Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
OnJanuary 26, 2023 ,Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (the "Company," "we," "our," and "us") held its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). Greater than 41% of the shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on Proposals 1-5 at the Annual Meeting were present in person or by proxy thereby constituting a quorum. Greater than 98% of the shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on Proposal 6 at the Annual Meeting were present in person or by proxy. The matters that were voted upon at the Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for or against/withheld, as well as the number of abstentions, as to such matters, where applicable, are set forth in the table below. With respect to the election ofJan Jones Blackhurst ,Damian Mathews ,Alan Alden , andChul Woong Lim as directors to each serve a one-year term on the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") and until each of their successors is elected and qualified, each nominee received the number of votes set forth opposite their name. Proposal Number of Votes Common Stock Percent of Votes Voted For Votes Cast
Against/Withheld Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
Election of
11,282,522 72.05 % 4,376,944 180,596 16,360,327 Election ofDamian Mathews (Proposal 1) 11,275,584 72.04 % 4,375,382 189,096 16,360,327 Election ofAlan Alden (Proposal 1) 10,984,880 70.16 % 4,672,835 182,347 16,360,327 Election ofChul Woong Lim (Proposal 1) 4,058,003 32.92 % 8,268,294 3,513,765 16,360,327 Non-binding advisory vote, to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement (Proposal 2) 3,148,691 20.41 % 12,277,480 413,891 16,360,327 Ratification the selection ofMarcum LLP (formerlyFriedman LLP ) as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year endingJune 30, 2023 (Proposal 3) 30,388,681 95.06 % 1,578,765 232,943 - Potential issuance of an excess of 19.99% of our outstanding common stock, par value$0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), upon the conversion of the Company's outstanding Senior Convertible Note (Proposal 4) 9,733,283 62.13 % 5,933,533 173,246 16,360,327 Potential issuance of our outstanding Common Stock upon the conversion of a new perpetual convertible preferred stock to be issued in exchange for the Senior Convertible Note, as part of the Company's approved plan of compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules (Proposal 5) 9,612,144 61.78 % 5,945,603 282,315 16,360,327 To approve a reverse stock split of the Common Stock at a ratio of not less than one-for-twenty (1-for-20) and not more than one-for-one-hundred (1-for-100), with our Board of Directors having the discretion as to the exact ratio of any reverse stock split to be set within the above range, without a corresponding reduction in the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock, and to be in effect no later than the earlier of the next Annual Meeting or the anniversary of this year's Annual Meeting (Proposal 6) 1,567,957,448 62.32 % 947,839,427 43,187 16,360,327
On the basis of the above votes, (i)Jan Jones Blackhurst ,Damian Mathews ,Alan Alden andChul Woong Lim were elected as members of the Board; (ii) the proposal to approve, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers was not approved; (iii) the proposal to ratify the selection ofMarcum LLP , as the Company's independent registered public accountant for the fiscal year endingJune 30, 2023 was approved; (iv) the proposal to approve the potential issuance of an excess of 19.99% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock upon the conversion of an outstanding Senior Convertible Note was approved; (v) the proposal for the potential issuance of our outstanding Common Stock upon the conversion of a new perpetual convertible preferred stock to be issued in exchange for the Senior Convertible Note, as part of the Company's approved plan of compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules was approved; and (vi) the proposal to approve the reverse stock split of the Common Stock at a ratio of not less than one-for-twenty (1-for-20) and not more than one-for-one-hundred (1-for-100), with our Board of Directors having the discretion as to the exact ratio of any reverse stock split to be set within the above range, without a corresponding reduction in the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock, and to be in effect no later than the earlier of the next Annual Meeting or the anniversary of this year's Annual Meeting was approved.
"Named Executive Officers" refers to the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Controller and Chief Technology Officer.
Item 8.01 Other Events. OnJanuary 27, 2023 , the Company received the written consent of the holder of its outstanding Senior Convertible Note to lower the conversion price of the Senior Convertible Note into shares of Common Stock under Section 7(g) of the Senior Convertible Note to 90% of the lowest VWAP (as defined in the Senior Convertible Note) of the Common Stock for a trading day during the five (5) consecutive trading day period ending, and including, the applicable date that the conversion price is lowered for purposes of a conversion (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations and similar events during such measuring period) until further written notice to the holder from the Company.
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The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by the form of letter of consent, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit Number Exhibit Description 10.1 Form of Letter of Consent between the Company and the Holder of the Senior Convertible Note. 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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