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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) and (e)
On June 29, 2024, Jeffrey L. DiRubio, the Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, resigned from the Company effective as of June 30, 2024. In order to provide for a smooth transition and to make available to the Company his expertise with respect to the Company’s products and customers, the Company has entered into a Consulting Agreement for the one-year term beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025, during which the Company will pay Mr. DiRubio an aggregate amount of $110,000, payable in monthly installments over the one year term of the Consulting Agreement.
In addition, the Company and Mr. DiRubio have modified his existing Employment Agreement with the Company to provide for, among other amendments, that (i) the term of Mr. DiRubio’s employment agreement ended June 30, 2024, (ii) his base salary was increased retroactively from December 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, to be paid in a lump sum in the amount of $25,962, (iii) to set his bonus payment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 in an amount equal to $44,000, (iv) to supersede the severance provisions in his Employment Agreement with the provisions of his Consulting Agreement, and (v) to amend his outstanding option agreements to allow for his vested options to be exercisable for one year after the end of his continuous services.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
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| 10.1 | Modification to Employment Agreement by and between Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and Jeffrey L. DiRubio dated June 29, 2024. |
| 10.2 | Consulting Agreement by and between Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. and Jeffrey L. DiRubio dated June 29, 2024. |
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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.
| PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC. | ||
| Date: July 3, 2024 | By: | /s/ Joseph N. Forkey |
| Name: Joseph N. Forkey Title: President | ||
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