Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers
Material Plan, Contract, or Arrangement - Wilkinson
On January 3, 2022, Tego Cyber Inc. (the "Company") entered into an employment
agreement with Shannon Wilkinson to continue acting as the Company's Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officers, Secretary and Treasurer (the
"Wilkinson Employment Agreement") having an effective date of January 1, 2022.
The Wilkinson Employment Agreement provides for five (5) year initial term.
Thereafter, either the Company or Ms. Wilkinson has the right to extend the
Wilkinson Employment Agreement for three (3) additional one-year terms. The
Company and Ms. Wilkinson can mutually elect to terminate the Wilkinson
Employment Agreement at any time upon ninety (90) days written notice.
Ms. Wilkinson is entitled to a base salary of $120,000 per year. Pursuant to the
Wilkinson Employment Agreement, Ms. Wilkinson is entitled to the grant of
non-qualified options to purchase 2,000,000 shares under the terms and
conditions of the Company's 2021 Equity Compensation Plan ("Equity Compensation
Plan") and subject to the Executive's execution and acceptance of all documents,
terms and conditions required under the Equity Compensation Plan to effectuate
the grant of the stock options. In addition to all such terms, said stock
options shall be subject to a five-year vesting schedule of 400,000 options on
the 1st day of each year following the Effective Date. Option grant will be
priced based on the OTCQB closing price of the Company's common stock on the
first day of the Employment Term.
Pursuant to the Wilkinson Employment Agreement, the Company shall grant to the
Executive on the first day of the Employment Term, performance stock units of
1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to the Equity
Compensation Plan which shall vest in 250,000 share increments upon reaching
certain market capitalization goals.
In the event Ms. Wilkinson's employment is terminated without Cause or Ms.
Wilkinson resigns for Good Reason (as Cause and Good Reason are defined in the
Wilkinson Employment Agreement) within twelve (12) months of a Change in Control
(as defined in the Wilkinson Employment Agreement), Ms. Wilkinson shall receive
her salary for the duration of the term of the Wilkinson Employment Agreement
and 100% of the total number of Options and Performance stock units due to Ms.
Wilkinson for the duration of the term of the Wilkinson Employment Agreement
shall immediately become vested and issuable.
The foregoing description of the Wilkinson Employment Agreement is not complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Wilkinson
Employment Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and
incorporated herein by reference.
Appointment of Chief Information Security Officer - White
On January 3, 2022, the Company appointed Chris C. White to act as the Company's
Chief Information Security Officer. In addition to his role as Chief Strategy
Officer, Mr. White will continue to serve on the Board of Directors of the
Company.
Mr. White has served on the Company's Board since April 14, 2021. Mr. White has
over 30 years of experience in cyber security, telecommunications and
automation. He is currently the Director of Security for Ventech Solutions Inc.
Mr. White is the former Deputy CISO / Director of Security Operations for The
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. and prior to that he was Senior Manager at
EY from May 2015 to February 2019. Prior to that Mr. White was Senior Security
Engineer at AT&T from March 2012 to March 2015. Mr. White holds a Master's
Degree, System Engineering and Bachelor of Science, Network Engineering from
Regis University.
Family Relationships
There is no family relationship between Mr. White and any of the Company's
directors or officers.
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Related Party Transactions
There are no related party transactions reportable under Item 5.02 of Form 8-K
and Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Material Plan, Contract, or Arrangement - White
In connection with Mr. White's appointment as Chief Information Security
Officer, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. White dated
January 3, 2022 (the "White Employment Agreement") having an effective date of
January 1, 2022.
Mr. White shall be an at-will employee. Mr. White is entitled to a base salary
of $60,000 per year. Pursuant to the White Employment Agreement, Mr. White is
entitled to the grant of non-qualified options to purchase 125,000 shares under
the terms and conditions of the Equity Compensation Plan and subject to the
Executive's execution and acceptance of all documents, terms and conditions
required under the Equity Compensation Plan to effectuate the grant of the stock
options. In addition to all such terms, said stock options shall be subject to a
five-year vesting schedule of 50,000 options on the 1st day of each year
following the Effective Date. Option grant will be priced based on the OTCQB
closing price of the Company's common stock on the first day of the Employment
Term.
The foregoing description of the White Employment Agreement is not complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the White
Employment Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this report and
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
10.1 Employment Agreement between Tego Cyber Inc. and Shannon Wilkinson
dated January 3, 2022
10.2 Employment Agreement between Tego Cyber Inc. and Chris C. White
dated January 3, 2022
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