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ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

170 Pater House, Psaila StreetSt

Birkirkara Malta, BKR 9077 Malta

268-562-9111Telephone: 356 2757 7000


NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD

April 22, 2019


Dear Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. Shareholders:


Our Board of Directors (the “Board”) has called and invites you to attend aA Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”)the shareholders of Esports Entertainment Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (together with anyits subsidiaries, the “Company”, “Esports”, “we”, “us” or “our”).  The Meeting, will be held on April 22, 2019August 13, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Timelocal time at Lucosky Brookman LLP, 101 S Wood Avenue South, Fifth Floor,Ave, Iselin, NJ 08830.08830 for the purposes of:


1.Approving the Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan; and
2.To act on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Recently, it came to the attentionThe foregoing items of the Board that the effectiveness of prior authorization for certain corporate actions, including the Company’s previous name changes, the increasebusiness are more fully described in the Company’s authorized sharesProxy Statement that is attached and made a part of this Notice. The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the Proxy Statement that is attached and made a part of this Notice.

Only stockholders of record of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common(“Common Stock”), and the issuance of shares of the Company’s Common Stock in excess of the number of shares as originally authorized in our Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the “Articles of Incorporation”) among other corporate actions further described below, could be called into question, as the Corporate Actions did not comply with certain technical and atypical requirements of , the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and/or the Company’s Bylaws, as well as Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), as related thereto.  The Board investigated the issue further, consulted with outside counsel, and determined that it would be appropriate and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to obtain a vote to ratify the Corporate Actions to confirm or validate their effectiveness, and take any other necessary actions, as appropriate, pursuant to Section 78.0296 of the NRS.  The Company wishes for its shareholders to ratify the following corporate actions:


(1)

amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation increasing the Company’s authorized Common Stock to 500,000,000 (“Increase in Authorized Shares ”) and  the issuance of Common Stock potentially made in excess of the Company’s authorized capital stock (the “Over-Allotted Issuances”, collectively the “Ratification of Authorized Share Increase and Issuances”);

(2)

the Company’s name change from Virtual Closet, Inc. to DK Sinopharma, Inc. (the “Initial Name Change”); the Company’s name change from DK Sinopharma, Inc. to VGambling Inc. (the “Second Name Change”); the Company’s name change from VGambling Inc. to. Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (the “Third Name Change”, and together with the Initial Name Change and the Second Name Change, the “Ratification of the Name Changes”); and

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to approve and ratify the adoption of the Company’s 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Adoption of the 2017 Plan”).


In addition to agenda items 1 through 3 which require ratification, the Company also seeks for its shareholders to approve the following action:


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to amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation in its entirety (the “Adoption of Amended and Restated Articles”).


The Name Changes, the  Increase in Authorized Shares, the Over-Allotted Share Issuance Ratification, the Adoption of the Amended and Restated Articles, and the Adoption of the 2017 Plan (collectively, the “Corporate Actions”) are more fully described in the accompanying Notice of Special meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement. The enclosed Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement contain details about the business to be conducted at the meeting. To ensure that your shares are represented at the meeting, we urge you to mark your choice on the enclosed proxy card, sign and date the card and return it promptly in the envelope provided.

The holders of record of the Company’s Common Stock at the close of business on March 25, 2019 are entitled to notice of the Corporate Actions andJune 30, 2020, will be entitled to attend and vote as further described herein. The holdersat the meeting. A list of recordall shareholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder, will be available at least a majority of the shares of Common Stockprincipal office of the Company entitledduring usual business hours, for examination by any shareholder for any purpose germane to vote mustthe Special Meeting for 10 days prior to the date thereof. The proxy materials will be present in personfurnished to shareholders on or represented by proxy in order to hold the Meeting. Accordingly, it is important that your shares be represented at the meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Meeting, please complete the enclosed proxy card and sign,



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date and return it promptly in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. If you do plan to attend the Meeting in person, you may withdraw your proxy and vote personally on all matters brought before the Meeting. The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR all the Corporate Actions.  This matter is more fully described in the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice.


Even if you plan to attend the meeting, you are requested to sign, date and return the proxy card in the enclosed envelope. If you attend the meeting after having returned the enclosed proxy card, you may revoke your proxy, if you wish, and vote in person. If you would like to attend and your shares are not registered in your own name, please ask the broker, trust, bank or other nominee that holds the shares to provide you with evidence of your share ownership. Failure to vote your shares, either in person or by proxy, will have the same effect as a vote against the Corporate Actions.  


Pursuant to NRS Section 78.0296, if stockholder ratification and validation of the Corporate Actions is obtained, the Company will promptly file with the Nevada Secretary of State the Amended and Restated Articles in the form attached as Appendix B to this Proxy Statement (the “Required Amendment Filing”) covering the corrective matters in question (as describe in more detail below) and a certificate of validation in the form attached as Appendix C to this Proxy Statement (the “Certificate of Validation”).  Upon the Nevada Secretary of State’s acceptance of such filings, such stockholder ratification and validation will retroactively correct and cure such noncompliance for purposes of Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes and the Corporation’s governing documents.


Thank you for your support. 2020.

 

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

/s/ Grant Johnson

Grant Johnson

By Order

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

July 1, 2020

You are cordially invited to attend the meeting in person. Whether or not you expect to attend the meeting, please complete, date, sign and return the enclosed proxy as instructed in these materials, as promptly as possible in order to ensure your representation at the meeting. A return envelope (which is postage prepaid if mailed in the United States) is enclosed for your convenience. Even if you have voted by proxy, you may still vote in person if you attend the meeting. Please note, however, that if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to vote at the meeting, you must obtain a proxy issued in your name from that record holder.

/s/ Grant Johnson

Grant Johnson

March 25, 2019

Chief Executive Officer

 



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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANTTABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SPECIAL MEETING1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THESE PROXY MATERIALS AND VOTING2
PROPOSAL NO. 1: APPROVAL OF THE ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. 2020 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN5
PROPOSAL NO. 2: APPROVAL OF THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL PROXIES10
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION10
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT16
OTHER BUSINESS17
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION17
APPENDIX - A - 2020 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN18 

WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE SPECIAL MEETING IN PERSON, TO ASSURE THAT YOUR SHARES WILL BE REPRESENTED, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY WITHOUT DELAY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE, WHICH REQUIRES NO ADDITIONAL POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. IF YOU ATTEND THE SPECIAL MEETING, YOU MAY VOTE IN PERSON IF YOU WISH TO DO SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY SENT IN YOUR PROXY.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON April 22, 2019.

Our proxy statement, which is enclosed with this mailing, is also available at www.proxyvote.com




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ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

170 Pater House, Psaila StreetSt

Birkirkara Malta, BKR 9077 Malta

268-562-9111Telephone: 356 2757 7000


PROXY STATEMENT


FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON April 22, 2019MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020

 

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUTCONCERNING THE PROXY

STATEMENT AND SPECIAL MEETING

 

GENERALGeneral


This Proxy StatementThe enclosed proxy is being furnished tosolicited by the shareholdersBoard of Directors (the “Board”) of Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the solicitation of proxies by our Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”), for use at the Special Meeting of Shareholdersthe Company’s shareholders to be held at 10:00 am Eastern Time Lucosky Brookman LLP, 101 S Wood Avenue South, Fifth Floor,Ave, Iselin, NJ 08830, on April 22, 2019,August 13, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. local time and at any and all adjournments thereof. Whether or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”) fornot you expect to attend the purpose set forthmeeting in the accompanying Notice of Meeting of Shareholders. Accompanying this Proxy Statement is a proxy/voting instruction form (the “Proxy”) for the Meeting, which you may useperson, please vote your shares as promptly as possible to indicateensure that your vote as to the proposal described in this Proxy Statement. It is contemplated that this Proxy Statement and the accompanying form of Proxycounted. The proxy materials will be first mailedfurnished to Esports’ shareholders on or about April 5, 2019.July 1, 2020.


Recently,Revocability of Proxy and Solicitation

Any shareholder executing a proxy that is solicited hereby has the power to revoke it cameprior to the attentionvoting of the Board that prior authorization for certain corporate actions, including numerous changes ofproxy. Revocation may be made by attending the Company’s name, increases inSpecial Meeting and voting the Company’s authorized capital stock, and the issuance of shares of stock in person, or by delivering to the Company’s Common Stock, amongst other corporate items (collectively, the “Corporate Actions”), did not comply with certain aspects of Chapter 78 of the NRS and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and/or its Bylaws.  The Board investigated the issue further and consulted with outside counsel, and determined that it would be appropriate and in the best interestsSecretary of the Company and its shareholders to ratify and validateat the Corporate Actions pursuant to Section 78.0296principal office of the NRS.  We are requesting your votes in connection withCompany prior to the ratification and/Special Meeting a written notice of revocation or approvala later-dated, properly executed proxy. Solicitation of these Corporate Actions.proxies may be made by directors, officers and other employees of the Company by personal interview, telephone, facsimile transmittal or electronic communications.


VOTING SECURITIES


Record Date

With Respect to Increase in Authorized Shares and Over-Allotted Issuances, shareholders

Shareholders of record as ofat the close of business on March 25, 2019June 30, 2020 (the “Record“Record Date”), will be entitled to receive notice of, attend and vote at the meeting.

Action to be Taken Under Proxy

Unless otherwise directed by the giver of the proxy, the persons named in the form of proxy, namely, Grant Johnson, our Chief Executive Officer, will vote:

FOR approval of the Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan;

According to his discretion, on the transaction of such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Who is Entitled to Vote; Vote Required; Quorum

As of June 30, 2020, there were 10,974,106 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, which constitutes all of the outstanding capital stock of the Company entitled to vote. Shareholders are entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held by them.

Thirty-three and 34/100 percent (33.34%) of the outstanding shares, or 1,340,374 shares, present in person or represented by proxy, will constitute a quorum at the meeting. For purposes of the quorum and the discussion below regarding the vote necessary to take shareholder action, shareholders of record who are present at the Special Meeting in person or by proxy and who abstain, including broker non-votes (as described below), and brokers holding customers’ shares of record who cause abstentions to be recorded at the meeting, are considered shareholders who are present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum.

Brokers holding shares of record for customers generally are not entitled to vote on “non-routine” matters, unless they receive voting instructions from their customers. As used herein, “uninstructed shares” means shares held by a broker who has not received such instructions from its customers on a proposal. A “broker non-vote” occurs when a nominee holding uninstructed shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the nominee does not have discretionary voting power with respect to that non-routine matter. In connection with the treatment of abstentions and broker non-votes, the proposal at this meeting to approve the 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan is considered “non-routine” matters, and brokers are not entitled to vote uninstructed shares with respect to this proposal.

For the proposal to approve the 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of common stock cast at the meeting in person or by proxy is required for approval. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present but will not be counted as votes cast and, therefore, will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THESE PROXY MATERIALS AND VOTING

Why am I receiving these materials?

We have sent you these proxy materials because the Board ofESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. (sometimes referred to as the “Company,” “Esports,” “we” or “us”) is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Special Meeting of Shareholders. According to our records, you were a shareholder of the Company as of the end of business on June 30, 2020.

You are invited to attend the Special Meeting to vote on the proposals described in this proxy statement. However, you do not need to attend the meeting to vote your shares. Instead, you may simply complete, sign and return the enclosed proxy card.

The Company intends to mail these proxy materials on or about July 1, 2020 to all shareholders of record on the Record Date entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.

What is included in these materials?

These materials include this proxy statement for the Special Meeting and the proxy card.

What is the proxy card?

The proxy card enables you to appoint Grant Johnson, our Chief Executive Officer, as your representative at the Special Meeting. By completing and returning a proxy card, you are authorizing these individuals to vote your shares at the Special Meeting in accordance with your instructions on the proxy card. This way, your shares will be voted whether or not you attend the Special Meeting.

When and where is the Special Meeting being held?

The Special Meeting will be held on Monday, August 13, 2020 commencing at 10:00 a.m., local time, at 101 S Wood Ave, Iselin, NJ 08830.

Can I view these proxy materials over the Internet?

Yes. The Notice of Meeting, this Proxy Statement and accompanying proxy card are available at http://viewproxy.com/___________.

Who can vote at the Special Meeting?

Only shareholders of record at the close of business on June 30, 2020 will be entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. On this Record Date, there were 10,974,106 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.

The Special Meeting will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m., local time. Check-in will begin one-half hour prior to the meeting. Please allow ample time for the check-in procedures.

Shareholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name

If on June 30, 2020 your shares were registered directly in your name with Esports’s transfer agent, VStock Transfer, LLC, then you are a shareholder of record. As a shareholder of record, you may vote in person at the meeting or vote by proxy. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, we urge you to fill out and any adjournmentreturn the enclosed proxy.

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or postponement thereof.  However, while we encourage all shareholdersBank

If on June 30, 2020, your shares were held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer, or other similar organization, rather than in your name, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account is considered to be the shareholder of record for purposes of voting at the Special Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent regarding how to vote on all Proposals herein, the Companyshares in your account. You are also invited to attend the Special Meeting. However, since you are not the shareholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy from your broker or other agent.

What am I voting on?

The following matters are scheduled for a vote:

1.To approve the Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan;

2.To act on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The Board is not currently aware of any other business that will count onlybe brought before the votesSpecial Meeting.

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How do I vote?

You may vote “For” or “Against” or abstain from voting. The procedures for voting are fairly simple:

Shareholder of the 50,000,000 shares held by Mr. Grant Johnson, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer,Record: Shares Registered in Your Name

If you are a shareholder of record as of the Record Date, you may vote in person at the Special Meeting or vote by proxy using the enclosed proxy card. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy to ensure your vote is counted. You may still attend the meeting and whichvote in person even if you have been held continuouslyalready voted by Mr. Johnson since May 2013, representingproxy.

To vote in person, come to the Special Meeting and we will give you a ballot when you arrive. You should be prepared to present photo identification for admittance. A list of shareholders eligible to vote at the Special Meeting will be available for inspection at the Special Meeting and for a period of ten days prior to the Special Meeting during regular business hours at our principal executive offices, which are located at 170 Pater House, Psaila St, Birkirkara BKR 9077 Malta.

To vote using the proxy card, simply complete, sign and date the enclosed proxy card and return it promptly in the envelope provided. If you return your completed and signed proxy card to us before the Special Meeting, we will vote your shares as you direct.

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of Broker or Bank

If you are a majoritybeneficial owner of shares registered in the Company’s Common Stock issuedname of your broker, bank, or other agent, you should have received voting instructions with these proxy materials from that organization rather than from us. Simply complete and outstanding sharesmail your voting instructions as directed by your broker or bank to ensure that your vote is counted. Alternatively, you may be able to vote by telephone or over the Internet by following instructions provided by your broker or bank. To vote in person at the Special Meeting, you must obtain a valid proxy from your broker, bank, or other agent. Follow the instructions from your broker or bank included with these proxy materials, or contact your broker or bank to request a proxy form.

How many votes do I have?

On each matter to be voted upon, you have one vote for each share of common stock you own as of the Record Date and asDate.

What is a quorum for purposes of May 2013. Mr. Johnson has delivered toconducting the Company a voting agreement whereby Mr. Johnson, has agreed to vote 50,000,000 shares, representing approximately57% of the vote, for the Increase in Authorized Shares and Over-Allotted Issuances.  All other votes will be disregarded to ensure and make clear that no shares were improperly counted as having voted in favor of the Increase in Authorized Shares and Over-Allotted Issuances.  Special Meeting?


With respect to Actions II though V, shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 25, 2019 (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to vote at the Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.  As of the Record Date, there were 87,358,118 shares of Common Stock, issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, representing approximately 92 holders of record, with each share of Common Stock entitled to one vote.  Shareholders may vote in person or by proxy. The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a 33.34% of the total voting powerthirty-three and 34/100 percent (33.34%) of the issued and outstanding Common Stockcommon stock, or 3,560,174 shares, entitled to vote at the meeting is necessary to constitute a quorum at this meeting. In the absence ofto transact business. If a quorum is not present or represented at the meeting,Special Meeting, the meetingshareholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, may be postponed or adjournedadjourn the Special Meeting from time to time without notice or other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is formed. The enclosed Proxy reflects the number of shares that you are entitled to vote.  present or represented.

 

The What if I return a proxy card but do not make specific choices?

If you return a signed and dated proxy card without marking any voting selections, your shares will be voted “FOR”approval of at least a majoritythe Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan (Proposal No. 1), and “FOR” approval of any adjournment of the votes cast bySpecial Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to transact such other business as may properly come before the holders of Common Stock issuedmeeting and outstanding as of the record dateall adjournments and entitled to vote at the Meetingpostponements thereof; and if any other matter is required to ratify and/or approve the Corporate Actions. Abstentions are counted as “shares present”properly presented at the meeting, for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum,



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while broker non-votes (which result when a broker holding shares for a beneficial owner has not received timely voting instructions on certain matters from such beneficial owner) are not considered “shares present” with respect to any matter. Abstentions will operate in the same manner as a vote against such proposal.


SHAREHOLDERS LIST


For a period of at least ten days prior to the Meeting, a complete listyour proxy holder (one of the Company’s shareholders entitled toindividuals named on your proxy card) will vote atyour shares using his best judgment.How does the Meeting will be available at 170 Pater House, Psaila Street, Birkirkara, Malta, BKR 9077 soBoard recommend that shareholders of record may inspect the list only for proper purposes.


VOTING OF PROXIESI vote?

 

All valid proxies received prior to the Meeting will be voted.  TheOur Board of Directors recommends that you vote your shares “FOR” approval of the Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan (Proposal No. 1); and “FOR” approval of any adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting and all adjournments and postponements thereof. Unless you provide other instructions on your proxy card, the persons named as proxy holders on the proxy card will vote in accordance with the recommendations of the Board as set forth in this Proxy Statement.

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Who is paying for this proxy solicitation?

We will bear the cost of mailing and solicitation of proxies. Proxies may be solicited by mail or personally by our directors, officers or employees, none of whom will receive additional compensation for such solicitation. Those holding shares as of record for the benefit of others, or nominee holders, are being asked to distribute proxy evensoliciting materials to, and request voting instructions from, the beneficial owners of such shares. We will reimburse nominee holders for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.

What does it mean if I receive more than one set of proxy materials?

If you plan to attend the Meeting.  To vote byreceive more than one set of proxy you must fill out the enclosed Proxy,materials, your shares may be registered in more than one name or in different accounts. Please complete, sign and date it, and return it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope oreach proxy card to go www.proxyvote.com to place your vote online.  Voting by proxy will not limit your right to vote at the Meeting if you attend the Meeting and vote in person.  However, ifensure that all of your shares are held invoted.

I share the namesame address with another Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. shareholder. Why has our household only received one set of proxy materials?

