---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-21-058349"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AGAE"
cik: "0001708341"
company_name: "Allied Gaming & Entertainment Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T09:18:48.750695+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Allied Esports appoints new director, co-Chairman, and management team; focuses on M&A and esports sale

## Summary
- Director Alexander Misch resigned Nov 5; Jerry Qin appointed Class B director (Finance Director at Tencent) on Nov 11.
- Yanyang Li elected co-Chairman, joining existing Chairman Lyle Berman.
- Lyle Berman appointed President; Yinghua Chen as CIO; Adam Pliska as special consultant to drive M&A and esports sale.
- Board approved option grants: 75k to Chen, 50k to Berman, 25k to Pliska; vest 4 yrs, accelerated on acquisition.
- Company accelerating identification of acquisition candidates and possible sale of esports division.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-21-058349
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AGAE
- cik: 0001708341
- company_name: Allied Gaming & Entertainment Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708341/000121390021058349/0001213900-21-058349-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708341/000121390021058349/ea150445-8k_alliede.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alexander Misch resigned as Class B Director at Allied Gaming & Entertainment Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Class B Director
  source text: On November 5, 2021, Alexander Misch, a Class B Director of Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”), resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708341/000121390021058349/0001213900-21-058349-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lyle Berman was appointed as President at Allied Gaming & Entertainment Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: The Board of Directors appointed Lyle Berman as President
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708341/000121390021058349/0001213900-21-058349-index.htm
- Executive change
  Guanzhou (Jerry) Qin was appointed as Class B Director at Allied Gaming & Entertainment Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class B Director
  source text: On November 11, 2021, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Guanzhou (Jerry) Qin to the Board of Directors as a Class B Director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708341/000121390021058349/0001213900-21-058349-index.htm
- Executive change
  Yanyang Li was elected as co-Chairman of the Board of Directors at Allied Gaming & Entertainment Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: co-Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: the Board of Directors elected Yanyang Li, a current director of the Company to serve as co-Chairman of the Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708341/000121390021058349/0001213900-21-058349-index.htm

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