees to our consultants, attorneys and accountants for services related to completion of our audit and preparation of our public offering filings.

 

Cash used in investing activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $224,669 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and was related to the purchase of software assets to support the new wagering platform, and the purchase of long term assets related to potential future intellectual property rights.

 

Cash used provided by financing activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $3,648,071 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and was related to the sale of 2,000,000 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share in a private placement, partially offset by costs of capital to brokers of $351,929.

 

 

 

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JOBS Act and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The recently enacted JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies.

 

We have implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and may impact our consolidated financial statements and we do not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

  

Making estimates requires management to exercise judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents include short-term investments with original maturities of 90 days or less at the date of purchase. The recorded value of our cash and cash equivalents approximates their fair value.

 

Accounts receivable

 

The Company has an affiliate program, which consists of a strategic partnership with a third-party operator in the Philippines. The Company charges the affiliate a fee calculated as a percentage of gross revenue. The affiliate partner controls cash received from the players on behalf of the Company and pays out winnings to the players for wagers placed. The receivable balance owed to the Company represents the net amount owed to the Company and is stated at historical cost less any allowance for doubtful accounts. There was no allowance for doubtful accounts as of September 30, 2020 and 2019. The entire receivable balance as of September 30, 2020 and 2019 was due from the third-party operator.

 

Intangible Assets

 

Cryptocurrencies

 

There is currently no specific guidance under GAAP or alternative accounting framework for the accounting for cryptocurrencies recognized as revenue or held, and management has exercised significant judgment in determining the appropriate accounting treatment. In the event authoritative guidance is enacted by the FASB, the Company may be required to change its policies, which could have an effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results from operations.

 

 

 

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Cryptocurrencies held are accounted for as an indefinite-lived intangible asset with indefinite useful lives under ASC 350, Intangible – Goodwill and Other. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived asset is impaired. Impairment exists when the carrying amount exceeds its fair value, which is measured using the quoted price of the cryptocurrency at the time its fair value is being measured. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is not more likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted.

 

The Company uses its cryptocurrencies to pay vendors and users. The Company also receives payments on its receivables and player deposits in cryptocurrency. Gains and losses realized upon settlement of cryptocurrencies are also recorded in general and administrative expense in our consolidated statements of operations.

 

Other Intangible Assets

 

The Company’s other intangible asset consist of internet domain names, which are an indefinite-lived intangible. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived asset is impaired. Impairment exists when the carrying amount exceeds its fair value. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is not more likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted.

 

Liabilities to Users

 

The Company records liabilities for user account balances at a given reporting period based on deposits made by players either to the Company or the sales affiliate, less any losses on wagers and payouts to players. Liabilities to users amounts are not required to be backed by cash reserves of the Company.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue From Contracts With Customers, which was adopted on October 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method. ASC Topic 606 requires companies to recognize revenue in a manner that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, the standard requires disclosures of the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The adoption of ASC Topic 606 had no impact to the Company’s comparative consolidated financial statements. Revenue is recognized based on the following five step model:

 

  · Identification of the contract with a customer

 

  · Identification of the performance obligations in the contract

 

  · Determination of the transaction price

 

  · Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract

 

  · Recognition of revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation 

 

 

 

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Performance Obligations

 

The Company operates an online betting platform allowing users to place wagers on a variety of live sporting events and esports events. Each wager placed by users create a single performance obligation for the Company to administer each event wagered. Gross gaming revenue is the aggregate of gaming wins and losses based on results of each event that customers wager bets on. Variable commission fees are paid to sales affiliates based on a percentage of revenue generated from the affiliate. The commissions rebated to affiliates are recorded as a reduction to gross gaming revenue.

 

Fair value of financial instruments

 

The Company discloses fair value measurements for financial and non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value. Fair value is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

 

The accounting standard establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels, which are described below:

 

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.

 

Level 2: Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets, but are corroborated by market data.

 

Level 3: Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.

 

Foreign Currency Translation

 

Monetary assets and liabilities are translated from Philippine Peso and Euro into U.S. dollars, which is the functional and reporting currency of the Company, at the period-end exchange rate, while foreign currency expenses are translated at the exchange rate in effect on the date of the transaction. The resultant gains or losses are included in the statement of operations. Non-monetary items are translated at historical rates.

 

Embedded Conversion Features

 

The Company evaluates embedded conversion features within convertible debt under ASC 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” to determine whether the embedded conversion feature(s) should be bifurcated from the host instrument and accounted for as a derivative at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in earnings. If the conversion feature does not require derivative treatment under ASC 815, the instrument is evaluated under ASC 470-20 “Debt with Conversion and Other Options.” Under the ASC 470-20, an entity must separately account for the liability and equity components of the convertible debt instruments that may be settled entirely or partially in cash upon conversion in a manner that reflects the issuer’s economic interest cost. The effect of ASC 470-20 on the accounting for our convertible debt instruments is that the equity component is required to be included in the additional paid-in capital section of stockholders’ equity on the consolidated balance sheets and the value of the equity component is treated as original issue discount for purposes of accounting for the debt component of the notes. As a result, the Company is required to record non-cash interest expense as a result of the amortization of the discounted carrying value of the convertible debt to their face amount over the term of the convertible debt. We report higher interest expense in our financial results because ASC 470-20 requires interest to include both the current period’s amortization of the debt discount and the instrument’s coupon interest.

 

 

 

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For conventional convertible debt where the rate of conversion is below market value, the Company records a “beneficial conversion feature” (“BCF”) and related debt discount. When the Company records a BCF, the relative fair value of the BCF is recorded as a debt discount against the face amount of the respective debt instrument (offset to additional paid in capital) and amortized to interest expense over the life of the debt.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740) (“ASU 2019-12”): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. The new standard eliminates certain exceptions related to the approach for intra-period tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period, and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences related to changes in ownership of equity method investments and foreign subsidiaries. The guidance also simplifies aspects of accounting for franchise taxes and enacted changes in tax laws or rates, and clarifies the accounting for transactions that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill. For public business entities, it is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40). This standard eliminates the beneficial conversion and cash conversion accounting models for convertible instruments. It also amends the accounting for certain contracts in an entity’s own equity that are currently accounted for as derivatives because of specific settlement provisions. In addition, the new guidance modifies how particular convertible instruments and certain contracts that may be settled in cash or shares impact the diluted EPS computation. For public business entities, it is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years using the fully retrospective or modified retrospective method. Early adoption is permitted but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.

 

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) or other standard setting bodies that the Company adopts as of the specified effective date. The Company does not believe that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations upon adoption.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BUSINESS

 

Overview

 

We are a technology company developing and operating platforms focused on esports and competitive gaming. We operate a licensed online gambling platform, gogawi.com, which is an esports/sportsbook focused on bettors located in Asia and Latin America. We offer real money betting on esports events from around the world in a secure environment. We accept wagers on major esports titles including: Counter-Strike: GO, League of Legends, Dota 2, StarCraft 2, Rocket League, Rainbow Six, Warcraft 3, King of Glory and FIFA, as well as professional sports including the NFL, NBA, MLB, soccer and more. During the first quarter of 2021, we intend to introduce an updated version of gogawi.com that we believe will offer an enhanced user experience, including, expanded offerings and more customizable odds. Although we are focused on esports wagering, we also offer iGaming, which is online casino and table games such as blackjack, virtual sport computer simulated games and slot machines, as well as traditional sports betting, in the locations where we are licensed to do so.

 

Esports is the competitive playing of video games by amateur and professional individuals and teams for cash prizes. Esports typically take the form of organized, multiplayer video games that include real-time strategy, fighting, first-person shooter, and multiplayer online battle arena games. Esports also includes games which can be played, primarily by amateurs, in multiplayer competitions on the Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox and WII Nintendo systems.

 

Although official competitions have long been a part of video game culture, participation and spectatorship of such events have seen a global surge in popularity over the past few years with the growth of online streaming and has been further accelerated by the cancelation of traditional sporting events worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As these esports matches are widely broadcasted and watched predominately online, live betting and wagering can occur on these matches, where it is legal and regulated.

 

Our gaming license from the Curacao Gaming Authority allows us to accept esports and sports wagers from residents of more than 149 jurisdictions. Historically, substantially all of our wagers have been sourced in the Philippines. During 2021 and in connection with the introduction of our updated website, we intend to target additional markets in which we are licensed to accept wagers, including Japan, Thailand, Mexico and South America.

 

Our long-term strategy is to differentiate ourselves in the esports gaming industry by developing our own intellectual property in the form of new esports predictive gaming models, predictive consolidated data feed, bet matching engine, and the platform and software services that allow distribution to both customers and business partners. This intellectual property, combined with the exclusivities we are securing for third-party intellectual property, will allow us to offer users expanded overall odds, expanded esports cash-out offerings, and expanded live-betting. If we are successful in the developing this intellectual property, in addition to providing our users these enhanced offerings, we believe we will be able to not only provide a superior product directly to the esports wagering customer but also partner with other gaming sites to generate revenue from the use of our technology.

 

Although we are not currently licensed to accept wagers in the United States, we intend to introduce a “free to play” online esports experience in the United States during 2021. Our “free to play” experience will allow users to predict esports match winners and outcomes without wagering real money. We will offer users ways to earn points on our site for loyalty and continued engagement. We anticipate monetizing the traffic via advertising (both display and affiliate) as well as offering microtransactions and in-game currencies. We believe use of a point system allows customers the ability to get the experience of the site and features for free. The accumulation of points is a form of engagement and allows a customer social bragging rights and notoriety for being on top of a leaderboard or receiving user badges and achievements for their continued activity on site.

 

 

 

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Market for Esports Gambling

 

The advent of online streaming has turned esports into a global industry that includes professional players and teams competing in major events that are simultaneously watched in-person in stadiums and by online viewers, which regularly exceed 1,000,000 for major tournaments. The impact has been so significant that video game developers are now building features into their games designed to facilitate competition. Most major professional esports events and a wide range of amateur esports events are broadcast live via streaming services including twitch.tv and youtube.com. This, in turn, has led to increases in wagering on these events.

 

According to Newzoo, a gaming industry source for games market insights and analytics, the global video game market is forecast to be worth $159 billion in 2020. Esports revenue for 2020 is projected to be $1.488 billion (not including gambling) according to Green Man Gaming. According to H2 Gambling Capital and iGaming Business, the net revenue from regulated esports-specific betting will grow by 39% year-on-year in 2020, to reach $343 million, and by 2024, the market is projected to generate $862 million in revenue. We are not currently expecting any meaningful revenue generation from the wider video game market or esports revenue opportunities, such as sponsorships, advertising, event and ticket sales or merchandise sales.

 

As the size of the market and the number of esports enthusiasts continues to grow, we anticipate the number of esports enthusiasts who gamble will grow concurrently which we believe may increase demand for our platform. Additionally, given the recent cancelations of sporting events and the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic along with the unknown timing of when life and business will return to normal, we believe a business opportunity exists to provide these opportunities to existing and new wagering customers as alternatives to live sporting events.

 

Our Company

 

We operate a licensed online gambling platform, gogawi.com, focused primarily on the esports gaming industry. Since 2017, gogawi.com has offered esports wagering, as well as iGaming and a sportsbook. Although we have customers in a variety of jurisdictions, historically, virtually all of our wagers are sourced from customers located in the Philippines. In the first quarter of 2021, we intend to introduce an updated version of gogawi.com that we believe will provide our customers with an enhanced user experience and will offer expanded and more customizable odds. In connection with the introduction of our updated site, we intend to target additional markets in which we are licensed to accept wagers, including Japan, Thailand, Mexico and South America.

 

Using operational experience, exclusive technology licenses and owned and developed IP, we believe we can provide a superior esports wagering product for recreational and high-volume customers betting on esports events. Specifically, utilizing predictive game models, cash-out licenses, and a low-latency bet matching and trading platform, we believe we will be able to offer enhanced real money wagering on esports events from around the world in a secure environment. We believe we will be one of the only online gambling companies focused on esports to leverage advanced predictive and AI modeling to determine a more accurate predictive Fair Value for esports events and outcomes and to provide the most available markets to wager into, versus primarily using incoming betting activity to manage risk or trade the markets.

 

We operate under a gaming license we hold from the Curacao Gaming Authority. Under our existing Curacao license, we can accept wagers from residents of more than 149 jurisdictions, including Canada, Japan, Germany, and South Africa.

 

 

 

 

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We have historically accepted deposits via bitcoin from our customer base. Upon the introduction of our updated website, we intend to continue to allow customers to deposit bitcoin in their respective accounts. However, upon receipt of bitcoin from customers, we intend to promptly convert the bitcoin into fiat currency, such that we are not long-term holders of a material amount of bitcoin. Customers will not be permitted to wager in bitcoin and will receive credit for their local currency upon conversion of any bitcoin deposits. In connection with the introduction of our updated site, we will have in place arrangements with several established third-party merchant and payment providers to accept all forms of customer payments and deposits, including Mastercard and Visa, in more than 25 currencies.

 

Our Current Products and Services

 

We currently operate a sportsbook pursuant to which we take deposits and funds from our customers and offer our customers the ability to use those funds to wager on a wide range of events, focused on the outcome of Esports competitive video game competitions. We are the “house” and offer odds for and against specific betting markets, such as which team will win a specific match. We generate revenue as customers lose their bets and we have liability to pay out winnings to customers who win their bets. Any gross revenue generated is then netted against any service payments or marketing fees to calculate our business profit. In order to support the broadest customer set, and provide a high-quality, usable product, we offer multiple deposit and payment services as well as support the ability to utilize the site and wager in local currencies. Currently over 70% of our customers are betting on esports markets, with 30% betting on other traditional sports, such as soccer or basketball.

 

Future Products and Services

 

We intend to invest in the development of the following areas of technology with the goal of introducing the following products before early 2022. We believe the proceeds from this offering will be sufficient to fund all of the products and services discussed below, although the development of new technologies is unpredictable and we can provide no assurance that our cost estimates and expected timetable for development are accurate.

 

Our goal is to offer overall prices on esports wagering matches that are superior to the current offerings of our competitors, as well as offering more matches and new betting markets to actually bet on. We believe this will provide our customers with a better esports wagering experience. Since the introduction of our updated version of gogawi.com in February 2021, we have utilized the platform provided by Galaxy Group Ltd., or UltraPlay, which platform includes providing odds for all of categories of sporting and esports events that we offer on our site. Although the initial odds on our site are based on odds provided by UltraPlay, we are able to modify the odds based on our own modeling. These modifications can involve lowering the over-round, which is the house’s profit margin on a wager, or adjusting the overall odds on an event. We do not intend to make modifications on non-esports events, but we have begun adjusting odds on a limited number of esports events based on our internal modeling. In addition, the UltraPlay platform allows us to create new events and betting markets that are not derived from their initial odds. As we develop additional modeling, we intend to increase the number of esports events for which we modify the initial odds provided by UltraPlay or for which we create new events independent of the UltraPay odds. We believe our ability to provide alternate odds on esports events will differentiate us from competitors that use the same or similar platforms.

 

Commencing with the introduction of our updated website in February 2021, we have begun to offer frequency cash-outs, which resembles betting insurance for customers who want to lock up profits for currently winning wagers, or minimize losses on currently losing wagers in real time. Although we began the initial rollout of these offerings with the introduction of our updated gogawi.com site, the offerings are currently limited and we intend to expand the scope of our cash-out offerings over the next year. We have worked on the foregoing offerings internally. To date, we have spent approximately $600,000 on this project through the initial launch, and we expect to spend approximately an additional $100,000 as we continue to expand the scope of our cash-out offerings.

 

 

 

 

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We intend to build a trading platform which will allow for more of a business-to-business experience by matching up larger volume betting and position asks across businesses operating in the esports wagering space. We believe current esports wagering operators and services are catered to a recreational bettor both in terms of the software designed to allow them to make wagers and the amounts and offerings provided to them. We intend to create a more trading-focused experience, supporting a much larger betting size and allowing users of our platform, which we expect to consist primarily of other wagering platforms, to “request” esports wagers to be taken by other wagering operators, not just by our own company. For example, if another wagering site had a large position on one side of a wager, that site would be able to use our platform to find other sites that would be willing to take a portion of the wager. In such case, our goal would only be to assist the parties in matching their wagers. We do not intend to use the platform to increase our risk with respect to wagers shown our platform. We believe these future products will be able to attract other betting sites, as well as larger bettors, by providing trading functionality and enabling a transactional-focused revenue stream, which we define as a revenue stream based on transactions completed on our platform and which does not require us to assume the risk of the wagers placed. Additionally, the platform may provide our modeling team with more data to drive efficiencies and improvements to our models, which we believe may reduce our risk. We are still in the beginning stages of development on this project. We expect to develop an internal beta for this platform early in the third quarter of 2021, and we intend to launch the platform on a limited basis by the end of the third quarter of 2021. We are working on the foregoing platform internally and expect to spend approximately $200,000 for the initial introduction of the platform.

 

We also intend to provide more relevant betting experiences and data to users who are consuming and watching esports matches. As the majority of esports matches are viewed within three platforms (Twitch, YouTube and Facebook/Mixer), we intend to create extension or overlay products that will likely display key meta odds and account information to customers relevant to the broadcast they are watching in real time. We believe this will reduce friction and increase engagement with our product, and provide organic (low cost) marketing opportunities to activate new customers. We will be required to develop separate extensions for various internet browsers. We have developed internal beta versions of the first of these extensions and intend to begin rolling these out during the second quarter of 2021. We expect our initial rollout to be limited. We are working on the foregoing extensions internally, and to date, have spent approximately $150,000 as of the initial introduction and we expect to spend an additional $150,000 as we continue to introduce new extensions.

 

We intend to offer “free to play” engagement products that players around the world can play for fun. Although they will be centered on predicting game outcomes, these games are not considered gambling and we will monetize the traffic via advertising (both display and affiliate) as well as offering microtransactions and in-game currencies. In addition to the opportunity to generate revenue through advertising and microtransactions, these “free to play” engagement products will allow us to introduce our platform to jurisdictions where we are not yet licensed for gaming, develop a fan or player base in advance of us obtaining licensing, as well as allow us to introduce our products to potential players who may not be inclined to participate in our wagering products, thus proving multiple opportunities for us to increase our platform’s visibility. We are still in the beginning stages of development on this project, although we have sourced a third party platform that we will utilize to develop this “free to play” product. We expect to introduce an initial “free to play” product during the second half of 2021. We expect to spend approximately $1.5 million to launch this product.

 

Although we believe our management has the expertise to develop these future offerings, we have no experience developing new technology for the esports industry, and we can provide no assurance that we will be successful in introducing any of the foregoing planned projects. The amounts set forth above are estimates of costs through the initial introduction of the various offerings, and we will be required to spend additional amounts to scale these future offerings.

  

Our Intellectual Property and License Agreements

 

Our long-term strategy is to differentiate ourselves in the esports gaming industry by developing our own intellectual property in the form of new esports predictive gaming models, predictive consolidated data feeds, bet matching engines, and the platform and software services that allow distribution to both customers and business partners. In addition to intellectual property we intend to develop in the future, we currently license software and intellectual property that will service both a business-to-business audience, as well as direct-to-consumers, which we believe will give us competitive advantages and create valuable and new experiences for customers during their wagering experience.

 

 

 

 

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Except with respect to the licensor and one entity, Hillside (Technology) Limited, we have an option for an exclusive software licensing agreement for the use, distribution, and resale of multiple cash-out patents as well as a lottery and jackpot software platform with Colossus Bets (LTD), a London-based company that is licensed and regulated in Great Britain. We may exercise the option prior to May 2, 2021 by the payment of GBP £100,000. If we exercise the option and enter into the license agreement, we will be required to make an additional payment of GBP £200,000 and issue Colossus Bets (LTD) 65,000 shares of our common stock. In addition, we will share equally in any and all revenue payable to us during the term of the license from the licensing by us of the licensed patents to any third parties. The license will enable us to exclusively provide Colossus Jackpot functionality for esports. The esports Jackpot product allows us to offer a user the chance to win multi-million dollar prize pools for a low entry cost, much like a lottery ticket. The agreement also stipulates the exclusive usage and distribution rights for the cash-out patents in the portfolio. The license has a three-year term, provided that Colossus Bets (LTD) may terminate the license after two years if it has not generated at least GBP £500,000 in revenue during that two-year period, provided that we have the option to extend the license for one year upon the payment of an additional fee of GBP £150,000. We believe the ability to enhance, resell and partner with wagering operators on esports cash-outs, especially in the U.S., will be a competitive advantage. As discussed above in “—Future Products and Services,” we have begun the initial rollout of cash-out offerings with the introduction of our updated gogawi.com site, although the offerings are currently limited. We intend to expand the scope of our cash-out offerings over the next year.

 

We will rely on products, technologies and intellectual property that we license from third parties for use in our business-to-business and business-to-consumers offerings. Substantially all of our offerings and services use intellectual property licensed from third parties. While we intend to develop our own intellectual property, the future success of our business may depend, in part, on our ability to obtain, retain and/or expand licenses for popular technologies in a competitive market. We cannot assure that these third-party licenses, or support for such licensed products and technologies, will continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In the event we cannot renew and/or expand existing licenses, we may be required to discontinue or limit our use of the products that include or incorporate the licensed intellectual property.

 

Some of our license agreements contain minimum guaranteed royalty payments to the third party licensor. If we are unable to generate sufficient revenue to offset the minimum guaranteed royalty payments, it could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. Certain of our license agreements grant the licensor rights to audit our use of their intellectual property. Disputes with licensors over uses or terms could result in the payment of additional royalties or penalties by us, cancellation or non-renewal of the underlying license or litigation.

 

Although to date we have not encountered any such issues, for our future offerings, the regulatory review process and licensing requirements also may preclude us from using technologies owned or developed by third parties if those parties are unwilling to subject themselves to regulatory review or do not meet regulatory requirements. Some gaming authorities require gaming manufacturers to obtain approval before engaging in certain transactions, such as acquisitions, mergers, reorganizations, financings, stock offerings and share repurchases. Obtaining such approvals can be costly and time consuming, and we cannot assure that such approvals will be granted or that the approval process will not result in delays or disruptions to our strategic objectives.

 

On September 1, 2020, our wholly owned subsidiary, ESEG Limited, entered into three domain purchase agreements pursuant to which it acquired the following domain names: Esportsbook.com, Browserbets.com, esportsgames.com, Esportstechnologies.com, Browserbet.com, Fantasyduel.com and Esportsgamers.com.

 

Each of the domain purchase agreements required the issuance of a 10% convertible note in principal amount of $700,000 and the issuance of a warrant to purchase ordinary shares of ESEG. Two of these agreements also require an additional cash payment after five years, totaling $675,000. Upon our acquisition of ESEG, we exchanged the ESEG securities issued to the domain sellers for our securities. Accordingly, we issued each of the three domain sellers a 10% convertible note in principal amount of $700,000, which matures on March 1, 2022 and is convertible into our shares of common stock at the option of the holder at a conversion price of $0.50 per share, and we issued the three domain sellers a warrant to purchase 745,000 shares, 635,000 shares, and 635,000 shares, respectively, of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Markets

 

We are currently limited to operating in the jurisdictions under our Curacao Gaming Authority license. In the future, we may consider obtaining additional country-specific gaming licenses should we determine there is sufficient local demand for our services in these markets. We intend to increase the number of languages available on our website and through our customer services. To effectively penetrate international markets, we intend to translate our website into several additional languages, including Japanese, Thai, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian, and offer customer services and technical support in the local language of our key markets.

 

In connection with the introduction of our updated website, we intend in 2021 to target additional markets in which we are licensed to accept wagers, including Japan, Thailand, Mexico and South America. We believe our current gaming license permits us to accept wagers from these countries without the need for further licensing, although we can provide no assurance that we will not be required to obtain additional regulatory approvals in the future. We anticipate the costs associated with expansion into additional markets will consists of translation of our website into the local language, as well as marketing costs.

 

In the future, we intend to expand our services to provide advanced trading and hedging tools for our large customers or corporations looking to manage risk and exposure to these esports events. In addition to expanding operations in jurisdictions covered by our current license, subject to receiving the necessary gaming licenses, we also plan to expand into other key markets in Europe, including in the UK, Spain and the Nordic countries, and develop strategic partnerships in the United States.

 

Marketing

 

We do not currently conduct any significant marketing activities. In connection with the introduction of our updated website, we intend to pursue an affiliate marketing program focused on professional esports teams and individual social media influencers. As part of our efforts to market our online gaming services, we will attempt to enter into affiliate marketing agreements with professional esports teams and other influential individuals and groups within the esports community. As a marketing affiliate, the esports team will only provide its fans with a link to our online gaming website if such fans are located in a country where it is legal to place a bet. Fans located in a country that allows the fan to place a bet using our gaming platform can bet on teams playing in esports tournaments.

 

We block all access to our websites from fans or players emanating from countries where such activity is not legally authorized. For a player emanating from a compliant jurisdiction placing a bet through the marketing affiliate’s link to our website, we intend to pay the marketing affiliate a percentage of any net profits from such player. Affiliate marketing partners are expected to be paid fees based on the net player profits that the affiliate partners generate through their client base or fan base, depending upon the system they employ. Instead of directly incurring significant costs related to online advertising, which must be paid for in advance, this system allows us to spend fewer resources on advertising directly because our affiliate partners market to their client or fan bases for us. Due to affiliate marketing partners having a defined audience among their user base already interested in esports and wagering, we believe this program may not only afford us savings related to our own marketing expense but also serve as an avenue for direct or targeted marketing, which will hopefully lead to increased traffic on our website.

 

Competition

 

Given that we operate in the global entertainment and gaming industry, we consider any type of discretionary leisure and entertainment provider to be a competitor with respect to our consumers’ time and disposable income. In the sports betting space, our competitors are DraftKings Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company with 2019 gross revenues of over $400 million, and established European players, such as Bet365, Pinnacle, Flutter Entertainment / The Stars Group (through their FanDuel and FoxBet brands), William Hill and Roar Digital (through its BetMGM brand and partnership with GVC). Additionally, we expect competition from esports-focused offerings, such as Luckbox.

 

 

 

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We will principally compete on a number of factors across our consumer offerings. These include, but are not limited to, our front-end online product, our back-end infrastructure (driving pricing and odds) our ability to retain and monetize existing users, re-engage prior users and acquire new users and our regulatory access and compliance experience.

 

Governmental Regulation

 

We are subject to various U.S. and foreign laws and regulations that affect our ability to operate in the sports betting and esports gambling. These industries are generally subject to extensive and evolving regulations that could change based on political and social norms and that could be interpreted in ways that could negatively impact our business.

 

The gaming industry is highly regulated and we must maintain licenses and pay gaming taxes or a percentage of revenue in each jurisdiction from which we operate in order to continue our operations. Our business is subject to extensive regulation under the laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions from which we operate. These laws, rules and regulations generally concern the responsibility, financial stability, integrity and character of the owners, managers and persons with material financial interests in the gaming operations along with the integrity and security of the betting product offering. Violations of laws or regulations in one jurisdiction could result in disciplinary action in that and other jurisdictions.

 

In order to grow and maintain our business, we will continue to adhere to the government regulations and recognized licenses that we need to obtain to maintain our business.

 

Curacao License

 

The Curacao Ministry of Justice has only granted four online gaming Master Licenses. Our license is a sublicense from one of the four master license holders, Gaming Services Provider N.V. #365/JAZ. The Curacao Ministry of Justice allows an applicant for a sublicense from a Master License holder to operate under the master license holder’s license, so long as they meet certain operating and compliance criteria, including, without limitation, providing quarterly and annual submissions and conducting “know your customer” procedures. These criteria must be met at the stage of application as well as on an ongoing basis. As such, so long as we maintain the requisite criteria for holding the sublicense, as a sublicensee we can enjoy the same privileges and rights that the Master License holder has, but without the ability to issue licenses.

 

This single sublicense covers any kind of game requiring skill or chance, including esports and sports betting. Additionally, it also allows the operator to carry out and offer services related to iGaming including aggregators, software providers, and platform operators.

 

The entities that evaluate our ongoing compliance are the Master License holder and the Curacao Gaming Control Board. There is no set standard, to date, to quantify sanctions. These are reviewed on an individual basis. The framework to suspend a sublicense is based on the severity of the infraction, and include, not paying licensing fees, not adhering to policies or resolving customer issues, and not keeping required “know your customer” procedures up to date. Where direct violations of the sublicense agreement pertain to the compliance with the Master License, suspensions would be enforced until the sublicense holder has submitted all needed information or documents as requested by the Master License holder or the Curacao Gaming Board. In addition, any customer complaints that are not resolved could result in a suspension of our sublicense depending on the severity of the issue. Finally, marketing or accepting players from prohibited countries could result in an immediate suspension of our sublicense. In such case, we would need to show that IP geo blocking of the countries has been implemented and measures put in place to ensure we are not accepting customers from said country moving forward.

 

State and Local Regulation

 

We are not currently licensed to conduct gaming business in the United States. Our ability to operate in the virtual, sports betting and iGaming businesses are impacted by state laws in the United States. In general, each state has specific regulation that needs to be followed or licenses obtained for both the technology as well as the ability to operate in that location, specifically for esports betting.

 

 

 

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Additionally, each state has to publish rules, around how esports matches and betting markets are managed and settled with customers. At the current time, these rules are not widely published, and each esports event has to get approval ahead of time. Operationally speaking, this makes being able to operate an esports wagering product in the U.S. difficult.

 

However, we expect this to change in the future and we believe any state that has regulated traditional sports wagering will likely have operationally published rules and regulated esports wagering. Our long-term strategy involves partnering or obtaining necessary state licenses to provide our esports wagering product to the individual U.S. state markets.

 

Federal Regulation

 

At the current time there is no published Federal Regulation for esports wagering, however, generally speaking it falls under any Wire Act legislation and enforcement. It is widely accepted that wagering on an esports event is considered sports betting, so all state or eventual federal regulation pertaining to sports wagering will pertain to esports wagering.

 

International Regulation

 

Each international country has separate regulation as it pertains to sports wagering or esports. Our wagering license covers and is recognized by over 140 countries, however there are a handful of countries that require specific country licensing and regulation to operate in country. We intend to obtain necessary regulation and licenses by country to expand our esports product and wagering services into key markets.

 

Employees

 

As of March 1, 2021, we had 11 full time employees. We also have one officer serving on part-time basis and, accordingly, a high percentage of the work performed for our development projects is outsourced to qualified independent contractors.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

While we are not presently party to any active legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results, from time to time, we may become involved in legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business.

 

Properties

 

Our corporate offices are in located in a leased facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. We do not use the facility to house our employees, as our employees work remotely. We believe our facilities are sufficient to meet our current needs and that suitable space will be available as and when needed. We do not own any real property.

 

Corporate Structure

 

Esports Technologies, Inc. was formed in Nevada in September of 2020. Simultaneously with formation, we entered into a share exchange agreement with the members of Global E-Sports Entertainment Group, LLC, pursuant to which we acquired 100% of Global E-Sports Entertainment Group, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company which, in turn, owns 100% of ESEG Limited, a corporation formed in Belize and which has operated our business since October 31, 2016.

 

 

 

 

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Management

Directors and Executive Officers

 

The following table sets forth the names and ages of all of our directors and executive officers as of December 1, 2020. Our officers are appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Board of Directors.

 

Name   Age   Position
Aaron Speach   32   Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
         
Bart Barden   45   Chief Operating Officer
         
Matthew Lourie   40   Interim Chief Financial Officer
         
Jim Purcell   49   Chief Financial Officer (commencing prior to closing of this offering)
         
Michael Nicklas   59   Director
         
Dennis Neilander   59   Director
         
Christopher S. Downs   42   Director

  

Set forth below is biographical information about each of the individuals named in the tables above:

 

Aaron Speach, Founder, President and CEO. Mr. Speach joined us in September 2020, but was one of the founding members of ESEG Limited in 2016. From April 2015 until June 2017, Mr. Speach was a Sales Director at Ninthlink, which is a full service marketing agency, during which Mr. Speach managed various Fortune 500 clients. From June 2017 to June 2019, Mr. Speach worked for Speachless Entertainment LLC, a marketing agency, which he owns and which provided services to ESEG Limited. From June 2019 until September 2020, Mr. Speach was a District Director of Stores at Pirch, which is a luxury appliance retailer. We believe Mr. Speach’s history with our company and background, coupled with his extensive marketing experience in the Esports industry, provide him with the qualifications to serve as a director.

 

Bart Barden, Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Barden joined us in September 2020. Mr. Barden has extensive operations, product, licensing and commercial experience in the Wagering Platform space. Previously, as Managing Director at Estars from January 2018 until March 2020, Mr. Barden was responsible for all operational aspects of the platform, including leading current and future product strategy, commercial and analytics and business development, and international expansion. From May 2013 until November 2017, Mr. Barden was Sr. Director for Paddpower/Betfair (Now Flutter) where he focused on the Exchange Business Unit, where he was responsible for the product revenue, spend, partnerships, and state expansion related to Betfair’s Betting Exchange in the U.S. and U.K. markets. He was also responsible for sports opportunity analysis and deal flow for Betfair’s U.S. Business Unit, including fantasy, exchange, and online sports betting opportunities. During his career, Mr. Barden has worked Product and Commercial Leadership Roles at Swrve, Ernst and Young, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, and PopCap Games.

 

Matthew Lourie, CPA – Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lourie joined Esports Technologies in September 2020 and currently serves on a part-time basis as our Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lourie has extensive management, accounting and financial experience. Mr. Lourie currently owns and operates (founded May 2017) Fresh Notion Financial Services and provides consulting and reporting services to other public and private companies. Mr. Lourie served as an audit partner of the PCAOB registered firm MaloneBailey from November 2014 through April 2017, where he oversaw audits and financial reporting of SEC registrants. In addition, he served as the Corporate Controller of a public company with over 300 locations across the country from April 2013 through October 2014. Mr. Lourie is a graduate of the University of Houston where he earned both his Bachelor of Business Administration Accounting and his Masters of Science in Accounting. Mr. Lourie is a Certified Public Accountant in Texas.

 

 

 

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Jim Purcell – Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Purcell will begin to serve as our chief financial officer prior to the closing of this offering. From April 2015 until March 2021, Mr. Purcell served as chief financial officer for Ocuco, a leading provider of enterprise software to the optical retailing sector, where he was a member of the Board of Directors. From February 2014 until April 2015, Mr. Purcell was global head of external reporting for Arsyta LifeScience Limited. From January 2008 until July 2010, Mr. Purcell served as corporate controller with CryptoLogic, a NASDAQ listed gaming software company. Mr. Purcell started his career with Ernst & Young and is a certified public accountant. Mr. Purcell graduated with honors from University of California, Davis and holds a BSc in Managerial Economics.

 

Michael Nicklas – Director. Mr. Nicklas joined Esports Technologies as a director in November 2020. Since 2003, Mr. Nicklas has served as the president of Backflips Inc., a swimwear manufacturer. In 2014, Mr. Nicklas co-founded All Ambitions Inc., a consulting firm focused on retail product placements. Mr. Nicklas is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics where he earned both his Bachelor of Business Administration. We believe Mr. Nicklas’s marketing background and business experience provide him with the qualifications to serve as a director.

 

Dennis Neilander– Director. Mr. Neilander joined Esports Technologies as a director in January 2021. Since June 2011, Mr. Neilander has been of counsel at the law firm of Kaempfer Crowell. Mr. Neilander is the former Chairman of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board (GCB). His practice focuses on gaming, administrative law and government affairs. Mr. Neilander served as a Member of the GCB from 1998 until the end of 2010, and was Chairman of the GCB for the last 10 years of his tenure. Mr. Neilander also served as Chairman of the GCB’s Audit Committee that was responsible for full scope compliance and revenue audits for Nevada casinos. From July 1995 until September 1998, Mr. Neilander was Chief of the GCB Corporate Securities Division, which regulates the publicly traded gaming companies that operate in Nevada. Mr. Neilander holds a J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law and a B.A. from the University of Northern Colorado. We believe Mr. Neilander’s gaming background and regulatory experience provide him with the qualifications to serve as a director.

 

Christopher S. Downs – Director. Mr. Downs joined Esports Technologies as a director in March 2021. Mr. Downs has served as chief financial officer of CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since November 2019. From March 2018 until September 2019, Mr. Downs served as vice president of finance and treasurer of Innovative Aftermarket Systems, L.P., a privately held provider of finance and insurance solutions. Mr. Downs served as director of finance (from June 2011 to September 2013), vice president and treasurer (October 2013 to August 2016), executive vice president and interim chief financial officer (August 2016 to May 2017), and executive vice president, interim chief financial officer and member of the office of the president (May 2017 to March 2018) for InfuSystem Holdings, Inc., a supplier of infusion services to oncologists in the United States. Mr. Downs spent 10 years in investment banking with various firms including Citigroup. Mr. Downs is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point where he earned his Bachelor of Science. Mr. Downs earned his MBA at Columbia Business School and his Master of Science in Accounting at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Mr. Downs is a Certified Public Accountant in Utah and Texas. We believe Mr. Downs’ financial and accounting background provide him with the qualifications to serve as a director.

 

 

 

 

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Director Independence

 

The rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, or the Nasdaq Rules, require a majority of a listed company’s board of directors to be composed of independent directors within one year of listing. In addition, the Nasdaq Rules require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit, compensation and nominating and governance committees be independent. Under the Nasdaq Rules, a director will only qualify as an independent director if, in the opinion of our board of directors, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. The Nasdaq Rules also require that audit committee members satisfy independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. In order to be considered independent for purposes of Rule 10A-3, a member of an audit committee of a listed company may not, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, the board of directors, or any other board committee, accept, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the listed company or any of its subsidiaries or otherwise be an affiliated person of the listed company or any of its subsidiaries. In considering the independence of compensation committee members, the Nasdaq Rules require that our board of directors must consider additional factors relevant to the duties of a compensation committee member, including the source of any compensation we pay to the director and any affiliations with the Company.

 

Our board of directors undertook a review of the composition of our board of directors and its committees and the independence of each director. Based upon information requested from and provided by each director concerning his background, employment and affiliations, including family relationships, our board of directors has determined that each of our directors, with the exception of Mr. Speach, are independent as defined under the Nasdaq Rules.

 

Committees of the Board of Directors

 

Prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, our board of directors will establish an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and governance committee. Each of these committees will operate under a charter that will be approved by our board of directors, as set forth below.

 

Audit Committee. Our audit committee consists of three independent directors. The members of the audit committee are Messrs. Nicklas, Neilander and Downs. Mr. Downs is the chairperson of the audit committee. The audit committee consists exclusively of directors who are financially literate. In addition, Mr. Downs is considered an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the SEC’s rules and regulations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The audit committee responsibilities include:

 

  · overseeing the compensation and work of and performance by our independent auditor and any other registered public accounting firm performing audit, review or attestation services for us;

 

  · engaging, retaining and terminating our independent auditor and determining the terms thereof;

 

  · assessing the qualifications, performance and independence of the independent auditor;

 

  · evaluating whether the provision of permitted non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the auditor’s independence;

 

  · reviewing and discussing the audit results, including any comments and recommendations of the independent auditor and the responses of management to such recommendations;

 

  · reviewing and discussing the annual and quarterly financial statements with management and the independent auditor;

 

  · producing a committee report for inclusion in applicable SEC filings;

 

  · reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls and procedures;

 

  · establishing procedures regarding the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received regarding the accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters and conducting or authorizing investigations into any matters within the scope of the responsibility of the audit committee; and

 

  · reviewing transactions with related persons for potential conflict of interest situations.

 

Compensation Committee. Our compensation committee consists of three independent directors. The members of the compensation committee are Messrs. Nicklas, Neilander and Downs. Mr. Nicklas is the chairperson of the compensation committee. The committee has primary responsibility for:

 

  · reviewing and recommending all elements and amounts of compensation for each executive officer, including any performance goals applicable to those executive officers;

 

  · reviewing and recommending for approval the adoption, any amendment and termination of all cash and equity-based incentive compensation plans;

 

  · once required by applicable law, causing to be prepared a committee report for inclusion in applicable SEC filings;

 

  · approving any employment agreements, severance agreements or change of control agreements that are entered into with the CEO and certain executive officers; and
     

 

  · reviewing and recommending the level and form of non-employee director compensation and benefits.

 

 

 

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Nominating and Governance Committee. The nominating and governance committee consists of three independent directors. The members of the nominating and governance committee are Messrs. Nicklas, Neilander and Downs. Mr. Neilander is the chairperson of the nominating and governance committee. The committee’s responsibilities include:

 

  · recommending persons for election as directors by the stockholders;

 

  · recommending persons for appointment as directors to the extent necessary to fill any vacancies or newly created directorships;

 

  · reviewing annually the skills and characteristics required of directors and each incumbent director’s continued service on the board;

 

  · reviewing any stockholder proposals and nominations for directors;

 

  · advising the board of directors on the appropriate structure and operations of the board and its committees;

 

  · reviewing and recommending standing board committee assignments;

 

  · developing and recommending to the board Corporate Governance Guidelines, a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and other corporate governance policies and programs and reviewing such guidelines, code and any other policies and programs at least annually;

 

  · making recommendations to the board as to determinations of director independence; and

 

  · making recommendations to the board regarding corporate governance based upon developments, trends, and best practices.

 

The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider stockholder recommendations for candidates for the board of directors.

 

Our bylaws provide that, in order for a stockholder’s nomination of a candidate for the board to be properly brought before an annual meeting of the stockholders, the stockholder’s nomination must be delivered to the Secretary of the Company no later than 120 days prior to the one-year anniversary date of the prior year’s annual meeting.

 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

We have adopted a written code of business conduct and ethics that applies to our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. Following this offering, a copy of the code of business conduct and ethics will be made available on the Corporate Governance section of our website, which is located at www.esportstechnologies.com. If we make any substantive amendments to, or grant any waivers from, the code of business conduct and ethics for any officer or director, we will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on our website or in a current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.

 

 

 

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Compensation of Executive Officers

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

The following table shows the compensation awarded to or earned in the last two fiscal years by our chief executive officer. We did not have any officers that received more than $100,000 in compensation.

 

Summary Compensation Table – 2020

 

Name and Principal Position   Year     Salary($)    

All other compensation

($) (1)

    Total ($)  
Aaron Speach, Chief Executive Officer and President     2020       4,250       46,958       51,208  
      2019             16,819       16,819  

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(1)       Consists of consulting fees paid to Speachless Consulting LLC, which is owned by Mr. Speach.

 

Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table

 

Aaron Speach, Chief Executive Officer and President

 

Effective October 1, 2020, we entered into an employment agreement with Aaron Speach pursuant to which Mr. Speach agreed to serve as our Chief Executive Officer for an initial term of three years. The agreement provides for an initial annual base salary of $170,000. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Speach is eligible to receive the following potential performance stock grants: (i) 100,000 shares of our common stock at such date as we reach total gross revenues of $10,000,000 in any trailing 12 month period during the term of the employment agreement; and (ii) 100,000 shares of our common stock at such date as we reach total gross revenues of $20,000,000 in any trailing 12 month period during the term of the employment agreement. If Mr. Speach’s employment is terminated at our election without “cause” (as defined in the agreement), Mr. Speach shall be entitled to receive severance payments equal to 150% of the balance due of Mr. Speach’s base salary for the remainder of the initial term of three years. Mr. Speach has agreed not to compete with us until six months after the termination of his employment.

 

Bart Barden, Chief Operating Officer

 

On October 1, 2020, we entered into an employment agreement with Bart Barden pursuant to which Mr. Barden will serve as our Chief Operating Officer. The initial term of the employment agreement will continue for a period of 12 months. The employment agreement provides for an initial annual base salary of €160,000. In addition, Mr. Barden is eligible for the following additional payments: (a) a $100,000 cash signing bonus upon the listing of our common stock on a public stock exchange, to be paid on the first day of trading; (b) (i) a $25,000 cash bonus on the 181st after our listing on a national securities exchange and (ii) an additional $25,000 bonus if on the 181st day after our listing our common stock has traded at or above $7.00 per share for 10 consecutive days and gross revenue has totaled $3,000,000 from January 1, 2021; (c) a quarterly bonus of 10% of base salary (up to 40% of base salary annually) commencing the first full fiscal quarter after this offering and terminating at the end of 2022, upon our achieving EBITDA equal to 10% of our revenue for each such fiscal quarter payable as 50% common stock with a three-year vesting schedule and 50% cash. Under the employment agreement, Mr. Barden was granted a ten-year option to purchase 1,200,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.25 per share, which vests in four equal installments, provided Mr. Barden is employed by us on each such vesting date, on each of the succeeding four anniversary dates of the option grant, provided that the second annual installment shall vest on the earlier of the second anniversary of the grant and the 451st day after this offering.

 

 

 

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Jim Purcell, Chief Financial Officer

 

On December 16, 2020, we entered into an employment agreement with Jim Purcell pursuant to which Mr. Purcell will serve as our Chief Financial Officer commencing prior to the closing of this offering. The employment agreement provides for an initial annual base salary of €180,000. In addition, Mr. Purcell is eligible for the following additional payments: (a) a €1,000 per month health care and benefit stipend; and (b) a €45,000 cash signing bonus upon the listing of our common stock on a public stock exchange, to be paid on the first day of trading. Under the employment agreement, Mr. Purcell was granted a seven-year option to purchase 280,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share, which vests in four equal installments, provided Mr. Purcell is employed by us on each such vesting date.

 

Matthew Lourie, Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

Effective October 1, 2020, we entered into an employment agreement with Matthew Lourie pursuant to which Mr. Lourie agreed to serve as our Interim Chief Financial Officer. The agreement provides for an initial annual base salary of $120,000. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Lourie received an option to purchase 57,250 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $.25 per share. The option has term of ten years and vests upon the earlier of: (i) our hiring a full-time Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Lourie resigning, (ii) our listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange, or (iii) our termination of Mr. Lourie without cause (as defined in the agreement). If Mr. Lourie’s employment is terminated at our election without “cause” (as defined in the employment agreement), Mr. Lourie shall be entitled to receive severance payments equal to 30 days of his base salary.

 

Outstanding Equity Awards

 

As of September 30, 2020, none of our named executive officers had been issued any options.

 

Director Compensation

 

Upon the completion of this offering, our board of directors will establish a compensation policy for non-employee directors. In addition, upon the appointment of the Mr. Nicklas in November 2020, we issued Mr. Nicklas an option to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 vesting in two annual installments provided Mr. Nicklas is serving as a director on such vesting dates. Upon the appointment of the Mr. Neilander in January 2021, we issued Mr. Neilander an option to purchase 75,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 vesting in three annual installments provided Mr. Neilander is serving as a director on such vesting dates. Upon the appointment of the Mr. Downs in March 2021, we issued Mr. Downs an option to purchase 75,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 vesting in three annual installments provided Mr. Downs is serving as a director on such vesting dates.

