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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): January 15, 2026

 

SHARPS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   001-41355   82-3751728

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

105 Maxess Road, Suite 124,

Melville, NY 11747

(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)

 

(631) 574-4436

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)

 

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   STSS   Nasdaq Capital Market
Common Stock Purchase Warrants   STSSW   Nasdaq Capital Market

 

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 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On January 15, 2026, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Sharps Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”) to update certain procedures and make various technical and conforming changes. The Bylaws were effective immediately and include, among other things, the following changes (the “Amendments”):

 

Clarify and update provisions to require that stockholder actions be taken at duly called meetings;
Adopt advance notice requirements for stockholder proposals and director nominations; and
Adopt a Nevada exclusive forum provision for certain actions.

 

The complete text of the Bylaws is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Bylaws herein and the Amendments therein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by Exhibit 3.1.

 

Item 5.05. Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

 

On January 15, 2026, the Board approved and adopted the amended and restated Code Of Business Conduct And Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”), which governs the conduct of all officers, directors, and employees of the Company and its affiliated entities. The adoption of the Code of Ethics by the Board did not result in any waiver with respect to any officer, director or employee of the Company from any provision of the Code of Ethics as in effect prior to the Board’s action to adopt the Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics was adopted to, among other things, generally update for current governance, ethics, and compliance best practices; better align various Company policies, including the Code of Ethics, by eliminating certain redundant or overlapping provisions and consolidating similar topics in the appropriate policy; and make other non-substantive administrative, stylistic and typographical changes. The description of the Code of Ethics is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Code of Ethics, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 14.1. The Code of Ethics will also be posted on the Company’s website at www.sharpstechnology.com/investors/governance-documents.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

Establishment of Board Committees and Adoption of Charters:

 

On January 15, 2026, the Board approved and adopted a charter (the “Audit Committee Charter”) to govern the Audit Committee. A copy of the Company’s Audit Committee Charter is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

On January 15, 2026, the Board and approved and adopted a charter (the “Compensation Committee Charter”) to govern the Compensation Committee. A copy of the Company’s Compensation Committee Charter is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

On January 15, 2026, the Board approved and adopted a charter (the “Nominating Committee Charter”) to govern the Nominating Committee. A copy of the Company’s Nominating Committee Charter is attached as Exhibit 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibits   Description of Exhibit
     
3.1   Amended and Restated Bylaws adopted by Sharps Technology, Inc. on January 15, 2026
     
14.1*   Amended and Restated Code of Ethics adopted by Sharps Technology, Inc. on January 15, 2026
     
99.1*   Audit Committee Charter adopted by the Board of Directors of Sharps Technology, Inc. on January 15, 2026
     
99.2*   Compensation Committee Charter adopted by the Board of Directors of Sharps Technology, Inc. on January 15, 2026
     
99.3*   Nominating Committee Charter adopted by the Board of Directors of Sharps Technology, Inc. on January 15, 2026

 

 

*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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

  Sharps Technology, Inc.
     
Dated: January 16, 2026 By: /s/ Paul K. Danner
  Name: Paul K. Danner
  Title: Principal Executive Officer

 

 

EX-3.1 2 ex3-1.htm EX-3.1

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

SHARPS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

 

(A Nevada Corporation)

 

Adopted and effective as of January __, 2026

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

 

Section 1.1. Registered Office. The registered office of Sharps Technology, Inc. (the “Corporation”) in the State of Nevada shall be in such location as the directors determine in the State of Nevada.

 

Section 1.2. Principal Executive Office. The principal executive office of the Corporation shall be at such place established by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) in its discretion. The Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to change the location of the principal executive office of the Corporation.

 

Section 1.3. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have other offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Nevada as the Board of Directors (or the officers of the Corporation pursuant to authority granted by the Board of Directors) may from time to time determine.

 

ARTICLE II

CORPORATE SEAL

 

Section 2.1. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal of the Corporation (if one shall be utilized) shall consist of a die bearing the name of the Corporation and the inscription, “Corporate Seal-Nevada.” Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE III

STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

Section 3.1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Nevada, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication (including, without limitation, electronic communications, videoconferencing, teleconferencing or other available technology) as authorized by Section 78.315 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”). In the absence of any such designation or determination, stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the Corporation’s principal executive office pursuant to Section 1.2 hereof.

