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): December 30, 2021

ALLIED ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-38266

82-1659427

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

17877 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300

Irvine, California, 92614

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(949) 265-2600

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock		AESE		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At their annual meeting reconvened on December 30, 2021, the stockholders of Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) took the following actions:

(1) The stockholders elected four directors to serve as Class B Directors on the Company’s Board of Directors. The stockholders cast the following numbers of votes in connection with the election of directors, resulting in the election of all director nominees:

Nominee	Votes For	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Bradley Berman	18,145,650	1,810,326	6,186,307
Joseph Lahti	18,155,658	1,800,318	6,186,307
Jingsheng (Jason) Lu	17,326,742	2,629,234	6,186,307
Guanzhou (Jerry) Qin	17,643,395	2,312,581	6,186,307

(2) The stockholders approved an amendment to the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock issuable thereunder by 300,000 shares, from 3,463,305 shares to 3,763,305 shares. There were 17,227,970 votes for the proposal; 2,697,566 votes against the proposal; 30,440 votes abstained; and there were 6,186,307 broker non-votes.

(3) The stockholders ratified the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. There were 25,949,977 votes for the proposal, 162,303 votes against, and 30,003 abstentions.

SIGNATURE

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.

Dated: December 30, 2021

	ALLIED ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

	By:	/s/ Roy Anderson
		Roy Anderson Chief Financial Officer

Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders