Form 8-K
8-K — SharonAI Holdings Inc.
Accession: 0001493152-26-034569
Filed: 2026-07-24
Period: 2026-07-22
CIK: 0002068385
SIC: 7374 (SERVICES-COMPUTER PROCESSING & DATA PREPARATION)
Item: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item: Regulation FD Disclosure
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (date of earliest event reported): July 22, 2026
SHARONAI
HOLDINGS INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-43129
41-2349750
(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
(Commission
File
Number)
(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
745
Fifth Avenue, Suite 500,
New
York, NY 10151
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(347)
212-5075
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under
any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):
☐
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name
of each exchange on which registered
Class
A Ordinary Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
SHAZ
The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company
☒
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item
1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
The
information contained below in Item 5.02 related to the Employment Agreement (as defined below), Separation Deed (as defined below) and
the Consulting Agreement (as defined below)is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.
Item
1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
The
information contained below in Item 5.02 related to the Executive Contract (as defined below) 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.
Appointment
of Chief Financial Officer
On
July 22, 2026, SharonAI Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an employment agreement between the Company’s subsidiary,
SharonAI Pty Ltd, and Anuj Goel as a guarantor of the agreement, pursuant to which Mr. Goel will serve as Chief Financial Officer of
the Company (the “Employment Agreement”) commencing August 24, 2026. Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, Mr. Goel will
receive (i) an annual base salary of AUD$650,000 (which is the USD equivalent of approximately USD$455,000 based on an exchange rate
of AUD/USD $0.70), which may be increased from time to time at the discretion of the Company, (ii) eligibility to receive an annual short-term
incentive award of up to 100% of his base salary, payable in cash and/or restricted stock units, at the discretion of the Company, and
(iii) eligibility to receive an annual long-term incentive award of up to 200% of his base salary, payable in restricted stock units,
at the discretion of the Company. In connection with his appointment, Mr. Goel was granted a sign-on award of restricted stock units
with an aggregate grant value of AUD$1,352,000 (which is the USD equivalent of approximately $946,400 based on an exchange rate of AUD/USD
$0.70), which vest in annual tranches over a five-year period from June 2027 through June 2031, subject to Mr. Goel’s continued
employment with the Company on each applicable vesting date.
Mr.
Goel will also be entitled to vacation, sick and holiday pay in accordance with the Company’s policies established and in effect
from time to time. The Employment Agreement is for an indefinite term, subject to an initial probationary period of six months. Either
party may terminate the Employment Agreement by providing three months’ written notice (or, in the case of the Company, payment
in lieu of such notice). The Company may also terminate the Employment Agreement immediately without notice for cause, including for
serious misconduct, material breach or other grounds specified therein. During the probationary period, either party may terminate the
Employment Agreement by providing one week’s written notice (or, in the case of the Company, payment of one week’s wages
in lieu of notice). Upon the termination of Mr. Goel’s employment, Mr. Goel will be entitled to receive accrued but unpaid salary,
superannuation contributions and any accrued but unused annual leave entitlements, in each case less applicable tax withholdings. The
Employment Agreement also contains customary provisions relating to confidentiality, intellectual property assignment, post-termination
restraints and non-compete obligations.
The
foregoing description of the Employment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Employment Agreement,
a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Mr.
Goel, age 42, has over 20 years of investment banking experience at Macquarie Group, where he has served as Head of Technology, APAC
at Macquarie Capital since 2012. Prior to that role, Mr. Goel served in Macquarie’s Venture Capital division from 2006 to 2011.
Mr. Goel holds an actuarial foundation and has extensive experience in technology, media and telecommunications transactions, including
Telstra’s approximately AUD$11 billion NBN transaction, WiseTech Global’s approximately AUD$3.2 billion acquisition of E2Open,
and the PEXA initial public offering, among other technology-related capital markets transactions. Mr. Goel has significant experience
supporting listed-company chief financial officers and boards of directors through reporting cycles, initial public offering roadshows
and investor engagement.
There
are no family relationships between Mr. Goel and any of our directors or executive officers. Except as set forth herein, there is no
arrangement or understanding between Mr. Goel and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Goel was appointed Chief Financial Officer
of the Company. There are no related party transactions involving Mr. Goel that are reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Resignation
of Chief Financial Officer
On
July 22, 2026, Timothy Broadfoot entered into an agreement to resign as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 24,
2026, and to terminate the Executive Employment Contract between himself, the Company and the Company’s wholly-owned, indirect
subsidiary, SharonAI Pty Ltd (ACN 645 215 194) (“SharonAI Australia”), dated April 30, 2026 (the “Executive Contract”),
effective August 31, 2026. In connection with Mr. Broadfoot’s resignation and the termination of the Executive Contract, the Company,
SharonAI Australia, and Mr. Broadfoot entered into a Deed of Release (the “Separation Deed”), pursuant to which the parties
agreed to resolve all matters relating to Mr. Broadfoot’s employment and the termination thereof.
Pursuant
to the Separation Deed, Mr. Broadfoot is entitled to receive (i) accrued wages and superannuation, (ii) a discretionary short-term incentive
payment of AUD$405,166 (which is the USD equivalent of approximately $283,616 based on an exchange rate of AUD/USD $0.70), and (iii)
payment in lieu of any accrued but unused annual leave, in each case less applicable tax withholdings. In addition, the Separation Deed
provides that 93,194 unvested restricted stock units previously granted to Mr. Broadfoot under the Company’s 2024 Omnibus Equity
Incentive Plan and 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan will remain outstanding and continue to vest and be settled in accordance with
the terms set forth in Schedule 2 of the Separation Deed, including applicable performance vesting conditions, notwithstanding the termination
of Mr. Broadfoot’s employment, subject to Mr. Broadfoot’s continued compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in
his employment contract.
The
Separation Deed also provides that Mr. Broadfoot will provide consulting services to the Company and its affiliates pursuant to a separate
consultancy agreement (the “Consulting Agreement”), effective concurrently with the Separation Deed. The Separation Deed
contains mutual releases, mutual non-disparagement obligations, confidentiality provisions and an acknowledgment that Mr. Broadfoot will
continue to be bound by the restrictive covenants and continuing obligations under his employment contract.
The
foregoing description of the Separation Deed and Consulting Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full texts
of the Separation Deed and the Consulting Agreement, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, are
incorporated herein by reference.
Mr.
Broadfoot’s resignation was not related to any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations,
policies or practices.
Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On
July 22, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Goel as the Company’s incoming Chief Financial
Officer. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The
information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to liabilities under that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regardless
of any general incorporation language in such filings.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
10.1
Employment Agreement, dated July 22, 2026, by and among SharonAI Pty Ltd, SharonAI Holdings Inc. and Anuj Goel
10.2
Deed of Release, dated July 22, 2026, by and among SharonAI Holdings Inc., SharonAI Pty Ltd and Timothy Broadfoot
10.3
Consulting Agreement, dated July 22, 2026, by and among SharonAI Holdings Inc., SharonAI Pty Ltd and Timothy Broadfoot
99.1
Press Release dated July 22, 2026
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CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The
Company cautions that statements in this report and its exhibits that are not a description of historical fact are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of
words referencing future events or circumstances such as “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,”
“believe,” and “will,” among others. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results
may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based
upon the Company’s current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Actual
results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of various
risks and uncertainties. More detailed information about the risks and uncertainties affecting the Company is contained under the heading
“Risk Factors” included in the Company’s reports and filings made with the SEC. One should not place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they were made. Because such statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on
which they were made, except as may be required by law.
SIGNATURE
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.
SHARONAI
HOLDINGS INC.
By:
/s/
James Manning
Name:
James
Manning
Title:
Chief
Executive Officer
Date:
July 24, 2026
EX-10.1
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Exhibit
10.1
22
July 2026
Anuj
Goel
47
Balls Head Rd
Waverton,
NSW
Dear
Anuj,
Employment
offer with SharonAI Pty Ltd (ACN 645 215 194) (Employer)
Further
to recent discussions, we are delighted to provide you with a new contract of employment to replace your existing contract of employment.
This
letter sets out particulars of your new contract of employment. If you accept this offer of employment your employment contract (Contract)
will be set out in:
1. the
terms of this letter;
2. the
terms of employment (Terms), a copy of which is attached.
This
Contract will then replace any previous agreements about your employment, except that any existing accrued entitlements and your prior
period of service will be recognised under this Contract. Your original commencement date for this purpose is set out in the particulars
on the next page of this letter.
Please
consider the terms of this Contract very carefully. The proposed Terms contain various undertakings on your part with respect to confidential
information and post-termination conduct, in the event that your employment with us ends. Accordingly, it is important that you take
the time required to carefully read all the documents and take independent legal advice if there is any aspect that is unclear to you.
Whilst
you will be employed by SharonAI Pty Ltd, SharonAI Pty Ltd’s parent company SharonAI Holdings Inc has agreed to guarantee particular
obligations of SharonAI Pty Ltd in respect of your employment and accordingly, Sharon AI Holdings Inc is a party to this Contract to
the extent of the guarantee provided.
Should
you wish to accept this new Contract, you must:
(a) initial
each page of the Terms;
(b) sign
a counterpart of this letter where indicated; and
(c) deliver
the initialled Terms and the counterpart signed copy of this letter to us within 7 days of
the date of this letter.
Your
employment under this Contract is otherwise then intended to start on the contract commencement date set out in the particulars on the
next page of this letter.
The
particulars of our offer of employment are as follows:
1.
Job
title/role
You
are employed as Chief Financial Officer on a full-time basis.
2.
Contract
commencement date
The
commencement date of your employment under this Contract is 24 August 2026
3.
Job
description
Your
duties will include the duties set out in your Job Description and other such duties determined by the Employer from time to time.
4.
Supervisor
You
will report to the CEO
5.
Remuneration
You
will be paid an annual base salary of $650,000.00 AUD (Annual Salary).
Subject
to the Terms, this is the total remuneration paid to you.
6.
Review
of Annual Salary
The
Annual Salary may be reviewed each year.
The
Review (and any increase to the Annual Salary) is subject to several factors, including:
(a)
your
performance;
(b)
the
performance of the Employer; and
(c)
current
market conditions.
For
the avoidance of any doubt, the Employer is under no obligation to increase the Annual Salary, as part of any Review, and your Annual
Salary may remain the same.
7.
Discretionary
bonus scheme
STI
Award
You
are eligible for a variable incentive of up to 100% of your Base Remuneration, payable in cash and/or RSUs, subject to annual performance
outcomes and Company discretion.
8.
Discretionary
Offer of Shares
The
company operates the 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (Plan), or other such plan
as modified, amended or replaced from time to time. Under the terms of this plan, employees
are awarded Restricted Stock Unit (RSU’s) as part of Long-Term Incentive (LTI)
program.
LTI
Award
You
will be eligible for 200% of your Base renumeration, which will be award in the form of RSU’s.
ii
9.
Sign
On Bonus
As
a sign-on incentive, the Employee will be granted Restricted Share Units (RSUs) with an aggregate
grant value of AUD $1,352,000, calculated using the fair market value of the Company’s
shares on the grant date in accordance with the Company’s Equity Incentive Plan.
The
RSUs will vest in the following tranches, subject only to the Employee remaining employed by the Company on the applicable vesting date:
Vesting Date
RSU Grant Value (AUD)
June 2027
$ 229,000
June 2028
$ 344,000
June 2029
$ 350,000
June 2030
$ 271,000
June 2031
$ 158,000
Total
$ 1,352,000
The
Sign-On RSU Award is intended to compensate the Employee for deferred equity forfeited on joining the Company. If the Employee’s
employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or due to redundancy prior to a vesting date, any unvested RSUs will continue
to vest in accordance with the above schedule. If the Employee resigns or their employment is terminated for Cause before a vesting
date, any unvested RSUs will immediately lapse.
10.
Pay
day
Currently
on the 15th day of each month but may change from time to time.
11.
Location
of work
Your
location of work is either Sydney or North Sydney, New South Wales or any other location as the Employer may require from time to
time on a temporary or permanent basis. You will be allowed to work from home (WFH) in accordance with the workload and requirements
of your role.
12.
Superannuation
In
addition to the Annual Salary, you will receive superannuation contributions in line with the minimum compulsory contribution rate
required to be paid by the Employer, in accordance with applicable legislation.
13.
Hours
of work
Your
hours of work are made up of at least 38 hours per week (plus reasonable additional hours
as are necessary for the proper performance of your duties) (Work Hours).
You
may be required to work other reasonable additional hours, in addition to the Work Hours, from time to time, including outside the
abovementioned times, as appropriate.
Subject
to the Terms, the Annual Salary is deemed to cover payment for the overall performance of the job.
14.
Probationary
period
6
Months
iii
15.
Annual
leave & long service leave
You
are entitled to statutory annual leave and long service leave entitlements.
16.
Paid
personal/carers leave (including sick leave)
You
are entitled to statutory personal/carers leave (including sick leave).
17.
Unpaid
parental leave (including maternity leave)
You
are entitled to statutory unpaid parental leave (including maternity leave).
18.
Terms
and conditions
The
attached terms and conditions form part of your employment contract with the Employer.
The
National Employment Standards (NES) which govern the majority of employees commenced on 1 January 2010. The NES are minimum entitlements
which are intended to apply to all private sector employees regardless of whether they are covered by a modern award, agreement or contract.
The 10 matters covered by the NES include:
● maximum
weekly hours of work;
● requests
for flexible working arrangements;
● parental
leave;
● annual
leave;
● personal/carer’s
leave and compassionate leave;
● community
service leave;
● long
service leave;
● public
holidays;
● notice
of termination or redundancy pay; and
● the
provision of a Fair Work Information Statement to employees.
