Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On January 9, 2023, Singularity Future Technology Ltd. (the "Company"), entered
into an Executive Separation Agreement and General Release (the "Separation
Agreement"), with Lei Cao, an employee of the Company and a member of the Board
of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), setting forth the terms and
conditions related to (1) the termination of Mr. Cao's employment with the
Company and the termination of the employment agreement dated as of November 1,
2021 as well as cancellation and/or termination of certain other agreements
relating to Mr. Cao's employment with the Company; and (2) Mr. Cao's resignation
from the Board, effective as of January 9, 2023.
Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, Mr. Cao submitted a letter of resignation
from the Board on January 9, 2023. In addition, he agreed to forfeit and return
to the Company the 600,000 shares of common stock of the Company granted to him
on August 13, 2021 under the terms of the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan of the
Company (the "2021 Shares"). Mr. Cao also agreed to cooperate with the Company
regarding certain investigations and proceedings set forth in the Separation
Agreement, and/or any other matters arising out of or related to Mr. Cao's
relationship with or service to the Company. In consideration, the Company
agreed to provide the following benefits to which Mr. Cao was not otherwise
entitled: (1) payment of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred by Mr.
Cao up through January 9, 2023 associated with Mr. Cao's personal legal
representation in matters relating to Mr. Cao's tenure with the Company, the
investigations and proceedings set forth in the Separation Agreement, and the
negotiation and drafting of the Separation Agreement; (2) the release of claims
in Mr. Cao's favor contained in the Separation Agreement; and (3) payment of Mr.
Cao's reasonable and necessary legal fees to the extent incurred by Mr. Cao as a
result of his cooperation as required by the Company under the terms of the
Separation Agreement. Additionally, the Separation Agreement contains mutual
general releases and waiver of claims from Mr. Cao and the Company.
The foregoing description of the Separation Agreement is a summary of the
material terms of such agreement, does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Separation Agreement, which is
filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
The disclosure provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is
hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
The disclosure provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is
hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
10.1* Separation Agreement
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (Embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
* Certain portions of this exhibit have been redacted pursuant to Item 601(a)(6)
of Regulation S-K and marked by brackets and asterisks. The Company hereby
undertakes to furnish supplementally an unredacted copy of the exhibit upon
request by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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