UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): June 18, 2020

SIMPLICITY ESPORTS AND GAMING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

7000 W. Palmetto Park Rd., Suite 505

Boca Raton, FL 33433

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(855) 345-9467

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

N/A

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Self-Amortization Promissory Note

On June 18, 2020 (the “Issue Date”), Simplicity Esports and Gaming Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with an accredited investor (the “Holder”), pursuant to which the Company issued a 12% self-amortization promissory note (the “Amortization Note”) with a maturity date of June 18, 2021 (the “Maturity Date”), in the principal sum of $550,000. Pursuant to the terms of the Amortization Note, the Company agreed to pay to $550,000 (the “Principal Sum”) to the Holder and to pay interest on the principal balance at the rate of 12% per annum. The Amortization Note carries an original issue discount (“OID”) of $55,000. Accordingly, on the Closing Date (as defined in the SPA), the Holder paid the purchase price of $495,000 in exchange for the Amortization Note. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the SPA, the Company agreed to issue 55,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the Holder as additional consideration.

The Company may prepay the Amortization Note at any time prior to the date that an Event of Default (as defined in the Amortization Note) (each an “Event of Default”) occurs at an amount equal to 100% of the Principal Sum then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest (no prepayment premium). The Amortization Note contains customary events of default relating to, among other things, payment defaults, breach of representations and warranties, and breach of provisions of the Amortization Note or SPA.

The Company is required to make amortization payments to the Holder according to the following schedule:

Upon the Holder’s provision of notice to the Company of the occurrence of any Event of Default, which has not been cured within five (5) calendar days (provided, however, that this five (5) calendar day cure period shall not apply to any event of default under Sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.19 of the Amortization Note), the Amortization Note shall become immediately due and payable and the Company shall pay to the Holder, in full satisfaction of its obligations hereunder, an amount equal to the Principal Sum then outstanding plus accrued interest multiplied by 125% (the “Default Amount”). Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as hereinafter defined), additional interest will accrue from the date of the Event of Default at the rate equal to the lower of 15% per annum or the highest rate permitted by law. The Company shall have the right to pay the Default Amount in cash at any time, provided, however that the Holder may convert the Amortization Note into the Company’s common stock (subject to the beneficial ownership limitations of 4.99% contained in the Amortization Note) at any time after the date that is five (5) calendar days after the Amortization Note becomes immediately due and payable as a result of an Event of Default until the Company has repaid the Amortization Note in cash. If the aforementioned event occurs, the conversion price will be equal to the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the trading day immediately preceding the date of the respective conversion. The Company intends to repay the Amortization Note in accordance with its terms so that no amount under the Amortization Note is converted into shares of the Company’s common stock.

The foregoing descriptions of the Amortization Note and SPA do not purport to be complete and are qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amortization Note and SPA, copies of which are filed hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Amendment to the Series A-2 Exchange Convertible Note

On or around December 20, 2018, the Company issued that certain Series A-2 exchange convertible note in the original principal amount of $1,000,000 (the “Maxim Note”) to Maxim Group LLC (“Maxim” and together with the Company, the “Parties”). On June 18, 2020, the Company and Maxim entered into that certain first amendment to the Maxim Note (the “Amendment”), pursuant to which the Parties agreed to the following: (i) Maxim’s resale of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) underling the Maxim Note shall be limited to 10% of the daily volume of the Common Stock on each respective trading day, (ii) the maturity date of the Maxim Note was extended to December 31, 2020, (iii) the principal amount of the Maxim Note was increased by $100,000, and (iv) the reference to “$1.93” in Section 4(b) of the Maxim Note was replaced with “$1.15”.

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

The disclosure set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 22, 2020, the Company issued a press release relating to the Amortization Note. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in any website is not a part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On June 23, 2020, the Company issued a press release relating to the Amendment to the Maxim Note. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in any website is not a part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information included in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The information set forth under this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

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