Please
find enclosed a copy of the Fair Work Information Statement. It contains information about the NES, modern awards, agreement-making,
the right to freedom of association, termination of employment, individual flexibility arrangements, rights of entry, transfer of business,
and the respective roles of the Fair Work Commission and the Fair Work Ombudsman.
If
any term of this employment contract is less favourable to you than the National Employment Standards, the National Employment Standards
will prevail over the term to the extent that the term is less favourable. However, the NES does not form part of, and are not incorporated
into, these Terms.
Yours
faithfully
SharonAI
Pty Ltd
Encl
iv
I
hereby accept the above terms and conditions of employment with the Employer and acknowledge that this Contract will replace any previous
agreement regarding the terms of my employment with the Employer:
/s/
Anuj Goel 7/22/2026
Signature Date
SIGNED
for and behalf of SHARONAI PTY LTD ACN 645 215 194 by an authorised representative:
/s/
James Manning James
Manning
Signature
of authorised representative Name
of authorised representative
(please
print)
EXECUTED
by SHARONAI HOLDINGS
INC
by its authorised signatory:
/s/
James Manning
Signature
of signatory
James
Manning
Name
of signatory (please print)
SHARONAI
PTY LTD
(the
Employer)
TERMS
OF EMPLOYMENT
1.
Corporate Structure
1
2.
Period of Employment
1
2.1
Letter of Offer and acceptance
1
2.2
Probation
1
2.3
Following probationary
period
1
3.
Your Responsibilities
1
3.1
Duties and responsibilities
of Employees
1
3.2
Job Description and job
directions
2
3.3
Operational requirements
of the Employer and working conditions
2
3.4
Other employment
2
3.5
Confidentiality
2
3.6
Secrecy
3
3.7
Media and other communications
3
3.8
Monitoring and surveillance/Information
technology
3
3.9
Pecuniary interests
3
3.10
Ability to perform duties
4
3.11
Work rights
4
3.12
Medical examination
4
4.
Employee Benefits
4
4.1
Annual leave
4
4.2
Long service leave
5
4.3
Paid personal/carers leave
(including sick leave)
5
4.4
Parental leave and compassionate
leave
5
4.5
Community service leave
5
4.6
Family and domestic violence
leave
6
4.7
Public holidays
6
5.
Remuneration
6
5.1
All entitlements included
6
5.2
Expenses
6
6.
Ending (Terminating) the Employment
7
6.1
By the Employee
7
6.2
By the Employer upon giving
notice
7
6.3
By the Employer for proper
cause
7
6.4
Suspension
8
6.5
Documents and other property
of the Employer
8
6.6
Resignation of directorships
8
6.7
Authorised deductions
9
6.8
Non disparagement and
representations
9
6.9
Gardening leave
10
7.
Restrictive Covenants after Termination
of Employment
10
7.1
Post termination restraint and non compete
10
7.2
Damages for restraint
11
7.3
Definitions
12
8.
Ownership of Intellectual Property
13
8.1
Ownership of Intellectual
Property
13
8.2
Moral Rights
13
9.
Privacy
14
10.
Policies
14
11.
Social Media
14
12.
Survival
14
13.
Applicable Law
14
14.
Complying with Terms, Rules, Regulations
and Legal Requirements
14
15
General
15
16
Definitions
15
1. Corporate
Structure
SharonAI
Pty Ltd (ACN 645 215 194) is the Employer. SharonAI Inc is the parent company of the Employer and guarantees particular obligations of
the Employer in respect of your employment.
2. Period
of Employment
2.1 Letter
of Offer and acceptance
Should
you accept the offer of employment made in the Letter of Offer, your contract of employment with the Employer will comprise the Letter
of Offer and these Terms.
Acceptance
of the employment offer made in the Letter of Offer is subject to your acceptance of these Terms.
2.2 Probation
(a) If
your initial employment is subject to a probationary period:
(1) during
the probationary period, either party may terminate these Terms by giving to the other one
(1) week’s notice in writing or in the case of the Employer paying one (1) week’s
wages in lieu of notice;
(2) the
Employer may extend the probationary period set out in the Letter of Offer for a reasonable
period (of which you will be advised in writing).
(b) For
the avoidance of any doubt, no notice is required under clause 2.2 if the Employer terminates
your employment for proper cause under clause 6.3.
2.3 Following
probationary period
Following
expiration of any probationary period, subject to neither party exercising the rights to terminate these Terms under clause 2.2, your
employment is confirmed and may be terminated only under clause 6.
3. Your
Responsibilities
3.1 Duties
and responsibilities of Employees
You
must:
(a) well
and faithfully serve the Employer and use your best endeavours to promote the interest and
welfare of the Employer;
(b) preserve
and enhance the goodwill, business and reputation of the Employer and any Related Entity;
(c) comply
with all laws that are relevant to the work performed under these Terms;
(d) if
required, in pursuance of your duties, undertake work not only for the Employer but also
for any Related Entity, as the Employer may from time to time require; and
(e) not
bind or attempt to bind the Employer or any Related Entity to any agreement except as authorised
by these Terms. You agree to indemnify the Employer or any Related Entity in respect of all
unauthorised representations or agreements that you make and for which you do not have any
express authority.
1
3.2 Job
Description and job directions
Your
duties include the duties set out in your Job Description and such other duties as the Employer may require from time to time. You must
carry out your duties, efficiently and diligently, in accordance with such lawful orders, instructions and directions as the Employer
may from time to time reasonably and lawfully give to you.
3.3 Operational
requirements of the Employer and working conditions
The
Employer retains the right to change your position, your location of work, your Job Description, your duties the operational procedures
of the Employer and working conditions of employees, at any time, to bring about any structural or administrative change to the business
of the Employer or provide a safe and healthy work environment for employees.
3.4 Other
employment
You
must not engage or be concerned (either directly or indirectly and either alone or jointly) in any capacity with any Person, including
employment, consultancy or agency, which is in any way related to the business of the Employer including for a Competitor, unless you
first obtain the consent in writing of the Employer.
3.5 Confidentiality
(a) You
must not, during or after the period of your employment with the Employer, except in the
proper course of your duties or as permitted by the Employer in writing or as required by
law, use for your own benefit or gain, divulge to any person, firm, company or other organisation
whatsoever, or use any trade secret or any Confidential Information belonging to the Employer
including but not limited to information regarding:
(1) the
business or financial arrangements or position of the Employer or any Related Entity of the
Employer;
(2) without
limiting the generality of clause 3.5(a)(1), any computer programs, templates, patterns,
models or designs created by you during the course of your employment with the Employer or
otherwise, technical data, trade secrets, business processes or corporate information, financial
information, manuals or computer software and know-how;
(3) details
of suppliers of the Employer or any Related Entity, including details of the agreements and
arrangements with suppliers;
(4) details
of Clients of the Employer or any Related Entity including client relationship details, client
files and client lists;
(5) any
of the dealings, transactions or affairs of the Employer or any Related Entity of the Employer.
(b) You
must, during and following the period of your employment with the Employer, use your best
endeavours to prevent the publication, use or disclosure of any such trade secret or Confidential
Information.
(c) Any
Confidential Information which is disclosed by you in accordance with these Terms, must only
be done to the limited extent it is necessary, to Persons who:
(1) have
been approved by the Employer, to receive such information;
(2) are
aware and agree that the Confidential Information must be kept confidential; and
2
(3) sign
and agree to be bound by the terms of any confidentiality agreement, as may be required by
the Employer to be signed, from time to time.
(d) If
you are uncertain about whether information is Confidential Information, you must immediately
ask your supervisor or the Employer. Until you receive an answer, you must treat that information
as Confidential Information.
(e) Upon
the termination of your employment with the Employer, you must not:
(1) represent
yourself as being in any way connected with or interested in the business of the Employer;
or
(2) at
any time without the written authority of the Employer, divulge to any person any information
in connection with the Employer or any of the businesses or customers or Clients of the Employer
which you may have acquired during your employment.
(f) You
acknowledge that a breach of this clause may cause the Employer or any Related Entity (whichever
is applicable) irreparable damage for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy.
Accordingly, in addition to other remedies, the Employer or any Related Entity (whichever
is applicable) may seek and obtain injunctive relief against such a breach or threatened
breach.
(g) You
will fully indemnify the Employer in respect of any and all loss, damage, claims, liability,
cost and expenses, of any kind, suffered or incurred by the Employer as a result of your
breach of this clause, in any way, including, but not limited to, any disclosure by you of
any Confidential Information to any Person(s), other than is authorised under these Terms.
3.6 Secrecy
To
the extent permitted by law, you agree not to disclose the content of these Terms (other than the remuneration provisions) to any third
party whatsoever except for the purpose of obtaining legal advice or compliance with the obligations of a party under any legislation.
3.7 Media
and other communications
Unless
expressly authorised by the Employer in writing you are prohibited from dealing with the media of whatever kind and are not authorised
to give details regarding the Employer or its operations.
3.8 Monitoring
and surveillance/Information technology
As
a condition of using the Employer’s communication and information technology systems you consent to the Employer carrying out continuous
monitoring, recording and surveillance of all communications, and all use of, information technology systems and electronic resources
(including telephone conversations, emails and internet access) in the course of your employment and when using resources of the Employer
outside work.
3.9 Pecuniary
interests
You
must not have any direct or indirect pecuniary interests that would in the reasonable opinion of the Employer in any way compromise the
performance of your duties under these Terms. In particular, you must not hold any position for monetary or other reward which would
conflict with your responsibilities to the Employer or cause loss, detriment or embarrassment to the Employer.
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3.10 Ability
to perform duties
(a) You
warrant to the Employer that there are no limitations on your ability to fully perform all
of your duties and responsibilities for the Employer, including limitations arising from
any medical restrictions or any prior employment.
(b) You
warrant to the Employer that you are able to perform the physical requirements and any other
inherent requirements of the position. You consent to providing the Employer with all information
(in writing and prior to signing these Terms) regarding any medical restrictions that may
affect your ability to perform the position. The purpose of the Employer obtaining this information
is to determine that you are able to safely perform the duties of this position and other
related purposes.
(c) You
warrant to the Employer that you will not breach continuing obligations arising from any
prior employment in the performance of your duties and responsibilities for the Employer,
including confidentiality obligations.
(d) You
warrant to the Employer that any information provided by you to the Employer prior to signing
these Terms is true and correct to the best of your knowledge.
(e) Any
breach of the provisions contained in this clause will constitute grounds for immediate termination
of your employment.
3.11 Work
rights
Your
ongoing employment is conditional on you having the right to work in Australia at all times during your employment. The Employer may
require you to provide documents evidencing your right to work in Australia.
3.12 Medical
examination
(a) If
you suffer from or the Employer reasonably believes that you suffer from an illness or injury
of any type and the Employer believes that work health and safety risks may arise as a result
of you performing work, the Employer may require you to attend a medical examination to determine
the extent of such risks (if any).
(b) You
consent to the doctor conducting such a medical examination and providing a medical report
and any other information to the Employer. You also agree to sign any medical authority that
a medical practitioner may require before releasing information to the Employer.
4. Employee
Benefits
4.1 Annual
leave
(a) You
are entitled to annual leave in accordance with the relevant legislation and any applicable
modern award (if any).
(b) Annual
leave may be taken for a period agreed between you and the Employer.
(c) The
Employer may not grant annual leave during peak business times, and you agree that any refusal
by the Employer to grant you leave during these times is reasonable.
(d) The
Employer may require you to take paid annual leave in particular circumstances, including
during all or part of any annual shutdown period of the Employer.
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4.2 Long
service leave
You
are entitled to long service leave in accordance with the relevant legislation.
4.3 Paid
personal/carers leave (including sick leave)
(a) You
are entitled to paid personal/carers leave (including sick leave) in accordance with the
relevant legislation, and the policies and procedures of the Employer. Currently, that entitlement
is ten (10) days for each year of service (which accrues progressively during a year of service
according to your ordinary hours of work).
(b) If
you have not used all of your allowed personal leave and if you are absent from work on account
of personal illness or on account of injury by accident you shall be entitled to leave of
absence without deduction of pay subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) you
shall not be entitled to paid leave of absence for any period in respect of which you are
entitled to worker’s compensation payments;
(2) you
shall as soon as reasonably practicable and prior to the ordinary hours of the first day
or shift of such absence, telephone the Employer to advise of your inability to attend for
duty and as far as practicable state the nature of the injury or illness and the estimated
duration of the absence; and
(3) you
must prove to the satisfaction of the Employer that you were unable on account of such illness
or injury to attend for duty on the day or days for which sick leave is claimed.
(c) If
you have exhausted your paid personal leave entitlements under this clause and you comply
with the relevant statutory notice requirements, you are entitled to an additional two days’
unpaid carer’s leave per occasion in the event of illness or injury of, or an unexpected
emergency affecting, an immediate family member or member of your household. The two days’
unpaid carer’s leave must be taken consecutively unless otherwise agreed between you
and the Employer.
(d) If
you need (or needed) to take personal leave (paid or unpaid) in accordance with this clause,
you must notify the Employer of the need as soon as practicable. The Employer reserves the
right to require you to submit a medical certificate or statutory declaration for any personal
leave you take (paid or unpaid) in accordance with the relevant legislation as amended from
time to time.
(e) For
the purpose of this employment contract, immediate family means your spouse (including
former, defacto and former defacto) or child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling
of you or your spouse.
(f) For
the avoidance of any doubt, you are not entitled to be paid out any accrued but untaken personal/carer’s
leave on termination of your employment with the Employer.
4.4 Parental
leave and compassionate leave
The
Employer will grant parental leave and compassionate leave in accordance with the relevant legislation, and the policies and procedures
of the Employer.
4.5 Community
service leave
You
will be entitled to community service leave in accordance with the relevant legislation as amended from time to time.
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4.6 Family
and domestic violence leave
You
will be entitled to paid family and domestic violence leave in accordance with the relevant legislation as amended from time to time.
