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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): August 12, 2021

 

PROPANC BIOPHARMA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   000-54878   33-0662986

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

302, 6 Butler Street

Camberwell, VIC, 3124 Australia

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

61 03 9882 6723

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

n/a

(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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of principal U.S. market on which traded
N/A   N/A   N/A

 

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.

 

Nathanielsz Cancellation Agreement

 

On August 12, 2021, Propanc Biopharma, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Cancellation Agreement with James Nathanielsz (“Nathanielsz”), Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, whereby Nathanielsz agreed to cancel his cash compensation bonus award for fiscal year 2021, ended June 30, 2021, in exchange for common stock of the Company. The Company and Nathanielsz entered into an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated May 14, 2019 (the “Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Nathanielsz was eligible to earn an annual fiscal year cash performance bonus for each fiscal year of his employment period with the Company with a target performance bonus of 200% of his average annualized base salary during the fiscal year for which the performance bonus is earned. On July 20, 2021, Nathanielsz was awarded a “target” bonus of 78%, or $177,840 USD (the “Debt”) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Pursuant to the Cancellation Agreement, Nathanielsz agreed to cancel this Debt in exchange for 5,928,000 shares of the common stock of the Company (the “Shares”), calculated at the price of $0.03 per share. The Shares were issued on August 17, 2021.

 

Kenyon Cancellation Agreement

 

On August 12, 2021, the Company entered into a Cancellation Agreement with Dr. Julian Kenyon (“Kenyon”), Chief Scientific Officer and Director of the Company, whereby Kenyon agreed to cancel of $102,600 USD of accrued salary due him as of June 30, 2021, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Services Agreement by and between Kenyon and the Company, dated May 14, 2019, in exchange for 3,420,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”), calculated at the price of $0.03 per share. The Shares were issued on August 17, 2021.

 

Zelinger Amended and Restated Director Agreement

 

On August 12, 2021, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Director Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Josef Zelinger (“Zelinger”). Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Company shall pay Zelinger a base salary of $250.00 AUD per month, payable on the first day of each month. In addition, the Company may compensate Zelinger addition consideration for advisory services performed by the Director, either in the form of cash or common stock, at the discretion of the Board.

 

The foregoing description of the above agreements above do not purport to be complete and is qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the respective agreements, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.3 and 10.5, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.

 

On August 17, 2021, the Company issued a director 2,800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for advisory services performed for the Company.

 

On August 17, 2021, the Company issued an employee (related party) 2,800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock as a bonus for services performed for the Company.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.   Description
10.1*   Cancellation Agreement, by and between the Company and James Nathanielsz, dated August 12, 2021.
10.2   Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, by and between the Company and James Nathanielsz, dated May 14, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 15, 2019)
10.3*   Cancellation Agreement, by and between the Company and Dr. Julian Kenyon, dated August 12, 2021.
10.4   Amended and Restated Services Agreement, by and between the Company dated May 14, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 15, 2019).
10.5*   Amended and Restated Director Agreement, by and between the Company and Josef Zelinger, dated August 12, 2021.

 

* Filed herewith

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

  PROPANC BIOPHARMA, INC.
   
  By: /s/ James Nathanielsz
  Name: James Nathanielsz
Dated: August 18, 2021 Title: Chief Executive Officer