UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended: March 31, 2020

 

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from __________________ to __________________

 

Commission File Number: 000-55954

 

ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada		000-55954		26-3062752
(State of incorporation)		(Commission File No.)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

170 Pater House, Psaila St

Birkirkara BKR 9077 Malta

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 356 2757 7000

 

 

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

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered Symbol(s)
Common Stock		GMBL		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Common Stock Purchase Warrants		GMBLW		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transaction period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

 

As of May 15, 2020, there were 9,673,648 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 issued and outstanding.

 

   

ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.

 

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter ended March 31, 2020

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

INDEX TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

PART I
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2020 (unaudited) and June 30, 2019	1
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)	2
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)	3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)	4
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	5
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	19
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	22
Controls and Procedures	23
PART II
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Legal Proceedings	24
Risk Factors	25
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	25
Defaults Upon Senior Securities	25
Mine Safety Disclosures	25
Other Information	25
Exhibits	25
Signatures	26

 

 

Part I – Financial Information

 

Item 1 – Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

		March 31, 2020				June 30, 2019
		(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash		$	9,439			$	43,412
Prepaid expenses and other current assets - related parties			5,136				190,280
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			125,000				213,817
Total current assets			139,575				447,509
Fixed assets			10,158				16,577
Intangible assets			2,500				81,226
Other non-current assets			6,833				16,480
TOTAL ASSETS		$	159,066			$	561,792
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	1,134,521			$	607,448
Due to shareholder			-				1,551
Convertible note			4,031,000				290,720
Derivative liabilities			8,959,896				4,655,031
Total liabilities			14,125,417				5,554,750
Stockholders’ deficit
Common stock $0.001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 6,267,007 and 5,849,208 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively			6,267				5,849
Additional paid-in capital			8,397,830				4,955,380
Equity to be issued			30,000				230,000
Accumulated deficit			(22,400,448	)			(10,184,187	)
Total stockholders’ deficit			(13,966,351	)			(4,992,958	)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT		$	159,066			$	561,792

 

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

 

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(Unaudited)

 

		Three Months Ended March 31,								Nine Months Ended March 31,
		2020				2019				2020				2019
Operating expenses:
General and administrative		$	551,058			$	1,121,747			$	1,912,870			$	2,509,307
Total operating expenses			551,058				1,121,747				1,912,870				2,509,307
Operating loss			(551,058	)			(1,121,747	)			(1,912,870	)			(2,509,307	)
Interest expense			(23,479	)			(3,834,529	)			(2,285,792	)			(4,632,181	)
Net amortization of debt discount and premium on convertible debt			(674,946	)			(1,120,703	)			(1,225,205	)			(1,176,324	)
Change in fair market value of derivative liabilities			(6,952,798	)			2,681,801				(5,865,451	)			1,925,748
Loss on extinguishment of debt			-				-				(2,795,582	)			-
Gain on Warrant Exchange			1,894,418				-				1,894,418				-
Impairment of intangible asset			-				-				(67,132	)			-
Gain on settlement of debt			-				-				42,896				-
Foreign exchange gain (loss)			33				-				(1,544	)			-
Loss before income taxes			(6,307,831	)			(3,395,178	)			(12,216,261	)			(6,392,064	)
Income tax expense			-				-				-				-
Net loss and comprehensive loss		$	(6,307,831	)		$	(3,395,178	)		$	(12,216,261	)		$	(6,392,064	)
Basic and diluted loss per common share		$	(1.02	)		$	(0.58	)		$	(2.04	)		$	(1.11	)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted			6,183,944				5,821,875				5,989,619				5,751,951

 

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

 

  

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders Equity (Deficit)

(Unaudited)

 

		Common Stock								Additional paid-in				Equity to be				Accumulated
		Shares				Amount				capital				issued				Deficit				Total
Balance as at July 1, 2019			5,849,208			$	5,849			$	4,955,380			$	230,000			$	(10,184,187	)		$	(4,992,958	)
Common stock and warrants issued for services			16,667				17				199,983				(200,000	)			-				-
Stock based compensation			-				-				55,672				-				-				55,672
Net loss for the period			-				-				-				-				(2,839,784	)			(2,839,784	)
Balance as at September 30, 2019			5,865,875				5,866				5,211,035				30,000				(13,023,971	)			(7,777,070	)
Common stock issued for services			8,889				9				57,991				-				-				58,000
Common stock issued for waiver agreement			5,435				5				26,897				-				-				26,902
Common stock issued up warrants exercised for cash			4,444				4				9,996				-				-				10,000
Non-cash warrant exercised			53,028				53				1,222,549				-				-				1,222,602
Stock based compensation			-				-				45,398				-				-				45,398
Net loss for the period			-				-				-				-				(3,068,646	)			(3,068,646	)
Balance as at December 31, 2019			5,937,671			$	5,938			$	6,573,866			$	30,000			$	(16,092,617	)		$	(9,482,814	)
Common stock issued for warrant exchange			288,722				289				1,688,735				-				-				1,689,024
Common stock issued up warrants exercised for cash			40,001				40				89,960				-				-				90,000
Stock based compensation			-				-				45,270				-				-				45,270
Effect of 1 for 15 reverse stock split			613				1				(1	)			-				-				-
Net loss for the period			-				-				-				-				(6,307,831	)			(6,307,830	)
Balance as at March 31, 2020			6,267,007			$	6,267			$	8,397,830			$	30,000			$	(22,400,448	)		$	(13,966,351	)
Balance as at July 1, 2018			5,572,084			$	5,572			$	3,684,266			$	379,102			$	(3,802,822	)		$	266,118
Common stock issued for services			11,000				11				139,489				(127,500	)			-				12,000
Reduction in equity to be issued upon issuance of common stock			13,778				14				30,986				(31,000	)			-				-
Common stock issued up warrants exercised for cash			195,111				195				468,804				(220,602	)			-				248,397
Issuance of stock options			-				-				126,829				-				-				126,829
Equity to be issued			-				-				-				62,000				-				62,000
Net loss for the period			-				-				-				-				(872,923	)			(872,923	)
Balance as at September 30, 2018			5,791,973				5,792				4,450,374				62,000				(4,675,745	)			(157,579	)
Common stock issued for services			9,000				9				88,491				-				-				88,500
Common stock issued up warrants exercised for cash			17,568				18				39,878				-				-				39,896
Issuance of stock options			-				-				41,630				-				-				41,630
Equity to be issued			-				-				-				(62,000	)			-				(62,000	)
Net loss for the period			-				-				-				-				(2,123,963	)			(2,123,963	)
Balance as at December 31, 2018			5,818,541			$	5,819			$	4,620,374			$	-			$	(6,799,708	)		$	(2,173,516	)
Common stock issued for services			6,667				6				59,994				-				-				60,000
Net loss for the period			-				-				-				-				(3,395,178	)			(3,395,178	)
Balance as at March 31, 2019			5,825,208			$	5,825			$	4,680,368			$	-			$	(10,194,886	)		$	(5,508,694	)

  

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

  