 

Section 3.2. Annual Meeting.

 

(a) The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully come before it, shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, subject to any postponement in the Board of Directors’ sole discretion, upon notice of such postponement given in any manner deemed reasonable by the Board of Directors.

 

 

 

(b) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be brought: (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s proxy materials with respect to such meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of a majority of the Board of Directors, or (iii) by a stockholder of the Corporation who (1) is a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice required by this Section 3.2(b) and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (2) has timely complied in proper written form with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.2(b). In addition, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action pursuant to these Bylaws and applicable law. Except for proposals properly made in accordance with Rule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) and the rules and regulations thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations), and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, for the avoidance of doubt, clause (iii) above shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to bring business before an annual meeting of stockholders. In addition to the foregoing and the other requirements set forth in these Bylaws and applicable law, rule or regulation, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the sixtieth (60th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting has been changed by more than thirty (30) days from the date contemplated at the time of the previous year’s proxy statement, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) day prior to such annual meeting or, in the event public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made by the Corporation fewer than seventy (70) days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting: (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, (iv) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to any securities of the Corporation, and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit from share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to any securities of the Corporation, (v) any material interest of the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person in such business, and (vi) any other information that is required to be provided by the stockholder pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act, in his capacity as a proponent to a stockholder proposal. In addition, to be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary of the Corporation must be supplemented not later than ten (10) days following the record date for notice of the meeting to disclose the information contained in clauses (iii) and (iv) above as of the record date for notice of the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholder’s meeting, stockholders must provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (b). The chairman of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (b), and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting that any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. For purposes of this Section 3.2(b) , a “Stockholder Associated Person” of any stockholder shall mean (i) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder and on whose behalf the proposal or nomination, as the case may be, is being made, or (iii) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such person referred to in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii).

 

 

 

(c) Only persons who are confirmed in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c) shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). Nominations made by the Board of Directors shall be made at a meeting of the Board of Directors or by written consent of the directors in lieu of a meeting prior to the date of the election meeting. At the request of the Corporation, each proposed individual nominated by the Board of Directors shall provide the Corporation with such information concerning himself or herself as is required, under the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange, to be included in the Corporation’s proxy statement soliciting proxies for his or her election as a director. Nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3.2. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (i) as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director: (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (C) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, (D) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder, and (E) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act (including without limitation such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (ii) as to such stockholder giving notice, the information required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 3.2. At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by a stockholder for election as a director shall furnish to the Secretary of the Corporation that information required to be set forth in the stockholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

 

(d) For purposes of this Section 3.2, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.

 

Section 3.3. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or (ii) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board of Directors for adoption), and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors, shall determine.

 

 

 

(b) For a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected or re-elected, nominations of persons for election or re-election to the Board of Directors shall be made only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (A) is a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice required by this Section 3.3(b) and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting and (B) delivers a timely written notice of the nomination to the Secretary of the Corporation that includes the information set forth in Section 3.2 above. To be timely, such notice must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the board of directors to be elected or re-elected at such meeting. A person shall not be eligible for election or re-election as a director at a special meeting unless the person is nominated (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by a stockholder in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.3(b). The chairman of the special meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that a nomination or business was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if the chairman of the special meeting should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective nomination or business shall be disregarded.

 

Section 3.4. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Articles of Incorporation, written notice of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, such notice to specify the place, date and hour and purpose or purposes of the meeting. Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice thereof, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any stockholder by his attendance thereat in person or by proxy, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.

 

Section 3.5. Quorum. At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy duly authorized, of the holder or holders of not less than one-third (the equivalent of 33 1/3 percent) of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, either by the chairman of the meeting or by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, all action taken by the holders of a majority of the votes cast, excluding abstentions, at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid and binding upon the Corporation; provided, however, that directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, one-third of the outstanding shares of such class or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter and, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority (plurality, in the case of the election of directors) of the votes cast, excluding abstentions, by the holders of shares of such class or classes or series shall be the act of such class or classes or series.

