Twin Vee PowerCats Co.

09/23/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/23/2025 14:06

Management Change/Compensation (Form 8-K)

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

On September 17, 2025, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Twin Vee PowerCats Co. (the "Company") appointed Scott Searles to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately, while the Company undertakes a search to identify a permanent successor. In this role, Mr. Searles will serve as the Company's principal financial officer.

Mr. Searles, age 50, has 20 years of corporate experience in senior and executive level finance and operational roles, including finance and accounting, treasury, investor relations and corporate communications, risk management, and other related roles. Mr. Searles also serves as Vice President of FP&A at The Nuclear Company, a position he has held since August 2025. From February 2025 to June 2025, he served as interim Vice President of FP&A at PODS Enterprises LLC. From December 2018 to February 2025, he served as Senior Director FP&A at Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT). Mr. Searles holds a Master of Business Administration in Strategy and Finance from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

In connection with his appointment, the Company entered into an employment agreement (the "Employment Agreement") to employ Mr. Searles as the Company's Interim Chief Financial Officer for a term of ninety days, effective as of September 17, 2025. Under the terms of the Employment Agreement, Mr. Searles will receive a base salary of $60,000 for the term period and is eligible to receive stock options to purchase shares of Company common stock or such other equity awards as the Board may determine in its sole discretion. The Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Searles is eligible to participate in all benefit and fringe benefit plans generally made available to the Company's other executive officers.

The Employment Agreement provides that it shall continue until terminated (i) by mutual agreement; (ii) due to death or disability of Mr. Searles; (iii) by Mr. Searles upon 30 days written notice to the Company; (iv) by the Company upon notice. In the event of a termination by the Company or by Mr. Searles, all further vesting of his outstanding equity awards will terminate immediately and all payments of compensation by the Company to him will terminate immediately, except that in the event of a termination by the Company, Mr. Searles will receive the balance of the base salary. In the event of Mr. Searles's termination due to death or disability, Mr. Searles will receive full vesting for any outstanding, unvested equity awards granted under the Company's 2021 Plan. Mr. Searles's outstanding vested stock options will generally remain exercisable no longer than six months following such a termination.

Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, Mr. Searles is subject to a three-month post-termination non-compete and non-solicit of employees and clients. He is also bound by confidentiality provisions. The receipt of any termination benefits described above is subject to Mr. Searles's execution of a release of claims in favor of the Company, a form of which is attached as an exhibit to the Employment Agreement.

There are no family relationships between Mr. Searles and any of the Company's directors or executive officers, nor does Mr. Searles have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Other than as described above, there were no arrangements or understandings by which Mr. Searles was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

The foregoing summary of the Employment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Employment Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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