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

		For the Nine Months Ended March 31,
		2020				2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss		$	(12,216,261	)		$	(6,392,064	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Stock based compensation			448,434				328,959
Amortization and depreciation			18,013				1,219,452
Non-cash interest expense for issuance of derivative			-				4,632,181
Impairment of intangible asset			67,132				-
Net amortization of debt discount and premium on convertible debt			1,225,205				(1,925,748	)
Change in the fair market value of derivative liabilities			5,865,451				-
Loss on extinguishment of debt			2,795,582				-
Non-cash interest expense			2,064,749				-
Gain on warrant exchange			(1,894,418	)			-
Gain on settlement of debt			(42,896	)			-
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable			-				-
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			39,516				326,667
Accounts payable and accrued expenses			525,521				335,562
Net cash used in operating activities			(1,103,973	)			(1,474,991	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Rent security deposit			-				(12,134	)
Purchase of intangible assets			-				-
Purchase of equipment			-				-
Amounts provided to related parties							(132,079	)
Net cash used in investing activities			-				(144,213	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from promissory convertible note			1,160,000				2,000,000
Repayment of promissory convertible note			(105,000	)			-
Due to shareholder							1,600
Deferred financing costs			(85,000	)			(342,694	)
Proceeds from exercise of warrants			100,000				288,293
Net cash provided by financing activities			1,070,000				1,947,199
Net (decrease) increase in cash			(33,973	)			327,995
Cash, beginning of period			43,412				100,167
Cash, end of period		$	9,439			$	428,162
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
CASH PAID FOR:
Interest		$	-			$	-
Income taxes		$	-			$	-
SUPPLEMENTAL DISLCOSURE OF NON-CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Extinguishment of derivative liability associated with extinguishment of convertible notes		$	1,426,323			$	-
Extinguishment of debt discount associated with extinguishment of convertible notes		$	1,909,280			$	-
Debt discount and derivative liability associated with amended and restated note		$	1,565,617			$	-
Increase in principal amount of convertible debt associated with amended and restated note		$	660,000			$	-
Derivative liability associated with convertible notes entered into		$	1,136,231			$	-
Debt discount associated with convertible notes entered into		$	1,276,000			$	-
Extinguishment of derivative liability associated with cashless warrant exercise		$	1,222,602			$	-
Extinguishment of derivative liability associated with warrant exchange		$	3,583,442			$	-
Original issuance discount of convertible notes		$	116,000			$	-

  

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

  

  

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

Note 1 – Nature of Operations

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (formerly VGambling Inc.) (the “Company”) was incorporated in the state of Nevada on July 22, 2008. On April 18, 2017, the majority of the shareholders 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.

 

The Company operates a licensed online gambling platform focused purely on the esports industry. Utilizing our peer-to-peer wagering system, we offer real money betting exchange style wagering on esports events from around the world in a secure environment. A betting exchange allows players to bet against one another rather than a bookmaker. Players can offer odds to, or request odds from, other players who wish to wager. Where traditional bookmakers risk going head-to-head with gamblers on markets, a betting exchange takes on no risk on the particular outcome of an event. Instead, a betting exchange provides the platform for its customers to match bets against one another and takes a small commission on winnings. Betting exchanges are becoming an increasingly integral part of the global gambling landscape, in many cases enabling customers to obtain better odds, more transparency and an experience that feels intuitively fairer. Further, the platform also facilitates gambling through “pool betting” whereby a group of people, be it a fan base of a team or a player or a group of friends and family, can pay a fixed price into a “pool” and then make a selection on an outcome, related to a tournament or game in esport. After the event has finished, those that selected the winner get an equal share of the pool.

 

At the current time, under our existing Curacao license, we are able to accept wagers from residents of over 149 jurisdictions including Canada, Japan, Germany and South Africa. On April 30, 2020, we received our Gaming Service License (“License”) for online pool betting from the Malta Gaming Authority (“MGA”). The MGA is a long established authority that sets standards for gambling practices across the world with emphasis on safeguarding players and promoting responsible gambling. As an MGA license holder we will be able to benefit from onshore status in Europe as Maltese registered operators can advertise across the European Union.

 

We do not accept wagers from United States residents at this time. 

 

Note 2 – Liquidity

 

The Company is in the development stage and has not yet realized profitable operations and has relied on non-operational sources to fund operations. The Company has incurred recurring losses and additional future losses are anticipated as the Company has not yet been able to generate revenue. The Company’s activities are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including failing to obtain the licenses required to operate its gambling business, failing to secure the additional funding required to fully operationalize the Company’s business, and the risk of existing or future competitors offering similar or more advanced technology.

 

As of March 31, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $22,400,446 and a working capital deficiency of $13,985,840. The Company has not generated any revenues during the nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. These factors raised substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, which has been alleviated by the execution of management’s plans. On April 15, 2020, the Company raised approximately $7,000,000 in net proceeds from its Offering (see subsequent events). The funds received in the Offering are expected to be enough to satisfy the Company’s current obligations to continue operations at least for the next twelve months from the date of this filing.

 

There have been recent outbreaks in several countries, including the United States, of the highly transmissible and pathogenic coronavirus (“COVID-19”). The outbreak of such communicable diseases could result in a widespread health crisis that could adversely affect general commercial activity and the economies and financial markets of many countries, including the United States. An outbreak of communicable diseases, or the perception that such an outbreak could occur, and the measures taken by the governments of countries affected could adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations.

   

  

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

Note 3 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

A summary of the significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements follows:

 

Basis of presentation and principles of consolidation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information, and with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) set forth in Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. The unaudited interim financial statements furnished reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. Unaudited interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full fiscal year. These financial statements should be read along with the Annual Report filed on Form 10-K of the Company for the annual period ended June 30, 2019. The consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2019 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year then ended. The consolidated statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries Esports Services Antigua Ltd., Vie Esports Services B.V., Esports Services (Malta) Limited and Esports Entertainment (Malta) Ltd. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated on consolidation. Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period condensed consolidated financial statements to conform to the current period presentation.

 

Reverse Stock-Split

 

All share and per share amounts have been presented to give retroactive effect to a 1 for 15 reverse stock-split that occurred in January 2020.

 

Income (Loss) Per Share

 

Basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common shareholders (the numerator) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (the denominator) for the period. In periods of losses, diluted loss per share is computed on the same basis as basic loss per share as the inclusion of any other potential shares outstanding would be anti-dilutive.

 

The following securities were excluded from weighted average diluted common shares outstanding for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 because their inclusion would have been antidilutive.

 

		As of March 31,
		2020				2019
Common stock equivalents:
Common stock options			51,941				41,941
Warrants issued with notes and placement agent warrants			414,549				725,112
Convertible notes			447,889				537,778
Equity to be issued			2,667				-
Totals			917,046				1,304,831

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and that may impact its financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 842, Leases, which requires lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets as a right-of-use asset with a corresponding lease liability. Lessor accounting under the standard is substantially unchanged. Additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures are also required. The Company adopted the standard effective July 1, 2019 using the cumulative-effect adjustment transition method, which applies the provisions of the standard at the effective date without adjusting the comparative periods presented. The Company adopted all practical expedients and elected the following accounting policies related to this standard:

 

●

Short-term lease accounting policy election allowing lessees to not recognize right-of-use assets and liabilities for leases with a term of twelve months or less; and

 

●

The option to not separate lease and non-lease components for equipment leases.

 

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

The package of practical expedients applied to all of its leases, including (i) not reassessing whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (ii) not reassessing the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and (iii) not reassessing initial direct costs for any existing leases.

 

Adoption of this standard did not result in the recognition of operating lease right-of-use assets or liability as of July 1, 2019. The Company’s accounting for finance leases remained substantially unchanged. The standard did not materially impact operating results or liquidity.

 

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which simplifies the accounting for nonemployee share-based payment transactions. The amendments specify that Topic 718 applies to all share- based payment transactions in which a grantor acquires goods or services to be used or consumed in a grantor’s own operations by issuing share-based payment awards. The guidance was adopted effective July 1, 2019, and the adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In July 2017 the FASB issued ASU 2017-11, “Earnings Per Share (Topic 260) Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480) Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815),” which addresses the complexity of accounting for certain financial instruments with down round features. The ASU, among other things, eliminates the need to consider the effects of down round features when analyzing convertible debt, warrants and other financing instruments. On July 1, 2019, the Company adopted this standard, as a result, freestanding equity-linked financial instruments (or embedded conversion options) no longer are accounted for as a derivative liability at fair value as a result of the existence of a down round feature.

 

The following are new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other- Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40). This ASU addresses customer’s accounting for implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract and also adds certain disclosure requirements related to implementation costs incurred for internal-use software and cloud computing arrangements. The amendment aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The amendments in this ASU can be applied either retrospectively or prospectively to all implementation costs incurred after the date of adoption. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance to determine the impact it may have on the Company’s financial statements.

