Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stockholder's Equity

Stockholder's Equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

Note 10 – Stockholder's Equity

Put Option Agreement and Exercise

On February 25, 2020 (the "Effective Date"), the Company entered into a Put Option Agreement (the "Agreement") with the Chairman of the Company's Board of Director (the "Chairman"), pursuant to which the Company has an option in its discretion, to sell shares of its common stock (the "Option Shares") to the Chairman for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $2.0 million, at a purchase price of $1.963 per Option Share, subject to the following limitations:

The total number of shares that may be issued under the Agreement will be limited to 19.99% of the Company's outstanding shares on the date the Agreement is signed (the "Exchange Cap"), unless stockholder approval is obtained to issue shares in excess of the Exchange Cap;

The Company may not issue and the Chairman may not purchase Option Shares to the extent that such issuance would result in the Chairman and his affiliates beneficially owning more than 19.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of the Company's common stock unless (i) such ownership would not be the largest ownership position in the Company, or (ii) stockholder approval is obtained for ownership in excess of 19.99%; and

The Company may not issue, and the Chairman may not purchase any Option Shares if such issuance and purchase would be considered equity compensation under the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market unless stockholder approval is obtained for such issuance.

Option Shares are subject to a six-month lock-up period whereby they cannot be sold or transferred. The Agreement expires on April 9, 2020. On March 9, 2020, the Company provided notice to the Chairman that they had elected to exercise the Put Option to sell 1,018,848 Option Shares at a purchase price of $1.963 per share for total proceeds of $2,000,000, which was recorded as subscription receivable and common stock subscribed on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. The shares are not deemed to be issued until the closing of the sale of the Option Shares. On April 7, 2020, the Company extended the closing date for the sale of the Option Shares to no later than May 15, 2020.

Stock Options

A summary of the option activity during the three months ended March 31, 2020 is presented below:

				Weighted		Weighted
				Average		Average
	Number of			Exercise		Remaining		Intrinsic
	Options			Price		Term (Yrs.)		Value

Outstanding, January 1, 2020		2,480,000			4.34		9.86	$	-
Granted		-			-
Exercised		-			-
Expired		-			-
Forfeited		(120,000	)		4.09
Outstanding, March 31, 2020		2,360,000		$	4.36		9.61	$	-

Exercisable, March 31, 2020		-		$	-		-	$	-

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $240,399 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 related to stock options issued as compensation. As of March 31, 2020, there was $3,740,379 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to the stock options that will be recognized over the remaining vesting period of 3.61 years.

Restricted Stock

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $113,436 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 related to restricted common stock issued as compensation. As of March 31, 2020, there was $214,412 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to the restricted stock that will be recognized over the remaining vesting period of 0.47 years.