SEC Comment Letter for Allied Gaming & Entertainment Inc. (AIFA) (CIK 0001708341) (AIFA) — Jun 25, 2025
Allied Gaming & Entertainment Inc. (AIFA) (CIK 0001708341)
Date: June 25, 2025 · CIK: 0001708341 · Accession: 0000000000-25-006619
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June 25, 2025
Roy Choi
Manager
Knighted Pastures, LLC
1933 S. Broadway, Suite 1146
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Re:Knighted Pastures, LLC
Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Inc.
PREC14A Filed June 18, 2025
Filed by Knighted Pastures, LLC et al.
File No. 001-38226
Dear Roy Choi:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments.
Please respond to these comments by providing the requested information or advise us
as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
All defined terms used herein have the same meaning as in your proxy statement.
PREC14A Filed June 18, 2025
General
1.On pages 3, 25, and 31, you state that the Knighted Nominees will constitute a
majority of the Board if they are all elected. Please disclose whether the election of
the Knighted Nominees would result in a change of control of the Company under any
agreements that the Company has entered into and quantify the effect of such change
in control.
Each statement or assertion of opinion or belief must be clearly characterized as such,
and a reasonable factual basis must exist for such opinion or belief. Support for any
such opinions or beliefs should be self-evident or disclosed in the soliciting materials.
Your proxy statement contains multiple beliefs or opinions that should be
recharacterized as such and supported (or deleted if support cannot be provided). The
following are some examples:
2.
June 25, 2025
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•“[The Federal Litigation] reflect[s] . . . a disregard for the stockholder franchise . .
. .” (stockholder letter)
•"ZH CPA, LLC [is] a small, relatively unknown accounting firm." (pages 9 and
38)
•“On April 29, 2024, the Company filed an Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report
on Form 10-K/A . . ., but failed to report the Zhihe Transaction, the Skyline
Transaction, and the Elite Transaction, despite reporting of such transactions with
related persons being required under Item 13 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K,
and the applicable rules of the SEC.” (page 13)
•“However, on November 12, 2024, Knighted commenced the Second Chancery
Action in the Court of Chancery, which resulted in the Company eventually
unwinding the Yellow River Transaction . . . .” (page 23)
3.On the preliminary proxy card, please list the Company’s Class B director nominees
in alphabetical order by last name. See Rule 14a-19(e)(4).
Proposal 3, page 36
4.We note that you indicate in this section that abstentions will have no effect on the
outcome of Proposal 3. Please revise this section to state that abstentions will be
counted as votes against Proposal 3, consistent with your disclosure on page 45 and
the Company’s proxy statement.
Proposal 5, page 38
5.See our last comment above. Please revise this section to state that abstentions will be
counted as votes against Proposal 5, consistent with your disclosure on page 45 and
the Company’s proxy statement.
Proposal 6, page 39
6.See comment 4 above. Please revise this section to state that abstentions will be
counted as votes against Proposal 6, consistent with your disclosure on page 45 and
the Company’s proxy statement.
Proposal 7, page 40
7.We note the following statement: “In sum, we believe that Mr. Li’s malfeasance and
manipulation of Allied Gaming’s corporate machinery constitute sufficient cause to
remove the entire Board under Delaware law” (emphasis added). Please revise to
clarify that Knighted is only seeking the removal of Mr. Li through the Removal
Proposal.
Solicitation of Proxies, page 47
8.We note the following statement on page 47: “Solicitations may be made by certain of
the respective directors, officers, members and employees of certain of Knighted and
the Knighted Nominees . . . .” Since the Knighted Nominees are natural persons,
please revise to clarify the potential solicitors being referenced in this statement.
June 25, 2025
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We remind you that the filing persons are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy
of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by
the staff.
Please direct any questions to Shane Callaghan at 202-551-6977 or Daniel Duchovny
at 202-551-3619.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Mergers & Acquisitions