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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At their annual meeting reconvened on July 13, 2022, 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 | |||||||||
| Yinghua Chen | 16,102,009 | 422,522 | 4,921,329 | |||||||||
| Adam Pliska | 16,108,096 | 416,435 | 4,921,329 | |||||||||
| Yushi Guo | 16,329,994 | 194,537 | 4,921,329 | |||||||||
| Yuanfei Qu | 16,325,154 | 199,377 | 4,921,329 | |||||||||
(2) The stockholders did not approve the ratification of the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. There were 8,858,190 votes for the proposal, 12,475,677 votes against the proposal, and 111,993 abstentions.
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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: July 15, 2022
| ALLIED ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roy Anderson | |
Roy Anderson | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
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