EX-4.7 2 ebet_ex0407.htm DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY'S SECURITIES

EXHIBIT 4.7

 

 

DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY’S SECURITIES

 

The following summary is a description of the material terms of our capital stock. This summary is not complete, and is qualified by reference to our amended and restated articles of incorporation, and our amended and restated bylaws, which are filed as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are incorporated by reference herein. We encourage you to read our amended and restated articles of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws and the applicable provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes for additional information.

 

Our amended and restated articles of incorporation authorize us to issue up to 500,000,000 shares of common stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock.

 

Common Stock

 

Shares of our common stock have the following rights, preferences and privileges:

 

Voting

 

Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Any action at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be decided by a majority of the voting power present in person or represented by proxy, except in the case of any election of directors, which will be decided by a plurality of votes cast. There is no cumulative voting.

 

Dividends

 

Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as and if declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for payment, subject to the rights of holders, if any, of any class of stock having preference over the common stock. Any decision to pay dividends on our common stock will be at the discretion of our board of directors. Our board of directors may or may not determine to declare dividends in the future. The board’s determination to issue dividends will depend upon our profitability and financial condition any contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and the SEC, and other factors that our board of directors deems relevant.

 

Liquidation Rights

 

In the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to share ratably on the basis of the number of shares held in any of the assets available for distribution after we have paid in full, or provided for payment of, all of our debts and after the holders of all outstanding series of any class of stock have preference over the common stock, if any, have received their liquidation preferences in full.

 

Other

 

Our issued and outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and nonassessable. Holders of shares of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights. Shares of our common stock are not convertible into shares of any other class of capital stock, nor are they subject to any redemption or sinking fund provisions.

  

 

 

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Preferred Stock

 

We are authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Our articles of incorporation authorizes the board to issue these shares in one or more series, to determine the designations and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, including the dividend rights, conversion or exchange rights, voting rights (including the number of votes per share), redemption rights and terms, liquidation preferences, sinking fund provisions and the number of shares constituting the series. Our board of directors could, without stockholder approval, issue preferred stock with voting and other rights that could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of the holders of common stock and which could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or of discouraging a third party from attempting to acquire, a majority of our outstanding voting stock.

 

Series A Preferred Stock Offering

 

On September 30, 2021, the Company entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (the “Investors”). Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, the Investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company agreed to issue and sell to such Investors 37,700 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”) for a purchase price of $1,000.00 per share (the “Private Placement”). For each share of Preferred Stock issued, the Company issued the Investor a warrant to purchase 150% of the shares of Company common stock underlying the Preferred Stock (the “Warrants”). The aggregate Private Placement, which was completed on November 29, 2021 was $37,700,000.

 

The Preferred Stock was entitled to receive dividends, at a rate of 14.0% per annum, in cash or in kind, beginning on the first such date after the issuance date and ending on the 18-month anniversary. The Preferred Stock was convertible into Company common stock at a conversion price of $2.58 per share. As of August 28, 2023, the Company had received conversion notices with respect all 37,700 shares of Preferred Stock, resulting in the issuance of 14,132,816 shares of common stock and no shares of Preferred Stock outstanding.

 

The Warrants expire on the fifth anniversary thereafter. The Warrants are exercisable at an exercise price of $0.116 per share, provided that the exercise price is subject to anti-dilution protection upon any subsequent transaction at a price lower than the exercise price then in effect. The Warrants can be exercised on a cashless basis if there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the shares of common stock underlying the Warrants.

 

The holders of the Warrants will not have the right to exercise any portion of the Warrants to the extent that, after giving effect to such exercise, such holder (together with certain related parties) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise.

 

Warrants and Convertible Notes

 

On September 1, 2020, our wholly owned subsidiary, ESEG Limited, entered into three domain purchase agreements. Each of the domain purchase agreements required the issuance of a 10% convertible note in principal amount of $700,000 and the issuance of a warrant to purchase ordinary shares of ESEG. Two of these agreements also require an additional cash payment after five years, totaling $675,000. Upon our acquisition of ESEG, we exchanged the ESEG securities issued to the domain sellers for our securities. Accordingly, we issued each of the three domain seller a 10% convertible note in principal amount of $700,000, which matures on March 1, 2022 and is convertible at the option of the holder at a conversion price of $15.00 per share, and we issued the three domain sellers a five-year warrant to purchase 24,833 shares, 21,667 shares, and 21,667 shares, respectively, of our common stock at an exercise price of $9.00 per share. Each of the foregoing convertible notes and warrants provide that no holder of these notes or warrants will be permitted to convert such notes or exercise such warrants to the extent that the holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of our common stock after such conversion or exercise.

 

 

 

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On January 9, 2024, we entered into an agreement with our secured lender (“Lender”), pursuant to which we agreed that the Lender shall have the right to convert the principal balance and accrued interest under its loan and revolving note, in aggregate principal amount of $31,458,644, into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $0.116 per share (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends and other similar events). The foregoing conversion price is subject to future adjustment to the lowest price per share referenced in any equity related instrument we issue to any other person until the Lender has exercised its conversion rights. Pursuant to the agreement, the Lender is prohibited from converting its debt to the extent that such conversion would result in the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by Lender and its affiliates exceeding 9.99% of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the conversion, which percentage may be increased or decreased at the holder’s election provided any adjustment would not become effective for 61 days. We agreed to file a resale registration statement providing for the resale by the Lender of the shares of common stock that may be received upon the foregoing conversion within 30 calendar days of the Lender’s request, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective within 90 days of such request. To the extent that we do not have sufficient authorized shares of common stock to allow for the full conversion permitted, upon the Lender’s request, we will be required to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain approval of an increase in our authorized shares from our shareholders. During any period of time that we do not have sufficient authorized shares to allow for the full conversion permitted, we will be prohibited from issuing any shares of common stock or common stock equivalents.