The SEC’s rules permit us to deliver a single set of proxy materials to one address shared by two or more of our shareholders. This practice, known as “householding,” is intended to reduce the Company’s printing and postage costs. We have delivered only one set of proxy materials to shareholders who hold their shares through a bank, broker or other holder of record you must obtainand share a single address, unless we received contrary instructions from any shareholder at that address. However, any such street name holder residing at the same address who wishes to receive a separate copy of the proxy executed in your favor, frommaterials may make such a request by contacting the bank, broker or other holder of record, to be able to voteor Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. at (800) 542-1061 or in writing at Broadridge, Householding Department, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. Street name holders residing at the Meeting.same address who would like to request householding of Company materials may do so by contacting the bank, broker or other holder of record or Broadridge at the phone number or address listed above.

Can I change my vote after submitting my proxy?

 

REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES

All Proxies which are properly completed, signed and returned prior to the Meeting, and which have not been revoked, will be voted in favor of the proposals described in this Proxy Statement unless otherwise directed. A shareholder mayYes. You can revoke his or her Proxyyour proxy at any time before it is voted eitherthe final vote at the meeting. If you are the record holder of your shares, you may revoke your proxy in any one of three ways:

You may submit another properly completed proxy card with a later date;
You may send a timely written notice that you are revoking your proxy to the Company at 170 Pater House, Psaila St, Birkirkara BKR 9077 Malta, Attn: Chief Executive Officer; or
You may attend the Special Meeting and vote in person. Simply attending the meeting will not, by itself, revoke your proxy.

If your shares are held by filing withyour broker or bank as a nominee or agent, you should follow the Secretary of the Company, at its principal executive offices located at 170 Pater House, Psaila Street, Birkirkara, Malta, BKR 9077, a written notice of revocationinstructions provided by your broker or a duly-executed Proxy bearing a later date or by attending the Meeting and voting in person.bank.


DISSENTER’S RIGHTSHow are votes counted?

 

HoldersVotes will be counted by the inspector of our voting securities doelections appointed for the meeting, who will separately count “For,” “Abstain” and “Against” votes, and broker non-votes. Abstentions will not have dissenter’s rights under Nevada law in connection with the proposals contemplated by this Proxy.  This is true so longbe counted as there are no provisionsvotes for payment of money or issuance of scrip in lieu of fractional shares.  See NRS 78.2055


REQUIRED VOTEany matter.

 

Assuming the presence of a quorum at the Meeting:How many votes are needed to approve each proposal?

 

Except as is it relates to the ratification of the Increase in Authorized Shares and the Over-Allotted Issuances,For all matters, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by the shares of Common Stock shares present at the meeting,Special Meeting in person or by proxy and entitled to vote is required for approval.

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Is my vote kept confidential?

Proxy instructions, ballots and voting tabulations that identify individual shareholders are handled in a manner that protects your voting privacy. Your vote will not be disclosed either within the Company or to ratifythird parties, except:

as necessary to meet applicable legal requirements;

to allow for the tabulation and certification of votes; and

to facilitate a successful proxy solicitation.

Occasionally, shareholders provide written comments on their proxy cards, which may be forwarded to the Company’s management and approve eachthe Board.

How can I find out the results of the proposalsvoting at the Special Meeting?

Preliminary voting results will be announced at the Special Meeting. Final voting results will be disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed after the Special Meeting.

PROPOSAL NO. 1: APPROVAL OF THE ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. 2020 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN

Overview

On August 1, 2017, the Company adopted the 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Corporate Actions”“2017 Plan”). Pursuant to the 2017 Plan, the number of incentive stock options issued to employees, officers, and directors of the Company shall not exceed 166,667. The Company does not believe that there is a sufficient number of shares available under the 2017 Plan in order to attract and retain qualified executives and employees in the long term and is seeking to have shareholders approve the Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”) which was adopted by the Board on June 26, 2020, subject to shareholder approval. If approved by shareholders, the 2020 Plan will provide stock-based incentive compensation to select officers, employees, non-employee directors, consultants and service providers.

The 2020 Plan was designed by the Compensation Committee with the assistance of management as part of a comprehensive compensation strategy to provide long-term incentives for employees and non-employees to contribute to the growth of the Company and attain specific performance goals.

Approval of the 2020 Plan will allow the Company to award stock options in the form of non-qualified and incentive options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, and restricted stock units to employees and to non-employee directors, consultants and service providers. In determining the number of shares available under the 2020 Plan, we considered the historical burn-rate of the Company’s previous incentive plans, and the potential dilution to shareholders. The 1,500,000 shares available under the 2020 Plan represent approximately 13.66% of the Company’s 10,974,106 currently outstanding shares (the “Share Reserve”).

 

Votes shallBased on historical burn rates and our current stock price, the Compensation Committee believes the 1,500,000 shares that may be counted by one or more persons who shall serve asawarded under the inspectors of election. The inspectors of election will canvas2020 Plan together with the shareholders presentannual increase in person at the meeting, count their votes and countShare Reserve should be sufficient to cover grants in the votes represented by proxies presented.  For purposes of determining the votes cast with respect to any matter presented for consideration at the meeting, only those votes cast “FOR” or “AGAINST” are included. However, if a proxy is signed but no specification is given, the shares will be voted “FOR” the proposed name chance and amendment to the Articles of Incorporation.coming years.

 

EXPENSES OF SOLICITATIONPlan Highlights

The essential features of our 2020 Plan are outlined below. The following description is not complete and is qualified by reference to the full text of our 2020 Plan, which is appended to this Information Statement asAnnex A.

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Options are subject to the following conditions:

(i)The Committee (as defined below) determines the exercise price of Incentive Options at the time the Incentive Options are granted. The assigned exercise price must be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value (as defined in the 2020 Plan) of the Company’s Common Stock on the Grant Day (as defined in the 2020 Plan). In the event that the recipient is a Ten Percent Owner (as defined in the 2020 Plan), the exercise price must be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Company on the Grant Day.
(ii)The exercise price of each Non-qualified Option will be at least 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share of the Company’s Common Stock on the date the Non-qualified Option is granted.
(iii)The Committee fixes the term of Options,provided that Options may not be exercisable more than ten years from the date the Option is granted, andprovided further that Incentive Options granted to a Ten Percent Owner may not be exercisable more than five years from the date the Incentive Option is granted.
(iv)Stock Options shall become exercisable and/or vested at such time or times, whether or not in installments, as shall be determined by the Committee at or after the Grant Date. The Award Agreement may permit a grantee to exercise all or a portion of a Stock Option immediately at grant; provided that the Shares issued upon such exercise shall be subject to restrictions and a vesting schedule identical to the vesting schedule of the related Stock Option, such Shares shall be deemed to be Restricted Stock for purposes of the Plan, and the optionee may be required to enter into an additional or new Award Agreement as a condition to exercise of such Stock Option. An optionee shall have the rights of a stockholder only as to Shares acquired upon the exercise of a Stock Option and not as to unexercised Stock Options. An optionee shall not be deemed to have acquired any Shares unless and until a Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms of the Award Agreement and this Plan and the optionee’s name has been entered on the books of the Company as a stockholder.
(v)Options are not transferable except to a recipient’s family members or partnerships in which such family members are the only partners and Options are exercisable only by the Options’ recipient, except upon the recipient’s death.
(vi)Incentive Options may not be issued in an amount or manner where the amount of Incentive Options exercisable in one year entitles the holder to Common Stock of the Company with an aggregate Fair Market value of greater than $100,000.

Awards of Restricted Stock are subject to the following conditions:

(i)The Committee grants Restricted Stock Options and determines the restrictions on each Restricted Stock Award (as defined in the 2020 Plan). Upon the grant of a Restricted Stock Award and the payment of any applicable purchase price, grantee is considered the record owner of the Restricted Stock and entitled to vote the Restricted Stock if such Restricted Stock is entitled to voting rights.
(ii)Restricted Stock may not be delivered to the grantee until the Restricted Stock has vested.
(iii)Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of except as provided in the 2020 Plan or in the Award Agreement (as defined in the 2020 Plan).

Upon a Termination Event (as defined in the 2020 Plan), the Company or its assigns shall have the right and option to repurchase from a Holder of Shares (as defined in the 2020 Plan) received pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award any Shares that are still subject to a risk of forfeiture as of the Termination Event (as defined in the 2020 Plan).

Purpose

 

The objective of the 2020 Plan is to encourage and enable the officers, employees, directors, consultants and other key persons of the Company will payand its subsidiaries, upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the costCompany largely depends for the successful conduct of preparing, assembling and mailing this proxy-soliciting material, and all costs of solicitation, including certain expenses of brokers and nominees who mail proxy materialits business, to their customers or principals.acquire a proprietary interest in the Company.

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Grants

 

PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERSThe 2020 Plan permits the granting of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock awards, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) and other equity-based awards (collectively, “grants”). Although all employees and all of the employees of our subsidiaries are eligible to receive grants under our 2020 Plan, the grant to any particular employee is subject to the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board, comprised of not less than two directors (such body that administers the 2020 Plan, the “Committee”).

The maximum number of Shares reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be 1,500,000 Shares, subject to adjustment and the following sentence regarding the annual increase. The Share Reserve will automatically increase on January 1st of each year, for a period of not more than nine years, commencing on January 1, 2021 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2029, in an amount equal to 233,968 shares (which is the equivalent of 4% of the 5,849,207 shares of Stock outstanding as of June 30, 2019). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may act prior to January 1st of a given year to provide that there will be no January 1st increase in the Share Reserve for such year or that the increase in the Share Reserve for such year will be a lesser number of shares of Stock than would otherwise occur pursuant to the preceding sentence. If a grant expires or terminates for any reason before it is fully vested or exercised, or if any grant is forfeited, we may again make the number of shares subject to that grant that the participant has not purchased or that has not vested subject to another grant under the 2020 Plan.

We have made and will make appropriate adjustments to outstanding grants and to the number or kind of shares subject to the 2020 Plan in the event of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, share combination or reclassification and certain other types of corporate transactions, including a merger or a sale of all or substantially all of our assets.

All grants will be determined by the Compensation Committee or a committee of the Board (the “Committee”) and at this time, no grants have been determined or awarded.

Administration

The 2020 Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board. The Compensation Committee shall have the authority and power:

(i)to select the individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;
(ii)to determine the time or times of grant, and the amount, if any, of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, or any combination of the foregoing, granted to any one or more grantees;
(iii)to determine the number and types of Shares to be covered by any Award and, subject to the provisions of the 2020 Plan, the price, exercise price, conversion ratio or other price relating thereto;
(iv)to determine and, subject to the 2020 Plan, to modify from time to time the terms and conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of the 2020 Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees, and to approve the form of Award Agreements;
(v)to accelerate at any time the exercisability or vesting of all or any portion of any Award;
(vi)to impose any limitations on Awards, including limitations on transfers, repurchase provisions and the like, and to exercise repurchase rights or obligations;
(vii)subject to any restrictions imposed under the 2020 Plan or by Section 409A, to extend at any time the period in which Stock Options may be exercised; and
(viii)at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for administration of the 2020 Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the 2020 Plan and any Award (including Award Agreements); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the 2020 Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with the 2020 Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of the 2020 Plan.

All decisions and interpretations of the Compensation Committee shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and all Holders.

Grant Instruments

All grants will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in our 2020 Plan and to such other terms and conditions consistent with our 2020 Plan as the Compensation Committee deems appropriate and as are specified in writing by the Committee to the individual in a grant instrument or an amendment to the grant instrument. All grants will be made conditional upon the acknowledgement of the grantee in writing or by acceptance of the grant, that all decisions and determinations of the Compensation Committee will be final and binding on the grantee, his or her beneficiaries and any other person having or claiming an interest under such grant.

Terms and Conditions of Grants

The grant instrument will state the number of shares subject to the grant and the other terms and conditions of the grant, consistent with the requirements of our 2020 Plan. The purchase price per share subject to an option (or the exercise price per share in the case of a SAR) must equal at least the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The exercise price per share for the Shares covered by a Stock Option shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the exercise price per share for the Shares covered by such Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date.

Under the 2020 Plan, the term “Fair Market Value” of the Stock on any given date means the fair market value of the Stock determined in good faith by the Committee based on the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method that is consistent with Section 409A of the Code. If the Stock is admitted to trade on a national securities exchange, the determination shall be made by reference to the closing price reported on such exchange. If there is no closing price for such date, the determination shall be made by reference to the last date preceding such date for which there is a closing price. If the date for which Fair Market Value is determined is the first day when trading prices for the Stock are reported on a national securities exchange, the Fair Market Value shall be the “Price to the Public” (or equivalent).

“Ten Percent Owner” means an employee who owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent of the Company or any Subsidiary.

Transferability

Restricted Stock, Stock Options, SARs and, prior to exercise, the Shares issuable upon exercise of such Stock Option, shall not be transferable by the optionee otherwise than by will, or by the laws of descent and distribution, and all Stock Options shall be exercisable, during the optionee’s lifetime, only by the optionee, or by the optionee’s legal representative or guardian in the event of the optionee’s incapacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement regarding a given Stock Option or Restricted Stock award that the optionee may transfer by gift, without consideration for the transfer, his or her Non-Qualified Stock Options to his or her family members (as defined in Rule 701 of the Securities Act), to trusts for the benefit of such family members, or to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners (to the extent such trusts or partnerships are considered “family members” for purposes of Rule 701 of the Securities Act), provided that the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this 2020 Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, including the execution of a stock power upon the issuance of Shares.

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Amendment and Termination

The Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the 2020 Plan and the Committee may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, but no such action shall adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the consent of the holder of the Award. The Committee may exercise its discretion to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Stock Options or effect repricing through cancellation of outstanding Stock Options and by granting such holders new Awards in replacement of the cancelled Stock Options. To the extent determined by the Committee to be required either by the Code to ensure that Incentive Stock Options granted under the 2020 Plan are qualified under Section 422 of the Code or otherwise, 2020 Plan amendments shall be subject to approval by the Company stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders. Nothing in this Section 12 shall limit the Board’s or Committee’s authority to take any action permitted pursuant to Section 3(c). The Board reserves the right to amend the 2020 Plan and/or the terms of any outstanding Stock Options to the extent reasonably necessary to comply with the requirements of the exemption pursuant to Rule 12h-1 of the Exchange Act.

Federal Income Tax Consequences

 

The following sets forth informationsummary is intended only as a general guide as to the United States federal income tax consequences under current law of participation in our 2020 Plan and does not attempt to describe all possible federal or other tax consequences of such participation or tax consequences based on particular circumstances.

Stock option grants under the 2020 Plan are intended either to qualify as incentive stock options under Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“IRC”) §422 or to be non-qualified stock options governed by IRC §83, depending on how same are granted. Generally, no federal income tax is payable by a participant upon the grant of a stock option and no deduction is allowed to be taken by the Company. Under current tax laws, if a participant exercises a non-qualified stock option, he or she will have taxable income equal to the difference between the market price of the stock on the exercise date and the stock option grant price. The Company will be entitled to a corresponding deduction on its income tax return. A participant will have no taxable income upon exercising an incentive stock option if the shares received are held for the applicable holding period (except that alternative minimum tax may apply), and the Company will receive no deduction when an incentive stock option is exercised. The Company may be entitled to a deduction in the case of a disposition of shares acquired under an incentive stock option that occurs before the applicable holding period has been satisfied.

Restricted stock and restricted stock units are also governed by IRC §83. Generally, the award of such restricted rights do not give rise to taxable income so long as same are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (i.e., becomes vested or transferable). Restricted stock generally becomes taxable when it is no longer subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” Restricted stock units become taxable when settled. When taxable to the participant, income tax is paid on the value of the stock or units at ordinary rates. The Company will generally be entitled to a corresponding deduction on its income tax return in the year of income recognition by the grantee. Any additional gain on shares received are then taxed at capital gains rates when the shares are sold.

The grant of a stock appreciation right will not result in income for the participant or in a tax deduction for the Company. Upon the settlement of such a right, the participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the aggregate value of the payment received, and the Company generally will be entitled to a tax deduction in the same amount.

The foregoing is only a summary of the effect of federal income taxation on the participant and the Company under the 2020 Plan. It does not purport to be complete and does not discuss the tax consequences arising in the context of a participant’s death or the income tax laws of any municipality, state or foreign country in which the participant’s income may be taxable.

Tax Withholding

Each grantee shall, no later than the date as of March 22, 2019,which the value of an Award or of any Shares or other amounts received thereunder first becomes includable in the gross income of the grantee for income tax purposes, pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of, any Federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld by the Company with respect to such income. The Company and any Subsidiary shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the grantee. The Company’s obligation to deliver stock certificates (or evidence of book entry) to any grantee is subject to and conditioned on any such tax withholding obligations being satisfied by the grantee.

The Company’s minimum required tax withholding obligation may be satisfied, in whole or in part, by the Company withholding from Shares to be issued pursuant to an Award a number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the minimum withholding amount due.

No Dissenters’ Rights

Under the Nevada Revised Statutes, the Stockholders are not entitled to dissenters’ rights with respect to the 2020 Plan, and the Company will not independently provide Stockholders with any such right.

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. 2020 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN.

PROPOSAL NO. 2: APPROVAL OF THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL PROXIES

Adjournment of the Special Meeting

In the event that the number of shares of our Common Stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Special Meeting and voting “FOR” the adoption of each of the proposals specified in the Notice of Special Meeting is insufficient to adopt every or any proposal, we may move to adjourn the Special Meeting in order to enable the Board to solicit additional proxies in favor of the adoption of the proposals specified in the Notice of Special Meeting. In that event, we will ask stockholders to vote only upon the adjournment proposal and not on any other proposal discussed in this proxy statement. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

Vote Required and Board Recommendation

If a quorum is present, approval of the proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting.

The Board recommends that stockholders vote “FOR” the proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting to solicit additional proxies, if there are insufficient proxies at the Special Meeting to approve each or any of the proposals specified in the Notice of Special Meeting

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Summary Compensation Table

The following table summarizes information concerning the compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to, our Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer or PEO) and our two most highly compensated executive officers other than the Principal Executive Officer during fiscal years 2019 and 2018 (collectively, the “Named Executive Officers”) who served in such capacities.