4.7 Public
holidays
(a) You
are entitled to all public holidays as proclaimed without loss of pay, where the public holiday
falls on a day on which you would normally be required to work.
(b) Where
there is a need for work to be performed on a public holiday, the Company may request that
you attend work. You may only refuse the request if you have reasonable grounds for doing
so.
5. Remuneration
5.1 All
entitlements included
(a) You
acknowledge and agree that the totality of the remuneration payable under these Terms, however
described (Total Remuneration) compensates you for all work performed and includes
all payments and benefits the Employer is legally obliged to provide.
(b) You
acknowledge that your Total Remuneration is inclusive of a basic rate of pay that is at least
equal to the minimum rate under a modern award or the national minimum wage, whichever is
applicable to you, for each hour worked including but not limited to, reasonable additional
hours, entitlements to payment on breaks, overtime rates, loadings (including but not limited
to annual leave loading and shift loading), penalty rates, allowances and any other entitlement
which may be or become due to you under any relevant modern award, industrial agreement or
statute that may apply to you.
(c) For
the avoidance of any doubt, the Total Remuneration is specifically set-off against, applies
to and absorbs any minimum entitlements or other benefits that you are or may become entitled
to for work performed during any and all pay periods, including but not limited to, any minimum
wages or pay rates, entitlements to payment on breaks, overtime rates, loadings (including
but not limited to annual leave loading and shift loading), penalty rates, allowances and
any other entitlement which may be or become due to you under any relevant modern award,
industrial agreement or statute that may apply to you.
(d) If
at any time you are entitled to any payment or other benefit as a consequence of the employment,
whether under any relevant modern award, industrial agreement or statute, you agree that
the payment or benefit is calculated at the applicable minimum rate of pay in the industrial
agreement, any relevant modern award or statute.
(e) You
will not be paid less than the amount that you would otherwise be entitled to receive under
any applicable modern award, industrial agreement or statute.
5.2 Expenses
You
shall be entitled to reimbursement of such expenses that are incurred by you, with the prior written consent of the Employer, in performing
your duties under these Terms. For the avoidance of any doubt, evidence of such expenses (such as original receipts) is required before
any reimbursement will be made to you.
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5.3 Salary
sacrifice
Subject
to any legal requirements, you may request to salary sacrifice a portion of your pre-tax Total Remuneration including, for example, by
requesting that the Employer pays a portion of your pre-tax Remuneration into your nominated superannuation fund or applies it against
payments for a motor vehicle.
6. Ending
(Terminating) the Employment
6.1 By
the Employee
You
may terminate your employment with the Employer by giving three (3) months notice in writing to the Employer.
6.2 By
the Employer upon giving notice
(a) The
Employer may terminate your employment by giving three (3) months notice in writing or payment
in lieu of notice.
6.3 By
the Employer for proper cause
(a) The
Employer may terminate these Terms at any time without prior notice if you:
(1) commit
any serious or persistent breach of any of the provisions of these Terms;
(2) are
guilty of any serious misconduct or wilful neglect in the discharge of your duties;
(3) become
of unsound mind;
(4) are
convicted of any criminal offence other than an offence which in the reasonable opinion of
the Employer does not affect your position as employee of the Employer;
(5) breach
the alcohol and drug policy of the Employer while performing your duties; or
(6) do
anything which would justify summary dismissal at common law.
(b) Serious
misconduct for the purposes of clause 6.3(a)(2) which will result in instant dismissal includes
any of the following:
(1) physical
violence or fighting, provoked or otherwise;
(2) wilful
misuse of or damage to the property of the Employer;
(3) failure
to observe safety rules;
(4) unauthorised
possession of the property of the Employer;
(5) possession,
consumption or being under the influence of illicit drugs on or off the premises of the Employer
during working hours including meal breaks;
(6) refusal
to perform work assigned in accordance with your Job Description, unless such refusal is
lawful;
(7) serious
breaches of the policies of the Employer;
(8) wilful
disobedience;
(9) abandonment
of employment;
(10) dishonesty;
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(11) sexual
harassment;
(12) criminal
conduct whether inside or outside the workplace;
(13) being
convicted with a serious criminal offence, resulting in a custodial sentence;
(14) any
conduct, which results in serious physical harm to a fellow employee, customer, Client, third
party or agent of the Employer;
(15) engaging
in deliberate conduct which has the potential, in the opinion of the Employer, to seriously
compromise in any way the safety of any employees, customers, Client, third parties or agents
of the Employer;
(16) any
wilful conduct, actions or communications which are likely to materially damage the business
or the reputation of the Employer or the reputation of any officer of the Employer including
making any such written or verbal communication or statement by a medium including radio,
television, internet, chat room, email, website or otherwise; and
(17) use
or conversion for your own benefit of any money, information or property belonging to the
Employer or any of its customers, or assist any others in such behaviour.
6.4 Stand
down
(a) The
Employer has the right to stand you down without pay for any day you cannot do your usual
work for any reason, including any strike, breakdown in machinery or circumstances outside
the Employer’s control such as pandemics or other natural disasters.
6.5 Suspension
(a) The
Employer may suspend you, with or without pay, while investigating any matter that the Employer
reasonably believes could lead to the Employer exercising its rights to terminate your employment
or taking other disciplinary action against you.
(b) During
any period of suspension, the Employer is not required to provide you with any work, and
the Employer may:
(1) restrict
your access to the Employer ‘s premises;
(2) require
you to return any property of the Employer, including any Confidential Information;
(3) restrict
your ability to access the Employer ‘s computer systems; and/or
(4) require
that you have no access or contact with the Employer’s Clients, suppliers or employees.
6.6 Documents
and other property of the Employer
(a) Upon
termination of your employment (regardless of the reason for the termination) without any
further demand, you must deliver to the Employer or any Related Entity, or its authorised
representative:
(1) all
computer discs, tapes, documents, records, notebooks, and similar repositories of Confidential
Information, in your possession or control relating in any way to any Confidential Information,
trade secrets, or the business or affairs of the Employer or any Related Entity; and
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(2) any
property of the Employer or any Related Entity, to which the Employer or any Related Entity
has an entitlement to possession.
(b) You
are not entitled to retain a copy of a document referred to in clause 6.6(a).
(c) If
you have in your possession information or data belonging to the Employer or any Related
Entity which is recorded on any computer, mobile phone or any medium such that it is not
capable of delivery to the Employer, or any Related Entity, you must advise the Employer
of that fact and, subject to the right of the Employer or any Related Entity to obtain a
copy of that information or data, erase that information or data so that it cannot be accessed,
retrieved or reconstructed.
(d) You
must provide to the Employer reasonable access to the devices outlined in clause 6.6(c) for
the Company to confirm that all property of the Employer and confidential information has
been removed or deleted.
6.7 Resignation
of directorships
(a) If
on the termination of your employment you are a director or other officer of the Employer
or another Related Entity you must resign as a director or officer of that Employer or Related
Entity as soon as practicable after the termination of your employment.
(b) You
irrevocably appoint the Secretary of the Employer, or any other employee nominated by the
Employer or the Related Entities, as attorney to sign any documents required to give effect
to your resignation from your position as director or officer as described in clause 6.7(a).
(c) If
your employment is terminated and you resign as a director or other officer, as contemplated
in clause 6.7(a), you have no entitlement to any compensation for the loss of that office.
(d) In
the event the Company fails to process your resignation within 14 days, The Company irrevocably
appoints you as its attorney to sign any documents required to give effect to your resignation
from your position as director or officer as described in clause 6.7(a), and the appointment
of the Chief Executive Officer or Company Secretary or other such member of the Board to
replace your role as director or other officer.
6.8 Authorised
deductions
(a) If
you receive a remuneration payment in excess of the amount owing to you in any one pay period,
you authorise the Employer to make appropriate deductions from your remuneration payment
in the next pay period or agreed number of pay periods immediately following discovery of
overpayment.
(b) The
Employer may deduct from any amounts owing to you on termination of your employment:
(1) any
amounts whatsoever owing by you to the Employer from time to time;
(2) any
compensation for unreturned property of the Employer or any Related Entity; and
(3) if
you fail to give the required notice of termination under these Terms, the amount that you
would have been paid in respect of the period of notice less any period of notice actually
given by you.
(c) You
acknowledge and agree that any such deductions are at your direction, are reasonable and
are principally for your benefit.
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(d) You
agree to execute any such document provided by the Employer from time to time to give effect
to this clause including in respect of authorising any such deductions at termination of
your employment, or otherwise.
6.9 Non
disparagement and representations
Following
the termination of your employment for any reason, you agree not to:
(a) make
representations that you are in any way connected with the business of the Employer or any
Related Entity; and
(b) disparage
the Employer or any Related Entity and any directors, managers or employees of the Employer
or any Related Entity, in any way, whatsoever.
6.10 Gardening
leave
(a) If
at any time either party gives notice of termination pursuant to these Terms, the Employer
may, in its absolute discretion, modify your employment arrangements.
(b) Where
such modification occurs, during the notice period you:
(1) may
be required to perform duties which are different to those which you were required to perform
during your employment, provided that you have the necessary skill and competence to perform
the duties;
(2) require
you to work through all or part of your notice period;
(3) elect
to make payment in lieu of all or part of your notice period;
(4) may
be required to perform no duties at all;
(5) may
be required not to attend the premises of the Employer, unless expressly requested to do
so;
(6) may
be required not to have dealings with any customers or Clients of the Employer;
(7) agree
to be reasonably available to the Employer;
(8) will
remain an employee of the Employer.
(c) If
you fail to provide the Employer with the required period of notice, the Employer may withhold
any payments due to you on termination of your employment to a maximum amount permitted by
an applicable modern award or otherwise equivalent to what you would have received had you
worked the non-completed part of the required notice period.
7. Restrictive
Covenants after Termination of Employment
7.1 Post
termination restraint and non compete
(a) You
undertake and agree that you will not at any time during the Restraint Period:
(1) directly
or indirectly approach, canvass, solicit or endeavour to entice away from the Employer or
a Related Entity (including through the use of Social Media), the business or custom of any
Restrained Client;
(2) perform
any work or provide any services performed by you in the twelve (12) months preceding the
date of termination of your employment for, or on behalf of any Restrained Client;
(3) directly
or indirectly solicit, induce or encourage any Restrained Client (including through the use
of Social Media), to terminate or to not renew any business relationship, contract or arrangement
that Person has with the Employer or a Related Entity;
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(4) directly
or indirectly, induce or encourage any director or employee of, or consultant to, the Employer
or a Related Entity (including through the use of Social Media), to terminate or to not renew
any business relationship, contract or arrangement that Person has with the Employer or a
Related Entity whether or not that Person would commit a breach of that Person’s contract;
(5) without
prior written consent of the Employer directly or indirectly carry on or be engaged, concerned
with or interested whether as a shareholder, director, employee, partner, joint venture participant,
principal, agent, trustee, consultant, unitholder or otherwise involved in carrying on any
business for a Competitor, within the Restraint Area; or
(6) counsel,
procure or otherwise assist any person to do any of the acts referred to in subclauses 7.1(a)(1)-(5)
above.
(b) You
acknowledge and agree that:
(1) Each
of the covenants made by you in clause 7.1(a) constitutes a separate and independent restraint
imposed on you under these Terms.
(2) Should
any of the covenants made by you in clause 7.1(a) be, or become, unenforceable, that does
not affect the validity or enforceability of the other covenants made under clause 7.1(a).
(3) Damages
may be inadequate compensation for breach of the obligations contained in this clause and,
subject to the Court’s discretion, the Employer may restrain, by an injunction or similar
remedy, any conduct or threatened conduct which is or will be in breach of this clause.
(c) The
restraints in clause 7.1(a) are reasonable and necessary to protect the Employer’s
legitimate business interests, including the preservation of its Restrained Client relationships,
the goodwill of its business and its Confidential Information.
7.2 Damages
for restraint
(a) Should
you breach the provisions of clause 7.1 with respect to competition, then you agree and irrevocably
acknowledge that the damages payable by you to the Employer:
(1) include
damages assessed in accordance with clause 7.2(b); and
(2) that
such damages represent a genuine pre-estimate of the loss which will be suffered by the Employer
as a result of, such a breach.
(b) Damages
payable by you upon breach of the provisions of clause 7.1 shall include:
(1) where
the Employer has been instructed by the Restrained Client before the breach over a period
exceeding twelve (12) months then for an amount equivalent to 75% of the net fees in accounts
or services rendered by the Employer for or in respect of that Restrained Client in the twelve
(12) months preceding the date upon which you received instructions to act for the Restrained
Client; and
(2) where
the Employer has been instructed by the Restrained Client before the breach over a period
not exceeding twelve (12) months then for an amount which in the opinion of the Employer
would have been 75% of the amount of net fees in accounts or services rendered by the Employer
for or in respect of that Restrained Client in the twelve (12) months preceding the date
upon which you received instructions to act for the Restrained Client having regard to the
Restrained Client and its/his/her business and the circumstances of the instructions.
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7.3 Definitions
In
this clause 7:
(a) Restrained
Client means any Person:
(1) who
is or has been a Client or customer of the Employer or a Related Entity within twelve (12)
months immediately preceding the date of termination of your employment with the Employer
and with whom you have had personal contact or dealings (or with whom a person reporting
to you has had personal contact or dealings) at any time during the twelve (12) months preceding
the date of termination of your employment with the Employer;
(2) with
whom you have had discussions on behalf of the Employer or a Related Entity, whether concluded
or unconcluded, at any time during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of termination
of your employment with the Employer, with a view to that Person receiving products or services
from the Employer;
(3) who
has entered into a joint venture agreement with the Employer or a Related Entity regardless
of whether you have had personal contact or dealings with that Person at any time during
your employment with the Employer; or
(4) who
has a contractual relationship with the Employer or a Related Entity which in any way benefits
the Employer or a Related Entity.