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820). The ASU eliminates such disclosures as the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The ASU adds new disclosure requirements for Level 3 measurements. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted for any eliminated or modified disclosures. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance to determine the impact it may have on the Company’s financial statements.

 

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

Note 4 – Fixed Assets

 

Fixed assets as of March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019 consists of the following:

 

		March 31, 2020				June 30, 2019
Computer equipment		$	14,450			$	14,450
Furniture and equipment			20,241				20,241
Total			34,691				34,691
Accumulated depreciation			(24,533	)			(18,114	)
Net carrying value		$	10,158			$	16,577

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded total depreciation expense of $6,419 and $8,963 respectively.

 

Note 5 – Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets as of March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019 consists the following:

 

		March 31, 2020				June 30, 2019
Online gaming website		$	127,133			$	127,133
Accumulated amortization			(57,502	)			(45,907	)
Impairment of intangible assets			(67,131	)			-
Net carrying value		$	2,500			$	81,226

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded total amortization expense of $11,595 and $37,079, respectively.

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded total impairment expense of $67,131 and $0, respectively.

  

Note 6. Related Party Transactions

 

The Company entered into transactions and owes balances related to cash to officers and directors.

 

a) The Company currently leases office space from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Grant Johnson. During the nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred rent of $7,200 for both periods, charged by its Chief Executive Officer. As of March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company owed $0 and $3,151, respectively, to its Chief Executive Officer related to rent payments.

 

b) The Company provides an expense advance to David Watt, a Director of the Company. For the nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had provided an expense advance of $0 and $18,750, respectively, to Mr. Watt. As of March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019, the Company included in prepaid expenses and other current assets – related party was $0 and $16,050 for both periods related to David Watt’s expense advance.

 

c) During the nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, Swiss Interactive Software GmbH (“Swiss”) charged the Company software consulting fees of $20,505 and $0, respectively, related to the development of the Company’s online gaming website. Mr. Rozum is the controlling shareholder of Swiss and was a director and the CTO of the Company until his resignation on September 19, 2019. As of March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019, the Company has accrued $36,650 and $93,265, respectively in relation to this agreement.

 

d) During the nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, Ardmore Software SP.Z.O.O. (“Ardmore”) charged the Company IT consulting fees of $0 and $243,426, respectively and rent expense, totaling $0 and $35,379, respectively. Mr. Rozum is the controlling shareholder of Ardmore and was a director and the CTO of the Company until his resignation on September 19, 2019. As of March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019, the Company owed $0 and $53,000, respectively.

 

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

Note 7 – Commitments and contingencies

 

Swiss Interactive – Related Party

 

On April 7, 2019, the Company entered into the Software Transfer Agreement with Swiss Interactive for the purchase of the Licensed Software for consideration of $1,700,000, the consummation of which was contingent upon either the Company’s completion of (i) any private placement offerings or registered public offerings pursuant to which the Company receives proceeds in excess of $6,000,000 or (ii) any private or public offerings in connection with the listing of the Company’s securities on a national securities exchange (“Qualified Offering”). If the Company did not complete a Qualified Offering within six months of the execution date of the transfer agreement, such agreement would become void and the Company and Swiss Interactive would continue to abide by the terms of the existing Betting Gaming Platform Software Agreement entered into with Swiss Interactive Software GmbH on June 12, 2014 (the “Original Software Licensing Agreement”).

 

On November 6, 2019 the Software Transfer Agreement was terminated.

 

Consultant Agreements

 

On June 12, 2014, the Company entered into a Betting Gaming Platform Software Agreement with Swiss Interactive Software GmbH. The monthly fees due under the agreement are based on the percentage of total revenues per month ranging from 5.0% to 10.0%. Monthly fees for platform support and maintenance services are set at a minimum of 2,500 Euros and a maximum of 25,000 Euros. During December 2019, the Betting Gaming Platform Software Agreement was terminated

 

On August 1, 2017, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with a consultant for compensation of $48,000 per year. If the Company’s generates revenues exceeding $1,000,000 per month for six consecutive months the base annual compensation will increase to $72,000 per year.

 

On July 13, 2018, the Company entered into an agreement in principle with a third party, to assist the Company with an offering of common stock of the Company or any other financing. Pursuant to this agreement, the Company advanced $50,000 for expenses which has been included in prepaid expenses as a deferred financing cost as of March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019. In the event the agreement is terminated, the Company has agreed to reimburse the third party for the full amount of accountable expenses incurred to such date, up to a maximum of $200,000.

 

Contingencies

 

Boustead Securities, LLC (“Boustead”) has notified the Company that it owes Boustead $192,664, as well as warrants to purchase 94,528 shares of common stock of the Company, as compensation for their acting as the placement agent for the sale of Company securities between June 2017 and 2018. Unless this matter is settled, Boustead has notified us that they plan to file an arbitration claim to resolve this dispute. Management believes this claim to be without merit as it is management’s position that Boustead has been paid in full for the services provided and that no further cash or warrants are owed. The JAMS arbitration was originally scheduled for the end of January 2020 and has since been deferred due to COVID-19. It is our position that we have paid Boustead in full for the services it provided to us. We have denied that we owe Boustead any additional cash or warrants and have filed motions to dismiss these claims as well as filed counterclaims against Boustead. We plan to continue to vigorously defend the Company against these claims.

 

  

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

On December 19, 2018, Mr. Bryan Whatley, filed the first amended complaint against the Company (the “Defendant”) in the United States District Court in the District of Nevada for breach of contract in connection with its acting as a finder to assist the Company in finding potential investors. In their complaint, they sought damages in excess of $85,000 plus warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company filed an answer to the first amended complaint denying the existence of a contract between the Company and Mr. Whatley, among other things. Management believes this claim to be without merit as it is management’s position that there was no contract. We plan to continue to vigorously defend the Company against this claim. The deadline for Mr. Whatley to respond to the Company’s answer was April 12, 2019, and no such response was filed.

 

On April 23, 2019, the Company filed a motion to dismiss with the United States District Court of the State of Nevada. On August 27, 2019, an order that the Defendant’s motion to dismiss was granted.

  

Note 8 – Convertible Debt

 

The Notes and the Bridge (each as defined below) were mandatorily converted in full on April 15, 2020 upon consummation of the April Offering.

 

$2,200,000 Secured Convertible Note

 

On November 13, 2018 (the “November 2018 Offering”), the Company issued face value $2,200,000 5% Senior Convertible Notes issued at a 10% original issue discount along with 244,445 warrants for net proceeds of $2,000,000 (the “Notes”). Cash fees paid for financing costs were $336,193. The Notes are secured by all of our assets and accrues interest at 5% per annum, payable in cash at maturity. However, the principal amount may be converted at the option of the holder at any time during the term to maturity into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $9.0 per share subject to adjustment for capital reorganization events and subsequent sales by the Company of shares of its common stock at a price per share below $9.0. The Notes also contain certain traditional default provisions that are linked to credit or interest risks, such as bankruptcy proceedings, liquidation events and corporate existence. The Company has concluded that the Notes contain an embedded conversion option that is indexed to the Company’s stock which contain an optional cash settlement feature. Therefore, the embedded conversion option is subject to classification in the Company’s financial statement in liabilities at fair value both at inception and subsequently pursuant to ASC 815.

 

In connection with the issuance of the Note, the Company issued the holders warrants to purchase our common stock. The warrant is exercisable until November 13, 2021 for 244,445 of shares at a purchase price of $11.25 per share subject to adjustment for capital reorganization events and subsequent sales by the Company of shares of its common stock at a price per share below $11.25. The Company has concluded that the Warrants contain an optional cash settlement feature. Therefore, the Warrants are subject to classification in the Company’s financial statement in liabilities at fair value both at inception and subsequently pursuant to ASC 815.