 

 

 

Section 3.6. Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings. Any meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the chairman of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares casting votes, excluding abstentions. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 3.7. Voting Rights.

 

(a) For the purpose of determining those stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares stand on the stock records of the Corporation on the record date, as provided in Sections 3.9 and 7.4 of these Bylaws, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders.

 

(b) Every stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy: (i) appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her duly authorized attorney or (ii) authorized by the transmission of an electronic record by the stockholder to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a firm which solicits proxies or like agent who is authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive the transmission subject to any procedures the Board of Directors may adopt from time to time to determine that the electronic record is authorized by the stockholder; provided, however, that no such proxy shall be valid after the expiration of six (6) months from the date of its execution, unless coupled with an interest, or unless the person executing it specifies therein the length of time for which it is to continue in force, which in no case shall exceed seven (7) years from the date of its execution. If such instrument or record shall designate two (2) or more persons to act as proxies, unless such instrument shall provide the contrary, a majority of such persons present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or if only one (1) be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one (1). Unless required by the NRS or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any matter need not be by written ballot.

 

(c) No stockholder shall have cumulative voting rights.

 

(d) Shares standing in the name of another entity, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the governing documents of such entity may prescribe, or in the absence of such provision, as the Board of Directors or governing body of such entity may determine. Shares standing in the name of a deceased person may be voted by the executor or administrator of such deceased person, either in person or by proxy. Shares standing in the name of a guardian, conservator or trustee may be voted by such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy, but no such fiduciary shall be entitled to vote shares held in such fiduciary capacity without a transfer of such shares into the name of such fiduciary. Shares outstanding in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver. A stockholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares, unless in the transfer by the pledgor on the books of the Corporation, he or she has expressly empowered the pledgee to vote thereon, in which case only the pledgee, or his or her proxy, may represent the stock and vote thereon.

 

Section 3.8. Joint Owners of Stock. If shares or other securities having voting power stand of record in the names of two (2) or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, or if two (2) or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary is given written notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect: (a) if only one (1) votes, his act binds all; (b) if more than one (1) votes, the act of the majority so voting binds all; and (c) if more than one (1) votes, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionally.

 

 

 

Section 3.9. List of Stockholders. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

 

Section 3.10. No Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS.

 

Section 3.11. Organization.

 

(a) At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman of the Board of Directors has not been appointed or is absent, a director or officer designated by the Board of Directors, shall serve as the chairman of the meeting. The Secretary, or, in the Secretary’s absence or inability to act, the person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint, shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes thereof. The Chairman of the Board of Directors (or his or her designee) shall have full authority to control the process of any stockholder meeting subject to any rules or regulations adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 3.11(b), including, without limitation, determining whether any proposals or nominations were properly brought before such meeting, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the Chairman of the Board of Directors (or his or her designee) shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, requiring ballots by written consent, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot.

 

(b) The Board of Directors shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

DIRECTORS

 

Section 4.1. Number and Qualification. The authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) as fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent directors. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Articles of Incorporation. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these Bylaws.

 

Section 4.2. Powers. The powers of the Corporation shall be exercised, its business conducted and its property controlled by the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation.

 

Section 4.3. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, shall unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholder vote, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this Section 4.3 in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director.

 

Section 4.4. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his written resignation to the Secretary, such resignation to specify whether it will be effective upon receipt or at a particular future date. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective upon receipt. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the director whose place shall be vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

 

Section 4.5. Removal. Subject to the Articles of Incorporation, any director may be removed by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of the Corporation then entitled to vote, with or without cause.

 

Section 4.6. Meetings.

 

(a) Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders and at the place where such meeting is held. No notice of an annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be necessary and such meeting shall be held for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may lawfully come before it.

 

(b) Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may, unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation, be held at any place within or without the State of Nevada.

 

(c) Special Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place within or without the State of Nevada whenever called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or any two of the directors.