(b) Restraint
Area means:
(1) Australia,
or if that area is decided by a court to be unenforceable then;
(2) New
South Wales, or if that area is decided by a court to be unenforceable, then,
(3) Greater
metropolitan region of Sydney.
(c) Restraint
Period means:
(1) twelve
(12) months commencing on the date of termination of your employment with the Employer, or
if that period is decided by a court to be unenforceable, then;
(2) nine
(9) months commencing on the date of termination of your employment with the Employer, or
if that period is decided by a court to be unenforceable, then;
(3) six
(6) months commencing on the date of termination of your employment with the Employer, or
if that period is decided by a court to be unenforceable, then;
(4) three
(3) months commencing on the date of termination of your employment with the Employer.
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8. Ownership
of Intellectual Property
8.1 Ownership
of Intellectual Property
(a) Intellectual
Property includes Confidential Information, trade marks, patents, copyright, creations,
concepts, formulations, designs, slogans, promotions, techniques, processes, frameworks,
diagrams, thinking structures, protocols, models, know-how and other intellectual property
rights. It includes all property rights in, or relating to, any information, data, discovery,
improvement, design, invention, documentation, business method, computer programming method,
software, new or modified procedures or developments or similar and other non-physical property.
(b) The
Employer owns all Intellectual Property that you may discover, produce or conceive which
is related in any way to the Employer’s business (whether or not it can be patented,
can be subject to copyright or can be protected in any other way). This includes Intellectual
Property discovered, produced or conceived:
(1) during
employment (whether or not it is during office hours or on the Employer’s premises);
(2) after
employment has terminated, if it is based on something you worked on or became aware of while
employed by the Employer;
(3) by
using the Employer’s Confidential Information or its resources.
(c) You
give up any claim to that Intellectual Property and irrevocably assign it to the Employer.
You agree to sign and execute all documents and give the Employer any assistance and information
required to assign ownership of Intellectual Property in any part of the world for the Employer’s
exclusive benefit.
(d) You
appoint the Employer as your attorney to do anything you are required to do under this clause.
(e) You
must notify the Employer in writing of any Intellectual Property covered in clause 8.1(b)
as and when developed so that the Employer can take the necessary steps to protect its rights
in that Intellectual Property.
(f) You
will return all originals and copies of information to the Employer, including design, documentation,
software and material relating to any Intellectual Property, at the Employer’s request
or when your employment ends. You must destroy any copies that you cannot return. You agree
to confirm in writing that you have complied with this provision.
(g) These
Intellectual Property provisions apply both during and after the employment relationship
ends.
8.2 Moral
Rights
(a) You
waive any Moral Rights you have to any Intellectual Property referred to in clause 8.1(a)
and (b).
(b) You
warrant that you have given this consent and undertaking genuinely and without being subjected
to any duress by the Employer or any third party, and without relying on any representations
other than those expressly set out in these Terms.
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9. Privacy
(a) You
consent to the Employer collecting, using and disclosing your personal information, as defined
in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), for any purpose relating to your employment.
(b) You
consent to the Employer disclosing your personal information to third parties where necessary
for reasons relating to your employment or the conduct and administration of the Employer’s
business. Third parties may include the Australian Tax Office, Australian Securities and
Investments Commission, superannuation fund trustees and administrators, the Employer’s
financial and legal advisers and law enforcement bodies. A third party may also be another
company within the corporate group of which the Employer is a member.
10. Policies
(a) Policies
may be updated, varied or amended by the Employer from time to time.
(b) You
must comply with the duties and obligations imposed on you under all Policies during your
employment, including under a Policy that is updated, varied or amended.
(c) Consequences
of a breach of a Policy by you may constitute serious misconduct and may result in disciplinary
action up to and including termination of your employment.
(d) You
acknowledge that;
(1) no
Policy forms part of these Terms unless expressly agreed in writing between you and the Employer;
and
(2) this
clause is not intended to create any binding obligations on the Employer to provide you with
any benefits conferred on you under any Policy.
(e) In
the event of any inconsistency between these Terms and a Policy, these Terms will prevail
to the extent of the inconsistency.
11. Social
Media
(a) During
your participation in Social Media activity in your personal time you must not make reference
to your employment or association with the Employer or make comments or include content about
the Employer. You will be held responsible for your conduct online if in the opinion of the
Employer your conduct online harms the reputation or interests of the Employer or has the
potential to harm the reputation or interests of the Employer.
(b) You
authorise, acknowledge, consent and agree:
(1) to
assign (and agree to assign) to the Employer from time to time throughout your employment,
ownership of any Social Media account (including LinkedIn and Facebook) registered in your
name created for the benefit of the Employer and operated by you, which involves the use
of the Employer’s information technology resources (including computers, networks or
smart phones);
(2) to
submit to, and cooperate with, any audit conducted by the Employer of any Social Media accounts
operated by you (such as LinkedIn and Facebook), either registered in the Employer’s
name and/or your name but only for the Employers benefit, including by delivering to the
Employer or its authorised representative, without any further demand, any and all usernames
and passwords associated with any such Social Media account, where the Employer has reasonable
grounds for suspecting that any applicable law, policy of the Employer or these Terms, is
being, or has been, breached (Audit);
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(3) deliver
to the Employer or its authorised representative, without any further demand, any and all
usernames and passwords associated with any Social Media accounts operated by you on behalf
of the Employer (such as LinkedIn and Facebook), and registered in the Employer’s name
and/or your name for the Employers Benefit, (where it involves the use of the Employer’s
information technology resources (including computers, networks or smart phones)), upon termination
of your employment (regardless of the reason of the termination), for the purpose of conducting
an Audit;
(4) that
the post-termination and non-compete obligations set out in clause 7 apply equally to any
conduct or threatened conduct by you on Social Media, including contact through Social Media.
12. Survival
For
the avoidance of doubt, any clause which by its nature is intended to survive termination of your employment survives termination of
your employment and these Terms, including clause 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 11.
13. Applicable
Law
The
Employer is required to observe certain minimum employment entitlements, including those arising under any modern award (if applicable).
However, even though reference is made to certain award-related and legislative entitlements throughout the Terms and the Letter of Offer,
no modern award, nor any other applicable industrial instrument or legislation (if applicable), are incorporated into these Terms.
14. Complying
with Terms, Rules, Regulations and Legal Requirements
(a) These
Terms will apply to your employment with the Employer whether you sign these Terms or not.
(b) The
Employer reserves the right to update these Terms from time to time and subject to your acceptance,
the updated Terms will apply to your employment with the Employer. You should ensure that
you regularly read and understand the current version of the Terms. Contact your manager
to gain access to the Terms.
(c) You
must abide by all rules, regulations and legal requirements of the Employer. To safeguard
against breaching this requirement, you should read and review the relevant policy and procedures
manual and operating guidelines regularly, and if still in doubt you should seek the advice
of your manager.
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15. General
(a) These
Terms constitutes the entire agreement between the parties about its subject matter and supersedes
all previous communications, representations, understandings or agreements between the parties
on the subject matter.
(b) These
Terms are governed by the law in force in New South Wales.
(c) Each
party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
of New South Wales and courts of appeal from them. Each party waives any right it has to
object to an action being brought in those courts, to claim that the action has been brought
in an inconvenient forum or to claim that those courts do not have jurisdiction.
(d) A
party may exercise a right, power or remedy at its discretion and separately or concurrently
with another right, power or remedy. A single or partial exercise of a right, power or remedy
by a party does not prevent a further exercise of that or of any other right, power or remedy.
Failure by a party to exercise or delay in exercising a right, power or remedy does not prevent
its exercise. Further, a waiver of a right under these Terms does not prevent the exercise
of any other right.
(e) If
a court decides that part of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable, that part of the Terms
will be modified (if possible) so that it is enforceable. If that part cannot be modified,
it will be severed and the rest of the Terms will continue to operate.
(f) The
Parent Company unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the due and punctual:
(1) performance
and observance by the Employer of all Guaranteed Obligations; and
(2) payment
by the Employer of any money.
(g) If
a breach occurs and is subsisting, the Parent Company will on demand made on it by the Employee:
(1) duly
and punctually perform the Guaranteed Obligations; and
(2) duly
and punctually pay to the Employee any money.
(h) The
Employee is not required to:
(1) take
any steps to enforce its rights under these Terms; or
(2) incur
any expense or make any payment,
(3) before
enforcing its rights against the Parent Company under these Terms.
(i) If
you are a new employee, you acknowledge receipt from the Employer of a Fair Work Information
Statement. However, the Fair Work Information Statement does not form part of these Terms.
16. Definitions
Unless
the context otherwise requires:
(a) Client
means any Person, contractor, firm, unit trust or company or other organisation which
at any time during the continuance of your employment was a client, referrer of clients,
supplier or customer of the Employer or a Related Entity.
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(b) Competitor
means any business which sells, markets, supplies or otherwise promotes goods or services
the same as or substantially similar to those sold, marketed, supplied or otherwise promoted
by the Employer or a Related Entity, either now or in the future.
(c) Confidential
Information includes all information of the Employer which has been specifically designated
as confidential by the Employer, any patents (actual or pending), all trade secrets, formulas,
designs and the like relating to the business affairs of the Employer, or any of its related
entities, or any of their customers or clients or suppliers, or any person whose confidential
information you access or obtain as a result of your employment. Without limitation, this
includes any information concerning confidential know-how, clients lists, customer lists,
supplier lists, information about tenders and proposals, information about products and services
in development, business plans, sales plans, marketing plans, administration files, accounts,
prospects, research, management, financing, products, inventions, designs, suppliers, clients,
customers, management information systems, computer systems, processes and any data base,
data surveys, specifications, drawings, records, reports, software or other documents, material
or other information whether in writing or otherwise of or concerning the Employer, or any
of its related entities, or any of their clients, customers or suppliers to which you have
had access. This also includes any confidential information which you obtain for or from
any third party under the terms of any confidentiality agreement, and any other information
which relates to the commercial and financial activities of the Employer, the unauthorised
disclosure of administration matters which would embarrass, harm or prejudice the Employer
but does not extend to information already in the public domain unless such information arrived
there by unauthorised means.
(d) Employer
means SharonAI Pty Ltd (ACN 645 215 194).
(e) Guaranteed
Obligations means every obligation on the part of the Employer (whether alone or not)
which at any time arises under or in connection with these Terms including the payment or
reimbursement of any costs, expenses, liabilities, losses or damages.
(f) Job
Description means any document or description given by the Employer which details without
limitation the work or collection of duties and tasks that may comprise the day-to-day functions
of your role and may be varied by the Employer from time to time in its absolute discretion.
(g) Letter
of Offer means the letter from the Employer to you dated 14/10/24 attached to the Terms.
(h) Moral
Rights has the meaning given to it in the Copyright Right Act 1968 (Cth) as amended
from time to time.
(i) Parent
Company means SharonAI Inc or any subsequent parent company
(j) Person
means any person, firm, unit trust, partnership, company or other organisation.
(k) Policy
means any policy, employee handbook, practice or guideline of the Employer, whether extracted
in these Terms or not, and as varied or amended from time to time by the Employer.
(l) Related
Body Corporate means any body corporate which is deemed to be related to the Employer
by virtue of section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
(m) Related
Entities means any entity connected with the Employer by an interest in a common economic
enterprise, including the Parent Company, a Related Body Corporate of the Employer and Related
Entity means any one of them;
(n) Social
Media means internet-based sites and services, including but not limited to, blogging
and micro blogging websites such as Twitter; social networking sites such as Facebook and
Instagram; professional networking sites such as LinkedIn; video and photo sharing websites
such as YouTube, Instagram and Flickr; forums and discussion boards such as Google Groups
and any other internet-based sites and services that would reasonably fall within the common
understanding of the umbrella term “Social Media”, including as they develop
in the future.
(o) Terms
means the contract of employment constituted by these terms and conditions of employment
and the Letter of Offer, as amended or updated from time to time.
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EX-10.2
EX-10.2
Filename: ex10-2.htm · Sequence: 3
Exhibit
10.2
This deed is made on 22 July
2026
between
SharonAI
Holdings Inc. of 745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500, New York, NY 10151 (Parent Company)
and
SharonAI
Pty Ltd ACN 645 215 194 of Level 1, 32 Walker Street, North Sydney NSW 2006 (the Employer)
and
Tim
Broadfoot (Employee) (Parties)
Date
22
July 2026
Recitals
A The
Employee has been employed by the Employer since on or about 1 July 2024, most recently in
the position of Chief Financial Officer (Position) (Employment).
B The
Employment was governed by an employment contract dated 30 March 2024, which was superseded
by a new employment contract dated 30 April 2026 (Employment Contract). The Parent
Company is a party to the Employment Contract and guarantees particular obligations of the
Employer under the Employment Contract.
C Pursuant
to the Employment Contract and in connection with the Employment, the Employee was eligible
to participate in equity incentive programs operated by the Parent Company, including:
(i) the
SharonAI Inc. 2024 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (2024 Plan); and
(ii) the
SharonAI Holdings Inc. 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (2025 Plan),
(together,
the Equity Plans).
D Under
the Equity Plans, the Parent Company granted the Employee Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
pursuant to the following grant notices and RSU award agreements:
(i) RSU
Grant Notice dated 23 October 2024, granted under the 2024 Plan, for 10,750 RSUs;
(ii) RSU
Grant Notice dated 6 February 2026, granted under the 2025 Plan, for 31,923 RSUs;
(iii) RSU
Grant Notice dated 6 February 2026, granted under the 2025 Plan, for 97,839 RSUs;
(iv) RSU
Grant Notice dated 14 April 2026, granted under the 2025 Plan, for 17,744 RSUs; and
(v) RSU
Grant Notice dated 14 April 2026, granted under the 2025 Plan, for 14,666 RSUs;
(together, the
Grant Notices, and the RSUs awarded under each Grant Notice together being the RSU
Awards). Each Grant Notice was accompanied by a Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (together, the RSU Agreements).