 

2020 Stock Plan

 

In December 2020, we adopted the Esports Technologies, Inc. 2020 Stock Plan, or 2020 Plan. The 2020 Plan is a stock-based compensation plan that provides for discretionary grants of stock options, stock awards, stock unit awards and stock appreciation rights to key employees, non-employee directors and consultants. The following is a summary of the material features of the 2020 Plan.

 

 

 

 

 

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Administration. The 2020 Plan is administered by either the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors or our entire Board of Directors for the period prior to the establishment of our Compensation Committee (we refer to the body administering the 2020 Plan as the “Committee”). The Committee has full authority to select the individuals who will receive awards under the 2020 Plan, determine the form and amount of each of the awards to be granted and establish the terms and conditions of awards.

 

Limit on Non-Employee Director Compensation. Under the 2020 Plan, the aggregate value of all compensation granted or paid to any individual for service as a non-employee director with respect to any calendar year, including awards granted under the 2020 Plan and cash fees paid to such non-employee director, will not exceed $300,000 in total value. For purposes of this limitation, the value of awards is calculated based on the grant date fair value of such awards for financial reporting purposes.

 

Number of Shares of Common Stock. The number of shares of the common stock that may be issued under the 2020 Plan is 4,000,000. As of March 1, 2021, we had issued 3,349,598 shares under the 2020 Plan.

 

Shares issuable under the 2020 Plan may be authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares. If there is a lapse, forfeiture, expiration, termination or cancellation of any award made under the 2020 Plan for any reason, the shares subject to the award will again be available for issuance. Any shares subject to an award that are delivered to us by a participant, or withheld by us on behalf of a participant, as payment for an award or payment of withholding taxes due in connection with an award will not again be available for issuance, and all such shares will count toward the number of shares issued under the 2020 Plan. Shares purchased by us with the proceeds received from a stock option exercise will not be available again for issuance. The number of shares of common stock issuable under the 2020 Plan is subject to adjustment, in the event of any reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, stock distribution, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, subdivision, consolidation or exchange of shares, any change in the capital structure of the company or any similar corporate transaction. In each case, the Committee has the discretion to make adjustments it deems necessary to preserve the intended benefits under the 2020 Plan. No award granted under the 2020 Plan may be transferred, except by will, the laws of descent and distribution.

 

Of the shares available for issuance: (i) the maximum number issuable as stock options or SARS to any employee in any calendar year is 1,500,000, (ii) the maximum number issuable as incentive stock options is 1,500,000 and (iii) the maximum number of shares issuable as stock awards or such units granted to any employee in any calendar year is 1,500,000.

 

Eligibility. All employees designated as key employees for purposes of the 2020 Plan, all non-employee directors and consultants are eligible to receive awards under the 2020 Plan.

 

Awards to Participants. The 2020 Plan provides for discretionary awards of stock options, stock awards, stock unit awards and stock appreciation rights to participants. Each award made under the 2020 Plan will be evidenced by a written award agreement specifying the terms and conditions of the award as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, consistent with the terms of the 2020 Plan.

 

Stock Options. The Committee has the discretion to grant non-qualified stock options or incentive stock options to participants and to set the terms and conditions applicable to the options, including the type of option, the number of shares subject to the option and the vesting schedule; provided that, commencing as of the initial public offering of our common stock, the exercise price of each stock option will be the closing price of the common stock on the date on which the option is granted (“fair market value”), each option will expire ten years from the date of grant and no dividends or dividend equivalents may be paid with respect to stock options.

 

 

 

 

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In addition, an incentive stock option granted to a key employee is subject to the following rules: (i) the aggregate fair market value (determined at the time the option is granted) of the shares of common stock with respect to which incentive stock options are exercisable for the first time by a key employee during any calendar year (under all incentive stock option plans of the company and its subsidiaries) cannot exceed $100,000, and if this limitation is exceeded, that portion of the incentive stock option that does not exceed the applicable dollar limit will be an incentive stock option and the remainder will be a non-qualified stock option; (ii) if an incentive stock option is granted to a key employee who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all class of stock of the company, the exercise price of the incentive stock option will be 110% of the closing price of the common stock on the date of grant and the incentive stock option will expire no later than five years from the date of grant; and (iii) no incentive stock option can be granted after ten years from the earlier of the date the 2018 Plan was adopted or approved by stockholders.

 

Stock Appreciation Rights. The Committee has the discretion to grant stock appreciation rights to participants. The Committee determines the exercise price for a stock appreciation right, which cannot be less than 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. Upon the exercise of a stock appreciation right, we will pay the participant in common stock or in cash, at our discretion, an amount equal to the product of (1) the excess of the per share fair market value of our common stock on the date of exercise over the exercise price, multiplied by (2) the number of shares of common stock with respect to which the stock appreciation right is exercised. The Committee has the discretion to set the terms and conditions applicable to the award, including the number of shares subject to the stock appreciation right and the vesting schedule, provided that each stock appreciation right will expire not more than ten years from the date of grant and no dividends or dividend equivalents shall be paid with respect to any stock appreciation right prior to the exercise of the stock appreciation right.

 

Stock Awards. The Committee has the discretion to grant stock awards to participants. Stock awards will consist of shares of common stock granted without any consideration from the participant or shares sold to the participant for appropriate consideration as determined by the Board. The number of shares awarded to each participant, and the restrictions, terms and conditions of the award, will be at the discretion of the Committee. Subject to the restrictions, a participant will be a shareholder with respect to the shares awarded to him or her and will have the rights of a shareholder with respect to the shares, including the right to vote the shares and receive dividends on the shares; provided that dividends otherwise payable on any stock award subject to restrictions will be held by us and will be paid to the holder of the stock award only to the extent the restrictions on such stock award lapse.

 

Stock Units. The Committee has the discretion to grant stock unit awards to participants. Each stock unit entitles the participant to receive, on a specified date or event set forth in the award agreement, one share of common stock or cash equal to the fair market value of one share on such date or event, as provided in the award agreement. The number of stock units awarded to each participant, and the terms and conditions of the award, will be at the discretion of the Committee. Unless otherwise specified in the award agreement, a participant will not be a shareholder with respect to the stock units awarded to him prior to the date they are settled in shares of common stock. The award agreement may provide that until the restrictions on the stock units lapse, the participant will be paid an amount equal to the dividends that would have been paid had the stock units been actual shares; provided that such dividend equivalents will be held by us and paid only to the extent the restrictions lapse.

 

Payment for Stock Options and Withholding Taxes. The Committee may make one or more of the following methods available for payment of any award, including the exercise price of a stock option, and for payment of the tax obligation associated with an award: (i) cash; (ii) cash received from a broker dealer to whom the holder has submitted an exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to deliver promptly to us the amount of sales proceeds from the sale of the shares subject to the award to pay the exercise price or withholding tax; (iii) by directing us to withhold shares of common stock otherwise issuable in connection with the award having a fair market value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld; and (iv) by delivery of previously acquired shares of common stock that are acceptable to the Committee and that have an aggregate fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price or withholding tax, or certification of ownership by attestation of such previously acquired shares.

 

 

 

 

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Provisions Relating to a “Change in Control” of the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of the 2020 Plan or any award agreement, in the event of a “Change in Control” of the Company, the Board has the discretion to provide that all outstanding awards will become fully exercisable, all restrictions applicable to all awards will terminate or lapse, and performance goals applicable to any stock awards will be deemed satisfied at the highest level. In addition, upon such Change in Control, the Committee has sole discretion to provide for the purchase of any outstanding stock option for cash equal to the difference between the exercise price and the then fair market value of the common stock subject to the option had the option been currently exercisable, make such adjustment to any award then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control and cause any such award then outstanding to be assumed by the acquiring or surviving corporation after such Change in Control.

 

Amendment of Award Agreements; Amendment and Termination of the 2020 Plan; Term of the 2020 Plan. The Committee may amend any award agreement at any time, provided that no amendment may adversely affect the right of any participant under any agreement in any material way without the written consent of the participant, unless such amendment is required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule.

 

The Board may terminate, suspend or amend the 2020 Plan, in whole or in part, from time to time, without the approval of the stockholders, unless such approval is required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule, and provided that no amendment may adversely affect the right of any participant under any outstanding award in any material way without the written consent of the participant, unless such amendment is required by applicable law, regulation or rule of any stock exchange on which the shares are listed.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the 2020 Plan nor any outstanding award agreement can be amended in a way that results in the repricing of a stock option. Repricing is broadly defined to include reducing the exercise price of a stock option or stock appreciation right or cancelling a stock option or stock appreciation right in exchange for cash, other stock options or stock appreciation rights with a lower exercise price or other stock awards. (This prohibition on repricing without stockholder approval does not apply in case of an equitable adjustment to the awards to reflect changes in the capital structure of the company or similar events.

 

No awards may be granted under the 2020 Plan on or after the tenth anniversary of the initial effective date of the 2020 Plan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CERTAIN Relationships and Related Party Transactions

 

On September 24, 2020, we entered into an exchange agreement with the members of Global E-sports Entertainment Group, LLC pursuant to which we acquired 100% of the entity and issued the members an aggregate of 7,340,421 shares of our common stock. We issued the foregoing shares as follows: (i) Black Chip Holdings received 2,125,667 shares; (ii) Crossover LLC received 1,262,684 shares; (iii) Crimson Consulting & Trade LLC received 1,258,250 shares; (iv) EBJT Management LLC received 1,729,484 shares; and (v) Aaron Speachless Entertainment LLC, an entity owned by our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, received 500,000 shares.

 

During the year ended September 30, 2020, Gogawi Inc., which is owned by certain of our pre-offering shareholders, paid expenses of $152,888 on our behalf. The advances are due on demand and are non-interest bearing.

 

On November 10, 2020, we entered into an employment agreement with Michal Barden, a family member of our Chief Operating Officer, to serve as our marketing director. The employment agreement provides for an annual salary of $132,000, a technology allowance of $5,000, and an award of 30,000 shares of common stock issued under our Equity Incentive Plan, vesting in four equal annual installments.

 

We engaged a firm owned by Matthew Lourie, our Interim Chief Financial Officer, to provide financial reporting services. For the year ended September 30, 2020, we incurred consulting fees of $38,379 and owed the consulting company $13,838, which were paid subsequent to September 30, 2020.

 

We operate out of office space owned by Crimson Consulting & Trade LLC, a pre-offering shareholder, on a rent-free basis.

 

Policies and Procedures for Related Party Transactions

 

Our audit committee charter provides that our audit committee will be responsible for reviewing and approving in advance any related party transaction. This will cover, with certain exceptions set forth in Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, any transaction, arrangement or relationship, or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships in which we were or are to be a participant, where the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and a related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, including, without limitation, purchases of goods or services by or from the related person or entities in which the related person has a material interest, indebtedness, guarantees of indebtedness and employment by us of a related person. All of the transactions described in this section occurred prior to the creation of our audit committee and the adoption of this policy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following table sets forth information, as of February 22, 2021, regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock by:

 

· each of our directors;

 

· each of our executive officers;

 

· all directors and executive officers as a group; and

 

· each person, or group of affiliated persons, known by us to beneficially own more than five percent of our shares of common stock.

 

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, and generally means that person has beneficial ownership of a security if he or she possesses sole or shared voting or investment power of that security, and includes options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. Each director or officer, as the case may be, has furnished us with information with respect to beneficial ownership. Except as otherwise indicated, we believe that the beneficial owners of common stock listed below, based on the information each of them has given to us, have sole investment and voting power with respect to their shares, except where community property laws may apply. Except as otherwise noted below, the address for each person or entity listed in the table is c/o esports Technologies, Inc., 720 South 7th Street, 3rd Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89101.

 

Name and address of beneficial owner Shares beneficially
owned prior to
offering
Percentage owned
prior to
offering (1)
Percentage owned after offering
       
Aaron Speach 500,000 (2) 4.7%  4.0%
Bart Barden - (3)    
Matthew Lourie 57,250 (4) * *
Jim Purcell - (5)    
Michael Nicklas - (6)    
Dennis Neilander - (7)    
Christopher S. Downs - (8)    
Directors and Officers as a Group  557,250 5.2% 4.4%
       

Black Chip Holdings

4495 W Hacienda Ave #12

Las Vegas, NV 89118

942,836 (9) 8.9%  7.5%
       

EBJT Management LLC

5874 Lustrous Court

Las Vegas, NV 89148

1,729,484 (10)  16.2% 13.7% 
       

Crossover LLC

720 S 7th Street Ste 300

Las Vegas, NV 89101

1,262,684 (11) 11.9% 9.9% 
       

Crimson Consulting & Trade LLC

8813 Cortile Drive

Las Vegas, NV 89134

1,258,250 (12) 11.8% s9.9%

 

 

*            Less than 1%.

 

 

 

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(1) Based on 10,648,769 shares of common stock outstanding as of February 22, 2021.
(2) Consists of 500,000 shares held by Aaron Speachless Entertainment LLC. Does not include 200,000 shares issuable to Mr. Speach pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Speach is eligible to receive the following performance stock grants: (i) 100,000 shares of our common stock at such date as we reach total gross revenues of $10,000,000 in any trailing 12 month period during the term of the employment agreement; and (ii) 100,000 shares of our common stock at such date as we reach total gross revenues of $20,000,000 in any trailing 12 month period during the term of the employment agreement.
(3) Mr. Barden holds a ten-year option issued to him in October 2020 to purchase 1,200,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.25 per share, which vests in four equal installments on each of the succeeding four anniversary dates of the option grant, provided Mr. Barden is employed by us on each such vesting date.
(4) Consists of an option issued in October 2020 to purchase 57,250 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share.
(5) Mr. Purcell holds a seven-year option issued to him in December 2020 to purchase 280,000 shares at an exercise price of $2.00 per share, which vests in four equal installments on each of the succeeding four anniversary dates of the option grant, provided Mr. Purcell is employed by us on each such vesting date.
(6) Mr. Nicklas holds a ten-year option issued to him in November 2020 to purchase 100,000 shares at an exercise price of $2.00 per share, which vests in two equal installments on each of the succeeding two anniversary dates of the option grant, provided Mr. Nicklas is serving as a director on each such vesting date.
(7) Mr. Neilander holds a ten-year option issued to him in January 2021 to purchase 75,000 shares at an exercise price of $2.00 per share, which vests in three equal installments on each of the succeeding three anniversary dates of the option grant, provided Mr. Nicklas is serving as a director on each such vesting date.
(8) Mr. Downs holds a ten-year option issued to him in March 2021 to purchase 75,000 shares at an exercise price of $3.00 per share, which vests in three equal installments on each of the succeeding three anniversary dates of the option grant, provided Mr. Downs is serving as a director on each such vesting date.
(9) Gary Hosman has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Black Chip Holdings.
(10) Keith Williams has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by EBJT Management LLC.
(11) Anthony Sgro has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Crossover LLC.
(12) Jody Allgood has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Crimson Consulting & Trade LLC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Description of Securities

 

The following summary is a description of the material terms of our securities and is not complete. You should also refer to the Esports Technologies, Inc. articles of incorporation and bylaws, which are included as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and the applicable provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes.

 

Authorized Capital Stock

 

Our articles of incorporation authorize us to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Upon the closing of this offering, we will have 12,648,769 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

Common Stock

 

Shares of our common stock have the following rights, preferences and privileges:

 

Voting

 

Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Any action at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be decided by a majority of the voting power present in person or represented by proxy, except in the case of any election of directors, which will be decided by a plurality of votes cast. There is no cumulative voting.

 

Dividends

 

Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as and if declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for payment, subject to the rights of holders, if any, of any class of stock having preference over the common stock. Any decision to pay dividends on our common stock will be at the discretion of our board of directors. Our board of directors may or may not determine to declare dividends in the future. See “Dividend Policy.” The board’s determination to issue dividends will depend upon our profitability and financial condition any contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and the SEC, and other factors that our board of directors deems relevant.

 

Liquidation Rights

 

In the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to share ratably on the basis of the number of shares held in any of the assets available for distribution after we have paid in full, or provided for payment of, all of our debts and after the holders of all outstanding series of any class of stock have preference over the common stock, if any, have received their liquidation preferences in full.

 

Other

 

Our issued and outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and nonassessable. Holders of shares of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights. Shares of our common stock are not convertible into shares of any other class of capital stock, nor are they subject to any redemption or sinking fund provisions.

 

 

 

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Preferred Stock

 

We are authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Our articles of incorporation authorizes the board to issue these shares in one or more series, to determine the designations and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, including the dividend rights, conversion or exchange rights, voting rights (including the number of votes per share), redemption rights and terms, liquidation preferences, sinking fund provisions and the number of shares constituting the series. Our board of directors could, without stockholder approval, issue preferred stock with voting and other rights that could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of the holders of common stock and which could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or of discouraging a third party from attempting to acquire, a majority of our outstanding voting stock.

 

Warrants and Convertible Notes

 

On September 1, 2020, our wholly owned subsidiary, ESEG Limited, entered into three domain purchase agreements. Each of the domain purchase agreements required the issuance of a 10% convertible note in principal amount of $700,000 and the issuance of a warrant to purchase ordinary shares of ESEG. Two of these agreements also require an additional cash payment after five years, totaling $675,000. Upon our acquisition of ESEG, we exchanged the ESEG securities issued to the domain sellers for our securities. Accordingly, we issued each of the three domain seller a 10% convertible note in principal amount of $700,000, which matures on March 1, 2022 and is convertible at the option of the holder at a conversion price of $0.50 per share, and we issued the three domain sellers a five-year warrant to purchase 745,000 shares, 635,000 shares, and 635,000 shares, respectively, of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share. Each of the foregoing convertible notes and warrants provide that no holder of these notes or warrants will be permitted to convert such notes or exercise such warrants to the extent that the holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of our common stock after such conversion or exercise.

 

Articles of Incorporation and Bylaw Provisions

 

Our articles of incorporation and bylaws include a number of anti-takeover provisions that may have the effect of encouraging persons considering unsolicited tender offers or other unilateral takeover proposals to negotiate with our board of directors rather than pursue non-negotiated takeover attempts. These provisions include:

 

Advance Notice Requirements. Our bylaws establish advance notice procedures with regard to stockholder proposals relating to the nomination of candidates for election as directors or new business to be brought before meetings of stockholders. These procedures provide that notice of stockholder proposals must be timely and given in writing to our corporate Secretary. Generally, to be timely, notice must be received at our principal executive offices not fewer than 120 calendar days prior to the first anniversary date on which our notice of meeting and related proxy statement were mailed to stockholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders. The notice must contain the information required by the bylaws, including information regarding the proposal and the proponent.

 

Special Meetings of Stockholders. Our bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by only the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the board of directors, or in their absence or disability, by any vice president.

 

No Written Consent of Stockholders. Our articles of incorporation and bylaws provide that any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

 

Amendment of Bylaws. Our stockholders may amend any provisions of our bylaws by obtaining the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of each class of issued and outstanding shares of our voting securities, at a meeting called for the purpose of amending and/or restating our bylaws.

 

Preferred Stock. Our articles of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to create and issue rights entitling our stockholders to purchase shares of our stock or other securities. The ability of our board to establish the rights and issue substantial amounts of preferred stock without the need for stockholder approval may delay or deter a change in control of us. See “Preferred Stock” above.

 

 

 

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Nevada Takeover Statute

 

The Nevada Revised Statutes contain provisions governing the acquisition of a controlling interest in certain Nevada corporations. Nevada’s “acquisition of controlling interest” statutes (NRS 78.378 through 78.3793, inclusive) contain provisions governing the acquisition of a controlling interest in certain Nevada corporations. These “control share” laws provide generally that any person that acquires a “controlling interest” in certain Nevada corporations may be denied voting rights, unless a majority of the disinterested stockholders of the corporation elects to restore such voting rights. These laws will apply to us if we were to have 200 or more stockholders of record (at least 100 of whom have addresses in Nevada appearing on our stock ledger) and do business in the State of Nevada directly or through an affiliated corporation, unless our articles of incorporation or bylaws in effect on the tenth day after the acquisition of a controlling interest provide otherwise. These laws provide that a person acquires a “controlling interest” whenever a person acquires shares of a subject corporation that, but for the application of these provisions of the NRS, would enable that person to exercise (1) one-fifth or more, but less than one-third, (2) one-third or more, but less than a majority or (3) a majority or more, of all of the voting power of the corporation in the election of directors. Once an acquirer crosses one of these thresholds, shares which it acquired in the transaction taking it over the threshold and within the 90 days immediately preceding the date when the acquiring person acquired or offered to acquire a controlling interest become “control shares” to which the voting restrictions described above apply. These laws may have a chilling effect on certain transactions if our amended and restated articles of incorporation or amended and restated bylaws are not amended to provide that these provisions do not apply to us or to an acquisition of a controlling interest, or if our disinterested stockholders do not confer voting rights in the control shares.

 

Nevada’s “combinations with interested stockholders” statutes (NRS 78.411 through 78.444, inclusive) provide that specified types of business “combinations” between certain Nevada corporations and any person deemed to be an “interested stockholder” of the corporation are prohibited for two years after such person first becomes an “interested stockholder” unless the corporation’s board of directors approves the combination (or the transaction by which such person becomes an “interested stockholder”) in advance, or unless the combination is approved by the board of directors and 60% of the corporation’s voting power not beneficially owned by the interested stockholder, its affiliates and associates. Furthermore, in the absence of prior approval certain restrictions may apply even after such two-year period. For purposes of these statutes, an “interested stockholder” is any person who is (1) the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation, or (2) an affiliate or associate of the corporation and at any time within the two previous years was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of the corporation. The definition of the term “combination” is sufficiently broad to cover most significant transactions between a corporation and an “interested stockholder”. These laws generally apply to Nevada corporations with 200 or more stockholders of record. However, a Nevada corporation may elect in its articles of incorporation not to be governed by these particular laws, but if such election is not made in the corporation’s original articles of incorporation, the amendment (1) must be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of stock representing a majority of the outstanding voting power of the corporation not beneficially owned by interested stockholders or their affiliates and associates, and (2) is not effective until 18 months after the vote approving the amendment and does not apply to any combination with a person who first became an interested stockholder on or before the effective date of the amendment. We have not made such an election in our original articles of incorporation or in our amended and restated articles of incorporation.

 

Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

 

Our articles of incorporation and bylaws limit the liability of our officers and directors and provide that we will indemnify our officers and directors, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by the Nevada Revised Statutes. We expect to obtain additional directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage prior to the completion of this offering.

 

Listing

 

We intend to apply to list our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “EBET.”

 

Transfer Agent

 

The transfer agent for our common stock is Continental Stock Transfer and Trust located at 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

 

 

 

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Shares Eligible for Future Sale

 

Future sales of substantial amounts of common stock in the public market after this offering could adversely affect market prices prevailing from time to time and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities. We are unable to estimate the number of shares of common stock that may be sold in the future.

 

Upon the closing of this offering, we will have:

 

  · 10,648,769 shares of common stock outstanding;

 

  · 2,233,541 shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants at a weighted average exercise price of $0.43 per share;

 

  · 3,825,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of principal owed pursuant to outstanding convertible notes with a weighted average conversion price of $0.50 per share;
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1,110,250 shares of common stock issuable to employees and consultants upon vesting over time or the completion of various performance milestones;

 

  · 2,239,348 shares of common stock underlying outstanding options with a weighted average exercise price of $0.83 per share. 144,348 of these option vest at the close of the IPO and the remaining option vest over a four year period or at the completion of various performance milestones;

 

  ·

650,402 shares available for future issuance under the 2020 Esports Technologies, Inc. Stock Plan; and

     
  ·

140,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants to be issued to the underwriters in connection with this offering.

 

 

All of the shares sold in this offering will be freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act unless purchased by one of our affiliates as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, which generally includes directors, officers or 10% stockholders. None of the holders of shares of our common stock or securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of our common stock have any registration rights.

 

Lock-Up

 

Certain of our initial stockholders holding an aggregate of __________ shares and our officers and directors, have agreed not to offer, sell, dispose of or hedge any shares of our common stock, subject to specified limited exceptions, during the period continuing through the date that is fifteen months after the date of this offering; provided that the lock-up period for Mr. Lourie shall be six months from the date of this offering.

 

 

 

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Between October and November 2020, we sold 2,000,000 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share in a private placement. Between January and February 2021, we sold an additional 250,014 shares of common stock at $3.00 per share in a private placement. In connection with these offerings, the investors agreed to the following lock-up agreement with respect to the purchased shares:

 

  · Until the 180th day after the date of this offering, the investor agreed not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the purchased shares.

 

  · Between the 181st and 270th day after the date of this offering, the investor agreed not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of more than one-third of the purchased shares, subject to a maximum sale on any trading day of 3% of the daily volume.

 

  · Between the 271st and 365th day after the date of this offering, the investor agreed not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of more than one-third of the purchased shares, subject to a maximum sale on any trading day of 3% of the daily volume.

 

  · After the 365th day after the date of this offering, the investor will be entitled to sell the remaining one-third of the shares purchased without restriction.

 

  · Notwithstanding the above, commencing 90 days after the date of this offering, if our common stock price is over $11.00 per share for five consecutive trading days, until such time as the price drops below such level, the investors may sell one-third of their shares subject to a maximum sale on any trading day of 3% of the daily volume; and if our common stock price is over $14.00 per share for five consecutive trading days, until such time as the price drops below such level, the investors may sell an additional one-third of their shares subject to a maximum sale on any trading day of 3% of the daily volume; and if our common stock price is over $17.00 per share for five consecutive trading days, until such time as the price drops below such level, the investors may sell an additional one-third constituting a maximum total of all of their shares subject to a maximum sale on any trading day of 3% of the daily volume.

 

Rule 144

 

Shares of common stock held by any of our affiliates, as that term is defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act, as well as shares held by our current stockholders, may be resold only pursuant to further registration under the Securities Act or in transactions that are exempt from registration under the Securities Act. In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, any person who is or has been an affiliate of ours during the 90 days immediately preceding the sale and who has beneficially owned shares for at least six months is entitled to sell, within any three-month period commencing 90 days after the date of this prospectus, a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of: (i) 1% of the number of shares of common stock then outstanding, or (ii) the average weekly trading volume of the common stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a Form 144 with respect to the sale.

 

Sales under Rule 144 by our affiliates will also be subject to manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us.

 

Stock Plan

 

We intend to file a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which will register 4,000,000 shares of common stock underlying stock options or restricted stock awards available for issuance under our 2020 Stock Plan. Subject to any vesting requirements, these shares registered on Form S-8 will be eligible for resale in the public markets without restriction, subject to Rule 144 limitations applicable to affiliates.

 

Selling Stockholder Resale Prospectus

 

As described in the Explanatory Note to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, the registration statement also contains the Resale Prospectus to be used in connection with the potential resale by certain selling stockholders of our common stock. These shares of common stock have been registered to permit public resale of such shares, and the selling stockholders may offer the shares for resale from time to time pursuant to the Resale Prospectus. The selling stockholders may also sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a portion of their shares in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or pursuant to another effective registration statement covering those shares.

 

 

 

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UNDERWRITING

 

In connection with this offering, we will enter into an underwriting agreement with Boustead Securities, LLC to serve as lead book-running manager of the offering and as representatives of the underwriters named below. Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, each underwriter will severally agree to purchase the number of shares of common stock set forth opposite its name below, at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount set forth on the cover page of this prospectus

 

Underwriter  

Number of Shares

Common Stock

 
Boustead Securities, LLC        
         
         
         
      2,000,000  

 

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the underwriting agreement, the underwriters have agreed to purchase all of the shares offered by this prospectus (other than those covered by the option described below), if any are purchased.

 

The underwriters are offering the shares of common stock subject to various conditions and may reject all or part of any order. The representative of the underwriters has advised us that the underwriters propose initially to offer the shares of common stock to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus and to dealers at a price less a concession not in excess of $______ per share of common stock to brokers and dealers. After the shares of common stock are released for sale to the public, the representative may change the offering price, the concession, and other selling terms at various times.

 

The following table provides information regarding the amount of the discounts and commissions to be paid to the underwriters by us, before expenses:

 

    Per Share of Common Stock       Total  
Public offering price   $       $    
Underwriting discounts and commission   $       $    
Proceeds, before expenses, to us   $       $    

 

 

 

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We estimate that our total expenses of the offering, excluding the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $________. We have agreed to reimburse the underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the representative under the underwriting agreement (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of the underwriters’ outside attorneys) in an amount not to exceed $160,000.

 

We have also agreed to issue to the representative of the underwriters a warrant to purchase a number of shares of common stock equal to an aggregate of 7% of the aggregate number of the shares sold in this offering. The warrant will be exercisable on a cashless basis at an exercise price equal to 120% of the offering price of the shares sold in this offering. The warrants are exercisable commencing six months after the date of effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and will be exercisable for five years from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The warrants are not redeemable by us. The warrants and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants have been included on the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Pursuant to applicable FINRA rules, and in particular Rule 5110, the warrants (and underlying shares) issued to the underwriters may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days after the effective date of the registration statement related to this offering; provided, however, that the warrants (and underlying shares) may be transferred to the underwriters’ officers, partners, registered persons or affiliates as long as the warrants (and underlying shares) remain subject to the lockup.

 

We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Pursuant to the underwriting agreement, we will provide the representative of the underwriters the right of first refusal for two years from the date of commencement of sales of this public offering to act as financial advisor or to act as joint financial advisor on at least equal economic terms on any public or private financing (debt or equity), merger, business combination, recapitalization or sale of some or all of the equity or assets of our company.

 

We have agreed to a __________-month “lock-up” from the closing of this offering, during which, without the prior written consent of Boustead Securities, LLC, we shall not issue, sell or register with the SEC (other than on Form S-8 or on any successor form) with respect to any of our equity securities (or any securities convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable for any of our equity securities), except for (i) the issuance of the shares of common stock offered pursuant to this prospectus; and (ii) the issuance of shares of common stock pursuant to our existing stock option or bonus plan as described in the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

Our executive officers, directors and certain of our significant stockholders have also agreed to _______-month “lock-up,” during which, without the prior written consent of Boustead Securities, LLC, they shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, assign, encumber, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, any shares of common stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock, owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) by any signatory of the lock-up agreement on the date of the prospectus or thereafter acquired; (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the common stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock, whether any such transaction described in clauses (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of common stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing; and (iii) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of common stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock. The foregoing shall not apply to (i) common stock to be transferred as a gift or gifts (provided, that (a) any donee shall execute and deliver to Boustead Securities, LLC, acting on behalf of the underwriters, not later than one business day prior to such transfer, a lock-up agreement to Boustead Securities, LLC and (b) if the lock-up signatory is required to file a report under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of common stock or beneficially owned shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock or beneficially owned shares during the _________-month “lock-up,” the lock-up signatory shall include a statement in such report to the effect that such transfer is being made as a gift), and (ii) the sale of the shares of common stock to be sold pursuant to this prospectus. 

 

 

 

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Rules of the SEC may limit the ability of the underwriters to bid for or purchase shares of our common stock before the distribution of the shares is completed. However, the underwriters may engage in the following activities in accordance with the rules:

 

  · Stabilizing transactions - the representative may make bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of the common stock, so long as stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.
  · Penalty bids - if the representative purchases shares of common stock in the open market in a stabilizing transaction or syndicate covering transaction, it may reclaim a selling concession from the underwriters and selling group members who sold those shares of common stock as part of this offering.
  · Passive market making - market makers in the common stock who are underwriters or prospective underwriters may make bids for or purchases of shares of common stock, subject to limitations, until the time, if ever, at which a stabilizing bid is made.

 

Similar to other purchase transactions, the underwriters’ purchases to cover the syndicate short sales or to stabilize the market price of our common stock may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our common stock or preventing or mitigating a decline in the market price of our common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. The imposition of a penalty bid might also have an effect on the price of the common stock if it discourages resales of our shares of common stock.

 

Neither we nor the underwriters make any representation or prediction as to the effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of our common stock. These transactions may occur on the Nasdaq Capital Market or otherwise. If such transactions are commenced, they may be discontinued without notice at any time.

 

During October and November 2020 (“Fall 2020”), we completed a private placement of 2,000,000 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $4.0 million, which private placement was completed pursuant to an exemption from registration under Rule 506(b) of the Securities Act. Boustead and Falcon Capital LLP acted as placement agents in the private placement and received commissions and non-accountable expenses totaling $330,450 and five-year warrants to purchase 173,625 shares of our common stock at a $2.00 per share exercise price.

 

During January and February 2021 (“Winter 2021”), we completed a private placement of 250,014 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $0.75 million, which private placement was completed pursuant to an exemption from registration under Rule 506(b) of the Securities Act. Boustead acted as placement agent in the private placement and received commissions of $26,250 and five-year warrants to purchase 8,750 shares of common stock at a $3.00 per share exercise price. As in the case of the Underwriting Warrants, and pursuant to applicable FINRA rules, and in particular Rule 5110, the warrants (and all underlying shares) issued to Boustead in the Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 private placements may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days after the effective date of the registration statement related to this offering; provided, however, that the warrants (and underlying shares) may be transferred to the placement agent’s officers, partners, registered persons or affiliates as long as the warrants (and underlying shares) remain subject to the lockup.

 

Electronic Delivery of Prospectus: A prospectus in electronic format may be delivered to potential investors by one or more of the underwriters participating in this offering. The prospectus in electronic format will be identical to the paper version of such prospectus. Other than the prospectus in electronic format, the information on any underwriter’s website and any information contained in any other website maintained by an underwriter is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

 

 

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Schiff Hardin LLP, Washington, DC. Certain legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed upon for the underwriters by Michelman & Robinson LLP, New York, New York.

 

EXPERTS

 

The financial statements as of September 30, 2020 appearing in this prospectus have been audited by PWR CPA, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of such firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act for the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which is part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement and the exhibits. For further information about us and the common stock offered by this prospectus, you should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits. References in this prospectus to any of our contracts or other documents are not necessarily complete, and you should refer to the exhibits attached to the registration statement for copies of the actual contract or document. You may read and copy any document that we file at the SEC’s public reference room located at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. SEC filings are also available to the public at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

We will be subject to the reporting and information requirements of the Exchange Act and, as a result, will file periodic and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. We expect to make our periodic reports and other information filed with or furnished to the SEC, available, free of charge, through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after those reports and other information are filed with or furnished to the SEC. Additionally, these periodic reports, proxy statements and other information will be available for inspection and copying at the public reference room and website of the SEC referred to above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

    Page
     
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   F-2
     
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019   F-3
     
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019   F-4
     
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the Years Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019   F-5
     
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019   F-6
     
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements   F-7
     
     
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020   F-17
     
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019   F-18
     
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019   F-19
     
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019   F-20
     
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements   F-21
     

 

 

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders

of Esports Technologies, Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Esports Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) as of September 30, 2020 and 2019, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended September 30, 2020 and the related notes and schedules (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of September 30, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended September 30, 2020, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the entity’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company’s need for additional financing in order to fund its operations in 2021 raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. These 2020 financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

/s/ PWR CPA LLP

 

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2020.

 

Houston, Texas

 

December 9, 2020

 

 

 

 

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ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

    September 30,     September 30,  
    2020     2019  
             
ASSETS                
Current assets:                
Cash   $     $ 67,717  
Accounts receivable, net     33,839       26,827  
Prepaid expenses     50,000        
                 
Total current assets     83,839       94,544  
                 
Long term assets:                
Intangible assets - cryptocurrency     44,562       16,241  
Intangible assets - domain names, net     2,239,606        
                 
                 
Total assets   $ 2,368,007     $ 110,785  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   $ 55,760     $ 12,532  
Accounts payable, related party     152,888        
Liabilities to users     8,809       13,524  
Total current liabilities     217,457       26,056  
                 
Convertible notes payable, net of discount     116,667        
Other long term liabilities, net of discount     422,409        
                 
Total liabilities     756,533       26,056  
                 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES                
                 
Stockholders' equity:                
Preferred Stock, $0.001 per value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 0 issued and outstanding            
Common stock; $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 7,340,421 shares issued and outstanding     7,340       7,340  
Additional paid-in capital     3,053,660       953,660  
Accumulated deficit     (1,449,526 )     (876,271 )
Total stockholders’ equity     1,611,474       84,729  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY   $ 2,368,007     $ 110,785  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 



 

 

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ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 AND 2019

 

    For the Years Ended
September 30,
 
    2020     2019  
             
Revenue   $ 195,778     $ 140,982  
Cost of revenue     (114,564 )     (68,453 )
                 
Gross profit     81,214       72,529  
                 
Operating expenses:                
Selling, general and administrative expenses     192,160       48,426  
Total operating expenses     192,160       48,426  
                 
Income (loss) from operations     (110,946 )     24,103  
                 
Interest expense     (150,376 )      
Other expense     (46,154 )      
Loss on debt extinguishment     (265,779 )      
Total other expense     (462,309 )      
                 
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes     (573,255 )     24,103  
Provision for income taxes            
                 
Net income (loss)   $ (573,255 )   $ 24,103  
                 
Net income (loss) per common share – basic and diluted   $ (0.08 )   $ 0.00  
                 
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic and diluted     7,340,421       7,340,421  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 AND 2019

 

    Common stock     Additional              
    Number of           paid-in     Accumulated        
    Shares     Amount     capital     deficit     Total  
                               
Balance at September 30, 2018     7,340,421     $ 7,340     $ 953,660     $ (900,374 )   $ 60,626  
                                         
Net income                       24,103       24,103  
                                         
Balance at September 30, 2019     7,340,421       7,340       953,660       (876,271 )     84,729  
                                         
Beneficial conversion feature                 2,100,000             2,100,000  
                                         
Net loss                       (573,255 )     (573,255 )
                                         
Balance at September 30, 2020     7,340,421     $ 7,340     $ 3,053,660     $ (1,449,526 )   $ 1,611,474  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 AND 2019

 

    For the Years Ended
September 30,
 
    2020     2019  
             
Cash flow from operating activities:            
Net income (loss)     (573,255 )     24,103  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:                
Amortization of debt discount     133,691        
Loss on extinguishment of debt     265,779        
Gain on cryptocurrency settlement     (3,227 )     (3,079 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
Accounts receivable     (169,630 )     (55,064 )
Prepaid expenses     (50,000 )      
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     178,736       42,896  
Accounts payable - related parties     152,888        
Liabilities to users     (2,699 )     2,936  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     (67,717 )     11,792  
                 
NET CHANGE IN CASH     (67,717 )     11,792  
CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD     67,717       55,925  
CASH AT END OF PERIOD           67,717  
                 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:                
Cash paid for interest   $     $  
Cash paid for income taxes   $     $  
                 
Non-cash transactions                
Beneficial conversion feature on convertible debt   $ 2,100,000     $  
Acquisition of domain name for convertible notes payable   $ 2,239,606     $  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

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ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION, NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN

 

Organization

 

Esports Technologies, Inc. (“Esports Tech”) was formed on September 24, 2020 as a Nevada Corporation. Esports Tech is a technology company creating and operating platforms focused on esports and competitive gaming. The Company operates under a Curacao gaming license and can provide online betting services to various countries around the world. The majority of the Company’s customers are based in the Philippines. The Company’s consolidated financial statements include its accounts and the accounts of its 100% owned subsidiaries, namely Global E-Sports Entertainment Group, LLC (“Global E-Sports”), ESEG Limited (“ESEG”) and Gogawi Entertainment Group (“Gogawi”) (collectively referred to as the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). Global E-Sports, a Nevada limited liability company, was incorporated in Nevada on June 28, 2016. ESEG, a Belize company was incorporated on October 31, 2016. Gogawi, a Cypress company was incorporated on December 8, 2018 and has always been a wholly owned subsidiary of ESEG.

 

On September 24, 2020, ESEG was acquired by Global E-Sports in exchange for 50% of the membership interest in Global E-Sports held by the former owners of ESEG. The remaining 50% interest of Global E-Sports is held by Esports Tech. Prior to this transaction both ESEG and Global E-Sports shared common ownership. This transaction was accounted for as a combination of entities under common control and as such both operations have been combined from their inception. In addition, on September 24, 2020, Esports Tech executed a Share Exchange Agreement (“Share Exchange”) resulting in the acquisition of 100% of the membership interest of Global E-Sports in exchange for the issuance of 7,340,419 shares of common stock.

 

Pursuant to the Share Exchange, the merger between Global E-Sports and the Company was accounted for as a reverse merger. Under this method of accounting, Esports Tech was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. The net assets of Global E-Sports are stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.

 

Going Concern

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has recurring losses and generated negative cash flows from operations since inception. Due to these conditions, it raised substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management intends to finance operating costs over the next twelve months with loans or the sale of common stock. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

Impact of COVID-19

 

The outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”), which was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, and the related responses by public health and governmental authorities to contain and combat its outbreak and spread, has severely impacted the U.S. and world economies. Economic recessions, including those brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak may have a negative effect on the demand for the Company’s products and the Company’s operating results. The range of possible impacts on the Company’s business from the coronavirus pandemic could include: (i) changing demand for the Company’s online betting products; and (ii) increasing contraction in the capital markets. At this time, the Company has seen an increase in online betting activities since the pandemic thus favorably impacting the results of operations.

 

 

 

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NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The significant accounting policies followed in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements are as follows:

 

Basis of Presentation:

 

The basis of accounting applied is United States generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP). The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts, transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting periods.

 

Making estimates requires management to exercise judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

  

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents include short-term investments with original maturities of 90 days or less at the date of purchase. The recorded value of our cash and cash equivalents approximates their fair value.

 

Accounts receivable

 

The Company has an affiliate program, which consists of a strategic partnership with a third-party operator in the Philippines. The Company charges the affiliate a fee calculated as a percentage of gross revenue. The affiliate partner controls cash received from the players on behalf of the Company and pays out winnings to the players for wagers placed. The receivable balance owed to the Company represents the net amount owed to the Company and is stated at historical cost less any allowance for doubtful accounts. There was no allowance for doubtful accounts as of September 30, 2020 and 2019. The entire receivable balance as of September 30, 2020 and 2019 was due from the third-party operator.

 

Intangible Assets

 

Cryptocurrencies

 

There is currently no specific guidance under GAAP or alternative accounting framework for the accounting for cryptocurrencies recognized as revenue or held, and management has exercised significant judgment in determining the appropriate accounting treatment. In the event authoritative guidance is enacted by the FASB, the Company may be required to change its policies, which could have an effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results from operations.

 

 

 

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Cryptocurrencies held are accounted for as an indefinite-lived intangible asset under ASC 350, Intangible – Goodwill and Other. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived asset is impaired. Impairment exists when the carrying amount exceeds its fair value, which is measured using the quoted price of the cryptocurrency at the time its fair value is being measured. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is not more likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted.

 

The Company uses its cryptocurrencies to pay vendors and users. The Company also receives payments on its receivables and player deposits in cryptocurrency. Gains and losses realized upon settlement of cryptocurrencies are also recorded in general and administrative expense in our consolidated statements of operations.

 

Other Intangible Assets

 

The Company’s other intangible asset consist of internet domain names, which are an indefinite-lived intangible. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived asset is impaired. Impairment exists when the carrying amount exceeds its fair value. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is more likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted.

 

Liabilities to Users

 

The Company records liabilities for user account balances at a given reporting period based on deposits made by players either to the Company or the sales affiliate, less any losses on wagers and payout made to players. Liabilities to users amounts are not required to be backed by cash reserves of the Company.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue From Contracts With Customers, which was adopted on October 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method. ASC Topic 606 requires companies to recognize revenue in a manner that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, the standard requires disclosures of the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The adoption of ASC Topic 606 had no impact to the Company’s comparative consolidated financial statements. Revenue is recognized based on the following five step model:

 

· Identification of the contract with a customer
· Identification of the performance obligations in the contract
· Determination of the transaction price
· Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
· Recognition of revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation 

 

No single customer exceeded more than 10% of revenue during the years ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. In addition, no disaggregation of revenue is required because all current revenue is generated from gaming revenue.

 

 

 

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Performance Obligations

 

The Company operates an online betting platform allowing users to place wagers on a variety of live sporting events and esports events. Each wager placed by users create a single performance obligation for the Company to administer each event wagered. Gross gaming revenue is the aggregate of gaming wins and losses based on results of each event that customers wager bets on. Variable commission fees are paid to sales affiliates based on a percentage of revenue generated from the affiliate. The commissions rebated to affiliates are recorded as a reduction to gross gaming revenue.

 

Cost of Revenue

 

Cost of revenue consists of third-party costs associated with the betting software platform.

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses include advertising and marketing costs which are expensed as incurred. Also included in selling, general and administrative expenses are software development costs and professional fees.

 

Income Taxes

 

Deferred taxes are determined utilizing the "asset and liability" method, whereby deferred tax asset and liability account balances are determined based on differences between financial reporting and the tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company provides a valuation allowance, when it's more likely than not that deferred tax assets will not be realized in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax liabilities and assets are classified as current or non-current based on the underlying asset or liability or if not directly related to an asset or liability based on the expected reversal dates of the specific temporary differences.

 

Fair value of financial instruments

 

The Company discloses fair value measurements for financial and non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value. Fair value is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

 

The accounting standard establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels, which are described below:

 

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.

 

Level 2: Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets, but are corroborated by market data.

 

Level 3: Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.

 

 

 

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Foreign Currency Translation

 

The company’s functional and reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. Monetary assets and liabilities are translated from Philippine Peso and Euro into U.S. dollars, which is the functional and reporting currency of the Company, at the period-end exchange rate, while foreign currency expenses are translated at the exchange rate in effect on the date of the transaction. The resultant gains or losses are included in the statement of operations. Non-monetary items are translated at historical rates.

 

Related Parties

 

The Company follows ASC 850, “Related Party Disclosures,” for the identification of related parties and disclosure of related party transactions. See footnote 9 for further discussion on related party transactions.

