8-K

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 9, 2024

SIGNING DAY SPORTS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-41863	87-2792157
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

8355 East Hartford Rd., Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ	85255
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(480) 220-6814

(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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ 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
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	SGN	NYSE American LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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

On July 9, 2024, Signing Day Sports, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into Amendment No. 1 to Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2024, between the Company and Daniel Nelson, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and director (the “Amendment to CEO Agreement”). The Amendment to CEO Agreement amended the Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2024, between the Company and Mr. Nelson (as amended, the “Amended and Restated CEO Employment Agreement”), to amend and restate the severance provisions of the Amended and Restated CEO Employment Agreement. As amended, if the Company terminates Mr. Nelson without cause, Mr. Nelson will be entitled to severance payments in cash in the amount of base salary in effect on the date of such termination payable in 12 monthly installments. If the Company terminates Mr. Nelson upon a Change of Control (as defined in the Amended and Restated CEO Employment Agreement), Mr. Nelson will be entitled to severance payments in cash in the amount of one-half of base salary in effect on the date of such termination payable in six monthly installments. The payment of severance may be conditioned on receiving a release of any and all claims that Mr. Nelson may have against the Company.

The Amendment to CEO Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The description above is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such exhibit.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	Amendment No. 1 to Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2024, between Signing Day Sports, Inc. and Daniel D. Nelson
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document).

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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.

Date: July 10, 2024	SIGNING DAY SPORTS, INC.
	/s/ Daniel Nelson
	Name:	Daniel Nelson
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Amendment No. 1 to EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 9, 2024 (this “Amendment”), by and between Signing Day Sports, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Daniel D. Nelson, an individual (“Executive”). Each of the Company and Executive are sometimes referred to in this Agreement individually as a “Party” and collectively, as the “Parties.”

RECITALS

A. The Parties have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2024, between the Company and Executive (the “Existing Agreement”).

B. The Parties desire to amend the Existing Agreement to amend certain provisions on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Amendment have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Existing Agreement.

2. Amendment to the Existing Agreement. As of the Amendment Date (as defined in Section 3), the Existing Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

Schedule 3 of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“Schedule 3

Severance

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if during the employment, the Company terminates this Agreement without cause (as defined below), the Company shall pay to Executive the following sums (less applicable payroll deductions and taxes): (i) in the event of termination without cause, cash in the amount of the Base Salary in effect on the date of such termination payable in twelve (12) monthly installments; or (ii) in the event of termination upon a Change of Control, cash in the amount of one-half of the Base Salary in effect on the date of such termination payable in six (6) monthly installments. The payment of severance as required by this Schedule 3 may be conditioned by the Company on the delivery by Executive of a release of any and all claims that Executive may have against the Company which release shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Company.

For the purposes of this Agreement, “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if, during the employment, any of the following occurs (through one or a series of related transactions): (a) the sale, disposition or transfer to an unrelated third party of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, (b) a sale, disposition or transfer resulting in no less than a majority of the voting power or equity interests of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries on a fully diluted basis being held by a person (as defined below) or persons acting as a group who prior to such sale, disposition or transfer did not have a majority of such voting power, (c) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries with or into one or more entities such that “control” (as defined below) of the resulting entity is held, directly or indirectly, by a person or persons acting as a group who did not have control of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries prior to such merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization, or (d) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries. For purposes of the foregoing, “control” means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies, or the power to appoint directors, whether through the ownership of voting interests, by contract or otherwise, and “person” shall have the meaning such term has as is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). For the avoidance of doubt any restructuring of the Company into a holding company structure, re-domestication of the Company into a different jurisdiction or other reorganization of the Company where the persons who prior to such restructuring, re-domestication or reorganization held a majority of the voting power continue to hold a majority of the voting power thereafter shall not be deemed to be a Change in Control.”

3. Date of Effectiveness; Limited Effect. This Amendment will become effective as of the date first written above (the “Amendment Date”). Except as expressly provided in this Amendment, all of the terms and provisions of the Existing Agreement are and will remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed by the Parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the amendments contained herein will not be construed as an amendment to or waiver of any other provision of the Existing Agreement or as a waiver of or consent to any further or future action on the part of either Party that would require the waiver or consent of the other Party. On and after the Amendment Date, each reference in the Existing Agreement to “this Agreement,” “the Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” or words of like import, and each reference to the Existing Agreement in any other agreements, documents, or instruments executed and delivered pursuant to, or in connection with, the Existing Agreement, will mean and be a reference to the Existing Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

4. Miscellaneous. Each Party hereby represents and warrants to the other Party that:

(a) This Amendment is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions of such State.

(b) This Amendment shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each of the Parties and each of their respective permitted successors and permitted assigns.

(c) The headings in this Amendment are for reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Amendment.

(d) This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which is deemed an original, but all of which constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment electronically shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment.

(e) This Amendment constitutes the sole and entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter.

(f) Each Party shall pay its own costs and expenses in connection with this Amendment (including the fees and expenses of its advisors, accountants, and legal counsel).

[Signature page follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first set forth above.

COMPANY:
Signing Day Sports, Inc.
By:	/s/ Damon Rich
Name:	Damon Rich
Title:	Interim Chief Financial Officer
Address: 8355 East Hartford Drive, Suite 100,
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
EXECUTIVE:
Daniel D. Nelson
/s/ Daniel D. Nelson
Address: 9820 E. Thompson Peak Pkwy
#623, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

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