E On
11 November 2024, the Employee and the Parent Company entered into an Indemnification Agreement
(Indemnification Agreement), pursuant to which the Parent Company agreed to indemnify
the Employee in connection with his service as an officer and director of the Parent Company
and its affiliates. The Parties agree that the Indemnification Agreement continues in full
force and effect and is not superseded, limited or released by this deed.
F The
Employee has resigned and the Employment will terminate by way of resignation on 31 August
2026 (Termination Date) (Termination of the Employment).
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G Without
admission of liability, the Parties have agreed to resolve all matters relating to the Employment,
the Position, the Employment Contract, the Equity Plans, the Grant Notices, the RSU Agreements,
the Retained RSUs (as defined below) and the Termination of the Employment on the terms of
this deed.
1 The
Parent Company, the Employer and Employee agree as follows: Within seven days of the Termination
Date, the Employer or the Parent Company (as applicable) must pay the employee, as at the
Termination Date:
(a) accrued
wages and superannuation contributions owing to the Employee, calculated through to and including
the Termination Date;
(b) $405,166
AUD as a short term incentive payment; and
payment
of any accrued but unused annual leave entitlements as at the Termination Date, less any amount which must be withheld for taxation purposes.
2 The
Parties acknowledge and agree that, as at the Termination Date, the Employee’s sole
entitlement in respect of RSUs under the 2025 Plan is to 93,194 unvested Restricted Stock
Units in aggregate (Retained RSUs). The Retained RSUs will, notwithstanding the termination
of the Employment, remain on foot and continue to vest (e.g.,, will continue to be subject
to the performance vesting requirements) and be settled in accordance with the terms set
out in Schedule 1, as if the Employment had not terminated (for avoidance of doubt, solely
for purposes of requirements that Retained RSUs be settled within a specified number of days
after they become vested, the Retained RSUs which are only subject to time vesting will be
deemed unvested until their scheduled vesting date and will be settled based on the scheduled
vesting days if Employee complies with his obligations outlined in this clause 2), and any
equivalent forfeiture provision will not apply to the termination of the Employment in respect
of the Retained RSUs, provided that the Employee continues to comply with the restrictive
covenants set out in clause 7 of the Employment Contract (Restrictive Covenants).
In the event of any inconsistency between Schedule 1 and a Grant Notice, RSU Agreement or
the 2025 Plan, Schedule 1 will prevail to the extent of the inconsistency. All RSUs granted
to the Employee other than the Retained RSUs are forfeited with effect from the Termination
Date, and the Employee has no entitlement to, and releases each of the Beneficiaries (as
defined below) from any claim in respect of, any RSUs, options or other awards under the
2025 Plan or otherwise, except for the Retained RSUs.
3 The
Employee releases:
(a) the
Employer and the Parent Company;
(b) each
Associated Entity (as defined in section 50AAA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth))
of the Employer and the Parent Company (Group Member);
(c) each
of the Employer’s and Parent Company’s current and former directors, officers,
shareholders, employees, contractors and agents, and
(d) each
Group Member’s current and former directors, officers, shareholders, employees, contractors
and agents,
(Beneficiaries)
from
all or any actions, suits, claims, demands, legal proceedings, causes of action, complaints or associated costs (whether current or future)
which he has, or but for this deed may have had, in relation to or arising from the Employment, the Position, the Employment Contract,
the Equity Plans, the Grant Notices, the RSU Agreements, and the Termination of the Employment (Employee Claims). This release does not
extend to Employee Claims under relevant workers compensation and superannuation legislation, any rights and entitlements under the Indemnification
Agreement, including any other indemnification or insurance policy maintained by the Parent Company or the Employer that may apply to
Employee, the Retained RSUs and any rights to enforce the terms of this deed. Any of the Beneficiaries may plead this deed as an absolute
bar to any Employee Claims or anyone claiming through the Employee.
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4 Without
limiting clause 3, the Employee acknowledges and agrees that he would not be entitled to
certain of the payments and other benefits made to him and referred to in this deed but for
him entering this deed, and that the payments and other benefits made to him and referred
to in this deed satisfy all contractual, industrial, statutory or other entitlements which
he has in relation to or arising from the Employment, the Position, the Employment Contract,
the Equity Plans, the Grant Notices, the RSU Agreements, the Retained RSUs and the Termination
of the Employment, including any entitlements in respect of wages, loadings, allowances,
bonuses, commissions, penalty rates, overtime, annual holidays, long service leave, notice
entitlements, payment in lieu of notice, profit-sharing stock options, short term incentives,
long term incentives and all reasonable work-related expenses, except that this clause does
not affect or limit any entitlement or right of the Employee under the Indemnification Agreement
or any other indemnification or insurance policy maintained by the Parent Company or the
Employer that may apply to Employee.
5 The
Employer and the Parent Company, jointly and severally, release and indemnify the Employee
and agree to keep the Employee indemnified, from all or any actions, suits, claims, demands,
legal proceedings, causes of action, complaints or associated costs (whether current or future)
which it has, or but for this deed may have had, in relation to or arising from the Employment,
the Position, the Employment Contract, the Equity Plans, the Grant Notices, the RSU Agreements,
the Retained RSUs and the Termination of the Employment (Released Claims), provided
that this release and indemnity does not extend to, and the Employer and the Parent Company
expressly reserve, any claims arising from or in connection with: (i) any breach by the Employee
of the Restrictive Covenants or any similar obligations or covenants; (ii) any breach by
the Employee of any obligation relating to trade secrets, confidential information or intellectual
property under the Employment Contract or at law; or (iii) any fraud or criminal conduct
by the Employee in connection with the performance of Employee’s job duties during
the term of Employment. To the fullest extent permitted by law, effective as of the Effective
Date, (a) each of the Employer and Parent Company covenants and agrees that it shall not
(and shall cause its past, present, and future parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, managers,
members, officers, directors, stockholders, partners, equityholders, employees, agents, representatives,
insurers, successors, and assigns not to) commence, encourage, solicit, assist, or maintain
any action, suit, claim, arbitration, or proceeding against Employee with respect to any
Employee Claims released under this deed. The Employee may plead this deed as an absolute
bar to any Released Claims made by the Employer or the Parent Company or anyone claiming
through the Employer or the Parent Company.
6 The
Employee must:
(a) do
anything, including execute any document, reasonably required for the purpose of or to give
effect to this deed; and
(b) provide
any assistance which a Beneficiary reasonably requires in relation to any threatened or actual
legal proceedings directly relating to the Employment or the Employee’s role as Chief
Financial Officer, provided that:
(i) the
Beneficiary gives the Employee reasonable advance written notice of any required assistance;
(ii) the
Beneficiary reimburses the Employee for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred
by the Employee in providing such assistance, including reasonable legal costs where the
Employee reasonably determines it necessary to obtain separate legal advice, when such costs
have been pre-approved, which approval will not be unreasonable withheld;
(iii) the
request does not materially interfere with the Employee’s other professional or personal
commitments; and
(iv) the
Employee is not required to provide assistance that would require him to act contrary to
his own legal interests or privilege.
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7 The
Employee must not make any statement, publicly or otherwise, to disparage or criticise any
of the Beneficiaries or speak or write about any of them in a manner which is likely to injure
their commercial, professional or personal reputation. This clause does not prevent the Employee
from making any statement that is truthful, accurate, and not made with intent to injure
the commercial reputation of any Beneficiary or from testifying in any legislative, administrative
or judicial proceeding about criminal conduct, discrimination, harassment, or sexual harassment
when compelled or requested by lawful process.
8 The
Employer and the Parent Company must not, and must ensure that their respective directors,
officers and senior employees do not, make any statement, publicly or privately, to disparage
or criticise the Employee or speak or write about him in a manner which is likely to injure
his commercial, professional or personal reputation. The Employer and Parent Company are
liable for any breach of this obligation by their respective directors, officers and senior
employees. For the avoidance of doubt, this obligation applies to statements made in any
public filing, press release, investor communication, or social media communication made
by or on behalf of the Employer or Parent Company.
9 The
Parties must keep confidential and not disclose the terms of this deed, or the negotiations
leading up to this deed to any other person, whether directly or indirectly, except:
(a) to
obtain professional legal or accounting advice (and then only if the recipient of the information
has undertaken to keep it confidential);
(b) if
required by law, or in relation to any request or investigation by any law enforcement, regulatory
or statutory agency;
(c) if
required by any stock exchange on which securities of the Parent Company or any Group Member
are listed, or by any securities regulator;
(d) by
current report on Form 8-K;
(e) for
the purpose of enforcing the deed in any court or tribunal;
(f) with
the other Parties’ prior written consent; or
(g) to
the Employee’s immediate family members (including spouse, domestic partner, or adult
children), provided that the Employee shall ensure that any such family member is made aware
of the confidentiality obligations in this clause and agrees to keep the information confidential.
10 Subject
to clause 2, the Employee acknowledges and agrees that the Employee will continue to be bound
by the continuing obligations and restrictions contained in the Employment Contract.
11 The
Employee acknowledges that:
(a) he
will by no later than the Termination Date return to the Employer all property of the Employer
in his possession or control, subject to any separate agreement with the Employer or the
Parent Company;
(b) he
has not improperly copied, used or disclosed to any person any confidential information of
the Employer, and will not do so at any time;
(c) he
has not commenced proceedings in relation to the Employment or the Termination of the Employment
against any of the Beneficiaries;
(d) no
promise, representation or inducement has been made to him to enter into this deed, other
than as set out in this deed;
(e) he
has had reasonable opportunity to receive independent legal advice about the terms and effect
of this deed; and
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(f) the
Employee enters into this deed in all the circumstances, which are not unfair, unconscionable
or against public interest.
12 Subject
to clause 10, this deed constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties about its subject
matter and replaces any prior understanding or agreement between the Parties relating to
the subject matter of this deed, provided that this clause does not supersede or affect:
(a) the
Indemnification Agreement, which continues in full force and effect, and any other indemnification
or insurance policy maintained by the Parent Company or the Employer that may apply to Employee;
or
(b) any
equity award agreement, grant notice, or plan document relating to the Retained RSUs, except
to the extent Schedule 1 expressly prevails in the event of inconsistency.
13 The
validity, construction and performance of this deed will be governed by the laws of the State
of New South Wales, and each Party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the Courts of New South Wales, Australia.
14 If
any part of this deed is found to be void or unenforceable, that part of the deed will be
read down or severed to the extent necessary and the rest of the deed will have full force
and effect.
15 This
deed may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the
signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this deed. Without limiting the foregoing,
if the signatures on behalf of one party are on different counterparts, this shall be taken
to be, and have the same effect as, signatures on the same counterpart and on a single copy
of this deed.
16 The
failure of a Party to enforce a provision of this deed does not affect that Party’s
rights subsequently to enforce that provision or to avail itself of any remedy it may have
for any breach of that provision.
17 This
deed may not be amended, modified or varied in any respect except by a written instrument
signed by all of the Parties to this deed.
18 The
Parties agree that their communication of an offer or acceptance of this deed, including
exchanging counterparts, may be effected by any electronic method that evidences that Party’s
execution of this deed, including by electronic signature (including by signing on an electronic
device or by digital signature using a recognised electronic signature platform).
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Schedule
1 Terms of Retained RSUs
#
Number
of RSUs
Vesting
Condition and Details
1
2,483
Granted
in February 2026 under the 2025 Plan with a KPI achievement metric of achieving an ASX Listing in addition to a NASDAQ Listing at
which time the RSU’s vest immediately
2
2,483
Granted
in February 2026 under the 2025 Plan with a KPI achievement metric of securing 90% of the debt required under the February 2026 Budget
prior to 31 December 2026, at which time the RSU’s vest immediately.
3
7,333
Granted
in April 2026 under the 2025 Plan with a KPI achievement metric of achieving an ASX listing at which time the RSU’s vest immediately
4
19,542
Granted
in November 2024 under the 2024 Plan with a KPI achievement metric of achieving a Major Exchange or Sale event for SharonAI Inc,
followed by a 12 month post achievement time based vesting with vesting completing on 31 January 2027.
5
14,657
Granted
in November 2024 under the 2024 Plan with a KPI achievement metric of achieving a Company valuation of at least $100m, followed by
a 12 month post achievement time based vesting with vesting completing on 31 January 2027.
6
9,771
Granted
in November 2024 under the 2024 Plan with a KPI achievement metric of achieving a Company acquisition of at least 800 GPU’s,
followed by a 12 month post achievement time based vesting with vesting completing on 31 March 2027.
7
19,542
Granted
in November 2024 under the 2024 Plan with a KPI achievement metric of achieving a Company revenue of $15m, followed by a 12 month
post achievement time based vesting with vesting completing on 31 December 2026.
8
17,383
Granted
in February 2026 under the 2025 Plan with a KPI achievement metric of if on 31 December 2026 a total shareholder return based on
share price of 25% is achieved between January 1, 2026 and December 31, 2026
93,194
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Executed
as a deed
Signed
for and on behalf of SharonAI Holdings, Inc. by its duly appointed agent who by his/her execution warrants his/her authority
to execute this instrument in the presence of:
SharonAI, Inc. by its Agent
/s/
James Manning
Agent
/s/
Tim Flahvin
/s/
James Manning
Witness
name
/s/
Tim Flahvin
Ceo
Full
name
Position
Signed
for and on behalf of SharonAI Pty Ltd ACN 645 215 194 by its duly appointed agent who by his/her execution warrants his/her
authority to execute this instrument in the presence of:
SharonAI Pty Ltd by its Agent
/s/
James Manning
Agent
signature
/s/
Tim Flahvin
James
Manning
Witness
signature
Agent
full name
/s/
Tim Flahvin
Ceo
Witness
full name
Agent
position
Signed
and sealed by
Tim
Broadfoot
/s/
Tim Broadfoot
in
the presence of:
Tim
Broadfoot signature
/s/
Tim Flahvin
Witness
signature
/s/
Tim Flahvin
Witness
full name
22/07/2026
Date
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EX-10.3
EX-10.3
Filename: ex10-3.htm · Sequence: 4
Exhibit
10.3
Independent
contractor agreement - corporate
Date of the agreement
is the date specified in item 1 of the schedule
Parties
The
party described in item 2 of the schedule (Company)
The
party described in item 3 of the schedule (Parent Company)
The party described in item 4 of the schedule (Contractor)
Recitals
A The
Company agrees to appoint the Contractor to provide the Services and the Contractor agrees
to the appointment on the terms and conditions set out in this agreement.