 

Embedded Conversion Features

 

The Company evaluates embedded conversion features within convertible debt under ASC 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” to determine whether the embedded conversion feature(s) should be bifurcated from the host instrument and accounted for as a derivative at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in earnings. If the conversion feature does not require derivative treatment under ASC 815, the instrument is evaluated under ASC 470-20 “Debt with Conversion and Other Options.” Under the ASC 470-20, an entity must separately account for the liability and equity components of the convertible debt instruments that may be settled entirely or partially in cash upon conversion in a manner that reflects the issuer’s economic interest cost. The effect of ASC 470-20 on the accounting for our convertible debt instruments is that the equity component is required to be included in the additional paid-in capital section of stockholders’ equity on the consolidated balance sheets and the value of the equity component is treated as original issue discount for purposes of accounting for the debt component of the notes. As a result, the Company is required to record non-cash interest expense as a result of the amortization of the discounted carrying value of the convertible debt to their face amount over the term of the convertible debt. We report higher interest expense in our financial results because ASC 470-20 requires interest to include both the current period’s amortization of the debt discount and the instrument’s coupon interest.

 

For conventional convertible debt where the rate of conversion is below market value, the Company records a “beneficial conversion feature” (“BCF”) and related debt discount. When the Company records a BCF, the relative fair value of the BCF is recorded as a debt discount against the face amount of the respective debt instrument (offset to additional paid in capital) and amortized to interest expense over the life of the debt.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740) (“ASU 2019-12”): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. The new standard eliminates certain exceptions related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period, and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences related to changes in ownership of equity method investments and foreign subsidiaries. The guidance also simplifies aspects of accounting for franchise taxes and enacted changes in tax laws or rates, and clarifies the accounting for transactions that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill. For public business entities, it is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40). This standard eliminates the beneficial conversion and cash conversion accounting models for convertible instruments. It also amends the accounting for certain contracts in an entity’s own equity that are currently accounted for as derivatives because of specific settlement provisions. In addition, the new guidance modifies how particular convertible instruments and certain contracts that may be settled in cash or shares impact the diluted EPS computation. For public business entities, it is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years using the fully retrospective or modified retrospective method. Early adoption is permitted but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

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From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) or other standard setting bodies that the Company adopts as of the specified effective date. The Company does not believe that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations upon adoption.

 

NOTE 3 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

On September 1, 2020, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ESEG, entered into domain purchase agreements to acquire the rights to certain domain names from third parties. The cost to acquire the domain names was $2,239,606, based on the estimated fair value of the consideration transferred to the sellers. ESEG issued notes payable with a combined principal amount of $2,100,000, which were to mature on March 1, 2022, bearing interest at 10%. These notes were exchanged for notes of the Company as discussed in Note 4. The Company also agreed to pay a total of $675,000 on September 1, 2025, with no interest. The Company estimated discount of these liabilities totaling $535,394 at the date of the transaction, to be amortized over the maturity period of the liabilities. The domain names were recorded as an intangible asset with an indefinite useful life. The Company’s management evaluated the domain names at September 30, 2020 and determined no impairment was necessary.

 

The following table presents the activities of the Company’s cryptocurrency holdings for the years ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

Cryptocurrency at September 30, 2018   $ 6,243  
Additions of cryptocurrency     55,441  
Payments of cryptocurrency     (48,521 )
Gain on cryptocurrency     3,078  
Cryptocurrency at September 30, 2019     16,241  
Additions of cryptocurrency     162,863  
Payments of cryptocurrency     (137,769 )
Gain on cryptocurrency     3,227  
Cryptocurrency at September 30, 2020   $ 44,562  

 

Additions of cryptocurrency during the year ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019 represent settlement of outstanding accounts receivable of $162,863 and $55,441, respectively. Payments of cryptocurrency during the year ended September 30, 2020 represented settlement of accounts payable and accrued expenses of $135,753 and payments to users of $2,016. Payments of cryptocurrency during the year ended September 30, 2019 represented settlement of accounts payable and accrued expenses of $36,476 and payments to users of $12,045. Use of cryptocurrency to settle receivables and payables during the year are reflected as a component of changes in operating assets and liabilities in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

 

NOTE 4 – CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE

 

On September 1, 2020, the Company entered into three promissory notes, with a combined principal amount of $2,100,000. The convertible notes bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum and mature on March 1, 2022. The Company also agreed to pay two of the lenders a total of $675,000 on September 1, 2025, bearing no interest. The Company estimated total debt discount of these liabilities to be $535,394 at the date of the transaction, of which $279,516 related to the promissory notes payable, and $255,878 related to the other long term liabilities. The discounts will be amortized over the maturity period of each liability. As of September 30, 2020, the carrying amount of the other long term liabilities was $422,409 net of remaining discount totaling $252,591. The carrying amount of the convertible notes payable and associated discount is further discussed below.

 

On September 26, 2020, the Company assumed the notes payable with principal of $2,100,000 from ESEG. In connection with this assumption, Esports Tech issued each of the lenders a conversion option at a fixed price of $0.50 per share, and issued 2,015,000 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share, each with a term of five years. The convertible notes bear interest at 10% per annum and mature on March 1, 2022. The holder may convert the note into shares of common stock at any time throughout the maturity date, to the extent and provided that no holder of the notes was or will be permitted to convert such notes so long as it or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the Company’s common stock after such conversion. The Company determined that the assignment of the notes payable by the subsidiary to the parent company was an extinguishment of the original notes payable due to the addition of a substantive conversion feature, and the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of $265,779 during the year ended September 30, 2020.

 

 

 

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The Company evaluated the conversion option and concluded a beneficial conversion feature was present at issuance. The Company recognized the beneficial conversion feature and relative fair value of the warrants as a debt discount and additional paid in capital. The fair value of the warrants at the grant date was estimated using a Black-Scholes model and the following assumptions: 1) volatility of approximately 85% based on a peer group of companies; 2) dividend yield of 0%; 3) risk-free rate of 0.26%; and 4) an expected term of five years. The $2,100,000 debt discount will be amortized through the maturity date of the convertible notes payable. As of September 30, 2020, the balance due under these notes net of unamortized discount of $1,983,333, is $116,667, with accrued interest of $16,685. In total, the Company amortized debt discount of $133,691 during the year ended September 30, 2020.

 

NOTE 5 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

The Company is currently authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001. In addition, the Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001. The specific rights of the preferred stock, when so designated, shall be determined by the board of directors.

 

Prior to September 30, 2018, Global E-Sports received $961,000 from the sale of membership interests. During September 2020 these membership interests were exchanged for 7,340,421 shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

Warrants

 

As discussed above, the Company issued common stock warrants in connection with convertible notes payable. The following table summarizes warrant activity during the year ended September 30, 2020:

 

        Common Stock Warrants  
        Shares       Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
      Weighted
average
Remaining
Life in years
 
Outstanding at September 30, 2019           $        
Granted       2,015,000       0.30       4.99  
Cancelled                    
Expired                    
Exercised                    
Outstanding at September 30, 2020       2,015,000     $ 0.30       4.99  
Exercisable at September 30, 2020       2,015,000     $ 0.30       4.99  

 

The outstanding and exercisable common stock warrants had an estimated intrinsic value of $3,425,500.

 

 

 

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NOTE 6 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

On September 2, 2020, the Company entered into a financial advisor agreement with Boustead Securities LLC, the representative of the underwriters in the Company’s initial public offering, to provide services related to fundraising on the Company’s planned public listing. The Company agreed to pay up to $160,000 of expenses in cash, of which $50,000 was paid on behalf of the Company by Gogawi, Inc. as disclosed in footnote 9 and was recorded as prepaid expenses. Additionally, the Company agreed to pay the financial advisor a success fee of 4% of any gross proceeds from any debt financing, and a 7% success fee related to any equity or convertible debt financing. The Company will also issue warrants to the financial advisor in connection with the closing of any fundraising transaction, with an exercise period of five years.

 

On September 26, 2020, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with a registered foreign broker dealer for fundraising services. The Company agreed to pay up to 10% of any gross proceeds through capital raises from non-US investors introduced by the consultant, up to a maximum payment to the consultant of $200,000. The consultant would also receive up to 10% of the number of securities purchased by such investors in the form of warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share, exercisable for a period of five years.

 

Employment Agreements

 

On October 1, 2020, the Company, entered into an employment agreement with Aaron Speach to serve as its President and Chief Executive Officer. The initial term of the Employment Agreement will continue for a period of three years. The Employment Agreement provides for an initial annual base salary of $170,000, and awards up to 200,000 shares of common stock which vest based on performance milestones.

 

On October 1, 2020, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Bart Barden to serve as its Chief Operating Officer. The initial term of the Employment Agreement will continue for a period of twelve months. The Employment Agreement provides for an initial annual base salary of €160,000 (approximately $188,000). Mr. Barden is eligible for the following (a) $100,000 cash signing bonus upon the listing of the Company’s common stock on a public stock exchange, to be paid on the first day of trading; (b) $25,000 cash bonus on day 181 of the Company listing on a national securities exchange and an additional $25,000 bonus if on this day the Company’s stock has traded on or above $7.00 per share for 10 consecutive days and gross revenue has totaled $3,000,000 from January 1, 2021; (c) a bonus up to 40% of base salary commencing the first full fiscal quarter after the Company’s U.S. initial public offering (“IPO”) and terminating at the end of 2022; and (d) a performance bonus of 10% of his base salary each fiscal quarter, payable as 50% common stock with a three-year vesting schedule and 50% cash upon the Company achieving EBITDA equal to 10% of its revenue for such fiscal quarter. Under the agreement, Mr. Barden was granted a ten-year option to purchase 1,400,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. Of the 1,400,000 options granted, up to 200,000 options shall vest upon the closing of the IPO if the Company raises over $18 million. The remaining 1,200,000 options vests in four equal installments on each of the succeeding four anniversary dates of the option grant, provided Mr. Barden is employed by the Company on each such vesting date.

 

On October 1, 2020, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Matthew Lourie pursuant to which Mr. Lourie agreed to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company on a part time basis commencing on such date. The agreement provides for monthly compensation of $10,000 and an award of 57,250 options to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share which will vest upon the earlier of (i) the Company hiring a full time chief financial officer, (ii) the listing of the Company’s common stock on a national exchange, or (iii) certain termination provisions defined in Mr. Lourie’s employment agreement. The stock options have a ten-year exercise period.

 

 

 

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NOTE 7 – INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE

 

The basic net income (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing the Company's net income (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares during the year. The diluted net income (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing the Company's net income (loss) available to common shareholders by the diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. The diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding is the basic weighted number of common shares adjusted for any potentially dilutive debt or equity. Common shares issuable under convertible debt and common stock warrants were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share due to their antidilutive effect. There were no dilutive instruments outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and 2019.

 

    Year ended
September 30,
    Year ended
September 30,
 
    2020     2019  
Numerator:                
                 
Net income (loss)   $ (573,255 )   $ 24,103  
                 
Denominator:                
                 
Denominator for basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share - weighted average of common shares     7,340,421       7,340,421  
                 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share attributed to stockholders   $ (0.08 )   $ 0.00  

  

NOTE 8 – INCOME TAXES

 

Prior to the Share Exchange as discussed in Note 1, Global E-Sports was organized as a limited liability company and was taxed as a partnership for U.S. income tax purposes. As such, with the exception of a limited number of state and local jurisdictions, Global E-Sports is not subject to U.S. income taxes. After the Share Exchange, the Company became subject to U.S federal income tax. Deferred taxes are determined by applying the provisions of enacted tax laws and rates for the jurisdictions in which the Company operates to the estimated future tax effects of the differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the Company's consolidated financial statements. A valuation allowance is established to reduce deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that the related tax benefits will not be realized.

 

Management currently believes that since the Company has a history of losses it is more likely than not that the deferred tax regarding the loss carry forwards and other temporary differences will not be realized in the foreseeable future. The Company believes that carryforward limitations will be applied to the historical net operating losses due to the recent change of control transition. There were no significant net operating loss carryforwards since incorporation of the Company.

  

The Company has recorded no liability for income taxes associated with unrecognized tax benefits at the date of adoption and has not recorded any liability associated with unrecognized tax benefits during 2020 and 2019. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any interest or penalty in regard to any unrecognized benefit.

 

The main reconciling items between the statutory tax rate of the Company and the effective tax rate are the non-recognition of the benefits from accumulated net operating losses carryforward due to the uncertainty of the realization of such tax benefits.

 

 

 

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NOTE 9 – TRANSACTION WITH RELATED PARTIES

 

During the year ended September 30, 2020, a related party, Gogawi Inc., which is owned by some of the initial shareholders of the Company, paid expenses of $152,888 on the Company’s behalf. The advances are due on demand and are non-interest bearing.

 

On November 10, 2020, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Michal Barden, a family member of the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, to serve as the Company’s marketing director. The employment agreement provides for an annual salary of $132,000, a technology allowance of $5,000, and an award of 30,000 shares of common stock in the Company, vesting in four equal annual installments.

 

The Company engaged a firm owned by Matthew Lourie, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, to provide financial reporting services. For the year ended September 30, 2020, the Company incurred consulting fees of $38,379 and owed the consulting company $13,838.

 

NOTE 10– SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Company’s management reviewed all material events through December 9, 2020, the date these financial statements were available to be issued for subsequent event disclosure consideration.

 

Subsequent to September 30, 2020, the Company received cash proceeds of $4,000,000 in exchange for 2,000,000 shares of common stock. In conjunction with this fundraising, broker commission and expenses of $351,929 were paid and 173,625 common stock warrants with a $2.00 exercise price and a five-year term were issued.

 

On October 1, 2020, the Company entered into an option agreement which gives the Company the right to acquire a license for proprietary technology related to online betting. The Company will pay £100,000 (or approximately $117,000) upon execution of the option agreement, and in the event the option is exercised and the license agreement is executed, the Company will pay an additional £200,000 (or approximately $235,000) in cash and issue 65,000 shares of common stock. The option will expire on May 1, 2021 if it has not been exercised prior to that date.

 

On November 5, 2020, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with a third party to acquire certain intellectual property. The Company made a cash payment of $61,285 and granted stock options to purchase 32,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share for a period of five years. The Company also entered into an employment agreement with the seller, effective November 1, 2020. The employee will be compensated at a rate of $110,000 per year and will receive a common stock award of 100,000 shares, which vest annually over four years.

 

Subsequent to September 30, 2020, the Company agreed to award a total of 790,250 shares of common stock and 87,098 options to purchase common stock to various non-officer employees. Of the common stock awards, 490,250 will vest annually over a period of three to four years, with the remaining 300,000 vesting upon the completion of various performance goals related to the operations of the Company. The stock options have a ten-year exercise period, an exercise price of $0.25 per share, and vest on the first anniversary of employment.

 

In November 2020, the Company entered into four consulting agreements under which the Company issued a total of 683,334 shares of common stock, which vest equally over terms ranging from three to twelve months.

 

See Footnote 6, Commitments and Contingencies, for further disclosure of certain transactions occurring subsequent to September 30, 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

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ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

       

 

    December 31,     September 30,  
    2020     2020  
             
ASSETS                
Current assets:                
Cash   $ 2,610,519     $  
Accounts receivable, net     25,716       33,839  
Deferred financing costs     50,000       50,000  
Prepaid expenses     58,570        
                 
Total current assets     2,744,805       83,839  
                 
Long term assets:                
Software and equipment, net     148,151        
Intangible assets - cryptocurrency     27,960       44,562  
Intangible assets - domain names, net     2,239,606       2,239,606  
Other long-term assets     133,770        
                 
                 
Total assets   $ 5,294,292     $ 2,368,007  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   $ 156,212     $ 55,760  
Accounts payable, related party     155,228       152,888  
Liabilities to users     8,167       8,809  
Total current liabilities     319,607       217,457  
                 
Convertible notes payable, net of discount     466,667       116,667  
Other long term liabilities, net of discount     432,426       422,409  
                 
Total liabilities     1,218,700       756,533  
                 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES                
                 
Stockholders' equity:                
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 0 issued and outstanding            
Common stock; $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 10,398,755 and 7,340,421 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, respectively     10,398       7,340  
Additional paid-in capital     8,265,451       3,053,660  
Accumulated deficit     (4,200,257 )     (1,449,526 )
Total stockholders’ equity     4,075,592       1,611,474  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY   $ 5,294,292     $ 2,368,007  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

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ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

       

 

    Three Months Ended  
    December 31,  
    2020     2019  
             
Revenue   $ 10,794     $ 37,128  
Cost of revenue     (12,259 )     (25,166 )
                 
Gross profit (loss)     (1,465 )     11,962  
                 
Operating expenses:                
Sales and marketing     39,253        
Product and technology     505,935       15,635  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     1,593,711       19,756  
Total operating expenses     2,138,899       35,391  
                 
Loss from operations     (2,140,364 )     (23,429 )
                 
Other expenses:                
Interest expense     (600,406 )      
Foreign currency loss     (9,961 )      
Total other expense     (610,367 )      
                 
Loss before provision for income taxes     (2,750,731 )     (23,429 )
Provision for income taxes            
                 
Net loss   $ (2,750,731 )   $ (23,429 )
                 
Net loss per common share – basic and diluted   $ (0.30 )   $ (0.00 )
                 
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic and diluted     9,176,511       7,340,421  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

  F-18  

 

 

ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019 AND 2020

(Unaudited)

                   

 

    Common stock     Additional              
    Number of           paid-in     Accumulated        
    Shares     Amount     capital     deficit     Total  
                               
Balance at September 30, 2019     7,340,421     $ 7,340     $ 953,660     $ (876,271 )   $ 84,729  
                                         
Net loss                       (23,429 )     (23,429 )
                                         
Balance at December 31, 2019     7,340,421     $ 7,340     $ 953,660     $ (899,700 )   $ 61,300  
                                         
                                         
Balance at September 30, 2020     7,340,421     $ 7,340     $ 3,053,660     $ (1,449,526 )   $ 1,611,474  
                                         
Shares and warrants issued for cash, net     2,000,000       2,000       3,646,071             3,648,071  
                                         
Stock-based compensation     683,334       683       1,321,343             1,322,026  
                                         
Shares issued due to conversion of notes payable     375,000       375       187,125             187,500  
                                         
Stock warrants issued for asset acquisition                 57,252             57,252  
                                         
Net loss                       (2,750,731 )     (2,750,731 )
                                         
Balance at December 31, 2020     10,398,755     $ 10,398     $ 8,265,451     $ (4,200,257 )   $ 4,075,592  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

  F-19  

 

 

ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CONOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019 and 2020

(Unaudited)

 

 

    For the Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
    2020     2019  
Cash flow from operating activities:                
Net loss   $ (2,750,731 )   $ (23,429 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:                
Amortization of debt discount     547,517        
Stock-based compensation     1,322,026        
Gain on cryptocurrency settlement     (6,596 )     (103 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
Accounts receivable     (10,035 )     (52,109 )
Prepaid expenses     (58,570 )      
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     141,925       56,657  
Accounts payable - related parties     2,340        
Liabilities to users     (759 )     18,889  
Net cash used in operating activities     (812,883 )     (95 )
                 
Cash flow from investing activities:                
Purchase of software and equipment     (90,899 )      
Purchase of other long term assets     (133,770 )      
Net cash used by investing activities     (224,669 )      
                 
Cash flow from financing activities:                
Proceeds from equity issuance, net of costs of capital     3,648,071        
Net cash provided by financing activities     3,648,071        
                 
NET CHANGE IN CASH     2,610,519       (95 )
CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD           67,717  
CASH AT END OF PERIOD   $ 2,610,519     $ 67,622  
                 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:                
Cash paid for interest   $     $  
Cash paid for income taxes   $     $  
                 
Non-cash transactions                
Stock warrant issued for asset acquisition   $ 57,252     $  
Stock issued for conversion of notes payable   $ 187,500     $  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

  F-20  

 

 

ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

 

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION, NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN

 

Organization

 

Esports Technologies, Inc. (“Esports Tech”) was formed on September 24, 2020 as a Nevada Corporation. Esports Tech is a technology company creating and operating platforms focused on esports and competitive gaming. The Company operates under a Curacao gaming license and can provide online betting services to various countries around the world. The majority of the Company’s customers are based in the Philippines. The Company’s consolidated financial statements include its accounts and the accounts of its 100% owned subsidiaries, namely Global E-Sports Entertainment Group, LLC (“Global E-Sports”), ESEG Limited (“ESEG”) and Gogawi Entertainment Group (“Gogawi”) (collectively referred to as the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). Global E-Sports, a Nevada limited liability company, was incorporated in Nevada on June 28, 2016. ESEG, a Belize company was incorporated on October 31, 2016. Gogawi, a Cypress company was incorporated on December 8, 2018 and has always been a wholly owned subsidiary of ESEG. On December 8, 2020, the Company incorporated Esportsbook Technologies Limited (“Esportsbook”) in Ireland as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Esports Tech.

 

On September 24, 2020, ESEG was acquired by Global E-Sports in exchange for 50% of the membership interest in Global E-Sports held by the former owners of ESEG. The remaining 50% interest of Global E-Sports is held by Esports Tech. Prior to this transaction both ESEG and Global E-Sports shared common ownership. This transaction was accounted for as a combination of entities under common control and as such both operations have been combined from their inception. In addition, on September 24, 2020, Esports Tech executed a Share Exchange Agreement (“Share Exchange”) resulting in the acquisition of 100% of the membership interest of Global E-Sports in exchange for the issuance of 7,340,421 shares of common stock.

 

Pursuant to the Share Exchange, the merger between Global E-Sports and the Company was accounted for as a reverse merger. Under this method of accounting, Esports Tech was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. The net assets of Global E-Sports are stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.

 

Going Concern

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has recurring losses and generated negative cash flows from operations since inception. Due to these conditions, it raised substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management intends to finance operating costs over the next twelve months with loans or the sale of common stock. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

Impact of COVID-19

 

The outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”), which was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, and the related responses by public health and governmental authorities to contain and combat its outbreak and spread, has severely impacted the U.S. and world economies. Economic recessions, including those brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak may have a negative effect on the demand for the Company’s products and the Company’s operating results. The range of possible impacts on the Company’s business from the coronavirus pandemic could include: (i) changing demand for the Company’s online betting products; and (ii) increasing contraction in the capital markets.

 

 

 

 

  F-21  

 

 

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The significant accounting policies followed in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements are as follows:

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited financial statements of the Company, include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim unaudited financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. The unaudited financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary in order to make the condensed financial statements not misleading. Operating results for the three months ended December 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the final results that may be expected for the year ended September 30, 2021. For more complete financial information, these unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2020 included in our Form S-1 filed with the SEC. Notes to the consolidated financial statements which would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent fiscal period, as reported in the Form S-1, have been omitted. All intercompany accounts, transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current year presentation.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

The Company has an affiliate program, which consists of a strategic partnership with a third-party operator in the Philippines. The Company charges the affiliate a fee calculated as a percentage of gross revenue. The affiliate partner controls cash received from players on behalf of the Company and pays out winnings to players for wagers placed. The receivable balance represents the net amount owed to the Company and is stated at historical cost less any allowance for doubtful accounts. There was no allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020. The entire receivable balance as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020 was due from the third-party operator.

 

Intangible Assets

 

Cryptocurrencies

 

There is currently no specific guidance under GAAP or alternative accounting framework for the accounting for cryptocurrencies recognized as revenue or held, and management has exercised significant judgment in determining the appropriate accounting treatment. In the event authoritative guidance is enacted by the FASB, the Company may be required to change its policies, which could have an effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results from operations.

 

Cryptocurrencies held are accounted for as an indefinite-lived intangible asset under ASC 350, Intangible – Goodwill and Other. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived asset is impaired. Impairment exists when the carrying amount exceeds its fair value, which is measured using the quoted price of the cryptocurrency at the time its fair value is being measured. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is not more likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted.

 

 

 

 

  F-22  

 

 

The Company uses its cryptocurrencies to pay vendors and users. The Company also receives payments on its receivables and player deposits in cryptocurrency. Gains and losses realized upon settlement of cryptocurrencies are also recorded in general and administrative expense in our consolidated statements of operations.

 

Other Intangible Assets

 

The Company’s other intangible asset consist of internet domain names, which are an indefinite-lived intangible. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived asset is impaired. Impairment exists when the carrying amount exceeds its fair value. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is more likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted.

 

Liabilities to Users

 

The Company records liabilities for user account balances at a given reporting period based on deposits made by players either to the Company or the sales affiliate, less any losses on wagers and payout made to players. Liabilities to users amounts are not required to be backed by cash reserves of the Company.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue From Contracts With Customers, which was adopted on October 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method. ASC Topic 606 requires companies to recognize revenue in a manner that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, the standard requires disclosures of the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The adoption of ASC Topic 606 had no impact to the Company’s comparative consolidated financial statements. Revenue is recognized based on the following five step model:

 

Identification of the contract with a customer

 

Identification of the performance obligations in the contract

 

Determination of the transaction price

 

Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract

 

Recognition of revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation 

 

No single customer exceeded more than 10% of revenue during the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. In addition, no disaggregation of revenue is required because all current revenue is generated from gaming revenue.

 

 

 

 

  F-23  

 

 

Performance Obligations

 

The Company operates an online betting platform allowing users to place wagers on a variety of live sporting events and esports events. Each wager placed by users create a single performance obligation for the Company to administer each event wagered. Gross gaming revenue is the aggregate of gaming wins and losses based on results of each event that customers wager bets on. Variable commission fees are paid to sales affiliates based on a percentage of revenue generated from the affiliate. The commissions rebated to affiliates are recorded as a reduction to gross gaming revenue.

 

Cost of Revenue

 

Cost of revenue consists of third-party costs associated with the betting software platform.

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses include advertising and marketing costs which are expensed as incurred. Also included in selling, general and administrative expenses are software development costs and professional fees.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) or other standard setting bodies that the Company adopts as of the specified effective date. The Company does not believe that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations upon adoption.

 

NOTE 3 – LONG-LIVED ASSETS

 

Software and equipment

 

The Company’s software and equipment consisted of the following as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020:

 

   

December 31,

2020

   

September 30,

2020

 
             
Software   $ 148,151     $  
Total software and equipment     148,151        
Accumulated depreciation            
Software and equipment, net   $ 148,151     $  

 

On November 5, 2020, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with a third party to acquire certain proprietary technology data. The Company made a cash payment of $61,425 and granted stock warrants to purchase 32,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share for a period of five years. The fair value of the stock warrants was estimated to be $57,252 as of the grant date. The total consideration paid of $118,677 is included as part of software costs within property and equipment on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The Company also entered into an employment agreement with the seller, effective November 1, 2020. The employee will be compensated at a rate of $110,000 per year and will receive a common stock award of 100,000 shares, which vest annually over four years.

 

 

 

 

  F-24  

 

 

The software costs above relate to acquired components of the Company’s new platform which had not been placed in service as of December 31, 2020, and therefore no depreciation expense was recognized. The software is expected to be depreciated over a useful life of two to three years.

 

Intangible Assets

 

On September 1, 2020, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ESEG, entered into domain purchase agreements to acquire the rights to certain domain names from third parties. The cost to acquire the domain names was $2,239,606, based on the estimated fair value of the consideration transferred to the sellers. ESEG issued notes payable with a combined principal amount of $2,100,000, which were to mature on March 1, 2022, bearing interest at 10%. These notes were exchanged for notes of the Company in September 2020. The Company also agreed to pay a total of $675,000 on September 1, 2025, with no interest. The Company estimated discount of these liabilities totaling $535,394 at the date of the transaction, to be amortized over the maturity period of the liabilities. The domain names were recorded as an intangible asset with an indefinite useful life. The Company’s management evaluated the domain names at September 30, 2020 and determined no impairment was necessary.

 

The following table presents the activities of the Company’s cryptocurrency holdings for the three months ended December 31, 2020:

 

Cryptocurrency at September 30, 2020   $ 44,562  
Additions of cryptocurrency     18,275  
Payments of cryptocurrency     (41,473 )
Gain on cryptocurrency     6,596  
Cryptocurrency at December 31, 2020   $ 27,960  

 

Additions of cryptocurrency during the three months ended December 31, 2020 and represent settlement of outstanding accounts receivable of $18,158 and net deposits from players of $117. Payments of cryptocurrency during the three months ended December 31, 2020 included payments of accounts payable and accrued expenses of $41,473. Use of cryptocurrency to settle receivables and payables during the period are reflected as a component of changes in operating assets and liabilities in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

 

Other Long-Term Assets

 

On October 1, 2020, the Company entered into an option agreement which gives the Company the right to acquire a license for proprietary technology related to online betting. The Company paid $133,770 upon execution of the option agreement, and in the event the option is exercised and the license agreement is executed, the Company will pay an additional £200,000 (or approximately $270,000 as of December 31, 2020) in cash and issue 65,000 shares of common stock. The option will expire on May 1, 2021 if it has not been exercised prior to that date. The Company recorded an other long-term asset of $133,770 related to the initial payment.

 

NOTE 4 – CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE AND OTHER LONG TERM LIABILITIES

 

On September 1, 2020, the Company entered into three promissory notes, with a combined principal amount of $2,100,000. The convertible notes bear interest at the rate of 10% per annum and mature on March 1, 2022. The Company also agreed to pay two of the lenders a total of $675,000 on September 1, 2025, bearing no interest. The Company estimated total debt discount of these liabilities to be $535,394 at the date of the transaction, of which $279,516 related to the promissory notes payable, and $255,878 related to the other long term liabilities. The discounts will be amortized over the maturity period of each liability. As of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, the carrying amount of the other long term liabilities was $432,426 and $422,409, respectively net of remaining discount totaling $242,574 and $252,591, respectively. The carrying amount of the convertible notes payable and associated discount is further discussed below.

 

 

 

 

  F-25  

 

 

On September 26, 2020, the Company assumed the notes payable with principal of $2,100,000 from ESEG. In connection with this assumption, Esports Tech issued each of the lenders a conversion option at a fixed price of $0.50 per share and issued 2,015,000 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share, each with a term of five years. The convertible notes bear interest at 10% per annum and mature on March 1, 2022. The holder may convert the note into shares of common stock at any time throughout the maturity date, to the extent and provided that no holder of the notes was or will be permitted to convert such notes so long as it or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the Company’s common stock after such conversion. The Company determined that the assignment of the notes payable by the subsidiary to the parent company was an extinguishment of the original notes payable due to the addition of a substantive conversion feature, and the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of $265,779 during the year ended September 30, 2020.

 

The Company evaluated the conversion option and concluded a beneficial conversion feature was present at issuance. The Company recognized the beneficial conversion feature and relative fair value of the warrants as a debt discount and additional paid in capital. The fair value of the warrants at the grant date was estimated using a Black-Scholes model and the following assumptions: 1) volatility of approximately 85% based on a peer group of companies; 2) dividend yield of 0%; 3) risk-free rate of 0.26%; and 4) an expected term of five years. The $2,100,000 debt discount will be amortized through the maturity date of the convertible notes payable.

 

During the three months ended December 31,2020, a total of $187,500 of principal was converted into 375,000 shares of common stock. As of December 31, 2020, the balance due under these notes net of unamortized discount of $1,445,833, is $466,667, with accrued interest of $69,617. As of September 30, 2020, the balance due under these notes net of unamortized discount of $1,983,333, is $116,667, with accrued interest of $16,685. In total, the Company amortized debt discount of $547,517 during the three months ended December 31, 2020.

 

NOTE 5 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

The Company is currently authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001. In addition, the Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001. The specific rights of the preferred stock, when so designated, shall be determined by the board of directors.

 

Prior to September 30, 2018, Global E-Sports received $961,000 from the sale of membership interests. During September 2020 these membership interests were exchanged for 7,340,421 shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Share Exchange.

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2020, the Company received gross cash proceeds of $4,000,000 in exchange for 2,000,000 shares of common stock. In conjunction with this fundraising, broker commission and expenses of $351,929 were paid and 173,625 common stock warrants with an exercise price of $2.00 and a five-year term were issued. The fair value of the warrants issued in connection with the financing was estimated to be $228,500 as discussed below.

 

2020 Stock Plan

 

In December 2020, the Company adopted the Esports Technologies, Inc. 2020 Stock Plan, or the 2020 Plan. The 2020 Plan is a stock-based compensation plan that provides for discretionary grants of stock options, stock awards, stock unit awards and stock appreciation rights to key employees, non-employee directors and consultants. The following is a summary of the material features of the 2020 Plan.

 

 

 

 

  F-26  

 

 

Under the 2020 Plan, the aggregate value of all compensation granted or paid to any individual for service as a non-employee director with respect to any calendar year, including awards granted under the 2020 Plan and cash fees paid to such non-employee director, will not exceed $300,000 in total value. For purposes of this limitation, the value of awards is calculated based on the grant date fair value of such awards for financial reporting purposes.

 

The number of shares of the common stock that may be issued under the 2020 Plan is 4,000,000. As of December 31, 2020, we had awarded a total 3,124,598 shares under the 2020 Plan, with 875,402 remaining under the 2020 Plan.

 

Common Stock Awards

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2020, the Company agreed to award a total of 1,110,250 shares of common stock to purchase common stock to various employees and officers under the 2020 Plan. Of the common stock awards, 610,250 will vest annually over a period of two to four years, 300,000 will vest upon the completion of various performance goals related to the operations of the Company, and 200,000 shares of common stock awarded to the Company’s CEO will vest equally upon reaching trailing twelve months revenue of $10 million and $20 million. The Company estimated the fair value of the awards at $2 per share based on recent sales of common stock for cash as described above.

 

In November 2020, the Company entered into four consulting agreements under which the Company issued a total of 683,334 shares of common stock, which vest equally over terms ranging from three to twelve months.

 

The Company recognized a total of $1,085,220 of stock-based compensation expense related to common stock awards during the three months ended December 31, 2020 and expects to recognize additional compensation cost of $2,501,948 upon vesting of all awards.

 

Warrants

 

As discussed above, the Company has issued common stock warrants in connection with its fundraising activities to brokers, an asset purchase agreement and convertible notes issued during the year ended September 30, 2020. The following table summarizes warrant activity during the three months ended December 31, 2020:

 

    Common Stock Warrants  
    Shares     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
    Weighted
average
Remaining
Life in years
 
Outstanding at September 30, 2020     2,015,000     $ 0.30       4.99  
Granted     205,625     $ 1.73       5.00  
Cancelled           $        
Expired         $        
Exercised         $        
Outstanding at December 31, 2020     2,220,625     $ 0.43       4.75  
Exercisable at December 31, 2020     2,220,625     $ 0.43       4.75  

 

 

 

 

  F-27  

 

 

The outstanding and exercisable common stock warrants had an estimated intrinsic value of $3,481,500. The Company estimated the fair value of the warrants using a Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following assumptions: 1) stock price of $2 per share; 2) dividend yield of 0%; 3) risk-free rate of between 0.18% and 0.52%; 4) expected term of between 2.5 and 5 years; 5) an exercise price of $0.25 or $2 and 6) expected volatility of between 84.1% and 99.0% based on a peer group of public companies. The warrants granted to brokers in connection with sales of common stock during the three months ended December 31, 2020 had an estimated fair value of $228,500 which was reflected as a cost of capital, and the warrants granted in connection with the asset purchase agreement had an estimated fair value of $57,252.

 

Options

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2020, the Company entered into various agreements with employees and consultants where the Company agreed to award a total of 1,734,348, including 90,000 to consultants and 100,000 to a member of the Board of Directors under the 2020 Plan. Of the total, 1,390,000 vest equally over periods of between one and four years, 70,313 vest upon completion of the Company’s IPO, 200,000 to the Company’s Chief Operating Officer vest in the event that the Company’s IPO raises gross proceeds of at least $18 million, 16,785 vest upon the earlier of 1 year or the completion of the Company’s IPO, and 57,250 to the Company’s interim CFO vest upon the earlier of the completion of the Company’s IPO or the hiring of a full time CFO.

 

The following table summarizes option activity during the three months ended December 31, 2020:

 

    Common Stock Options  
    Shares     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
    Weighted
average
Remaining
Life in years
 
Outstanding at September 30, 2020         $        
Granted     2,014,348     $ 0.66       9.36  
Cancelled           $        
Expired         $        
Exercised         $        
Outstanding at December 31, 2020     2.014,348     $ 0.66       9.20  
Exercisable at December 31, 2020         $        

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $236,806 related to common stock options awarded. The outstanding and exercisable common stock warrants had no estimated intrinsic value as of December 31, 2020. The Company expects to recognize an additional $2,842,890 of compensation cost related to stock options expected to vest.

 

The Company estimated the fair value of the stock options awarded using a Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following assumptions: 1) stock price of $2 per share; 2) dividend yield of 0%; 3) risk-free rate of between 0.22% and 0.46%; 4) expected term of between 3.5 and 6.3 years; 5) an exercise price of $0.25 or $2 and 6) expected volatility of between 82.3% and 89.0% based on a peer group of public companies.

 

 

 

 

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NOTE 6 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

On September 2, 2020, the Company entered into a financial advisor agreement with Boustead Securities LLC, the representative of the underwriters in the Company’s initial public offering, to provide services related to fundraising on the Company’s planned public listing. The Company agreed to pay up to $160,000 of expenses in cash, of which $50,000 was paid on behalf of the Company by Gogawi, Inc. recorded as deferred offering costs. Additionally, the Company agreed to pay the financial advisor a success fee of 4% of any gross proceeds from any debt financing, and a 7% success fee related to any equity or convertible debt financing. The Company will also issue warrants to the financial advisor in connection with the closing of any fundraising transaction, with an exercise period of five years.

 

On September 26, 2020, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with a registered foreign broker dealer for fundraising services. The Company agreed to pay up to 10% of any gross proceeds through capital raises from non-US investors introduced by the consultant, up to a maximum payment to the consultant of $200,000. The consultant would also receive up to 10% of the number of securities purchased by such investors in the form of warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share, exercisable for a period of five years.

 

Employment Agreements

 

On October 1, 2020, the Company, entered into an employment agreement with Aaron Speach to serve as its President and Chief Executive Officer. The initial term of the Employment Agreement will continue for a period of three years. The Employment Agreement provides for an initial annual base salary of $170,000 and awards up to 200,000 shares of common stock which vest based on performance milestones. Prior to joining the Company as an officer, the Company compensated Mr. Speach or entities that he controls as a consultant for services.

 

On October 1, 2020, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Bart Barden to serve as its Chief Operating Officer. The initial term of the Employment Agreement will continue for a period of twelve months. The Employment Agreement provides for an initial annual base salary of €160,000 (approximately $188,000). Mr. Barden is eligible for the following (a) $100,000 cash signing bonus upon the listing of the Company’s common stock on a public stock exchange, to be paid on the first day of trading; (b) $25,000 cash bonus on day 181 of the Company listing on a national securities exchange and an additional $25,000 bonus if on this day the Company’s stock has traded on or above $7.00 per share for 10 consecutive days and gross revenue has totaled $3,000,000 from January 1, 2021; (c) a bonus up to 40% of base salary commencing the first full fiscal quarter after the Company’s U.S. IPO and terminating at the end of 2022; and (d) a performance bonus of 10% of his base salary each fiscal quarter, payable as 50% common stock with a three-year vesting schedule and 50% cash upon the Company achieving EBITDA equal to 10% of its revenue for such fiscal quarter. Under the agreement, Mr. Barden was granted a ten-year option to purchase 1,400,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. Of the 1,400,000 options granted, up to 200,000 options shall vest upon the closing of the IPO if the Company raises over $18 million. The remaining 1,200,000 options vests in four equal installments on each of the succeeding four anniversary dates of the option grant, provided Mr. Barden is employed by the Company on each such vesting date. Prior to joining the Company as an officer, the Company compensated Mr. Barden or entities that he controls as a consultant for services.

 

On October 1, 2020, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Matthew Lourie pursuant to which Mr. Lourie agreed to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company on a part time basis commencing on such date. The agreement provides for monthly compensation of $10,000 and an award of 57,250 options to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share which will vest upon the earlier of (i) the Company hiring a full time chief financial officer, (ii) the listing of the Company’s common stock on a national exchange, or (iii) certain termination provisions defined in Mr. Lourie’s employment agreement. The stock options have a ten-year exercise period.

 

On December 16, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with a James Purcell to serve as Chief Financial Officer with employment effective March 18, 2021. Mr. Purcell was awarded 280,000 stock options under the 2020 Plan with an exercise price of $2 per share and an exercise period of 7 years, vesting equally over 4 years. Mr. Purcell will receive cash compensation of €180,000 per year and will receive a cash bonus of €45,000 upon completion of the Company’s IPO.

 

 

 

 

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NOTE 7 –LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

 

The basic net loss per common share is calculated by dividing the Company's net loss available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares during the year. The diluted net loss per common share is calculated by dividing the Company's net loss available to common shareholders by the diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. The diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding is the basic weighted number of common shares adjusted for any potentially dilutive debt or equity. Common shares issuable under convertible debt, stock options and common stock warrants were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share due to their antidilutive effect.

 

    Three months ended 
December 31,
 
    2020     2019  
Numerator:                
                 
Net loss   $ (2,750,731 )   $ (23,429 )
                 
Denominator:                
                 
Denominator for basic and diluted net loss per common share - weighted average of common shares     9,176,511       7,340,421  
                 
Basic and diluted net loss per common share attributed to stockholders   $ (0.30 )   $ (0.00 )

  

NOTE 8 – TRANSACTION WITH RELATED PARTIES

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2020, a related party, Gogawi Inc., which is owned by some of the initial shareholders of the Company, paid expenses of $2,340 on the Company’s behalf. The Company owed a total of $155,228 and $152,888 to Gogawi Inc. as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, respectively. The advances are due on demand and are non-interest bearing.

 

On November 10, 2020, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Michal Barden, a family member of the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, to serve as the Company’s marketing director. The employment agreement provides for an annual salary of $132,000, a technology allowance of $5,000, and an award of 30,000 shares of common stock in the Company, vesting in four equal annual installments.

 

The Company engaged a firm owned by Matthew Lourie, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, to provide financial reporting services. For the three months ended December 31, 2020, the Company incurred consulting fees of $24,108 and owed the consulting company $8,802 and $13,838 as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, respectively.

 

NOTE 9– SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In January and February 2021, the Company sold 250,014 shares of common stock to investors for $3 per share, receiving gross proceeds of $750,000. The company paid $30,315 of broker fees and commissions related to this fundraising and issued 8,750 warrants to purchase common stock with an exercise price of $3 per share and a term of 5 years.

 

 

 

 

 

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Subsequent to December 31, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with a consultant where the Company agreed to issue warrants to purchase 4,166 shares of stock with a term of 5 years at an exercise price of $3 per share, and pay $37,500 of cash for services rendered. The consultant will also receive $50,000 of consideration per year for an additional two years in a combination of cash and common stock warrants.

 

On February 25, 2021, the Company agreed to issue 75,000 common stock options with an exercise price of $3 per share and an exercise term of 3 years to a new Director. The options vest in equal portions annually over 3 years.

 

The Company’s management reviewed all material events through March 8, 2021, the date these financial statements were available to be issued for subsequent event disclosure consideration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2,000,000 Shares

 

 

 

Esports Technologies, Inc.

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boustead Securities, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Through and including _____________, 2021 (the 25th day after the date of this prospectus), all dealers effecting transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to a dealer’s obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to an unsold allotment or subscription.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell, nor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

Subject to Completion Dated March 9, 2021.

 

1,457,831 Shares

 

Esports Technologies, Inc.

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

This prospectus relates to the resale of 1,457,831 shares of common stock held by the selling stockholders named in this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock by the selling stockholder named in this prospectus.

 

The distribution of securities offered hereby may be effected in one or more transactions that may take place in ordinary brokers’ transactions, privately negotiated transactions or through sales to one or more dealers for resale of such securities as principals, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Usual and customary or specifically negotiated brokerage fees or commissions may be paid by the selling shareholders. No sales of the shares covered by this prospectus shall occur until the common stock sold in our initial public offering begin trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. We intend to list the common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “EBET.” If our common stock is not approved for listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market, we will not consummate this offering.

 

On ___________, 2021, a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to our initial public offering of shares of our common stock was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. We received approximately $___ million in net proceeds from the offering (assuming no exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option) after payment of underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated expenses of the offering.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and we have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.

 

 

 

 

An investment in our common stock involves significant risks. You should carefully consider the risk factors beginning on page 7 of this prospectus before you make your decision to invest in our common stock.

 

 

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

 

 

The date of this prospectus is _______, 2021

 

 

 

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THE OFFERING

 

 

Common Stock being offered   1,457,831 of common stock
     
Shares of common stock outstanding after this offering   12,648,769 shares of common stock, assuming the issuance by us of 2,000,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to the Public Offering Prospectus filed contemporaneously herewith.
     
Use of proceeds   We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of common stock held by the selling stockholders being registered in this prospectus.
     
Proposed Nasdaq Symbol   EBET
     
Risk factors   An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 of this prospectus and other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our common stock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the common stock held by the selling stockholders named in this prospectus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the selling stockholder’s beneficial ownership of shares as of the date of this prospectus.

 

Percentage of beneficial ownership before this offering is based on 10,648,769 shares of our common stock outstanding. We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC. Beneficial ownership is based on information furnished by the selling stockholder. Unless otherwise indicated, the selling stockholder named in the following table has, to our knowledge, sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares it beneficially owns.

 

On September 1, 2020, our wholly owned subsidiary, ESEG Limited, entered into three domain purchase agreements with Esports Group, Inc., YSW Holdings, Inc. and Dover Hill, LLC, each of which is a selling stockholder, pursuant to which it acquired the following domain names: Esportsbook.com, Browserbets.com, esportsgames.com, Esportstechnologies.com, Browserbet.com, Fantasyduel.com and Esportsgamers.com. Each of the domain purchase agreements required the issuance of a 10% convertible note in the principal amount of $700,000 and the issuance of a warrant to purchase ordinary shares of ESEG. Two of these agreements also require an additional cash payment after five years, totaling $675,000. Upon our acquisition of ESEG, we exchanged the ESEG securities issued to the domain sellers for our securities. Accordingly, we issued to each of the three domain sellers a 10% convertible note in the principal amount of $700,000, which matures on March 1, 2022 and is convertible into our shares of common stock at the option of the holder at a conversion price of $0.50 per share, and we issued the three domain sellers a warrant to purchase 745,000 shares, 635,000 shares, and 635,000 shares, respectively, of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share.

