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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On July 24, 2026, the Board of Directors of Olenox Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Kimberly Hawley as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, and entered into an employment agreement with Ms. Hawley (the “Employment Agreement”) to employ Ms. Hawley in such capacity for an initial term commencing on July 6, 2026 and ending December 31, 2026, and which Employment Agreement provides for an annual base salary of $250,000, and a restricted stock grant under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan for $50,000 worth of shares of the Company’s common stock, vesting quarterly on a pro-rata basis over the next eighteen (18) months of continuous service.
Kimberly Hawley, age 57, brings more than 30 years of executive financial leadership experience across public and private companies in the energy, oil and gas, logistics, environmental services, waste-to-energy, manufacturing, and technology sectors. Ms. Hawley also currently serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Vivakor, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed energy infrastructure company. Throughout her career, Ms. Hawley has led complex financial organizations through transformational growth, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting, capital markets transactions, corporate governance initiatives, strategic financings, and post-acquisition integrations. She has successfully executed public and private debt and equity financings, including securing more than $120 million in long-term financing for major infrastructure projects and leading strategic capital raises to support corporate growth. She has worked extensively with boards of directors, auditors, legal counsel, lenders, and institutional investors while overseeing the financial operations of multi-entity organizations during periods of significant expansion and operational transformation. She has extensive experience leading SEC reporting, financial reporting, audit processes, corporate governance, treasury, investor relations, and strategic finance functions for Nasdaq-listed companies, helping organizations execute complex growth strategies and successfully integrate acquisitions. Ms. Hawley earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Loyola University Chicago, a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio Business School, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Ms. Hawley is subject to a one-year post-termination non-compete and non-solicit of the Company’s employees and clients. Ms. Hawley is also bound by confidentiality provisions. Ms. Hawley will continue in her current role with Vivakor.
There are no family relationships between Ms. Hawley and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. In addition, as set forth above, Ms. Hawley is not a party to any transaction, or series of transactions, required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) or Regulation S-K.
The description of the Employment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Employment Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| 10.1 | Employment Agreement, dated July 24, 2026, between Olenox Industries, Inc. and Kimberly Hawley | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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OLENOX INDUSTRIES INC. | ||
| Dated: July 29, 2026 | By: | /s/ Michael McLaren |
| Name: Michael McLaren | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
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