Name and Principal Position Year  Salary  Bonus  Stock
Awards
  Option
Awards(1)
  Other
Annual
Compensation
  All Other
Compensation(1)
  Total 
Grant Johnson,  2019  $120,000                 $     120,000 
CEO and President(2)  2018  $120,000                 $120,000 
Yan Rozum,  2019  $75,000                 $75,000 
Former CTO(3)  2018  $50,000                 $50,000 
Christopher Malone  2019  $49,000      61,500           $49,000 
Former CFO(4)  2018                      

(1)The fair value of options granted computed in accordance with ASC718 on the date of grant.
(2)Annual salary of $120,000.
(3)Annual salary of $75,000. Mr. Rozum commenced as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer on November 22, 2017. Mr. Rozum resigned all of his positions with the Company on September 19, 2019.
(4)Annual salary of $84,000 with a signing bonus stock award of 100,000 shares of common stock. Commenced as CFO on November 16, 2018. Mr. Malone resigned of his position as Chief Financial Officer and director on February 20, 2020.

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Employment Agreements

Grant Johnson

On June 1, 2017, we entered into an Employment Agreement with Grant Johnson to serve as our Chief Executive, President, Financial and Accounting Officer. The agreement provides for an annual salary of $120,000. The Employment Agreement has a term of two years and automatically extends for successive one-year periods unless terminated by the Company or Mr. Johnson. The agreement also provides for an annual bonus of up to 50% of Mr. Grant’s base salary at the Board’s discretion and entitles Mr. Johnson to receive various employee benefits generally made available to other officers and senior managers of the Company.

Under this agreement, if the Company were to terminate Mr. Johnson’s employment without cause, Mr. Johnson would be entitled to receive all compensation earned but unpaid through the date of termination and a severance payment equal to two months’ base annual salary.

Upon termination Mr. Johnson’s employment because of disability, the Company shall pay or provide Mr. Johnson (i) any unpaid base salary and any accrued vacation through the date of termination; (ii) any unpaid annual bonus accrued with respect to the fiscal year ending on or preceding the date of termination; (iii) reimbursement for any unreimbursed expenses properly incurred through the date of termination; and (iv) all other payments or benefits to which Mr. Johnson may be entitled under the terms of any applicable employee benefit plan, program or arrangement (collectively, “Accrued Benefits”). Upon the termination of Mr. Johnson’s employment because of death, Mr. Johnson’s estate shall be entitled to any Accrued Benefits. Upon the termination Mr. Johnson’s employment by the Company for cause or by either party in connection with a failure to renew the employment agreement, the Company shall pay Mr. Johnson any Accrued Benefits.

Christopher Malone

On November 16, 2018, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Christopher Malone to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (the “Malone Employment Agreement”). The term of the Malone Employment Agreement is for one year and shall be automatically extended for additional terms of successive one-year periods (the “Additional Term”) unless the Company or the Executive gives written notice to the other of the termination of Mr. Malone’s employment hereunder at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the initial term or additional term of the Malone Employment Agreement. Mr. Malone is to receive an initial base salary of $84,000 per annum, and if the Company were to list on Nasdaq, the base salary would increase to $120,000 per annum. Mr. Malone Executive is eligible to earn an annual employee stock option bonus in such amount, if any, as determined in the sole discretion of the Board. The Malone Employment Agreement may be terminated with or without cause.

Under this agreement, if the Company were to terminate Mr. Malone’s employment without cause, Mr. Malone would be entitled to receive all compensation earned but unpaid through the date of termination and a severance payment equal to one months’ base annual salary for each full year of employment.

Upon termination Mr. Malone’s employment because of disability, the Company shall pay or provide Mr. Malone (i) any unpaid base fee and any accrued vacation through the date of termination; (ii) any unpaid annual bonus accrued with respect to the fiscal year ending on or preceding the date of termination; (iii) reimbursement for any unreimbursed expenses properly incurred through the date of termination; and (iv) any Accrued Benefits. Upon the termination of Mr. Malone’s employment because of death, Mr. Malone’s estate shall be entitled to any Accrued Benefits. Upon the termination Mr. Malone’s employment by the Company for cause or by either party in connection with a failure to renew the employment agreement, the Company shall pay Mr. Malone any Accrued Benefits.

On February 20, 2020, Mr. Malone resigned from his positions as Chief Financial Officer and member of the board of directors, effective immediately.

On February 21, 2020 Mr. Malone’s employment agreement was amended primarily to reflect his new position with the Company as Vice President of Finance. The material terms of the Malone Employment Agreement were unchanged.

John Brackens

On May 9, 2019, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. John Brackens to serve as the Company’s Chief Information Officer (the “May Brackens Employment Agreement”). The term of the Brackens Employment Agreement is for one year (the “Initial Term”) and shall be automatically extended for additional terms of successive one-year periods (the “Additional Term”) unless the Company or Mr. Brakens gives written notice to the other of the termination of Mr. Bracken’s employment hereunder at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or Additional Term of the Brackens Employment Agreement. Mr. Brackens is to receive an initial base salary of $120,000 per annum, and if the Company were to complete a financing in excess of $5,000,000, the base salary would increase to $144,000 per annum. Mr. Brackens is eligible to earn an annual employee stock option bonus in such amount, if any, as determined in the sole discretion of the Board. The Brackens Employment Agreement may be terminated with or without cause. The Company can terminate Mr. Brackens without cause at any time during the first ninety (90) days of the Initial Term of the Brackens Employment Agreement. Upon termination of Mr. Brackens because of disability, the Company shall pay or provide to Mr. Brackens (1) any unpaid salary and any accrued vacation through the date of termination; (2) any unpaid bonus accrued with respect to the fiscal year ending on or preceding the date of termination; (3) reimbursement for any unreimbursed expenses properly incurred through the date of termination; and (4) all other payments or benefits to which he may be entitled under the terms of any applicable employee benefit plan, program or arrangement.

On September 20, 2019, the Company entered in a new employment agreement with Mr. Brackens (the “September Brakens Employment Agreement”). The September Brakens Employment Agreement was entered into specifically to update Mr. Brackens position with the Company as its Chief Technology Officer. All of the material terms of the May Brakens Employment Agreement remain the same. Under this agreement, if the Company were to terminate Mr. Brackens’ employment without cause, Mr. Brackens would be entitled to receive all compensation earned but unpaid through the date of termination and a severance payment equal to two weeks’ base annual salary for each full year of employment.

Upon termination Mr. Brackens’ employment because of disability, the Company shall pay or provide Mr. Brackens (i) any unpaid base fee and any accrued vacation through the date of termination; (ii) any unpaid annual bonus accrued with respect to the fiscal year ending on or preceding the date of termination; (iii) reimbursement for any unreimbursed expenses properly incurred through the date of termination; and (iv) any Accrued Benefits. Upon the termination of Mr. Brackens’ employment because of death, Mr. Brackens’ estate shall be entitled to any Accrued Benefits. Upon the termination Mr. Brackens’ employment by the Company for cause or by either party in connection with a failure to renew the employment agreement, the Company shall pay Mr. Brackens any Accrued Benefits.

Daniel Marks

On June 11, 2020, Mr. Marks entered into an engagement agreement with the Company. The Engagement Agreement is for a term of one year (the “Initial Term”) and shall be automatically extended for additional terms of successive one-year periods (the “Additional Term”) unless the Company or Mr. Marks gives at least 30 days written notice prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or each Additional Term.. Mr. Marks is to receive a base salary of $18,000 per month. Mr. Marks is eligible to earn an annual employee stock option bonus in such amount, if any, as determined in the sole discretion of the Board. The Engagement Agreement may be terminated with or without cause. The Company can terminate Mr. Marks without cause at any time during the first ninety (90) days of the Initial Term of the Engagement Agreement. Upon termination of Mr. Marks because of disability, the Company shall pay or provide to Mr. Marks (1) any unpaid salary and any accrued vacation through the date of termination; (2) any unpaid bonus accrued with respect to the fiscal year ending on or preceding the date of termination; (3) reimbursement for any unreimbursed expenses properly incurred through the date of termination; and (4) all other payments or benefits to which he may be entitled under the terms of any applicable employee benefit plan, program or arrangement. As a full-time employee of the Company, Mr. Marks will be eligible to participate in all of the Company’s benefit programs.

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Compensation-Setting Process/Role of Our Compensation Committee

During 2019, our Compensation Committee and board of directors was responsible for overseeing our executive compensation program, establishing our executive compensation philosophy, and determining specific executive compensation, including cash and equity. Our Compensation Committee considers one or more of the following factors when setting executive compensation, as further explained in the discussions of each compensation element below:

the experiences and individual knowledge of the members of the committee regarding executive compensation, as we believe this approach helps us to compete in hiring and retaining the best possible talent while at the same time maintaining a reasonable and responsible cost structure;
corporate and/or individual performance, as we believe this encourages our executive officers to focus on achieving our business objectives;
the executive’s existing equity award and stock holdings; and
internal pay equity of the compensation paid to one executive officer as compared to another — that is, that the compensation paid to each executive should reflect the importance of his or her role to the company as compared to the roles of the other executive officers, while at the same time providing a certain amount of parity to promote teamwork.

With our proposed transition to being a company listed on Nasdaq, our compensation program following this offering may, over time, vary significantly from our historical practices. For example, we expect that following this offering, in setting executive compensation, the compensation committee may review and consider, in addition to the items above, factors such as the achievement of predefined milestones, tax deductibility of compensation, the total compensation that may become payable to executive officers in various hypothetical scenarios, the performance of our common stock and compensation levels at public peer companies.

Executive Compensation Program Components

Base Salary

We provide base salary as a fixed source of compensation for our executive officers, allowing them a degree of certainty when having a meaningful portion of their compensation “at risk” in the form of equity awards covering the shares of a company for whose shares there has been limited liquidity to date. The compensation committee recognizes the importance of base salaries as an element of compensation that helps to attract highly qualified executive talent.

Base salaries for our executive officers were established primarily based on individual negotiations with the executive officers when they joined us and reflect the scope of their anticipated responsibilities, the individual experience they bring, the board members’ experiences and knowledge in compensating similarly situated individuals at other companies, our then-current cash constraints, and a general sense of internal pay equity among our executive officers.

The compensation committee does not apply specific formulas in determining base salary increases. In determining base salaries for 2018 for our continuing named executive officers, no adjustments were made to the base salaries of any of our named executive officers as the compensation committee determined, in their independent judgment and without reliance on any survey data, that existing base salaries, taken together with other elements of compensation, provided sufficient fixed compensation for retention purposes.

Outstanding Equity Awards at June 30, 2019

The following table summarizes the outstanding equity award holdings held by our directors at June 30, 2019:

Name Shares
issuable upon
exercise of
options
  Option
exercise price
($)
  Option
expiration
date
David Watt*  1,334  $10.50  8-1-23
Yan Rozum**  5,000  $10.50  8-1-23
Chul Wong Lim  1,334  $10.50  8-1-23

* Mr. Watt resigned from the board of directors on June 5, 2020.

** Mr. Rozum resigned all of his positions with the Company on September 19, 2019.

Stock Incentive Plan

We currently have a Stock Incentive Plan which authorizes the issuance of up to 166,667 shares of common stock pursuant to options or shares of common stock granted pursuant to the 2017 Plan. The terms and conditions of any options granted, and the terms and conditions of any stock issued, including the price of the shares of common stock issuable on the exercise of options, are governed by the provisions of the 2017 Plan and any agreements with the 2017 Plan participants.

The following lists, as of June 30, 2019 the options and shares granted pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plan. Each option represents the right to purchase one share of our common stock:

Name of Plan Total Shares
Reserved
Under Plan
  Shares
Reserved for
Outstanding
Options
  Shares Issued
as Stock Bonus
  Remaining
Options/Shares
Under Plan
 
Stock Incentive Plan  166,667   51,942      114,726 

Pursuant to the Plan, awards may be in the form of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, or Stock Bonuses.

Incentive Stock Options

All of our employees are eligible to be granted Incentive Stock Options pursuant to the Plan as may be determined by our board of directors which administers the Plan.

Options granted pursuant to the Plan terminate at such time as may be specified when the option is granted.

The total fair market value of the shares of common stock (determined at the time of the grant of the option) for which any employee may be granted options which are first exercisable in any calendar year may not exceed $100,000.

In the discretion of the board of directors, options granted pursuant to the Plan may include instalment exercise terms for any option such that the option becomes fully exercisable in a series of cumulating portions. The board of directors may also accelerate the date upon which any option (or any part of any option) is first exercisable. However, no option, or any portion thereof may be exercisable until one year following the date of grant. In no event shall an option granted to an employee then owning more than l0% of our common stock be exercisable by its terms after the expiration of five years from the date of grant, nor shall any other option granted pursuant to the Plan be exercisable by its terms after the expiration of ten years from the date of grant.

Non-Qualified Stock Options

Our employees, directors and officers, and consultants or advisors are eligible to be granted Non-Qualified Stock Options pursuant to the Plan as may be determined by our board of directors which administers the Plan, provided however that bona fide services must be rendered by such consultants or advisors and such services must not be in connection with a capital-raising transaction or promoting our common stock.

Options granted pursuant to the Plan terminate at such time as may be specified when the option is granted.

In the discretion of the board of directors options granted pursuant to the Plan may include instalment exercise terms for any option such that the option becomes fully exercisable in a series of cumulating portions. The board of directors may also accelerate the date upon which any option (or any part of any option) is first exercisable. In no event shall an option be exercisable by its terms after the expiration of ten years from the date of grant.

Stock Bonuses

Our employees, directors and officers, and consultants or advisors are eligible to receive a grant of our shares, provided however that bona fide services must be rendered by such consultants or advisors and such services must not be in connection with a capital-raising transaction or promoting our common stock. The grant of the shares rests entirely with our board of directors which administers the Plan. It is also left to the board of directors to decide the type of vesting and transfer restrictions which will be placed on the shares.

Outstanding equity awards Securities Authorized for Issuance under our Stock Incentive Plan as of June 30, 2019:

Plan Category Number of
Securities to
be Issued upon
Exercise of
Outstanding
Options
  Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
of Outstanding
Options,
Warrants, and
Rights
  Number of
Securities
Remaining
Available for
Future Issuance
Under Equity
Compensation
Plan
 
Stock Incentive Plan  51,942  $10.50   114,726 

Employee Pension, Profit Sharing or other Retirement Plan

We do not have a defined benefit, pension plan, profit sharing or other retirement plan, although we may adopt one or more of such plans in the future.

Directors’ Compensation

The table below shows the compensation paid to our directors during the year ended June 30, 2019. Grant Johnson was not compensated for acting as a director during fiscal 2019 and 2018:

Name Year  Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
  Stock
Awards(1)
   Option
Awards(2)
   Total 
David Watt(3)  2019  $25,000  $  $  $25,000 
   2018  $25,000  $  $10,609  $35,609 
Chul Woong Lim  2019  $20,000  $  $  $20,000 
   2018  $8,507  $  $10,609  $19,116 
Yan Rozum(4)  2019  $  $  $  $ 
   2018  $5,000  $  $39,784  $44,784 
Allan Alden  2019  $10,000  $  $  $10,000 
   2018  $  $  $  $ 
Christopher Malone  2019  $  $  $  $ 
   2018  $  $  $  $ 
Damian Mathews(5)  2019  $  $  $  $ 
   2018  $  $  $  $ 

(1)The fair value of stock issued for services computed in accordance with ASC718 on the date of grant.
(2)The fair value of options granted computed in accordance with ASC718 on the date of grant.
(3)Mr. Watt resigned from the board of directors on June 5, 2020.
(4)Mr. Rozum resigned from the board of directors on September 19, 2019.
(5)Was appointed to the board of directors on June 3, 2020.

During the year ended June 30, 2019, no director was also an executive officer of another entity, which had one of our executive officers serving as a director of such entity or as a member of the compensation committee of such entity.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following tables set forth certain information regarding our voting shares beneficially owned byas of June 29, 2020 and is based on 10,974,106 shares issued and outstanding, for (i) each person that we know beneficially ownsstockholder known to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more than 5% of our outstanding Common



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Stock,shares of common stock, (ii) each of our directors and named executive officer and director, and (iii) all of ourexecutive officers and directors and named executive officer as a group.

This table is prepared based on information supplied to us by the listed security holders, any Schedules 13D or 13G and Forms 3 and 4, and other public documents filed with the SEC.


The amounts and percentages of our Common Stock beneficially owned are reported on the basis of SEC rules governing the determination of beneficial ownership of securities. Under the SEC rules, a person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has or shares “voting power,” which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting of such security, or “investment power,” which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. A person is also deemedconsidered to be a beneficial owner ofbeneficially own any securitiesshares: (i) over which such person, directly or indirectly, exercises sole or shared voting or investment power, or (ii) of which thatsuch person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days through thean exercise of any stock option, warrantoptions or other right. Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed awarrants. Unless otherwise indicated, voting and investment power relating to the shares shown in the tables for our directors and executive officers is exercised solely by the beneficial owner or shared by the owner and the owner’s spouse or children.

For purposes of the same securities andthese tables, a person may beor group of persons is deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of any shares of common stock that such person has the right to acquire within 60 days of June 29, 2020. For purposes of computing the percentage of outstanding shares of our common stock held by each person or group of persons, any shares that such person or persons has the right to acquire within 60 days of June 29, 2020 is deemed to be aoutstanding, but is not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. The inclusion herein of any shares listed as beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial owner of securities as to which such person has no economic interest.ownership. Unless otherwise indicated, each of the shareholders named in the table below, or his or her family members, has sole voting and investment power with respect to such shares of our Common Stock. Except as otherwise indicated, the address of each of the shareholders listed below is: c/o Esports Entertainment Group, Inc., 170 Pater House, Psaila Street, Birkirkara, Malta, BKR 9077.

The share ownership numbers

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner Number  Percent 
Grant Johnson(1)
1370 Pilgrims Way
Oakville, ON, Canada
  3,333,334   30.37%
Daniel Marks      
Chul Woong Lim(2)
204-804 Susaek Rd.
100 Seodaemun-gu Seoul, Korea
  14,667   * 
Damian Mathews(3)
69 De Luen Avenue
Tindalls Beach, Whangaparaoa
Auckland 0930
  6,667   * 
Alan Alden      
All Officers and Directors as a group (five persons)  3,361,335   30.62%
Shawn Erickson(4)
122-201 Rua Figueiredo Magnalhaes
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  600,000   5.46%
VG-SPV LLC(5)
50 South Steele, Suite 508
Denver, CO 80209
  597,463   5.44%
5% Beneficial Shareholders as a Group  1,197,463   10.90%

*less than 1%

(1)Second Generation Holdings Trust is a trust controlled by Grant Johnson and currently holds 3,333,334 shares of common stock.

(2)Includes 13,333 shares of common stock and 1,334 options to purchase shares of common stock currently exercisable.

(3)Includes 6,667 shares of common stock.

(4)Includes 600,000 shares of common stock.

(5)Includes 419,685 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 177,778 shares of common stock currently exercisable VG-SPV, LLC is an entity controlled by First Capital Ventures, LLC. Gary Graham is the manager of First Capital Ventures, LLC.