 

Additionally, the Company issued its placement agents warrants to purchase its common stock. The warrant is exercisable until December 12, 2023 for 48,889 of shares at a purchase price of $11.25 per share subject to adjustment for capital reorganization events and subsequent sales by the Company of shares of its common stock at a price per share below $11.25. The Company has concluded that the Warrants contain an optional cash settlement feature. Therefore, the Warrants are subject to classification in the Company’s financial statement in liabilities at fair value both at inception and subsequently pursuant to ASC 815.

 

On July 17, 2019, the Company and the investors (the “Investors”) in its November , 2018 Offering entered into Waiver Agreements (the “Waiver Agreements”). Pursuant to the terms of the Waiver Agreement, the Investors waived the exercise of remedies with regard to certain breaches of agreements and any and all events of defaults between the Company and the Investors, including the Notes, Warrants, and Securities Purchase Agreements (the “Transaction Documents”).

 

In consideration for the Investors entrance into the Waiver Agreements, the Company increased the principal amount of each Note issued in the November 2018 Offering by 30%, in the form of an Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note (the “Amended and Restated Note”). Additionally, for its role as lead investor, facilitator and negotiating the terms of the Waiver Agreement, the Company issued to Cavalry Fund I LP warrants to purchase 3,333 shares of Common Stock exercisable on or after October 1, 2019 for a term of three (3) years from such date at an exercise price of $11.25 per share (the “Cavalry Warrant”).

 

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

The Company evaluated the debt modification for the Amended and Restated Note in accordance with ASC 470-50 and concluded that the debt qualified for debt extinguishment as the 10% cash flow test was met. As a result, the $2,200,000 Secured Convertible Note was written off and the Amended and Restated Note was recorded at fair value as of July 17, 2019. On July 17, 2019 the Company wrote off the remaining principal balance of $2,200,000 and recorded the Amended and Restated Note at fair market value in the amount of $4,476,412. On July 17, 2019, of the $4,476,412 fair market value, $2,860,000 represents the face amount of the Amended and Restated Note and $1,616,412 represents the deemed premium paid for the Amended and Restated Note which was recorded as additional debt principal to be amortized over the remaining life of the Amended and Restated Note. The Company accelerated the remaining amortization of the July 17, 2019 premium on November 19, 2019. For the nine months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recorded a reduction to amortization expense in the amount of $1,616,412 for the amortization of the deemed premium and a loss on extinguishment of debt in the amount of $2,795,582.

 

On November 19, 2019, the Company and the Investors in its November 2018 Offering have agreed to or entered into subsequent Waiver Agreements (the “November Waiver Agreements”). Pursuant to the terms of the November Waiver Agreement, the Investors agreed to waive the exercise of remedies with regard to any and all events of default between the Company and the Investors, in connection with the Transaction Documents and agreed to extend the maturity of their Notes until February 14, 2020. As of March 31, 2020, the Investors verbally agreed to extend the maturity date until the filing of the Company’s registration statement, which was subsequently filed on April 15, 2020.

 

In consideration for the Investors entrance into the Waiver Agreements, the Company has agreed to issue to each Investor an additional Warrant (the “Additional Warrant”) to purchase such number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal to 5% of the Warrant Shares initially issuable to such Investor under the Warrant issued to such Investor in the November 13, 2018 Offering, as amended. The Additional Warrant shall have an exercise price of $11.25 per share and shall be in form substantially the same as the Warrants issued in the November 13, 2018 Offering, provided that no cashless provision, ratchet provision or piggyback registration provisions shall be contained in the Additional Warrants.

 

The Company evaluated the debt modification for the Amended and Restated Note in accordance with ASC 470-50 and concluded that the debt did not qualify for debt extinguishment as the 10% cash flow test was not met. As a result, the additional warrants issued in connection with the waiver were fair valued and recorded as a debt discount, and are being amortized to interest expense over the remaining term of the debt. In addition, the Company incurred $50,000 of deferred financing fees in connection with the modification and expensed the fees to interest expense immediately.

 

These Notes were verbally agreed to be extended at the maturity date. The Notes were mandatorily converted in full on April 15, 2020 upon the consummation of the Company’s public offering of its securities and simultaneous listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “April Offering”).

 

Private Placement Offerings

 

On August 14, 2019 and August 29, 2019, the Company consummated the initial closings (“Initial Closings”) of a private placement offering (the “Offerings”) whereby the Company entered into those certain securities purchase agreement (the “August 2019 Purchase Agreements”) with seven (7) accredited investors (the “August Investors”). Pursuant to the August 2019 Purchase Agreements, the Company issued the August Investors those certain convertible promissory notes (the “August Convertible Promissory Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $522,500 (including a 10% original issue discount) and warrants (the “August Investor Warrants”) to purchase 58,057 shares of the Company’s common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $475,000.

 

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

On October 11, 2019 and December 16, 2019, Company consummated additional closings of the Offerings whereby the Company entered into certain securities purchase agreement accredited investors (the “Q2 Closings”). Pursuant to the Q2 Closings, the Company issued the investors those certain convertible promissory notes (the “Q2 Promissory Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $753,500 (including a 10% original issue discount) and to purchase 92,278 shares of the Company’s common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $685,000.

 

The August Convertible Promissory Notes and Q2 Promissory Notes, together and in the aggregate the (“Bridge Notes”) accrue interest at a rate of 5% per annum and are initially convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $9.00 per share, subject to adjustment (the “Conversion Price”). The Bridge Notes contain a mandatory conversion mechanism whereby unpaid principal and accrued interest on the Bridge Notes, upon the closing of a Qualified Offering (as defined therein) converts into the securities offered in such a Qualified Offering at the lower of (i) the Conversion Price and (ii) 80% of the offering price in the Qualified Offering. The Bridge Notes contain customary events of default (each an “Event of Default”) and mature on August 14, 2020, August 29, 2020, October 16, 2020 and December 6, 2020. If an Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of the Bridge Notes, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing with respect to the Bridge Notes will become, at the holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash at the “Mandatory Default Amount”. The Mandatory Default Amount means the sum of 130% of the outstanding principal amount of the Bridge Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, including default interest of 18% per year, and all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of the Bridge Notes.

 

Pursuant to the Bridge Notes, each investor was entitled to 100% warrant coverage, such that investor in the Bridge Notes received the same number of warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock as is the number of shares of Common Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the Bridge Notes as of the date of issuance. The warrants issued in accordance with the Bridge Notes are exercisable at a price of $11.25 per share, subject to adjustment from the date of issuance through August 14, 2022, August 29, 2022, October 11, 2022 and December 16, 2022.

 

The Bridge Notes were mandatorily converted in full on April 15, 2020 upon the consummation of the April Offering.

 

Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC (the “Placement Agent”) acted as placement agent for the Offerings and received cash compensation of $85,000 and warrants to purchase 20,778 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an initial exercise price of $11.25 per share, subject to adjustment (“Agent Warrants”). The Agent Warrants may be exercised on a “cashless” basis and expire in August 14, 2024 and August 29, 2024.

 

Accounting for the Amended and Restated Notes and Convertible Promissory Notes

 

The Company evaluated the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Notes and Convertible Promissory Notes issued in the private placement offerings under the guidance of ASC 815. Because the economic characteristics and risks of the equity-linked conversion options are clearly and closely related to a debt-type host and the conversion features contain an optional cash settlement, the conversion features require classification and measurement as derivative financial instruments. Further, these features individually were not afforded the exemption normally available to derivatives indexed to a company’s own stock. Accordingly, our evaluation resulted in the conclusion that this compound derivative financial instrument requires bifurcation and liability classification, at fair value. The compound derivative financial instrument consists of an embedded conversion feature. Current standards contemplate that the classification of financial instruments requires evaluation at each report date.