B The
Contractor will engage the Key Person to assist the Contractor to provide the Services.
C The
Parent Company is a party to this agreement for the purpose of guaranteeing the performance
of the Company’s obligations under this agreement.
The
parties agree
1 Definitions
and interpretation
1.1 Definitions
In
this agreement:
Claim
includes a claim, action, proceeding, judgment, damage, loss, cost, expense or liability, however arising and whether present, unascertained,
immediate, future or contingent.
Commencement
Date means the date specified in item 6 of the schedule.
Company
means the entity described in item 2 of the schedule.
Company
Representative means the person named in item 14 of the schedule or as otherwise advised by the Company from time to time.
Confidential
Information means:
(a) any
information whether or not in a material form that directly or indirectly relates to the
business and/or products of the Company, the Group and/or their clients, customers and suppliers
including information relating to any patents (actual or pending), trade secrets, formulas,
designs, accounts, marketing plans, sales plans, models, prospects, research, management
information systems, computer systems, processes and any data base, data surveys, clients,
customers, suppliers, client lists, customer lists, specifications, drawings, records, reports, software
or other documents, whether in writing or otherwise concerning the Company or the Group or any of their clients, customers or suppliers;
(b) any
other information or know how whether or not in a material form that relates to the business
of the Company or the Group which the Contractor or any of its employees or personnel, including
the Key Person, become aware of either before or after the date of this agreement, or generate
in the course of, or in connection with, the carrying out of the Contractor’s obligations
under this agreement; and
(c) any
information relating to the Company or the Group which is not in the public domain.
Contractor
means the entity described in item 4 of the schedule.
Fees
means the fees specified in item 7 of the schedule.
Group
means:
(a) the
Company;
(b) the
Parent Company;
(c) Related
Bodies Corporate of the Company;
(d) any
entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company; and
(e) any
other entity that is connected with the Company, or any other member of the Group, by a common
directorship or by a common interest in an economic enterprise for example, a partner of
another member of a joint venture.
Group
Company means the Company and each Company which forms part of the Group.
GST
has the meaning given to it by the GST Act.
GST
Act means the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).
Guaranteed
Obligations means every obligation on the part of the Company (whether alone or not) which at any time arises under or in connection
with this agreement including the payment or reimbursement of any costs, expenses, liabilities, losses or damages, but excluding any
claim for entitlements contemplated in clause 20.3 and superannuation.
Intellectual
Property Rights means:
(a) any
patent, registered and common law trade mark, trade name, business name, company name, domain
name, copyright, registered or other design right, circuit layout right and any corresponding
property right, together with any right to apply for the grant or registration of the same;
and
(b) any
right in respect of an idea, invention, discovery, trade secret, improvement, technical information,
specification, know how, data, algorithm, formula or Confidential Information.
Insolvency
Event means, in relation to a body corporate, a liquidation or winding up, the appointment of a controller, administrator,
receiver, manager or similar insolvency administrator to a party or any substantial part of its assets or the entering into a scheme
or arrangement with creditors or, in relation to an individual, becoming bankrupt or entering into a scheme or arrangement with
creditors, or in relation to a body corporate or an individual, the occurrence of any event that has a substantially similar effect
to any of the above events.
Moral
Rights means moral rights as defined in section 189 of Part IX of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (namely the right of attribution
of authorship, the right not to have authorship falsely attributed and the right of integrity of authorship).
Invoice
Period means the period specified at item 8 of the schedule. Key Person means the individual described in item 5 of the schedule.
Payment Period means the period specified at item 9 of the schedule.
Related
Bodies Corporate has the meaning given in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Restricted
Period means:
(a) 12
months or,
(b) 9
months or,
(c) 6
months or,
(d) 3
months.
Services
means the services specified in item 12 of the schedule and any other services as reasonably requested from time to time by the Company.
Superannuation
Law means Superannuation Guarantee Charge Act 1992 (Cth) and the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth)
and/or any other acts, regulations or ordinances that govern the payment of superannuation contributions.
Tax
Administration Act means the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) as amended.
Term
means the term as specified in clause 3.
Works
means any work product, including any concepts, ideas, designs, models, artwork, engravings, images, computer programs, data, information,
processes, techniques, inventions, research results, documents or materials or parts, adaptations or drafts, in any form, resulting directly
or indirectly from the Contractor providing the Services to the Company.
1.2 Interpretation
In
this agreement, headings are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this agreement, and unless the context
otherwise requires:
(a) words
importing the singular include the plural and vice versa;
(b) words
importing a gender include the other genders;
(c) if
words or phrases are defined, their other grammatical forms have a corresponding meaning;
(d) a
reference to:
(i) a
person includes an individual, a partnership, a body corporate, a joint venture, an association
(whether incorporated or not), a government and a government authority or agency;
(ii) a
party includes the party’s executors, legal personal representatives, successors, transferees
and assigns;
(iii) a
part, clause, schedule or party is a reference to a part, clause or schedule of, or a party
to, this agreement;
(iv) a
right includes a benefit, remedy, discretion, authority or power;
(v) an
obligation includes a warranty or representation and a reference to a failure to observe
or perform an obligation includes a breach of a warranty or representation;
(vi) this
agreement includes the recitals and any schedules, annexures, exhibits or attachments to
this agreement;
(vii) ‘$’
or dollars means Australian dollars and a reference to payment means payment in Australian
dollars;
(viii) writing
includes any mode of representing or reproducing words in tangible and permanently visible
form and includes facsimile transmissions;
(ix) legislation
includes any statutory modification or replacement and any subordinate or delegated legislation
issued under that legislation; and
(x) a
law includes any statute, regulation, by law, scheme, determination, ordinance, rule or other
statutory provision (whether Commonwealth, State or municipal);
(e) a
reference to an insolvency event includes:
(i) in
the case of an individual:
(A) the
committing of an act of bankruptcy in respect of the individual within the meaning of section
40 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth);
(B) the
signing of an authority by the individual under Part X of the Bankruptcy Act 1966
(Cth); or
(C) the
making of a sequestration order in respect of the estate of the individual within the meaning
of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth); or
(ii) in
the case of a corporation:
(A) the
appointment of a controller to the property of the corporation;
(B) the
appointment of an administrator in respect of the corporation;
(C) the
corporation failing to comply with a statutory demand within the period for compliance;
(D) the
making of a winding up order by a court in respect of the corporation;
(E) the
passing of a resolution for winding up under Part 5.5 of the Corporations Act 2001
(Cth); or
(F) in
respect of a Part 5.7 body, the commencement of a winding up under Part 5.7 of the Corporations
Act 2001 (Cth) in respect of that body;
(f) the
meaning of general words is not limited by specific examples introduced by ‘including’
or ‘for example’, or similar expressions; and
(g) no
provision of this agreement will be interpreted against a party just because that party prepared
that provision.
1.3 Representatives
of Contractor
Despite
anything else contained in this agreement where an obligation is imposed on the Contractor by or under this agreement to do, or not to
do, any act or thing, the Contractor must ensure and procure the compliance with that obligation of the Key Person and any other of the
Contractor’s employees and personnel who assist the Contractor in the provision of the Services to the Company; and
(a) the
Contractor must procure the execution by the Key Person and any other of the Contractor’s
employees and personnel who assist in the provision of the Services to the Company, of a
deed in the form set out in Annexure A.
2 Appointment
of Contractor
The
Company appoints and the Contractor accepts the appointment of the Contractor to provide the Services with assistance from the Key Person
in accordance with the terms and conditions of this agreement.
3 Term
This
agreement commences on the Commencement Date and will operate for the period specified in item 15 of the schedule unless terminated in
accordance with clause 13.
4 Fees
(a) In
consideration of the provision of the Services, the Company must pay the Contractor the Fees.
(b) The
Company is only liable to pay the Fees to the Contractor for Services actually provided by
or prepared to be provided by the Contractor under this agreement.
(c) The
Fees are payable by the Company in the Payment Period on receipt of an invoice from the Contractor,
to be forwarded at the end of each Invoice Period.
5 Expenses
The
Contractor will be responsible for any expenses incurred by the Contractor or the Key Person in providing the Services to the Company,
unless the Contractor or the Key Person, as the case may be, obtains approval from the Company prior to incurring a particular expense,
and subject to the provision to the Company of a tax receipt for that expense.
The
Company may approve or refuse approval in its absolute discretion.
6 Appointment
of the Key Person
(a) The
Contractor agrees to provide the Key Person to assist the Contractor to provide the Services.
(b) The
Contractor acknowledges that the Key Person is suitably qualified to assist the Contractor
to provide the Services in a safe, thorough, workmanlike and competent manner and with all
reasonable expedition and at a rate of progress satisfactory to the Company.
(c) The
Contractor agrees to obtain the written consent of the Company prior to providing any personnel
other than the Key Person to assist the Contractor with providing the Services.
(d) The
Contractor must pay all costs relating to its employees and personnel, including the Key
Person and any other person who assists the Contractor in the provision of the Services to
the Company, including salaries, wages, bonuses, allowances, workers’ compensation
premiums if applicable, superannuation guarantee contributions, fringe benefits, payments
in respect of leave entitlements and any taxes in relation to them.
7 Obligations
of Contractor
7.1 Duties
The
Contractor must:
(a) provide
the Services, with assistance from the Key Person, in accordance with the terms of this agreement;
(b) act
efficiently, honestly and fairly at all times in relation to the Contractor’s provision
of the Services under this agreement;
(c) faithfully
and diligently perform its obligations under this agreement;
(d) provide
the Services at the location specified in item 13 of the schedule or any other location as
reasonably required by the Company from time to time;
(e) provide
any and all equipment necessary for the Contractor and/or the Key Person to provide the Services;
(f) follow
and comply with any lawful and reasonable directions provided by the Company Representative
from time to time relating to the provision of the Services;
(g) not
act in any manner so as to bring the character or reputation of the Company, the Group or
any of their officers or employees into disrepute;
(h) notify
the Company immediately of any difficulties encountered in relation to the Contractor’s
provision of the Services;
(i) not
bind the Company in contract without the prior written approval of the Company Representative;
(j) comply
with all state and federal equal opportunity, affirmative action and anti-discrimination
legislation;
(k) comply
with all of the Company’s internal policies to the extent applicable to contractors,
including its policies relating to discrimination and harassment and email and internet use,
however these policies do not form part of this agreement; and
(l) notify
the Company as soon as possible if the Key Person or any of the Contractor’s employees
or personnel who assist the Contractor in the provision of the Services to the Company are
unable to provide that assistance due to poor health or for any other reason.
7.2 Business
records
The
Contractor must maintain proper business records with respect to the Key Person assisting the Contractor to provide the Services under
this agreement and permit the Company to inspect such records during office hours on the Company giving reasonable written notice to
the Contractor.
8 Obligations
of the Company
(a) The
Company must provide all reasonable assistance to the Contractor and the Key Person to carry
out the obligations of the Contractor under this agreement.
(b) Subject
to clause 8(c), where the Company requests or requires the Contractor to provide the Key
Person to act as a director of the Company, the Company must indemnify, and the Parent Company
must also indemnify, the Key Person acting as director or officer of the Company, or of a
related body corporate of the Company against:
(i) every
liability incurred by the person in that capacity; and
(ii) all
legal costs incurred in defending or resisting (or otherwise in connection with) proceedings,
whether civil or criminal or of an administrative or investigatory nature, in which the person
becomes involved because of that capacity,
(c) Clause
8(b) does not apply to the extent that:
(i) the
Company or Parent Company is forbidden by the Corporations Act or other statute to indemnify
the person against the liability or legal costs; or
(ii) an
indemnity by the Company or Parent Company of the person against the liability or legal costs
would, if given, be made void by the Corporations Act or other statute.
9 Guarantee
(a) The
Parent Company unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the due and punctual:
(i) performance
and observance by the Company of all Guaranteed Obligations; and
(ii) payment
by the Company of any money or any other award obligation(s) under an equity incentive or
renumeration program but not any claim for entitlements contemplated in clause 20.3 and superannuation.
(b) If
the Company defaults on any Guaranteed Obligations or payments outlined in clause 9(a)and
that default is not remedied within 30 days, the Parent Company will on demand made on it
by the Contractor:
(i) duly
and punctually perform the Guaranteed Obligations; and
(ii) duly
and punctually pay to the Contractor any money.
(c) The
Contractor is not required to:
(i) take
any steps to enforce its rights under this agreement; or
(ii) incur
any expense or make any payment,
before
enforcing its rights against the Parent Company under this agreement.
10 Warranties
and Indemnities
10.1 Warranties
The
Contractor warrants to the Company on the date of this agreement and on each day during the Term, that:
(a) the
Contractor will carry out the Services in a proper manner in compliance with all laws;
(b) if
required by law, the Contractor maintains any insurance required under relevant legislation;
(c) the
Contractor will not infringe any third party’s intellectual property rights;
(d) the
Contractor will comply with all of its obligations under this agreement;
(e) the
Contractor is a genuine independent contractor for all purposes and acknowledges that the
Company has relied on this representation in entering into this agreement;
(f) the
Contractor has capacity to enter into this agreement;
(g) the
Contractor is not subject to an Insolvency Event; and
(h) on
execution of this agreement, its obligations under this agreement will be valid, binding
and enforceable.