 

The selling stockholder may offer for sale from time to time any or all of the shares, subject to the lock up agreement described in the “Plan of Distribution.” No selling shareholder is a broker dealer or an affiliate of a broker-dealer. The table below assumes that the selling stockholder will sell all of the shares offered for sale hereby. The selling stockholder is under no obligation to sell any shares pursuant to this prospectus.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner   Number of Shares Owned Prior to Offering     Percentage of Shares Owned Prior to Offering     Number of Shares Offered     Percentage of Shares Owned Following Offering  
 Esports Group, Inc. (1)     519,277       4.9%       519,277        
 YSW Holdings, Inc. (2)     519,277       4.9%       519,277        
 Vertical Holdings, LLC (3)     474,277       4.5%       374,277       Less than 1%  
 Dover Hill, LLC (3)     45.000       0.4%       45,000        

 

(1)       Nicole Dumas has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Esports Group, Inc. In addition to the shares of common stock set forth in the table, the selling stockholder holds a 10% convertible note in principal amount of $617,500, which matures on March 1, 2022 and is convertible at the option of the holder at a conversion price of $0.50 per share, and a five-year warrant to purchase 635,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share, each of which was received in connection with certain domain purchase agreements. The convertible note and warrant each contain a beneficial ownership limitation, which provides that a holder of the instruments will not have the right to convert or exercise, as applicable, any portion of the note or warrant if the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion or exercise, as applicable, provided that with respect to the warrant, upon at least 61 days prior notice to us, a holder may increase or decrease such limitation up to a maximum of 9.99% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

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(2)       Chandler Weeks has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by YSW Holdings, Inc. In addition to the shares of common stock set forth in the table, the selling stockholder holds a 10% convertible note in principal amount of $617,500, which matures on March 1, 2022 and is convertible at the option of the holder at a conversion price of $0.50 per share, and a five-year warrant to purchase 635,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share, each of which was received in connection with certain domain purchase agreements. The convertible note and warrant each contain a beneficial ownership limitation, which provides that a holder of the instruments will not have the right to convert or exercise, as applicable, any portion of the note or warrant if the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion or exercise, as applicable, provided that with respect to the warrant, upon at least 61 days prior notice to us, a holder may increase or decrease such limitation up to a maximum of 9.99% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding.

 

(3)       Ryan Cravey has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Vertical Holdings, LLC and Dover Hill, LLC. In addition to the shares of common stock set forth in the table, Dover Hill, LLC holds a 10% convertible note in principal amount of $677,500, which matures on March 1, 2022 and is convertible at the option of the holder at a conversion price of $0.50 per share, and a five-year warrant to purchase 745,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share, each of which was received in connection with certain domain purchase agreements. The convertible note and warrant each contain a beneficial ownership limitation, which provides that a holder of the instruments will not have the right to convert or exercise, as applicable, any portion of the note or warrant if the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion or exercise, as applicable, provided that with respect to the warrant, upon at least 61 days prior notice to us, a holder may increase or decrease such limitation up to a maximum of 9.99% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SELLING STOCKHOLDER PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Since there is currently no public market established for our securities, the selling stockholder has represented to us that they will not offer or sell shares prior to the closing of the primary offering and listing of the common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market. After the primary offering closes, our common stock is listed on Nasdaq and there is an established market for these resale shares, the selling stockholder may sell the resale shares from time to time at the market price prevailing on the Nasdaq Capital Market at the time of offer and sale, or at prices related to such prevailing market prices or in negotiated transactions or a combination of such methods of sale directly or through brokers.

 

The selling stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of shares or interests therein:

 

· ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

· block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

· purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

· an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

· privately negotiated transactions;

 

· short sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC;

 

· through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

· broker-dealers may agree with the selling shareholder to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; and

 

· a combination of any such methods of sale. 

 

The selling stockholder may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock from time to time, under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of selling stockholder to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholder under this prospectus. The selling stockholder also may transfer the securities in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

 

In connection with the sale of our common stock or interests therein, the selling stockholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling stockholder may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

 

 

 

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The aggregate proceeds to the selling stockholder from the sale of the common stock offered by them will be the purchase price of the common stock less discounts or commissions, if any. The selling stockholder reserves the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of common stock to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from this offering.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholder may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling shareholder (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchase of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. The selling shareholder does not expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved, and in no case will the maximum compensation received by any broker-dealer exceed 8%.

 

The selling shareholder also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of that rule.

 

Any underwriters, agents, or broker-dealers, and any selling stockholders who are affiliates of broker-dealers, that participate in the sale of the common stock or interests therein may be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. Any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they earn on any resale of the shares may be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. The selling stockholders who are “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. We know of no existing arrangements between any of the selling stockholder and any other stockholder, broker, dealer, underwriter, or agent relating to the sale or distribution of the shares, nor can we presently estimate the amount, if any, of such compensation. See “Selling Shareholders” for description of any material relationship that a shareholder has with us and the description of such relationship.

 

To the extent required, shares of our common stock to be sold, the name of the selling stockholder, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealer or underwriter, any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.

 

We have advised the selling shareholder that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of shares in the market and to the activities of the selling stockholder and its affiliates. In addition, we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available to the selling stockholder for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling stockholder may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the common stock being offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Schiff Hardin LLP, Washington, DC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses to be incurred in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities of Esports Technologies, Inc. (the “Registrant”) which are registered under this Registration Statement on Form S-1 (this “Registration Statement”), other than underwriting discounts and commissions. All amounts are estimates except the Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. filing fee.

 

The following expenses will be borne solely by the Registrant:

 

    Amount to be Paid  
SEC Registration fee   $ 1,978  
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. filing fee     3,220  
NASDAQ Listing fees     75,000  
Printing and engraving expenses     10,000  
Legal fees and expenses     200,000  
Accounting fees and expenses     35,000  
Transfer Agent’s fees     3,500  
Miscellaneous fees and expenses     25,000  
         
Total   $ 353,698  

 

Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Section 78.138 of the Nevada Revised Statute provides that a director or officer is not individually liable to the corporation or its stockholders or creditors for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his capacity as a director or officer unless it is proven that (1) his act or failure to act constituted a breach of his fiduciary duties as a director or officer and (2) his breach of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law.

 

This provision is intended to afford directors and officers protection against and to limit their potential liability for monetary damages resulting from suits alleging a breach of the duty of care by a director or officer. As a consequence of this provision, stockholders of our company will be unable to recover monetary damages against directors or officers for action taken by them that may constitute negligence or gross negligence in performance of their duties unless such conduct falls within one of the foregoing exceptions. The provision, however, does not alter the applicable standards governing a director’s or officer’s fiduciary duty and does not eliminate or limit the right of our company or any stockholder to obtain an injunction or any other type of non-monetary relief in the event of a breach of fiduciary duty.

 

 

 

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The Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation and bylaws provide for indemnification of directors, officers, employees or agents of the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law (as amended from time to time). Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Revised Statute provides that such indemnification may only be provided if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the Registrant and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to behave his conduct was unlawful.

 

Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

 

Except as set forth below, in the three years preceding the filing of this Registration Statement, the Registrant has not issued any securities that were not registered under the Securities Act:

 

On September 24, 2020, the Registrant entered into an exchange agreement with the members of Global E-sports Entertainment Group, LLC pursuant to which the Registrant acquired 100% of the entity and issued the members an aggregate of 7,340,421 shares of common stock.

 

On September 1, 2020, the Registrant’s wholly owned subsidiary, ESEG Limited, entered into three domain purchase agreements pursuant to which we issued convertible notes and warrants as consideration for the purchase price of each domain. Each of the domain purchase agreements required the issuance of a 10% convertible note in principal amount of $700,000 and the issuance of a warrant to purchase ordinary shares of ESEG. Two of these agreements also require an additional cash payment after five years, totaling $675,000. Upon the Registrant’s acquisition of ESEG, the Registrant exchanged the ESEG securities issued to the domain sellers for its securities. Accordingly, the Registrant issued each of the three domain seller a 10% convertible note in principal amount of $700,000, which matures on March 1, 2022 and is convertible at the option of the holder at a conversion price of $0.50 per share, and the Registrant issued the three domain sellers a five-year warrant to purchase 745,000 shares, 635,000 shares, and 635,000 shares, respectively, of its common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share.

 

In October and November 2020, the Registrant entered into four consulting agreements pursuant to which it issued the service providers an aggregate of 683,334 shares of common stock.

 

During October and November 2020, the Registrant completed a private placement of 2,000,000 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $4.0 million. In connection with the private placement, the Registrant issued the placement agents warrants to purchase an aggregate of 173,625 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $2.00 per share.

 

During January and February 2021, the Registrant completed a private placement of 250,014 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $0.75 million. In connection with the private placement, the Registrant issued placement agents warrants to purchase an aggregate of 8,750 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $3.00 per share.

 

All of the securities above were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a) Exhibits: Reference is made to the Exhibit Index following the signature pages hereto, which Exhibit Index is hereby incorporated into this Item.

 

(b) Consolidated Financial Statement Schedules: All schedules are omitted because the required information is inapplicable or the information is presented in the consolidated financial statements and the related notes.

 

 

 

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Item 17. Undertakings

 

The undersigned hereby undertakes:

 

(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

 

(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions referenced in Item 14 of this Registration Statement, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereunder, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

(c) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:

 

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 9, 2021.

 

     
 

ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Registrant)

     
  By: /s/ Aaron Speach
    Aaron Speach

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Aaron Speach or Matthew Lourie as attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in any and all capacities, including the capacities stated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any registration statements filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

     
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
     
/s/ Aaron Speach    
Aaron Speach

Chief Executive Officer, President and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

March 9, 2021
/s/ Matthew Lourie    
Matthew Lourie

Interim Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

March 9, 2021
/s/ Michael Nicklas    
Michael Nicklas Director March 9, 2021
     
/s/ Dennis Neilander    
Dennis Neilander Director March 9, 2021
     
/s/ Christopher S. Downs    
Christopher S. Downs Director March 9, 2021

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit
Number
Description
1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement *
3.1 Articles of Incorporation of Esports Technologies, Inc.
3.2 Bylaws of Esports Technologies, Inc.
4.1 Form of Common Stock Certificate *
4.2 Form of Underwriter Warrant *
4.3 Form of Warrant issued in connection with Domain Purchase Agreements
4.4 Form of Convertible Note issued in connection with Domain Purchase Agreements
5.1 Opinion of Schiff Hardin LLP *
10.1 2020 Stock Plan of Esports Technologies, Inc.
10.2 Employment Agreement between Esports Technologies, Inc. and Aaron Speach dated October 1, 2020
10.3 Employment Agreement between Esports Technologies, Inc. and Matthew Lourie dated October 1, 2020
10.4 Employment Agreement between Esports Technologies, Inc. and Bart Barden dated October 1, 2020
10.5 Option Agreement for License between Esports Technologies, Inc. and Colossus (IOM) Limited dated October 1, 2020
10.6 Employment Agreement between Esports Technologies, Inc. and James Purcell dated October 1, 2020
10.7 Domain Purchase Agreement between ESEG Limited and Dover Hill LLC
10.8 Domain Purchase Agreement between ESEG Limited and Esports Group LLC
10.9 Domain Purchase Agreement between ESEG Limited and YSW Holdings, Inc.
10.10 Form of Independent Director Agreement
14.1 Code of Ethics *
23.1 Consent of PWR CPA, LLP
23.2 Consent of Schiff Hardin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) *
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page)

_____________________________

  * To be filed by amendment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

Filed in the Office of Secretary of State State Of Nevada Business Number E9336362020 - 8 Filing Number 20201106367 Filed On 12/9/2020 10:00:00 AM Number of Pages 1

 
 

Filed in the Office of Secretary of State State Of Nevada Business Number E9336362020 - 8 Filing Number 20200933635 Filed On 9/24/2020 1:49:00 PM Number of Pages 4

 
 

BARBARA K. CEGAVSKE Secretary of State 202 North Carson Street Carson City, Nevada 89701 - 4201 (775) 684 - 5708 Website: www.nvsos.gov www.nvsilverfiume. ov Formation - Profit Corporation Continued, Page 2 6. Benefit Corporation: (For NRS 78 , NRS 78A . and NRS 89, opt i onal . See instruct i ons . ) By selecting "Yes" you are indicating that the corporation is organized as a benefi t corporation pursuan t t o NR S Chapte r 78 B w i t h a purpos e o f creating a Ƒ Yes general or specific public benefit. The purpose for which the benefit corporation is created must be disclosed in the below purpose field. 7 . Purpose/Profession to be practiced: (Required for NRS 80 , NRS 89 and any entity selecting Benefit Corpora t i on . Se e ins t ruction s . ) 8 . Authorized Shares: (Number of shares corporat i on i s authorized to i ssue) Number of common shares with Par value: 100,000,000 Par value : $ .001 Number of preferred shares with Par value: 10,000,000 Par value:$ .001 Numbe r o f shares wit h n o pa r valu e : If more than one class or ser i es of stock is authorized , please attach the information on an add i tional sheet of pape . r 9. Name and Signature of: Officer making the statement or Authorized Signer for NRS 80 . Name, Address and Signature of the lncorporator for NRS 78 , 78A , and 89. NRS 89 - Each Organizer/ lncorporator must be a l i censed rofessional. I declare , to the best of my knowledge under penalty of perjury, that the information contained herein is correct and acknowledge that pursuant to NRS 239 . 330, it is a category C felony to knowingly offer any false or forged instrument for filing in the Office of the Secretary of State . - · - -- - -- - Angel Avalos, Jr. USA Name Country 233 S Wacker Dr., Suite 7300 Chicago IL 60606 Addres s Cit y Stat e Zip/Posta l Code X A ( attac h additiona l pag e i f necessary ) AN INITIAL LIST OF OFFICERS MUST ACCOMPANY THIS FILING Please include any required or optional information in space below: (attach additional page(s) if necessary) SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT This form must be accompanied by appropriate fees . Page 2 of 2 Revise d : 1/1/2019

 
 

 

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS INCLUDED IN THE

FORMATION - PROFIT CORPORATION OF

ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

3. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES OR STOCKHOLDERS

 

The members of the governing board of the Corporation are styled as directors. The Board of Directors shall be elected in such manner as shall be provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation. The number of directors may be changed from time to time in such manner as shall be provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation, provided the number of directors shall not be reduced to less than one.

 

8. AUTHORIZED SHARES

 

8.1            The Corporation shall have the authority to issue 100,000,000 million shares of common stock having a par value of $0.00 I per share (the "Common Stock").

 

8.2            Preferred Stock. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock having a par value of$0.001 per share (the "Preferred Stock"). The Board of Directors is expressly granted authority to issue shares of Preferred Stock, in one or more series, and to fix for each such series such voting powers , full or limited, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of such series (a "Preferred Stock Designation") and as may be permitted by the Nevada Revised Statutes. The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, without a separate vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock, or any series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to any Preferred Stock Designation.

 

10. INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES

 

10.1          Expenses for Actions Other Than By or In The Right of the Corporation. The Corporation shall indemnify to the fullest extent under Nevada law, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, association or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with which action, suit or proceeding, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding , had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon plea ofnolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

10.2          Expenses for Actions By or In the Right of the Corporation. The Corporation shall indemnify to the fullest extent under Nevada law, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, association or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, ifhe acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

 

 

 

 
 

 

10.3          Non-Exclusivity. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the articles of incorporation or under any other bylaw, agreement, insurance policy, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, statute or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

 

10.4          Repeal and Modification. Any repeal or modification of this Article VI shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation, any of its stockholders or its creditors for money damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the NRS as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. If the NRS is hereafter amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent authorized by the NRS, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article VII shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or mod ification .

 

12. BYLAWS

 

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by law, the Board shall have the power to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Board shall be required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws. The Bylaws also may be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders; provided, however, that in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by law or by this Amended and Restated Articles, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws.s

 

13. AMENDMENTS

 

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and, except as set forth in Article 10 and 11 all rights and powers conferred herein on stockholders, directors and officers are subject to this reserved power.

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

 

ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I—OFFICES

 

Section 1.01    Registered Office. The corporation shall maintain in the State of Nevada a registered office and a registered agent whose business office is identical with such registered office.

 

Section 1.02    Locations of Offices. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the state of Nevada as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II—STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 2.01    Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on such date and at such time as is designated by the board of directors and as is provided for in the notice of the meeting. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for the annual meeting of the stockholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the board of directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the stockholders as soon thereafter as may be convenient.

 

Section 2.02    Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, or by the board of directors, or in their absence or disability, by any vice president.

 

Section 2.03    Place of Meetings. The board of directors may designate any place, either within or without the state of incorporation, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the board of directors. A waiver of notice signed by all stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without state of incorporation, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be at the principal office of the corporation.

 

Section 2.04    Notice of Meetings. The secretary or assistant secretary, if any, shall cause notice of the time, place, and purpose or purposes of all meetings of the stockholders (whether annual or special), to be mailed at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote.

 

Section 2.05    Waiver of Notice. Any stockholder may waive notice of any meeting of stockholders (however called or noticed, whether or not called or noticed and whether before, during, or after the meeting), signing a written waiver of notice or a consent to the holding of such meeting, or an approval of the minutes thereof. Attendance at a meeting, in person or by proxy, shall constitute waiver of all defects of notice regardless of whether a waiver of notice, consent to the holding of such meeting, or any approval of the minutes thereof is signed or any objections are made, unless attendance is solely for the purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. All such waivers, consents, or approvals shall be made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

Section 2.06    Fixing Record Date. For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect to any change, conversion, or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders, such date in any case to be not more than sixty (60) days and, in case, of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of stockholders is to be taken. If no record date is fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting, the day preceding the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed shall be the record date. For any other purpose, the record date shall be the close of business on the date on which the resolution of the board of directors pertaining thereto is adopted. When a determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof. Failure to comply with this section shall not affect the validity of any action taken at a meeting of stockholders.

 

 

 

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Section 2.07    Voting Lists. The officers of the corporation shall cause to be prepared from the stock ledger at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting, during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The original stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section, or the books of the corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.08    Quorum. A majority of the shares of each class, and series of each class, to the extent applicable (unless more than one class and or series votes as a class, in which case a majority of the shares voting as a class) of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by statute or by the articles of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders, entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice (other than the announcement at the meeting) until a date and time that a quorum shall be present. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.09    Vote Required. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of stock having a majority of the voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one on which by express provision of the statutes of the state of Nevada or of the articles of incorporation or as otherwise specifically required by these bylaws a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

 

Section 2.10    Voting of Stock. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder, subject to the modification of such voting rights of any class or classes of the corporation's capital stock by the articles of incorporation. There is no cumulative voting. If and to the extent allowed by the laws of the State of Nevada and of the United States, stockholders may vote electronically.

 

Section 2.11    Proxies. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder entitled to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy, provided however, that the right to vote by proxy shall exist only in case the instrument authorizing such proxy to act shall have been executed in writing by the registered holder or holders of such stock, as the case may be, as shown on the stock ledger of the corporation or by his attorney thereunto duly authorized in writing. Such instrument authorizing a proxy to act shall be delivered at the beginning of such meeting to the secretary of the corporation or to such other officer or person who may, in the absence of the secretary, be acting as secretary of the meeting. In the event that any such instrument shall designate two or more persons to act as proxy, a majority of such persons present at the meeting, or if only one be present, that one shall (unless the instrument shall otherwise provide) have all of the powers confirmed by the instrument on all persons so designated. Persons holding stock in a fiduciary capacity, shall be entitled to vote the stock so held and the persons whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote, unless, the transfer by the pledgor in the books and records of the corporation shall have expressly empowered the pledgee to vote thereon, in which case the pledgee, or his proxy, may represent such stock and vote thereon. No proxy shall be voted or acted on after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. If and to the extent allowed by the laws of the State of Nevada and of the United States, stockholders may provide proxies electronically.

 

 

 

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Section 2.12     Stockholder Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting. Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken by a consent in writing by the stockholders holding a majority of the voting power.

 

Section 2.13    Business at Annual Meeting. At any annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting (a) by or at the direction of the board of directors or (b) by any shareholder of record of the corporation who is entitled to vote with respect thereto and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this section. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be received at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than 120 calendar days in advance of the date in the current fiscal year that corresponds to the date in the preceding fiscal year on which the corporation's notice of meeting and related proxy statement were released to stockholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders, except that if no meeting was held in the immediately preceding year or if the date of the annual meeting in the current year varies by more than 30 calendar days' from the corresponding date of such meeting in the preceding fiscal year, such notice by the shareholder proposing business to be brought before the meeting of the stockholders must be received not less than 30 days prior to the date of the current year's annual meeting; provided, that in the event that less than 40 days notice of the date of the meeting is given to stockholders, to be timely, a stockholders notice of business to be brought before the meeting shall be so received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed. A stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth as to each matter such shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (b) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's books, of the shareholder of record proposing such business, (c) the class and number of shares of the corporation's capital stock that are beneficially owned by such shareholder, and (d) any material interest of such shareholder in such business. Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be brought before or conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the provisions of this section. The officer of the corporation or the person presiding at the annual meeting shall, if the facts so warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with such provisions, and if such presiding officer should so determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with such provisions and if such presiding officer should so determine, such presiding officer shall so declare to the meeting, and any such business so determined to be not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

 

Section 2.14    Notification of Nominations. Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the board of directors or by any shareholder who both is entitled to vote for the election of directors and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this section and in the corporation’s articles of incorporation. Any shareholder entitled to vote for the election of directors at a meeting may nominate persons for election as directors only if written notice of such shareholder's intention to make such nomination is delivered or mailed to and received by the Secretary of the corporation, at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than 120 calendar days in advance of the date in the current fiscal year that corresponds to the date in the preceding fiscal year on which the corporation's notice of meeting and related proxy statement were released to stockholders in connection with the previous years annual meeting of stockholders, except that (i) with respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting of stockholders, if no annual meeting was held in the immediately preceding year or if the date of the annual meeting in the current fiscal year has been changed by more than 30 calendar days from the corresponding date of such meeting in the preceding fiscal year, such notice by the shareholder must be received not less than 30 days prior to the date of the current year's annual meeting; provided further, that in the event that less than 40 days notice of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, to be timely, a stockholders notice shall be so received not later than the close of business on the 10th day, following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed, and (ii) with respect to an election to be hold at a special meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, the close of business on the seventh day following the date on which notice of such meeting is first given to stockholders. Each such notice shall be signed and verified by the issuing stockholder under penalties of perjury, and shall set forth:

 

(a) the name and address of the shareholder who intends to make the nomination and of the person or persons to be nominated;

 

(b) a representation that such shareholder is a holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting, and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or person specified in the notice;

 

 

 

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(c) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such shareholder and each nominee, and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by such shareholder; and

 

(d) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder as would have been required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, had each nominee been nominated, or proposed to be nominated by the board of directors.

 

Each such notice must be accompanied by an original signed written consent of each nominee, if elected, to serve as a director of the corporation.

 

The chairman and/or secretary of a meeting of the shareholders may refuse to acknowledge the nomination of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.

 

ARTICLE III—DIRECTORS

 

Section 3.01    Number, Term, and Qualifications. The board of directors shall consist of one or more members, each of whom shall be a natural person. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole board shall be fixed from time to time by a majority vote of the directors then in office even though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and not by the stockholders. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director's term of office expires. At each annual meeting of stockholders or special meeting in lieu thereof, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the succeeding annual meeting of the stockholders or special meeting in lieu thereof until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Directors need neither be residents of the state of incorporation nor stockholders of the corporation.

 

Section 3.02    Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Vacancies resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the board of directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause may be filled only by a majority vote of the directors then in office even though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and not by the stockholders. In the event of any increase or decrease in the authorized number of directors, each director then serving as such shall nevertheless continue as a director until the expiration of his or her current term or his or her prior death, retirement, removal or resignation. In the event of a vacancy in the board of directors, the remaining directors, except as otherwise provided by law, may exercise the powers of the full board of directors until the vacancy is filled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each director shall serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her death, resignation or removal. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute.

 

Section 3.03    General Powers. The business of the corporation shall be managed under the direction of its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the articles of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.04    Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of board of directors shall be held without notice immediately following and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders. The board of directors may provide by resolution, the time and place, either within or without the state of incorporation, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

 

Section 3.05    Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the request of the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, or any two directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the board of directors may fix any place, either within or without the state of incorporation, as the place for holding any special meeting of the board of directors called by them.

 

Section 3.06    Meetings by Telephone Conference Call. Members of the board of directors may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors by means of conference telephone or similar communications media provided that all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

 

 

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Section 3.07    Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be delivered personally or by telephone or by facsimile or by email to each director or sent by first-class mail, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that director's address, phone number, facsimile number, or email (as the case may be) as shown on the records of the corporation. If the notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is delivered personally or by telephone or by facsimile or by email, it shall be delivered at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting Any director may waive notice of any meeting. Attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting solely for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

Section 3.08    Quorum. A majority of the number of directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors, but if less than a majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

Section 3.09    Manner of Acting. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the question is one on which by express provision of the statutes of the state of Nevada or of the articles of incorporation or as otherwise specifically required by these bylaws a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question, and individual directors shall have no power as such.

 

Section 3.10    Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, the board of directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. No such compensation shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

Section 3.11    Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting, unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof, or shall forward such dissent by registered or certified mail to the secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.

 

Section 3.12    Resignations. A director may resign at any time by delivering a written resignation to the chief executive officer, the president, a vice president, the secretary or assistant secretary, if any. The resignation shall become effective upon delivery unless otherwise stated therein.

 

Section 3.13    Written Consent to Action by Directors. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the directors of the corporation or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the directors or of a committee, may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors, or all of the members of the committee, as the case may be. Such consent shall have the same legal effect as a unanimous vote of all the directors or members of the committee.

 

Section 3.14    Removal. At a meeting expressly called for that purpose, one or more directors may be removed by a vote of seventy percent (70%) of the shares of outstanding stock of the corporation entitled to vote at an election of directors, provided that such removal has been recommended and approved by resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors, at a meeting called for that purpose, in advance of the stockholder action.

 

ARTICLE IV—OFFICERS

 

Section 4.01    Number. The officers of the corporation shall include a president and a secretary and may include a chairman, a chief executive officer, a chief financial officer, a treasurer, and such vice presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers as the board of directors may choose. Except as provided in Article VIII, election or appointment as an officer shall not in and of itself create contract rights.

 

 

 

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Section 4.02    Election Term of Office, and Qualifications. The officers shall be chosen by the board of directors annually at its annual meeting. In the event of failure to choose officers at an annual meeting of the board of directors, officers may be chosen at any regular or special meeting of the board of directors. Each such officer (whether chosen to fill a vacancy or otherwise) shall hold his office until the next ensuing annual meeting of the board of directors and until his successor shall have been chosen and qualified, or until his death or until his resignation or removal in the manner provided in these bylaws. Any one person may hold any two or more of such offices, except that neither the chief executive officer nor the president shall also be the secretary. No person holding two or more offices shall act in or execute any instrument in the capacity of more than one office. The chairman of the board, if any, shall be and remain director of the corporation during the term of his office. No other officer need be a director.

 

Section 4.03    Subordinate Officers, Etc. The board of directors from time to time may appoint such other officers or agents as it may, deem advisable, each of whom shall have such title, hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as the board of directors from time to time may determine. The board of directors from time to time may, delegate to any officer or agent the power to appoint any such subordinate officer or agents and to prescribe their respective titles, terms of office, authorities, and duties.

 

Section 4.04    Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by delivering a written resignation to the board of directors, the chief executive officer, the president, or the secretary. Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect on delivery.

 

Section 4.05    Removal. Any officer may be removed from office at any special meeting of the board of directors called for that purpose or at a regular meeting, by the vote of a majority of the directors, with or without cause. Any officer or agent appointed in accordance with the provisions of section 4.03 hereof may also be removed, either with or with cause, by any officer on whom such power of removal shall have been conferred by the board of directors.

 

Section 4.06    Vacancies and Newly Created Offices. If any vacancy shall occur in any office by reason of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or any other cause, or if a new office shall be created, then such vacancies or newly created officers may be filled by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting.

 

Section 4.07    Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board, if there be such an officer, shall have the following powers and duties:

 

(a) He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders;

 

(b) He shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors; and

 

(c) He shall be a member of the executive committee, if any.

 

Section 4.08 The Chief Executive Officer. The chief executive officer, if there be such an officer, shall have the following powers and duties:

 

(a) He shall have general authority and supervision over the management and direction of the affairs of the corporation, and supervision of all departments and of all officers of the corporation.

 

(b) He shall, subject to the other provisions of these bylaws, have such other powers and perform such other duties as usually devolve upon the chief executive officer of a corporation or as may be prescribed by the board of directors, and shall, in the absence of the chairman or if no chairman has been chosen, preside at meetings of the stockholders and board of directors.

 

(c) He may vote all securities which the corporation is entitled to vote except as to the extent such authority shall be vested in a different officer or agent of the corporation by the board of directors.

 

 

 

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(d) Except in those instances in which the authority to execute is expressly delegated to another officer or agent of the corporation or a different mode of execution is expressly prescribed by the board of directors, he may execute any contracts, deeds, mortgages, bonds or other instruments which the board of directors has authorized and may (without previous authorization by the board of directors) execute such contracts and other instruments as the conduct of the corporation’s business in its ordinary course requires, and may accomplish such execution in each case either under or without the seal of the corporation and either individually or with the secretary, any assistant secretary, or any other officer thereunto authorized by the board of directors, according to the requirements of the form of the instrument.

 

(e) He shall be a member of the executive committee, if any.

 

In case of the absence, disability, death, resignation or removal from office of the chief executive officer, or if a chief executive officer is not chosen, the power and duties of the chief executive officer shall devolve upon and be exercised by the president, unless otherwise ordered by the board of directors.

 

Section 4.09 The President. The president shall have the following powers and duties:

 

(a) He shall be the chief operating officer of the corporation and shall have such general authority and supervision over the management and direction of the affairs of the corporation, subject to the authority of the board of directors, as shall usually devolve upon a chief operating officer of a corporation.

 

(b) He shall, subject to the other provisions of these bylaws, have such other powers and perform such other duties as usually devolved upon the president of a corporation, and such further duties as may be proscribed for the president by the board of directors. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, he shall see that the resolutions and directions of the board of directors are carried into effect except in those instances in which that responsibility is specifically assigned to some other person by the board of directors.

 

(c) Except in those instances in which the authority to execute is expressly delegated to another officer or agent of the corporation or a different mode of execution is expressly prescribed by the board of directors, he may execute certificates representing shares of stock of the corporation, and any contracts, deeds, mortgages, bonds or other instruments which the board of directors has authorized and may (without previous authorization by the board of directors) execute such contracts and other instruments as the conduct of the corporation’s business in its ordinary course requires, and may accomplish such execution in each case either under or without the seal of the corporation and either individually or with the secretary, any assistant secretary, or any other officer thereunto authorized by the board of directors, according to the requirements of the form of the instrument.

 

(d) In the absence of the chief executive officer, the president may vote all securities which the corporation is entitled to vote except as to the extent such authority shall be vested in a different officer or agent of the corporation by the board of directors. In case of the absence, disability, death, resignation or removal from the office of the president, the powers and duties of the president shall devolve upon and be exercised by the chief executive officer, if there be such an officer, and in case of the absence, disability, death, resignation or removal from office of both the chief executive officer and the president, the powers and duties of the president shall devolve upon and be exercised by such other officer so appointed by the board of directors.

 

Section 4.10    The Vice Presidents. The board of directors may, from time to time, designate and elect one or more vice presidents, one of whom may be designated to serve as executive vice president. Each vice president shall have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the board of directors or the president. At the request or in the absence or disability of the president, the executive vice president or, in the absence or disability of the executive vice president, the vice president designated by the board of directors or (in the absence of such designation by the board of directors) by the president as senior vice president may perform all the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions on, the president.

 

 

 

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Section 4.11    The Secretary. The secretary shall have the following powers and duties:

 

(a) He shall keep or cause to be kept a record of all of the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors, in books provided for that purpose;

 

(b) He shall cause all notices to be duly given in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws and as required by statute;

 

(c) He shall be the custodian of the records and of the seal of the corporation, and shall cause such seal (or a facsimile thereof) to be affixed to all certificates representing stock of the corporation prior to the issuance thereof and to all instruments, the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal shall have been duly authorized in accordance with these bylaws, and when so affixed, he may attest the same;

 

(d) He shall see that the books, reports, statements, certificates, and other documents and records required by statute are properly kept and filed;

 

(e) He shall have charge of the stock ledger and books of the corporation and cause such books to be kept in such manner as to show at any time the amount of the stock of the corporation of each class issued and outstanding, the manner in which and the time when such stock was paid for, the names alphabetically arranged and the addresses of the holders of record thereof, the amount of stock held by each holder and time when each became such holder of record; and he shall exhibit at all reasonable times to any director, on application, the original or duplicate stock ledger. He shall cause the, stock ledger referred to in Section 6.04 hereof to be kept and exhibited at the principal office of the corporation, or at such other place as the board of directors shall determine, in the manner and for the purpose provided in such section;

 

(f) He shall be empowered to sign certificates representing stock of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by the board of directors; and

 

(g) He shall perform in general all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as are given to him by these bylaws or as from time to time may be assigned to him by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 4.12    The Treasurer. The treasurer shall have the following powers and duties:

 

(a) He shall have charge and supervision over and be responsible for the monies, securities, receipts, and disbursements of the corporation;

 

(b) He shall cause the monies and other valuable effects of the corporation to be deposited in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such banks or trust companies or with such banks or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with section 5.03 hereof,

 

(c) He shall cause the monies of the corporation to be disbursed by checks or drafts (signed as provided in section 5.04 hereof) drawn on the authorized depositories of the corporation, and cause to be taken and preserved properly vouchers for all monies disbursed;

 

(d) He shall render to the board of directors or the president, whenever requested, a statement of the financial condition of the corporation and of all of his transactions as treasurer, and render a full financial report at the annual meeting of the stockholders, if called on to do so;

 

(e) He shall cause to be kept correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the corporation and exhibit such books to any directors on request during business hours;

 

 

 

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(f) He shall be empowered from time to time to require from all officers or agents of the corporation reports or statements giving such information as he may desire with respect to any and all financial transactions of the corporation; and

 

(g) He shall perform in general all duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as are given to him by these bylaws or as from time to time may be assigned to him by the board of directors or the president.

 

In case of the absence, disability, death, resignation or removal from office of the treasurer, or if a treasurer is not chosen, the power and duties of the treasurer shall devolve upon and be exercised by the secretary, unless otherwise ordered by the board of directors.

 

Section 4.13    The Chief Financial Officer. The chief financial officer, if there be such an officer, shall, under the direction of the president, be responsible for all financial and accounting matters and for the direction of the office of treasurer. The chief financial officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the board of directors, the president, or these bylaws may, from time to time, prescribe.

 

Section 4.14    Assistant Treasurers And Assistant Secretaries. The assistant treasurers and assistant secretaries, if there be any such officers, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the treasurer, in the case of assistant treasurers, or the secretary, in the case of assistant secretaries, or by the board of directors or president in either case. Each assistant secretary may sign with the president, or a vice president, or any other officer thereunto authorized by the board of directors, certificates for shares of stock of the corporation (the issue of which shall have been authorized by the board of directors), and any contracts, deeds, mortgages, bonds, or other instruments which the board of directors has authorized, and may (without previous authorization by the board of directors) sign with such other officers as aforesaid such contracts and other instruments as the conduct of the corporation’s business in its ordinary course requires, in each case according to the requirements of the form of the instrument, except when a different mode of execution is expressly prescribed by the board of directors. The assistant treasurers shall, if required by the board of directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such sureties as the board of directors shall determine.

 

Section 4.15    Salaries. The salaries or other compensation of the officers of the corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the board of directors, except that the board of directors may delegate to any person or group of persons the power to fix the salaries or other compensation of any subordinate officers or agents appointed in accordance with the provisions of section 4.03 hereof. No officer shall be prevented from receiving any such salary or compensation by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the corporation.

 

Section 4.16    Surety Bonds. In case the board of directors shall so require, any officer or agent of the corporation shall execute to the corporation a bond in such sums and with such surety or sureties as the board of directors may direct, conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties to the corporation, including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting of all property, monies, or securities of the corporation which may come into his hands.

 

ARTICLE V—EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS,
BORROWING OF MONEY, AND DEPOSIT OF CORPORATE FUNDS

 

Section 5.01    Execution of Instruments. Subject to any limitation contained in the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, but without prejudice to the powers vested in the officers under Article IV of these bylaws, the chief executive officer, the president or any vice president may, in the name and on behalf of the corporation, execute and deliver any contract or other instrument authorized in writing by the board of directors. The board of directors may, subject to any limitation contained in the articles of incorporation or in these bylaws, authorize in writing any officer or agent to execute and deliver any contract or other instrument in the name and on behalf of the corporation; any such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 5.02    Loans. No loan or advance shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation, no negotiable paper or other evidence of its obligation under any loan or advance shall be issued in its name, and no property of the corporation shall be mortgaged, pledged, hypothecated, transferred, or conveyed as security for the payment of any loan, advance, indebtedness, or liability of the corporation, unless and except as authorized by the board of directors. Any such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

 

 

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Section 5.03    Deposits. All monies of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to its credit in such banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositories as the board of directors may select, or as from time to time may be selected by any officer or agent authorized to do so by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.04    Checks, Drafts. Etc. All notes, drafts, acceptances, checks, endorsements, and, subject to the provisions of these bylaws, evidences of indebtedness of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as the board of directors from time to time may determine. Endorsements for deposit to the credit of the corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories shall be in such manner as the board of directors from time to time may determine.

 

Section 5.05    Bonds and Debentures. Every bond or debenture issued by the corporation shall be evidenced by an appropriate instrument which shall be signed by the chief executive officer or the president or a vice president and by the secretary and sealed with the seal of the corporation. The seal may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. Where such bond or debenture is authenticated with the manual signature of an authorized officer of the corporation or other trustee designated by the indenture of trust or other agreement under which such security is issued, the signature of any of the corporation's officers named thereon may be a facsimile. In case any officer who signed, or whose facsimile signature has been used on any such bond or debenture, shall cease to be an officer of the corporation for any reason before the same has been delivered by the corporation, such bond or debenture may nevertheless be adopted by the corporation and issued and delivered as through the person who signed it or whose facsimile signature has been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer.

 

Section 5.06    Sale, Transfer, Etc. of Securities. Sales, transfers, endorsements, and assignments of stocks, bonds, and other securities owned by or standing the name of the corporation, and the execution and delivery on behalf of the corporation of any all instruments in writing incident to any such sale, transfer, endorsement, or assignment, shall be effected by the chief executive officer, the president, or by any vice president, together with the secretary, or by any officer or agent thereunto authorized by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.07    Proxies. Proxies to vote with respect to stock of other corporations owned by or standing in the name of the corporation shall be executed and delivered on behalf of the corporation by the chief executive officer, the president or any vice president and the secretary or assistant secretary of the corporation, or by any officer or agent thereunder authorized by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE VI—CAPITAL STOCK

 

Section 6.01    Stock Certificates. The shares of the corporation shall be evidenced by certificates in such form as the board of directors of the corporation may from time to time prescribe; provided that the board of directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock of the corporation shall be uncertificated shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled, upon request, to a certificate representing such shares. Shares represented by certificates shall be numbered and registered in a share register as they are issued. Share certificates shall exhibit the name of the registered holder and the number and class of shares and the series, if any, represented thereby and the par value of each share or a statement that such shares are without par value, as the case may be. Except as otherwise provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificated shares of the same class and series shall be identical.

 

Each certificate shall be signed by the chairman or president or vice-president and treasurer or assistant treasurer or the secretary or assistant secretary or such other officers designated by the board of directors from time to time as permitted by law, and shall bear the seal of the corporation. The corporate seal and any or all of the signatures or corporation officers may be in facsimile if the stock certificate is manually counter-signed by an authorized person on behalf of a transfer agent or registrar other than the corporation or its employee. If an officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed on, a certificate shall have ceased to be such before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the time of its issue.

 

Section 6.02    Transfer of Stock. Transfers of stock of the corporation shall be made on the books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof, or by his attorney thereunto duly authorized by a power of attorney duly executed in writing and filed with the secretary of the corporation or any of its transfer agents, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates, properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer, representing such stock. Except as provided by law, the corporation and transfer agents and registrars, if any, shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any stock as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any legal, equitable, or other claim to or interest in such stock on the part of any other person whether or not it or they shall have express or other notice thereof.

 

 

 

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Section 6.03    Regulations. Subject to any provisions contained in the articles of incorporation, the board of directors may make such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, transfer, redemption, and registration of certificates for stock of the corporation.

 

Section 6.04    Maintenance of Stock Ledger at Principal Place of Business. A stock ledger (or ledgers where more than one kind, class, or series of stock is outstanding) shall be kept at the principal place of business of the corporation, or at such other place the board of directors shall determine, containing the names alphabetically arranged of original holders of the corporation, their addresses, their interest, the amount paid on their shares, and all transfers thereof and the number and class of stock held by each. Such stock ledgers shall at all reasonable hours by subject to inspection by persons entitled by law to inspect the same.

 

Section 6.05    Transfer Agents and Registrars. The board of directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars with respect to the certificates representing stock of the corporation, and may require all such certificates to bear the signature of either or both. The board of directors may from time to time define the respective duties of such transfer agents and registrars. No certificate for stock shall be valid until countersigned by a transfer agent, if at the date appearing thereon the corporation had a transfer agent for such stock, and until registered by a registrar, if at such date the corporation had a registrar for such stock.

 

Section 6.06    Closing of Transfer Books and Fixing of Record Date.

 

(a) The board of directors shall have power to close the stock ledgers of the corporation for a period of not to exceed sixty (60) days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders, or the date for payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights or capital stock, or a date in connection with obtaining the approval of stockholders for any purpose.

 

(b) In lieu of closing the stock ledgers as aforesaid, the board of directors may fix in advance a date not exceeding sixty (60) days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders, or the date for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect, or a date in connection with obtaining any such consent, as a date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to a notice of, and to vote at, any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or to any such allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, or to give such consent.

 

(c) If the stock ledgers shall be closed or a record date set for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice or to vote at a meeting of stockholders, such books shall be closed for or such record date shaft be at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting.

 

Section 6.07    Lost or Damaged Certificates. The corporation may issue a new certificate for stock of the corporation in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it alleged to have been lost or destroyed, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate or his legal representatives, to give the corporation a bond in such form and amount as the board of directors may direct, and with such surety or sureties as may be satisfactory to the board of directors, to indemnify the corporation and its transfer agents and registrars, if any, against any claims that may be made against it or any such transfer agent or registrar on account of the issuance of such new certificate. A new certificate may be issued without requiring any bond when, in the judgment of the board of directors, it is appropriate to do so.

 

ARTICLE VII—COMMITTEES

 

Section 7.01    How Constituted. The board of directors may designate an executive committee, audit committee, governance and nominating committee, compensation committee and such other committees as the board of directors may deem appropriate, each of which committees shall consist of one or more directors. Members of the committees shall be designated annually at the annual meeting of the board of directors; provided however, that at any time the board of directors may abolish or reconstitute any committee. Each member of each committee shall hold office until his successor shall have been designated or until his resignation or removal in the manner provided in these bylaws.

 

 

 

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Section 7.02    Powers. During the intervals between meetings of the board of directors, the executive committee (if one is established) shall have and may exercise all powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, except for the power to fill vacancies in the board of directors or to amend these bylaws, and except for such powers as by law may not be delegated by the board of directors to an executive committee.

 

Section 7.03    Proceedings. Each committee may fix its own presiding and recording officer or officers, and may meet at such place or places, at such time or times and on such notice (or without notice) as it shall determine from time to time. It will keep record of its proceedings and shall report such proceedings to the board of directors at the meeting of board of directors next following.

 

Section 7.04    Quorum and Manner of Acting. At all meetings of the committees as may be designated hereunder by the board of directors, the presence of members constituting a majority of the total authorized membership of the committee shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at, any meeting at which a quorum is preset shall be the act of such committee. The members of such committees, as may be designated hereunder by the board of directors, shall act only as a committee, and the individual members thereof shall have no powers as such.

 

Section 7.05    Resignations. Any member of a committee may resign at any time by delivering a written resignation to the chief executive officer, the president, the secretary, or assistant secretary, or to the presiding officer of the committee of which he is a member, if any shall have been appointed and shall be in office. Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect on delivery.

 

Section 7.06    Removal. The board of directors may at any time remove any member of the executive committee or of any other committee designated by it hereunder either for or without cause.

 

Section 7.07    Vacancies. If any vacancy shall occur in any committee by reason of disqualification, death, resignation, removal, or removal, or otherwise, the remaining members shall, until the filling of such vacancy, constitute the then total authorized membership of the committee and continued to act, unless such committee consisted of more than one member prior to the vacancy or vacancies and is left with only one member as a result thereof. Such vacancy may be filled at any meeting of the board of directors.

 

Section 7.08    Compensation. The board of directors may compensate any member of a duly designated committee who is not an active salaried employee of the corporation for attendance at each meeting of the said committee (and may reimburse his or her expenses of attendance).

 

ARTICLE VIII—INDEMNIFICATION, INSURANCE AND
OFFICER AND DIRECTOR CONTRACTS

 

Section 8.01    Indemnification. The corporation shall indemnify and make advancement of expenses to the extent and as required (and in the discretion of the board of directors, as allowed) in the articles of incorporation.

 

ARTICLE IX—FISCAL YEAR

 

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ARTICLE X—DIVIDENDS

 

The board of directors may from time to time declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding stock in the manner and on the terms and conditions provided by the articles of incorporation and by laws.

 

ARTICLE XI—AMENDMENTS

 

Any amendment of these bylaws shall require the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the directors comprising the board of directors, at a meeting called for the purpose of amending and/or restating these bylaws. Absent affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the directors comprising the board of directors, at a meeting called for the purpose of amending and/or restating these bylaws, the stockholders of the corporation may amend these bylaws by an affirmative vote of a majority of each class of issued and outstanding shares of voting securities of the corporation, at a meeting called for the purpose of amending and/or restating these bylaws.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.3

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

esports technologies, Inc.

 

Warrant Shares: _______ Initial Exercise Date: __________, 2020

 

THIS SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, ___________________ or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from eSports Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), up to _______ ordinary shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of the Company (the ordinary shares of the Company, the “Shares”). The purchase price of one Share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1.               Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1:

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Share Equivalents” means any securities of the Company which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Shares, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Shares.

 

 

 

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Trading Day” means a day on which the Shares are traded on a Trading Market.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Shares (or the securities of any Successor Entity) are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing.

 

Transfer Agent” means the transfer agent of the Company, or, if the Company does not have a transfer agent, the Company.

 

Section 2.                Exercise.