OTHER BUSINESS

We have not received notice of and percentagesdo not expect any matters to be presented for vote at the Annual Meeting, other than the proposals described in this Proxy Statement. If you grant a proxy, the person named as proxy holder, Mark Meller, or their nominees or substitutes, will have the discretion to vote your shares on any additional matters properly presented for a vote at the Annual Meeting. If for any unforeseen reason, any of share ownership set forth belowour nominees are presentednot available as a candidate for director, the proxy holder will vote your proxy for such other candidate or candidates nominated by our Board.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We are subject to show such numbersthe information and percentages as in effect asreporting requirements of the closeSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in accordance therewith, we file periodic reports, documents and other information with the SEC relating to our business, on March 22, 2019, assuming shareholder ratificationfinancial statements and other matters. Such reports and other information may be inspected and are available for copying at the offices of the Corporate Acts,SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549 or may be accessed atwww.sec.gov. Information regarding the operation of the public reference rooms may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You are encouraged to review our Annual Report on Form 10-K, together with any subsequent information we filed or will file with the SEC and therefore includingother publicly available information.

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It is important that the 83,378,118proxies be returned promptly and that your shares of Common Stock currently outstanding that resulted frombe represented. Stockholders are urged to mark, date, execute and promptly return the Corporate Acts.accompanying proxy card.


 

 

Shares of Common Stock
Beneficially owned

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner

 

Number

 

 

Percent

 

Grant Johnson (1)

1370 Pilgrims Way

Oakville, ON, Canada

 

50,000,000

 

 

57.2%

 

Yan Rozum (2)

1700 Ave General Guisan 32

Fribourg, Switzerland

 

286,250

 

 

*

 

Christopher Malone (3)

6 Keystone Court

Aurora, Ontario

Canada  L4G 3R3

 

100,000

 

 

*

 

David Watt (4)

Nelson Mandela Dr., Campsite

St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

 

49,190

 

 

*%

 

Chul Woong Lim (5)

204-804 Susaek Rd.

100 Seodaemun-gu

Seoul, Korea

 

220,000

 

 

*%

 

Alan Alden

 

--

 

 

*%

 

All Officers and Directors

as a group (six persons)

 

50,160,440

 

 

57.5%

 

Shawn Erickson (6)

122-201 Rua Figueiredo Magnalhaes

Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

 

10,000,000

 

 

11.4%

 

VG-SPV LLC (7)

50 South Steele, Suite 508

Denver, CO 80209

 

5,316,667

 

 

6.1%

 

5% Beneficial Shareholders as a Group

 

15,316,667

 

 

17.6%

 


* less than 1%

July 1, 2020By Order of the Board of Directors,
/s/ Grant Johnson
Grant Johnson
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

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(1) Second Generation Holdings Trust is a corporation controlled by Grant Johnson and currently holds 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock.



Appendix A

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ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.


2020 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN

(2) Includes 211,250 shares of Common Stock and 75,000 options to purchase shares of Common Stock currently exercisable.

(3) Includes 100,000 shares of Common Stock

(4) Includes 29,190 shares of Common Stock and 20,000 options to purchase shares of Common Stock currently exercisable.

(5) Includes 200,000 shares of Common Stock and 20,000 options to purchase shares of Common Stock currently exercisable.

(6) Includes 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

(7) VG-SPV, LLC is an entity controlled by First Capital Ventures, LLC beneficially owns 5,316,667 shares of Common Stock. Gary Graham is the manager of First Capital Ventures, LLC.  


ACTION I

APPROVALSECTION 1.GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE RATIFICATION

AND VALIDATION OF THE AUTHORIZED SHARE INCREASE AND OVER-ALLOTED ISSUANCES

Background

As specified in the Articles of Incorporation, as of May 2013, the Company had been authorized to issue up to up to 75,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Original Authorized Share Amount”).  On or about September 30, 2014, the Board approved an increase in the amount of shares of Common Stock the Company is authorized to issue to 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Increase in Authorized Shares”). Concurrently, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada a Certificate of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation increasing the number of shares of Common Stock the Company is authorized to issue from 75,000,000 to 500,000,000.


The Board believed that it was advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to effect the Increase in Authorized Shares in order to provide additional shares that could be issued for raising of additional equity capital or other financing activities, stock dividends or the exercise of stock options and warrants and to provide additional shares that could be issued in an acquisition or other form of business combination and to better position the Company for future trading should a transaction be entered into and completed.


The Company believed the Increase in Authorized Shares took effect immediately on the date is was filed. However, after review of the NRS, and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, it appears that certain procedures were not followed correctly; specifically, the  Bylaws required that any action taken by written consent, as opposed to a meeting of shareholders, required 100% of the vote of the outstanding voting capital entitled to vote on such action.  The Increase in Authorized, while approved by the Company’s Board and majority shareholder was not subject to vote at a shareholder’s meeting.  


Accordingly, in an effort to cure the aforementioned procedural defects, we are asking that you validate and ratify the Increase in Authorized Shares.


The Company currently has 87,358,118 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and 5,874,132 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of various of the Company’s securities.  Due to the potential procedural defect in the Authorized Share Increase, it is possible that all shares of Common Stock and securities convertible into shares of Common Stock that were issued in excess of the Original Authorized Share Amount (the “Over-Allotted Issuances”) were not properly authorized.

Resolution of Share Increase Authorization, Issuance and Conversion Defects

NRS Section 78.0296 was enacted and became effective on October 1, 2015.  NRS Section 78.0296provides that any corporate act, including any issuance or purported issuance of stock or other securities, not in compliance, or purportedly not in compliance, with NRS Chapter 78 or a corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws in effect at the time of such corporate act may be ratified or validated in accordance with NRS Section 78.0296 .  Accordingly, subject to complying with the requirements of NRS Section 78.0296, the Company can retroactively correct the errors described above that were made in connection with the Increase in Authorized Shares and the Over-Allotted Issuances.

Based on NRS Section 78.0296, we are seeking to correct the above-noted errors with respect to the Increase in Authorized Shares and the Over-Allotted Issuances through ratification and validation of such acts by vote of the Board and a majority of the Company’s shareholders.  NRS Section 78.0296 provides that for purposes of obtaining shareholder approval, the voting power of any shares issued or purportedly issued pursuant to the corporate act



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being ratified or validated must be disregarded for all purposes.  In other words, for purposes of the ratification and validation we are seeking, we must disregard all Over-Allotted Issuances when determining the total number of our outstanding shares entitled to vote on the ratification and validation of the Increase in Authorized Shares and the Over-Allotted Issuances and the total number of shares that need to be voted in favor of such ratification and validation to make the same effective.  Accordingly, to remove all doubt about shares eligible to vote for the Ratification of Authorized Share Increase and Over-Allotted Issuances, the Company will disregard all votes For the Ratification of Authorized Share Increase and Over-Allotted Issuances that are not the votes of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and majority shareholder since 2013, Mr. Grant Johnson.  The Company has received a voting agreement whereby Mr. Johnson, representing 57% of the vote, has agreed to vote the FOR the Ratification of Authorized Share Increase and Over-Allotted Issuances.  PLAN: DEFINITIONS

 

The Board has unanimously approved such ratification and validation.  The Board believes that such ratification and validation is in the best interestsname of the Company and our shareholders as a whole because such ratification and validation accomplishesplan is the following objectives: (a) it corrects past procedural mistakes, improves the Company’s corporate governance in a way that affords the Company to the latitude to move forward and conduct business in the ordinary course by pursuing transactions and financings in the best interest of shareholders and (b) it removes any uncertainty as to the validity of the Over-Allotted Issuances and the Company’s capitalization and any shareholder or other corporate actions undertaken in reliance upon the validity of the Increase in Authorized Shares.


Effects of Amendment


The Increase in Authorized Shares will secure the Company with sufficient authorized but unissued Common Stock to permit conversion and exercise of all of its currently outstanding securities. Additionally, the Increase in Authorized Shares will enable us to respond quickly to opportunities to raise capital in public or private offerings. The availability of additional authorized shares will enable our Board of Directors to act with flexibility to issue shares of Common Stock in connection with future financings, strategic acquisitions, debt restructurings or resolutions, equity compensation and incentives to employees and officers, forward stock splits and other favorable opportunities that may arise to enhance our capital structure.



We believe that the Increase in Authorized Shares will provide the Company with sufficient shares of Common Stock to satisfy the Company’s obligations to issue Common Stock, as described herein. Other than as specified above and as permitted or required under outstanding options, warrants and other securities convertible into shares of our Common Stock, the Company has no present arrangements, agreements or understandings for the use of the additional shares proposed by the Increase in Authorized Shares. We reserve the right to seek a further increase in authorized shares, from time to time in the future as appropriate.


The following table summarizes the principal effects of the Increase in Authorized Shares:

 

 

Pre-Increase

 

 

Post-Increase

 

Common Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued and Outstanding

 

 

87,358,118

 

 

 

87,358,118

 

Authorized

 

 

75,000,000

 

 

 

500,000,000

 


There are currently 87,358,118 shares outstanding and 5,874,132 that are currently convertible or exercisable into shares of the company’s Common Stock.


The additional shares of Common Stock authorized by the Increase in Authorized Shares will have the same privileges as the shares of Common Stock currently authorized and issued. Shareholders do not have preemptive rights under our Articles of Incorporation and will not have such rights with respect to the additional authorized shares of Common Stock. The Increase in Authorized Shares would not affect the terms or rights of holders of existing shares of Common Stock. All outstanding shares of Common Stock will continue to have one vote per share on all matters to be voted on by our shareholders, including the election of directors.

The issuance of any additional shares of Common Stock may, depending on the circumstances under which those shares are issued, reduce shareholders’ equity per share and, unless additional shares are issued to all shareholders on a pro rata basis, will reduce the percentage ownership of Common Stock of existing shareholders. In addition, if our Board of Directors elects to issue additional shares of Common Stock, such issuance could have a dilutive effect on the earnings per share, voting power and shareholdings of current shareholders. We expect, however, to receive



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consideration for any additional shares of Common Stock issued, thereby reducing or eliminating any adverse economic effect to each shareholder of such dilution.

The Increase in Authorized Shares will not otherwise alter or modify the rights, preferences, privileges or restrictions of the Common Stock.


Potential Anti-takeover effects of the Increase in Authorized Shares

The implementation of the Increase in Authorized Shares will have the effect of increasing the proportion of unissued authorized shares to issued shares. Under certain circumstances this may have an anti-takeover effect. These authorized but unissued shares could be used by the Company to oppose a hostile takeover attempt or to delay or prevent a change of control or changes in or removal of the Board, including a transaction that may be favored by a majority of our shareholders or in which our shareholders might receive a premium for their shares over then-current market prices or benefit in some other manner. For example, without further shareholder approval, the Board could issue and sell shares, thereby diluting the stock ownership of a person seeking to effect a change in the composition of our Board or to propose or complete a tender offer or business combination involving us and potentially strategically placing shares with purchasers who would oppose such a change in the Board or such a transaction.

Although an increased proportion of unissued authorized shares to issued shares could, under certain circumstances, have a potential anti-takeover effect, the proposed amendments to our Articles of Incorporation is not in response to any effort of which we are aware to accumulate the shares of our Common Stock or obtain control of the Company. There are no plans or proposals to adopt other provisions or enter into other arrangements that may have material anti-takeover consequences.

We are currently not engaged in any negotiations or otherwise have no specific plans to use the additional authorized shares for any acquisition, merger or consolidation.


Required Approval


In connection with the above deficiencies, although it believed to be in compliance with its Articles of Incorporation, the Company may have issued shares of its Common Stock in excess of the amount authorized by the Company’s Articles of Incorporation due to procedural defects.  Accordingly, to remove all doubt about shares eligible to ratify the Authorized Share Increase and Over-Allotted Issuances, the Company will disregard all votes For or Against the Ratification of Authorized Share Increase and Over-Allotted Issuances that are not the votes of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and majority shareholder, Mr. Grant Johnson.  The Company has received a voting agreement whereby Mr. Johnson, representing 57% of the vote, has agreed to vote FOR the Ratification of Authorized Share Increase and Over-Allotted Issuances.  

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED SHARE INCREASE AND ISSUANCES.



ACTION II –

RATIFICATION OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPANY’S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, IN CONNECTION WITH VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE COMPANY’S CORPORATE NAME  FROM VIRTUAL CLOSET, INC. TO DK SINOPHARMA, INC., FROM DK SINOPHARMA, INC. TO VGAMBLING INC., AND FROM VGAMBLING INC. TO ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. (COLLECTIVELY, THE “RATIFICATION OF THE NAME CHANGES”2020 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN (the “Plan”).


History


The Company was incorporated as Virtual Closet, Inc. on July 22, 2008 in the State of Nevada. On May 10, 2010, the Company completed its merger with Dongke Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware company.  In connection with this merger, the Company changed its name from Virtual Closet, Inc. to DK Sinopharma, Inc. to better reflect its business operations.


On May 20, 2013, the Company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with H&H Arizona Corporation, an Antigua and Barbuda corporation which was in the business of internet gambling. Since this time, the Company’s operations have primarily been in related to internet gambling.  To better reflect its business operations, in May 2013, the company effected a name change to VGambling Inc.



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On April 18, 2017, the majoritypurpose of the shareholdersPlan is to encourage, retain and enable the officers, employees, directors, Consultants and other key persons of the Company’s Common Stock voted to approve a change of the name of the Company from VGambling Inc. to Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. FINRA Approved this name change and it took effect May 25, 2017.  The Board believes that the name “Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.” better reflects the Company’s current products and focus.


As previously discussed, the Company’s Bylaws required a unanimous vote of the shareholders to take any actions which required shareholder consent outside of a meeting.  While a majority of the shareholders approved the Name Changes, no meeting was held and such votes were not unanimous.


The Board has determined that it would be appropriate and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to ratify and validate the Name Changes, and take any other necessary actions, as appropriate, pursuant to Section 78.0296 of the NRS.


Any corporate act, not in compliance, or purportedly not in compliance, with NRS Chapter 78 or a corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws in effect at the time of such corporate act may be ratified or validated in accordance with NRS Chapter 78.0296.  Accordingly, subject to complying with the requirements of NRS Chapter 78.0296, the Company can retroactively correct the errors described above that were made in connection with the Name Changes.


Based on NRS Chapter 78.0296, we are seeking to correct the above-noted errors with respect to the Name Changes through ratification and validation of such acts by vote of the Board and a majority of the Company’s shareholders.  NRS Chapter 78.0296 provides that for purposes of obtaining shareholder approval.


The Board has unanimously approved such ratification and validation, and recommends that our shareholders who are entitled to vote FOR the Ratification of the Name Changes.  The Board believes that such ratification and validation is in the best interests of the Company and our shareholders as a whole because such ratification and validation accomplishes the following objectives: (a) it corrects past procedural mistakes and improves the Company’s corporate governance and (b) it removes any uncertainty as to the validity of the Name Changes and any shareholder or other corporate actions undertaken in reliance upon the validity of the Name Changes.


Upon acceptance for filing by the Nevada Secretary of State, the Required Amendment Filing will be retroactively effective to May 25, 2017.  The Required Amendment Filing, when filed with the Nevada Secretary of State, must be accompanied by a Certificate of Validation, a form of which is attached as Appendix C hereto, indicating that the Required Amendment Filing is being made in connection with a ratification or validation of a corporate act in accordance with NRS Chapter 78.0296 and specifying the effective date and time of the filing, amendment or correction, which may be before the date and time of filing.

If the Proposal is approved by our stockholders, we will file the Required Amendment Filing and the Certificate of Validation with the Nevada Secretary of State promptly following the Corporation’s confirmation of such approval.  In addition, pursuant to NRS Chapter 78.0296, we will provide notice of the approval to each stockholder of record at the time of such approval not later than 10 days after the Proposal is approved by the stockholders as contemplated in this Proxy Statement.


THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” RATIFICATION OF THE NAME CHANGES.



ACTION III

APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

2017 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN


On August 1, 2017,, a Nevada corporation (including any successor entity, the Company adopted the 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”“Company”) whereby up to 2,500,000 stock options may be issued to employees, officers, and directors of the Company of which the purchase price of the stock options shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock and the period for exercising the stock options not exceed 10 years from the date of grant. The option price per share with respect to each option shall be determined by the committee for non-qualified stock options.



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The purpose of awards under the 2017 Plan (see Award Types described below) is to encourage and enable selected officers, directors, consultants and key employeesits Subsidiaries, upon whose judgment, initiative and effortefforts the Company is largely dependentdepends for the successful conduct of its business, to acquire and retain a proprietary interest in the CompanyCompany.

The following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

“Affiliate”of any Person means a Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by itsor is under common control with the first mentioned Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such first Person possesses directly or indirectly the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of the second Person, whether through the ownership of its stock.voting securities, by contract or otherwise.


Key Terms- The following is“Award”or“Awards,” except where referring to a summaryparticular category of grant under the Plan, shall include Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights (“SAR”), Restricted Stock Awards (including preferred stock), Unrestricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units or any combination of the material features offoregoing.

“Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement setting forth the 2017 Plan, which is qualified by referenceterms and provisions applicable to the full text of the 2017 Plan, which is set forth as Appendix B:


Eligible Participants:

Eligible participants under the 2017 Plan will be such e officers and other employees, directors, consultants and key persons of the Company and any Company subsidiary who are selected from time to time by the Board or committee of the Board authorized to administer the 2017 Plan, as applicable, in its sole discretion.

Shares Authorized:

2,500,000 shares, subject to adjustment only to reflect stock splits and similar events. Shares underlying awards that are forfeited, expire, cancelled or lapse become available for future grants.

an Award Types

(1)

Non-qualified and incentive stock option—the right to purchase a certain number of shares of stock, at a certain exercise price, in the future.

(2)

Shares of Common Stock—share award may be conditioned upon continued employment, the passage of time or the achievement of performance objectives.

Award Terms:

Stock options will have a term no longer than ten years. All awards made under the 2017 Plan may be subject to vesting and other contingencies as determined by the Board or committee designated by the Board and may be evidenced by agreements which set forth the terms and conditions of each award. The Board or a committee designated by the Board, in its discretion, may accelerate or extend the period for the exercise or vesting of any awards.


Transferability –Common Stock and stock options, prior to their exercise, and the shares issuable upon exercise of such awards granted under the 2017 Plan generally are not transferable except by will or the laws of descentPlan. Each Award Agreement may contain terms and distribution.


Administration - The Board will initially administer the 2017 Plan. The Board,conditions in the future, may appoint the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”)addition to administer the 2017 Plan at such time as the directors comprising the Compensation Committee are prepared to administer the 2017 Plan.