11 Claims
11.1 Notice
of Claim
The
Contractor must immediately notify the Company on becoming aware of any Claim or potential Claim or circumstances which may lead to a
Claim being made against the Contractor, the Key Person or the Company directly or indirectly related to the Services provided under
this agreement.
11.2 Costs
of Claims
The
Contractor must reimburse to the Company any excess or deductible amount payable by the Company as a result of a Claim against the Company
that has been finally determined against the Company by a court or tribunal or competent jurisdiction, or settled with the Contractor’s
prior written consent and any costs, expenses, charges and fees (including legal fees) incurred by the Company directly arising from
the proven negligence, wilful misconduct, or fraudulent act or omission of the Contractor, its employees or personnel (including the
Key Person) and any other person who represents or acts on its behalf in connection with the Services.
12 Insurance
12.1 Amount
of insurance
The
Contractor must take out and maintain appropriate insurance covering the Services provided.
12.2 Workers’
compensation insurance
The
Contractor is required to maintain workers’ compensation insurance where required by law.
12.3 Evidence
of insurances
The
Contractor must provide the Company with satisfactory evidence of the insurances required under clause 12 when requested by the Company.
13 Termination
13.1 Company
may terminate
The
Company may immediately terminate this agreement at any time by written notice served on the Contractor if any one or more of the following
occurs:
(a) the
Contractor, in the reasonable opinion of the Company:
(i) commits
a serious or material breach of its obligations under this agreement; or
(ii) commits
any other breach of its obligations under this agreement of which the Contractor is notified
by the Company and which is not rectified by the Contractor within 14 days of notification
of the breach by the Company;
(b) the
Contractor or the Key Person engages in any conduct which in the reasonable opinion of the
Company:
(i) may
cause harm to or injure the reputation or standing of the Company or the Group or any of
their authorised representatives;
(ii) is
prejudicial to the interests of the Company or the Group or any of their authorised representatives;
or
(iii) is
unprofessional or unethical;
(c) the
Contractor (or the Key Person) ceases to hold lawful authority to attend or remain at any
location where the Services are to be provided, including the location specified in item
13 of the schedule;
(d) the
Contractor becoming insolvent, under administration or an externally administered body corporate;
(e) the
Contractor attempting to assign or sub-contract any of its rights under this agreement or
there is a change of control of the Contractor; or
(f) the
Contractor or the Key Person being convicted of an indictable offence.
13.2 Termination
with notice
(a) Either
the Company or the Contractor may terminate this agreement by providing the written notice
to the other specified in item 11 of the schedule.
(b) The
Company may elect to make payment in lieu of part or the whole period of notice in which
case the amount payable to the Contractor will be the equivalent of the Fees the Contractor
would likely have been paid for providing the Services during the relevant period based on
an average of the Fees paid to the Contractor in the four weeks immediately preceding the
termination.
13.3 Effect
of termination
If
this agreement is terminated, then in addition to any other rights or remedies provided by law:
(a) each
party is released from its obligations under this agreement, other than in relation to clause
15 (Confidentiality), clause 16 (Intellectual Property) and clause 17 (Restraint); and
(b) each
party retains any rights, entitlements or remedies it had against any other party in connection
with any breach or Claim that has arisen before termination.
13.4 Liability
(a) On
termination all entitlements of the Contractor to the Fees under clause 4 will cease with
the exception of any Fees owing at the date of termination.
(b) Termination
of this agreement will not affect, limit, reduce or bring to an end any liability of the
Company or the Contractor to pay any amount that is or becomes due and payable to the other
prior to termination.
(c) The
Company acknowledges and agrees that if the Company, any Group Company, or any employees
or officers of the Company brings any claim or dispute against the Contractor or a Key Person,
liability is limited to the Fees the Contractor is entitled to within the 45 days immediately
before a written notice is issued under clause 26(b) of this agreement.
(d) The
Parent Company acknowledges and agrees that:
(i) any
breach by the Company extends to the Parent Company;
(ii) the
Parent Company is liable in the event the Company cannot meet its obligations under this
agreement.
13.5 Acknowledgment
The
Contractor acknowledges that the Company will not be liable in connection with any of the acts and/or omissions of the Contractor or
the Key Person from the date of termination.
13.6 Deductions
On
termination of this agreement, or at any other time, the Company reserves the right to deduct from the Fees any money which the Contractor
may owe to the Company including:
(a) any
debts owing to the Company by the Contractor in accordance with the terms of this agreement;
(b) overpayments
of the Fees;
(c) the
replacement value of any property of the Company not returned by the Contractor; and
(d)
(e) if
the Contractor fails to provide the Company with the period of notice required under clause
13.2(a), the amount of the Fees the Contractor would likely have received for providing the
Services during the non-completed part of the required notice period based on an average
of the Fees paid to the Contractor in the four weeks immediately preceding the termination.
14 Conflict
of interest
14.1 Declaration
of conflict of interest
The
Contractor warrants that no conflict of interest, restriction or impediment exists or is likely to arise that would prevent the Contractor
from providing the Services or complying with their obligations under this agreement.
14.2 Other
business activities during the Term
(a) The
Contractor operates an independent enterprise and the parties expressly agree that the Contractor
may engage in business activities other than the provision of the Services to the Company
during the Term, including that the Contractor may provide similar services to others subject
to clauses 14.2(b) and 14.2(c).
(b) The
Contractor must ensure that the business activities in which the Contractor engages do not
create, a conflict of interest with the Company’s interests or the Services being provided
to the Company under this agreement.
(c) If
the Contractor engages in business activities which he considers are, or may, create a conflict
of interest with the Company’s interests or the Services provided to the Company under
this agreement, the Contractor is required to notify the Company Representative immediately.
(d) For
the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this agreement precludes the Company from engaging any
other person or entity to perform services similar to the Services, and the Company does
and will obtain similar services from others.
15 Confidentiality
(a) The
Contractor must keep secret and must not at any time (whether during or after this agreement)
use for the Contractor’s own or another’s advantage, or reveal to any person,
any Confidential Information. The restrictions contained in this clause will not apply to
any disclosure or use authorised by the Company or required by law or by this agreement.
(b) The
Contractor must require that each of its employees and personnel assisting the Contractor,
including the Key Person, to provide the Services comply with the requirements of this clause.
(c) The
Contractor agrees that on the termination of this agreement (however occurring) the Contractor
will immediately deliver to the Company all property belonging to the Company or the Group
which may be in the possession of the Contractor or the employees or personnel of the Contractor
(including the Key Person) including Confidential Information.
16 Intellectual
property
(a) The
Company will own all Works and Intellectual Property Rights in the Works.
(b) In
particular, the Contractor:
(i) unconditionally
assigns to the Company all existing and future Intellectual Property Rights in the Works;
(ii) acknowledges
that by virtue of this clause, all existing Intellectual Property Rights in the Works vest
in the Company on creation; and
(iii) will
execute all additional documentation that may be required by the Company from time to time
to perfect that assignment of the Intellectual Property Rights.
(c) Clause
16(a) does not affect the ownership of any Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Contractor
in any existing material (if any) incorporated into or used to produce the Works, but the
Contractor grants to the Company a permanent, royalty free, worldwide, non-exclusive licence
to use, copy, modify, exploit and sub licence that pre-existing material.
(d) The
Contractor must not make any claim that the Contractor has any right, title or interest in
the Intellectual Property Rights in the Works or to use those rights.
(e) The
Contractor warrants that:
(i) the
Contractor has the legal right to grant to the Company the assignment of Intellectual Property
Rights in the Works under clause 16(b); and
(ii) in
undertaking the Contractor’s obligations under this agreement and delivering the Works,
the Contractor:
(A) will
not breach any obligation owed to any person; and
(B) will
not infringe any Intellectual Property Rights of any person.
17 Moral
rights
(a) The
Contractor gives consent for the Company to act in any way which may otherwise infringe the
Contractor’s Moral Rights in the Works.
(b) Without
limiting the generality of clause 15(a), the Contractor consents to the Company failing to
identify the Contractor as the author of the Works, falsely attributing authorship of any
of the Works and/or subjecting the Works to derogatory treatment and, in particular:
(i) not
identifying the Contractor, whether by act or omission, as the author of the Works, including
not allowing the inclusion of any watermark or imbedded mark in any of the Works which would
identify the Contractor as the creator or contributor of the Works;
(ii) not
mentioning or acknowledging the Contractor’s authorship to the Works, any final or
related or derivative products, programs or materials, including marketing and collateral
material;
(iii) not
mentioning or acknowledging the Contractor’s authorship of the Works in any reproduction,
adaptation, transmittal or publication; or
(iv) amending
the shape, configuration, design, appearance or any other feature of the Works, subjecting
the Works to derogatory treatment or changing the purpose of use of the Works for any reason,
including use of the design on the Internet or any other medium for promotional purposes.
(c) The
Contractor warrants that the Contractor will execute further documentation as may be required
by the Company to perfect the consents and undertakings the Contractor has given to the Company
regarding the Contractor’s Moral Rights.
(d) The
Contractor acknowledges that any consents which have been given in respect of the Contractor’s
Moral Rights are given genuinely.
18 Restraint
(a) After
the termination of this agreement for the Restricted Period, the Contractor must not, directly
or indirectly, do any of the following:
(i) solicit,
canvass or approach any person who is, or was during the 12
months immediately preceding the termination of this agreement, a client, customer or supplier of the Company with whom the Contractor
has or has had contact of a business related type, with a view to establishing a relationship with or obtaining the custom of that person
in the capacity which is the same as the relationship that person has or had with the Company; or
(ii) solicit,
canvass, induce or encourage any person who is an employee of the Company with whom the Contractor
has or has had contact of a business related type to leave his or her employment.
(b) The
Contractor acknowledges that:
(i) in
providing the Services the Contractor will establish personal contacts and relationships
with the Company’s customers, clients and suppliers and that these relationships form
part of the goodwill of the Company and are of great value to the Company;
(ii) the
restraints contained in this clause are fair and reasonable in terms of their extent and
duration, do not unreasonably restrict its right to carry on the Services or similar services
to those provided by the Contractor to the Company, and go no further than what is necessary
to protect the goodwill and interests of the Company; and
(iii) the
Company is relying on the acknowledgments in clauses 18(b)(i) and 18(b)(ii) in entering into
this agreement.
(c) Each
restraint in this clause (resulting from any combination of the wording in clause 17 and
the relevant definitions) constitutes a separate restraint that is severable from the other
restraints. If any part of the restraint (including any associated definition) is judged
to be void or unenforceable or illegal because it goes beyond what is reasonable to protect
the interests of the Company or for any other reason, it will be read down so as to be valid
and enforceable. If it cannot be so read down, the provisions (or where possible, the offending
words) will be severed from this clause without affecting the validity or enforceability
of the remaining
provisions (or parts of those provisions) of this clause, which will continue to have full force and effect.
19 Costs
and expenses
Each
party must pay that party’s own costs and expenses in respect of:
(a) the
negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this agreement and of any documents entered
into under or in respect of this agreement; and
(b) the
performance of that party’s obligations under this agreement.
20 Independent
contractor status
20.1 Independent
contractor
The
Contractor, including the Key Person, warrants to the Company that they are a genuine independent contractor for all purposes and acknowledges
that the Company has relied on this representation in entering into this agreement.
20.2 Nature
of relationship
Nothing
in this agreement will be construed as establishing the relationship of employer and employee between the Company and the Key Person
nor as creating a partnership between the parties, but the relationship between the Company and the Key Person will at all times be that
of principal and contractor and not otherwise. Should any provision of this agreement be inconsistent with this clause, this clause will
prevail to the extent of any inconsistency.
20.3 No
claim for employment entitlements
(a) No
principal, employee or personnel of the Contractor, including the Key Person, will be entitled
to claim from the Company any form of leave including personal leave, annual leave, long
service leave or any other form of leave, or any other employment-related entitlements such
as termination pay, redundancy pay, entitlements under industrial instruments and statute
or at common law.
(b) In
the event the Contractor claims or the Company becomes otherwise liable for the entitlements
set out in clause 20.3(a), the Contractor indemnifies the Company on a full indemnity basis
for such payments (including all costs, penalties, fines and fees in respect of such payments)
unless the Company’s liability is the direct or indirect result of the conduct of the
Company.
21 Health
and safety
(a) In
carrying out the Services, it is the responsibility of the Contractor to ensure that:
(i) it,
the Key Person and any other employees or personnel of the Contractor who assist with the
provision of the Services observe all relevant work health and safety laws;
(ii) it,
the Key Person and any other employees or personnel of the Contractor who assist with the
provision of Services are aware of and comply with the health and safety policies and procedures
of the Company; and
(iii) the
Key Person and any other employees or personnel of the Contractor who assist with the provision
of Services will not consume or be under the influence of alcohol or any drug (except where
legally available or prescribed medication).
(b) Prior
to the Commencement Date, the Contractor must:
(i) inform
the Company of any specific health problems, pre-existing disabilities or injuries of the
Key Person or any other employees or personnel of the Contractor who assist with the provision
of Services that may be directly or indirectly relevant to the Contractor providing the Services;
and
(ii) inform
the Company of any duties the Key Person or any other employees or personnel of the Contractor
who assist with the provision of Services are unable to perform that are directly or indirectly
relevant to the Contractor providing the Services.