 

(d) Remote Participation in Meetings. Any member of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors or any such committee by means of conference telephone, video conference or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

 

 

(e) Notice of Meetings. Notice of the time and place of all special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be provided orally or in writing, by telephone, facsimile, email or other electronic communication, during normal business hours, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the date and time of the meeting, and may also be sent in writing to each director by first class mail, charges prepaid, at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance at such meeting, except when the director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

(f) Waiver of Notice. The transaction of all business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present shall sign a written waiver of notice. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

Section 4.7. Quorum and Voting.

 

(a) Unless the Articles of Incorporation requires a greater number and except with respect to indemnification questions arising under Section 11.1 hereof, for which a quorum shall be one-third (1/3) of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation, a quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation; provided, however, at any meeting whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting.

 

(b) At each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, all questions and business shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, unless a different vote be required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

Section 4.8. Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and such writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such consents may be executed in counterparts and by electronic means (including DocuSign or similar means) and such counterparts may be delivered by electronic means.

 

Section 4.9. Fees and Compensation. Directors shall be entitled to such compensation for their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors or a designated committee thereof, including, if so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors or such designated committee, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor.

 

 

 

Section 4.10. Committees.

 

(a) Executive Committee. The Board of Directors may by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors appoint an Executive Committee to consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, including without limitation the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock and to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Articles of Incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series), adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the bylaws of the Corporation.

 

(b) Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, from time to time appoint such other committees as may be permitted by law. Such other committees appointed by the Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees, but in no event shall such committee have the powers denied to the Executive Committee in these Bylaws.

 

(c) Term. Each member of a committee of the Board of Directors shall serve a term on the committee coexistent with such member’s term on the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of subsections (a) or (b) of this Section 4.10 may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee. The membership of a committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or voluntary resignation from the committee or from the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the Board of Directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, and, in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

(d) Meetings. Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of the Executive Committee or any other committee appointed pursuant to this Section 4.10 shall be held at such times and places as are determined by the Board of Directors, or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need be given thereafter. Special meetings of any such committee may be held at any place which has been determined from time to time by such committee, and may be called by any director who is a member of such committee, upon written notice to the members of such committee of the time and place of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of written notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of any special meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends such special meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. A majority of the authorized number of members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee.

 

 

 

Section 4.11. Organization. At every meeting of the directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman of the Board of Directors has not been appointed or is absent, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting. The Secretary, or in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary or any other individual directed to do so by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or a majority of the directors present, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

 

Section 5.1. Officers Designated. The officers of the Corporation shall include, if and when designated by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Treasurer and the Secretary, all of whom shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors or at such other time as the Board of Directors may determine. The Board of Directors may also appoint one or more other officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall approve, including without limitation, a Chief Financial Officer, or one or more Vice Presidents of any designation (including Senior Vice President or Executive Vice President), a Controller, and any Assistant Secretaries, Treasurers or Controllers. The Board of Directors may assign such additional titles to one or more of the officers as it shall deem appropriate. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the Corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by law. The salaries and other compensation of the officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner designated by the Board of Directors or a designated committee thereof.

 

Section 5.2. Tenure and Duties of Officers.

 

(a) General. All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

(b) Duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.

 

(c) Duties of Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to such office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.

 

(d) Duties of President. If there is no Chief Executive Officer, then the President shall serve as the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in paragraph (c) of this Section 5.2. If the office of Chief Executive Officer is filled, then the President shall report to the Chief Executive Officer and shall perform such duties commonly incident to such office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time.

 

 

 

(e) Duties of Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall record all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary shall give notice in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof requiring notice (the Chief Executive Officer or President may also provide such notices). The Secretary shall perform all other duties given him or her in these Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to such office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. Any other officer may, with the approval of the Board of Directors, assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary.

 

(f) Duties of Treasurer. The Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the Corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the Corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time. If the office of Chief Financial Officer is filled, then the Chief Financial Officer shall serve as the Treasurer, unless the Board of Directors shall appoint another person to serve as Treasurer, in which case, the Treasurer shall report to the Chief Financial Officer.

 

Section 5.3. Delegation of Authority. The Board of Directors may from time-to-time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

 

Section 5.4. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chief Executive Officer or to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract with the resigning officer.

