UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 21, 2021
ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | | 001-39262 | | 26-3062752 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
BLOCK 6,
TRIQ PACEVILLE,
ST. JULIANS STJ 3109
MALTA
(Address of principal executive offices)
356 2713 1276
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock | | GMBL | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Common Stock Purchase Warrants | | GMBLW | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (the “Company”), appointed Mr. Mark Nielsen to serve as a member of the Board (the “Appointment”) effective immediately. Below is a description of Mr. Nielsen’s professional work experience.
As previously reported on June 1, 2021 the Company closed on the acquisitions of ggCIRCUIT, LLC (“GGC”) and Helix Holdings, LLC (“Helix”). Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition of GGC and Helix, the Company was to appoint a board member mutually agreeable between the Company, GGC and Helix. Mr. Nielsen’s appointment was mutually agreed upon and satisfies the conditions of the acquisitions.
Mark Nielsen, Age 45, Director
Mr. Nielsen co-founded GGC, a cloud based esports software solution for LAN centers around the world, in 2017. At GGC, Mr. Nielsen was the Chief Marketing Officer and then Chief Operating Officer before it was purchased by Esports Entertainment Group, Inc in 2021. Mr. Nielsen founded and now serves as the Chief Evangelist for Nieley, LLC, a B2B sales, marketing and operations support agency for the games industry. Mr. Nielsen is also the founder and President of iGames, Inc., which builds and manages gaming based communities. One of iGames first projects was supporting over 1000 LAN centers and executing over 200 tournaments including the official Halo National Championships. Mr. Nielsen has lead iGames to power some of the largest gaming communities for clients such as Alienware Arena and the Intel Gaming Access Program, reaching more than 100 million monthly participants. Prior to iGames, Mr. Nielsen served in similar evangelical roles at Intel, Silicon Graphics, Inc, 3D graphics pioneer Rendition and GIobal VR.
Mr. Nielsen holds a BA in Business Administration-Finance from California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) at San Luis Obispo, where he was also a 4-time All-American tennis player voted “Best All-Around Athlete” of the school and a winner of National Tennis Magazine’s prestigious Arthur Ashe Leadership Award.
Family Relationships
Mr. Nielsen does not have a family relationship with any of the current officers or directors of the Company.
Related Party Transactions
In consideration for the Company’s acquisition of GGC, Mr. Nielsen received, as a result of his pre-acquisition ownership stake in GGC, cash consideration of $2,574,269 as well as stock consideration of 189,283 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock.
Compensatory Arrangements
In connection with his appointment to the Board, the Company and Mr. Nielsen entered into a director agreement (the “Director Agreement”) whereby as compensation for each year of services, Mr. Nielsen will be entitled to receive: (i) cash compensation of $20,000, paid on a quarterly basis; and (ii) 25,000 options to purchase shares of Common Stock, in accordance with the rules of the Company’s Equity and Incentive Plan.
Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K contains only a brief description of the material terms of and does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties to the form of Director Agreement, and such description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Director Agreement, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. |
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| Dated: October 22, 2021 | By: | /s/ Grant Johnson |
| | | Grant Johnson
Chief Executive Officer |