 

a)             Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within two (2) Trading Days following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b)             Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share under this Warrant shall be $0.30, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

c)             Cashless Exercise. If there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

  (A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Shares on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;
     
  (B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
     
  (X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

 

 

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If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant.  The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Shares are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Shares for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b)  if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Shares are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Shares are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a Share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Shares are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b)  if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Shares are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Shares are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per Share so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a Share as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i.            Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within two (2) Trading Days.

 

ii.                  Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iii.                  No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

 

 

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iv.                  Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

v.                  Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e)             Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Shares which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Share Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding Shares, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Shares as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Shares outstanding.  Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Shares then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding Shares was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

 

 

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Section 3.               Certain Adjustments.

 

a)             Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on its Shares or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in Shares (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding Shares into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding Shares into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of Shares any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of Shares outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b)             Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Shares, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Shares (not including any Shares held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of Shares of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one Share in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Shares are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Shares acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the Shares pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

 

 

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c)             Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of Shares deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of Shares (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

d)             Voluntary Adjustment By Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, subject to the prior written consent of the Holder, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

 

Section 4.               Transfer of Warrant.

 

a)             Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b)             New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

c)             Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

d)             Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the Holder or transferee and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act.

 

e)             Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

Section 5.               Miscellaneous.

 

a)              No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.

 

 

 

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b)             Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

c)             Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

d)             Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Shares a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any Trading Market upon which the Shares may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof.

 

e)             Jurisdiction. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any way to this Warrant shall be brought and enforced in Clark County, Nevada, or in the federal courts located therein, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

 

f)              Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g)             Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h)             Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other document or communications required or permitted to be given or delivered under the terms of this Warrant must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, if delivered personally; (ii) when sent, if sent by e-mail (provided that such sent e-mail is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s e-mail server that such e-mail could not be delivered to such recipient) and (iii) if sent by overnight courier service, one (1) Trading Day after deposit with an overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same. If notice is given by email, a copy of such notice shall be dispatched no later than the next business day by first class mail, postage prepaid. The addresses and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

 

Esports Technologies Inc.

720 S 7th St, 3rd Fl

Las Vegas, NV 89101

 

 

 

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If to a Holder, to its address or e-mail address set forth herein or on the books and records of the Company.

 

Or, in each of the above instances, to such other address or e-mail address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party at least five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, or (B) provided by an overnight courier service, shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service in accordance with clause (i) or (iii) above, respectively. A copy of the e-mail transmission containing the time, date and recipient email address shall be rebuttable evidence of receipt by e-mail in accordance with clause (ii) above.

 

i)               Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Shares or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j)             Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

k)             Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l)              Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

m)            Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n)             Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

 

 

eSports technologies, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:__________________________________________

Name:

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

To: ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

(1)            The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2)            Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

[_] in lawful money of the United States; or

 

[_] if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3)            Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

 

_______________________________

 

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number (if eligible):

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: ________________________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: _________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________________

Date: ________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

 

 

Name:  
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Address:  

 

(Please Print)

   
Phone Number: ______________________________________
   
Email Address: ______________________________________
   
   
Dated: _______________ __, ______  
   
Holder’s Signature:_________________________________  
   
Holder’s Address:__________________________________  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.4

 

THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES ONLY AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNTIL (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”) SHALL HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT THERETO OR (ii) RECEIPT BY THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY TO THE EFFECT THAT REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT IS NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH PROPOSED TRANSFER NOR IS IN VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

 

esports technologies, inc.

 

10% UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

 

$700,000 _______, 2020

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, eSports Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay to the order of ______________ (the “Payee” or the “Holder”) or registered assigns, on _____________, unless accelerated due to the occurrence of an Event of Default (the earlier of such dates is referred to as the “Maturity Date”), the principal amount of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000) (the “Principal Amount”) and interest on the Principal Amount (as set forth in Section 3), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Interest on this Note shall accrue on the Principal Amount outstanding from time to time at a rate per annum computed in accordance with Section 3 hereof.

 

1.              Conversion.

 

A.            Subject to Section 1.B. below, the Holder may convert the Principal Amount of this Note and all accrued and unpaid interest into Company shares (the “Shares”) at a conversion price equal to $0.50 per Share (the “Conversion Price”), which price shall be proportionately adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends or similar events.

 

B.             If, at any time while this Note is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind (“Person”), (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Shares are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their Shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Shares, or (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Shares are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Note, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 1.C. on the conversion of this Note), the number of Shares of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of Shares for which this Note is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 1.C. on the conversion of this Note). The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

 

 

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C.             Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Note, this Note shall not be convertible into Shares to the extent (but only to the extent) that the Holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Shares. To the extent the conversion provisions of Section 1.A. would be limited by this Section 1.C, the portion of this Note not converted may be converted into Shares at a later date or dates, provided that at such later date or dates the limitation in Section 1.C would no longer apply to the Holder because such Holder would no longer own in excess of the Maximum Percentage. For the purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations (including, without limitation, with respect to calculations of percentage ownership) shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this paragraph to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Maximum Percentage beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such Maximum Percentage limitation.

 

2.              Base Interest Rate; Payment of Interest. The outstanding Principal Amount shall bear interest at the rate of 10.0% per annum. Interest shall be based on a 365 day year. Subject to the provisions of Section 1.A. above, accrued interest will be due and payable on the Maturity Date unless converted in Shares.

 

3.              Covenants of Company

 

A.             Affirmative Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees that, so long as this Note shall be outstanding, it will perform the obligations set forth in this Section 3.A.:

 

(i)             Maintenance of Existence. The Company will do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights and franchises and comply with all laws applicable to the Company, except where the failure to comply would not have a material adverse effect on the Company.

 

4.              Events of Default

 

A.            The term “Event of Default” shall mean any of the events set forth in this Section 4.A.:

 

(i)             Non-Payment of Obligations. The Company shall default in the payment of the Principal Amount or accrued interest of this Note as and when the same shall become due and payable, whether by acceleration or otherwise.

 

(ii)            Non-Performance of Affirmative Covenants. The Company shall materially default in the due observance or performance of any covenant set forth in Section 3.A.

 

(iii)           Bankruptcy, Insolvency, etc. The Company shall:

 

(a)            apply for, consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, sequestrator or other custodian for the Company, or make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

(b)            permit or suffer to exist the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, debt arrangement or other case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, or any dissolution, winding up or liquidation proceeding, in respect of the Company, and, if such case or proceeding is not commenced by the Company or converted to a voluntary case, such case or proceeding shall be consented to or acquiesced in by the Company or shall result in the entry of an order for relief.

 

 

 

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B.             Action if Bankruptcy. If any Event of Default described in clause (iii) of Section 4.A. shall occur, the outstanding Principal Amount of this Note and all other obligations hereunder shall automatically be and become immediately due and payable, without notice or demand.

 

C.             Action if Other Event of Default. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default that goes uncured for more than 10 days after written notice thereof by Holder to the Company (other than any Event of Default described in clause (iii) of Section 4.A.) the entire outstanding principal of the Note together with the interest accrued thereon shall be immediately due and payable. The Company hereby waives any and all notices including notice of breach, notice of default, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration or any other demand or presentment that may be required.

 

5.              Miscellaneous.

 

A.            Parties in Interest. All covenants, agreements and undertakings in this Note binding upon the Company or the Payee shall bind and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the Payee, respectively, whether so expressed or not.

 

B.             Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas as applied to contracts entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of Texas. Any action arising out of this Note shall be brought exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction in Dallas County, Texas, and the Company and the Holder (by accepting this Note) hereby irrevocably waive any objections they may have to venue in Dallas County, Texas.

 

C.             Arbitration. Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Note or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, shall be determined by arbitration in Las Vegas, Nevada before a single arbitrator. The arbitration shall be administered by JAMS pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures (“Rules”) and in accordance with the Expedited Procedures in those Rules, including Rules 16.1 and 16.2 of those Rules. Judgment on the Award (as defined in the Rules) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The Company and Holder shall each select one independent arbitrator expert in the subject matter of the dispute (the arbitrators so selected shall be referred to herein as “Company’s Arbitrator” and “Holder’s Arbitrator,” respectively). In the event that either such party fails to select an independent arbitrator as set forth herein within 20 days from delivery of a notice of arbitration, then the matter shall be resolved by the arbitrator selected by the other party. Company’s Arbitrator and Holder’s Arbitrator shall select a third independent arbitrator expert in the subject matter of the dispute, and the three arbitrators so selected shall resolve the matter according to the procedures set forth in this section. If Company’s Arbitrator and Holder’s Arbitrator are unable to agree on a third arbitrator within 20 days after their selection, Company’s Arbitrator and Holder’s Arbitrator shall each prepare a list of three independent arbitrators. Company’s Arbitrator and Holder’s Arbitrator shall each have the opportunity to designate as objectionable and eliminate one arbitrator from the other arbitrator’s list within seven days after submission thereof, and the third arbitrator shall then be selected by lot from the arbitrators remaining on the lists submitted by Company’s Arbitrator and Holder’s Arbitrator. The parties shall maintain the confidential nature of the arbitration proceeding and the Award, including the hearing, except as may be necessary to prepare for or conduct the arbitration hearing on the merits, or except as may be necessary in connection with a court application for a preliminary remedy, a judicial challenge to an Award or its enforcement, or unless otherwise required by law or judicial decision. The parties acknowledge that this Note evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce. Notwithstanding the provision in the preceding section with respect to applicable substantive law, any arbitration conducted pursuant to the terms of this Note shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.

 

D.             Notice. All notices shall be in writing, and shall be deemed given when actually delivered to a party at its address set forth herein personally, by a reputable overnight messenger.

 

E.             No Waiver. No delay in exercising any right hereunder shall be deemed a waiver thereof, and no waiver shall be deemed to have any application to any future default or exercise of rights hereunder.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Note has been executed and delivered on the date specified above by the duly authorized representative of the Company.

 

eSports Technologies, Inc.

 

 

By:________________________________

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
2020 STOCK PLAN

(Adopted as of December 9, 2020)
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Section 1.             Establishment and Purpose.

 

1.1            The Board of Directors of Esports Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby establishes the Esports Technologies, Inc. 2020 Stock Plan (the “Plan”) effective as of December 9, 2020, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders within one year of the date hereof.

 

1.2           The purpose of the Plan is to attract and retain outstanding individuals as Key Employees, Directors and Consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to recognize the contributions made to the Company and its Subsidiaries by Key Employees, Directors and Consultants, and to provide such Key Employees, Directors and Consultants with additional incentive to expand and improve the profits and achieve the objectives of the Company and its Subsidiaries, by providing such Key Employees, Directors and Consultants with the opportunity to acquire or increase their proprietary interest in the Company through receipt of Awards.

 

Section 2.             Definitions.

 

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

2.1            Award” means any award or benefit granted under the Plan, which shall be a Stock Option, a Stock Award, a Stock Unit Award or an SAR.

 

2.2            Award Agreement” means, as applicable, a Stock Option Agreement, Stock Award Agreement, Stock Unit Award Agreement or SAR Agreement evidencing an Award granted under the Plan.

 

2.3            Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

2.4            Change in Control” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2 of the Plan.

 

2.5            Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

2.6            Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee as may be designated by the Board from time to time to administer the Plan, or, if no such committee has been designated at the time of any grants, it shall mean the Board.

 

2.7            Common Stock” means the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

 

2.8            Company” means Esports Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation.

 

2.9            Consultant” means any person, including an advisor, who is engaged by the Company or an affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and is compensated for such services. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such service, will not cause a Director to be considered a “Consultant” for purposes of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person is treated as a Consultant under this Plan only if a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act is available to register either the offer or the sale of the Company’s securities to such person.

 

 

 

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2.10          Director” means a director of the Company who is not an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary.

 

2.11          Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

2.12          Fair Market Value” means as of any date, the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, or, if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange, the over-the-counter market on which the Common Stock trades, or, if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or an over-the-counter market, as determined by the Board as of such date, or, if no trading occurred on such date, as of the trading day immediately preceding such date.

 

2.13          Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO” means a Stock Option granted under Section 5 of the Plan that meets the requirements of Section 422(b) of the Code or any successor provision.

 

2.14          Key Employee” means an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary selected to participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 3. A Key Employee may also include a person who is granted an Award (other than an Incentive Stock Option) in connection with the hiring of the person prior to the date the person becomes an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, provided that such Award shall not vest prior to the commencement of employment.

 

2.15          Non-Qualified Stock Option” or “NSO” means a Stock Option granted under Section 5 of the Plan that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

2.16          Participant” means a Key Employee, Director or Consultant selected to receive an Award under the Plan.

 

2.17          Plan” means the Esports Technologies, Inc. 2019 Stock Plan.

 

2.18          Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means a grant of a right to receive shares of Common Stock or cash under Section 8 of the Plan.

 

2.19          Stock Award” means a grant of shares of Common Stock under Section 6 of the Plan.

 

2.20          Stock Option” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option granted under Section 5 of the Plan.

 

2.21          Stock Unit Award” means a grant of a right to receive shares of Common Stock or cash under Section 7 of the Plan.

 

2.22          Subsidiary” means an entity of which the Company is the direct or indirect beneficial owner of not less than 50% of all issued and outstanding equity interest of such entity.

 

Section 3.             Administration.

 

3.1            The Board.

 

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall be comprised of at least two members of the Board who satisfy the “non-employee director” definition set forth in Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, unless the Board otherwise determines.

 

 

 

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3.2            Authority of the Committee.

 

(a)            The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine the Key Employees and Directors to whom, and the time or times at which Awards will be granted, the form and amount of each Award, the expiration date of each Award, the time or times within which the Awards may be exercised, the cancellation of the Awards and the other limitations, restrictions, terms and conditions applicable to the grant of the Awards. The terms and conditions of the Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant or with respect to each Award.

 

(b)           To the extent permitted by applicable law, regulation, and rules of a stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or traded, the Committee may delegate its authority to grant Awards to Key Employees and to determine the terms and conditions thereof to such officer of the Company as it may determine in its discretion, on such terms and conditions as it may impose, except with respect to Awards to officers subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

(c)           The Committee may, subject to the provisions of the Plan, establish such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or advisable for the proper administration of the Plan, and may make determinations and may take such other action in connection with or in relation to the Plan as it deems necessary or advisable. Each determination or other action made or taken pursuant to the Plan, including interpretation of the Plan and the specific terms and conditions of the Awards granted hereunder, shall be final and conclusive for all purposes and upon all persons.

 

(d)            No member of the Board or the Committee shall be liable for any action taken or determination made hereunder in good faith. Service on the Committee shall constitute service as a Director so that the members of the Committee shall be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement as Directors of the Company pursuant to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws.

 

3.3            Award Agreements.

 

(a)            Each Award shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement specifying the terms and conditions of the Award. In the sole discretion of the Committee, the Award Agreement may condition the grant of an Award upon the Participant’s entering into one or more of the following agreements with the Company: (i) an agreement not to compete with the Company and its Subsidiaries which shall become effective as of the date of the grant of the Award and remain in effect for a specified period of time following termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company; (ii) an agreement to cancel any employment agreement, fringe benefit or compensation arrangement in effect between the Company and the Participant; and (iii) an agreement to retain the confidentiality of certain information. Such agreements may contain such other terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine. If the Participant shall fail to enter into any such agreement at the request of the Committee, then the Award granted or to be granted to such Participant shall be forfeited and cancelled.

 

Section 4.             Shares of Common Stock Subject to Plan.

 

4.1            Total Number of Shares.

 

(a)            The total number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan shall be 4,000,000. Such shares may be either authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares, and shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.3 of the Plan.

 

(b)            The number of shares of Common Stock delivered by a Participant or withheld by the Company on behalf of any such Participant as full or partial payment of an Award, including the exercise price of a Stock Option or of any required withholding taxes, shall not again be available for issuance pursuant to subsequent Awards, and shall count towards the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan. Any shares of Common Stock purchased by the Company with proceeds from a Stock Option exercise shall not again be available for issuance pursuant to subsequent Awards, shall count against the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the Plan and shall not increase the number of shares available under the Plan.

 

 

 

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(c)            If there is a lapse, forfeiture, expiration, termination or cancellation of any Award for any reason (including for reasons described in Section 3.3), or if shares of Common Stock are issued under such Award and thereafter are reacquired by the Company pursuant to rights reserved by the Company upon issuance thereof, the shares of Common Stock subject to such Award or reacquired by the Company shall again be available for issuance pursuant to subsequent Awards, and shall not count towards the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan.

 

4.2               Shares Under Awards.

 

Of the shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan pursuant to Section 4.1:

 

(a)            The maximum number of shares of Common Stock as to which a Key Employee may receive Stock Options or SARs in any calendar year is 1,500,000, except that the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as to which a Key Employee may receive Stock Options or SARs in the calendar year in which such Key Employee begins employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries is 1,500,000.

 

(b)            The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to Stock Options (ISOs and/or NSOs) is 4,000,000.

 

(c)            The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be used for Stock Awards and/or Stock Unit Awards that may be granted to any Key Employee in any calendar year is 1,500,000, or, in the event the Award is settled in cash, an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such number of shares on the date on which the Award is settled.

 

(d)            The maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to Awards granted under the Plan or otherwise during any one calendar year to any Director, taken together with any cash fees paid by the Company to such Director during such calendar year for service on the Board, will not exceed $300,000 in total value (calculating the value of any such Awards based on the grant date fair value of such Awards for financial reporting purposes).

 

The numbers of shares described herein shall be as adjusted in accordance with Section 4.3 of the Plan.

 

4.3            Adjustment.

 

In the event of any reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, stock distribution, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, subdivision, consolidation or exchange of shares, any change in the capital structure of the Company or any similar corporate transaction, the Committee shall make such adjustments as it deems appropriate, in its sole discretion, to preserve the benefits or intended benefits of the Plan and Awards granted under the Plan. Such adjustments may include: (a) adjustment in the number and kind of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan; (b) adjustment in the number and kind of shares covered by outstanding Awards; (c) adjustment in the exercise price of outstanding Stock Options or SARs or the price of Stock Awards or Stock Unit Awards under the Plan; (d) adjustments to any of the shares limitations set forth in Section 4.1 or 4.2 of the Plan; and (e) any other changes that the Committee determines to be equitable under the circumstances.

 

Section 5.             Grants of Stock Options.

 

5.1            Grant.

 

Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may from time to time grant Stock Options to Participants. Unless otherwise expressly provided at the time of the grant, Stock Options granted under the Plan to Key Employees will be NSOs. Stock Options granted under the Plan to Directors who are not employees of the Company or any Subsidiary will be NSOs.

 

 

 

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5.2           Stock Option Agreement.

 

The grant of each Stock Option shall be evidenced by a written Stock Option Agreement specifying the type of Stock Option granted, the exercise period, the exercise price, the terms for payment of the exercise price, the expiration date of the Stock Option, the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to each Stock Option and such other terms and conditions established by the Committee, in its sole discretion, not inconsistent with the Plan.

 

5.3            Exercise Price and Exercise Period.

 

With respect to each Stock Option granted to a Participant:

 

(a)            The per share exercise price of each Stock Option shall be the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Stock Option on the date on which the Stock Option is granted.

 

(b)            Each Stock Option shall become exercisable as provided in the Stock Option Agreement; provided that the Committee shall have the discretion to accelerate the date as of which any Stock Option shall become exercisable in the event of the Participant’s termination of employment with the Company, or service on the Board, without cause (as determined by the Board in its sole discretion).

 

(c)            No dividends or dividend equivalents shall be paid with respect to any shares subject to a Stock Option prior to the exercise of the Stock Option.

 

(d)            Each Stock Option shall expire, and all rights to purchase shares of Common Stock thereunder shall expire, on the date ten years after the date of grant.

 

5.4            Required Terms and Conditions of ISOs.

 

In addition to the foregoing, each ISO granted to a Key Employee shall be subject to the following specific rules:

 

(a)            The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined with respect to each ISO at the time such Option is granted) of the shares of Common Stock with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by a Key Employee during any calendar year (under all incentive stock option plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall not exceed $100,000. If the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of the Common Stock subject to an ISO which first becomes exercisable in any calendar year exceeds the limitation of this Section 5.4(a), so much of the ISO that does not exceed the applicable dollar limit shall be an ISO and the remainder shall be a NSO; but in all other respects, the original Stock Option Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if an ISO is granted to a Key Employee who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (or its parent or subsidiaries within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code): (i) the purchase price of each share of Common Stock subject to the ISO shall be not less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the ISO is granted; and (ii) the ISO shall expire, and all rights to purchase shares of Common Stock thereunder shall expire, no later than the fifth anniversary of the date the ISO was granted.

 

(c)            No ISOs shall be granted under the Plan after ten years from the earlier of the date the Plan is adopted or approved by shareholders of the Company.

 

 

 

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5.5            Exercise of Stock Options.

 

(a)            A Participant entitled to exercise a Stock Option may do so by delivering written notice to that effect specifying the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Stock Option is being exercised and any other information the Committee may prescribe. All notices or requests provided for herein shall be delivered to the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

(b)           The Committee in its sole discretion may make available one or more of the following alternatives for the payment of the Stock Option exercise price: (i) in cash; (ii) in cash received from a broker-dealer to whom the Participant has submitted an exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of sales proceeds from the sale of the shares subject to the Stock Option to pay the exercise price; (iii) by directing the Company to withhold such number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in connection with the exercise of the Stock Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the exercise price; (iv) by delivering previously acquired shares of Common Stock that are acceptable to the Committee and that have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the Stock Option exercise price; or (v) by certifying to ownership by attestation of such previously acquired shares of Common Stock.

 

The Committee shall have the sole discretion to establish the terms and conditions applicable to any alternative made available for payment of the Stock Option exercise price.

 

Section 6.             Stock Awards.

 

6.1            Grant.

 

The Committee may, in its discretion, (a) grant shares of Common Stock under the Plan to any Participant without consideration from such Participant or (b) sell shares of Common Stock under the Plan to any Participant for such amount of cash, Common Stock or other consideration as the Committee deems appropriate.

 

6.2            Stock Award Agreement.

 

Each share of Common Stock granted or sold hereunder shall be subject to such restrictions, conditions and other terms as the Board may determine at the time of grant or sale, the general provisions of the Plan, the restrictions, terms and conditions of the related Stock Award Agreement, and the following specific rules:

 

(a)            The Award Agreement shall specify whether the shares of Common Stock are granted or sold to the Participant and such other provisions, not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine.

 

(b)            The restrictions to which the shares of Common Stock awarded hereunder are subject shall lapse as provided in Stock Award Agreement; provided that the Committee shall have the discretion to accelerate the date as of which the restrictions lapse with respect to any Award held by a Participant in the event of the Participant’s termination of employment with the Company, or service on the Board, without cause (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion).

 

(c)            Except as provided in this subsection (c) and unless otherwise set forth in the related Stock Award Agreement, the Participant receiving a grant of or purchasing Common Stock shall thereupon be a stockholder with respect to such shares and shall have the rights of a stockholder with respect to such shares, including the right to vote such shares and to receive dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such shares; provided that any dividends or other distributions payable with respect to the Stock Award shall be accumulated and held by the Company and paid to the Participant only upon, and to the extent, the restrictions lapse in accordance with the terms of the applicable Stock Award Agreement. Any such dividends or other distributions held by the Company attributable to the portion of a Stock Award that is forfeited shall also be forfeited.

 

 

 

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Section 7.             Stock Unit Awards.

 

7.1            Grant.

 

The Committee may, in its discretion, grant Stock Unit Awards to any Participant. Each Stock Unit subject to the Award shall entitle the Participant to receive, on the date or the occurrence of an event (including the attainment of performance goals) as described in the Stock Unit Award Agreement, a share of Common Stock or cash equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of such event as provided in the Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

7.2           Stock Unit Agreement.

 

Each Stock Unit Award shall be subject to such restrictions, conditions and other terms as the Committee may determine at the time of grant, the general provisions of the Plan, the restrictions, terms and conditions of the related Stock Unit Award Agreement and the following specific rules:

 

(a)            The Stock Unit Agreement shall specify such provisions, not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine.

 

(b)           The restrictions to which the shares of Stock Units awarded hereunder are subject shall lapse as provided in Stock Unit Agreement; provided that the Committee shall have the discretion to accelerate the date as of which the restrictions lapse with respect to any Award held by a Participant in the event of the Participant’s termination of employment with the Company, or service on the Board, without cause (as determined by the Board in its sole discretion).

 

(c)            Except as provided in this subsection (c) and unless otherwise set forth in the Stock Unit Agreement, the Participant receiving a Stock Unit Award shall have no rights of a stockholder, including voting or dividends or other distributions rights, with respect to any Stock Units prior to the date they are settled in shares of Common Stock; provided that a Stock Unit Award Agreement may provide that until the Stock Units are settled in shares or cash, the Participant shall be entitled to receive on each dividend or distribution payment date applicable to the Common Stock an amount equal to the dividends or other distributions that the Participant would have received had the Stock Units held by the Participant as of the related record date been actual shares of Common Stock. Such amounts shall be accumulated and held by the Company and paid to the Participant only upon, and to the extent, the restrictions lapse in accordance with the terms of the applicable Stock Unit Award Agreement. Such amounts held by the Company attributable to the portion of the Stock Unit Award that is forfeited shall also be forfeited.

 

Section 8.             SARs.

 

8.1            Grant.

 

The Committee may grant SARs to Participants. Upon exercise, an SAR entitles the Participant to receive from the Company the number of shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of one share as of the date on which the SAR is exercised over the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares with respect to which the SAR is being exercised. The Committee, in its discretion, shall be entitled to cause the Company to elect to settle any part or all of its obligations arising out of the exercise of an SAR by the payment of cash in lieu of all or part of the shares it would otherwise be obligated to deliver in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares on the date of exercise. Cash shall be delivered in lieu of any fractional shares. The terms and conditions of any such Award shall be determined at the time of grant.

 

8.2            SAR Agreement.

 

(a)            Each SAR shall be evidenced by a written SAR Agreement specifying the terms and conditions of the SAR as the Committee may determine, including the SAR exercise price, expiration date of the SAR, the number of shares of Common Stock to which the SAR pertains, the form of settlement and such other terms and conditions established by the Committee, in its sole discretion, not inconsistent with the Plan.

 

 

 

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(b)            The per Share exercise price of each SAR shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date the SAR is granted.

 

(c)            Each SAR shall expire and all rights thereunder shall cease on the date fixed by the Committee in the related SAR Agreement, which shall not be later than the ten years after the date of grant; provided however, if a Participant is unable to exercise an SAR because trading in the Common Stock is prohibited by law or the Company’s insider-trading policy, the SAR exercise date shall be extended to the date that is 30 days after the expiration of the trading prohibition.

 

(d)            Each SAR shall become exercisable as provided in the related SAR Agreement; provided that notwithstanding any other Plan provision, the Committee shall have the discretion to accelerate the date as of which any SAR shall become exercisable in the event of the Participant’s termination of employment, or service on the Board, without cause (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion).

 

(e)            No dividends or dividend equivalents shall be paid with respect to any SAR prior to the exercise of the SAR.

 

(f)             A person entitled to exercise an SAR may do so by delivery of a written notice in accordance with procedures established by the Committee specifying the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the SAR is being exercised and any other information the Committee may prescribe. As soon as reasonably practicable after the exercise of an SAR, the Company shall (i) issue the total number of full shares of Common Stock to which the Participant is entitled and cash in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value, as of the date of exercise, of any resulting fractional share, and (ii) if the Committee causes the Company to elect to settle all or part of its obligations arising out of the exercise of the SAR in cash, deliver to the Participant an amount in cash equal to the Fair Market Value, as of the date of exercise, of the shares it would otherwise be obligated to deliver.

 

Section 9.             Change in Control.

 

9.1            Effect of a Change in Control.

 

(a)            Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Plan or any outstanding Award Agreement, upon a Change in Control of the Company (as defined in Section 9.2), the Board is authorized and has sole discretion to provide that (i) all outstanding Awards shall become fully exercisable, (ii) all restrictions applicable to all Awards shall terminate or lapse and (iii) performance goals applicable to any Awards shall be deemed satisfied at the highest level, as applicable, in order that Participants may realize the benefits thereunder.

 

(b)            In addition to the Board’s authority set forth in Section 3, upon such Change in Control of the Company, the Board is authorized and has sole discretion as to any Award, either at the time such Award is granted hereunder or any time thereafter, to take any one or more of the following actions: (i) provide for the purchase of any outstanding Stock Option, for an amount of cash equal to the difference between the exercise price and the then Fair Market Value of the Common Stock covered thereby had such Stock Option been currently exercisable; (ii) make such adjustment to any such Award then outstanding as the Board deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control; and (iii) cause any such Award then outstanding to be assumed by the acquiring or surviving corporation after such Change in Control.

 

9.2            Definition of Change in Control.

 

“Change in Control” of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred if at any time during the term of an Award granted under the Plan any of the following events occurs:

 

(a)            any Person (other than the Company, a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of Common Stock of the Company) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“Person” and “Beneficial Owner” being defined in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations of the Exchange Act);

 

 

 

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(b)            the Company is party to a merger, consolidation, reorganization or other similar transaction with another corporation or other Person unless, following such transaction, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the outstanding securities of the surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation or Person or its parent entity entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or Persons performing similar functions) is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Company’s outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors immediately prior to such transaction, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such transaction, of the Company’s outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;

 

(c)            the election to the Board, without the recommendation or approval of two-thirds of the incumbent Board, of the lesser of: (i) three Directors; or (ii) Directors constituting a majority of the number of Directors of the Company then in office; provided, however, that Directors whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of Directors of the Company will not be considered as incumbent members of the Board for purposes of this Section; or

 

(d)           there is a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or the Company sells all or substantially all of its business and/or assets to another corporation or other Person unless, following such sale, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the outstanding securities of the acquiring corporation or Person or its parent entity entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or Persons performing similar functions) is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Company’s outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors immediately prior to such sale, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such sale, of the Company’s outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

In no event, however, shall a Change in Control be deemed to have occurred, with respect to a Participant, if that Participant is part of a purchasing group which consummates the Change in Control transaction. A Participant shall be deemed “part of a purchasing group” for purposes of the preceding sentence if the Participant is an equity participant or has agreed to become an equity participant in the purchasing company or group (except for (a) passive ownership of less than 3% of the shares of the purchasing company; or (b) ownership of equity participation in the purchasing company or group which is otherwise not deemed to be significant, as determined prior to the Change in Control by a majority of the disinterested Directors).

 

Section 10.           Payment of Taxes.

 

(a)            In connection with any Award, and as a condition to the issuance or delivery of any shares of Common Stock to the Participant in connection therewith, the Company shall require the Participant to pay the Company the minimum amount of federal, state, local or foreign taxes required to be withheld, and in the Company’s sole discretion, the Company may permit the Participant to pay the Company up to the maximum individual statutory rate of applicable withholding.

 

(b)           The Company in its sole discretion may make available one or more of the following alternatives for the payment of such taxes: (i) in cash; (ii) in cash received from a broker-dealer to whom the Participant has submitted notice together with irrevocable instructions to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of sales proceeds from the sale of the shares subject to the Award to pay the withholding taxes; (iii) by directing the Company to withhold such number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in connection with the Award having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld; (iv) by delivering previously acquired shares of Common Stock of the Company that are acceptable to the Board that have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld; or (v) by certifying to ownership by attestation of such previously acquired shares of Common Stock.

 

The Committee shall have the sole discretion to establish the terms and conditions applicable to any alternative made available for payment of the required withholding taxes.

 

 

 

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Section 11.           Postponement.

 

The Committee may postpone any grant or settlement of an Award or exercise of a Stock Option or SAR for such time as the Board in its sole discretion may deem necessary in order to permit the Company:

 

(a)            to effect, amend or maintain any necessary registration of the Plan or the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to an Award, including upon the exercise of a Stock Option or SAR, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any applicable jurisdiction;

 

(b)            to permit any action to be taken in order to (i) list such shares of Common Stock on a stock exchange if shares of Common Stock are then listed on such exchange or (ii) comply with restrictions or regulations incident to the maintenance of a public market for its shares of Common Stock, including any rules or regulations of any stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed; or

 

(c)            to determine that such shares of Common Stock and the Plan are exempt from such registration or that no action of the kind referred to in (b)(ii) above needs to be taken; and the Company shall not be obligated by virtue of any terms and conditions of any Award or any provision of the Plan to sell or issue shares of Common Stock in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 or the law of any government having jurisdiction thereof.

 

Any such postponement shall not extend the term of an Award and neither the Company nor its Directors or officers shall have any obligation or liability to a Participant, the Participant’s successor or any other person with respect to any shares of Common Stock as to which the Award shall lapse because of such postponement.

 

Section 12.           Nontransferability.

 

Awards granted under the Plan, and any rights and privileges pertaining thereto, may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any manner, or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

 

Section 13.           Delivery of Shares.

 

Shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to a Stock Award, the exercise of a Stock or SAR or the settlement of a Stock Unit Award shall be represented by stock certificates or on a non-certificated basis, with the ownership of such shares by the Participant evidenced solely by book entry in the records of the Company’s transfer agent; provided, however, that upon the written request of the Participant, the Company shall issue, in the name of the Participant, stock certificates representing such shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, shares granted pursuant to a Stock Award shall be held by the Secretary of the Company until such time as the shares are forfeited or settled.

 

Section 14.           Termination or Amendment of Plan and Award Agreements.

 

14.1          Termination or Amendment of Plan.

 

(a)            Except as described in Section 14.3 below, the Board may terminate, suspend, or amend the Plan, in whole or in part, from time to time, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, unless such approval is required by applicable law, regulation or rule of any stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed. No amendment or termination of the Plan shall adversely affect the right of any Participant under any outstanding Award in any material way without the written consent of the Participant, unless such amendment or termination is required by applicable law, regulation or rule of any stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed. Subject to the foregoing, the Committee may correct any defect or supply an omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award granted hereunder in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable, in its sole discretion, to effectuate the Plan.

 

 

 

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(b)            The Board shall have the authority to amend the Plan to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law, regulation or accounting rules in order to permit Participants who are located outside of the United States to participate in the Plan.

 

14.2          Amendment of Award Agreements.

 

The Committee shall have the authority to amend any Award Agreement at any time; provided however, that no such amendment shall adversely affect the right of any Participant under any outstanding Award Agreement in any material way without the written consent of the Participant, unless such amendment is required by applicable law, regulation or rule of any stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed.

 

14.3          No Repricing of Stock Options.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as described in Section 4.3, there shall be no amendment to the Plan or any outstanding Stock Option Agreement or SAR Agreement that results in the repricing of Stock Options or SARs without stockholder approval. For this purpose, repricing includes (i) a reduction in the exercise price of the Stock Option or SARs or (ii) the cancellation of a Stock Option in exchange for cash, Stock Options or SARs with an exercise price less than the exercise price of the cancelled Options or SARs, other Awards or any other consideration provided by the Company, but does not include any adjustment described in Section 4.3.

 

Section 15.           No Contract of Employment.

 

Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the grant of any Award under the Plan shall be deemed to obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to continue the employment of any Participant for any particular period, nor shall the granting of an Award constitute a request or consent to postpone the retirement date of any Participant.

 

Section 16.           Applicable Law.

 

All questions pertaining to the validity, construction and administration of the Plan and all Awards granted under the Plan shall be determined in conformity with the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to the conflict of law provisions of any state, and, in the case of Incentive Stock Options, Section 422 of the Code and regulations issued thereunder.

 

Section 17.           Effective Date and Term of Plan.

 

17.1          Effective Date.

 

(a)            The Plan has been adopted by the Board, and is effective, as of December 9, 2020, subject to the approval of the Plan by the stockholders of the Company.

 

(b)            In the event the Plan is not approved by stockholders of the Company within 12 months of the date hereof, the Plan shall have no effect.

 

17.2         Term of Plan.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Awards shall be granted on or after December 9, 2020.

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into effective October 1, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), by and between eSports Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) having its principal place of business at 720 South 7th Street, 3rd Floor, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101, and Aaron Speach with an address for notice purposes of 2520 Clairemont Dr unit 110 San Diego CA 92106, or such the location of his choosing, (“Employee”) and the Company and the Employee collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to hire Employee and to employ his as the eSports Technologies Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) commencing on the Effective Date, and the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement embodying the terms of such employment; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and promises of the Parties contained herein, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

  1. Title and Job Duties.

 

(a)            Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, commencing on the Effective Date, the Company agrees to employ Employee as CEO.

 

(b)            Employee accepts such employment and agrees, during the term of his employment, to devote his full business and professional time and energy to the Company and agrees faithfully to perform his duties and responsibilities in an efficient, trustworthy and business-like manner. Employee also agrees that the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) shall determine from time to time such other reasonable duties as may be assigned to his. Employee agrees to carry out and abide by such directions of the Board.

 

(c)              Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Employee shall not, without the written approval of the Company, render services of a business or commercial nature on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm, or corporation, whether for compensation or otherwise, during his employment hereunder. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to Employee’s involvement in associations, charities and service on another entity’s board of directors, provided such involvement does not interfere with Employees responsibilities (and as it pertains to any service on another entity’s board of directors, provided such action is pre-approved by the Company).

 

  2. Salary and Additional Compensation.

 

(a)            Base Salary. During the Term, the Company shall pay to Employee an annual base salary (“Base Salary”) of $170,000. The Board shall review the Employee’s Base Salary no less than annually and may increase (but not decrease) such Base Salary during the term of this Agreement.

 

(b)            Stock Bonus. On the Effective Date and thereafter, Employee shall become eligible for a common stock bonus award as follows:

 

(i)          100,000 shares of Company common stock at such date as Company reaches total gross revenues of $10,000,000 in any trailing 12 month period during the Term; plus

(ii)         An additional 100,000 shares of Company common stock at such date as Company reaches total gross revenues of $20,000,000 in any trailing 12 month period during the Term.

 

Upon the issuance of the Stock Awards above, the Company’s Board of Directors agrees to meet and discuss the potential of an additional cash bonus (“Additional Bonus”). A simple majority of the Board approving the Additional Bonus will be adequate to award the Additional Bonus. The Stock Bonus awards above, if any, shall be subject to the terms and conditions as set forth in Appendix B. Employee agrees to execute further documentation as necessary to document any Stock Bonus, if any is awarded.

 

 

 

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(c)            Expenses. In accordance with Company policy, the Company shall reimburse Employee for all reasonable association fees, professional related expenses (certifications, licenses and continuing professional education) and business expenses properly and necessarily incurred and paid by Employee in the performance of his duties under this Agreement, upon his presentment of detailed receipts in the form required by the Company’s policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all expenses must be promptly submitted for reimbursement by the Employee. In no event shall any reimbursement be paid by the Company after the end of the year following the year in which the expense is incurred by the Employee. Employee shall be granted a monthly travel stipend of $3,500 applicable for any period in excess of 30 days during the Term hereof in which Employee is required by Company to live outside of the United States, if ever.

 

  3. Benefits.

 

(a)            Vacation. The Employee shall be entitled to reasonable vacation time and to utilize such vacation as the Employee shall determine; provided however, that the Employee shall evidence reasonable judgment with regard to appropriate vacation scheduling.

 

(b)            Health Insurance and Other Plans. Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Company’s medical, dental and other employee benefit programs, if any, that are provided by the Company for its employees at Employee’s level in accordance with the provisions of any such plans, as the same may be in effect from time to time. The Company does not currently provide medical benefits, and until such time as the Company provides medical benefits, the Company will pay the Employee a medical insurance stipend of $1,500 per month.

 

(c)              Participation in 401k or retirement/pension scheme if provided by the Company. Participation in internal recruiting incentive and bonus program, launched and deemed reasonable by COO

 

4.            Term. The term of employment under this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on the Effective Date and continue for a period of three (3) years thereafter or until the Company or Employee provides written notice to the other party of termination in accordance with Section 5 below.

 

  5. Termination.

 

(a)            Termination at the Company’s Election.

 

(i)       For Cause. At the election of the Company, Employee’s employment may be terminated at any time for Cause (as defined below) upon written notice to Employee given pursuant to Section 11 of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” for termination shall mean that Employee: (A) pleads “guilty” or “no contest” to, or is convicted of an act which is defined as a felony under federal or state law, or is indicted or formally charged with acts involving criminal fraud or embezzlement; (B) in carrying out his duties, engages in conduct that constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct; (C) engages in substantiated fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement against the Company; (D) engages in any inappropriate or improper conduct that causes material harm to the reputation of the Company; or (E) materially breaches any term of this Agreement. With respect to subsection (E) of this section, to the extent such material breach may be cured, the Company shall provide Employee with written notice of the material breach and Employee shall have twenty (20) days to cure such breach.

 

(ii)       Upon Disability, Death. At the election of the Company, Employee’s employment may be terminated: (A) should Employee have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity and Employee is unable to perform the essential functions of his job with or without reasonable accommodation (“Disability”); (B) upon Employee’s death; or (C) with thirty (30) days prior written notice, at any time Without Cause for any or no reason.

 

(iii)      Termination at Employee’s Election. Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, Employee may terminate his employment hereunder at any time and for any reason, upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice given pursuant to Section 11 of this Agreement (“Voluntary Resignation”), provided that upon notice of resignation, the Company may terminate Employee’s employment immediately and pay Employee thirty (30) days’ Base Salary in lieu of notice. Upon Employee resignation no further compensation or pay will be due to Employee other than salary due up to the termination date including the notice period above.

 

 

 

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(b)            Termination By Company Without Cause. If Employee’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason without cause, the Company will pay or provide to Employee: (i) any unpaid Salary through the date of employment termination plus a termination severance payment as defined in Section 6 below, (ii) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred through the termination date, to the extent reimbursable in accordance with Section 2(c), and (iii) all other payments or benefits (if any) to which Employee is entitled under the terms of any benefit plan or arrangement.

 

  6. Severance.

 

(a)           Subject to Section 6(b) below, if Employee’s employment is terminated prior to the end of the Term, by the Company without Cause, Employee shall be entitled to receive a severance payment equal to 150% of the balance total due of Employee’s Base Salary for the remainder of the initial Term of three years. For the avoidance of doubt, should Company terminate Employee without cause after two (2) years of service hereunder leaving one (1) year under the Term hereof, then Employee would be due a severance payment equal to $255,000 [one year salary of $170,000 x 150%]. Any severance payment shall be made in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days following such termination, provided the Employee has executed and delivered to the Company, and has not revoked a general release of the Company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates and each of its officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns, and such other persons and/or entities as the Company may determine, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. Such general release shall be delivered on no later than the date of receipt of the severance payment, if any.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any payment(s) of “nonqualified deferred compensation” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and official guidance issued thereunder (“Section 409A”)) that is/are required to be made to Employee hereunder as a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A) as a result of such employee’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A) shall be delayed for the first six (6) months following such separation from service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the specified employee) and shall instead be paid upon expiration of such six (6) month delay period; and (ii) for purposes of any such payment that is subject to Section 409A, if the Employee’s termination of employment triggers the payment of “nonqualified deferred compensation” hereunder, then the Employee will not be deemed to have terminated employment until the Employee incurs a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A.

 

(c)            If Employee’s employment is terminated prior to the end of the Term by the Company without Cause or by Employee for Good Reason, and if Employee is eligible for and elects to continue to participate in the Company’s medical and dental benefit programs pursuant to COBRA, the Company will continue to pay the same portion of Employee’s medical and dental insurance premiums under COBRA as during active employment (for Employee and eligible spouse and dependents) until the earlier of: (1) one month from Employee’s cessation from employment; or (2) the date Employee is eligible for medical and/or dental insurance benefits from another employer.

 

  7. Confidentiality Agreement.

 

(a)            Employee understands that during the Term he may have access to unpublished and otherwise confidential information both of a technical and non-technical nature, relating to the business of the Company and any of its parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates (collectively, Affiliated Entities”), or clients, including without limitation any of their actual or anticipated business, research or development, any of their technology or the implementation or exploitation thereof, including without limitation information Employee and others have collected, obtained or created, information pertaining to patent formulations, vendors, prices, costs, materials, processes, codes, material results, technology, system designs, system specifications, materials of construction, trade secrets and equipment designs, including information disclosed to the Company by others under agreements to hold such information confidential (collectively, the Confidential Information”). Employee agrees to observe all Company policies and procedures concerning such Confidential Information. Employee further agrees not to disclose or use, either during his employment or at any time thereafter, any Confidential Information for any purpose, including without limitation any competitive purpose, unless authorized to do so by the Company in writing, except that he may disclose and use such information when necessary in the performance of his duties for the Company. Employee’s obligations under this Agreement will continue with respect to Confidential Information, whether or not his employment is terminated, until such information becomes generally available from public sources through no action of Employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, Employee shall be permitted to disclose Confidential Information as may be required by a subpoena or other governmental order, provided that he first notifies promptly the Company of such subpoena, order or other requirement and allows the Company the opportunity to obtain a protective order or other appropriate remedy.

 

 

 

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(b)            During Employee’s employment, upon the Company’s request, or upon the termination of his employment for any reason, Employee will promptly deliver to the Company all documents, records, files, notebooks, manuals, letters, notes, reports, customer and supplier lists, cost and profit data, e-mail, apparatus, computers, cell phones, tablets, hardware, software, drawings, and any other material of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities or clients, including all materials pertaining to Confidential Information developed by Employee or others, and all copies of such materials, whether of a technical, business or fiscal nature, whether on the hard drive of a laptop or desktop computer, in hard copy, disk or any other format, which are in Employee’s possession, custody or control.

 

(c)            Employee will promptly disclose to the Company any idea, invention, discovery or improvement, whether patentable or not (“Creations”), conceived or made by his alone or with others at any time during his employment. Employee agrees that the Company owns all such Creations, conceived or made by Employee alone or with others at any time during his employment, and Employee hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Company all rights he has or may acquire therein and agrees to execute any and all applications, assignments and other instruments relating thereto which the Company deems necessary or desirable. These obligations shall continue beyond the termination of his employment with respect to Creations and derivatives of such Creations conceived or made during his employment with the Company. Employee understands that the obligation to assign Creations to the Company shall not apply to any Creation which is developed entirely on his own time without using any of the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, and/or Confidential Information unless such Creation (a) relates in any way to the business or to the current or anticipated research or development of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities; or (b) results in any way from his work at the Company.

 

(d)            Employee will not assert any rights to any invention, discovery, idea or improvement relating to the business of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities or to his duties hereunder as having been made or acquired by Employee prior to his work for the Company, except for the matters, if any, described in Appendix A to this Agreement.

 

(e)            During the Term, if Employee incorporates into a product or process of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities anything listed or described in Appendix A, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license (with the right to grant and authorize sublicenses) to make, have made, modify, use, sell, offer to sell, import, reproduce, distribute, publish, prepare derivative works of, display, perform publicly and by means of digital audio transmission and otherwise exploit as part of or in connection with any product, process or machine.