 

Section 5.5. Removal. Any officer may be removed from office at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office at the time, or by the unanimous written consent of the directors in office at the time, or by any committee or superior officers upon whom such power of removal may have been conferred by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE VI

EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING

OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION

 

Section 6.1. Execution of Corporate Instrument. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or persons, to execute on behalf of the Corporation any corporate instrument or document, or to sign on behalf of the Corporation the corporate name without limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the Corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the Corporation. Unless otherwise specifically determined by the Board of Directors or otherwise required by law, promissory notes, deeds of trust, mortgages and other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, and other corporate instruments or documents requiring the corporate seal, and certificates of shares of stock owned by the Corporation, shall be executed, signed or endorsed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer. All other instruments and documents requiring the corporate signature, but not requiring the corporate seal, may be executed as aforesaid or in such other manner as may be directed by the Board of Directors. All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the Corporation or in special accounts of the Corporation shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do. Unless authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

 

Section 6.2. Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. All stock and other securities of other corporations owned or held by the Corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any Vice President.

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

SHARES OF STOCK

 

Section 7.1. Form and Execution of Certificates. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, shares of stock or other securities of the Corporation need not be certificated and may be issued in electronic book-entry form. However, certificates for the shares of stock of the Corporation (if utilized) shall be in such form as is consistent with the Articles of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by any one or more of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Treasurer or Secretary or such other persons as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Each certificate shall state upon the face or back thereof, in full or in summary, all of the powers, designations, preferences, and rights, and the limitations or restrictions of the shares authorized to be issued or shall, except as otherwise required by law, set forth on the face or back a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the Corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this Section or otherwise required by law or with respect to this Section a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

 

Section 7.2. Lost Certificates. A new certificate or certificates shall be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. The Corporation may require, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require or to give the Corporation a surety bond in such form and amount as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.

 

 

 

Section 7.3. Transfers.

 

(a) Transfers of record of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, and upon the surrender of a properly endorsed certificate or certificates for a like number of shares.

 

(b) The Corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the Corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the NRS.

 

Section 7.4. Fixing Record Dates.

 

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is filed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

Section 7.5. Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Nevada.

 

ARTICLE VIII

OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION

 

Section 8.1. Execution of Other Securities. All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the Corporation, other than stock certificates (covered in Section 7.1), may be signed by any one or more of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Treasurer or Secretary or such other persons as may be authorized by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature, or where permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the signatures of the persons signing such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the Corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the Corporation.

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

DIVIDENDS

 

Section 9.1. Declaration of Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors pursuant to law at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.

 

Section 9.2. Dividend Reserve. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

ARTICLE X

FISCAL YEAR

 

Section 10.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE XI

EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 11.1. Exculpation; Indemnification of Directors, Executive Officers, Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents.

 

(a) The liability of directors and officers to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by NRS 78.138, as amended from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law: (i) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law, or (ii) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the NRS is hereafter amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation, in addition to the limitation on personal liability provided herein, shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. No amendment to or repeal of this Section shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.

 

(b) Directors and Officers. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by the NRS provided that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director or officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the Corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Corporation under the NRS or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made under subsection (d).

 

 

 

(c) Employees and Other Agents. The Corporation shall have power to indemnify its employees and other agents as set forth in the NRS.

 

(d) Advance of Expense. The Corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, and except as set forth below, indemnify, hold harmless and, upon request, advance expenses to each person (and the heirs, executors or administrators of such person) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any employee benefit plan (any such person being referred to hereafter as an “Indemnitee”), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the Corporation shall not indemnify an Indemnitee seeking indemnification in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim, or part thereof initiated by the Indemnitee unless the initiation thereof was approved by the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or any agreement, vote of stockholder or disinterested directors, or arrangement to the contrary, the Corporation may, at the determination of the Board of Directors, advance payment of expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in advance of the final disposition of any matter only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Section. Such undertaking may be accepted without reference to the financial ability of the Indemnitee to make such repayment.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section 11.1, no advance shall be made by the Corporation to an officer of the Corporation (except by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the Corporation in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, or (ii) if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation. Any determination by the Board of Directors relating to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Section shall be subject to the quorum requirements set forth in Section 4.7(a).

