Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 1 - Description of Business

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Note 1 - Description of Business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements  
Nature of Operations [Text Block]

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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Super League Enterprise, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLE), (“Super League,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is a leading creator and publisher of content experiences and media solutions across the world’s largest immersive platforms. From open gaming powerhouses such as Roblox, Minecraft and Fortnite Creative, to bespoke worlds built using the most advanced 3D creation tools, Super League’s innovative solutions provide incomparable access to massive audiences who gather in immersive digital spaces to socialize, play, explore, collaborate, shop, learn and create. As a true end-to-end activation partner for dozens of global brands, Super League offers a complete range of development, distribution, monetization and optimization capabilities designed to engage users through dynamic, energized programs. As an originator of new experiences fueled by a network of top developers, a comprehensive set of proprietary creator tools and a future-forward team of creative professionals, Super League accelerates intellectual property (“IP”) and audience success within the fastest growing sector of the media industry.

 

Super League was incorporated on October 1, 2014 as Nth Games, Inc. under the laws of the State of Delaware and changed its name to Super League Gaming, Inc. on June 15, 2015, and to Super League Enterprise, Inc. on September 11, 2023. We are an “emerging growth company” as defined by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended.

 

On May 30, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “2023 First Amendment”) to its Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Charter”), increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“common stock”) from 100,000,000 to 400,000,000. The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) previously approved the Amendment on March 17, 2023, and the Company obtained the approval of the First Amendment by written consent of its stockholders holding greater than 50% of the voting securities of the Company on April 5, 2023.

 

On September 7, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “2023 Second Amendment”) to the Charter, which Second Amendment became effective as of September 11, 2023, to change the name of the Company from Super League Gaming, Inc. to Super League Enterprise, Inc. (the “Name Change”) and to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock at a ratio of 1-for-20 (the “Reverse Split”). The Name Change and the Reverse Split were approved by the Company’s Board on July 5, 2023, and approved by the stockholders of the Company on September 7, 2023. Refer to Note 7 below for additional information regarding the Reverse Split.

 

All references to common stock, warrants to purchase common stock, options to purchase common stock, restricted stock, share data, per share data and related information contained in the consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the effect of the Reverse Split for all periods presented.

 

All references to “Note,” followed by a number reference from one to twelve herein, refer to the applicable corresponding numbered footnotes to these consolidated financial statements.

 

In connection with the Name Change, the Company also changed its Nasdaq ticker symbol to “SLE” from “SLGG.”

 

Refer to Note 12. “Restatement of Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited), for information about the restatement of the Company’s financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, arising from the exclusion of the calculated noncash value of the effect of the down round feature on the Company’s Series AA Preferred stock, triggered in August 2023, which should have been recorded as a noncash charge directly to accumulated deficit and a noncash reduction to income available to common stockholders in the computation of earnings per share.