 

(f)             Employee agrees to cooperate fully with the Company, both during and after his employment with the Company, with respect to the procurement, maintenance and enforcement of copyrights, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights (both in the United States and foreign countries) relating to such Creations. Employee shall sign all papers, including, without limitation, copyright applications, patent applications, declarations, oaths, formal assignments, assignments of priority rights and powers of attorney, which the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order to protect its rights and interests in any Creations. Employee further agrees that if the Company is unable, after reasonable effort, to secure Employee’s signature on any such papers, any officer of the Company shall be entitled to execute such papers as his agent and attorney-in-fact and Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints each officer of the Company as his agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any such papers on his behalf and to take any and all actions as the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order to protect its rights and interests in any Creations, under the conditions described in this paragraph.

 

8.       Non-solicitation; non-competition. (a) Employee agrees that, during the Term and until six (6) months after the termination of his employment, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, including on behalf of any person, firm or other entity, employ or actively solicit for employment any employee of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities, or anyone who was an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities within the one-year period prior to the termination of Employee’s employment, or induce any such employee to terminate his or his employment with the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities.

 

(b)           Employee further agrees that, during the Term and until six (6) months after the termination of his employment, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, including on behalf of any person, firm or other entity, without the express written consent of an authorized representative of the Company, (i) perform services within the Territory (as defined below) for any Competing Business (as defined below), whether as an employee, consultant, agent, contractor or in any other capacity, (ii) hold office as an officer or director or like position in any Competing Business (unless Employee is already serving as a director of such company at the time of termination of his employment), or (iii) request any present or future customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities to curtail or cancel their business with the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities.

 

 

 

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(c)             Competing Business means any corporation, partnership or other entity or person (other than the Company) which is engaged (a) directly or indirectly in the esports or sports wagering business, exchange or trading platforms or (b) in any other business activity carried on or planned to be carried on (as evidenced by existing written documentation) by the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities during the Term.

 

(d)            “Territoryshall mean within any state, country or foreign jurisdiction in which the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is then providing services or products or marketing its services or products (or engaged in active discussions to provide such services).

 

(e)             Employee agrees that in the event a court determines the length of time or the geographic area or activities prohibited under this Section 8 are too restrictive to be enforceable, the court shall reduce the scope of the restriction to the extent necessary to make the restriction enforceable. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Company and the Employee each intend that the covenants contained in this Section 8 shall be deemed to be a series of separate covenants, one for each and every state, territory or jurisdiction of the United States and any foreign country set forth therein. If, in any judicial proceeding, a court shall refuse to enforce any of such separate covenants, then such unenforceable covenants shall be deemed eliminated from the provisions hereof for the purpose of such proceedings to the extent necessary to permit the remaining separate covenants to be enforced in such proceedings.

 

9.      Representation and Warranty. The Employee hereby acknowledges and represents that he has had the opportunity to consult with legal counsel regarding his rights and obligations under this Agreement and that he fully understands the terms and conditions contained herein. Employee represents and warrants that Employee has provided the Company a true and correct copy of any agreements that purport: (a) to limit Employee’s right to be employed by the Company; (b) to prohibit Employee from engaging in any activities on behalf of the Company; or (c) to restrict Employee’s right to use or disclose any information while employed by the Company. Employee further represents and warrants that Employee will not use on the Company’s behalf any information, materials, data or documents belonging to a third party that are not generally available to the public, unless Employee has obtained written authorization to do so from the third party and provided such authorization to the Company. In the course of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee is not to breach any obligation of confidentiality that Employee has with third parties, and Employee agrees to fulfill all such obligations during Employee’s employment with the Company. Employee further agrees not to disclose to the Company or use while working for the Company any trade secrets belonging to a third party.

 

10.    Injunctive Relief. Without limiting the remedies available to the Company, Employee acknowledges that a breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 7 and 8 above may result in material irreparable injury to the Company for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure precisely damages for such injuries and that, in the event of such a breach or threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled, without the requirement to post bond or other security, to seek a temporary restraining order and/or injunction restraining Employee from engaging in activities prohibited by this Agreement or such other relief as may be required to specifically enforce any of the covenants in Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement.

 

11.    Notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given to the Parties shall be deemed to have been given if either personally delivered, or if sent for next-day delivery by nationally recognized overnight courier, and addressed as follows:

 

If to Employee, to:

 

Aaron Speach-- address first stated above

 

If to the Company, to:

 

eSports Technologies, Inc.
720 South 7th Street, 3rd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Attention: CEO

 

 

 

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12.    Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is declared void or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect.

 

13.    Withholding. The Company may withhold from any payment that it is required to make under this Agreement amounts sufficient to satisfy applicable withholding requirements under any federal, state or local law.

 

14.    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. Any action, suit or other legal proceeding that is commenced to resolve any matter arising under or relating to any provision of this Agreement shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

15.    Waiver. The waiver by either Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach. The failure of a Party to insist upon strict adherence to any provision of this Agreement on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that Party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that provision or any other provision of this Agreement. Any such waiver must be in writing, signed by the Party against whom such waiver is to be enforced.

 

16.    Assignment. This Agreement is a personal contract and Employee may not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate his rights, interests and obligations hereunder. Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Employee and his personal representatives and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, including without limitation, any corporation or other entity into which the Company is merged or which acquires all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.

 

17.     Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with Appendix A hereto) embodies all of the representations, warranties, covenants, understandings and agreements between the Parties relating to Employee’s employment with the Company. No other representations, warranties, covenants, understandings, or agreements exist between the Parties relating to Employee’s employment. This Agreement shall supersede all prior agreements, written or oral, relating to Employee’s employment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by a writing signed by the Parties.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered on the date first written above.

 

 

  eSports Technologies, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Keith Williams
  Name: Keith Williams
  Title: President

 

 

Agreed to and Accepted:

Aaron Speach - Employee

 

/s/ Aaron Speach

 

Date: 12/9/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Appendix A: Representations

 

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Appendix B: Share Sale Restrictions

 

 

Employee agrees that during the Lock-Up Period (as defined below), Employee will not (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, the Shares; (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Shares, in cash or otherwise; or (3) publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement relating to any Shares.

 

The “Lock-Up Period” shall mean:

 

From and after the date hereof and until 15 months day after the date the Common Stock is first listed for trading on a national securities exchange (such first trading day, the “Lock-Up Trigger Date”), the undersigned agrees not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Shares.

 

After such 15-month period and until 24 months from the closing of the IPO, such individuals and entities may sell their shares pursuant to the following criteria:

 

(i) if our common stock price is over $7.00 per share for five consecutive trading days then the holder can sell up to 3% of their holdings on a monthly basis, subject to a maximum sale on any trading day of 3% of the daily volume;

 

(ii) if our common stock price is over $10.00 per share for five consecutive trading days then the holder can sell up to an additional 5% of their holdings on a monthly basis, subject to a maximum sale on any trading day of 3% of the daily volume; and

 

(iii) if our common stock price is over $14.00 per share then the holder is not restricted from making any sales until such time as our common stock price falls back below $14.00 per share.

 

In addition to the restrictions noted above, the Employee will be limited on any trading day to selling less than 3% of the day’s trading volume.

 

The Employee also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Employee’s Shares except in compliance with this lock-up agreement. The Employee understands that in addition to the lockup provisions of this agreement, the Shares are also subject to all any restrictions imposed by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

The Employee further understands that this lock-up agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into effective October 1, 2020 (the Effective Date”), by and between eSports Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the Company”) having its principal place of business at 720 South 7th Street, 3rd Floor, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101, and Matthew Lourie having his office in St. Louis, Missouri, or such other location of his choosing, (“Employee) and the Company and the Employee collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to hire Employee and to employ him as the eSports Technologies Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) commencing on the Effective Date, and the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement embodying the terms of such employment; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and promises of the Parties contained herein, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

  1. Title and Job Duties.

 

(a)              Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, commencing on the Effective Date, the Company agrees to employ Employee as CFO. Employee shall report directly to the CEO, Aaron Speach.

 

(b)             Employee accepts such employment and agrees, during the term of his employment, to devote on an as needed part time basis business and professional time and energy to the Company and agrees faithfully to perform his duties and responsibilities in an efficient, trustworthy and business-like manner. Employee also agrees that the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board”) shall determine from time to time such other reasonable duties as may be assigned to his. Employee agrees to carry out and abide by such directions of the Board.

 

(c)              The Company acknowledges that this is a part time arrangement and Employee will continue to provide services to other companies directly or through the firm owned by the Employee, Fresh Notion Financial Services.

 

  2. Salary and Additional Compensation.

 

(a)              Base Salary. During the Term, the Company shall pay to Employee an annual base salary (“Base Salary”) of $120,000. The Board shall review the Employee’s Base Salary no less than annually and may increase (but not decrease) such Base Salary during the term of this Agreement.

 

(b)             Option Grant. On the Effective Date, Employee will be entitled to receive an option grant (the “Option Grant”), to purchase 57,250 shares of Company common stock at an exercise price of $.25 per share. The Option Grant shall have a term of ten years and shall vest upon the earlier of: (i) the Company hiring a full-time CFO and Employee resigning from this CFO role, or (ii) the Company listing of its common stock on a national exchange or (iii) termination of employment as set forth in Section 5(a)ii below. The Option Grant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as set forth above. Employee agrees to execute further documentation as necessary to document the Option Grant.

 

(c)              The stock awards set forth in Sections 2(b) above shall be made pursuant to the eSports Technologies, Inc. 2020 Stock Plan, and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and conditions of such plan.

 

(d)       Expenses. In accordance with Company policy, the Company shall reimburse Employee for all reasonable association fees, professional related expenses (certifications, licenses and continuing professional education) and business expenses properly and necessarily incurred and paid by Employee in the performance of his duties under this Agreement, upon his presentment of detailed receipts in the form required by the Company’s policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all expenses must be promptly submitted for reimbursement by the Employee. In no event shall any reimbursement be paid by the Company after the end of the year following the year in which the expense is incurred by the Employee.

 

 

 

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  3. Benefits.

 

(a)              Vacation. The Employee shall be entitled to reasonable vacation time and to utilize such vacation as the Employee shall determine; provided however, that the Employee shall evidence reasonable judgment with regard to appropriate vacation scheduling.

 

(b)             Health Insurance and Other Plans. Due to providing part time services Employee is not eligible for participation in health insurance plans or a medical insurance stipend.

 

(c)              Participation in 401k or retirement/pension scheme if provided by the Company. Participation in internal recruiting incentive and bonus program, launched and deemed reasonable by CEO

 

4.          Term. The term of employment under this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on the Effective Date and continue until the Company or Employee provides written notice to the other party of not less than thirty (30) days that such party is electing not to extend the Term, in which case the Term shall end as of the end of such 30-day period, unless sooner terminated as set forth below.

 

  5. Termination.

 

(a)       Termination at the Company’s Election.

 

(i)                                   For Cause. At the election of the Company, Employee’s employment may be terminated at any time for Cause (as defined below) upon written notice to Employee given pursuant to Section of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” for termination shall mean that Employee: (A) pleads “guilty” or “no contest” to, or is convicted of an act which is defined as a felony under federal or state law, or is indicted or formally charged with acts involving criminal fraud or embezzlement; (B) in carrying out his duties, engages in conduct that constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct; (C) engages in substantiated fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement against the Company; (D) engages in any inappropriate or improper conduct that causes material harm to the reputation of the Company; or (E) materially breaches any term of this Agreement. With respect to subsection (E) of this section, to the extent such material breach may be cured, the Company shall provide Employee with written notice of the material breach and Employee shall have twenty (20) days to cure such breach.

 

(ii)                                 Upon Disability, Death or Without Cause. At the election of the Company, Employee’s employment may be terminated: (A) should Employee have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity and Employee is unable to perform the essential functions of his job with or without reasonable accommodation (“Disability”); (B) upon Employee’s death; or (C) with thirty (30) days prior written notice, at any time Without Cause for any or no reason.

 

(iii)                                Termination at Employee’s Election. Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, Employee may terminate his employment hereunder at any time and for any reason, upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice given pursuant to Section 11 of this Agreement (“Voluntary Resignation”), provided that upon notice of resignation, the Company may terminate Employee’s employment immediately and pay Employee thirty (30) days’ Base Salary in lieu of notice.

 

(b)       Termination in General. If Employee’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason, the Company will pay or provide to Employee: (i) any unpaid Salary through the date of employment termination, (ii) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred through the termination date, to the extent reimbursable in accordance with Section 3, and (iii) all other payments or benefits (if any) to which Employee is entitled under the terms of any benefit plan or arrangement.

 

  6. Severance.

 

(a)              Subject to Section 7(b) below, if Employee’s employment is terminated prior to the end of the Term, by the Company without Cause, Employee shall be entitled to receive a severance payment equal to one month of Employee’s Base Salary. Any severance payment shall be made in a single lump sum thirty (30) days following such termination, provided the Employee has executed and delivered to the Company, and has not revoked a general release of the Company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates and each of its officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns, and such other persons and/or entities as the Company may determine, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. Such general release shall be delivered on or about the date of termination and must be executed within fifteen (15) days of termination.

 

 

 

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(b)             Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any payment(s) of “nonqualified deferred compensation” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and official guidance issued thereunder (“Section 409A”)) that is/are required to be made to Employee hereunder as a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A) as a result of such employee’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A) shall be delayed for the first six (6) months following such separation from service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the specified employee) and shall instead be paid upon expiration of such six (6) month delay period; and (ii) for purposes of any such payment that is subject to Section 409A, if the Employee’s termination of employment triggers the payment of “nonqualified deferred compensation” hereunder, then the Employee will not be deemed to have terminated employment until the Employee incurs a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A.

 

(c)              If Employee’s employment is terminated prior to the end of the Term by the Company without Cause or by Employee for Good Reason, and if Employee is eligible for and elects to continue to participate in the Company’s medical and dental benefit programs pursuant to COBRA, the Company will continue to pay the same portion of Employee’s medical and dental insurance premiums under COBRA as during active employment (for Employee and eligible spouse and dependents) until the earlier of: (1) one month from Employee’s cessation from employment; or (2) the date Employee is eligible for medical and/or dental insurance benefits from another employer.

 

  7. Confidentiality Agreement.

 

(a)       Employee understands that during the Term he may have access to unpublished and otherwise confidential information both of a technical and non-technical nature, relating to the business of the Company and any of its parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates (collectively, Affiliated Entities”), or clients, including without limitation any of their actual or anticipated business, research or development, any of their technology or the implementation or exploitation thereof, including without limitation information Employee and others have collected, obtained or created, information pertaining to patent formulations, vendors, prices, costs, materials, processes, codes, material results, technology, system designs, system specifications, materials of construction, trade secrets and equipment designs, including information disclosed to the Company by others under agreements to hold such information confidential (collectively, the Confidential Information”). Employee agrees to observe all Company policies and procedures concerning such Confidential Information. Employee further agrees not to disclose or use, either during his employment or at any time thereafter, any Confidential Information for any purpose, including without limitation any competitive purpose, unless authorized to do so by the Company in writing, except that he may disclose and use such information when necessary in the performance of his duties for the Company. Employee’s obligations under this Agreement will continue with respect to Confidential Information, whether or not his employment is terminated, until such information becomes generally available from public sources through no action of Employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, Employee shall be permitted to disclose Confidential Information as may be required by a subpoena or other governmental order, provided that he first notifies promptly the Company of such subpoena, order or other requirement and allows the Company the opportunity to obtain a protective order or other appropriate remedy.

 

(b)             During Employee’s employment, upon the Company’s request, or upon the termination of his employment for any reason, Employee will promptly deliver to the Company all documents, records, files, notebooks, manuals, letters, notes, reports, customer and supplier lists, cost and profit data, e-mail, apparatus, computers, cell phones, tablets, hardware, software, drawings, and any other material of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities or clients, including all materials pertaining to Confidential Information developed by Employee or others, and all copies of such materials, whether of a technical, business or fiscal nature, whether on the hard drive of a laptop or desktop computer, in hard copy, disk or any other format, which are in Employee’s possession, custody or control.

 

(c)              Employee will promptly disclose to the Company any idea, invention, discovery or improvement, whether patentable or not (“Creations”), conceived or made by his alone or with others at any time during his employment. Employee agrees that the Company owns all such Creations, conceived or made by Employee alone or with others at any time during his employment, and Employee hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Company all rights he has or may acquire therein and agrees to execute any and all applications, assignments and other instruments relating thereto which the Company deems necessary or desirable. These obligations shall continue beyond the termination of his employment with respect to Creations and derivatives of such Creations conceived or made during his employment with the Company. Employee understands that the obligation to assign Creations to the Company shall not apply to any Creation which is developed entirely on his own time without using any of the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, and/or Confidential Information unless such Creation (a) relates in any way to the business or to the current or anticipated research or development of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities; or (b) results in any way from his work at the Company.

 

 

 

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(d)             Employee will not assert any rights to any invention, discovery, idea or improvement relating to the business of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities or to his duties hereunder as having been made or acquired by Employee prior to his work for the Company, except for the matters, if any, described in Appendix A to this Agreement.

 

(e)              During the Term, if Employee incorporates into a product or process of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities anything listed or described in Appendix A, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license (with the right to grant and authorize sublicenses) to make, have made, modify, use, sell, offer to sell, import, reproduce, distribute, publish, prepare derivative works of, display, perform publicly and by means of digital audio transmission and otherwise exploit as part of or in connection with any product, process or machine.

 

(f)       Employee agrees to cooperate fully with the Company, both during and after his employment with the Company, with respect to the procurement, maintenance and enforcement of copyrights, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights (both in the United States and foreign countries) relating to such Creations. Employee shall sign all papers, including, without limitation, copyright applications, patent applications, declarations, oaths, formal assignments, assignments of priority rights and powers of attorney, which the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order to protect its rights and interests in any Creations. Employee further agrees that if the Company is unable, after reasonable effort, to secure Employee’s signature on any such papers, any officer of the Company shall be entitled to execute such papers as his agent and attorney-in-fact and Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints each officer of the Company as his agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any such papers on his behalf and to take any and all actions as the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order to protect its rights and interests in any Creations, under the conditions described in this paragraph.

 

8.                Non-solicitation. (a) Employee agrees that, during the Term and until six (6) months after the termination of his employment, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, including on behalf of any person, firm or other entity, employ or actively solicit for employment any employee of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities, or anyone who was an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities within the one-year period prior to the termination of Employee’s employment, or induce any such employee to terminate his or his employment with the Company or any of its Affiliated Entities.

 

9.                Representation and Warranty. The Employee hereby acknowledges and represents that he has had the opportunity to consult with legal counsel regarding his rights and obligations under this Agreement and that he fully understands the terms and conditions contained herein. Employee represents and warrants that Employee has provided the Company a true and correct copy of any agreements that purport: (a) to limit Employee’s right to be employed by the Company; (b) to prohibit Employee from engaging in any activities on behalf of the Company; or (c) to restrict Employee’s right to use or disclose any information while employed by the Company. Employee further represents and warrants that Employee will not use on the Company’s behalf any information, materials, data or documents belonging to a third party that are not generally available to the public, unless Employee has obtained written authorization to do so from the third party and provided such authorization to the Company. In the course of Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee is not to breach any obligation of confidentiality that Employee has with third parties, and Employee agrees to fulfill all such obligations during Employee’s employment with the Company. Employee further agrees not to disclose to the Company or use while working for the Company any trade secrets belonging to a third party.

 

10.             Injunctive Relief. Without limiting the remedies available to the Company, Employee acknowledges that a breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 7 and 8 above may result in material irreparable injury to the Company for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure precisely damages for such injuries and that, in the event of such a breach or threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled, without the requirement to post bond or other security, to seek a temporary restraining order and/or injunction restraining Employee from engaging in activities prohibited by this Agreement or such other relief as may be required to specifically enforce any of the covenants in Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement.

 

11.             Notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given to the Parties shall be deemed to have been given if either personally delivered, or if sent for next-day delivery by nationally recognized overnight courier, and addressed as follows:

 

If to Employee, to:
Matthew Lourie

mlourie@freshnotiongroup.com

PO Box 79897

Houston, TX 77279

 

 

 

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If to the Company, to:

 

eSports Technologies, Inc.
720 South 7th Street, 3rd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Attention: CEO

 

12.           Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is declared void or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect.

 

13.           Withholding. The Company may withhold from any payment that it is required to make under this Agreement amounts sufficient to satisfy applicable withholding requirements under any federal, state or local law.

 

14.           Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. Any action, suit or other legal proceeding that is commenced to resolve any matter arising under or relating to any provision of this Agreement shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

15.           Waiver. The waiver by either Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach. The failure of a Party to insist upon strict adherence to any provision of this Agreement on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that Party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that provision or any other provision of this Agreement. Any such waiver must be in writing, signed by the Party against whom such waiver is to be enforced.

 

16.           Assignment. This Agreement is a personal contract and Employee may not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate his rights, interests and obligations hereunder. Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Employee and his personal representatives and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, including without limitation, any corporation or other entity into which the Company is merged or which acquires all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.

 

17.           Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with Appendix A hereto) embodies all of the representations, warranties, covenants, understandings and agreements between the Parties relating to Employee’s employment with the Company. No other representations, warranties, covenants, understandings, or agreements exist between the Parties relating to Employee’s employment. This Agreement shall supersede all prior agreements, written or oral, relating to Employee’s employment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by a writing signed by the Parties.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered on the date first written above.

 

 

  eSports Technologies, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Keith Williams
  Name: Keith Williams
  Title: President

 

 

Agreed to and Accepted:

Matthew Lourie

 

/s/ Matthew Lourie

 

Date: 12/7/2020

 

 

 

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Appendix A: Representations

 

Appendix B: Share Sale Restrictions

 

Employee agrees that during the Lock-Up Period (as defined below), Employee will not (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, the Shares; (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Shares, in cash or otherwise; or (3) publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement relating to any Shares.

 

The “Lock-Up Period” shall mean:

 

From and after the date hereof and until 8 months after the date the Common Stock is first listed for trading on a national securities exchange (such first trading day, the “Lock-Up Trigger Date”), the undersigned agrees not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Shares.

 

After such 8-month period and until 12 months from the closing of the IPO, such individuals and entities may sell their shares pursuant to the following criteria:

 

(i) if our common stock price is over $7.00 per share for five consecutive trading days then the holder can sell up to 20% of their holdings on a monthly basis, subject to a maximum sale on any trading day of 3% of the daily volume;

 

(ii) if our common stock price is over $10.00 per share for five consecutive trading days then the holder can sell up to an additional 5% of their holdings on a monthly basis, subject to a maximum sale on any trading day of 3% of the daily volume; and

 

(iii) if our common stock price is over $14.00 per share then the holder is not restricted from making any sales until such time as our common stock price falls back below $14.00 per share.

 

In addition to the restrictions noted above, the Employee will be limited on any trading day to selling less than 3% of the day’s trading volume.

 

The Employee also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Employee’s Shares except in compliance with this lock-up agreement. The Employee understands that in addition to the lockup provisions of this agreement, the Shares are also subject to all any restrictions imposed by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

The Employee further understands that this lock-up agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

STATEMENT OF MAIN TERMS

This Statement, together with the Restrictive Covenants, forms part of your Terms and Conditions of Employment and sets out particulars of the main terms on which of Esports Technologies, Inc.

 

 

Employs: Bart Barden

 

Your employment begins on October 1, 2020 no previous employment counts as part of your period of continuous employment.

 

JOB TITLE

You are employed as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and Managing Director Esports Technologies Ireland and your duties will be as advised by the CEO. Your duties may be modified from time to time to suit the needs of the business.

 

You will serve on the board of directors within 12 months beginning of employment with responsibilities and renumeration to be determined upon position acceptance.

 

APPLICABLE LAW

The terms and conditions of your employment shall be governed under the laws applicable to the Republic of Ireland.

 

PLACE OF WORK

Your normal place of employment will be working from your home office at 21 Bushfield Terrace Donnybook Dublin 4. However, you also agree to work at any Company place of business on a temporary or permanent basis as the Company or the Company may reasonably require. You will also be prepared to undertake any reasonable travel on business which is deemed necessary by the Company or the Company.

 

As this is a homeworking arrangement you agree to complete a self-certification risk assessment confirmation in respect of the suitability of your home as a workplace and to comply with the Company’s policy on homeworking. You further agree to notify your home insurance provider that you will be working from home and to make the necessary amendments to your insurance policy to ensure that the Company is indemnified against any claims in respect of your homeworking arrangement including but not limited to personal injuries.

 

However, the Company reserves the right and by signing this agreement you hereby agree to carry out your work, either on a temporary or permanent basis, at such location as the Company may reasonably require from time to time.

 

The Company reserves the right to change the place of your employment, in which event you will be given reasonable notice.

 

HOURS OF WORK

Your normal hours of work are 8 per day, 40 per week, 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Monday to Friday. You will receive appropriate unpaid rest breaks depending on the length of your shift and in accordance with the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.

 

From time to time, you may be required to travel and/or work such additional time outside normal core hours as may be required to complete your responsibilities without additional remuneration, holidays or leave.

 

 

 

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MINIMUM REST PERIODS

As part of your employment, and in accordance with the Organisation of Working Time Act, if you work more than 4.5 hours you will be entitled to a 15 minute unpaid rest break each day. If you work for more than six hours you will be entitled to a 30 minute unpaid rest break each day (which may be inclusive of the previous 15 minute break). As part of your employment you will also be entitled to a daily rest period of 11 consecutive hours in a 24 hour period and a weekly rest period of 24 consecutive hours per seven days, following a daily rest period. Should you fail to receive your breaks or rest periods you should notify the Director in writing, within one week and they will seek to ensure you are afforded this as soon as possible. Breaks over and above Minimum entitlements are specified in the ‘Hours of Work’ section.

 

REMUNERATION

Your salary is currently €160,000 per annum payable monthly by credit transfer as detailed on your pay statement. Your salary is subject to deduction of tax, USC, PRSI and any other deductions required by law or provided for under this agreement. In accordance with section 23 of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, you may request a written statement of your average hourly rate of pay for any pay reference period falling within the previous 12 months. For the purposes of the National Minimum Wage Act, the pay reference period is a calendar month.

 

You are not entitled to payment for additional hours as this is reflected in your current salary. The Company will ensure at all times that its obligations under National Minimum Age regulations are met.

 

BENEFITS

Your salary amount includes a €1,300 per month health care and benefit stipend, which will be paid as an addition to your monthly salary payments. The company has complete discretion to manage and adjust these amounts based on internal or external factors. This stipend will no longer be made, if the company provides adequate health care and benefits package to their employees.

 

1. Option Grant. On the Effective Date, Employee will be entitled to receive an option grant (the “Option Grant”), to purchase 1,400,000 shares of Company common stock at an exercise price of $.25 per share. The Option Grant shall have a term of ten years and shall vest (provided Employee remains continuously employed by Company on and does not resign prior to each such vesting) as follows: (i) 1,200,000 shares underlying the Option Grant shall vest in four (4) equal instalments of 300,000 shares on each of the succeeding four anniversary dates of the date of grant,; and (ii) up to 200,000 shares underlying the Option Grant shall vest upon the closing of the Company’s U.S. initial public offering (“IPO”) as follows: (A) if the gross proceeds (number of shares multiplied by the share price) from the IPO do not exceed $18.0 million, zero shares shall vest; and (B)   if the gross proceeds from the IPO exceed $18.0 million, for every $100 dollars of gross proceeds in excess of $18.0 million 1.45 shares shall vest (up to a maximum of 200,000 shares);.

a. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the vesting of the 1st instalment of 300,000 shares under
(i) above shall be accelerated and granted if the employee is terminated without cause.
b. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the vesting of the second instalment of 300,000 shares under (i) above shall be accelerated prior to the scheduled vesting date, if the 451st day the Company is listed on a national securities exchange is sooner.
c. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the vesting of the full option grant will occur upon any acquisition or merger transaction where a majority control of the company is transferred.
d. The Option Grant shall be made pursuant to the eSports Technologies, Inc. 2020 Stock Plan, and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and conditions of such plan. The share restrictions are outlined in Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

 

 

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2. Bonus Structures:
a. $100,000 cash signing bonus (“Signing Bonus”) upon the listing of the Company’s common stock on a public stock exchange, to be paid on the first day of trading. – Signing Bonus to be paid back if not employed on 12-month anniversary.
b. $25,000 cash bonus on day 181 of the company listing on a national securities exchange. Additional $25,000 bonus if on this day, the company stock has traded on or above $7.00 per share for 10 consecutive days and gross revenue has totalled $3M from January 1st 2021.
c. Bonus up to 40% of base salary: Commencing the first full fiscal quarter after the IPO and terminating at the end of 2022, you will be entitled to a performance bonus of 10% of your base salary each fiscal quarter, payable as 50% common stock with a 3 year vesting schedule and 50% cash upon the Company achieving EBITDA equal to 10% of its revenue for such fiscal quarter. The payment of the bonus will be made upon the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q for such fiscal quarter (or Form 10-K for the fourth fiscal quarter) and the common stock portion of the bonus shall be priced based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the filing date of the Form 10-Q (or Form 10- K for the fourth fiscal quarter).

d. You may also be eligible to earn a bonus subject to such conditions (including but not limited to, conditions for and timing of payment) as the Company and/or Company may in its absolute discretion determine from time to time. The terms of the bonus plan will be provided by and discussed with your manager. The Company and/or Company reserve the right to amend the terms of the bonus plan at its absolute discretion.
e. You are eligible to participate in any company recruiting bonus or referral bonus programs, as deemed relevant by Company management.

 

The terms of your employment shall not be affected in any way by your participation or entitlement to participate in any long-term incentive plan or share option scheme. Except for the above, such schemes and/or plans shall not form part of the terms of your employment (express or implied). In calculating any payment, compensation or damages on the termination of your employment for whatever reason (whether lawful or unlawful) which might otherwise be payable to you, no account shall be taken of your participation in any such schemes and/or plans or any impact upon participation such termination may have. The Company reserves the right to withdraw or vary any such plans or schemes at its absolute discretion and your participation in any such schemes or plans is a privilege rather than a contractual entitlement.

 

ANNUAL HOLIDAYS

Your holiday year begins on 1st January and ends on 31st December each year. If you work for at least 1365 hours during the holiday year you will receive a paid holiday entitlement of five of your working weeks during the complete holiday year. Alternatively you will receive a paid holiday entitlement of 8% of the total hours worked in the leave year, subject to a maximum of four of your working weeks. You must remain in employment with the Company for the complete holiday year to avail of the full entitlement.

 

For part years of service your entitlement will be calculated as 1/52nd of the annual entitlement for each completed week of service during that holiday year.

 

Conditions relating to the taking of annual holidays are shown in the Employee Handbook to which you should refer.

 

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

In addition to the annual holiday entitlement you are allowed the following public/bank holidays each year with pay or alternative days as decided by us:-

 

New Year's Day The first Monday in August
St Patrick's Day The last Monday in October
Easter Monday Christmas Day
The first Monday in May St Stephen's Day
The first Monday in June  

 

 

 

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For full time workers there is no service requirement in respect of benefits for Public Holiday entitlements, for part time workers you must have worked 40 hours in the preceding five weeks to the Public Holiday to benefit from the Public Holiday entitlement. If you are not required to work on one of the above days, and it is a day you do not normally work, you will receive one fifth of your last normal weekly wage for that day. In the event of you working on one of the above days, in addition to basic pay for the hours worked, you will either be paid an additional days pay calculated on the basis of the number of hours worked on your last working day before the Public Holiday or you will receive the appropriate time off in lieu, at our discretion. The date when time off in lieu is taken must be mutually agreed with us.

 

JOB FLEXIBILITY

It is an express condition of employment that you are prepared, whenever necessary, to transfer to any alternative departments or duties either on a temporary or permanent basis within our business. This flexibility is essential as the type and volume of work is always subject to change, and it allows us to operate efficiently and gain maximum potential from our work force. This may also include performing services for and on behalf of one or more of the Company's affiliated entities.

 

SICKNESS PAY AND CONDITIONS

There is no contractual sickness/injury payments scheme in addition to state benefit.

 

In case of sickness or other incapacity for work, you must comply with the Company's policy from time to time in force, regarding notification and medical certification. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action and/or termination of sick pay (if applicable).

 

The Company reserves the right to have you medically examined by a doctor and/or medical consultant at any time during employment. By signing this Agreement you agree that any information or report arising from such examination shall be disclosed to the Company and that the Company is entitled to make relevant determinations based on the advice of its nominated doctor and/or consultant.

 

Failure to attend at a medical examination when requested to do so may result in disciplinary action and/or termination of sick pay (if applicable).

 

The Company will be issuing an Employee Handbook, and Employee agrees to those policies will be part of his agreement with the Company so long as they do not contradict the terms set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOTICE OF TERMINATION TO BE GIVEN BY EMPLOYER

Under 13 weeks service – 90 Days

13 weeks but less than 2 years’ service – 180 days 2 years but less than 3 years’ service – 240 days

3 years but less than 5 years’ service – 1 Year

5 years but less than 10 years’ service – 2 Years 10 years but less than 15 years’ service – 2 Years 15 years’ service or more – 2 Years

 

NOTICE OF TERMINATION TO BE GIVEN BY EMPLOYEE

Under 13 weeks service - Nil.

13 weeks service or more - 4 weeks.

 

We reserve the contractual right to give pay in lieu of all or any part of the above notice by either party.

 

 

 

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In the event of notice by either party, the Company may request you to take "garden leave" and not to attend for work or perform duties during all or part of the notice period. During that time you will continue to be employed by the Company and continue to owe duties of fidelity and good faith to the Company, but you will no longer continue to vest into any shares pursuant to any agreements with the Company. You will remain bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall not be entitled to enter into any other employment.

 

TRAINING AGREEMENT

As part of your employment, you may receive training from external providers from to time. Should your employment with the Company end within one year of receiving such training you may be required to re- pay the Company a portion of the cost of providing such training. Further details are provided for in the Training Agreement.

 

NON – DISPARAGEMENT

You acknowledge that the Company and each affiliated entity would be irreparably damaged if you were to take actions that would damage or misappropriate the goodwill of the Company and/or the affiliated entity. Accordingly, you agree during the Term of Employment and at all times thereafter not to take any actions or to make, publish or endorse any statements or communications to any third party (whether verbal or in writing) that: (i) disparage, defame, ridicule, criticize, or are derogatory or otherwise reflect adversely upon, the Company and/or each affiliated entity, and their respective businesses, services, products (including, without limitation, shows and other media content produced and/or distributed by the Company and/or each affiliated entity, and the host talent and guests related to such shows and content), managers, directors, members, contractors or employees (in their capacity as such); and/or (ii) could reasonably be expected to cause injury to the relationships between the Company and/or each affiliated entity and their respective customers, subscribers, vendors, advertisers, suppliers, distributors, employees, contractors, consultants or other business associates. The limitations in this paragraph apply to any and all statements and communications, including, but not limited to, any statements and communications made via websites, blogs, and postings to the Internet, or e-mail messages, whether or not they are made anonymously or through the use of a pseudonym. However, the limitations in this paragraph do not apply to truthful statements made in connection with the legal process, governmental testimony or filings, or administrative or arbitral proceedings (including, without limitation, depositions in connection with such proceedings), or in connection with statutorily privileged statements made to governmental or law enforcement agencies relating to rights protected under Irish law; provided that when possible, any public records or filings in connection with such legal process, governmental testimony, filings, administrative or arbitral proceedings, and statements made to governmental agencies in connection therewith, shall be made on a sealed or other confidential basis and made subject to a protective order. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent you from making a protected disclosure under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014.

 

PERSONAL RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNT (PRSA)

There is a personal retirement savings account (PRSA) scheme applicable to your employment, details of which are available separately. The Company does not contribute to PRSA.

 

RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

You confirm that you have read, understood and agree to the terms and conditions of the Restrictive Covenants Agreement which has been provided to you separately.

 

You further confirm that any breach by you of the provisions of the Restrictive Covenants Agreement will be regarded by the Company as a serious disciplinary matter and may, if committed while you are employed by the Company, result in disciplinary actions being taken against you up to and including dismissal without notice.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

You confirm that you have read, understood and agree to the terms and conditions of the Restrictive Covenants Agreement which has been provided to you separately.

 

You further confirm that any breach by you of the provisions of the Restrictive Covenants Agreement will be regarded by the Company as a serious disciplinary matter and may, if committed while you are employed by the Company, result in disciplinary actions being taken against you up to and including dismissal without notice.

 

 

 

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DATA PROTECTION

Details of how and why the Company processes your personal data are contained in the Company's Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice. You will be asked to acknowledge receipt of the Data Protection and Privacy Notice.

 

The Company also has a Data Protection Policy which is applicable to all employees. For further information on data protection procedures and processes please refer to the Data Protection Policy.

 

The Company reserves the right to change, replace or withdraw its Data Protection Policy at any time and you are required to comply with all policies and procedures in force from time to time. Failure to comply with the Data Protection Policy may lead to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.

 

RETIREMENT AGE

The normal retirement age in our Company is in line with State Pension Age.

 

SAFETY

We take our obligations regarding the safety, health and welfare of our employees seriously and in this regard your attention is drawn to our Safety Statement which is available on the premises.

 

DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY

For the purpose of the Payment of Wages Act 1991, as amended, the Company shall be entitled to deduct from your salary or other payments due to you any sums which you may owe to the Company at any time (including but not limited to overpayment of wages, holiday pay, expenses, or sick pay, if applicable).

 

You confirm that you have read, understood and agree to the policies in relation to deductions from pay, and agree that the Company may make deductions in line with the procedures set out in the Employee Handbook and the Deductions from Pay Agreement.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Unless the context otherwise requires, words denoting the singular include the plural and words denoting the masculine include the feminine and vice versa.

 

No failure or delay by the Company in exercising any remedy, right, power of privilege under or in relation to this agreement or at law shall operate as a waiver of the same nor shall any single or partial exercise of any remedy, right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise of the same or the exercise of any other remedy, right, power or privilege.

 

This agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties. All previous agreements, understandings, assurances, statements, promises, warranties, representations or misrepresentations (whether written or oral) between the parties are superseded by this agreement.

 

If any provision of the agreement should be declared void or unenforceable by a court of administrative body of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.

 

The information contained in this agreement constitutes a written statement of particulars of your employment with the Company in accordance with the requirements of section 3 of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 to 2014.

 

AMENDMENTS TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The Company reserves the right to make reasonable amendments to your terms and conditions of employment, and will provide you with 28 days’ notice of any change coming into effect, taking into account the requirements of the business.

 

I hereby verify that through signing this statement of main terms of employment I have read, understood and accept all terms and conditions in relation to my employment with Esports Technologies, Inc.

 

 

 

 

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Signature: /s/ Keith Williams,                               For and on behalf of the Employer

 

Date: 10/19/2020

 

I acknowledge receipt of this statement.

 

Signature: /s/ Bart Barden                                         

 

Date: 10/19/2020 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

 

 

 

As such, the undersigned hereby agrees that, the undersigned will not, during the Lock-Up Period (as defined below), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, the Shares; (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Shares, in cash or otherwise; or (3) publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement relating to any Shares.

 

The “Lock-Up Period” shall mean:

 

 

From and after the date hereof and until 15 months day after the date the Common Stock is first listed for trading on a national securities exchange (such first trading day, the “Lock-Up Trigger Date”), the undersigned agrees not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Shares.

 

 

After such 15-month period and until 24 months from the closing of the IPO, such individuals and entities may sell their shares pursuant to the following criteria:

 

 

(i) if our common stock price is over $7.00 per share for five consecutive trading days then the holder can sell up to 3% of their holdings on a monthly basis, subject to a maximum sale on any trading day of 3% of the daily volume;
(ii) if our common stock price is over $10.00 per share for five consecutive trading days then the holder can sell up to an additional 5% of their holdings on a monthly basis, subject to a maximum sale on any trading day of 3% of the daily volume; and
(iii) if our common stock price is over $14.00 per share then the holder is not restricted from making any sales until such time as our common stock price falls back below $14.00 per share.

 

 

In addition to the restrictions noted above, the undersigned will be limited on any trading day to selling less than 3% of the day’s trading volume.

 

 

The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s Shares except in compliance with this lock-up agreement. The undersigned understands that in addition to the lock-up provisions of this agreement, the Shares are also subject to all any restrictions imposed by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

The undersigned understands that the Company relying upon this lock-up agreement in proceeding the Offering. The undersigned further understands that this lock-up agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

 

 

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  Bart Barden
   
   
  (Name - Please Print)
  /s/ Bart Barden                                 
 

 

(Signature)

   
   
   
   
  (Name of Signatory, in the case of entities - Please Print
   
   
   
   
  (Title of Signatory, in the case of entities - Please Print)
   
   
   
  Address:      21 Bushfield Terrace
  Donnybrook, Dublin 4
  Ireland
   
   
  Date: 10/19/20
   

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

OPTION AGREEMENT

 

This Option Agreement is entered by and between the parties with an effective date as of the 1st of October 2020 and sets forth the agreement whereby Company grants to Optionholder (as those parties are defined hereunder) the option to enter into a binding exclusive license agreement to license the Company patents as defined hereunder (“Option”).

 

Parties

 

(1) COLOSSUS (IOM) LIMITED a company incorporated in the Isle of Man with registration number 009662V whose registered office is PO BOX 227, Clinch’s House, Lord Street, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM99 1RZ (the “Company”); and

 

(2) ESPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. a company incorporated in the state of Nevada, and registered office located at 720 South Seventh Street, Third Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89101 (the “Optionholder”).

 

 

1. GRANT OF OPTION

 

Upon the payment of GBP £100,000 to the Company by the Optionholder, the Company HEREBY GRANTS to the Optionholder a personal, non-refundable, non-transferable and non-sublicensable option to execute and enter in an exclusive license agreement with the Company to certain patents held by the Company including those identified on Schedule 1 below (“License Agreement”). The basic form of License Agreement is set forth as attached in Appendix A. The Option is exercisable in accordance with the terms and conditions as set forth in Section 2 through 4 below.

 

2. MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTION

 

The Optionholder may exercise the Option by: (a) providing written email notice to the Company at the email address below (or alternatively such other email address as advised by the Company to the Optionholder from time to time) indicating Optionholder’s exercise of the Option and its intent to enter into a definitive and binding License Agreement, and; (b) executing a definitive binding License Agreement (considering the basic Form of License Agreement set forth in Appendix A attached hereto) and completing full payment of fees and consideration due in connection with same within twenty-one (21) days of the date such notice of exercise is received by Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Option will be deemed exercised only upon completion of each condition as set forth in Section 2.1 (a) and

(b) hereinabove.

 

Notice Email: hollie.mcgowan@colossusbets.com

 

3. TERMINATION OF OPTION

 

The Option shall immediately lapse and cease to be exercisable should Optionholder fail to fully exercise said Option and satisfy all terms and conditions of Section 2 hereinabove no later than May 1, 2021.

 

 

 

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4. GOVERNING LAW

 

This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to principles of conflicts of laws which might apply the laws of any other jurisdiction).

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Parties have caused this Option Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized representatives as an instrument as of the date first above written.

 

 

FOR: COLOSSUS (IOM) LIMITED

 

 

By: /s/ Hollie McGowan                             

Name:     Hollie McGowan

Title:       Director

 

 

 

FOR: eSports Technologies, Inc.

 

 

By: /s/ Keith Williams                        

Name:     Keith Williams

Title:       President

 

 

 

 

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APPENDIX A

 

FORM OF LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

This Patents’ License Agreement (“Agreement”) dated as of ___________ (the “Effective Date”) is entered into by and between the Licensor, Colossus (IOM) Ltd Clinch’s House, Lord Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM99 1RZ and a registered number of 009662V and the Licensee, [ ] (Licensor and Licensee each a “Party,” and collectively, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Licensor owns or has rights to license the Cash Out Patents (as defined in Article 1);

 

WHEREAS, Licensee desires to obtain a license to utilize the Cash Out Patents limited in scope to the field of use pertaining to esports betting (“Purpose” as described more fully herein), and Licensor is willing to grant Licensee such a license to do so pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is mutually acknowledged, each of Licensor and Licensee do hereby agree as follows:

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

1. DEFINITIONS.

 

1.1. Change of Control” shall mean, with respect to a Party, (i) sale of all, or substantially all, of the Party’s assets to another party, or (ii) the transfer of equity ownership of the Party or the merger of the Party with another party (or similar transaction), such that a person or persons which could not elect a majority of the directors of that Party before such transfer, could elect a majority afterwards, other than a transfer which occurs in connection with an initial public offering of the shares of such Party.

 

1.2. Confidential Information” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3 of this Agreement.

 

1.3. Effective Date” means the date set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

1.4. Cash Out Patents” means the patents listed in Schedule 1, and which may be modified from time to time by Company in its sole discretion upon written notice and any continuations, enhancements or derivations of same.

 

1.5. Intellectual Property Rights” means all inventions, discoveries, patents (including all renewals, extensions or divisions thereof), patent applications, registered and unregistered trademarks and service marks and all goodwill associated therewith and symbolized thereby, domain names, trademark applications and service mark applications, registered and unregistered copyrights (including without limitation databases and other compilations of information), registered and unregistered design rights, confidential information, trade secrets and know-how, including processes, schematics, business methods, formulae and computer software programs, and all other intellectual property, property and proprietary rights.

 

 

 

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1.6. Purpose” means the use of the Patents and any technology derived from same in connection with any e-sports specific application.

 

1.7. Affiliate” shall mean and include, with respect to a Party, any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Party, where “control” means the (i) ownership of, or the power to vote, more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock, shares or interests of such entity or (ii) ability to direct the management or affairs of an entity, whether by contract or otherwise.

 

2. LICENSE GRANT.

 

2.1. License. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a personal, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable (other than (i) to Licensee’s Affiliates existing as of the Effective Date, and (ii) after the Effective Date to new Affiliates of Licensee that are not direct competitors of Licensor and are approved in writing by Licensor to receive a sublicense upon Licensee’s written request, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and worldwide license for the Term and Fees set forth below in Sections 2.5 and 2.6 to utilize the Cash Out Patents solely for the Purpose including to practice methods claimed in the Cash Out Patents.

 

2.2. No Sublicensing. Unless otherwise permitted under this Agreement, the Licensee shall not sublicense any of the rights granted under this Agreement to any third Party for any purpose without the written consent of Licensor.

