Castellum Inc.
07/03/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/03/2024 04:02
Material Agreement Form 8 K
Item 1.01 Entry into a material definitive agreement.
In connection with his appointment to President and Chief Executive Officer, on July 1, 2024 Castellum, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a one-year employment agreement with Glen R. Ives (the "Ives Employment Agreement"), pursuant to which Mr. Ives will be entitled to an annual base salary of $300,000, and will be eligible for a maximum annual cash incentive and discretionary bonus equal to up to one hundred percent (100%) of his annual base salary. To be eligible to receive the annual cash incentive bonus amount, which is up to fifty percent (50%) of his annual base salary, the Company must achieve certain performance thresholds. The discretionary bonus, which is also equal to up to fifty percent (50%) of his base salary, is at the sole discretion of the Company's Compensation, Culture, and People Committee (the "Compensation Committee"). Additionally, Mr. Ives will be granted stock options under the Castellum, Inc. Amended 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Stock Incentive Plan") to purchase seven hundred fifty thousand (750,000) shares of the Company's restricted common stock at an exercise price of $0.212. The stock options vest ratably over the one-year employment period and expire on June 30, 2031. Upon a change of control, as defined in the Stock Incentive Plan, all unvested options issued to Mr. Ives shall become fully vested upon such change of control.
On July 1, 2024 the Company also entered into a nine-month employment agreement with Jay O. Wright (the "Wright Employment Agreement"), pursuant to which Mr. Wright will be entitled to an annual base salary of $270,000, a monthly health insurance stipend of $4,000, and an annual discretionary bonus at the sole discretion of the Company's Compensation Committee.
If Messrs. Ives and Wright terminate their employment with the Company without good reason or their employment is terminated (i) as a result of their death, (ii) by the Company after a determination of a disability, or (iii) by the Company for cause, the Company will pay or provide Messrs. Ives and Wright (a) those benefits as required by law, (b) for any earned but unpaid base salary, (c) for the reimbursement of unreimbursed business expenses, and (d) for the payment of unpaid performance bonus for any fiscal year ended prior to the termination date. In addition, if Messrs. Ives's or Wright's employment is terminated by the Company without cause or by him for good reason, then Messrs. Ives and Wright shall be entitled to receive the executives' base salary for a period equal to the earlier of (x) twelve (12) months following the termination date and (y) the date on which the employment period would have expired had the employment period not been terminated earlier by the Company without cause or by Messrs. Ives or Wright without good reason (the "Executives' Severance Payments"). In order to qualify for the Executives' Severance Payments the executive must execute and not revoke a mutual release agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. The Ives Employment Agreement and the Wright Employment Agreement each contain customary confidentiality restrictions, non-disparagement covenants, and non-solicitation covenants with respect to our employees, consultants, and customers and permit Mr. Ives and Mr. Wright to participate in those benefit plans generally available to all employees of the Company.
The information contained in this Item 1.01 regarding the Ives Employment Agreement and the Wright Employment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the copy of each agreement attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K, as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, and incorporated herein by reference.