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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Orbsat Corp (the “Company”) on August 12, 2021 (the “Original Report”) is being filed to address the inadvertent omission of a description of amendments to the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan that were incorporated into a newly adopted Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan. Except for the foregoing, this amendment does not amend, modify or update the disclosures contained in the Original Report.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On August 7, 2021, on the approval and recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Orbsat Corp (the “Company”), the Company entered into amendments (each an “Amendment”) to the current employment agreements (each, an “Employment Agreement”) of Charles M. Fernandez, the Company’s Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; David Phipps, a Director and the Company’s President and the Chief Executive Officer of Global Operations; Sarwar Uddin, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer; and Theresa Carlise, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Secretary.
The Amendment for Mr. Fernandez amends his Employment Agreement in order to, among other things, increase Mr. Fernandez’s compensation by (i) providing for medical plan coverage for Mr. Fernandez and his family at the expense of the Company, and (ii) providing for an auto allowance $1,000 per month. The Amendment for Mr. Phipps amends his Employment Agreement in order to, among other things, (i) change Mr. Phipps’ title to “President of Orbsat Corp and Chief Executive Officer of Global Operations” and (ii) increasing Mr. Phipps’ compensation by providing for an auto allowance $1,000 a month. The Amendment for Mr. Uddin amends his Employment Agreement in order to, among other things, increase Mr. Uddin’s compensation by providing for an allowance of $600 per month for the payment of medical plan coverage for Mr. Uddin and his family. The Amendment for Ms. Carlise amends her Employment Agreement in order to, among other things, change Ms. Carlise’s title to “Chief Accounting Officer, Secretary and Treasurer.”
The foregoing descriptions of the Amendments for Messrs. Fernandez, Phipps and Uddin and Ms. Carlise, and the Company’s obligations thereunder, do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendments, each of which is included herewith as Exhibit 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 respectively, and each of which is incorporated herein by reference.
On August 10, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted an Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “A&R 2020 Plan”) that amended the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan by (i) revising the definition of “Consultant”; (ii) establishing that the A&R 2020 Plan is administered by the “Committee” (defined below), (iii) removing certain discretionary powers of the Board; (iv) clarifying that the exercise price of stock options is set at “Fair Market Value”; (v) removing the one-year shareholder approval requirements; (vi) removing all references to “Incentive Stock Options” or “ISOs” from the A&R 2020 Plan and clarifying that ISOs are not issuable under the A&R 2020 Plan; (vii) making conforming revisions to reflect the 1-for-5 reverse split that was effective on May 28, 2021; and (viii) making corrections and other conforming, minor or ministerial changes and revisions deemed necessary by the Company’s management. The “Committee” is defined in the A&R 2020 Plan as the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee as may be designated by the Board from time to time to administer the Plan, or, if no such committee has been designated at the time of any grants, it shall mean the Board.
The foregoing descriptions of the A&R 2020 Plan and the amendments incorporated therein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the A&R 2020 Plan, which is included herewith as Exhibit 10.5 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibits.
* Filed under the same exhibit number as an exhibit to the Original Report and incorporated herein by reference.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ORBSAT CORP | ||
By: | /s/ Charles M. Fernandez | |
Name: | Charles M. Fernandez | |
Title: | Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | |
Dated: October 01, 2021 |