 

 

 

(e) Enforcement. Without the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and officers under this Bylaw shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the Corporation and the director or officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this Bylaw to a director or officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90) days of request therefor. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting his claim. In connection with any claim for indemnification, the Corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct that make it permissible under the NRS for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. In connection with any claim by an officer of the Corporation (except in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the Corporation) for advances, the Corporation shall be entitled to raise a defense as to any such action clear and convincing evidence that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed in the best interests of the Corporation, or with respect to any criminal action or proceeding that such person acted without reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was lawful. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the NRS, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by a director or officer to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, the burden of proving that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article XI or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

 

(f) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office. The Corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the NRS.

 

(g) Survival of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by Article XI shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or other agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

(h) Insurance. The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was, or has agreed to become, a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any employee benefit plan, against all expenses (including attorney’s fees) judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such expenses under Chapter 78 of the NRS.

 

(i) Amendments. No amendment, termination or repeal of this Article XI or of the relevant provisions of Chapter 78 of the NRS or any other applicable laws shall affect or diminish in any way the rights of any Indemnitee to indemnification under the provisions hereof with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation arising out of or relating to any actions, transactions or facts occurring prior to the final adoption of such amendment, termination or repeal.

 

(j) Saving Clause. If this Bylaw or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and officer to the full extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Bylaw that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law.

 

 

 

(k) Other Rights. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant indemnification rights to other employees or agents of the Corporation or other persons serving the Corporation and such rights may be equivalent to, or greater or less than, those set forth in this Section.

 

(l) Reliance. Persons who after the date of the adoption of this provision become or remain directors or officers of the Corporation or who, while a director or officer of the Corporation, become or remain a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary, shall be conclusively presumed to have relied on the rights to indemnity, advance of expenses and other rights contained in this Section in entering into or continuing such service. The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Section shall apply to claims made against an Indemnitee arising out of acts or omissions which occurred or occur both prior and subsequent to the adoption hereof.

 

(m) Merger or Consolidation. If the Corporation is merged into or consolidated with another corporation and the Corporation is not the surviving corporation, the surviving corporation shall assume the obligations of the Corporation under this Section with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation arising out of or relating to any actions, transactions or facts occurring prior to the date of such merger or consolidation.

 

(n) Inurement. The right to indemnification will inure whether or not the claim asserted is based on matters that predate the adoption of this Section, will continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to hold the position by virtue of which he or she was entitled to indemnification, and will inure to the benefit of his or her heirs and personal representatives.

 

(o) Certain Definitions. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(i) The term “proceeding” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

 

(ii) The term “expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, court costs, attorneys’ fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection with any proceeding.

 

(iii) The term the “Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting Corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Bylaw with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

(iv) References to a “director,” “executive officer,” “officer,” “employee,” or “agent” of the Corporation shall include, without limitation, situations where such person is serving at the request of the Corporation as, respectively, a director, executive officer, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

 

(v) References to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Bylaw.

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII

NOTICES

 

Section 12.1. Notices.

 

(a) Notice to Stockholders. Whenever, under any provisions of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, it shall be given in writing, timely and duly deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to his last known post office address as shown by the stock record of the Corporation or its transfer agent. To the extent provided for under applicable law (including the 1934 Act and associated rules and regulations), notices to stockholders may be given in electronic format, including via email.

 

(b) Notice to Directors. Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by the method stated in subsection (a), or by facsimile or email transmission, except that such notice other than one which is delivered personally shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office address of such director.

 

(c) Affidavit of Mailing. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the Corporation or an agent of the Corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected, specifying the name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained.

 

(d) Time Notices Deemed Given. All notices given by mail, as above provided, shall be deemed to have been given as at the time of mailing, and all notices given by facsimile, telex or telegram shall be deemed to have been given as of the sending time recorded at time of transmission.

 

(e) Methods of Notice. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all directors, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others.

 

(f) Failure to Receive Notice. The period or limitation of time within which any stockholder may exercise any option or right, or enjoy any privilege or benefit, or be required to act, or within which any director may exercise any power or right, or enjoy any privilege, pursuant to any notice sent him in the manner above provided, shall not be affected or extended in any manner by the failure of such stockholder or such director to receive such notice.