  

The following tables reflect the allocation of the purchase on the financing dates:

  

Secured Convertible Notes		Face Value
		March 31, 2020				June 30, 2019
Face value of Amended and Restated Note		$	2,755,000			$	2,200,000
Face value of Bridge Notes			1,276,000				-
Total face value			4,031,000				2,200,000
Aggregate debt discount			(-)				(1,919,280	)
Carrying value		$	4,031,000			$	290,720

 

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

The carrying value of the aggregate secured convertible notes at March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019 was $4,031,000 and $290,720, respectively.

 

Discounts and premiums on the convertible notes arise from (i) the allocation of basis to other instruments issued in the transaction, (ii) fees paid directly to the creditor and (iii) initial recognition at fair value, which is greater than face value. Discounts and premiums are amortized through charges to and reductions to amortization of interest expense using the effective interest rate method over the term of the debt agreement. Amortization of debt discounts amounted to $2,841,617 and amortization of debt premium amounted to $1,616,412, which resulted in expense from net amortization in the amount of $1,225,205 during the nine months ended March 31, 2020. During the nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recorded amortization of debt discount in the amount of $1,176,324.

 

Derivative Liabilities

 

The carrying value of the compound embedded derivative and warrant derivative liabilities are on the balance sheet, with changes in the carrying value being recorded as a change in fair market value of derivative liabilities on the statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

 

The components of the compound embedded derivative and warrant derivative liabilities as of March 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

Our financing giving rise to derivative financial instruments		Indexed Shares				Fair Values
Compound embedded derivatives:
$4,031,000 face value secured convertible notes			447,889			$	7,974,983
Warrant derivative liabilities (Placement agent Warrants)			94,775				984,913
			1,360,670			$	8,959,896

 

The components of the compound embedded derivative and warrant derivative liabilities as of June 30, 2019 are as follows:

 

Our financing giving rise to derivative financial instruments		Indexed Shares				Fair Values
Compound embedded derivatives:
$2,200,000 face value secured convertible notes			244,444			$	1,777,363
Warrant derivative liabilities (Issued with Notes)			244,445				2,398,057
Warrant derivative liabilities (Placement agent Warrants)			48,889				479,611
			537,778			$	4,655,031

 

Fair Value Considerations

 

GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. As presented in the tables below, this hierarchy consists of three broad levels:

 

Level 1 valuations: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 2 valuations: Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs or significant value drivers are observable.

Level 3 valuations: Significant inputs to valuation model are unobservable.

 

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis

 

Financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below and disclosed on the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2020.

 

		Amounts at				Fair Value Measurement Using Level 3 Inputs Total
Liabilities		Fair Value				Level 1				Level 2				Level 3
Derivative liability – conversion feature		$	7,974,983			$	-			$	-			$	7,974,983
Derivative liability – warrants			984,913				-				-				984,913
Total		$	8,959,896			$	-			$	-			$	8,959,896

  

Financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below and disclosed on the consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2019.

 

		Amounts at				Fair Value Measurement Using Level 3 Inputs Total
Liabilities		Fair Value				Level 1				Level 2				Level 3
Derivative liability – conversion feature		$	1,777,363			$	-			$	-			$	1,777,363
Derivative liability – warrants			2,877,668				-				-				2,877,668
Total		$	4,655,031			$	-			$	-			$	4,655,031

  

The table below provides a summary of the changes in fair value, including net transfers in and/or out of all financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) during the nine months ended March 31, 2020:

 

		Amount
Balance at June 30, 2019		$	4,655,031
Change due to warrant exercise			(1,222,602	)
Change due to extinguishment of debt			(1,426,323	)
Change due to acquired amended and restated note			2,504,127
Change due to issuance of warrants			2,210,550
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities			5,162,712
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities			702,739
Change due to redemption of convertible debt			(42,896	)
Change due to extinguishment of warrant liabilities upon Warrant Exchange			(3,583,442	)
Balance at March 31, 2020		$	8,959,896

 

The fair value of the derivative conversion features and warrant liabilities as of March 31, 2020 were calculated using a Monte-Carlo option model valued with the following assumptions:

 

		March 31, 2020
Dividend yield		0%
Expected volatility		173.1% - 244.8%
Risk free interest rate		2.05% - 2.31%
Contractual term (in years)		1.62 – 5.00
Conversion/Exercise price		$0.39 - $6.00

  

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

Changes in the observable input values would likely cause material changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial instruments.

 

The features embedded in the secured convertible notes and the warrants were valued using a Monte Carlo based valuation model. The Monte Carlo valuation technique was utilized because it embodies all of the requisite assumptions (including the underlying price, exercise price, term, volatility, and risk-free interest-rate) that are necessary to fair value these instruments. For forward contracts that contingently require net-cash settlement as the principal means of settlement, the Company projects and discounts future cash flows applying probability-weighted to multiple possible outcomes. Estimating fair values of derivative financial instruments requires the development of significant and subjective estimates that may, and are likely to, change over the duration of the instrument with related changes in internal and external market factors. In addition, option-based techniques are highly volatile and sensitive to changes in the trading market price of the Company’s common stock. Because derivative financial instruments are initially and subsequently carried at fair values, the Company’s income will reflect the volatility in these estimate and assumption changes.

  

Note 9 – Common Stock

 

Issued Common Stock

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company issued 110,667 shares of its common stock related to the exercise warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $2.55 per share.

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company issued 84,444 shares of its common stock related equity to be issued for the exercise of warrants in a previous period with an exercise price of $2.55 per share. The Company recorded these shares as equity to be issued at June 30, 2018 and did not receive any cash proceeds during the nine months ended March 31, 2019. For the nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recorded $220,602 as a reduction in equity to be issued.

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company issued 13,778 shares of its common stock related to a subscription agreement entered into in a previous period. The Company recorded these shares as equity to be issued at June 30, 2018 and did not receive any cash proceeds during the nine months ended March 31, 2019. For the nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recorded $31,000 as a reduction in equity to be issued.

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company issued 11,000 shares of its common stock related to services received in a previous period. The Company recorded these shares as equity to be issued at June 30, 2018. For the six months ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded $127,500 as a reduction in equity to be issued and $6,000 as stock based compensation.

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company issued 6,667 shares of common stock related to an employment agreement of an officer of the Company. For the nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recorded $60,000 as stock based compensation in relation to the employment agreement

 

During the nine months ending March 31, 2019, the Company issued 2,222 shares of its common stock in relation to a sponsorship agreement and recorded stock based compensation in the amount of $21,999 in relation to the agreement.

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued 53,028 shares of its common stock upon the exercise of warrants upon a cashless exercise.

  

During the nine months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued 44,445 shares of its common stock upon the exercise of warrants and received cash proceeds of $100,000.

 

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

On November 19, 2019, the Company and the Investors in its November 2018 Offering entered into subsequent Waiver Agreements (the “November Waiver Agreements”). Pursuant to the terms of the November Waiver Agreement, the Investors agreed to waive the exercise of remedies with regard to any and all events of default between the Company and the Investors, in connection with the Transaction Documents and agreed to extend the maturity of their Notes until February 14, 2020. As of March 31, 2020, the Investors verbally agreed to extend the maturity. The Company issued 5,435 shares of common stock in relation to the November Waiver Agreements. These Notes were mandatorily converted in full upon the consummation the April Offering

 

In consideration for the Investors entrance into the Waiver Agreements, the Company has agreed to issue to each Investor an additional Warrant (the “Additional Warrant”) to purchase such number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal to 5% of the Warrant Shares initially issuable to such Investor under the Warrant issued to such Investor in the November 13, 2018 Offering, as amended. The Additional Warrant shall have an exercise price of $11.25 per share and shall be in form substantially the same as the Warrants issued in the November 2018 Offering, provided that no cashless provision, ratchet provision or piggyback registration provisions shall be contained in the Additional Warrants.

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued 16,667 shares of its common stock related to a consulting agreement dated June 4, 2019. These shares were recorded as equity to be issued at June 30, 2019, and during the nine months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recorded $200,000 as a reduction to equity to be issued. As of March 31, 2020, the Company recorded a prepaid expense in the amount of $125,000 related to the value of the common stock granted for future services to be rendered.