(c) During
the Term, the Contractor must immediately advise the Company if:
(i) the
working conditions are unsafe;
(ii) the
Contractor, the Key Person or any other employees or personnel of the Contractor sustains
an injury while providing the Services; or
(iii) the
Contractor, the Key Person or any other employees or personnel of the Contractor develops
any health problem, illness or injury which may restrict, impede or prevent the Contractor
from performing the Services.
22 Workers’
Compensation
(a) Where
the Company is deemed to be the employer of the Key Person or any other employee or personnel
of the Contractor for the purposes of applicable workers’ compensation legislation,
the Company will provide workers’ compensation insurance.
(b) Where
the Company is not deemed to be the employer of the Key Person or any other employee or personnel
of the Contractor for the purposes of applicable workers’ compensation legislation,
the Contractor will be responsible for ensuring that the Contractor and each of the Contractor’s
employees or personnel including the Key Person have adequate accident and sickness insurance
and the Company will have no liability in this regard.
(c) To
assist the Company in determining whether it is required to provide workers’ compensation
insurance for the Key Person or any other employee or personnel of the Contractor, the Company
may request certain information from the Contractor and the Contractor must provide that
information in a timely manner.
23 Superannuation
The
Company will not pay superannuation on behalf of the Contractor or any employee or personnel of the Contractor including the Key Person,
on the basis that they are not common law employees of the Company and are not deemed employees of the Company under the Superannuation
Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth). In the event the Company is required to pay superannuation for any employee or personnel
of the Contractor including the Key Person, the Contractor indemnifies the Company against any superannuation payment.
24 GST
24.1 Interpretation
Words
and expressions used in this clause 24 which are not defined in this agreement, but which are defined in the GST Act, have the meaning
given to them in the GST Act.
24.2 Consideration
does not include GST
The
consideration for any supply made under or in connection with this agreement does not include an amount for GST, unless it is expressly
stated in this agreement to be inclusive of GST.
24.3 Recovery
of GST
To
the extent that GST is or becomes payable on any supply made under or in connection with this agreement (not being a supply for which
the consideration is expressly stated in this agreement to be inclusive of GST), the party required to provide the consideration for
the supply must pay, in addition to and at the same time as the consideration is to be provided, an amount equal to the amount of GST
on the supply.
24.4 Reimbursement
or indemnity payments
Where
a party is required under this agreement to pay, reimburse or indemnify another party for any loss, cost or expense, the amount to be
reimbursed or indemnified will be the amount of the loss, cost or expense reduced by an amount equal to any input tax credit that the
other party is entitled to claim for the loss, cost or expense and increased by the amount of any GST payable in accordance with clause
24.3.
24.5 Tax
invoice
The
Company need not make a payment for a taxable supply made under or in connection with this agreement until it receives a tax invoice
for the supply to which the payment relates.
25 Notices
25.1 Giving
of notice
A
notice required or permitted to be given by one party to another under this agreement must be in writing and will be treated as being
duly given and received if it is:
(a) delivered
personally to that other party;
(b) left
at that other party’s address;
(c) sent
by pre-paid mail to that other party’s address; or
(d) transmitted
by email to that other party.
25.2 Address
for service
For
the purposes of this clause, the address of a party is the address set out in item 10 of the schedule or another address of which that
party may from time to time give notice to each other party.
26 Dispute
resolution
(a) Except
where interim or urgent interlocutory relief is sought, prior to the commencement of any
legal proceedings, whether in a court or by way of arbitration, the parties agree to use
reasonable endeavours to resolve a dispute.
(b) If
a party considers that a dispute exists, then that party must give written notice to the
other party that it considers a dispute exists specifying the dispute, including identifying
any event, matter or omission that the party relies on as giving rise to the dispute.
(c) The
parties must meet within 28 days of the date of the notice given under clause 26(b) for the
purpose of seeking to resolve the Dispute (Resolution Period).
(d) If
the dispute is not resolved during the Resolution Period, then any of the disputing parties
may refer the dispute for determination by arbitration no later than five business days after
the end of the Resolution Period.
(e) Any
dispute referred for arbitration under clause 26(d) must be conducted in accordance with
the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators of Australia Rules for the Conduct of Commercial
Arbitrations and:
(i) be
conducted by an arbitrator agreed on by the disputing parties; or
(ii) if
the disputing parties are unable to agree on an arbitrator five business days of the date
of the submission to arbitration under clause 26(d), be conducted by an arbitrator appointed
by the then current president or acting president of the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators
Australia following a request from any of the disputing parties.
(f) The
parties agree that an award made by the arbitrator will, in the absence of manifest error,
be binding on the parties.
(g) The
cost of any arbitrator will be shared equally between each of the disputing parties participating
in the arbitration. Subject to any award of costs made by the arbitrator, the disputing parties
will each bear their own costs of any arbitration.
(h) Failure
by a party to a dispute to comply with clause 26 may be pleaded in bar to the continuance
of any proceeding initiated by that party until this clause has been complied with.
27 Further
steps
Each
party agrees to promptly do all things reasonably necessary or desirable to give full effect to this agreement and the transactions contemplated
by it, including obtaining consents and signing documents.
28 No
merger
On
completion or termination of the transactions contemplated by this agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties set out in this
agreement will not merge and any provision that has not been fulfilled remains in force.
29 Entire
agreement
This
agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties about its subject matter and supersedes all previous communications, representations,
understandings or agreements between the parties on the subject matter.
30 Amendment
This
agreement may only be amended or varied in writing signed by each party.
31 Waiver
31.1 No
waiver
No
failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right given by or under this agreement to a party constitutes a waiver and the party may
still exercise that right in the future.
31.2 Waiver
must be in writing
Waiver
of any provision of this agreement or a right created under it must be in writing signed by the party giving the waiver and is only effective
to the extent set out in that written waiver.
32 Severability
If
any provision of this agreement is invalid or not enforceable in accordance with its terms in any jurisdiction, it is to be read down
for the purposes of that jurisdiction, if possible, so as to be valid and enforceable and will otherwise be capable of being severed
to the extent of the invalidity or unenforceability without affecting the remaining provisions of this agreement or affecting the validity
or enforceability of that provision in any other jurisdiction.
33 Assignment
The
Contractor must not, at law or in equity, assign, transfer or otherwise deal with any of its rights or obligations under this agreement
without the prior written consent of the Company.
34 Counterparts
This
agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts. All signed counterparts taken together constitute one agreement.
35 Governing
law and jurisdiction
35.1 Governing
law
This
agreement is governed by the laws in force in the state specified in item 16 of the schedule.
35.2 Jurisdiction
The
parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of courts of the state specified in item 16 of the schedule and the Federal Court of Australia
and any courts that may hear appeals from those courts about any proceedings in connection with this agreement.
EXECUTED
as an agreement.
Independent
contractor agreement - corporate
Schedule
1 Date
of agreement
22
July 2026
2 Details
of the Company
SharonAI
Pty Ltd ACN 645 215 194 of 303/44 Miller Street, North Sydney NSW 2006
3 Details
of the Parent Company
SharonAI
Holdings Inc or any subsequent parent company of SharonAI Pty Ltd.
4 Details
of the Contractor
Broadfoot
Group Pty Ltd ACN 632 357 638
5 Details
of Key Person
Tim
Broadfoot
Email:
tim@broadfootgroup.com.au
Phone number: 0447097271
6 Commencement
Date
1
September 2026
7 Fees
Fees
payable by the Company will be on the basis of $25,000 per month exclusive of GST
8 Invoice
Period
Monthly
9 Payment
Period
Seven
days
10 Address
for service
Contact
details as set out in items 2, 3 and 5 of this schedule
11 Notice
1
Month
12 Services
Accounting
Handover advisory services
13 Location
and hours
13.1 Location
Sydney
CBD / North Sydney / Remote or other such location as agreed
13.2 Hours
The
Contractor will provide the Services during standard business hours (9.00am to 5.00pm) on an as required basis, with such requirement
to be reasonable
14 Company
representative
The
Chairman of the Board or in there alternate the Chief Executive Officer
15 Term
2
months from the Commencement Date
16 Jurisdiction
New
South Wales
Independent
contractor agreement - corporate
Signing
page
EXECUTED by SHARONAI PTY LTD ACN 645 215 194 in accordance with
section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by being signed by the following officers:
/s/
James Manning
James
Manning
Signature
of sole director and sole company secretary
Name
of sole director and sole company secretary (please print)
EXECUTED
by SHARONAI HOLDINGS INC
by
its authorised signatory:
/s/
James Manning
Signature
of signatory
James
Manning
Name
of signatory (please print)
EXECUTED
by BROADFOOT GROUP PTY
LTD
ACN 632 357 638 in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by being signed by the following officers:
/s/
Tim Broadfoot
Signature
of sole director and sole company secretary
EX-99.1
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Exhibit 99.1
Sharon
AI Appoints Anuj Goel as Chief Financial Officer
NEW
YORK, July 22nd, 2026 — SharonAI Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SHAZ) and its subsidiaries (“Sharon AI” or “the Company”),
a leading Australian Neocloud, today announced the appointment of Mr. Anuj Goel as incoming Chief Financial Officer, strengthening the
company’s executive leadership team as it accelerates the expansion of its AI infrastructure platform.
Anuj
joins Sharon AI after a distinguished 20-year career at Macquarie, most recently serving as Head of Technology, APAC at Macquarie Capital,
where he advised boards, founders and investors on many of Australia’s most significant technology, telecommunications, media and
digital infrastructure transactions.
His
appointment comes at a pivotal stage in Sharon AI’s growth as the company continues to scale its AI cloud platform and expand its
position as a provider of sovereign AI infrastructure.
Sharon
AI also announced that Mr. Tim Broadfoot will step down as the incumbent Chief Financial Officer following a successful tenure in which
he helped establish the company’s financial foundations. The Board thanks Tim for his significant contribution and wishes him every
success in the future. Tim will work closely with Mr. Goel over the next few months to ensure a seamless transition of responsibilities.
As
Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Goel will lead Sharon AI’s financial strategy, capital management, corporate development and financial
operations, supporting the company’s next phase of growth. Mr. Goel’s first day in the role will be Monday, 24th of August.
Prior
to leading Macquarie Capital’s technology practice in the region, Mr. Goel spent six years in Macquarie’s global Venture
Capital team evaluating investment opportunities in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region. During this time, he developed
experience across the investment lifecycle, including deal origination, financial analysis and valuation, business strategy and portfolio
management, and supported the growth of companies including PEXA, Temple & Webster, oOh!media and RP Data (now Cotality) from an
early stage.
James
Manning, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Sharon AI, said, “Anuj brings an exceptional combination of financial
leadership, capital markets expertise and deep knowledge of the technology and digital infrastructure sectors. As Sharon AI continues
to scale, his experience advising many of the region’s leading technology businesses and investors will be invaluable as we execute
our long-term growth strategy.”
“His appointment further strengthens our executive team and reflects the calibre of leadership we are assembling to build one
of the world’s leading AI infrastructure companies. We thank our outgoing CFO, Tim Broadfoot, for his significant contribution
and wish him well for the future. Tim will continue to work within Sharon AI for some months in a handover with Anuj.”
Anuj
Goel, Chief Financial Officer of Sharon AI, said, “Artificial intelligence is creating one of the most significant opportunities
of our generation, and Sharon AI is uniquely positioned to help meet the growing demand for sovereign AI compute. I’m excited to
join the company at such an important stage of its journey and look forward to working with the team to build a disciplined financial
platform that supports long-term growth while delivering value for customers, partners and shareholders.”
The
appointment of Anuj Goel further strengthens Sharon AI’s leadership team as the company continues to expand its AI cloud platform
and invest in the infrastructure required to support the next generation of AI innovation.
Disclosure
Information
Sharon
AI primarily uses its Investor Relations page (https://sharonai.com/investors/) to disclose material non-public information and
to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. The Company also notes that, at times, it uses other communication mediums
including, but not limited to, its X account (sharon__ai) and/or LinkedIn account (sharon-AI) to disseminate information about the Company,
and can be additional sources of information outside press releases, regulatory filings with the SEC and any other conference calls,
webcasts, investor days, etc. that the company may hold.
About
Sharon AI
Sharon
AI, a leading Australian Neocloud, is a High-Performance Computing company focused on Artificial Intelligence and Cloud GPU/CPU Compute
Infrastructure. Our AI Cloud platform and compute infrastructure is accelerating the build of AI factories and sovereign AI solutions,
powering the next wave of accelerated computing adoption. For more information, visit www.sharonai.com.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
press release may contain, and our officers and representatives may from time to time make, “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are not historical
facts, and which are not assurances of future performance. Forward-looking statements are based only on our current beliefs, expectations
and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy
and other future conditions. In some cases you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “believe,”
“may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,”
“could,” “should,” “would,” “project,” “strategy,” “plan,” “expect,”
“goal,” “seek,” “future,” “likely” or the negative or plural of these words or similar
expressions or references to future periods. Forward-looking statements in this release include specific statements regarding the intended
use of proceeds. Examples of such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to express or implied statements regarding Sharon
AI’s management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future including, without limitation,
statements regarding:
● Service
and product offerings;
● Receipt
and use of proceeds;
● The
deployment of assets and expansion of network procurement;
● Sharon
AI’s ability to engage with additional potential customers;
● Expansion
of Sharon AI’s data center footprint and capacity; and
● The
strengthening of Sharon AI’s partner network.
In
addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including
any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject
to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control.
You are cautioned that such statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results or developments may differ materially
from those set forth in these forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, among others, all
of the risks described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed
with the SEC and other reports subsequently filed with the SEC. Additional assumptions, risks and uncertainties are described in detail
in our registration statements, reports and other filings with the SEC, which are available at www.sec.gov.
The
forward-looking statements and other information contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and Sharon AI does not
undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, unless so required by applicable securities laws.
Contacts
Media
Enquiries
media@sharonai.com
Investor
Enquiries
investors@sharonai.com
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