 

2.3. Exclusivity. The license granted under this Agreement shall be exclusive to Licensee in the field of use encompassing the area of esports betting (“Field”) and limited for the Purpose, so long as Licensee complies with all terms and conditions set for herein, save that it shall not restrict rights established under the separate and non-exclusive patents’ license granted by the Licensor to Hillside (Technology) Limited dated September 27, 2019, and shall not restrict Licensor or any of its Affiliates as they exist as of the date of this Agreement in any manner with respect to its and their own use of the Cash Out Patents. The parties agree that Licensor shall provide Licensee with written notice of any inquiry by any party seeking to: (a) become an Affiliate of Licensor in the Field or (b) license Licensor’s Cash Out Patents and rights related thereto in the Field (“Third Party Inquiry”). Within ten (10) days of receipt of said notice of Third Party Inquiry (“Notice Period”), Licensee may provide written notice to Licensor of its rejection of said Third Party Inquiry and as such Licensor shall not further entertain or accept any transaction with said party involved in such Third Party Inquiry. To the extent that Licensee either: (a) fails to respond within the Notice Period or (b) approves any such Third Party Inquiry, then such third party may become an Affiliate of the Licensor after the Effective Date and the licence granted under this Agreement shall not restrict such Affiliate in any manner, providing that any such Affiliate is not a direct competitor of the Licensee.

 

2.4. Revenue Share. Subject to Section 2.3, the Parties shall share equally in any and all revenue payable to Licensor or received by the Licensor during the term of this Agreement from the licensing by Licensor of the Cash Out Patents to any third parties for the Purpose or in the Field.

 

2.5. Term. This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and continue until that date which is thirty-six (36) months from the Effective Date.

 

2.6. Fees. In consideration of the rights and terms provided hereunder to Licensee, Licensee shall provide the following consideration and payment to Licensor: payment of GBP £200,000 and 65,000 shares of restricted common stock of Licensee (“Stock”). For purposes of this Agreement, the term Stock means the restricted common stock shares of Licensee. The Stock may not be sold by Licensor until the date which is earlier of: fifteen (15) months from the Initial Public Offering of the common stock of the Licensee (“IPO”), if any, or April 1, 2023. The Stock shall be subject to any restriction that may be required by an underwriter of the Licensee’s IPO and Licensor further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Licensee or any underwriters in the IPO.

 

 

 

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CONFIDENTIALITY AND PUBLICITY.

 

2.7. The Parties agree that all materials and any other documents or information furnished by a Party (the “Releasing Party”) to the other Party (the “Recipient”) hereunder (“Confidential Information”) shall be held in confidence in accordance with the Recipient’s standard confidentiality procedures and shall not, without the prior written consent of the Releasing Party, be made available or disclosed to any third party.

 

2.8. Notwithstanding the above restriction, the Recipient shall not have any obligation to hold in confidence Confidential Information which (i) is, or becomes, generally known to the public without breach of the terms of this Agreement; (ii) is lawfully acquired by the Recipient from another source; (iii) was acquired by the Recipient prior to the time of disclosure not in violation of any agreement or law which was known to the Recipient; or (iv) is required by court order or by order of any governmental or regulatory authority which has jurisdiction over the Recipient; or (v) required in connection with any reporting or other filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

2.9. Neither Party may make any public announcement or press release in relation to this Agreement without the written consent of the other Party.

 

2.10. Whilst the terms of this Agreement shall be considered Confidential Information, the Parties will be entitled to disclose the existence of the Agreement in the course of their normal commercial dealings.

 

3. INFRINGEMENT AND VALIDITY.

 

3.1. Notification. Licensee shall inform Licensor promptly in writing of any alleged infringement of the Cash Out Patents by a third party of which it is aware and of any available evidence thereof, as well as any facts which may affect the validity, scope or enforceability of the Cash Out Patents of which Licensee becomes aware.

 

3.2. Enforcement. Licensor shall have the exclusive right, but shall not be obligated, to commence legal action at its own expense to defend against an action alleging invalidity of the Cash Out Patents or to prosecute all infringements of the Cash Out Patents. Licensee shall, at the request and expense of Licensor, provide reasonable cooperation in any such litigation.

 

4. WARRANTIES.

 

4.1. By Both Parties. Each of the Parties hereto represents and warrants to the other Party that (a) it has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform under this Agreement and the obligations hereunder, (b) upon execution and delivery hereof, this Agreement shall constitute the valid and binding obligations of such Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforcement is limited by any bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and general equity principles and (c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (i) have been duly approved and authorized by all necessary corporate actions of such Party, (ii) do not contravene any law, regulation, rules or order binding on such Party, and (iii) does not contravene the provisions of or constitute a default under any contract or other agreement or instrument to which such Party is a signatory.

 

4.2. By Licensor. Licensor represents and warrants to Licensee the following:

 

4.2.1. Licensor represents and warrants to Licensee that Licensor has the right to grant the license granted in this Agreement.

 

4.2.2. To the best of Licensor’s knowledge, the Cash Out Patents are valid and enforceable.

 

 

 

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4.2.3. To the best of Licensor’s knowledge, any activity performed by Licensee by virtue of this Agreement is or will be free from infringement of any intellectual property rights of third parties.

 

4.3. By Licensee. Licensee represents and warrants to Licensor the following:

 

4.3.1. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that all rights, title and interest in and to the Cash Out Patents, including all Intellectual Property Rights subsisting therein, are the exclusive property of Licensor and/or its affiliates, are valid and enforceable.

 

4.3.2. Licensee agrees that it shall not, directly or indirectly, do or cause to be done any act which may in any way jeopardize or adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, or otherwise infringe, dilute or misappropriate, any rights, titles and interests of the Licensor or its affiliates in and to the Cash Out Patents, or any Intellectual Property Rights in respect thereof.

 

4.3.3. Licensee further agrees that it will not, directly or indirectly, oppose or contest any patent or application of Licensor and/or any of its affiliates in connection with the Cash Out Patents, or any application directed to any rights subsisting in the Cash Out Patents, in the United States or elsewhere, or any application for extension of such rights.

 

4.3.4. The Parties will discuss in good faith a form of wording in relation to patent notices as licensed under this Agreement which the Licensee will display on a web address which is available to the public.

 

4.3.5. Licensee shall provide a copy of this Agreement to any of Licensee’s Affiliates who are sublicensed under Section 2.1. Licensee shall ensure that Licensee’s Affiliates comply with the terms of this Agreement.

 

4.4. Licensor reserves all rights with respect to the Cash Out Patents except those expressly licensed to Licensee hereunder.

 

5.     DISCLAIMERS.

 

5.1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as:

 

5.1.1. an obligation of Licensor to maintain any of the Cash Out Patents; or

 

5.1.2. an obligation of Licensor to license or furnish any additional technical information or trade secrets; or

 

5.1.3. conferring a right to use in advertising, publicity or otherwise any trademark, trade name or trade dress of Licensor; or

 

5.1.4. CONFERRING ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION BY LICENSOR, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT. THE CASH OUT PATENTS ARE BEING LICENSED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS.

 

 

 

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6. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.

 

THE PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY (A) SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OPERATION OR USE OF THE CASH OUT PATENTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ARISING FROM LOSS OF DATA OR PROGRAMMING, LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFITS, FAILURE TO REALIZE SAVINGS OR OTHER BENEFITS, AND CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY BY ANY THIRD PERSON, EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY; (B) DAMAGES (REGARDLESS OF THEIR NATURE) FOR ANY DELAY OR FAILURE BY A PARTY TO PERFORM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DUE TO ANY CAUSE BEYOND SUCH PARTY’S REASONABLE CONTROL; OR (C) CLAIMS MADE A SUBJECT OF A LEGAL PROCEEDING AGAINST A PARTY MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER ANY SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION FIRST AROSE.

 

7.     TERMINATION.

 

7.1. Termination Events

 

7.1.1. This Agreement may be terminated by mutual written agreement of the Parties at any time.

 

7.1.2. Either Party may terminate this Agreement in the event of: (i) any material breach of obligation by the other Party, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice of breach to the breaching Party; (ii) any situation in which a Party commits a material breach of the Agreement that is not capable of being cured within thirty (30) days and the breaching Party fails to both (aa) develop and deliver to the non-breaching Party within thirty (30) days following written notice of breach a complete written plan for curing the breach, and (bb) cure such breach within ninety (90) days of written notice thereof; (iii) the other Party filing a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or under any similar insolvency law; (iv) the other Party making an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (v) the other Party having filed against it any involuntary petition in bankruptcy or under any similar insolvency law, if any such petition is not dismissed within thirty (30) days after filing; or (vi) a receiver being appointed for, or a levy or attachment being made against, substantially all of the other Party’s assets, if any such petition is not dismissed or such receiver or levy or attachment is not discharged within thirty (30) days after the filing or appointment.

 

7.1.3. Licensor may terminate the Agreement 24 months after the Effective Date should it (or an Affiliate) not have generated at least £500,000 in revenue during that 24 months period under any other commercial agreement(s) entered into between the parties (including their respective Affiliates). To terminate in accordance with this provision Licensor is required to give notice to Licensee within 7 days of the end of the relevant 24 months period. Should Licensor give such notice contemplated under this Section 8.1.3 Licensee will have the option to extend the Agreement for a further 12 months upon the payment of an additional fee to Licensor of GBP £150,000, with the terms applicable to such extended period otherwise unchanged hereunder.

 

7.1.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensor may, in its sole discretion, terminate this Agreement and/or the License granted herein immediately and without notice upon the occurrence of any of the following:

 

7.1.4.1. Licensee fails to comply with any of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; or

 

7.1.4.2. Licensor determines (acting reasonably) that Licensee's use of the Cash Out Patents compromises the integrity of the Cash Out Patents; or

 

7.1.4.3. the execution of any agreement confirming an intention to undertake a transaction that would result in a Change of Control of Licensee.

 

 

 

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7.2. Effect of Expiration or Termination.

 

7.2.1. In the event of termination of this Agreement or of the License granted hereunder for any reason, Licensee shall thereafter have no rights whatsoever with respect to the Cash Out Patents, and Licensee shall:

 

7.2.1.1. immediately cease use of the Cash Out Patents;

 

7.2.1.2. certify to Licensor in writing on request that Licensee has fully complied with the above requirement.

 

7.2.2. In the event of the termination of this Agreement by the Licensee in reliance on an event as described in Section 8.1.2, a pro-rata portion of the Fee attributable to the remaining period of the Term shall be repayable by the Licensor to the Licensee.

 

7.2.3. Expiration or termination of this Agreement shall not relieve the Parties of any obligation that accrued prior to such expiration or termination. The provisions of Sections 0, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement without limitation.

 

8. GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS TERMS.

 

8.1. Notices. All notices, requests, demands, approvals, consents and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of service if served personally on the Party to whom notice is to be given, (b) on the day of transmission (receipt confirmed) if sent via facsimile transmission to the applicable facsimile number provided below, on a business day during or before the normal business hours of the intended recipient, and if not so sent on such a business day and at such time, on the following business day, (c) on the first (1st) business day after delivery to any reputable overnight courier for delivery to the Party to whom notice is to be given, or (d) on the fifth (5th) business day after mailing, if mailed to the Party to whom notice is to be given, by first class mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid, and in each case addressed as follows:

 

To Licensor:

 

Attn: Hollie McGowan

Email: hollie.mcgowan@colossusbets.com

Tel: +44 (0) 1624 602323

 

 

To Licensee:

 

Attn:

Email:

Tel:

 

 

 

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8.2. Assignment. Unless otherwise permitted under this Agreement, this Agreement may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by Licensee.

 

8.3. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to principles of conflicts of laws which might apply the laws of any other jurisdiction).

 

8.4. Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the Parties hereto consents to the jurisdiction of any federal or state court located within the State of Delaware and irrevocably agrees that all actions or proceedings referred to in this Agreement and this Agreement may be litigated in such courts. Each of the Parties hereto accepts for itself and in connection with its properties, generally and unconditionally, the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and waives with respect to such courts any defense of forum non conveniens, and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Agreement. Each of the Parties hereto further irrevocably consents to the service of process with respect to such courts in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Party at the address specified in this Agreement, such service to become effective 15 days after such mailing. Nothing herein shall in any way be deemed to limit the ability of any Party hereto to serve any such legal process, summons, notices, and documents in any other manner permitted by applicable law or to obtain jurisdiction over or to bring actions, suits or proceedings against any of the other Parties hereto in such other jurisdictions, and in such manner, as may be permitted by applicable law. or security upon such bond which might, but for this waiver, be required of or by such Party. The scope of this waiver is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this Agreement, including, without limitation, contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims, and all other common law and statutory claims. Each of the Parties hereto further warrants and represents that it has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel, and that it knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following consultation with legal counsel. This waiver is irrevocable, meaning that it may not be modified either orally or in writing, and the waiver shall apply to any subsequent amendment, renewal, supplement or modification of or to this agreement. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.

 

8.5. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives its right to a jury trial of any claim or cause of action based upon or arising out of this Agreement. Each of the Parties hereto also irrevocably waives any requirement for a bond or surety

 

8.6. Bankruptcy. The Parties agree that Licensee, as a licensee of such rights under this Agreement, shall retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and elections under Section 365(n) of Title 11, U.S. Code.

 

8.7. Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement represents the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior oral and written and all contemporaneous oral negotiations, commitments and understandings between such Parties. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by a written agreement duly executed by both Parties hereto.

 

8.8. Waivers; Cumulative Remedies. No delay on the part of either Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any waiver on the part of either Party of any such right, power or privilege, nor any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege, preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies of either Party based upon, arising out of or otherwise in respect of any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement shall in no way be limited by the fact that the act, omission, occurrence or other state of facts upon which any claim of any such inaccuracy or breach is based may also be the subject matter of any other representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement (or in any other agreement between the Parties) as to which there is not inaccuracy or breach. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided to the contrary herein, all remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative and in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to either Party hereto at law, in equity or otherwise.

 

 

 

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8.9. Section Headings. The section headings are for the convenience of the Parties and in no way alter, modify, amend, limit, or restrict the contractual obligations of the Parties.

 

8.10. Severability. Any provision hereof which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Parties hereby waive any provision of law which may render any provision hereof void or unenforceable in any respect.

 

8.11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, which may be facsimile counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all collectively a single instrument.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Parties have caused this Intellectual Property License Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized representatives as an instrument as of the date first above written.

 

 

Licensor

 

 

By:_____________________________________

Name:

Title:

 

 

 

Licensee

 

 

 

By:_____________________________________

Name:

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule 1 – Cash Out Patent List

 

  1. U.S. Patent No. 8,602,884
     
  2. U.S. Patent No. 8,734,241
     
  3. U.S. Patent No. 8,721,438
     
  4. U.S. Patent No. 8,721,439
     
  5. U.S. Patent No. 8,708,811
     
  6. U.S. Patent No. 9,117,341
     
  7. U.S. Patent No. 9,196,126
     
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U.S. Patent No. 9,275,516

     
  9. U.S. Patent No. 9,424,716
     
  10. U.S. Patent No. 9,704,338
     
  11. U.S. Patent No. 10,102,716
     
  12. U.S. Patent No. 10,431,044

 

13. Australian Patent No 2013311319

 

14. Japanese Patent No. 5977454

 

15. Japanese Patent No. 5977453

 

16. Japanese Patent No. 6258941

 

17. Japanese Patent No. 6526165

 

18. South Korea Patent No. 10-1736754

 

19. South Korea Patent No. 10-1726203

 

20. Singapore Patent No. 11201501682Q

 

21. Singapore Patent No. 10201510450T

 

22. Philippines Patent No. 1-2015-500504

 

23. South African Patent No. 2015/01552

 

24. Nigerian Patent No. NG/PT/C/2015/952

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Employment Agreement, together with the Restrictive Covenants and Employee Handbook attached as Exhibit "B" hereto, forms the terms and conditions of your employment with Esportsbook Technologies Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Esports Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation) ("Company").

 

 

 

Employee: James Purcell

 

Your employment effective date shall be March 18th 2021 and is effective on that date.

 

JOB TITLE

 

You are employed as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of Esports Technologies Inc. and will report directly to the Board of Directors of the Company who will advise you of your duties. Your duties may be modified from time to time to suit the needs of the business.

 

You will be required to attend all meetings that you are invited to of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

APPLICABLE LAW

 

The terms and conditions of your employment shall be governed under the laws applicable to the Republic of Ireland.

 

PLACE OF WORK

 

Your normal place of employment will be working from your home office at 128b Kimmage Road Lower Harold's Cross Dublin D6WNY24. However, you also agree to work at any Company place of business on a temporary or permanent basis as the Company or the Company may reasonably require. You will also be prepared to undertake any reasonable travel on business which is deemed necessary by the Company or the Company.

 

As this is a homeworking arrangement you agree to complete a self-certification risk assessment confirmation in respect of the suitability of your home as a workplace and to comply with the Company's policy on homeworking. You further agree to notify your home insurance provider that you will be working from home and to make the necessary amendments to your insurance policy to ensure that the Company is indemnified against any claims in respect of your homeworking arrangement including but not limited to personal injuries.

 

However, the Company reserves the right and by signing this agreement you hereby agree to carry out your work, either on a temporary or permanent basis, at such location as. the Company may reasonably require from time to time.

 

The Company reserves the right to change the place of your employment, in which event you will be given reasonable notice.

 

HOURS OF WORK

 

Your normal hours of work are 8 per day, 40 per week, 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Monday to Friday. You will receive appropriate unpaid rest breaks depending on the length of your shift and in accordance with the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.

 

From time to time, you may be required to travel and/or work such additional time outside normal core hours as may be required to complete your responsibilities without additional remuneration, holidays or leave.

 

 

 

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MINIMUM REST PERIODS

 

As part of your employment, and in accordance with the Organisation of Working Time Act, if you work more than 4.5 hours you will be entitled to a 15 minute unpaid rest break each day. If you work for more than six hours you will be entitled to a 30 minute unpaid rest break each day (which may be inclusive of the previous 15 minute break). As part of your employment you will also be entitled to a daily rest period of 11 consecutive hours in a 24 hour period and a weekly rest period of 24 consecutive hours per seven days, following a daily rest period. Should you fail to receive your breaks or rest periods you should notify the Board of Directors in writing, within one week and they will seek to ensure you are afforded this as soon as possible. Breaks over and above Minimum entitlements are specified in the 'Hours of Work' section.

 

REMUNERATION

 

Your salary is currently €180,000 per annum payable monthly by credit transfer as detailed on your pay statement. Your salary is subject to deduction of tax, USC, PRSI and any other deductions required by law or provided for under this agreement In accordance with section 23 of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, you may request a written statement of your average hourly rate of pay for any pay reference period falling within the previous 12 months. For the purposes of the National Minimum Wage Act, the pay reference period is a calendar month.

 

You are not entitled to payment for additional hours as this is reflected in your current salary. The Company will ensure at all times that its obligations under National Minimum Age regulations are met

 

BENEFITS

 

Your salary amount includes a €1,000 per month health care and benefit stipend, which will be paid as an addition to your monthly salary payments. The company has complete discretion to manage and adjust these amounts based on internal or external factors. This stipend will no longer be made, if the company provides adequate health care and benefits package to their employees.

 

1.   Option Grant. On the Effective Date, Employee will be entitled to receive an option grant (the "Option Grant") to purchase 280,000 shares of Company restricted common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share. The Option Grant shall have a term of seven years and shall vest (provided Employee remains continuously employed by Company on and does not resign prior to each such vesting) as follows: (i) 280,000 shares underlying the Option Grant shall vest in four (4) equal instalments of 70,000 shares on each of the succeeding four anniversary dates of the Effective Date hereof,

 

a. The Option Grant shall be made pursuant to the eSports Technologies, Inc. 2020 Stock Plan, and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and conditions of such plan. The share restrictions are outlined in Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

b. Annual Option Grant. For each compensation year during the Term and commencing with the 2022 compensation year, Employee will be entitled to receive an annual option grant (the "Annual Grant"), payable with respect to each compensation year of the Term. The final determination on the amount, if any, of the Annual Grant will be made by, and in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee (or the Board, if such committee has been dissolved), based on goals and objectives approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board (or the Board, if such committee has been dissolved). The Annual Grant shall vest in four (4) equal installments on each of the succeeding four anniversary dates of the date of grant, provided Employee remains continuously employed by Company through each such vesting date.

 

2. Bonus Compensation:

 

a. €45,000 cash signing bonus ("Signing Bonus') upon the listing of the Company's common stock on a public stock exchange ("IPO") shall be paid to Employee on the first day of trading.

 

 

 

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b. You are also be eligible to participate in any future bonus plan (the "Bonus Plan") that the Company offers generally to either the executive team or all employees. Any future bonus scheme is subject to such conditions (including but not limited to, conditions for and timing of payment) as the Company and/or Company may in its absolute discretion determine. The terms of the Bonus Plan will be communicated by the Company's Board of Directors (or the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors). The Company and/or Company reserve the right to amend the terms of the Bonus Plan at its absolute discretion.

 

c. You are eligible to participate in any company recruiting bonus or referral bonus programs,as deemed relevant by Company management and approved by the Board of Directors or a the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

The terms of your employment shall not be affected in any way by your participation or entitlement to participate in any long-term incentive plan or share option scheme. Except for the above, such schemes and/or plans shall not form part of the terms of your employment (express or implied). In calculating any payment, compensation or damages on the termination of your employment for whatever reason (whether lawful or unlawful) which might otherwise be payable to you, no account shall be taken of your participation in any such schemes and/or plans or any impact upon participation such termination may have. The Company reserves the right to withdraw or vary any such plans or schemes at its absolute discretion and your participation in any such schemes or plans is a privilege rather than a contractual entitlement.

 

ANNUAL HOLIDAYS

 

Your holiday year begins on 1st January and ends on 31st December each year. If you work for at least 1365 hours during the holiday year you will receive a paid holiday entitlement of four (4) of your working weeks during the complete holiday year. Alternatively you will receive a paid holiday entitlement of 8% of the total hours worked in the leave year, subject to a maximum of four of your working weeks. You must remain in employment with the Company for the complete holiday year to avail of the full entitlement. For part years of service your entitlement will be calculated as 1/52nd of the annual entitlement for each completed week of service during that holiday year.

 

Conditions relating to the taking of annual holidays are shown in the Employee Handbook to which you should refer.

 

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

 

In addition to the annual holiday entitlement you are allowed the following public/bank holidays each year with pay or alternative days as decided by us:-

 

New Year's Day

St Patrick's Day

Easter Monday

The first Monday in May

The first Monday in June

The first Monday in August
The last Monday in October
Christmas Day

St Stephen's Day

 

 

For full time workers there is no service requirement in respect of benefits for Public Holiday entitlements, for part time workers you must have worked 40 hours in the preceding five weeks to the Public Holiday to benefit from the Public Holiday entitlement If you are not required to work on one of the above days, and it is a day you do not normally work, you will receive one fifth of your last normal weekly wage for that day. In the event of you working on one of the above days, in addition to basic pay for the hours worked, you will either be paid an additional days pay calculated on the basis of the number of hours worked on your last working day before the Public Holiday or you will receive the appropriate time off in lieu, at our discretion. The date when time off in lieu is taken must be mutually agreed with us.

 

JOB FLEXIBILITY

 

It is an express condition of employment that you are prepared, whenever necessary, to transfer to any alternative departments or duties either on a temporary or permanent basis within our business. This flexibility is essential as the type and volume of work is always subject to change, and it allows us to operate efficiently and gain maximum potential from our work force. This may also include performing services for and on behalf of one or more of the Company's affiliated entities.

 

 

 

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SICKNESS PAY AND CONDITIONS

There is no contractual sickness/injury payments scheme in addition to state benefit In case of sickness or other incapacity for work, you must comply with the Company's policy from time to time in force, regarding notification and medical certification. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action and/or termination of sick pay (if applicable).

 

The Company reserves the right to have you medically examined by a doctor and/or medical consultant at any time during employment By signing this Agreement you agree that any information or report arising from such examination shall be disdosed to the Company and that the Company is entitled to make relevant determinations based on the advice of its nominated doctor and/or consultant

 

Failure to attend at a medical examination when requested to do so may result in disciplinary action and/or termination of sick pay (if applicable).

 

The Company will be issuing an Employee Handbook, and Employee agrees to those policies will be part
of his agreement with the Company so long as they do not contradict the terms set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOTICE OF TERMINATION TO BE GIVEN BY EMPLOYER

Under 13 weeks of service by Employee hereunder— 14 Days notice is required

13 weeks but less than 2 years' service — 30 days

2 years but less than 3 years' service — 60 days

3 years but less than 5 years' service — 90 Days
5 years but less than 10 years' service — 90 Days
10 years but less than 15 years' service — 90 Days
15 years' service or more — 90 Days

 

NOTICE OF TERMINATION TO BE GIVEN BY EMPLOYEE

Under 13 weeks service -

13 weeks service or more - 4 weeks.

 

We reserve the contractual right to give pay in lieu of all or any part of the above notice by either party.

 

In the event of notice by either party, the Company may request you to take "garden leave" and not to attend for work or perform duties during all or part of the notice period. During that time you will continue to be employed by the Company and continue to owe duties of fidelity and good faith to the Company, but you will no longer continue to vest into any shares pursuant to any agreements with the Company. You will remain bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall not be entitled to enter into any other employment

 

TRAINING AGREEMENT

As part of your employment, you may receive training from external providers from to time. Should your employment with the Company end within one year of receiving such training you may be required to repay the Company a portion of the cost of providing such training. Further details are provided for in the Training Agreement

 

 

 

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NON — DISPARAGEMENT

You acknowledge that the Company and each affiliated entity would be irreparably damaged if you were to take actions that would damage or misappropriate the goodwill of the Company and/or the affiliated entity. Accordingly, you agree commencing after the Term of Employment not to take any actions or to make, publish or endorse any statements or communications to any third party (whether verbal or in writing) that (i) disparage, defame, ridicule, criticize, or are derogatory or otherwise reflect adversely upon, the Company and/or each affiliated entity, and their respective businesses, services, products (including, without limitation, shows and other media content produced and/or distributed by the Company and/or each affiliated entity, and the host talent and guests related to such shows and content), managers, directors, members, contractors or employees (in their capacity as such); and/or (ii) could reasonably be expected to cause injury to the relationships between the Company and/or each affiliated entity and their respective customers, subscribers, vendors, advertisers, suppliers, distributors, employees, contractors, consultants or other business associates. The limitations in this paragraph apply to any and all statements and communications, including, but not limited to, any statements and communications made via websites, blogs, and postings to the Internet, or e-mail messages, whether or not they are made anonymously or through the use of a pseudonym. However, the limitations in this paragraph do not apply to truthful statements made in connection with the legal process, governmental testimony or filings, or administrative or arbitral proceedings (including, without limitation, depositions in connection with such proceedings), or in connection with statutorily privileged statements made to governmental or law enforcement agencies relating to rights protected under Irish law; provided that when possible, any public records or filings in connection with such legal process, governmental testimony, filings, administrative or arbitral proceedings, and statements made to governmental agencies in connection therewith, shall be made on a sealed or other confidential basis and made subject to a protective order. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent you from making a protected disclosure under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014.

 

PERSONAL RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNT (PRSA)

There is a personal retirement savings account (PRSA) scheme applicable to your employment, details of which are available separately. The Company does not contribute to PRSA.

 

RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

You confirm that you have read, understood and agree to the terms and conditions of the Restrictive Covenants Agreement which has been provided to you separately.

 

You further confirm that any breach by you of the provisions of the Restrictive Covenants Agreement will be regarded by the Company as a serious disciplinary matter and may, if committed while you are employed by the Company, result in disciplinary actions being taken against you up to and including dismissal without notice.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

You confirm that you have read, understood and agree to the terms and conditions of the Restrictive Covenants Agreement which has been provided to you separately.

 

You further confirm that any breach by you of the provisions of the Restrictive Covenants Agreement will be regarded by the Company as a serious disciplinary matter and may, if committed while you are employed by the Company, result in disciplinary actions being taken against you up to and including dismissal without notice.

 

DATA PROTECTION

Details of how and why the Company processes your personal data are contained in the Company's Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice. You will be asked to acknowledge receipt of the Data Protection and Privacy Notice.

 

The Company also has a Data Protection Policy which is applicable to all employees. For further information on data protection procedures and processes please refer to the Data Protection Policy.

 

 

 

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The Company reserves the right to change, replace or withdraw its Data Protection Policy at any time and you are required to comply with all policies and procedures in force from time to time. Failure to comply with the Data Protection Policy may lead to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.

 

RETIREMENT AGE

The normal retirement age in our Company is in line with State Pension Age.

 

SAFETY

We take our obligations regarding the safety, health and welfare of our employees seriously and in this regard your attention is drawn to our Safety Statement which is available on the premises.

 

DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY

For the purpose of the Payment of Wages Act 1991, as amended, the Company shall be entitled to deduct from your salary or other payments due to you any sums which you may owe to the Company at any time (including but not limited to overpayment of wages, holiday pay, expenses, or sick pay, if applicable).

 

You confirm that you have read, understood and agree to the policies in relation to deductions from pay, and agree that the Company may make deductions in line with the procedures set out in the Employee Handbook and the Deductions from Pay Agreement.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Unless the context otherwise requires, words denoting the singular include the plural and words denoting the masculine include the feminine and vice versa.

 

No failure or delay by the Company in exercising any remedy, right, power of privilege under or in relation to this agreement or at law shall operate as a waiver of the same nor shall any single or partial exercise of any remedy, right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise of the same or the exercise of any other remedy, right, power or privilege.

 

This agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties. All previous agreements, understandings, assurances, statements, promises, warranties, representations or misrepresentations (whether written or oral) between the parties are superseded by this agreement.

 

If any provision of the agreement should be declared void or unenforceable by a court of administrative body of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.

 

The information contained in this agreement constitutes a written statement of particulars of your employment with the Company in accordance with the requirements of section 3 of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 to 2014.

 

AMENDMENTS TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The Company reserves the right to make reasonable amendments to your terms and conditions of employment and upon reasonable notice should such notice be required under local law..

 

I hereby verify that through signing this statement of main terms of employment I have read, understood and accept all terms and conditions in relation to my employment with Company.

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.7

 

DOMAIN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This DOMAIN PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of September 1, 2020, by and between, Dover Hill, LLC, a Wyoming corporation (the “Seller”) and ESEG Limited, a Belize corporation (the “Purchaser”). Purchaser and Seller are collectively referred to herein as the “Parties” and each individually as a “Party.”

 

RECITALS

 

A.            The Purchaser desires to acquire the Purchased Assets (as defined below), on the terms and subject to the conditions specified in this Agreement.

 

B.             The Seller desires to sell and convey all of its rights, title and interest the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser, on the terms and subject to the conditions specified in this Agreement.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, terms and conditions contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree to the foregoing and as follows:

 

1. Purchase and Sale of Assets

 

1.1.       Purchase of Assets. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement, at the Closing (as defined below), Purchaser shall purchase from Seller, and Seller shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Purchaser, all rights, title and interest of Seller to the domains (the “Domains”) and any completed websites of Seller as specified on Exhibit A (the “Websites”), including, any and all associated software used in building the Websites and Website users lists and Website databases containing any Website user or Website information, name registrations, any goodwill symbolized thereby, all rights to sue for past infringement, if any, and to receive any recoveries therefore and all data, programming code, user or customer lists, moderator contact information and all other information as it directly pertains to the operation of the Websites (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”), free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, or restriction of any nature (“Encumbrances”).

 

1.2       Agreements Relating to Transfer of Purchased Assets. Within 60 days after Closing, Seller shall cause to be provided to Purchaser all materials and information that are or were used in the Purchased Assets, and shall take all other steps reasonably required to enable Purchaser to obtain possession of, and to exploit, the Purchased Assets.

 

1.3       Assumption of Liabilities. Purchaser shall not assume any liabilities of Seller (whether or not related to the Purchased Assets) or otherwise relating to any of the Purchased Assets, including: (i) any tax liabilities of Seller relating to the time period prior to the Closing Date (as defined below); (ii) any liabilities of Seller relating to accounts payable, indebtedness, legal services, accounting services, financial advisory services, investment banking services or other professional services performed in connection with the sale of the Purchased Assets; and (iii) any wages, salaries, redundancy, notice, severance payments or other liabilities relating to any employee of Seller prior to the Closing Date.

 

2. Purchase Price; Additional Payment; Seller Repurchase Right.

 

2.1.        Purchase Price. The purchase price for the Purchased Assets shall consist of the following:

 

(a)         The issuance by Purchaser to Seller of a unsecured convertible promissory note in principal amount of $700,000.00 convertible into shares of Purchaser at a conversion rate of $0.50 per share in the form attached as Exhibit B (the “Note”); and

 

(b)         The issuance by Purchaser to Seller of a five-year warrant to purchase 745,000 Company shares at an exercise price of $0.30 per share in the form attached as Exhibit C (the “Warrant” and collectively, the Note and Warrant shall be referred to as the “Purchase Price.”). Upon issuance of the Note and Warrant the full consideration for the Purchased Assets will be deemed to have been satisfied.

 

 

 

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2.2.        Additional Payment. On or before the five-year anniversary of the date hereof, the Purchaser agrees to make a cash payment to Seller of $300,000(the “Additional Payment”).

 

2.3. Seller Repurchase Right. The Seller will have the right to repurchase the Purchased Assets from the Purchase on the following dates:

 

(a)         On the one-year anniversary of the date hereof, if the Purchaser (or any successor entities of Purchaser) have not raised, in one or more offerings of debt or equity, financing in the aggregate amount of $5.0 million, then the Purchased Assets will return to the Seller in exchange for cancelling or forfeiting the Note and Warrant. Seller shall have the sole right to waive this provision. Such right must be waived within 10 days of the one-year anniversary of the date hereof; and

 

(b)          On the five-year anniversary of the date hereof, if the Additional Payment is not paid to Seller within 10 business days of Purchaser receiving written notice from Seller that such payment has not been made, then the Seller shall have the right to repurchase the Purchased Assetsfor agreeing to forfeit its right to the Additional Payment. Such right must be exercised within 10 business days of the foregoing deadline for payment of the Additional Payment.

 

3.              Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place following the execution of this Agreement and the other agreements at the offices of Purchaser (the latest date of the issuance of the Note and Warrant, the “Closing Date”), and such Closing may be effected electronically. At the Closing, the following shall occur:

 

3.1        Seller shall deliver, convey and transfer to Purchaser possession of the Purchased Assets, including, but not limited to, all of the domain names on Exhibit A through transfer via Godaddy.com, Network Solutions or a similar domain registration service, and Purchaser shall review and verify the Purchased Assets are properly accounted for; and

 

3.2        Purchaser shall deliver the Note and Warrant to Seller.

 

4.              Seller’s Representations and Warranties. Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser that:

 

4.1         Organization and Corporate Power. Seller is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Wyoming. Seller is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary, except where the failure to so qualify has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Seller or any of the Purchased Assets. Seller has all necessary power and authority to own, lease and operate the Purchased Assets as now being conducted. Seller is not in default under or in violation of any provision of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws.

 

4.2        Authorization of Transactions. Seller has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of Seller, enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by application of equitable remedies and principles and by insolvency, moratorium, bankruptcy, and similar laws.

 

4.3        Absence of Conflicts. Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement nor the consummation and performance of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement will: (i) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrances upon any of the Purchased Assets (ii) result in a violation of any applicable law or any provisions of any of the organizational documents of the Seller; (iii) result in a breach of any contract to which the Seller is a party; or (iv) result in a violation of any judgment, order or decree to which the Seller or the Purchased Assets are subject.

 

 

 

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4.4        Title to Properties. Seller owns and has good and valid title to all of the Purchased Assets free and clear of any Encumbrances and the imperfections of title and the Encumbrances, if any, do not detract from the value or interfere with the use of the Purchased Assets.

 

4.5        Intellectual Property. Seller has no knowledge of any claim or reason to believe that it is or may be infringing or otherwise acting adversely to the rights of any person under or in respect of any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, copyright, license or other similar intangible right. Seller is not obligated or under any liability whatsoever to make any payments by way of royalties, fees or otherwise to any owner or licensee of or other claimant to any patent, trademark, trade name, copyright or other intangible asset with respect to the use thereof or in connection with the conduct of its business or otherwise.

 

4.6         Consents. No consent, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with any governmental body or any person, including a party to any agreement with Seller, are required by or with respect to Seller in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

4.7        Compliance with Laws. Seller: (a) has complied with each, (b) is not in violation of any, (c) has not received at any time any notice or other communication regarding any actual or alleged violation of or failure to comply with any, and (d) has not received any notices or other communication that any event has occurred or any condition or circumstance exists that might (with or without notice or lapse of time) constitute a violation of any legal requirement that is applicable to Seller concerning ownership of Seller of the Purchased Assets.

 

4.8       Tax Matters. Seller has filed all federal, state, county, local and foreign tax returns that are required to be filed for the Purchased Assets or has timely requested extension thereof and has paid all taxes, including sales and withholding taxes, penalties and interest, assessments, fees and other charges relating to the Purchased Assets to the extent that the same have become due and payable.

 

4.9        Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, orders or claims pending or threatened against Seller, or pending or threatened by Seller against any third party which relate to, or in any way affect, the Purchased Assets.

 

4.10       Solvency. Seller has not made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or filed any bankruptcy petition or similar filing or suffered the attachment or judicial seizure of any of the Purchased Assets.

 

4.11       Investment Representations.

 

(a)         The Seller confirms that it has been given sufficient access to information regarding the Purchaser and in connection with its decision to receive the Note and Warrant, as consideration under this Agreement, including the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, persons acting on behalf of Company and concerning the Purchaser’s financial affairs, prospects and condition. The Seller has received and carefully reviewed the information and documentation relating to the Purchaser.

 

(b)         The Seller represents and warrants that (i) it is resident in or otherwise subject to the securities legislation of the United States, and the issuance of the Note and Warrant to Seller has occurred only in the United States; and (ii) the Seller is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Shares Act, or if not a accredited investor, Seller has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to make it capable of evaluating the risks of the prospective investment and to make an informed investment decision.

 

(c)         The Seller represents, warrants and covenants that it shall acquire the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities) issuable under this Agreement for its own account and not for the account or on behalf of others, and it is doing so with the intent of retaining such securities as an investment and without the current intent to redistribute such securities.

 

(d)         The Seller acknowledges that: (i) no securities commission or similar authority has reviewed or passed on the merits of the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities) issuable pursuant to the Agreement; (ii) there is no government or other insurance covering such securities; and (iii) there are substantial risks associated with the acquisition of the securities.

 

 

 

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(e)         The Seller acknowledges that, except as specifically set forth elsewhere herein, (i) it must and shall bear the economic risk of holding the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities), which may be for an indefinite period of time, because at the time such securities are issued they are “restricted securities” and will not have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any other securities law and, therefore, cannot be sold unless they are subsequently registered under applicable federal and state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available; (ii) the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities) may be resold or transferred on the official stock transfer records of Company only if such sale or transfer of such securities will not violate the registration provisions of applicable federal and state securities laws; and (iii) agreements and/or certificates representing the securities shall have endorsed on them a restrictive legend to this effect.

 

(f)          The Seller will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities), or any interest therein, unless and until (i) said securities shall have first been registered under the Securities Act and/or all applicable state securities laws; or (ii) the Seller shall have first delivered to the Purchaser a written opinion of counsel (which counsel and opinion (in form and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser), to the effect that the proposed sale or transfer is exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws.

 

(e)        The Seller acknowledges that Purchaser is relying on the representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments in this section to ensure that the Note and Warrant issued under the terms of this Agreement can be issued in reliance on exemptions from registration requirements under United States federal and state securities laws.

 

4.12       Representations Complete. None of the representations or warranties made by Seller concerning or relating to the Purchased Assets and none of the statements made in any exhibit, schedule or certificate furnished by Seller concerning or relating to the Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement contains, or will contain at the Closing Date, any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading.

 

4.13       No Other Representations. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, Seller makes no other representation or warranty (express, implied or statutory), at law or in equity, with respect to the Purchased Assets, including, but limited to, any representation or warranty of merchantability or fitness for any particular use, all of which such representations and warranties are disclaimed by Seller and waived by Purchaser. Except as set forth in this Agreement, Purchaser is purchasing the Purchased Assets “as-is” and “where-is.”

 

5.             Purchaser’s Representations and Warranties. Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Seller that:

 

5.1       Organization. Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Belize.

 

5.2       Authorization of Transactions. Purchaser has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Purchaser and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by application of equitable remedies and principles and by insolvency, moratorium, bankruptcy, and similar laws.

 

5.3       Absence of Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by Purchaser do not and shall not conflict with, constitute a default under, result in a violation of, or require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice or declaration to, or filing with, any court or administrative or other governmental body or agency, under (i) the provisions of the articles of organization or bylaws of Purchaser, (ii) any law, statute, rule or regulation to which Purchaser is subject or (iii) any judgment, order or decree to which Purchaser is subject.

 

5.4         Valid Issuance of Securities. The Note and Warrant constituting the Purchase Price for the Purchased Assets shall, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, be duly and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, and will only be subject any restrictions on transfer under applicable state and federal securities laws. Purchaser has reserved for issuance a sufficient number of authorized shares to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

 

 

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5.7         Representations Complete. None of the representations or warranties made by Purchaser concerning or relating to the Purchased Assets and none of the statements made in any exhibit, schedule or certificate furnished by Purchaser concerning or relating to the Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement contains, or will contain at the Closing Date, any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading.

 

6.             Seller’s Conditions to Closing. The obligations of Seller under this Agreement are subject, at the option of Seller, to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

 

6.1         Purchaser shall have performed and satisfied all agreements required by this Agreement to be performed and satisfied by the Purchaser at or prior to Closing; and

 

6.2         All representations and warranties of Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall be true in all material respects at and as of the Closing as if such representations and warranties were made at and as of the losing.

 

Should the above condition not be satisfied to Seller’s satisfaction, in its sole discretion, as of the Closing, Seller shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement and the parties shall have no further liabilities under this Agreement.

 

7.              Purchaser’s Conditions to Closing. The obligations of Purchaser under this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, unless waived by Purchaser:

 

7.1         Purchaser shall have satisfactorily completed all necessary technical and legal due diligence of the Purchased Assets;

 

7.2         Seller shall have obtained all authorizations, consents and approvals of all governmental agencies and authorities and executed all necessary agreements and taken all such actions as are required to convey the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser;

 

7.3        Seller shall have no litigation pending or threatened with respect to the Purchased Assets;

 

7.4         From the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any change, circumstance or event concerning the Purchased Assets that has had or could be reasonably likely to adversely affect or substantial impair the Purchased Assets;

 

7.5        All representations and warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement shall be true in all material respects at and as of the Closing as if such representations and warranties were made at and as of the Closing; and

 

7.7        Seller shall have performed and satisfied all agreements required by this Agreement to be performed and satisfied by Seller at or prior to the Closing.

 

Should the above conditions not be satisfied to Purchaser's satisfaction, in its sole discretion, as of the Closing, Purchaser shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement without further liability between Purchaser and Seller.

 

8. Tax Matters.

 

8.1        Transfer Taxes. Seller shall be solely responsible for the payment of, and shall pay when due, any sales, use, excise or similar transfer taxes (“Transfer Taxes”) that are payable in connection with the sale of the Purchased Assets. The Parties shall cooperate, to the extent reasonably requested and permitted by law, in reducing any Transfer Taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Purchased Assets.

 

 

 

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8.2        Responsibility for Taxes and Tax Returns. Seller shall prepare and file all tax returns required to be filed by Seller with a taxing authority (including tax returns required to be filed after the Closing Date), to the extent such tax returns include or relate to Seller’s use or ownership of the Purchased Assets on or prior to the Closing Date. The party required by law to file a tax return with respect to Transfer Taxes shall do so within the time period prescribed by law, and Seller shall promptly reimburse Purchaser for any Transfer Taxes so paid by Purchaser for periods of time prior to the Closing Date upon receipt of notice that such Transfer Taxes have been paid.

 

8.3        Cooperation. To the extent relevant to the Purchased Assets, each Party shall (i) provide the other with such assistance as may reasonably be requested in connection with the preparation of any tax return and the conduct of any audit or other examination by any taxing authority or in connection with judicial or administrative proceedings relating to any liability for taxes and (ii) retain and provide the other with all records or other information that may be relevant to the preparation of any tax returns, or the conduct of any audit or examination, or other proceeding relating to taxes.

 

9. Post-Closing Covenants.

 

9.1         Seller hereby covenants that it and any of its affiliates will not, anywhere in the world, challenge, or cause a third party to challenge, the validity and ownership by Purchaser of the Purchased Assets and will not, anywhere in the world directly or indirectly seek to register, defend, compromise or dispute any rights in and to the Purchased Assets.

 

9.2         For a period of five (5) years after the Closing Date, Seller hereby covenants that it and any of its affiliates will not, anywhere in the world, directly or indirectly seek to register or otherwise acquire any rights in any websites, domain names, trade names, trademarks, service marks, or other intellectual property assets that are or may be, or that contain portions that are or may be, confusingly similar to the Purchased Assets.

 

9.3         Seller will not use or cause to be used any copies of the Purchased Assets.

 

9.4         Until the Additional Payment is paid to the Seller, Purchaser agrees it shall not, without the prior approval of Seller, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind; provided that such prohibition shall not apply to (a) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (b) any lease payments.

 

10.           Confidentiality. The Seller shall ensure that any nonpublic information provided to it by the Purchaser in confidence shall be treated as strictly confidential and that all such confidential information that the Seller or any of its respective employees, attorneys, agents, investment bankers, or accountants may now possess or may hereinafter create or obtain relating to the financial condition, results of operations, businesses, properties, assets, liabilities, or future prospects of the Purchaser, any affiliate thereof, or any customer or supplier thereof, shall not be published, disclosed, or made accessible by any of them to any other person at any time or used by any of them, in each case without the prior written consent of the Purchaser; provided, however, that the restrictions of this Section shall not apply (a) as may otherwise be required by law, (b) as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement, or (c) to the extent such information was in the public domain when received or thereafter enters the public domain other than because of disclosures by the receiving party.

 

11. Indemnification.

 

11.1      The representations, warranties, covenants and obligations of each Party to this Agreement shall survive the Closing and the sale of the Purchased Assets to Purchaser.

 

11.2      Seller shall, and hereby agrees to, indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless against and in respect of any Damages, as hereinafter defined, resulting to Purchaser from: (i) any inaccurate representation or warranty made by Seller in or under this Agreement; (ii) breach or default in the performance by Seller of any of the covenants to be performed by it hereunder; and (iii) any debts, liabilities or obligations of Seller, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, due or to become due, existing on the Closing Date that encumber or may encumber the Purchased Assets.