  

Articles of Incorporation and Bylaw Provisions

 

Our articles of incorporation and bylaws include a number of anti-takeover provisions that may have the effect of encouraging persons considering unsolicited tender offers or other unilateral takeover proposals to negotiate with our board of directors rather than pursue non-negotiated takeover attempts. These provisions include:

 

Advance Notice Requirements. Our bylaws establish advance notice procedures with regard to stockholder proposals relating to the nomination of candidates for election as directors or new business to be brought before meetings of stockholders. These procedures provide that notice of stockholder proposals must be timely and given in writing to our corporate Secretary. Generally, to be timely, notice must be received at our principal executive offices not fewer than 120 calendar days prior to the first anniversary date on which our notice of meeting and related proxy statement were mailed to stockholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders. The notice must contain the information required by the bylaws, including information regarding the proposal and the proponent.

 

Special Meetings of Stockholders. Our bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by only the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the board of directors, or in their absence or disability, by any vice president.

 

No Written Consent of Stockholders. Our articles of incorporation and bylaws provide that any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

 

Amendment of Bylaws. Our stockholders may amend any provisions of our bylaws by obtaining the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of each class of issued and outstanding shares of our voting securities, at a meeting called for the purpose of amending and/or restating our bylaws.

 

Preferred Stock. Our articles of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to create and issue rights entitling our stockholders to purchase shares of our stock or other securities. The ability of our board to establish the rights and issue substantial amounts of preferred stock without the need for stockholder approval may delay or deter a change in control of us. See “Preferred Stock” above.

 

 

 

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Nevada Takeover Statute

 

The Nevada Revised Statutes contain provisions governing the acquisition of a controlling interest in certain Nevada corporations. Nevada’s “acquisition of controlling interest” statutes (NRS 78.378 through 78.3793, inclusive) contain provisions governing the acquisition of a controlling interest in certain Nevada corporations. These “control share” laws provide generally that any person that acquires a “controlling interest” in certain Nevada corporations may be denied voting rights, unless a majority of the disinterested stockholders of the corporation elects to restore such voting rights. These laws will apply to us if we were to have 200 or more stockholders of record (at least 100 of whom have addresses in Nevada appearing on our stock ledger) and do business in the State of Nevada directly or through an affiliated corporation, unless our articles of incorporation or bylaws in effect on the tenth day after the acquisition of a controlling interest provide otherwise. These laws provide that a person acquires a “controlling interest” whenever a person acquires shares of a subject corporation that, but for the application of these provisions of the NRS, would enable that person to exercise (1) one-fifth or more, but less than one-third, (2) one-third or more, but less than a majority or (3) a majority or more, of all of the voting power of the corporation in the election of directors. Once an acquirer crosses one of these thresholds, shares which it acquired in the transaction taking it over the threshold and within the 90 days immediately preceding the date when the acquiring person acquired or offered to acquire a controlling interest become “control shares” to which the voting restrictions described above apply. These laws may have a chilling effect on certain transactions if our amended and restated articles of incorporation or amended and restated bylaws are not amended to provide that these provisions do not apply to us or to an acquisition of a controlling interest, or if our disinterested stockholders do not confer voting rights in the control shares.

 

Nevada’s “combinations with interested stockholders” statutes (NRS 78.411 through 78.444, inclusive) provide that specified types of business “combinations” between certain Nevada corporations and any person deemed to be an “interested stockholder” of the corporation are prohibited for two years after such person first becomes an “interested stockholder” unless the corporation’s board of directors approves the combination (or the transaction by which such person becomes an “interested stockholder”) in advance, or unless the combination is approved by the board of directors and 60% of the corporation’s voting power not beneficially owned by the interested stockholder, its affiliates and associates. Furthermore, in the absence of prior approval certain restrictions may apply even after such two-year period. For purposes of these statutes, an “interested stockholder” is any person who is (1) the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation, or (2) an affiliate or associate of the corporation and at any time within the two previous years was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of the corporation. The definition of the term “combination” is sufficiently broad to cover most significant transactions between a corporation and an “interested stockholder”. These laws generally apply to Nevada corporations with 200 or more stockholders of record. However, a Nevada corporation may elect in its articles of incorporation not to be governed by these particular laws, but if such election is not made in the corporation’s original articles of incorporation, the amendment (1) must be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of stock representing a majority of the outstanding voting power of the corporation not beneficially owned by interested stockholders or their affiliates and associates, and (2) is not effective until 18 months after the vote approving the amendment and does not apply to any combination with a person who first became an interested stockholder on or before the effective date of the amendment. We have not made such an election in our original articles of incorporation or in our amended and restated articles of incorporation.

 

Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

 

Our articles of incorporation and bylaws limit the liability of our officers and directors and provide that we will indemnify our officers and directors, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by the Nevada Revised Statutes. We expect to obtain additional directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage prior to the completion of this offering.

 

Listing

 

Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB under the symbol “EBET.”

 

Transfer Agent

 

The transfer agent for our common stock is Continental Stock Transfer and Trust located at 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

 

 

 

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