 

Note 10 – Warrants

 

Warrant Exchange

 

On January 17, 2020 the Company entered into Exchange Agreements with eighteen of its investors whereby the investors agreed to exchange warrants to purchase an aggregate of 288,722 shares of common stock for 288,722 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Exchange”). The Company recorded $1,894,418 as a gain on Warrant Exchange which represents the difference in the fair value of the exchanged warrants in the amount of $3,583,442 and the fair value of the common stock issued in the amount of $1,689,024. The Exchange Agreements were entered into in order to extinguish the derivative liability associated with the warrants.

 

A summary of the Company’s warrant activities is as follows:

 

		Number of Warrants				Weighted Average Exercise Price				Weighted Average Remaining Life (Years)				Intrinsic Value
Outstanding, June 30, 2019			727,779			$	6.30				2.09			$	2,563,939
Issued			190,996				11.25				-				-
Exercised			(138,612	)			8.50				-				-
Exchanged			(288,722	)			11.25				-				-
Expired			(76,892	)			3.12				-				-
Outstanding and Exercisable, March 31, 2020			414,549			$	4.75				1.86			$	306,523

 

There were 138,612 warrants exercised during the nine months ended March 31, 2020. The intrinsic value of the warrants exercised during the nine months March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $49,334 and $1,274,000, respectively.

   

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

Note 11 – Stock Options

 

On August 1, 2017, the Company adopted the 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”) whereby incentive stock options issued to employees, officers, and directors of the Company shall not exceed 166,667 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.  

 

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity is as follows:

 

		Number of Options				Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding, June 30, 2019			51,942			$	10.50
Granted			-				-
Exercised			-				-
Cancelled			-				-
Outstanding, December 31, 2019			51,942			$	10.50

 

As of March 31, 2020, the weighted average remaining life of the options was 4.6 years.

 

During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $146,340 and $328,959, respectively, which has been recorded as general and administrative expense in the statements of operations.

 

For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recorded stock based compensation as general and administrative expense in the amount of $118,475 and $448,434, respectively. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recorded stock based compensation as general and administrative expense in the amount of $328,959 and $160,500, respectively. Of the $448,434 stock based compensation, $244,094 was related to the amortization of stock based compensation recorded as prepaid expense. As of March 31, 2020, there was $120,407 of unrecognized expense related to non-vested stock-based compensation arrangements.

   

Note 12 – Segment Information

 

The following tables summarizes financial information by geographic segment.

 

For the nine months ended March 31, 2020:

 

		Antigua				Malta				Curacao				U.S.				Total
Net Loss		$	27,974			$	46,375			$	126,864			$	12,015,048			$	12,216,261

  

For the nine months ended March 31, 2019:

 

		Antigua				Malta				Curacao				U.S.				Total
Net Loss		$	-			$	37,172			$	8,182			$	6,346,710			$	6,392,064

 

As of March 31, 2020:

 

		Antigua				Malta				Curacao				U.S.				Total
Assets		$	38,172			$	11,009			$	2,257			$	107,628			$	159,066

 

As of March 31, 2019:

 

		Antigua				Malta				Curacao				U.S.				Total
Assets		$	571,796			$	8,283			$	807			$	131,213			$	712,099

  

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

Note 13 – Subsequent Events

 

On April 16, 2020, the Company closed its offering (the “April Offering”) in which it sold 1,980,000 units, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock and two warrants (“Unit A Warrant” and “Unit B Warrant”, and collectively with the common stock the “Units”), each to purchase one share of common stock, at a public offering price of $4.25 per share. In connection with the Offering, the Company (i) received proceeds of approximately $7.6 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, (ii) converted the Company’s convertible debt and accrued interest, (iii) and issued 1,217,241 shares of common stock and 2,434,482 warrants with an exercise price of $4.25 per share in connection with the conversion of the Company’s convertible debt. In addition, the underwriters were granted a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 297,000 shares of Common Stock, and/or 297,000 Unit A Warrants, and/or 297,000 Unit B Warrants, or any combination thereof, to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Over-Allotment Option”). The Units were offered and sold to the public pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2019, as amended, which became effective on April 14, 2020.

 

In connection with the April Offering, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) dated April 14, 2020 with the underwriters (the “Underwriters”) of the Offering. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters provided notice that they would partially exercise the over-allotment option to purchase 209,400 additional Unit A Warrants and 209,400 additional Unit B Warrants at a price of $0.01 for each of the Unit A and Unit B Warrants (the “Over-Allotment Option”). The Company has received gross proceeds of approximately $8.42 million from the Offering to date, including the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, prior to deducting underwriting discounts and commission and offering expenses payable by the Company.

 

In connection with the April Offering the Notes and the Bridge Notes were mandatorily converted into shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants pursuant to the terms therein. The Notes and Bridge Notes are no longer of any force or effect. See Note 8.

 

On April 30, 2020 the Company received its Gaming Service License (“License”) for online pool betting from the Malta Gaming Authority (“MGA”). The License, is effective for a 10-year term and may be renewed by MGA for further 10-year periods subject to regulatory provisions.

 

On May 6, 2020, the Company entered into a binding letter of intent (the “Letter of Intent”), setting forth the basic terms under which the Company will acquire from AHG Entertainment Associates, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“AHG” or the “Seller”), 100% of the outstanding share capital (the “Sale Shares”) of LHE Enterprises Limited (“LHE”), a company incorporated under the laws of Gibraltar, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of AHG (the “Transaction”).

 

The Letter of Intent provides that the completion of the Transaction is subject to, amongst other things, the: (i) negotiation and execution of a mutually satisfactory definitive stock purchase and/or merger agreement (the “Definitive Agreement”); (ii) completion by the Company of a satisfactory review of the legal, financial and business conditions of LHE; and (iii) approval of the board of directors of the Company.

 

As consideration for the Sale Shares, the Company agreed to pay Seller (i) $1,250,000 in cash (the “Cash Purchase Price”); (ii) 650,000 shares of common stock of the Company; and (iii) warrants to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $8.00 per share. The Company paid say Seller a $500,000 advance against the Cash Purchase Price in exchange for exclusivity. The Letter of Intent shall automatically terminate upon the earlier of the execution of the Definitive Agreement or July 3, 2020.

 

The Definitive Agreement will contain standard representations, warranties, covenants, indemnification and other terms customary in similar transactions. The Company and Seller have agreed to use their commercially reasonable best efforts to negotiate and execute in good faith the Definitive Agreement by not later than July 3, 2020.

 

 

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

This section of this report includes a number of forward-looking statements that reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance. Forward looking statements are often identified by words like: believe, expect, estimate, anticipate, intend, project and similar expressions or words which, by their nature, refer to future events. You should not place undue certainty on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this report. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or our predictions.

 

Overview

 

Esports is the competitive playing of video games by amateur and professional teams for cash prizes. Esports typically takes the form of organized, multiplayer video games that include real-time strategy, fighting, first-person shooter, and multiplayer online battle arena games. As of March 20, 2019, the three largest selling esports games are Dota 2, League of Legends (both multiplayer online battle arena games) and Counter Strike: Global Offensive (a first-person shooter game). Other popular games include Smite, StarCraft II, Call of Duty¸ Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone and Fortnite. Esports also includes games which can be played, primarily by amateurs, in multiplayer competitions on the Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox and WII Nintendo systems. Most major professional esports events and a wide range of amateur esports events are broadcast live via streaming services including twitch.tv, azubu.tv, ustream.tv and youtube.com.