Amendments - The Board may, at any time, suspend or terminate the 2017 Plan or revise or amend it in any respect whatsoever; provided, however, that shareholder approval shall be required if and to the extent required by Exchange Act Rule 16b-3 or by any comparable or successor exemption under which the Board believes it is appropriate for the 2017 Plan to qualify, or but may not, without the approval of a majority of those holders of the Company's Common Stock voting in person or by proxy, make any alteration or amendment thereof which operates to make any material change in the class of eligible or any applicable rule or listing standard of any stock exchange, automated quotation system or similar organization. Nothing in the 2017 Plan restricts the Board’s ability to exercise its discretionary authority to administer the 2017 Plan, which discretion may be exercised without amendment to the 2017 Plan.


THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. 2017 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN.



ACTION IV

PROPOSAL TO AMEND AND RESTATE OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION


Our current Articles of Incorporation do not currently include certain provisions that are commonly included in charters for public companies incorporated in Nevada, such as the ability to take action by a majority written consent of the shareholders in lieu of a meeting of the shareholders. Additionally, our Articles of Incorporation do not include the designation of blank check preferred stock and our Board wishes to provide for such class of securities in



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the Articles of Incorporation to allow the Board the flexibility to pursue transactions that may require the issuance of preferred stock without having to go back to the shareholders and cause delays that could derail those transactions.

On February 28, 2019, our board of directors approved the amendment and restatement of our Articles of Incorporation to make the changes described below. Pursuant to the NRS, the amendment and restatement of our Articles of Incorporation is required to be approved by a majority of the holders of a majority of our issued and outstanding voting securities, and pursuant to our current Articles of Incorporation, this action must be taken at a general or special meeting of the Company’s shareholders.

Text of the Amended and Restated Articles  

The full text of the proposed Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, which we refer to herein as the Amended and Restated Articles, is set forth in Appendix B to this proxy statement. This general description of the Amended and Restated Articles is qualifiedPlan; provided, however, in its entirety by reference to the full text of the proposed Amended and Restated Articles.

Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

The proposed Amended and Restated Articles will contain provisions for limiting liability of our directors and officers under certain circumstances and for requiring indemnification of directors, officers and certain other persons, to the maximum extent permitted by the NRS. The inclusion of these provisions could operate to the potential disadvantage of our shareholders. For example, their inclusion may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of our recovering monetary damages from directors and officers as a result of derivative litigation against directors for breach of their duty of care, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise have benefited us and our shareholders. In addition, as a result of the limitation of liability provision, our shareholders would forego potential causes of action for breach of duty of care involving grossly negligent business decisions, including those relating to attempts to a change control.

Our current Bylaws include provisions allowing us to indemnify our directors, officers and certain other persons in certain circumstances. However, our Bylaws may be amended by the vote of either our board of directors or our shareholders. If we adopt these provisions in our Amended and Restated Articles, these provisions may only be amended by the vote of both the board of directors and our shareholders. Therefore, the future amendment of such provisions as part of our Articles of Incorporation will be more difficult to achieve.

Further, under the proposed Amended and Restated Articles with respect to the limitation of liability of our directors and officers or indemnification of our directors, officers and such other persons, neither any amendment or repeal of these provisions nor the adoptionevent of any inconsistent provision of our Articles of Incorporation, will adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer existing prior to the date when such repeal or modification becomes effective.

The Amended and Restated Articles include provisions for limiting liability of our directors and officers under certain circumstances and for requiring us to indemnify directors, officers and certain other persons, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Nevada law, including that:

“[T]o the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the officers and directors of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer; provided, however, this limitation on personal liability shall not apply to acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud, knowing violation of law, or unlawful distribution prohibited by Section 78.300 of the Nevada Revised Statutes.”

The members of our Board of Directors and our officers have a personal interestconflict in seeing that the limitation on liability and indemnification provisions are included as a part of the proposed Amended and Restated Articles.

Limitation of Liability of Directors and Officers

Article IX of the proposed Amended and Restated Articles limits the liability of our directors and officers under certain circumstances. Article IX provides that no director or officer shall be liable to us or our shareholders for any damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, provided that the foregoing clause shall not apply to acts or omissions involving intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law or, unlawful distribution in violation of the NRS. If the NRS are amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of a director or officer, then the liability of a director or officer to us will be limited to the fullest extent permitted by such amendments.



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Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Certain Other Persons

Article IX of the proposed Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation will require us to indemnify our directors, officers and such other persons to the fullest extent permitted under Nevada law. Our current Bylaws include provisions for the indemnification of our directors, officers and certain other persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Nevada law.

Section 78.7502 of the NRS permits a corporation to indemnify its directors, officers and certain other persons, as follows:

1. A corporation may indemnify 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, except an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if the person:

(a) Is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138; or

(b) Acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she 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 the conduct was unlawful.

The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person is liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 or did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he or she had reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful.

2. A corporation may indemnify 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 the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if the person:

(a) Is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138; or

(b) Acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.

3. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections 1 and 2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him or her against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense.

In addition, Section 78.751 of the NRS permits a corporation to indemnify its directors, officers and certain other persons, as follows:

1. Any discretionary indemnification pursuant to NRS 78.7502, unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to subsection 2, may be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances. The determination must be made:

(a) By the shareholders;



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(b) By the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding;

(c) If a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or

(d) If a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.

2. The articles of incorporation, the bylaws or an agreement made by the corporation may provide that the expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding must be paid by the corporation as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. The provisions of this subsection do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which corporate personnel other than directors or officers may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

3. The indemnification pursuant to NRS 78.7502 and advancement of expenses authorized in or ordered by a court pursuant to this section:

(a) Does not exclude any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the articles of incorporation or any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, for either an action in the person’s official capacity or an action in another capacity while holding office, except that indemnification, unless ordered by a court pursuant to NRS 78.7502 or for the advancement of expenses made pursuant to subsection 2, may not be made to or on behalf of any director or officer if a final adjudication establishes that the director’s or officer’s acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action. A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the articles of incorporation or any bylaw is not eliminated or impaired by an amendment to such provision after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the provision in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes such elimination or impairment after such action or omission has occurred.

(b) Continues for a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

Effect of Future Amendments to or Repeal of Articles of Incorporation

Under the proposed Amended and Restated Articles with respect to the limitation of liability of our directors and officers or indemnification of our directors, officers and certain other persons, any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions will not adversely affect any right or protection of a director existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

Summary of Other Changes

The most significant changes that would result from the adoption of the Amended and Restated Articles, and the reasons our Board is recommending such changes are set forth below.

Corporate Purpose.   Although not required under the NRS, corporations generally list a business purpose in their charters. Our board of directors believes that the Amended and Restated Articles should clarify that we may engage in any lawful activity for which a corporation may be organized under the NRS.

Inclusion of and Description of Blank Check Preferred Authority.   Our current Articles of Incorporation does not grant our board of directors the authority to issue shares of “blank check preferred stock in one or more series. Further, it does not authorize our board of directors to fix the number of shares of any series of preferred stock, to determine the designation of any such shares and to determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such series, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series (but not below the number of shares in such series then outstanding).

It is common practice for corporations to include more detailed descriptions of the terms of blank check preferred stock that may be fixed by their boards of directors. Our Board believes the AmendedPlan and Restated Articles should include a series of stock that is designated as “blank check preferred”the Award Agreement, the terms of which may be fixed by the Board in its discretion, including voting rights, dividends, redemption provisions, sinking fund provisions, rights upon



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liquidation, the ability to convert into other securities, and other rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions as the Board deems advisable and not inconsistent with the Amended and Restated Articles or the NRS.

The Board and the holder of 57% of the issued and outstanding shares of our Common Stock have determined that having “blank check” preferred stock would facilitate corporate financing and other plans of the Company, which are intended to foster its growth and flexibility.  After the effective date of the Amended and Restated Articles, the blank check preferred stock could be issued by the Board without further shareholder approval, in one or more series, and with such dividend rates and rights, liquidation preferences, voting rights, conversion rights, rights and terms of redemption and other rights, preferences, and privileges as determined by the Board. That is the reason the preferred stock is referred to as “blank check preferred stock.” The Board believes that the complexity of modern business financing and possible future transactions require greater flexibility in the Company's capital structure than currently exists. The Board is permitted to issue preferred stock from time to time for any proper corporate purpose, including acquisitions of other businesses or properties and the raising of additional capital. Shares of preferred stock could be issued publicly or privately, in one or more series that could rank senior to our Common Stock with respect to dividends and liquidation rights.

There are no present plans, understandings or agreements for, and the Company is not engaged in any negotiations that will involve the issuance of preferred stock.

Even though not intended by the Board, the possible overall effect of the existence of preferred stock on the holders of Common Stock may include the dilution of their ownership interests in the Company, the continuation of the current management of Company, prevention of mergers with or business combinations by the Company and the discouragement of possible tender offers for shares of Common Stock. Upon the conversion into Common Stock of shares of the Company preferred stock issued with conversion rights, if any, the Common Stock holders’ voting power and percentage ownership of the Company would be diluted and such issuances could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Common Stock. Additionally, the issuance of shares of preferred stock with certain rights, preferences and privileges senior to those held by the Common Stock could diminish the Common Stock holders’ rights to receive dividends if declared by the Board and to receive payments upon the liquidation of the Company.

If shares of preferred stock are issued, approval by holders of such shares, voting as a separate class, could be required prior to certain mergers with or business combinations by the Company. These factors could discourage attempts to purchase control of the Company even if such change in control may be beneficial to the Common Stock holders. Moreover, the issuance of the preferred stock having general voting rights together with the Common Stock to persons friendly to the Board could make it more difficult to remove incumbent management and directors from office even if such changes would be favorable to shareholders generally.

If shares of preferred stock are issued with conversion rights, the attractiveness of the Company to a potential tender offeror for the Common Stock may be diminished. The purchase of the additional shares of Common Stock or preferred stock necessary to gain control of the Company may increase the cost to a potential tender offeror and prevent the tender offer from being made even though such offer may have been desirable to many of the Common Stock holders.

The ability of the Board, without any additional shareholder approval, to issue shares of preferred stock with such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions as determined by the Board could be employed as an anti-takeover device. The amendment is not presently intended for that purpose and is not proposed in response to any specific takeover threat known to the Board. Furthermore, this proposal is not part of any plan by the Board to adopt anti-takeover devices and the Board currently has no present intention of proposing anti-takeover measures in the near future. In addition, any such issuance of preferred stock in the takeover context would be subject to compliance by the Board with applicable principles of fiduciary duty.

The Board believes that the financial flexibility offered by the preferred stock outweighs any of its disadvantages. To the extent the proposal may have anti-takeover effects, the proposal may encourage persons seeking to acquire the Company to negotiate directly with the Board, enabling the Board to consider the proposed transaction in a non-disruptive atmosphere and to discharge effectively its obligation to act on the proposed transaction in a manner that best serves all the shareholders' interests. It is also the Board's view that the existence of preferred stock should not discourage anyone from proposing a merger or other transaction at a price reflective of the true value of the Company and which is in the interests of its shareholders.

Amendment of Charter.   Consistent with the NRS, the Amended and Restated Articles clarify that all rights, preferences and privileges of shareholders, directors and other persons conferred by our Articles of Incorporation are subject to our right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision in the Articles of Incorporation and add or insert



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any other provision authorized by the NRS. Additionally, the right of shareholders to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles by a written consent in lieu of a meeting has been added.

Perpetual Existence. The Amended and Restated Articles also add a provision to clarify that Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. has a perpetual existence, consistent with common practice.

Effect of the Amendment

If the shareholders approve the Amended and Restated Articles, the Amended and Restated Articles will become effective on the date they are filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, or such later date as is specified in the filing. We expect the Amended and Restated Articles to become effective as soon as practicable following the Meeting.

Vote Required


The affirmative vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote on such amendment and restatement is required for the approval of the proposed amendment and restatement of our Articles of Incorporation.


OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDED AND RESTATED OF OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. PROPERLY AUTHORIZED PROXIES SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT UNLESS INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY ARE GIVEN.


GENERALPlan shall govern.

 

The accompanying proxy is solicited by and on behalf of our Board of Directors, whose Notice of Meeting is attached to this proxy statement, and the entire cost of such solicitation will be borne by us. Our officers and selected employees may solicit proxies from shareholders. In addition to the use of the mails, proxies may be solicited by personal interview, telephone and telegram by our directors, officers and other employees who will not be specially compensated for these services. We will also request that brokers, nominees, custodians and other fiduciaries forward soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of shares held of record by such brokers, nominees, custodians and other fiduciaries. We will reimburse such persons for their reasonable expenses in connection therewith

Certain information contained in this proxy statement relating to the occupations and security holdings of our directors and officers is based upon information received from the individual directors and officers.


SHAREHOLDERS’ PROPOSALS

Pursuant to our Bylaws, our shareholders may propose business to be brought at the Meeting.


HOUSEHOLDING OF SPECIAL MEETING MATERIALS

Some banks, brokers and other nominee record holders may be participating in the practice of “householding” proxy statements. This means that only one (1) copy of our proxy statement may have been sent to multiple shareholders in your household. We will promptly deliver a separate copy of our proxy statement to you if you call or write us at the following address or phone number: Esports Entertainment Group, Inc., 170 Pater House, Psaila Street, Birkirkara, Malta, BKR 9077, 268-562-9111. If you want to receive separate copies of the proxy statement (and any other documents sent therewith) in the future or if you are receiving multiple copies and would like to receive only one (1) copy for your household, you should contact your bank, broker, or other nominee record holders, or you may contact us at the above address and phone number.


OTHER MATTERS

Our board is not aware of any matter to be presented for action at the Meeting other than the matters referred to above and does not intend to bring any other matters before the Meeting. However, if other matters should come before the Meeting, it is intended that holders of the proxies will vote thereon in their discretion.




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WE WILL FURNISH, WITHOUT CHARGE, A COPY OF OUR SEC REPORTS TO EACH OF OUR SHAREHOLDERS OF RECORD ON THE RECORD DATE AND TO EACH BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDER ON THAT DATE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST MADE TO OUR SECRETARY. A REASONABLE FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR COPIES OF REQUESTED EXHIBITS.


WHERE YOU CAN OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This Information Statement should be read in conjunction with certain reports that we previously filed with the SEC. The Company files reports and other information including annual and quarterly reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q with the SEC. Reports and other information filed by the Company can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained at the SEC at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549. Copies of such material can be obtained upon written request addressed to the SEC, Public Reference Section, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. The SEC maintains a web site on the Internet (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (also known as “EDGAR”). Copies of such filings may also be obtained by writing to the Company at 170 Pater House, Psaila Street, Birkirkara, Malta, BKR 9077.


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Information Statement and the documents to which we refer you in this Information Statement may contain forward-looking statements that involve numerous risks and uncertainties which may be difficult to predict. The statements contained in this Information Statement that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the management of the Company and the Company’s expectations, beliefs, strategies, objectives, plans, intentions and similar matters. All forward-looking statements included in this Information Statement are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “can,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,” “outlook,” “continue,” “preliminary,” “guidance,” or variations of such words, similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.

Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results or events may differ materially from those projected or implied in those statements.

We caution against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which contemplate our current beliefs and are based on information currently available to us as of the date a particular forward-looking statement is made. Any and all such forward-looking statements are as of the date of this Information Statement. We undertake no obligation to revise such forward-looking statements to accommodate future events, changes in circumstances, or changes in beliefs, except as required by law. In the event that we do update any forward-looking statements, no inference should be made that we will make additional updates with respect to that particular forward-looking statement, related matters, or any other forward-looking statements. Any corrections or revisions and other important assumptions and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements may appear in the Company’s public filings with the SEC, which are available to the public at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. For additional information, please see the section titled “Where You Can Obtain Additional Information” above.

PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE IN THE ENCLOSED RETURN ENVELOPE OR VOTE VIA TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET. A PROMPT RETURN OF YOUR PROXY CARD WILL BE APPRECIATED AS IT WILL SAVE THE EXPENSE OF FURTHER MAILINGS.


By Order of the Board of Directors

 March 25, 2019

/s/ Grant Johnson

Grant Johnson

Chief Executive Officer“Board”


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Appendix A


ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

2017 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

1.

Purpose. This is intended to advance the interests of Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (the "Company") and its shareholders, by encouraging and enabling selected officers, directors, consultants and key employees upon whose judgment, initiative and effort the Company is largely dependent for the successful conduct of its business, to acquire and retain a proprietary interest in the Company by ownership of its stock.


2.

Definitions.


(a)

"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.


(b)

"Bonus Shares"“Cause”shall have the meaning as set forth in the Award Agreement(s). In the case that any Award Agreement does not contain a definition of “Cause,” it shall mean (i) the shares of Common Stock of the Company issuedgrantee’s dishonest statements or acts with respect to a Recipient pursuant to this Plan.

(c)

"Committee" means the directors duly appointed to administer the Plan.


(d)

"Common Stock" means the Company's Common Stock.

(e)

"Date of Grant" means the date on which an Option or Stock Bonus is granted under the Plan.


(f)

"Option" means an Option granted under the Plan.


(g)

"Optionee" means a person to whom an Option, which has not expired, has been granted under the Plan.


(h)

"Recipient" shall mean any individual rendering services for the Company to whom shares are granted pursuant to this Plan.


(i)

"Successor" means the legal representative of the estate of a deceased Optionee or the person or persons who acquire the right to exercise an Option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of any Optionee.


3.

Administration of Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Company's Board of Directors or in the alternative, by a committee of two or more directors appointed by the Board (the "Committee"). If a Committee should be appointed, the Committee shall report all action taken by it to the Board. The Committee shall have full and final authority in its discretion, subject to the provisions of the Plan, to determine the individuals to whom and the number of Options or Bonus Shares which will be granted; to construe and interpret the Plan; to establish any vesting provisions for Options or Bonus Shares, to determine the terms and provisions of each Option (which need not be identical), including, but without limitation, terms covering the payment of the Option Price; and to make all other determinations and take all other actions deemed necessary or advisable for the proper administration of the Plan. For purposes of this Plan, vesting means the period during which the Recipient must remain an employee, provide services for the Company or otherwise satisfy any other conditions specified by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Bonus Shares. All such actions and determinations shall be conclusively binding for all purposes and upon all persons.


4.

Common Stock Subject to Plan. The aggregate number of shares of the Company's Common Stock which may be issued pursuant to the Plan shall not exceed 2,500,000 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand) of which any number may be used for Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options or Stock Bonuses. The shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares, shares issued and reacquired by the Company or shares bought on the market for the purposes of the Plan. In the event any Option shall, for any reason, terminate or expire or be surrendered without having been exercised in full, the shares subject to such Option but not purchased thereunder shall again be available for Options to be








granted under the Plan. In the event any Bonus Shares shall be cancelled, due to any forfeiture or vesting provisions, the Bonus Shares subject to such grant shall again be available for issuance under the Plan.


