UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

Amendment No. 1 

to

FORM 40-F/A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

OR

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(a) OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 Commission File Number 001-40331

 

ENTHUSIAST GAMING HOLDINGS INC. / Canada

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

British Columbia, Canada

(Province or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

 

7372

(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code)

 

Not Applicable

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

90 Eglinton Avenue East,
Suite 805
Toronto, ON, M4P 2Y3

Tel: 604-785-0850

(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

CT Corporation System
28 Liberty Street
New YorkNew York10005
Tel: 212-894-8940 

(Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code) of agent for service in the United States)

 

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class Trading Symbol Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Shares, no par value EGLX The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC
     

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

 

For annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form:

 

 

 

 

Annual Information Form Audited Annual Financial Statements

 

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the Registrant’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: The Registrant had 151,767,243 Common Shares, no par value, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2022.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

 

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

 

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).  

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On March 27, 2023, Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. (the "Company") filed its annual report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (the "Original Filing"). This Amendment No. 1 to the Original Filing is being filed for the purpose of (a) including the audit report of the Company's independent auditors as part of the Company's consolidated audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 in Exhibit 99.2, which report was filed in Canada on SEDAR on March 27, 2023 but inadvertently omitted from the Original Filing due to clerical error, (ii) filing a new consent of the Company's independent auditors as Exhibit 99.8, and (iii) filing certifications under Section 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as Exhibits 99.4, 99.5, 99.6 and 99.7.

Other than as discussed above and expressly set forth herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not, and does not purport to, amend or restate any other information contained in the Original Filing nor does this Amendment No. 1 reflect any events that have occurred after the Original Filing was filed. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing. 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 40-F and has duly caused Amendment No. 1 to this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 4, 2023

 

ENTHUSIAST GAMING HOLDINGS INC.
   
By: /s/ Alex Macdonald
Name: Alex Macdonald
Title: Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
   
99.1* Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2022
   
99.2 Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 together with the notes thereto, including the report of the independent registered public accounting firm thereon.
   
99.3* Management’s Discussion and Analysis dated March 27, 2023, for the year ended December 31, 2022
   
99.4 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
   
99.5 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
   
99.6 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350
   
99.7 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350
   
99.8 Consent of KPMG LLP
   
101 XBRL Document
   
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File

 

* Previously filed.