 

 

 

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11.3      Purchaser shall, and hereby agrees to, indemnify and hold Seller harmless against and in respect of any Damages resulting to Seller from: (i) any inaccurate representation or warranty made by Purchaser in or under this Agreement; (ii) breach or default in the performance by Purchaser of any of the covenants to be performed by it hereunder; and (iii) Licensee’s use of the Domain Name after the Closing Date.

 

11.4      The aggregate liability of either party under this Section 11 shall not exceed the Purchase Price.

 

11.5       “Damages” as used herein shall include any claims, actions, demands, losses, costs, expenses, liabilities (joint or several), penalties and damages, including counsel fees incurred in investigating or in attempting to avoid the same or oppose the imposition thereof.

 

12. Miscellaneous.

 

12.1      Further Assurances. Seller shall execute and deliver such further instruments of conveyance and transfer and take such additional action as Purchaser may reasonably request to effect, consummate, confirm or evidence the transfer to Purchaser of the Purchased Assets and any other transactions contemplated hereby, all at Purchaser’s expense for its out-of-pocket expenses, but without further compensation to Seller.

 

12.2      Assignment. This Agreement is assignable in whole or in part by Purchaser.

 

12.3      Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including any and all Exhibits and attachments to this Agreement, which are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether written or oral, with respect to the same subject matter.

 

12.4      Amendments. This Agreement may only be amended by a written agreement duly signed by persons authorized to sign agreements on behalf of each Party.

 

12.5      Notices. All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be given or made by any Party to the other Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or delivered by overnight air courier addressed as provided in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

12.6      Governing Law. The interpretation and construction of this Agreement, to the extent the particular issue is controlled by state law, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws (but not including choice of law provisions) of the State of Nevada.

 

12.7      Counterparts; Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original, but all of which will be one and the same document. Facsimiles and electronic copies in portable document format (“PDF”) containing original signatures shall be deemed for all purposes to be originally signed copies of the documents that are the subject of such facsimiles or PDF versions.

 

12.8      Benefits; Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective Parties and their permitted assigns and successors in interest.

 

12.9      Joint Preparation. This Agreement shall be deemed for all purposes to have been prepared through the joint efforts of the parties hereto and shall not be construed for or against one party or any other party as a result of the preparation, submittal, drafting, execution or other event of negotiation hereof.

 

12.10    Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced under any rule of law, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in a materially adverse manner with respect to either party.

 

12.11     Waiver. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.

 

12.12     Captions. The captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Agreement on the date specified in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

 

  SELLER:
   
  DOVER HILL, LLC
   
  By: /s/ T. Allen
  Name: T. Allen
  Title: Manager
   
   
  PURCHASER:
   
  ESEG Limited
   
  By: /s/ Keith Williams
  Name: Keith Williams
  Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Description of the Purchased Assets

 

A.            The following completed Websites including, without limitation, any and all associated software used in building the Websites, content posted therein, and Website users lists and Website data bases containing any Website user or Website information, including, without limitation personally identifiable information regarding the Websites’ users and participants:

 

www.esportsgames.com

 

B.              The following Domain Names:

 

Seller owns the following domains registered with Godaddy.Com that are the subject of the sale to Purchaser:

 

www.esportsgames.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.8

 

DOMAIN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This DOMAIN PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of September 1, 2020, by and between, Esports Group, Inc., a Wyoming corporation (the "Seller") and ESEG Limited, a Belize corporation (the "Purchaser"). Purchaser and Seller are collectively referred to herein as the "Parties" and each individually as a "Party."

 

RECITALS

 

A.             The Purchaser desires to acquire the Purchased Assets (as defined below), on the terms and subject to the conditions specified in this Agreement.

 

B.              The Seller desires to sell and convey all of its rights, title and interest the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser, on the terms and subject to the conditions specified in this Agreement.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, terms and conditions contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree to the foregoing and as follows:

 

1. Purchase and Sale of Assets

 

1.1.       Purchase of Assets. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement, at the Closing (as defined below), Purchaser shall purchase from Seller, and Seller shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Purchaser, all rights, title and interest of Seller to the domains (the "Domains") and any completed websites of Seller as specified on Exhibit A (the "Websites"), including, any and all associated software used in building the Websites and Website users lists and Website databases containing any Website user or Website information, name registrations, any goodwill symbolized thereby, all rights to sue for past infringement, if any, and to receive any recoveries therefore and all data, programming code, user or customer lists, moderator contact information and all other information as it directly pertains to the operation of the Websites (collectively, the "Purchased Assets"), free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, or restriction of any nature ("Encumbrances").

 

1.2       Agreements Relating to Transfer of Purchased Assets. Within 60 days after Closing, Seller shall cause to be provided to Purchaser all materials and information that are or were used in the Purchased Assets, and shall take all other steps reasonably required to enable Purchaser to obtain possession of, and to exploit, the Purchased Assets.

 

1.3       Assumption of Liabilities. Purchaser shall not assume any liabilities of Seller (whether or not related to the Purchased Assets) or otherwise relating to any of the Purchased Assets, including: (i) any tax liabilities of Seller relating to the time period prior to the Closing Date (as defined below); (ii) any liabilities of Seller relating to accounts payable, indebtedness, legal services, accounting services, financial advisory services, investment banking services or other professional services performed in connection with the sale of the Purchased Assets; and (iii) any wages, salaries, redundancy, notice, severance payments or other liabilities relating to any employee of Seller prior to the Closing Date.

 

2. Purchase Price; Additional Payment; Seller Repurchase Right.

 

2.1.          Purchase Price. The purchase price for the Purchased Assets shall consist of the following:

 

(a)         The issuance by Purchaser to Seller of a unsecured convertible promissory note in principal amount of $700,000.00 convertible into shares of Purchaser at a conversion rate of $0.50 per share in the form attached as Exhibit B (the "Note"); and

 

(b)          The issuance by Purchaser to Seller of a five-year warrant to purchase 635,000 Company shares at an exercise price of $0.30 per share in the form attached as Exhibit C (the "Warrant" and collectively, the Note and Warrant shall be referred to as the "Purchase Price."). Upon issuance of the Note and Warrant the full consideration for the Purchased Assets will be deemed to have been satisfied.

 

 

 

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2.2.       Additional Payment. On or before the five-year anniversary of the date hereof, the Purchaser agrees to make a cash payment to Seller of $375,000 (the "Additional Payment").

 

2.3.       Seller Repurchase Right. The Seller will have the right to repurchase the Purchased Assets from the Purchase on the following dates:

 

(a)         On the one-year anniversary of the date hereof, if the Purchaser (or any successor entities of Purchaser) have not raised, in one or more offerings of debt or equity, financing in the aggregate amount of $5.0 million, then the Purchased Assets will return to the Seller in exchange for cancelling or forfeiting the Note and Warrant. Seller shall have the sole right to waive this provision. Such right must be waived within 10 days of the one-year anniversary of the date hereof; and

 

(b)         On the five-year anniversary of the date hereof, if the Additional Payment is not paid to Seller within 10 business days of Purchaser receiving written notice from Seller that such payment has not been made, then the Seller shall have the right to repurchase the Purchased Assets for agreeing to forfeit its right to the Additional Payment. Such right must be exercised within 10 business days of the foregoing deadline for payment of the Additional Payment.

 

3.                Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing") shall take place following the execution of this Agreement and the other agreements at the offices of Purchaser (the latest date of the issuance of the Note and Warrant, the "Closing Date"), and such Closing may be effected electronically. At the Closing, the following shall occur:

 

3.1        Seller shall deliver, convey and transfer to Purchaser possession of the Purchased Assets, including, but not limited to, all of the domain names on Exhibit A through transfer via Godaddy.com, Network Solutions or a similar domain registration service, and Purchaser shall review and verify the Purchased Assets are properly accounted for; and

 

3.2        Purchaser shall deliver the Note and Warrant to Seller.

 

4.                Seller's Representations and Warranties. Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser that:

 

4.1        Organization and Corporate Power. Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Wyoming. Seller is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary, except where the failure to so qualify has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Seller or any of the Purchased Assets. Seller has all necessary power and authority to own, lease and operate the Purchased Assets as now being conducted. Seller is not in default under or in violation of any provision of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws.

 

4.2        Authorization of Transactions. Seller has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of Seller, enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by application of equitable remedies and principles and by insolvency, moratorium, bankruptcy, and similar laws.

 

4.3        Absence of Conflicts. Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement nor the consummation and performance of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement will: (i) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrances upon any of the Purchased Assets (ii) result in a violation of any applicable law or any provisions of any of the organizational documents of the Seller; (iii) result in a breach of any contract to which the Seller is a party; or (iv) result in a violation of any judgment, order or decree to which the Seller or the Purchased Assets are subject.

 

 

 

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4.4        Title to Properties. Seller owns and has good and valid title to all of the Purchased Assets free and clear of any Encumbrances and the imperfections of title and the Encumbrances, if any, do not detract from the value or interfere with the use of the Purchased Assets.

 

4.5        Intellectual Property. Seller has no knowledge of any claim or reason to believe that it is or may be infringing or otherwise acting adversely to the rights of any person under or in respect of any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, copyright, license or other similar intangible right. Seller is not obligated or under any liability whatsoever to make any payments by way of royalties, fees or otherwise to any owner or licensee of or other claimant to any patent, trademark, trade name, copyright or other intangible asset with respect to the use thereof or in connection with the conduct of its business or otherwise.

 

4.6        Consents. No consent, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with any governmental body or any person, including a party to any agreement with Seller, are required by or with respect to Seller in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

4.7        Compliance with Laws. Seller: (a) has complied with each, (b) is not in violation of any, (c) has not received at any time any notice or other communication regarding any actual or alleged violation of or failure to comply with any, and (d) has not received any notices or other communication that any event has occurred or any condition or circumstance exists that might (with or without notice or lapse of time) constitute a violation of any legal requirement that is applicable to Seller concerning ownership of Seller of the Purchased Assets.

 

4.8        Tax Matters. Seller has filed all federal, state, county, local and foreign tax returns that are required to be filed for the Purchased Assets or has timely requested extension thereof and has paid all taxes, including sales and withholding taxes, penalties and interest, assessments, fees and other charges relating to the Purchased Assets to the extent that the same have become due and payable.

 

4.9        Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, orders or claims pending or threatened against Seller, or pending or threatened by Seller against any third party which relate to, or in any way affect, the Purchased Assets.

 

4.10      Solvency. Seller has not made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or filed any bankruptcy petition or similar filing or suffered the attachment or judicial seizure of any of the Purchased Assets.

 

4.11      Investment Representations.

 

(a)         The Seller confirms that it has been given sufficient access to information regarding the Purchaser and in connection with its decision to receive the Note and Warrant, as consideration under this Agreement, including the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, persons acting on behalf of Company and concerning the Purchaser's financial affairs, prospects and condition. The Seller has received and carefully reviewed the information and documentation relating to the Purchaser.

 

(b)        The Seller represents and warrants that (i) it is resident in or otherwise subject to the securities legislation of the United States, and the issuance of the Note and Warrant to Seller has occurred only in the United States; and (ii) the Seller is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Shares Act, or if not a accredited investor, Seller has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to make it capable of evaluating the risks of the prospective investment and to make an informed investment decision.

 

(c)         The Seller represents, warrants and covenants that it shall acquire the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities) issuable under this Agreement for its own account and not for the account or on behalf of others, and it is doing so with the intent of retaining such securities as an investment and without the current intent to redistribute such securities.

 

(d)        The Seller acknowledges that: (i) no securities commission or similar authority has reviewed or passed on the merits of the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities) issuable pursuant to the Agreement; (ii) there is no government or other insurance covering such securities; and (iii) there are substantial risks associated with the acquisition of the securities.

 

 

 

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(e)         The Seller acknowledges that, except as specifically set forth elsewhere herein, (i) it must and shall bear the economic risk of holding the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities), which may be for an indefinite period of time, because at the time such securities are issued they are "restricted securities" and will not have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any other securities law and, therefore, cannot be sold unless they are subsequently registered under applicable federal and state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available; (ii) the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities) may be resold or transferred on the official stock transfer records of Company only if such sale or transfer of such securities will not violate the registration provisions of applicable federal and state securities laws; and (iii) agreements and/or certificates representing the securities shall have endorsed on them a restrictive legend to this effect.

 

(f)          The Seller will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities), or any interest therein, unless and until (i) said securities shall have first been registered under the Securities Act and/or all applicable state securities laws; or (ii) the Seller shall have first delivered to the Purchaser a written opinion of counsel (which counsel and opinion (in form and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser), to the effect that the proposed sale or transfer is exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws.

 

(e)        The Seller acknowledges that Purchaser is relying on the representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments in this section to ensure that the Note and Warrant issued under the terms of this Agreement can be issued in reliance on exemptions from registration requirements under United States federal and state securities laws.

 

4.12       Representations Complete. None of the representations or warranties made by Seller concerning or relating to the Purchased Assets and none of the statements made in any exhibit, schedule or certificate furnished by Seller concerning or relating to the Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement contains, or will contain at the Closing Date, any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading.

 

4.13       No Other Representations. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, Seller makes no other representation or warranty (express, implied or statutory), at law or in equity, with respect to the Purchased Assets, including, but limited to, any representation or warranty of merchantability or fitness for any particular use, all of which such representations and warranties are disclaimed by Seller and waived by Purchaser. Except as set forth in this Agreement, Purchaser is purchasing the Purchased Assets "as-is" and "where-is."

 

5.       Purchaser's Representations and Warranties. Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Seller that:

 

5.1       Organization. Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Belize.

 

5.2       Authorization of Transactions. Purchaser has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Purchaser and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by application of equitable remedies and principles and by insolvency, moratorium, bankruptcy, and similar laws.

 

5.3       Absence of Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by Purchaser do not and shall not conflict with, constitute a default under, result in a violation of, or require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice or declaration to, or filing with, any court or administrative or other governmental body or agency, under (i) the provisions of the articles of organization or bylaws of Purchaser, (ii) any law, statute, rule or regulation to which Purchaser is subject or (iii) any judgment, order or decree to which Purchaser is subject.

 

5.4       Valid Issuance of Securities. The Note and Warrant constituting the Purchase Price for the Purchased Assets shall, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, be duly and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, and will only be subject any restrictions on transfer under applicable state and federal securities laws. Purchaser has reserved for issuance a sufficient number of authorized shares to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

 

 

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5.7       Representations Complete. None of the representations or warranties made by Purchaser concerning or relating to the Purchased Assets and none of the statements made in any exhibit, schedule or certificate furnished by Purchaser concerning or relating to the Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement contains, or will contain at the Closing Date, any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading.

 

6.       Seller's Conditions to Closing. The obligations of Seller under this Agreement are subject, at the option of Seller, to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

 

6.1       Purchaser shall have performed and satisfied all agreements required by this Agreement to be performed and satisfied by the Purchaser at or prior to Closing; and

 

6.2       All representations and warranties of Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall be true in all material respects at and as of the Closing as if such representations and warranties were made at and as of the Closing.

 

Should the above condition not be satisfied to Seller's satisfaction, in its sole discretion, as of the Closing, Seller shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement and the parties shall have no further liabilities under this Agreement.

 

7.       Purchaser's Conditions to Closing. The obligations of Purchaser under this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, unless waived by Purchaser:

 

7.1       Purchaser shall have satisfactorily completed all necessary technical and legal due diligence of the Purchased Assets;

 

7.2       Seller shall have obtained all authorizations, consents and approvals of all governmental agencies and authorities and executed all necessary agreements and taken all such actions as are required to convey the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser;

 

7.3       Seller shall have no litigation pending or threatened with respect to the Purchased Assets;

 

7.4       From the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any change, circumstance or event concerning the Purchased Assets that has had or could be reasonably likely to adversely affect or substantial impair the Purchased Assets;

 

7.5       All representations and warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement shall be true in all material respects at and as of the Closing as if such representations and warranties were made at and as of the Closing; and

 

7.7       Seller shall have performed and satisfied all agreements required by this Agreement to be performed and satisfied by Seller at or prior to the Closing.

 

Should the above conditions not be satisfied to Purchaser's satisfaction, in its sole discretion, as of the Closing, Purchaser shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement without further liability between Purchaser and Seller.

 

8. Tax Matters.

 

8.1        Transfer Taxes. Seller shall be solely responsible for the payment of, and shall pay when due, any sales, use, excise or similar transfer taxes ("Transfer Taxes") that are payable in connection with the sale of the Purchased Assets. The Parties shall cooperate, to the extent reasonably requested and permitted by law, in reducing any Transfer Taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Purchased Assets.

 

 

 

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8.2        Responsibility for Taxes and Tax Returns. Seller shall prepare and file all tax returns required to be filed by Seller with a taxing authority (including tax returns required to be filed after the Closing Date), to the extent such tax returns include or relate to Seller's use or ownership of the Purchased Assets on or prior to the Closing Date. The party required by law to file a tax return with respect to Transfer Taxes shall do so within the time period prescribed by law, and Seller shall promptly reimburse Purchaser for any Transfer Taxes so paid by Purchaser for periods of time prior to the Closing Date upon receipt of notice that such Transfer Taxes have been paid.

 

8.3        Cooperation. To the extent relevant to the Purchased Assets, each Party shall (i) provide the other with such assistance as may reasonably be requested in connection with the preparation of any tax return and the conduct of any audit or other examination by any taxing authority or in connection with judicial or administrative proceedings relating to any liability for taxes and (ii) retain and provide the other with all records or other information that may be relevant to the preparation of any tax returns, or the conduct of any audit or examination, or other proceeding relating to taxes.

 

9. Post-Closing Covenants.

 

9.1        Seller hereby covenants that it and any of its affiliates will not, anywhere in the world, challenge, or cause a third party to challenge, the validity and ownership by Purchaser of the Purchased Assets and will not, anywhere in the world directly or indirectly seek to register, defend, compromise or dispute any rights in and to the Purchased Assets.

 

9.2        For a period of five (5) years after the Closing Date, Seller hereby covenants that it and any of its affiliates will not, anywhere in the world, directly or indirectly seek to register or otherwise acquire any rights in any websites, domain names, trade names, trademarks, service marks, or other intellectual property assets that are or may be, or that contain portions that are or may be, confusingly similar to the Purchased Assets.

 

9.3        Seller will not use or cause to be used any copies of the Purchased Assets.

 

9.4        Until the Additional Payment is paid to the Seller, Purchaser agrees it shall not, without the prior approval of Seller, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind; provided that such prohibition shall not apply to (a) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (b) any lease payments.

 

10.          Confidentiality. The Seller shall ensure that any nonpublic information provided to it by the Purchaser in confidence shall be treated as strictly confidential and that all such confidential information that the Seller or any of its respective employees, attorneys, agents, investment bankers, or accountants may now possess or may hereinafter create or obtain relating to the financial condition, results of operations, businesses, properties, assets, liabilities, or future prospects of the Purchaser, any affiliate thereof, or any customer or supplier thereof, shall not be published, disclosed, or made accessible by any of them to any other person at any time or used by any of them, in each case without the prior written consent of the Purchaser; provided, however, that the restrictions of this Section shall not apply (a) as may otherwise be required by law, (b) as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement, or (c) to the extent such information was in the public domain when received or thereafter enters the public domain other than because of disclosures by the receiving party.

 

11. Indemnification.

 

11.1      The representations, warranties, covenants and obligations of each Party to this Agreement shall survive the Closing and the sale of the Purchased Assets to Purchaser.

 

11.2      Seller shall, and hereby agrees to, indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless against and in respect of any Damages, as hereinafter defined, resulting to Purchaser from: (i) any inaccurate representation or warranty made by Seller in or under this Agreement; (ii) breach or default in the performance by Seller of any of the covenants to be performed by it hereunder; and (iii) any debts, liabilities or obligations of Seller, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, due or to become due, existing on the Closing Date that encumber or may encumber the Purchased Assets.

 

11.3      Purchaser shall, and hereby agrees to, indemnify and hold Seller harmless against and in respect of any Damages resulting to Seller from: (i) any inaccurate representation or warranty made by Purchaser in or under this Agreement; (ii) breach or default in the performance by Purchaser of any of the covenants to be performed by it hereunder; and (iii) Licensee's use of the Domain Name after the Closing Date.

 

 

 

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11.4       The aggregate liability of either party under this Section 11 shall not exceed the Purchase Price.

 

11.5      "Damages" as used herein shall include any claims, actions, demands, losses, costs, expenses, liabilities (joint or several), penalties and damages, including counsel fees incurred in investigating or in attempting to avoid the same or oppose the imposition thereof.

 

12. Miscellaneous.

 

12.1      Further Assurances. Seller shall execute and deliver such further instruments of conveyance and transfer and take such additional action as Purchaser may reasonably request to effect, consummate, confirm or evidence the transfer to Purchaser of the Purchased Assets and any other transactions contemplated hereby, all at Purchaser's expense for its out-of-pocket expenses, but without further compensation to Seller.

 

12.2      Assignment. This Agreement is assignable in whole or in part by Purchaser.

 

12.3      Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including any and all Exhibits and attachments to this Agreement, which are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether written or oral, with respect to the same subject matter.

 

12.4      Amendments. This Agreement may only be amended by a written agreement duly signed by persons authorized to sign agreements on behalf of each Party.

 

12.5      Notices. All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be given or made by any Party to the other Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or delivered by overnight air courier addressed as provided in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

12.6      Governing Law. The interpretation and construction of this Agreement, to the extent the particular issue is controlled by state law, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws (but not including choice of law provisions) of the State of Nevada.

 

12.7      Counterparts; Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original, but all of which will be one and the same document. Facsimiles and electronic copies in portable document format ("PDF") containing original signatures shall be deemed for all purposes to be originally signed copies of the documents that are the subject of such facsimiles or PDF versions.

 

12.8      Benefits; Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective Parties and their permitted assigns and successors in interest.

 

12.9      Joint Preparation. This Agreement shall be deemed for all purposes to have been prepared through the joint efforts of the parties hereto and shall not be construed for or against one party or any other party as a result of the preparation, submittal, drafting, execution or other event of negotiation hereof.

 

12.10    Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced under any rule of law, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in a materially adverse manner with respect to either party.

 

12.11     Waiver. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.

 

12.12     Captions. The captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Agreement on the date specified in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

 

  SELLER:
   
  Esports Group,Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Mervyn Friedlander
  Name: Mervyn Friedlander
  Title: CEO
   
   
  PURCHASER:
   
  ESEG Limited
   
  By: /s/ Keith Williams
  Name: Keith Williams
  Title: Director

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Description of the Purchased Assets

 

A. The following completed Websites including, without limitation, any and all associated software used in building the Websites, content posted therein, and Website users lists and Website data bases containing any Website user or Website information, including, without limitation personally identifiable information regarding the Websites' users and participants:

 

www.esportsbook.com

 

B. The following Domain Names:

 

Seller owns the following domains registered with Godaddy.Com that are the subject of the sale to Purchaser:

 

www.esportsbook.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.9

 

DOMAIN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This DOMAIN PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of September 1, 2020, by and between, YSW Holdings, Inc., a Wyoming corporation (the “Seller”) and ESEG Limited, a Belize corporation (the “Purchaser”). Purchaser and Seller are collectively referred to herein as the “Parties” and each individually as a “Party.”

 

RECITALS

 

A.            The Purchaser desires to acquire the Purchased Assets (as defined below), on the terms and subject to the conditions specified in this Agreement.

 

B.             The Seller desires to sell and convey all of its rights, title and interest the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser, on the terms and subject to the conditions specified in this Agreement.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, terms and conditions contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree to the foregoing and as follows:

 

1. Purchase and Sale of Assets

 

1.1.           Purchase of Assets. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement, at the Closing (as defined below), Purchaser shall purchase from Seller, and Seller shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Purchaser, all rights, title and interest of Seller to the domains (the “Domains”) and any completed websites of Seller as specified on Exhibit A (the “Websites”), including, any and all associated software used in building the Websites and Website users lists and Website databases containing any Website user or Website information, name registrations, any goodwill symbolized thereby, all rights to sue for past infringement, if any, and to receive any recoveries therefore and all data, programming code, user or customer lists, moderator contact information and all other information as it directly pertains to the operation of the Websites (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”), free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, or restriction of any nature (“Encumbrances”).

 

1.2            Agreements Relating to Transfer of Purchased Assets. Within 60 days after Closing, Seller shall cause to be provided to Purchaser all materials and information that are or were used in the Purchased Assets, and shall take all other steps reasonably required to enable Purchaser to obtain possession of, and to exploit, the Purchased Assets.

 

1.3            Assumption of Liabilities. Purchaser shall not assume any liabilities of Seller (whether or not related to the Purchased Assets) or otherwise relating to any of the Purchased Assets, including: (i) any tax liabilities of Seller relating to the time period prior to the Closing Date (as defined below); (ii) any liabilities of Seller relating to accounts payable, indebtedness, legal services, accounting services, financial advisory services, investment banking services or other professional services performed in connection with the sale of the Purchased Assets; and (iii) any wages, salaries, redundancy, notice, severance payments or other liabilities relating to any employee of Seller prior to the Closing Date.

 

 

 

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2. Purchase Price.

 

2.1.          Purchase Price. The purchase price for the Purchased Assets shall consist of the following:

 

(a)            The issuance by Purchaser to Seller of a unsecured convertible promissory note in principal amount of $700,000.00 convertible into shares of Purchaser at a conversion rate of $0.50 per share in the form attached as Exhibit B (the “Note”); and

 

(b)            The issuance by Purchaser to Seller of a five-year warrant to purchase 635,000 Company shares at an exercise price of $0.30 per share in the form attached as Exhibit C (the “Warrant” and collectively, the Note and Warrant shall be referred to as the “Purchase Price.”). Upon issuance of the Note and Warrant the full consideration for the Purchased Assets will be deemed to have been satisfied.

 

3.              Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place following the execution of this Agreement and the other agreements at the offices of Purchaser (the latest date of the issuance of the Note and Warrant, the “Closing Date”), and such Closing may be effected electronically. At the Closing, the following shall occur:

 

3.1            Seller shall deliver, convey and transfer to Purchaser possession of the Purchased Assets, including, but not limited to, all of the domain names on Exhibit A through transfer via Godaddy.com, Network Solutions or a similar domain registration service, and Purchaser shall review and verify the Purchased Assets are properly accounted for; and

 

3.2           Purchaser shall deliver the Note and Warrant to Seller.

 

4. Seller’s Representations and Warranties. Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser that:

 

4.1            Organization and Corporate Power. Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Wyoming. Seller is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary, except where the failure to so qualify has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Seller or any of the Purchased Assets. Seller has all necessary power and authority to own, lease and operate the Purchased Assets as now being conducted. Seller is not in default under or in violation of any provision of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws.

 

4.2            Authorization of Transactions. Seller has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of Seller, enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by application of equitable remedies and principles and by insolvency, moratorium, bankruptcy, and similar laws.

 

4.3            Absence of Conflicts. Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement nor the consummation and performance of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement will: (i) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrances upon any of the Purchased Assets (ii) result in a violation of any applicable law or any provisions of any of the organizational documents of the Seller; (iii) result in a breach of any contract to which the Seller is a party; or (iv) result in a violation of any judgment, order or decree to which the Seller or the Purchased Assets are subject.

 

4.4            Title to Properties. Seller owns and has good and valid title to all of the Purchased Assets free and clear of any Encumbrances and the imperfections of title and the Encumbrances, if any, do not detract from the value or interfere with the use of the Purchased Assets.

 

 

 

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4.5            Intellectual Property. Seller has no knowledge of any claim or reason to believe that it is or may be infringing or otherwise acting adversely to the rights of any person under or in respect of any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, copyright, license or other similar intangible right. Seller is not obligated or under any liability whatsoever to make any payments by way of royalties, fees or otherwise to any owner or licensee of or other claimant to any patent, trademark, trade name, copyright or other intangible asset with respect to the use thereof or in connection with the conduct of its business or otherwise.

 

4.6            Consents. No consent, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with any governmental body or any person, including a party to any agreement with Seller, are required by or with respect to Seller in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

4.7         Compliance with Laws. Seller: (a) has complied with each, (b) is not in violation of any, (c) has not received at any time any notice or other communication regarding any actual or alleged violation of

or failure to comply with any, and (d) has not received any notices or other communication that any event has occurred or any condition or circumstance exists that might (with or without notice or lapse of time) constitute a violation of any legal requirement that is applicable to Seller concerning ownership of Seller of the Purchased Assets.

 

4.8            Tax Matters. Seller has filed all federal, state, county, local and foreign tax returns that are required to be filed for the Purchased Assets or has timely requested extension thereof and has paid all taxes, including sales and withholding taxes, penalties and interest, assessments, fees and other charges relating to the Purchased Assets to the extent that the same have become due and payable.

 

4.9            Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, orders or claims pending or threatened against Seller, or pending or threatened by Seller against any third party which relate to, or in any way affect, the Purchased Assets.

 

4.10         Solvency. Seller has not made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or filed any bankruptcy petition or similar filing or suffered the attachment or judicial seizure of any of the Purchased Assets.

 

4.11          Investment Representations.

 

(a)            The Seller confirms that it has been given sufficient access to information regarding the Purchaser and in connection with its decision to receive the Note and Warrant, as consideration under this Agreement, including the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, persons acting on behalf of Company and concerning the Purchaser’s financial affairs, prospects and condition. The Seller has received and carefully reviewed the information and documentation relating to the Purchaser.

 

(b)            The Seller represents and warrants that (i) it is resident in or otherwise subject to the securities legislation of the United States, and the issuance of the Note and Warrant to Seller has occurred only in the United States; and (ii) the Seller is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Shares Act, or if not a accredited investor, Seller has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to make it capable of evaluating the risks of the prospective investment and to make an informed investment decision.

 

(c)            The Seller represents, warrants and covenants that it shall acquire the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities) issuable under this Agreement for its own account and not for the account or on behalf of others, and it is doing so with the intent of retaining such securities as an investment and without the current intent to redistribute such securities.

 

 

 

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(d)            The Seller acknowledges that: (i) no securities commission or similar authority has reviewed or passed on the merits of the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities) issuable pursuant to the Agreement; (ii) there is no government or other insurance covering such securities; and (iii) there are substantial risks associated with the acquisition of the securities.

 

(e)            The Seller acknowledges that, except as specifically set forth elsewhere herein, (i) it must and shall bear the economic risk of holding the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities), which may be for an indefinite period of time, because at the time such securities are issued they are “restricted securities” and will not have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any other securities law and, therefore, cannot be sold unless they are subsequently registered under applicable federal and state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available; (ii) the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities) may be resold or transferred on the official stock transfer records of Company only if such sale or transfer of such securities will not violate the registration provisions of applicable federal and state securities laws; and (iii) agreements and/or certificates representing the securities shall have endorsed on them a restrictive legend to this effect.

 

(f)          The Seller will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Note and Warrant (and all underlying securities), or any interest therein, unless and until (i) said securities shall have first been registered under the Securities Act and/or all applicable state securities laws; or (ii) the Seller shall have first delivered to the

Purchaser a written opinion of counsel (which counsel and opinion (in form and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser), to the effect that the proposed sale or transfer is exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws.

 

(e)            The Seller acknowledges that Purchaser is relying on the representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments in this section to ensure that the Note and Warrant issued under the terms of this Agreement can be issued in reliance on exemptions from registration requirements under United States federal and state securities laws.

 

4.12          Representations Complete. None of the representations or warranties made by Seller concerning or relating to the Purchased Assets and none of the statements made in any exhibit, schedule or certificate furnished by Seller concerning or relating to the Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement contains, or will contain at the Closing Date, any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading.

 

4.13          No Other Representations. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, Seller makes no other representation or warranty (express, implied or statutory), at law or in equity, with respect to the Purchased Assets, including, but limited to, any representation or warranty of merchantability or fitness for any particular use, all of which such representations and warranties are disclaimed by Seller and waived by

Purchaser. Except as set forth in this Agreement, Purchaser is purchasing the Purchased Assets “as-is” and “where- is.”

 

5.              Purchaser’s Representations and Warranties. Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Seller that:

 

5.1            Organization. Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Belize.

 

5.2            Authorization of Transactions. Purchaser has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Purchaser and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by application of equitable remedies and principles and by insolvency, moratorium, bankruptcy, and similar laws.

 

 

 

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5.3            Absence of Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by Purchaser do not and shall not conflict with, constitute a default under, result in a violation of, or require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice or declaration to, or filing with, any court or administrative or other governmental body or agency, under (i) the provisions of the articles of organization or bylaws of Purchaser, (ii) any law, statute, rule or regulation to which Purchaser is subject or (iii) any judgment, order or decree to which Purchaser is subject.

 

5.4            Valid Issuance of Securities. The Note and Warrant constituting the Purchase Price for the Purchased Assets shall, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, be duly and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, and will only be subject any restrictions on transfer under applicable state and federal securities laws. Purchaser has reserved for issuance a sufficient number of authorized shares to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

5.7            Representations Complete. None of the representations or warranties made by Purchaser concerning or relating to the Purchased Assets and none of the statements made in any exhibit, schedule or certificate furnished by Purchaser concerning or relating to the Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement contains, or will contain at the Closing Date, any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading.

 

6.              Seller’s Conditions to Closing. The obligations of Seller under this Agreement are subject, at the option of Seller, to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

 

6.1            Purchaser shall have performed and satisfied all agreements required by this Agreement to be performed and satisfied by the Purchaser at or prior to Closing; and

 

6.2            All representations and warranties of Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall be true in all material respects at and as of the Closing as if such representations and warranties were made at and as of the Closing.

 

Should the above condition not be satisfied to Seller’s satisfaction, in its sole discretion, as of the Closing, Seller shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement and the parties shall have no further liabilities under this Agreement.

 

7.              Purchaser’s Conditions to Closing. The obligations of Purchaser under this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, unless waived by Purchaser:

 

7.1           Purchaser shall have satisfactorily completed all necessary technical and legal due diligence of the Purchased Assets;

 

7.2            Seller shall have obtained all authorizations, consents and approvals of all governmental agencies and authorities and executed all necessary agreements and taken all such actions as are required to convey the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser;

 

7.3            Seller shall have no litigation pending or threatened with respect to the Purchased Assets;

 

7.4            From the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any change, circumstance or event concerning the Purchased Assets that has had or could be reasonably likely to adversely affect or substantial impair the Purchased Assets;

 

 

 

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7.5            All representations and warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement shall be true in all material respects at and as of the Closing as if such representations and warranties were made at and as of the Closing; and

 

7.7            Seller shall have performed and satisfied all agreements required by this Agreement to be performed and satisfied by Seller at or prior to the Closing.

 

Should the above conditions not be satisfied to Purchaser's satisfaction, in its sole discretion, as of the Closing, Purchaser shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement without further liability between Purchaser and Seller.

 

8. Tax Matters.

 

8.1            Transfer Taxes. Seller shall be solely responsible for the payment of, and shall pay when due, any sales, use, excise or similar transfer taxes (“Transfer Taxes”) that are payable in connection with the sale of the Purchased Assets. The Parties shall cooperate, to the extent reasonably requested and permitted by law, in reducing any Transfer Taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Purchased Assets.

 

8.2            Responsibility for Taxes and Tax Returns. Seller shall prepare and file all tax returns required to be filed by Seller with a taxing authority (including tax returns required to be filed after the Closing Date), to the extent such tax returns include or relate to Seller’s use or ownership of the Purchased Assets on or prior to the Closing Date. The party required by law to file a tax return with respect to Transfer Taxes shall do so within the time period prescribed by law, and Seller shall promptly reimburse Purchaser for any Transfer Taxes so paid by Purchaser for periods of time prior to the Closing Date upon receipt of notice that such Transfer Taxes have been paid.

 

8.3            Cooperation. To the extent relevant to the Purchased Assets, each Party shall (i) provide the other with such assistance as may reasonably be requested in connection with the preparation of any tax return and the conduct of any audit or other examination by any taxing authority or in connection with judicial or administrative proceedings relating to any liability for taxes and (ii) retain and provide the other with all records or other information that may be relevant to the preparation of any tax returns, or the conduct of any audit or examination, or other proceeding relating to taxes.

 

9. Post-Closing Covenants.

 

9.1            Seller hereby covenants that it and any of its affiliates will not, anywhere in the world, challenge, or cause a third party to challenge, the validity and ownership by Purchaser of the Purchased Assets and will not, anywhere in the world directly or indirectly seek to register, defend, compromise or dispute any rights in and to the Purchased Assets.

 

9.2            For a period of five (5) years after the Closing Date, Seller hereby covenants that it and any of its affiliates will not, anywhere in the world, directly or indirectly seek to register or otherwise acquire any rights in any websites, domain names, trade names, trademarks, service marks, or other intellectual property assets that are or may be, or that contain portions that are or may be, confusingly similar to the Purchased Assets.

 

9.3            Seller will not use or cause to be used any copies of the Purchased Assets.

 

 

 

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10.            Confidentiality. The Seller shall ensure that any nonpublic information provided to it by the Purchaser in confidence shall be treated as strictly confidential and that all such confidential information that the Seller or any of its respective employees, attorneys, agents, investment bankers, or accountants may now possess or may hereinafter create or obtain relating to the financial condition, results of operations, businesses, properties, assets, liabilities, or future prospects of the Purchaser, any affiliate thereof, or any customer or supplier thereof, shall not be published, disclosed, or made accessible by any of them to any other person at any time or used by any of them, in each case without the prior written consent of the Purchaser; provided, however, that the restrictions of this Section shall not apply (a) as may otherwise be required by law, (b) as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement, or (c) to the extent such information was in the public domain when received or thereafter enters the public domain other than because of disclosures by the receiving party.

 

11. Indemnification.

 

11.1          The representations, warranties, covenants and obligations of each Party to this Agreement shall survive the Closing and the sale of the Purchased Assets to Purchaser.

 

11.2          Seller shall, and hereby agrees to, indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless against and in respect of any Damages, as hereinafter defined, resulting to Purchaser from: (i) any inaccurate representation or warranty made by Seller in or under this Agreement; (ii) breach or default in the performance by Seller of any of the covenants to be performed by it hereunder; and (iii) any debts, liabilities or obligations of Seller, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, due or to become due, existing on the Closing Date that encumber or may encumber the Purchased Assets.

 

11.3          Purchaser shall, and hereby agrees to, indemnify and hold Seller harmless against and in respect of any Damages resulting to Seller from: (i) any inaccurate representation or warranty made by Purchaser in or under this Agreement; (ii) breach or default in the performance by Purchaser of any of the covenants to be performed by it hereunder; and (iii) Licensee’s use of the Domain Name after the Closing Date.

 

11.4          The aggregate liability of either party under this Section 11 shall not exceed the Purchase Price.

 

11.5          Damages” as used herein shall include any claims, actions, demands, losses, costs, expenses, liabilities (joint or several), penalties and damages, including counsel fees incurred in investigating or in attempting to avoid the same or oppose the imposition thereof.

 

12. Miscellaneous.

 

12.1          Further Assurances. Seller shall execute and deliver such further instruments of conveyance and transfer and take such additional action as Purchaser may reasonably request to effect, consummate, confirm or evidence the transfer to Purchaser of the Purchased Assets and any other transactions contemplated hereby, all at Purchaser’s expense for its out-of-pocket expenses, but without further compensation to Seller.

 

12.2          Assignment. This Agreement is assignable in whole or in part by Purchaser.

 

12.3          Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including any and all Exhibits and attachments to this Agreement, which are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether written or oral, with respect to the same subject matter.

 

 

 

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12.4          Amendments. This Agreement may only be amended by a written agreement duly signed by persons authorized to sign agreements on behalf of each Party.

 

12.5          Notices. All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be given or made by any Party to the other Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered, mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or delivered by overnight air courier addressed as provided in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

12.6          Governing Law. The interpretation and construction of this Agreement, to the extent the particular issue is controlled by state law, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws (but not including choice of law provisions) of the State of Nevada.

 

12.7          Counterparts; Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original, but all of which will be one and the same document. Facsimiles and electronic copies in portable document format (“PDF”) containing original signatures shall be deemed for all purposes to be originally signed copies of the documents that are the subject of such facsimiles or PDF versions.

 

12.8          Benefits; Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective Parties and their permitted assigns and successors in interest.

 

12.9          Joint Preparation. This Agreement shall be deemed for all purposes to have been prepared through the joint efforts of the parties hereto and shall not be construed for or against one party or any other party as a result of the preparation, submittal, drafting, execution or other event of negotiation hereof.

 

12.10       Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced under any rule of law, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in a materially adverse manner with respect to either party.

 

12.11        Waiver. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.

 

12.12        Captions. The captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Agreement on the date specified in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

 

  SELLER:
   
  YSW Holdings, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Chandler Weeks
  Name: Chandler Weeks
  Title: President
   
  PURCHASER:
   
  ESEG Limited
   
  By: /s/ Keith Williams
  Name Keith Williams
  Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Description of the Purchased Assets

 

A.                          The following completed Websites including, without limitation, any and all associated software used in building the Websites, content posted therein, and Website users lists and Website data bases containing any Website user or Website information, including, without limitation personally identifiable information regarding the Websites’ users and participants:

 

www.esportstechnologies.com

www.browserbets.com

www.fantasyduel.com

 

 

B.                           The following Domain Names:

 

Seller owns the following domains registered with Godaddy.Com that are the subject of the sale to Purchaser:

 

www.esportstechnologies.com

www.browserbets.com

www.fantasyduel.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.10

 

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of the date hereof identified below, and is by and between Esports Technologies, Inc. a Nevada corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), and _________ (hereinafter referred to as the “Director”).

 

BACKGROUND

 

The Board of Directors of the Company desires to appoint the Director and to have the Director perform the duties of an independent director and the Director desires to be so appointed and to perform the duties required of such position in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

AGREEMENT

 

In consideration for the above recited promises and the mutual promises contained herein, the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Director hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             DUTIES. The Company requires that the Director be available to perform the duties of an independent director customarily related to this function as may be determined and assigned by the Board of Directors of the Company and as may be required by the Company’s constituent instruments, including its articles of incorporation, bylaws and its corporate governance and board committee charters (if any), each as amended or modified from time to time, and by applicable law, including the Nevada Revised Statues or any other applicable governing statute (the “Law”). The Director agrees to devote as much time as is necessary to perform completely the duties as the Director of the Company, including duties as a member of such committees as the Director may hereafter be appointed to. The Director will perform such duties described herein in accordance with the general fiduciary duty of directors arising under the Law.

 

2.              TERM. The term of this Agreement shall commence as of the date of the Director’s appointment by the Board of Directors of the Company and shall continue until the Director’s removal or resignation.

 

3.              COMPENSATION. For all services to be rendered by the Director in any capacity hereunder, the Company may also agree to pay a cash fee to the Director. Initially, there will be no cash fee paid. Such fee may be adjusted, up or down, from time to time as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors and/or shareholders.

 

Option award: As further consideration for Director’s service hereunder, he shall be granted a three-year option to purchase _________shares of restricted common stock of Company (“Options”) with such Options vesting pro rata in equal increments for each year of the initial _________ years of the Term hereof (e.g. _________ per year commencing on the first anniversary of this Agreement and thereafter on each annual anniversary hereof so long as this Agreement is not terminated prior). The exercise price of each Option awarded and vested shall be $_________ per share. For a period of 12 months after the closing of the Company’s initial public offering, the Director agrees that he will not (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Company securities; (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Company’s securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Company securities, in cash or otherwise; or (3) publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement relating to any Company securities.

 

Director acknowledges that he can be terminated can be at any time with or without cause, depending on the Board of Directors, the Bylaws of the Company and/or vote of the Company shareholders, at which time any and all consideration unearned or unvested at such time as stated hereinabove shall cease.

 

 

 

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All stock options will be made pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plan, will be subject to the terms of such plan and will be formalized pursuant to an award or option agreement.

 

DIRECTOR IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY AND ALL TAX CONSEQUENCES ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT HE/SHE HAS CONSULTED WITH TAX PROFESSIONALS IN THIS REGARD AS MAY BE REQUIRED.

 

4.             EXPENSES. In addition to the compensation provided in paragraph 3 hereof, the Company will reimburse the Director for pre-approved (in writing) reasonable business-related expenses incurred in good faith in the performance of the Director’s duties for the Company. Such payments shall be made by the Company within 10 business days of submission by the Director of a signed statement itemizing the expenses incurred. Such statement shall be accompanied by sufficient documentary matter to support the expenditures.

 

5.              CONFIDENTIALITY. The Company and the Director each acknowledge that, in order for the intents and purposes of this Agreement to be accomplished, the Director shall necessarily be obtaining access to certain confidential information concerning the Company and its affairs, including, but not limited to business methods, information systems, financial data and strategic plans which are unique assets of the Company (“Confidential Information”). The Director covenants not to, either directly or indirectly, in any manner, utilize or disclose to any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity any Confidential Information. Director agrees to execute any further instruments required by Company in connection with the protection of Confidential Information including but not limited to a Proprietary Rights and Inventions Agreement or otherwise.

 

6.              GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with, and the rights of the parties hereto shall be determined by, the laws of the State of Nevada without reference to that state’s conflicts of laws principles.

 

7.              COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one instrument. Facsimile or electronic .PDF (or similar format) execution and delivery of this Agreement is legal, valid and binding for all purposes.

 

8.              ENTIRE AGREEMENT, OTHER. Except as provided elsewhere herein, this Agreement along with the Indemnification Agreement of same date herewith, sets forth the entire agreement of the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations or warranties, whether oral or written, by any officer, employee or representative of any party to this Agreement with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement may not be assigned without the express written consent of all parties hereto.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Independent Director Agreement to be duly executed and signed as of the day and year set forth below.

 

 

FOR: Esports Technologies, Inc.

 

By: ____________________________

Name: Aaron Speach

Title: CEO

 

 

Date: __________________________

 

Independent Director

 

 

_______________________________

Address:

 

 

Date:__________________________

 

 

 

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Exhibit 23.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Whom It May Concern:

 

 

 

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement to Form S-1 of our audit opinion report dated December 9, 2020, with respect to the audited financial statements of Esports Technologies, Inc included in Form S-1 for the period ended September 30, 2020. We also consent to the references to us under the headings Experts in such Registration Statement.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

/s/PWR CPA, LLP

 

PWR CPA, LLP

Houston, TX

March 9, 2021