5.

Incentive Stock Options.


(a)

Participants. Options will be granted only to persons who are employeesAffiliate of the Company, or subsidiariesany current or prospective customers, suppliers vendors or other third parties with which such entity does business; (ii) the grantee’s commission of (A) a felony or (B) any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud; (iii) the grantee’s failure to perform his assigned duties and responsibilities to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company and onlywhich failure continues, in connectionthe reasonable judgment of the Company, after written notice given to the grantee by the Company; (iv) the grantee’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or insubordination with respect to the Company or any such person's employment. The term "employees" shall include officers as well as other employees, Affiliate of the Company; or (v) the grantee’s material violation of any provision of any agreement(s) between the grantee and the officers and other emploCompany relating to noncompetition, nonsolicitation, nondisclosure and/or assignment of inventions.

yees who are directors“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or, if there is no Chief Executive Officer, then the President of the Company. The

“Code”means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor Code, and related rules, regulations and interpretations.

“Committee”means the Committee will determine the employees to be granted options and the number of shares subject to each option.


(b)

Option Price. The purchase price of each option shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the Company's Common Stock at the time of the granting of the option provided, however, if the Optionee, at the time the option is granted, owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, the purchase price of the option shall not be less than 110% of the fair market value of the stock at the time of the granting of the option.


(c)

Period of Option. The maximum period for exercising an option shall be 10 years from the date upon which the option is granted, provided, however, if the Optionee, at the time the option is granted, owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, the maximum period for exercising an option shall be five years from the date upon which the option is granted and provided further, however, that these periods may be shortened in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 7 below.


SubjectBoard referred to the foregoing, the period during which each option may be exercised, and the expiration date of each Option shall be fixed by the Committee.


If an Optionee shall cease to be employed by the Company due to disability, as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, he may, but only within the one year next succeeding such cessation of employment, exercise his option to the extent2.

“Consultant”means any entity or natural person that he was entitled to exercise it on the date of such cessation. The Plan will not confer upon any Optionee any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Company, nor will it interfere in any way with his right, or his employer's right, to terminate his employment at any time.


(d)

Vesting of Shareholder Rights. Neither an Optionee nor his successor shall have any rights as a shareholder of the Company until the certificates evidencing the shares purchased are properly delivered to such Optionee or his successor.


(e)

Exercise of Option. Each Option shall be exercisable from time to time during a period (or periods) determined by the Committee and ending upon the expiration or termination of the Option; provided, however, the Committee may, by the provisions of any Option Agreement, limit the number of shares purchasable thereunder in any period or periods of time during which the Option is exercisable. An Option shall not be exercisable in whole or in part prior to the date of shareholder approval of the Plan.


(f)

Nontransferability of Option. No Option shall be transferable or assignable by an Optionee, otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and each Option shall be exercisable, during the Optionee's lifetime, only by him. No Option shall be pledged or hypothecated in any way and no Option shall be subject to execution, attachment, or similar process except with the express consent of the Committee.


(g)

Death of Optionee. In the event of the death of an Optionee while in the employ of the Company, the option theretofore granted to him shall be exercisable only within the three months succeeding such death and then only (i) by the person or persons to whom the Optionee's rights under the option shall pass by the Optionee's will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and (ii) if and to the extent that he was entitled to exercise the option at the date of his death.









(h)

Assumed Options. In connection with any transaction to which Section 424(a) of the Code is applicable, options may be granted pursuant hereto in substitution of existing options or existing options may be assumed as prescribed by that Section and any regulations issued thereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, options granted pursuant to this Paragraph shall be at prices and shall contain such terms, provisions, and conditions as may be determined by the Committee and shall include such provisions and conditions as may be necessary to meet the requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code.


(i). Certain Dispositions of Shares. Any options granted pursuant to this Plan shall be conditioned such that if, within the earlier of (i) the two-year period beginning on the date of grant of an option or (ii) the one-year period beginning on the date after which any share of stock is transferred to an individual pursuant to his exercise of an option, such an individual makes a disposition of such share of stock by way of sale, exchange, gift, transfer of legal title, or otherwise, such individual shall promptly report such dispositionprovides bona fide services to the Company in writing and shall furnish to the Company such details concerning such disposition as the Company may reasonably request.


6.

Non-Qualified Stock Options.


(a)

Participants. Options may be granted under the Plan to employees, directors and officers, and consultants or advisors to the Company (or the Company's subsidiaries)(including a Subsidiary), provided however that bona fide services shall be rendered by such consultants or advisors and such services mustare not be in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction.transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities.


“Disability”means such condition which renders a Person (A) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expect to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, (B) by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Company, (C) determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration, or (D) determined to be disabled under a disability insurance program which provides for a definition of disability that meets the requirements of this section.

(b)

Option Price. The Option Price per share

“Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan is adopted as set forth in this Plan.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

“Fair Market Value” of the Stock on any given date means the fair market value of the Stock determined in good faith by the Committee based on the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method that is consistent with Section 409A of the Code. If the Stock is admitted to trade on a national securities exchange, the determination shall be made by reference to the closing price reported on such exchange. If there is no closing price for such date, the determination shall be made by reference to the last date preceding such date for which there is a closing price. If the date for which Fair Market Value is determined is the first day when trading prices for the Stock are reported on a national securities exchange, the Fair Market Value shall be the “Price to the Public” (or equivalent).

“Good Reason” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Award Agreement(s). In the case that any Award Agreement does not contain a definition of “Good Reason,” it shall mean (i) a material diminution in the grantee’s base salary except for across-the-board salary reductions similarly affecting all or substantially all similarly situated employees of the Company or (ii) a change of more than 100 miles in the geographic location at which the grantee provides services to the Company, so long as the grantee provides at least 90 days’ notice to the Company following the initial occurrence of any such event and the Company fails to cure such event within 30 days thereafter.

“Grant Date” means the date that the Committee designates in its approval of an Award in accordance with applicable law as the date on which the Award is granted, which date may not precede the date of such Committee approval.

“Holder”means, with respect to eachan Award or any Shares, the Person holding such Award or Shares, including the initial recipient of the Award or any Permitted Transferee.

“Incentive Stock Option” means any Stock Option designated and qualified as an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code.

“Non-Qualified Stock Option” means any Stock Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

“Option”or“Stock Option” means any option to purchase shares of Stock granted pursuant to Section 5.

“Permitted Transferees”shall mean any of the following to whom a Holder may transfer Shares hereunder (as set forth in Section 9(a)(ii)(A)): the Holder’s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, step-parent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the Holder’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which these persons have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons own more than fifty percent of the voting interests; provided, however, that any such trust does not require or permit distribution of any Shares during the term of the Award Agreement unless subject to its terms. Upon the death of the Holder, the term Permitted Transferees shall also include such deceased Holder’s estate, executors, administrators, personal representatives, heirs, legatees and distributees, as the case may be.

“Person”shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership (limited or general), limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or any similar entity.

“Restricted Stock Award” means Awards granted pursuant to Section 7 and “Restricted Stock” means Shares issued pursuant to such Awards.

“Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award of phantom stock units to a grantee, which may be settled in cash or Shares as determined by the Committee.Committee, pursuant to Section 8.


“Sale Event” means the consummation of i) a change in the ownership of the Company, ii) a change in effective control of the Company, or iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company. The occurrence of a Sale Event shall be acknowledged by the plan administrator or board of directors, by strictly applying these provisions without any discretion to deviate from the objective application of the definitions provided herein. ; provided, however, that any capital raising event, or a merger effected solely to change the Company’s domicile shall not constitute a “Sale Event.”

Except as otherwise provided herein, a change in the ownership of the Company occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group acquires ownership of stock of the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company. However, if any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, is considered to own more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company the acquisition of additional stock by the same person or persons is not considered to cause a change in the ownership of the Company (or to cause a change in the effective control of the Company). An increase in the percentage of stock owned by any one person, or persons acting as a group, as a result of a transaction in which the corporation acquires its stock in exchange for property will be treated as an acquisition of stock for purposes of this section. This section applies only when there is a transfer of stock of the Company (or issuance of stock) which remains outstanding after the transaction.

A change in the effective control of the Company occurs only on either of the following dates: (1) The date any one person, or more than one person acting as a group acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of the Company possessing 30 percent or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Company; (2) The date a majority of members of the Company’s board of directors is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s board of directors before the date of the appointment or election.

A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group acquires (or has acquired during the 12- month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40 percent of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions. For this purpose, gross fair market value means the value of the assets of the corporation, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.

“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

“Service Relationship” means any relationship as a full-time employee, part-time employee, director or other key person (including Consultants) of the Company or any Subsidiary or any successor entity (e.g., a Service Relationship shall be deemed to continue without interruption in the event an individual’s status changes from full-time employee to part-time employee or Consultant).

“Shares”means shares of Stock.

“Stock”means the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

“Stock Appreciation Right” means any right to receive from the Company upon exercise by an optionee or settlement, in cash, Shares, or a combination thereof, the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise or settlement over (ii) the exercise price of the right on the date of grant, or if granted in connection with an Option, on the date of grant of the Option.

(c)

Period

“Subsidiary”means any corporation or other entity (other than the Company) in which the Company has more than a 50 percent interest, either directly or indirectly.

“Ten Percent Owner” means an employee who owns or is deemed to own (by reason of Option.the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent of the Company or any Subsidiary.

“Termination Event” means the termination of the Award recipient’s Service Relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason whatsoever, regardless of the circumstances thereof, and including, without limitation, upon death, disability, retirement, discharge or resignation for any reason, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. The following shall not constitute a Termination Event: (i) a transfer to the service of the Company from a Subsidiary or from the Company to a Subsidiary, or from one Subsidiary to another Subsidiary or (ii) an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness, or for any other purpose approved by the Committee, if the individual’s right to re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Committee otherwise so provides in writing.

“Unrestricted Stock Award” means any Award granted pursuant to Section 7 and “Unrestricted Stock” means Shares issued pursuant to such Awards.

SECTION 2.ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN; COMMITTEE AUTHORITY TO SELECT GRANTEES AND DETERMINE AWARDS

(a)Administration of Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board, comprised of not less than two directors. All references herein to the “Committee” shall be deemed to refer to the group then responsible for administration of the Plan at the relevant time (i.e., either the Board of Directors or a committee or committees of the Board, as applicable).

(b)Powers of Committee. The Committee shall have the power and authority to grant Awards consistent with the terms of the Plan, including the power and authority:

(i) to select the individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;

(ii) to determine the time or times of grant, and the amount, if any, of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, or any combination of the foregoing, granted to any one or more grantees;

(iii) to determine the number and types of Shares to be covered by any Award and, subject to the provisions of the Plan, the price, exercise price, conversion ratio or other price relating thereto;

(iv) to determine and, subject to Section 12, to modify from time to time the terms and conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees, and to approve the form of Award Agreements;

(v) to accelerate at any time the exercisability or vesting of all or any portion of any Award;

(vi) to impose any limitations on Awards, including limitations on transfers, repurchase provisions and the like, and to exercise repurchase rights or obligations;

(vii) subject to Section 5(a)(ii) and any restrictions imposed by Section 409A, to extend at any time the period duringin which each optionStock Options may be exercised,exercised; and

(viii) at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for administration of the Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award (including Award Agreements); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.

All decisions and interpretations of the Committee shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and all Holders.

(c)Award Agreement. Awards under the Plan shall be evidenced by Award Agreements that set forth the terms, conditions and limitations for each Award.

(d)Indemnification. Neither the Board nor the Committee, nor any member of either or any delegate thereof, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in connection with the Plan, and the expiration datemembers of each Optionthe Board and the Committee (and any delegate thereof) shall be fixedentitled in all cases to indemnification and reimbursement by the Committee, but, notwithstandingCompany in respect of any proclaim, loss, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising or resulting therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or under the Company’s governing documents, including its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage which may be in effect from time to time and/or any indemnification agreement between such individual and the Company.

vision of (e)Foreign Award Recipients. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, such expiration date shall not be more than ten years fromin order to comply with the date of Grant.


(d)

Vesting of Shareholder Rights. Neither an Optionee nor his successor shall have any rights as a shareholder oflaws in other countries in which the Company untiland any Subsidiary operate or have employees or other individuals eligible for Awards, the certificates evidencing the shares purchased are properly delivered to such Optionee or his successor.


(e)

Exercise of Option. Each Option shall be exercisable from time to time during a period (or periods) determined by the Committee and ending upon the expiration or termination of the Option; provided, however, the Committee may, by the provisions of any Option Agreement, limit the number of shares purchasable thereunder in any period or periods of time during which the Option is exercisable.


(f)

Nontransferabiltiv of Option. No Option shall be transferable or assignable by an Optionee, otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and each Option shall be exercisable, during the Optionee's lifetime, only by him. No Option shall be pledged or hypothecated in any way and no Option shall be subject to execution, attachment, or similar process except with the express consent of the Committee.


(g)

Death of Optionee. In the event of the death of an Optionee, an option theretofore granted to the Optionee shall be exercisable only (i) by the person or persons to whom the Optionee's rights under the option shall pass by the Optionee' s will or by the laws of descent and distribution; and (ii) if and only to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise the option at the date of death.


7.

Stock Bonus Awards.


(a)

Participants. Bonus Shares may be granted under the Plan to the Company's (or the Company's subsidiaries) employees, directors and officers, and consultants or advisors to the Company (or its subsidiaries), provided however that bona fide services shall be rendered by such consultants or advisors and such services must not be in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction.









(b)

Grants. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to: (i) determine which Subsidiaries, if any, shall be covered by the Plan; (ii) determine which individuals, if any, outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (iii) modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to individuals outside the United States to comply with applicable foreign laws; (iv) establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent the Committee determines such actions to be necessary or advisable (and such subplans and/or modifications shall be attached to the Plan as appendices); provided, however, that no such subplans and/or modifications shall increase the share limitation contained in Section 3(a) hereof; and (v) take any action, before or after an Award is empoweredmade, that the Committee determines to grantbe necessary or advisable to an eligible Participant aobtain approval or comply with any local governmental regulatory exemptions or approvals.

SECTION 3.STOCK ISSUABLE UNDER THE PLAN; MERGERS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS; SUBSTITUTION

(a)Stock Issuable. The maximum number of Bonus Shares reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be 1,500,000 Shares (the “Share Reserve”), subject to adjustment as it shall determine from timeprovided in Section 3(b) and the following sentence regarding the annual increase. In addition, the Share Reserve will automatically increase on January 1st of each year, for a period of not more than nine years, commencing on January 1, 2021 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2029, in an amount equal to time. Each grant233,968 shares (which is the equivalent of these Bonus4% of the 5,849,207 shares of Stock outstanding as of June 30, 2019). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may act prior to January 1st of a given year to provide that there will be no January 1st increase in the Share Reserve for such year or that the increase in the Share Reserve for such year will be a lesser number of shares of Stock than would otherwise occur pursuant to the preceding sentence. If a Stock Award or any portion thereof (i) expires or otherwise terminates without all of the shares covered by such Stock Award having been issued or (ii) is settled in cash (i.e., the Participant receives cash rather than stock), the Shares shall become vested accordingsubject to such Stock Award, to the extent of any such expiration, termination or settlement, will again be available for issuance under the Plan. If any shares of Stock issued pursuant to a scheduleStock Award are forfeited back to be establishedor repurchased by the Committee directors at the timeCompany because of the grant.


8.

Reclassification, Consolidation,failure to meet a contingency or Merger. Incondition required to vest such shares in the eventParticipant, then the shares that are forfeited or repurchased will revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan. Any shares reacquired by the Company in satisfaction of Commontax withholding obligations on a Stock Award or as consideration for the exercise or purchase price of a Stock Award will again become available for issuance under the Plan. For purposes of this limitation, the Shares underlying any Awards that are forfeited, canceled, reacquired by the Company prior to vesting, satisfied without the issuance of Stock or otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) shall be added back to the Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Subject to such overall limitations, Shares may be issued up to such maximum number pursuant to any type or types of Award, and no more than 200,000 Shares may be issued pursuant to Incentive Stock Options. The value of any Shares granted to a non-employee director of the Company, should,when added to any annual cash payments or awards, shall not exceed an aggregate value of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in any calendar year.

(b)Changes in Stock. Subject to Section 3(c) hereof, if, as a result of aany reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar change in the Company’s capital stock, dividend, or combination of shares or any other change, or exchange for other securities by reclassification, reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization or otherwise, bethe outstanding Shares are increased or decreased or changed into orare exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of stock or other securities of the Company, or additional Shares or new or different shares or other securities of another corporationthe Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such Shares or other securities, in each case, without the receipt of consideration by the Company, or, if, as a result of any merger or consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the outstanding Shares are converted into or exchanged for other securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent or subsidiary thereof), the Committee shall make an appropriate and proportionate adjustment in (i) the maximum number of Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, (ii) the number and kind of Shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding Awards under the Plan, (iii) the repurchase price, if any, per Share subject to each outstanding Award, and (iv) the exercise price for each Share subject to any then outstanding Stock Options under the Plan, without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by the number of Stock Options) as to which such Stock Options remain exercisable. The Committee shall in any event make such adjustments as may be required by the laws of Nevada and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The adjustment by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional Shares shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such adjustment, but the Committee in its discretion may make a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.

(c)Sale Events.

(i)Options.

(A) In the case of and subject to the consummation of a Sale Event, the Plan and all outstanding Options and SARs issued hereunder shall become one hundred percent (100%) vested upon the effective time of any such Sale Event. New stock options or other awards of the successor entity or parent thereof shall be substituted therefor, with an equitable or proportionate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per share exercise prices, as such parties shall agree (after taking into account any acceleration hereunder and/or pursuant to the terms of any Award Agreement).

(B) In the event of the termination of the Plan and all outstanding Options and SARs issued hereunder pursuant to Section 3(c), each Holder of Options shall be permitted, within a period of time prior to the consummation of the Sale Event as specified by the Committee, to exercise all such Options or SARs which are then remainingexercisable or will become exercisable as of the effective time of the Sale Event; provided, however, that the exercise of Options not exercisable prior to the Sale Event shall be subject to the consummation of the Sale Event.

(C) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3(c)(i)(A), in the Planevent of a Sale Event, the Company shall be appropriately adjustedhave the right, but not the obligation, to reflectmake or provide for a cash payment to the Holders of Options, without any consent of the Holders, in exchange for the cancellation thereof, in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the value as determined by the Committee of the consideration payable per share of Stock pursuant to the Sale Event (the “Sale Price”) times the number of Shares subject to outstanding Options being cancelled (to the extent then vested and exercisable, including by reason of acceleration in connection with such action,Sale Event, at prices not in excess of the Sale Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise price of all such outstanding vested and exercisable Options.