 

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (“Esports,” “EEG,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company”) operates a licensed online gambling platform focused purely on the esports industry. Utilizing our peer-to-peer wagering system, we offer real money betting exchange style wagering on esports events from around the world in a secure environment. A betting exchange allows players to bet against one another rather than a bookmaker. Players can offer odds to, or request odds from, other players who wish to wager. Where traditional bookmakers risk going head-to-head with gamblers on markets, a betting exchange takes on no risk on the particular outcome of an event. Instead, a betting exchange provides the platform for its customers to match bets against one another and takes a small commission on winnings. Betting exchanges are becoming an increasingly integral part of the global gambling landscape, in many cases enabling customers to obtain better odds, more transparency and an experience that feels intuitively fairer. Further, the platform also facilitates gambling through “pool betting” whereby a group of people, be it a fan base of a team or a player or a group of friends and family, can pay a fixed price into a “pool” and then make a selection on an outcome, related to a tournament or game in esport. After the event has finished, those that selected the winner get an equal share of the pool.

 

At the current time, under our existing Curacao license, we are able to accept wagers from residents of over 149 jurisdictions including Canada, Japan, Germany and South Africa. We do not accept wagers from United States residents at this time. On April 30, 2020 we received our gaming service license from the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). We expect that residents in a number of European Union member states will now be able to place bets on our website and we will also be able to accept payments from additional third party payment providers. The MGA is a long established authority that sets standards for gambling practices across the world with emphasis on safeguarding players and promoting responsible gambling. Money Matrix, a licensed regulated financial institution and our third party payment platform, updates the jurisdictions we are able to accept bets from on a real time basis as these changes occur.

 

Although official competitions have long been a part of video game culture, participation and spectatorship of such events have seen a global surge in popularity over the last few years with the rapid growth of online streaming. The advent of online streaming technology has turned esports into a global industry that includes professional players and teams competing in major events that are simultaneously watched in person in stadiums, and by online viewers, which regularly exceed 1,000,000 viewers for major tournaments. Much like how there is a worldwide gaming market for the sports industry, there has now developed a worldwide gaming market for the esports industry. The impact has been so significant that many video game developers are now building features into their games designed to facilitate competition.

 

 

According to Newzoo, a global leader in esports, games and mobile intelligence, it is expected that the total global esports audience will reach 453.8 million in 2019. Esports Enthusiasts, which are people who watch professional esports content at least once a month, will make up 201.2 million of the total up from 143.2 million in 2017, with a compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) (2017-2022) of +15.7% to reach almost 297 million in 2022. The global average revenue per Esports Enthusiast, which includes not only gaming revenue, but also sponsorships advertising and all other esports related revenues, is projected to be $5.45 in 2019, up +8.9% from $5.00 in 2018. The number of occasional esports viewers, (people who watch professional esports content less than once a month), is expected to reach 252.6 million in 2019, up from 221.6 million in 2018, and is projected to grow with a CAGR of +12.6% to surpass 347 million in 2022. The number of people who are aware of esports worldwide is expected to reach 1.8 billion in 2019, up from 1.6 billion in 2018. China is expected to contribute most to global esports awareness, with 500.2 million people aware of esports in 2019. The increasing prominence of esports as a mainstream entertainment industry is driving the growth in awareness in most regions. Audience and awareness growth in the emerging regions of Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Southeast Asia, and Rest of Asia is largely driven by improving IT infrastructure and urbanization. We believe the rise of new franchises, such as Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds or PubG, is an important global growth factor as the influx of millennials should continue to drive the growth of the esports industry’s audience and in turn, the esports gaming industry.

 

In 2018, there were 737 major esports events that generated an estimated $54.7 million in ticket revenues, up from $32 million in 2016, but down from $58.9 million in 2017. The total prize money of all esports events held in 2018 reached $150.8 million, after breaking the $100 million mark for the first time in 2017. The League of Legends World Championship was 2018’s biggest tournament by live viewership hours on Twitch, with 53.8 million hours. It also produced $1.9 million in ticket revenues. The Overwatch League was the most-watched league by live viewership hours on Twitch, generating 79.5 million hours.

 

According to Statista, the amounts wagered on esports betting is expected to grow from $315 million in 2015 to $23.5 billion in 2020. Forbes magazine projects fans of esports will wager $23 billion on professional esports events by 2020.

 

We believe that as the size of the market and the number of Esports Enthusiasts continues to grow, so will the number of Esports Enthusiasts who gamble on events, which would likely increase the demand for our platform. 

 

Liquidity

 

We have financed operations primarily through the sale of equity securities and short-term debt. Until revenues are sufficient to meet our needs, we will continue to attempt to secure financing through equity or debt securities, including the sale of securities in this offering. We continue to incur negative cash flows from operating activities and net losses. We had minimal cash, negative working capital, and negative total equity as of March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019.

 

On April 16, 2020, the Company consummated its public offering of securities (the “April Offering”) in which we sold 1,980,000 units, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock and two warrants (“Unit A Warrant” and “Unit B Warrant”, and collectively with the common stock the “Units”), each to purchase one share of common stock, at a public offering price of $4.25 per share. In connection with the April Offering, we (i) received proceeds of approximately $7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, (ii) converted our convertible debt and accrued interest, (iii) and issued 1,217,241 shares of common stock and 2,434,482 warrants with an exercise price of $4.25 per share in connection with the conversion of our convertible debt. In addition, the underwriters were granted a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 297,000 shares of Common Stock, and/or 297,000 Unit A Warrants, and/or 297,000 Unit B Warrants, or any combination thereof, to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Over-Allotment Option”). The Units were offered and sold to the public pursuant to our registration statement on Form S-1, filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2019, as amended, which became effective on April 14, 2020.

 

 

Results of Operations

 

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report. Material changes in line items in our Statement of Operations for the period ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the same period last year, are discussed below.

 

Revenue and Expenses

 

Our operating expenses are classified into several categories:

 

	●	Directors Compensation
	●	Consulting Fees
	●	Professional Fees
	●	General and Administrative Expenses
	●	Stock Based Compensation

  

		Three Months				Three Months				Nine Months				Nine Months
		Ended				Ended				Ended				Ended
		March 31,				March 31,				March 31,				March 31,
		2020				2019				2020				2019
		$				$				$				$
Directors’ compensation			16,250				45,525				54,018				72,066
Consulting Fees			81,903				587,766				320,178				847,903
General and administrative			279,080				153,350				888,189				1,011,416
Professional fees			55,351				174,606				202,051				248,963
Stock based compensation			118,474				160,500				448,434				328,959
Total operating expenses			551,058				1,121,747				1,912,870				2,509,307
Other expenses
Interest expense			(23,479	)			(3,834,529	)			(2,285,792	)			(4,632,181	)
Amortization expense			(674,946	)			(1,120,703	)			(1,225,205	)			(1,176,324	)
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities			(6,952,798	)			2,681,801				(5,865,451	)			1,925,748
Loss on extinguishment of debt			-				-				(2,795,582	)			-
Gain on Warrant Exchange			1,894,418				-				1,894,418				-
Impairment of intangible asset			-				-				(67,131	)			-
Gain on settlement of debt			-				-				42,896				-
Foreign Exchange Loss			33				-				(1,544	)			-
Net loss and comprehensive loss			(6,307,831	)			(3,395,178	)			(12,216,261	)			(6,392,064	)

  

Directors Compensation is comprised of cash and stock based compensation paid to the directors of the Company. Directors compensation during the three months ended March 31, 2020 totaled $16,250, a decrease of $29,275, compared to $45,525 recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Directors compensation during the nine months ended March 31, 2020 totaled $54,017, a decrease of $18,049, compared to $72,066 recorded for the nine months ended March 31, 2019. The change in director’s compensation period over period is attributable primarily to the change of the board with the addition of a new independent director in December 2019, and partially offset by a reversal of a previous quarter over accrual.

 

Consulting fees during the three months ended March 31, 2020 totaled $81,903, a decrease of $505,863, compared to $587,766 recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Consulting fees during the nine months ended March 31, 2020 totaled $320,178, a decrease of $527,725, compared to $847,903 recorded for the nine months ended March 31, 2019. The decrease in consulting fees period over period is attributable primarily to decreased fees of outside services in connection with platform services, offset by increases in fees to support the preparation of SEC filings combined with consulting costs related to the Company’s April Offering.

