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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NOTE 15:- SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Mr. James Manning who stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective May 22, 2023, had agreed with Mawson AU that he would be issued 1.35 million RSUs and his other RSU agreements and entitlements would be cancelled, as set forth in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 25, 2023. The Company’s Audit Committee commenced an investigation in the third quarter of 2023 into potential related party transactions involving former Board member and CEO, Mr. James E. Manning, including but not limited to Mr. Manning’s failure to appropriately disclose certain transactions, late or incomplete disclosure of certain transactions, and a failure to confirm to the Company’s satisfaction that the disclosures made were complete. Following the investigation, the Audit Committee reported its initial findings to the Board on February 15, 2024. Based on the information obtained to date and Mr. Manning’s repeated refusal to either provide a full and complete disclosure of his related party transactions (or confirm the accuracy of prior related party disclosures provided to the Company) the Audit Committee determined that there is a prima facie basis to conclude that Mr. Manning did not fully and properly disclose his related party transactions to the Company. Based on the information obtained to date and Mr. Manning’s repeated refusal to either provide a full and complete disclosure of his related party transactions (or confirm the accuracy of prior related party disclosures provided to the Company) the Audit Committee determined that there is a prima facie basis to conclude that Mr. Manning did not fully and properly disclose his related party transactions to the Company. No material financial impacts are noted.

 

February 2, 2024, the Company’s lease for property in Sharon, Pennsylvania was terminated, and as of March 2024 the Company has moved completely out of the facility, which was a non-operating site.

 

On March 4, 2024, the Option Agreement dated June 29, 2023, by and between the Company and Rahul Mewawalla, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, pursuant to which he was granted these options as of such date to purchase such 1,750,000 shares under the Company’s 2021 Equity Plan was cancelled.

 

On March 4, 2024, the Company granted Restricted Stock Units (“RSU”) under the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), representing the right to receive, at settlement, 3,505,383 Shares. The RSU’s either vest on March 31, 2024, May 30, 2024, or March 31, 2025, subject to the recipients remaining employed by or otherwise providing services to the Company (or one of its subsidiaries) through such date or as pursuant to their employment agreements or their RSU agreements.

 

On March 19, 2024, MIG No.1 Pty Ltd a wholly owned Australian subsidiary of the Company was placed into a court appointed liquidation and wind-up process. The entity has a secured creditor who has also appointed a Receiver and Manager to protect the assets of the securitized loan.

 

On March 28, 2024, the Company was made a defendant in a civil suit before the Supreme Court of NSW, Sydney Australia, in the matter entitled “W Capital Advisors Pty Ltd in its capacity as trustee for the W Capital Advisors Fund v. Mawson Infrastructure Group, Inc.”, Docket No. 2024/00117331, alleging a claim to seek US$166,218.60 as unpaid interest under a convertible note after the Company paid in full the principal of $500,000, and AUD$298,926.30, plus interest and costs for sums alleged to be due under an alleged parent company guarantee of a loan deed executed by its Australian subsidiary, Mawson Infrastructure Group Pty Ltd. (See Item 3. Legal Proceedings section for further details)