(ii)Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

(A) In the case of and subject to the consummation of a Sale Event, all unvested Restricted Stock and unvested Restricted Stock Unit Awards issued hereunder shall become one hundred percent (100%) vested, with an equitable or proportionate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares subject to such awards as such parties shall agree (after taking into account any acceleration hereunder and/or pursuant to the terms of any Award Agreement).

(B) Such Restricted Stock shall be repurchased from the Holder thereof at the then Fair Market Value of such shares, (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(b)) for such Shares.

(C) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3(c)(ii)(A), in the event of a Sale Event, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make or provide for a cash payment to the Holders of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards, without consent of the Holders, in exchange for the cancellation thereof, in an amount equal to the Sale Price times the number of Shares subject to such Awards, to be paid at the time of such Sale Event or upon the later vesting of such Awards.

SECTION 4.ELIGIBILITY

Grantees under the Plan will be such full or part-time officers and other employees, directors, Consultants and key persons of the Company and any Subsidiary who are selected from time to time by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided, however, that Awards shall be granted only to those individuals described in Rule 701(c) of the Securities Act.

SECTION 5.STOCK OPTIONS

Upon the grant of a Stock Option, the Company and the grantee shall enter into an Award Agreement. The terms and conditions of each such Award Agreement shall be determined by the Committee, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees.

Stock Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Stock Options or Non-Qualified Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code. To the extent that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, it shall be deemed a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

(a)Terms of Stock Options. The Committee in its discretion may grant Stock Options to those individuals who meet the eligibility requirements of Section 4. Stock Options shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the Optionterms of the Plan, as the Committee shall deem desirable.

(i)Exercise Price. The exercise price per share for the Shares covered by a Stock Option shall be proportionately adjusteddetermined by the Committee whose determinationat the time of grant but shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the exercise price per share for the Shares covered by such Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110 percent of the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date.

(ii)Option Term. The term of each Stock Option shall be conclusive.fixed by the Committee, but no Stock Option shall be exercisable more than ten years from the Grant Date. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the term of such Stock Option shall be no more than five years from the Grant Date.

(iii)Exercisability; Rights of a Stockholder. Stock Options shall become exercisable and/or vested at such time or times, whether or not in installments, as shall be determined by the Committee at or after the Grant Date. The Award Agreement may permit a grantee to exercise all or a portion of a Stock Option immediately at grant; provided that the Shares issued upon such exercise shall be subject to restrictions and a vesting schedule identical to the vesting schedule of the related Stock Option, such Shares shall be deemed to be Restricted Stock for purposes of the Plan, and the optionee may be required to enter into an additional or new Award Agreement as a condition to exercise of such Stock Option. An optionee shall have the rights of a stockholder only as to Shares acquired upon the exercise of a Stock Option and not as to unexercised Stock Options. An optionee shall not be deemed to have acquired any Shares unless and until a Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms of the Award Agreement and this Plan and the optionee’s name has been entered on the books of the Company as a stockholder.

(iv)Method of Exercise. Stock Options may be exercised by an optionee in whole or in part, by the optionee giving written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company, specifying the number of Shares to be purchased. Payment of the purchase price may be made by one or more of the following methods (or any combination thereof) to the extent provided in the Award Agreement:

(A) In cash, by certified or bank check, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, or other instrument acceptable to the Committee;

(B) If permitted by the CorporationCommittee, by the optionee delivering to the Company a promissory note, if the Board has expressly authorized the loan of funds to the optionee for the purpose of enabling or assisting the optionee to effect the exercise of his or her Stock Option; provided, that at least so much of the exercise price as represents the par value of the Stock shall be paid in cash if required by state law;

(C) If permitted by the Committee, through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of Shares that have been purchased by the optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the optionee and are not then subject to restrictions under any Company plan. To the extent required to avoid variable accounting treatment under applicable accounting rules, such surrendered Shares if originally purchased from the Company shall have been owned by the optionee for at least six months. Such surrendered Shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date;

(D) If permitted by the Committee and by the optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company for the purchase price; provided that in the event the optionee chooses to pay the purchase price as so provided, the optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Committee shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or

(E) If permitted by the Committee, and only with respect to Stock Options that are not Incentive Stock Options, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of Shares issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of Shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price.

Payment instruments will be received subject to collection. No certificates for Shares so purchased will be issued to the optionee or, with respect to uncertificated Stock, no transfer to the optionee on the records of the Company will take place, until the Company has completed all steps it has deemed necessary to satisfy legal requirements relating to the issuance and sale of the Shares, which steps may include, without limitation, (i) receipt of a representation from the optionee at the time of exercise of the Option that the optionee is reorganizedpurchasing the Shares for the optionee’s own account and not with a view to any sale or consolidateddistribution of the Shares or mergedother representations relating to compliance with another corporation,applicable law governing the issuance of securities, (ii) the legending of the certificate (or notation on any book entry) representing the Shares to evidence the foregoing restrictions, and (iii) obtaining from optionee payment or provision for all withholding taxes due as a result of the exercise of the Option. The delivery of certificates representing the shares of Stock (or the transfer to the optionee on the records of the Company with respect to uncertificated Stock) to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option will be contingent upon (A) receipt from the optionee (or a purchaser acting in his or her stead in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option) by the Company of the full purchase price for such Shares and the fulfillment of any other requirements contained in the Award Agreement or applicable provisions of laws and (B) if required by the Company, the optionee shall have entered into any stockholders agreements or other agreements with the Company and/or certain other of the Company’s stockholders relating to the Stock. In the event an Optioneeoptionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned Shares through the attestation method, the number of Shares transferred to the optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the number of Shares attested to by the Optionee.

(b)Annual Limit on Incentive Stock Options. To the extent required for “incentive stock option” treatment under Section 422 of the Code, the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Grant Date) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan and any other plan of the Company or its parent and any Subsidiary that become exercisable for the first time by an optionee during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000 or such other limit as may be in effect from time to time under Section 422 of the Code. To the extent that any Stock Option hereunderexceeds this limit, it shall constitute a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

(c)Termination. Any portion of a Stock Option that is not vested and exercisable on the date of termination of an optionee’s Service Relationship shall immediately expire and be null and void. Once any portion of the Stock Option becomes vested and exercisable, the optionee’s right to exercise such portion of the Stock Option (or the optionee’s representatives and legatees as applicable) in the event of a termination of the optionee’s Service Relationship shall continue until the earliest of: (i) the date which is: (A) 12 months following the date on which the optionee’s Service Relationship terminates due to death or Disability (or such longer period of time as determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement), or (B) three months following the date on which the optionee’s Service Relationship terminates if the termination is due to any reason other than death or Disability (or such longer period of time as determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement), or (ii) the Expiration Date set forth in the Award Agreement; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, an Award Agreement may provide that if the optionee’s Service Relationship is terminated for Cause, the Stock Option shall terminate immediately and be null and void upon the date of the optionee’s termination and shall not thereafter be exercisable.

SECTION 6.STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

The Committee is authorized to grant SARs to optionees with the following terms and conditions and with such additional terms and conditions, in either case not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine –

(a) SARs may be granted under the Plan to optionees either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan and may, but need not, relate to specific Option granted under Section 5.

(b) The exercise price per Share under a SAR shall be determined by the Committee, provided, however, that except in the case of a substitute Award, such exercise price shall not be less than the fair market value of a Share on the date of grant of such SAR.

(c) The term of each SAR shall be fixed by the Committee but shall not exceed 10 years from the date of grant of such SAR.

(d) The Committee shall determine the time or times at which a SAR may be exercised or settled in whole or in part. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or unless otherwise set forth in an Award Agreement, the provisions set forth in Section 5 above with respect to exercise of an Award following termination of service shall apply to any SAR. The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that an “in-the-money” SAR shall be automatically exercised on its expiration date.

SECTION 7.RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

(a)Nature of Restricted Stock Awards. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant (or sell at par value or such other purchase price determined by the Committee) to an eligible individual under Section 4 hereof a Restricted Stock Award under the Plan. The Committee shall determine the restrictions and conditions applicable to each Restricted Stock Award at the time of grant. Conditions may be based on the type of stock upon which restrictions are placed, continuing employment (or other Service Relationship), achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives and/or such other criteria as the Committee may determine. Upon the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, the Company and the grantee shall enter into an Award Agreement. The terms and conditions of each such Award Agreement shall be determined by the Committee, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees.

(b)Rights as a Stockholder. Upon the grant of the Restricted Stock Award and payment of any applicable purchase price, a grantee of Restricted Stock shall be considered the record owner of and shall be entitled to vote the Restricted Stock if, and to the extent, such Shares are entitled to voting rights, subject to such conditions contained in the Award Agreement. The grantee shall be entitled to receive Options covering shares ofall dividends and any other distributions declared on the Shares; provided, however, that the Company is under no duty to declare any such reorganized, consolidated,dividends or merged companyto make any such distribution. Unless the Committee shall otherwise determine, certificates evidencing the Restricted Stock shall remain in the same proportion, at an equivalent pricepossession of the Company until such Restricted Stock is vested as provided in subsection (d) below of this Section, and the grantee shall be required, as a condition of the grant, to deliver to the Company a stock power endorsed in blank and such other instruments of transfer as the Committee may prescribe.

, (c)Restrictions. Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of except as specifically provided herein or in the Award Agreement. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Committee either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 12 below, in writing after the Award Agreement is issued, if a grantee’s Service Relationship with the Company and any Subsidiary terminates, the Company or its assigns shall have the right, as may be specified in the relevant instrument, to repurchase some or all of the Shares subject to the same conditions.Award at such purchase price as is set forth in the Award Agreement.

(d)Vesting of Restricted Stock. The new OptionCommittee at the time of grant shall specify in the Award Agreement the date or assumptiondates and/or the attainment of pre-established performance goals, objectives and other conditions on which the substantial risk of forfeiture imposed shall lapse and the Restricted Stock shall become vested, subject to such further rights of the oldCompany or its assigns as may be specified in the Award Agreement.

SECTION 8.UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

The Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant (or sell at par value or such other purchase price determined by the Committee) to an eligible person under Section 4 hereof an Unrestricted Stock Award under the Plan. Unrestricted Stock Awards may be granted in respect of past services or other valid consideration, or in lieu of cash compensation due to such grantee.

SECTION 9.RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

(a)Nature of Restricted Stock Units. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant to an eligible person under Section 4 hereof Restricted Stock Units under the Plan. The Committee shall determine the restrictions and conditions applicable to each Restricted Stock Unit at the time of grant. Vesting conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other Service Relationship), achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives which may be based on targets for revenue, revenue growth, EBITDA, net income, earnings per share and/or other such criteria as the Committee may determine. Upon the grant of Restricted Stock Units, the grantee and the Company shall enter into an Award Agreement. The terms and conditions of each such Award Agreement shall be determined by the Committee and may differ among individual Awards and grantees. On or promptly following the vesting date or dates applicable to any Restricted Stock Unit, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which such vesting occurs, such Restricted Stock Unit(s) shall be settled in the form of cash or shares of Stock, as specified in the Award Agreement. Restricted Stock Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise encumbered or disposed of.

(b)Rights as a Stockholder. A grantee shall have the rights of a stockholder only as to Shares, if any, acquired upon settlement of Restricted Stock Units. A grantee shall not be deemed to have acquired any such Shares unless and until the Restricted Stock Units shall have been settled in Shares pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the Award Agreement, the Company shall have issued and delivered a certificate representing the Shares to the grantee (or transferred on the records of the Company with respect to uncertificated stock), and the grantee’s name has been entered in the books of the Company as a stockholder.

(c)Termination. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Committee either in the Award Agreement or in writing after the Award Agreement is issued, a grantee’s right in all Restricted Stock Units that have not vested shall automatically terminate upon the grantee’s cessation of Service Relationship with the Company and any Subsidiary for any reason.

SECTION 10.TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS; COMPANY RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL; COMPANY REPURCHASE RIGHTS

(a)Restrictions on Transfer.

(i)Non-Transferability of Stock Options. Restricted Stock awards granted under Section 7, Stock Options, SARs and, prior to exercise, the Shares issuable upon exercise of such Stock Option, shall not give Optionee additional benefits which he did not have underbe transferable by the old Option, or deprive him of benefits which he had under the old Option.


9.

Restrictions on Issuing Shares. The exercise of each Option or the grant of any Bonus Shares shall be subject to the condition that if at any time the Company shall determine in its discretion that the satisfaction of withholding tax or other withholding liabilities, or that the listing, registration, or qualification of any sharesoptionee otherwise deliverable upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or that the consent or approval of any regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, such exercise or the delivery or purchase of shares, then in any such event, such exercise or grant shall not be effective unless such withholding, listing, registration, qualification, consent, or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company.


Unless the shares of stock covered by the Plan have been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, each Optionee or Recipient shall, represent and agree, for himself and his transfereesthan by will, or by the laws of descent and distribution, and all Stock Options shall be exercisable, during the optionee’s lifetime, only by the optionee, or by the optionee’s legal representative or guardian in the event of the optionee’s incapacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement regarding a given Stock Option or Restricted Stock award that the optionee may transfer by gift, without consideration for the transfer, his or her Non-Qualified Stock Options to his or her family members (as defined in Rule 701 of the Securities Act), to trusts for the benefit of such family members, or to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners (to the extent such trusts or partnerships are considered “family members” for purposes of Rule 701 of the Securities Act), provided that the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all shares of the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, including the execution of a stock purchasedpower upon the issuance of Shares. Stock Options, SARs and the Shares issuable upon exercise of such Stock Options, shall be restricted as to any pledge, hypothecation, or other transfer, including any short position, any “put equivalent position” (as defined in the OptionExchange Act) or receiany “call equivalent position” (as defined in the Exchange Act) prior to exercise.ved

as Bonus(ii)Shares. No Shares will shall be acquired forsold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, given away or investment and not for resale any other manner disposed of or distribution. Uponencumbered, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, unless (i) the exercise of option,transfer is in compliance with the person entitled to exercise the same shall, upon requestterms of the Companyapplicable Award Agreement, all applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act), furnish evidence and with the terms and conditions of this Section 9, (ii) the transfer does not cause the Company to become subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and the transferee consents in writing to be bound by the provisions of the Plan and the Award Agreement, including this Section 10. In connection with any proposed transfer, the Committee may require the transferor to provide at the transferor’s own expense an opinion of counsel to the transferor, satisfactory to the Committee, that such transfer is in compliance with all foreign, federal and state securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act). Any attempted transfer of Shares not in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section 9 shall be null and void, and the Company (includingshall not reflect on its records any change in record ownership of any Shares as a writtenresult of any such transfer, shall otherwise refuse to recognize any such transfer and signed representation)shall not in any way give effect to any such transfer of Shares. The Company shall be entitled to seek protective orders, injunctive relief and other remedies available at law or in equity including, without limitation, seeking specific performance or the rescission of any transfer not made in strict compliance with the provisions of this Section 10. Subject to the effect thatforegoing general provisions, and unless otherwise provided in the shares of stock are being acquired in good faith for investment and not for resale or distribution. Furthermore, the Companyapplicable Award Agreement, Shares may if it deems appropriate, affix a legend to certificates representing shares of stockbe transferred pursuant to the following specific terms and conditions (provided that with respect to any transfer of Restricted Stock, all vesting and forfeiture provisions shall continue to apply with respect to the original recipient):

(A)Transfers to Permitted Transferees. The Holder may transfer any or all of the Shares to one or more Permitted Transferees; provided, however, that following such transfer, such Shares shall continue to be subject to the terms of this Plan indicating that(including this Section 9) and such shares have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and may so notify the Company'sPermitted Transferee(s) shall, as a condition to any such transfer, agent. Such shares may be disposed of by an Optionee in the following manner only: (1) pursuant to an effective registration statement covering such resale or reoffer, (2) pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration as indicated indeliver a written opinionacknowledgment to that effect to the Company and shall deliver a stock power to the Company with respect to the Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder may not transfer any of counsel acceptablethe Shares to a Person whom the Company reasonably determines is a direct competitor or a potential competitor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(B)Transfers Upon Death. Upon the death of the Holder, any Shares then held by the Holder at the time of such death and any Shares acquired after the Holder’s death by the Holder’s legal representative shall be subject to the provisions of this Plan, and the Holder’s estate, executors, administrators, personal representatives, heirs, legatees and distributees shall be obligated to convey such Shares to the Company or (3)its assigns under the terms contemplated by the Plan and the Award Agreement.

(b)Right of First Refusal. In the event that a Holder desires at any time to sell or otherwise transfer all or any part of his or her Shares (other than shares of Restricted Stock which by their terms are not transferrable), the Holder first shall give written notice to the Company of the Holder’s intention to make such transfer. Such notice shall state the number of Shares that the Holder proposes to sell (the “Offered Shares”), the price and the terms at which the proposed sale is to be made and the name and address of the proposed transferee. At any time within 30 days after the receipt of such notice by the Company, the Company or its assigns may elect to purchase all or any portion of the Offered Shares at the price and on the terms offered by the proposed transferee and specified in the notice. The Company or its assigns shall exercise this right by mailing or delivering written notice to the Holder within the foregoing 30-day period. If the Company or its assigns elect to exercise its purchase rights under this Section 9(b), the closing for such purchase shall, in any event, take place within 45 days after the receipt by the Company of the initial notice from the Holder. In the event that the Company or its assigns do not elect to exercise such purchase right, or in the event that the Company or its assigns do not pay the full purchase price within such 45-day period, the Holder shall be required to pay a transaction that meets allprocessing fee of $10,000 to the Company (unless waived by the Committee) and then may, within 60 days thereafter, sell the Offered Shares to the proposed transferee and at the same price and on the same terms as specified in the Holder’s notice. Any Shares not sold to the proposed transferee shall remain subject to the Plan. If the Holder is a party to any stockholders agreements or other agreements with the Company and/or certain other of the Company’s stockholders relating to the Shares, (i) the transferring Holder shall comply with the requirements of Rule 144such stockholders agreements or other agreements relating to any proposed transfer of the SecuritiesOffered Shares, and Exchange Commission. If shares(ii) any proposed transferee that purchases Offered Shares shall enter into such stockholders agreements or other agreements with the Company and/or certain of stock coveredthe Company’s stockholders relating to the Offered Shares on the same terms and in the same capacity as the transferring Holder.

(c)Company’s Right of Repurchase.