 

 

General and Administrative Expenses refers to our salaries, occupancy costs, marketing costs, travel costs, office supplies, telephone expenses, bank charges, fees to process and file documents with the SEC, stock transfer fees, investors relations costs, corporate filing fees with the State of Nevada, and other administrative expenses. General and Administrative Expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2020 totaled $279,079, an increase of $125,729, compared to $153,350 recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2019. General and Administrative Expenses during the nine months ended March 31, 2020 totaled $888,189, a decrease of $123,227, compared to $1,011,416 recorded for the nine months ended March 31, 2019. The decrease in General and Administrative Expenses is attributable primarily to the decrease in business development activities combined with the reduced activities in Antigua. 

 

Professional Fees consist primarily of our contracted accounting, legal and audit fees. Professional Fees during the three months ended March 31, 2020 totaled $55,351, a decrease of $119,255, compared to $174,606 recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Professional Fees during the nine months ended March 31, 2020 totaled $202,051 a decrease of $46,912, compared to $248,963 recorded for the nine months ended March 31, 2019. This decrease in professional fees period over period is attributable primarily to decreases in accounting and audit fees for preparation and review of our filings with the SEC.

  

Stock based compensation refers to shares and stock options issued to employees and consultants as part of the compensation package. Stock based compensation during the three months ended March 31, 2020 totaled $118,474, a decrease of $42,026, compared to $160,500 recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Stock based compensation during the nine months ended March 31, 2020 totaled $448,434, an increase of $119,475, compared to $328,959 recorded for the nine months ended March 31, 2019. The increase in stock based compensation is primarily attributable to the vesting of options issued in prior years, the amortization of stock based compensation recorded for services rendered in the current year and recorded as a prepaid expense in prior year, and for the issuance of common stock issued for services.

 

Capital Resources and Liquidity

 

The Company’s sources and (uses) of cash for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 are shown below:

 

		2020				2019
Cash used in operating activities		$	(1,103,973	)		$	(1,474,991	)
Cash used in investing activities			-				(144,213	)
Cash provided by financing activities			1,070,000				1,947,199

 

Other than the foregoing, we do not know of any trends that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.

 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

None.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Not required.

 

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

 

We conducted an evaluation, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer/Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, as of March 31, 2020, to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted by us under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, including to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted by us under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive/principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer/Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of March 31, 2020, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at the reasonable assurance level due to the material weaknesses identified and described below.

  

Our principal executive officers do not expect that our disclosure controls or internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. Although our disclosure controls and procedures were designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our principal executive officers have determined that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at doing so, a control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute assurance that the objectives of the system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented if there exists in an individual a desire to do so. There can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

 

Remediation Plan to Address the Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

 

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

Management identified the following three material weaknesses that have caused management to conclude that, as of March 31, 2020, our disclosure controls and procedures, and our internal control over financial reporting, were not effective at the reasonable assurance level:

 

	1.	We do not have sufficient segregation of duties within accounting functions, which is a basic internal control. Due to our size and nature, segregation of all conflicting duties may not always be possible and may not be economically feasible. However, to the extent possible, the initiation of transactions, the custody of assets and the recording of transactions should be performed by separate individuals. Based on the current magnitude of our operations, it is impractical to employ sufficient staff to fully address the separation of duties issue. As the business plan is implemented and additional staff is required, we will be able to and intend to address this identified weakness.
	2.	Effective controls over the control environment have not been fully implemented. Specifically, management has not developed and effectively communicated to employees its accounting policies and procedures. This has resulted in inconsistent practices. Further, our Board of Directors has only three independent members. Since these entity level programs have a pervasive effect across the organization, management has determined that these circumstances constitute a material weakness. As the expansion plans are implemented, we intend to communicate our accounting policies and procedures to our employees.
	3.	We do not employ accounting staff with the technical capabilities to identify non-routine complex transactions including transactions which involve issuance of debt and equity.

 

 

As a result of the material weaknesses identified above, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of March 31, 2020.

 

The Company plans to initiate a program to address the above weakness. While segregation of duties is very difficult in a small company. The Company has an internal policy that all major expenditures must be approved by a majority of the Board of Directors. In addition, the Company has constituted an Audit Committee, consisting of two non-management directors with an Independent Director as the Chair.

 

We plan to document our internal control policies and procedures. Written documentation of key internal controls over financial reporting is a requirement of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as of the period ending March 31, 2020. We plan to progressively implement the written policies and procedures commencing in the immediate future.

 

To address the material weaknesses identified, management performed additional analyses and other procedures to ensure that the financial statements included herein fairly present, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. Accordingly, we believe that the financial statements included in this report fairly present, in all material respects, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.

 

As part of the implementation strategy for the expansion of the Company we have engaged a third-party firm to assist us with the development of any additional systems required. We intend to remedy our material weakness with regard to insufficient segregation of duties by hiring additional employees as funding becomes available to implement the business plan in order to segregate duties in a manner that establishes effective internal controls. All such required remedies are dependent on having the financial resources available to complete them.

 

Changes in internal controls.

 

No change in our system of internal control over financial reporting occurred during the period covered by this report, the nine months ended March 31, 2020, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

  

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

In September 2018, Boustead Securities, LLC (“Boustead”) notified us via letter of a claim that they were owed $192,664, as well as warrants to purchase 94,527 shares of our common stock as compensation for their acting as the placement agent for the sale of our securities between June 2017 and 2018. This matter was then brought to JAMS pursuant to an arbitration clause in the placement agent agreement entered into by the Company and Boustead. It is our position that we have paid Boustead in full for the services it provided to us. We have denied that we owe Boustead any additional cash or warrants and have filed motions to dismiss these claims as well as filed counterclaims against Boustead. We plan to continue to vigorously defend the Company against these claims.

 

The JAMS arbitration was originally scheduled for the end of January 2020 but has since been postponed. 

  

From time to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of our operations in the normal course of business. With the exception of the foregoing, we are currently not involved in any litigation that we believe could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the executive officers of our Company or any of our subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting our company, our common stock, any of our subsidiaries or of our companies or our subsidiaries’ officers or directors in their capacities as such, in which an adverse decision could have a material adverse effect.

 

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors 

 

We believe there are no changes that constitute material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our Registration Statement  on Form S-1/A, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we issued 40,001 shares of common stock upon the exercise of warrants for proceeds of $90,000.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

There is no other information required to be disclosed under this item which was not previously disclosed.

  

Item 6. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
1.1		Form of Underwriting Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020).
4.1		Form of Representative Warrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 13, 2020).
10.1		Amendment to Employment Agreement with Christopher Malone (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 24, 2020).
10.2		Consulting Agreement with James S. Cardwell (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 24, 2020).
10.3		First Amendment to Software Transfer Agreement dated October 4, 2019, by and between Swiss Interactive Software and the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on October 30, 2019).
10.4		Form of Waiver Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 20, 2019).
10.5		Form Exchange Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 24, 2020).
10.6		Form Lock-Up Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 24, 2020).
10.7		White Label Agreement with Askott Entertainment, Inc (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 24, 2020).
10.8		Software Delivery Agreement dated December 6, 2014 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 13, 2020).
10.9		Form of Warrant Agency Agreement including Form of Unit A Warrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020).
10.4		Form of Unit B Warrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020).
31.1*		Certification by the Principal Executive Officer of Registrant pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)).
31.2*		Certification by the Principal Financial Officer of Registrant pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)).
32.1**		Certification by the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2**		Certification by the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS*		XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

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Filed herewith

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Furnished herewith

 

   

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, there unto duly authorized.

 

	ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
Date: May 20, 2020	By:	/s/ Grant Johnson
		Grant Johnson Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 20, 2020	By:	/s/ James S. Cardwell
		James S. Cardwell Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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