Note 11 - Related Party Transactions |
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NOTE 11. Related Party Transactions
Retirement of Jack Hightower. On September 16, 2025, the Company announced Mr. Jack Hightower’s retirement and resignation from his role as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company, effective as of September 15, 2025 (the “Separation Date”). In connection with Mr. Hightower’s notice of retirement and resignation from employment with the Company and his resignation from the Board, the Company entered into a Separation Agreement and General Release of Claims with Mr. Hightower on September 15, 2025 (the “Separation Agreement”), pursuant to which Mr. Hightower released the Company and its affiliates from certain liabilities and agrees to certain restrictive covenants. The Company, in turn, released Mr. Hightower from certain liabilities and provided Mr. Hightower with certain payments and benefits pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Separation Agreement, which, among other things, modified the benefits provided under Mr. Hightower’s outstanding equity awards, namely, his outstanding stock option grant notices and agreements, dated August 24, 2020, November 4, 2021, May 4, 2022, and August 15, 2022, respectively (the “Stock Option Agreements”), and his certain restricted stock agreement and the amendment thereto, dated November 4, 2021 and October 31, 2024, respectively (the “Restricted Stock Agreement”). The Separation Agreement provided for (i) Mr. Hightower’s 1,385,500 unvested shares outstanding under the Restricted Stock Agreement to fully vest as of the Separation Date; (ii) extending the period in which Mr. Hightower may exercise the stock options pursuant to the 2020 and 2021 Stock Option Agreements such that the stock options pursuant to such agreements remains exercisable by Mr. Hightower until the date that is twelve (12) months following the Separation Date; (iii) forfeiture by Mr. Hightower of the right to exercise the outstanding stock options granted pursuant to the 2022 Stock Option Agreements as of the Separation Date; (iv) a cash separation payment to Mr. Hightower in the amount of $2,400,000, payable on the Company’s next regularly scheduled payroll date after the Separation Date and (v) the registration of Mr. Hightower’s 1,532,478 founder’s shares as soon as reasonably possible following the Separation Date.
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