(i)Right of Repurchase for Unvested Shares Issued Upon the Exercise of an Option. Upon a Termination Event, the Company or its assigns shall have the right and option to repurchase from a Holder of Shares acquired upon exercise of a Stock Option which is still subject to a risk of forfeiture as of the Termination Event. Such repurchase rights may be exercised by the Plan have been registered withCompany within the Securities and Exchange Commission, nolater of (A) six months following the date of such restrictions on resaleTermination Event or (B) seven months after the acquisition of Shares upon exercise of a Stock Option. The repurchase price shall apply, except inbe equal to the case of Optionees or Recipients who are directors, officers, or principal shareholderslower of the Company. Such persons may dispose of shares onlyoriginal per share price paid by one of the three aforesaid methods.


10.

Amendment, Suspension, and Termination of Plan. The Board of Directors may alter, suspend, or discontinue the Plan, but may not, without the approval of a majority of those holders of the Company's Common Stock votingHolder, subject to adjustment as provided in person or by proxy, make any alteration or amendment thereof which operates to make any material change in the class of eligible employees, extend the termSection 3(b) of the Plan, or the maximumcurrent Fair Market Value of such Shares as of the date the Company elects to exercise its repurchase rights.

(ii)Right of Repurchase With Respect to Restricted Stock. Upon a Termination Event, the Company or its assigns shall have the right and option periodsto repurchase from a Holder of Shares received pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award any Shares that are still subject to a risk of forfeiture as of the Termination Event. Such repurchase right may be exercised by the Company within six months following the date of such Termination Event. The repurchase price shall be the lower of the original per share purchase price paid by the Holder, subject to adjustment as provided decreasein Section 3(b) of the Plan, or the current Fair Market Value of such Shares as of the date the Company elects to exercise its repurchase rights.

(iii)Procedure. Any repurchase right of the Company shall be exercised by the Company or its assigns by giving the Holder written notice on or before the last day of the repurchase period of its intention to exercise such repurchase right. Upon such notification, the Holder shall promptly surrender to the Company, free and clear of any liens or encumbrances, any certificates representing the Shares being purchased, together with a duly executed stock power for the transfer of such Shares to the Company or the Company’s assignee or assignees. Upon the Company’s or its assignee’s receipt of the certificates from the Holder, the Company or its assignee or assignees shall deliver to him, her or them a check for the applicable repurchase price; provided, however, that the Company may pay the repurchase price by offsetting and canceling any indebtedness then owed by the Holder to the Company.

(d)Escrow Arrangement.

(i)Escrow. In order to carry out the provisions of this Section 9 of this Plan more effectively, the Company shall hold any Shares issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan in escrow together with separate stock powers executed by the Holder in blank for transfer. The Company shall not dispose of the Shares except as otherwise provided in this Plan. In the event of any repurchase by the Company (or any of its assigns), the Company is hereby authorized by the Holder, as the Holder’s attorney-in-fact, to date and complete the stock powers necessary for the transfer of the Shares being purchased and to transfer such Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. At such time as any Shares are no longer subject to the Company’s repurchase and first refusal rights, the Company shall, at the written request of the Holder, deliver to the Holder a certificate representing such Shares with the balance of the Shares to be held in escrow pursuant to this Section.

(ii)Remedy. Without limitation of any other provision of this Plan or other rights, in the event that a Holder or any other Person is required to sell a Holder’s Shares pursuant to the provisions of Sections 9(b) or (c) hereof and in the further event that he or she refuses or for any reason fails to deliver to the Company or its designated purchaser of such Shares the certificate or certificates evidencing such Shares together with a related stock power, the Company or such designated purchaser may deposit the applicable purchase price for such Shares with a bank designated by the Company, or with the Company’s independent public accounting firm, as agent or trustee, or in escrow, for such Holder or other Person, to be held by such bank or accounting firm for the benefit of and for delivery to him, her, them or it, and/or, in its discretion, pay such purchase price by offsetting any indebtedness then owed by such Holder as provided above. Upon any such deposit and/or offset by the Company or its designated purchaser of such amount and upon notice to the Person who was required to sell the Shares to be sold pursuant to the provisions of Sections 9(b) or (c), such Shares shall at such time be deemed to have been sold, assigned, transferred and conveyed to such purchaser, such Holder shall have no further rights thereto (other than the right to withdraw the payment thereof held in escrow, if applicable), and the Company shall record such transfer in its stock transfer book or in any appropriate manner.

(e)Lockup Provision. If requested by the Company, a Holder shall not sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any Shares (including, without limitation, pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act) held by him or her for such period following the effective date of a public offering by the Company of Shares as the Company shall specify reasonably and in good faith. If requested by the underwriter engaged by the Company, each Holder shall execute a separate letter confirming his or her agreement to comply with this Section.

(f)Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure. If, as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar change in the Common Stock, the outstanding Shares are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company, the restrictions contained in this Section 9 shall apply with equal force to additional and/or substitute securities, if any, received by Holder in exchange for, or by virtue of his or her ownership of, Shares.

(g)Termination. The terms and provisions of Section 9(b) and Section 9(c) (except for the Company’s right to repurchase Shares still subject to a risk of forfeiture upon a Termination Event) shall terminate upon consummation of any Sale Event, in either case as a result of which Shares are registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and publicly-traded on any national security exchange.

SECTION 11.TAX WITHHOLDING

(a)Payment by Grantee. Each grantee shall, no later than the date as of which the value of an Award or of any Shares or other amounts received thereunder first becomes includable in the gross income of the grantee for income tax purposes, pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of, any Federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld by the Company with respect to such income. The Company and any Subsidiary shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the grantee. The Company’s obligation to deliver stock certificates (or evidence of book entry) to any grantee is subject to and conditioned on any such tax withholding obligations being satisfied by the grantee.

(b)Payment in Stock. The Company’s minimum required tax withholding obligation may be satisfied, in whole or in part, by the Company withholding from Shares to be issued pursuant to an Award a number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the minimum option price provided, exceptwithholding amount due.

SECTION 12.SECTION 409A AWARDS

To the extent that any Award is determined to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A (a “409A Award”), the Award shall be subject to such additional rules and requirements as providedmay be specified by the Committee from time to time. In this regard, if any amount under a 409A Award is payable upon a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 8,409A) to a grantee who is considered a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A), then no such payment shall be made prior to the date that is the earlier of (i) six months and one day after the grantee’s separation from service, or materially increase(ii) the grantee’s death, but only to the extent such delay is necessary to prevent such payment from being subject to interest, penalties and/or additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A. The Company makes no representation or warranty and shall have no liability to any grantee under the Plan or any other Person with respect to any penalties or taxes under Section 409A that are, or may be, imposed with respect to any Award. It is the intent of the Board that payments and benefits accruingunder the Plan comply with or be exempt from Section 409A and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder and, accordingly, to employees participating under this Plan.


Unlessthe maximum extent permitted the Plan shall theretoforebe interpreted to be in compliance therewith or exempt therefrom. In no event whatsoever shall the Company be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalty that may be imposed upon a Participant by Section 409A or damages to a Participant for failing to comply with Section 409A.

SECTION 13.AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION

The Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the Plan and the Committee may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, but no such action shall adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the consent of the holder of the Award. The Committee may exercise its discretion to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Stock Options or effect repricing through cancellation of outstanding Stock Options and by granting such holders new Awards in replacement of the cancelled Stock Options. To the extent determined by the Committee to be required either by the Code to ensure that Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan are qualified under Section 422 of the Code or otherwise, Plan amendments shall be subject to approval by the Company stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders. Nothing in this Section 12 shall limit the Board’s or Committee’s authority to take any action permitted pursuant to Section 3(c). The Board reserves the right to amend the Plan and/or the terms of any outstanding Stock Options to the extent reasonably necessary to comply with the requirements of the exemption pursuant to Rule 12h-1 of the Exchange Act.

SECTION 14.STATUS OF PLAN

With respect to the portion of any Award that has not been exercised and any payments in cash, Stock or other consideration not received by a grantee, a grantee shall have no rights greater than those of a general creditor of the Company unless the Committee shall otherwise expressly so determine in connection with any Award.

SECTION 15.GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a)No Distribution; Compliance with Legal Requirements. The Committee may require each person acquiring Shares pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the Shares without a view to distribution thereof. No Shares shall be issued pursuant to an Award until all applicable securities law and other legal and stock exchange or similar requirements have been terminatedsatisfied. The Committee may require the placing of such stop-orders and restrictive legends on certificates for Stock and Awards, as it deems appropriate.

(b)Delivery of Stock Certificates. Stock certificates to grantees under the Plan shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a stock transfer agent of the Company shall have mailed such certificates in the United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the grantee’s last known address on file with the Company; provided that stock certificates to be held in escrow pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan shall be deemed delivered when the Company shall have recorded the issuance in its records. Uncertificated Stock shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a stock transfer agent of the Company shall have given to the grantee by electronic mail (with proof of receipt) or by United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the grantee’s last known address on file with the Company, notice of issuance and recorded the issuance in its records (which may include electronic “book entry” records).

(c)No Employment Rights. The adoption of the Plan and the grant of Awards do not confer upon any Person any right to continued employment or Service Relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary.

(d)Trading Policy Restrictions. Option exercises and other Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the Company’s insider trading policy-related restrictions, terms and conditions as may be established by the Committee, or in accordance with policies set by the Committee, from time to time.

(e)Designation of Beneficiary. Each grantee to whom an Award has been made under the Plan may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise any Award on or after the grantee’s death or receive any payment under any Award payable on or after the grantee’s death. Any such designation shall be on a form provided for that purpose by the Committee and shall not be effective until received by the Committee. If no beneficiary has been designated by a deceased grantee, or if the designated beneficiaries have predeceased the grantee, the beneficiary shall be the grantee’s estate.

(f)Legend. Any certificate(s) representing the Shares shall carry substantially the following legend (and with respect to uncertificated Stock, the book entries evidencing such shares shall contain the following notation):

The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions (including repurchase and restrictions against transfers contained in the Plan and any agreements entered into thereunder by and between the company and the holder of this certificate (a copy of which is available at the offices of the company for examination).

(g)Information to Holders of Options. In the event the Company is relying on the exemption from the registration requirements of Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act contained in paragraph (f)(1) of Rule 12h-1 of the Exchange Act, the Company shall provide the information described in Rule 701(e)(3), (4) and (5) of the Securities Act to all holders of Options in accordance with the requirements thereunder. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to provide such information unless the option holder has agreed in writing, on a form prescribed by the Company, to keep such information confidential.

SECTION 16.EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

The Plan shall become effective upon adoption by the Board the Plan shall terminate ten years after the adoption of the Plan. No Option or Bonus Shares may be granted during any suspension or after the termination of the Plan. No amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan shall, without an Optionee's








consent, alter or impair any of the rights or obligations under any Option theretofore granted to such Optionee under the Plan.


11.

 Limitations. Every right of action by any person receiving options pursuant to this Plan against any past, present or future member of the Board, or any officer or employee of the Company arising out of or in connection with this Plan shall, irrespective of the place where such action may be brought and irrespective of the place of residence of any such director, officer or employee cease and be barred by the expiration of one year from the date of the act or omission in respect of which such right of action arises.


12.

 Governing Law. The Plan shall be governedapproved by the laws of the State of Nevada.


13.

Expenses of Administration. All costs and expenses incurred in the operation and administration of this Plan shall be borne by the Company.










Appendix B


FORM OF

AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.


ARTICLE I

NAME OF CORPORATION


The name of the Corporation is Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.


ARTICLE II

REGISTERED OFFICE AND RESIDENT AGENT


The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the state of Nevada is 1112 North Curry Street, Carson City, Nevada 89703 and the Corporation’s resident agent at such address is State Agent and Transfer Syndicate, Inc.


ARTICLE III

DURATION

The Corporation shall have perpetual existence.


ARTICLE IV

PURPOSE


The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any activity within the purposes for which corporations may be incorporated and organized under Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, and to do all other things incidental thereto which are not forbidden by law or by these Articles of Incorporation.


ARTICLE V

POWERS


The Corporation has been formed pursuant to Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes. The powers of the Corporation shall be those powers granted under the Nevada Revised Statues, including Sections 78.060 and 78.070 thereof. In addition, the Corporation shall have the following specific powers:


(a) to elect or appoint officers and agents of the Corporation and to fix their compensation; (b) to act as an agent for any individual, association, partnership, corporation or other legal entity; (c) to receive, acquire, hold, exercise rights arising out of the ownership or possession of, sell, or otherwise dispose of, shares or other interests in, or obligations of, individuals, associations, partnerships, corporations, governments or other legal entities; (d) to receive, acquire, hold, pledge, transfer, or otherwise dispose of shares of the Corporationstockholders in accordance with Chapter 78applicable state law and the Company’s articles of incorporation and bylaws within 12 months thereafter. If the Nevada Revised Statutes; and (e)stockholders fail to make gifts or contributions forapprove the public welfare or for charitable, scientific or educational purposes.


ARTICLE VI

CAPITAL STOCK


A. CLASSES OF STOCK


The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, Common Stock and blank check preferred stock. The total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 510,000,000 shares. 500,000,000 shares shall be Common Stock, par value of $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). 10,000,000 shares shall be blank check preferred stock, par value of $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock” or “Blank Check Preferred Stock”).


B. ISSUANCE OF PREFERRED STOCK









The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized to provide for the issue of all or any of the shares of the Blank Check Preferred Stock in one or more series, and to fix the number of shares and to determine or alter for each such series, such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designation, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other rights and such qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adoptedPlan within 12 months after its adoption by the Board of Directors, providing forthen any Awards granted or sold under the issuance ofPlan shall be rescinded and no additional grants or sales shall thereafter be made under the Plan. Subject to such sharesapproval by stockholders and asto the requirement that no Shares may be permitted by the Nevada Revised Statutes.  The Board of Directors is also expressly authorized to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. In case the number of shares of any series shall be decreased in accordance with the foregoing sentence, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status that they hadissued hereunder prior to thesuch approval, Stock Options and other Awards may be granted hereunder on and after adoption of the resolution originally fixingPlan by the numberBoard. No grants of shares of such series.


C. RIGHTS, PREFERENCES, PRIVILEGES AND RESTRICTIONS OF COMMON STOCK.


1. Dividend Rights. Subject toStock Options and other Awards may be made hereunder after the prior or equal rights of holders of all classes of stock at the time outstanding having prior or equal rights as to dividends, the holderstenth anniversary of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declareddate the Plan is adopted by the Board of Directors,or the date the Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders, whichever is earlier.

SECTION 17.GOVERNING LAW

This Plan, all Awards and any controversy arising out of any assets of the Corporation legally available therefor, such dividends as may be declared from timeor relating to time by the Board of Directors.


2. Voting Rights. Each holder of the Common Stockthis Plan and all Awards shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock standinggoverned by and construed in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation.


3. Stock Rights and Options. The Corporation shall have the power to create and issue rights, warrants or options entitling the holders thereof to purchase from the Corporation any shares of its capital stock of any class or classes, upon such terms and conditions and at such time and prices as the board of directors or a committee thereof may approve, which terms and conditions shall be incorporated in an instrument or instruments evidencing such rights, warrants or options. In the absence of fraud, the judgment of the board of directors or a committee thereof as to the adequacy of consideration for the issuance of such rights, warrants or options and the sufficiency thereof shall be conclusive.


ARTICLE VII

PLACE OF MEETINGS; CORPORATE BOOKS


Subject toaccordance with the laws of the State of Nevada as to matters within the shareholders andscope thereof, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the directors shall have power to hold their meetings and to maintainapplication of any law other than the bookslaw of the Corporation outside the stateState of Nevada, at such place or places as may from time to time be designated in the Corporation’s Bylaws or by appropriate resolution.Nevada.


DATE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:June 29, 2020

ARTICLE VIIIDATE ADOPTED BY THE SHAREHOLDERS:_______________________________                             .

AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES


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The provisions of these Articles of Incorporation may be amended, altered or repealed from time to time to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the laws of the state of Nevada, and additional provisions authorized by such laws as are then in force may be added. All rights herein conferred on the directors, officers and shareholders are granted subject to this reservation.


ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

170 PATER HOUSE, PSAILA ST

BIRKIRKARA BKR 9077 MALTA

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To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the officers and directors of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer; provided, however, this limitation on personal liability shall not apply to acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud, knowing violation of law, or unlawful distribution prohibited by Section 78.300 of the Nevada Revised Statutes.

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Appendix C



ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

CERTIFICATE OF VALIDATIONSpecial Meeting of Shareholders

________ __, 2019August 13, 2020 10:00 AM

This Certificate of Validation (this “Certificate”)proxy is filed on behalf of ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”), pursuant to NRS Section 78.0296, which provides that, if a corporate act ratified or validated pursuant to NRS Section 78.0296 would have required any filing with the Nevada Secretary of State pursuant to NRS Chapter 78, or if such ratification or validation would cause any such filing to be inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, then the corporation shall make, amend or correct each such filing in accordance with NRS Chapter 78 (including NRS Section 78.0296), and that any such filing, amendment or correction must be accompanied by a certificate of validation indicating that the filing, amendment or correction is being made in connection with a ratification or validation of a corporate act in accordance with NRS Section 78.0296 and specifying the effective date and time of the filing, amendment or correction, which may be before the date and time of filing.

I, [_________________], [_______________] of the Corporation, hereby certify on behalf of the Corporation as follows:

1. This Certificate accompanies, and has been appended to, those certain Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Articles”), which are being concurrently filed on the date hereof with the Nevada Secretary of State in accordance with NRS Chapter 78.

2. The Articles are a filing, amendment or correction being made in connection with a ratification or validation of a corporate act in accordance with NRS Section 78.0296.  Such ratification or validation was adopted and approved by unanimous written consent of the Corporation’s board of directors at a duly called teleconference meeting of the board of directors held on February __, 2019, andsolicited by the requisite majorityBoard of the Corporation’s shareholders entitled to vote at a duly called and held special meeting of stockholders held on ______________, 2019.

3. The effective date and time of the Articles is [___________], at 12:01 a.m. (_____Time).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Corporation as of the date set forth above.

ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC.,

a Nevada corporation

By:__________________________

Name:

TitleDirectors

 

The undersigned hereby certifies thatappoints Grant Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Esports Entertainment Group, Inc., as Proxy with full power of substitution to vote all the person named above isshares of Common Stock which the duly elected, qualifiedundersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present at the Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on August 13, 2020, at 10:00 A.M. EST at 101 S Wood Ave, Iselin, NJ 08830, or at any postponement or adjournment thereof, and acting [__________] ofupon any and all matters which may properly be brought before the Corporation, and that the signature appearing above is his true and genuine signature.Special Meeting or any postponement or adjournments thereof, hereby revoking all former proxies.

 

____________________________This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendations.




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