Sec Form 13D Filing - Knighted Pastures LLC filing for ALLIED ESPORTS ENTMT INC (AGAE) - 2024-11-14

(1) Percentage calculated based on 44,106,014 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 25, 2024, as reported in the Issuer’s revised preliminary proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on November 12, 2024.

AMENDMENT NO. 15 TO SCHEDULE 13D

Reference is hereby made to the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Reporting Persons with respect to the Common Stock of the Issuer on January 29, 2021, Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on December 13, 2021, Amendment No. 2 thereto filed on December 27, 2021, Amendment No. 3 thereto filed on February 9, 2022, Amendment No. 4 thereto filed on September 9, 2023, Amendment No. 5 thereto filed on December 28, 2023, Amendment No. 6 thereto filed on February 6, 2024, Amendment No. 7 thereto filed on March 7, 2024, Amendment No. 8 thereto filed on May 23, 2024, Amendment No. 9 thereto filed on July 1, 2024, Amendment No. 10 thereto filed on July 11, 2024, Amendment No. 11 thereto filed on July 18, 2024, Amendment No. 12 thereto filed on October 1, 2024, Amendment No. 13 thereto filed on October 25, 2024 and Amendment No. 14 thereto filed on November 4, 2024 (as amended, the “Schedule 13D”). Terms defined in the Schedule 13D are used herein as so defined.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following:

On November 12, 2024, Knighted filed a civil action in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the “Court”) against the current members of the Issuer’s Board who approved the Yellow River Transaction (as defined below), Yangyang Li, Yuanfei Qu, Mao Sun, Chi Zhao, Jingsheng Lu, Guanzhou Qin, and Yushi Guo (collectively, the “Director Defendants”), Zongmin Ding, who was appointed to the Issuer’s Board in connection with the Yellow River Transaction, Ourgame, Primo Vital Ltd. (“Vital”), Yellow River Global Capital (“Yellow River”) and Blue Planet New Technology Limited (“Blue Planet”), a subsidiary of Yellow River (the “Second Chancery Action”). The Second Chancery Action asserted claims for (x) breach of fiduciary duty against the Director Defendants related to the Issuer’s entry into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 18, 2024 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with Blue Planet (the “Yellow River Transaction”) to entrench the directors in office, and to impede Knighted and other stockholders’ rights to elect directors at the 2024 Annual Meeting, and (y) aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty against Ourgame, Yellow River, Blue Planet and Mr. Ding for knowingly participating in the Director Defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duty related to the Issuer’s entry into the Yellow River Transaction. The Second Chancery Action seeks, among other things, (i) a determination that the Director Defendants have breached their fiduciary duties by entering into the Yellow River Transaction, (ii) a determination that Ourgame, Vital, Yellow River, and Blue Planet aided and abetted the breaches of fiduciary duty of the Director Defendants, (iii) enjoining the issuance of shares to Yellow River, to the extent such shares have not yet been issued, or to the extent the shares have already been issued, rescinding the shares and all aspects of the Yellow River Transaction, and (iv) the removal of Mr. Ding from the Board. In connection with the Second Chancery Action, Knighted filed a motion to expedite and a motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the Issuer from holding the 2024 Annual Meeting until the Court can adjudicate the claims in the Second Chancery Action.

The Second Chancery Action arises from the Issuer’s October 23, 2024 announcement of the Yellow River Transaction, pursuant to which the Issuer approved the issuance to Blue Planet of (i) 6,000,000 shares at a purchase price of $1.10 per share (the “Yellow River Share Issuance”) and (ii) a corresponding warrant to purchase an additional 6,000,000 shares with an exercise price of $1.80 per share. The Reporting Persons believe that multiple aspects of the Yellow River Transaction are contrary to stockholders’ interests. For instance, the purchase price for the Yellow River Share Issuance represented an 11.8% discount from the average trading price of the Issuer’s stock on the ten trading days before the announcement of the Yellow River Transaction. The warrant potentially provides for the issuance of up to the maximum number of the Issuer’s shares which could be issued without requiring stockholder approval under applicable listing rules of Nasdaq. In addition, the Securities Purchase Agreement, press release, and other documentation relating to the announcement of the Yellow River Transaction provided only vague references to collaboration and strategic objectives without explaining why the preferential terms were afforded to Blue Planet or giving a credible explanation for how the Yellow River Transaction benefits stockholders. Further, pursuant to the Yellow River Transaction, Blue Planet had the right to appoint a director, Mr. Ding, who was appointed Class A director to the Board on the same day the Yellow River Transaction was announced. The Reportin g Persons believe that the Yellow River Transaction was designed to impede stockholder franchise, dilute stockholders, and place new shares into Issuer-friendly hands prior to the commencement of a contested director election.

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.