 

(g) Notice to Person with Whom Communication Is Unlawful. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Corporation, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the NRS, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

 

 

 

(h) Notice to Person with Undeliverable Address. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Corporation, to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such person during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve-month period, have been mailed addressed to such person at his address as shown on the records of the Corporation and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to such person shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any such person shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice setting forth his then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such person shall be reinstated. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the NRS, the certificate need not state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to this paragraph.

 

ARTICLE XIII

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 13.1. Amendments. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Board of Directors may, by majority vote of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, alter, amend, restate and/or repeal these Bylaws or any portion thereof, or enact such other Bylaws as in their judgment may be advisable for the regulation of the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation. The stockholders of the Corporation may alter, amend, restate an/or repeal these Bylaws or any portion thereof only by the affirmative vote of sixty-six and two thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders, duly called; provided, however, that no such change to any Bylaw shall alter, modify, waive, abrogate or diminish the Corporation’s obligation to provide the indemnity called for by Article XI of these Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation or applicable law.

 

ARTICLE XIV

BOOKS; FORUM SELECTION

 

Section 14.1. Books. The books of the Corporation may be kept within or without the State of Nevada (subject to any provisions contained in the NRS) at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 14.2. Forum Selection.

 

(a) Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, a state or federal court located in the State of Nevada shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any actions asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the NRS, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in each case as amended, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to such court having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section. This Section shall not apply to claims or causes of action brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), or the 1934 Act, or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction.

 

(b) Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the United States federal district court for the District of Nevada shall be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the 1933 Act, including all causes of action asserted against any defendant named in such complaint. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section.

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 14.1

 

SHARPS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

 

CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS

 

Adopted: December January 15, 2026

 

1. Introduction

 

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sharps Technology, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), has adopted this code of ethics (this “Code”), effective as of the date first referenced above, and as the same may be amended from time to time by the Board, which is applicable to all of the Company’s directors, officers, employees and contractors performing employee functions to:

 

 

promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

 

 

promote the full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Company files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as well as in other public communications made by or on behalf of the Company;

 

  promote compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;

 

  deter wrongdoing; and

 

 

require prompt internal reporting of breaches of, and accountability for adherence to, this Code.

 

This Code may be amended and modified by the Board. In this Code, references to the “Company” mean Sharps Technology, Inc. and, in appropriate context, the Company’s subsidiaries, if any.

 

2. Honest, Ethical and Fair Conduct

 

Each person owes a duty to the Company to act with integrity. Integrity requires, among other things, being honest, fair and candid. Deceit, dishonesty and subordination of principle are inconsistent with integrity. Service to the Company should never be subordinated to personal gain and advantage.

 

Each person must:

 

 

act with integrity, including being honest and candid while still maintaining the confidentiality of the Company’s information where required or when in the Company’s interests;

 

  observe all applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;

 

 

comply with the requirements of applicable accounting and auditing standards, as well as Company policies, in order to maintain a high standard of accuracy and completeness in the Company’s financial records and other business-related information and data;

 

 

adhere to a high standard of business ethics and not seek competitive advantage through unlawful or unethical business practices;

 

 

 

  deal fairly with the Company’s customers, suppliers, competitors and employees;

 

 

refrain from taking advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts or any other unfair-dealing practice;

 

  protect the assets of the Company and ensure their proper use;

 

  avoid conflicts of interest, wherever possible, except as may be allowed under guidelines or resolutions approved by the Board (or the appropriate committee of the Board) or as disclosed in the Company’s public filings with the SEC. Anything that would be a conflict for a person subject to this Code also will be a conflict for a member of his or her immediate family or any other close relative. Examples of conflict of interest situations include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

 

any significant ownership interest in any entity with which the Company has a material commercial relationship, including any supplier or customer;

 

 

any consulting, director or employment relationship with any entity with which the Company has a material commercial relationship, including any supplier or customer;

 

 

the receipt of any money, non-nominal gifts or excessive entertainment from any entity with which the Company has current or prospective business dealings;

 

 

selling anything to the Company or buying anything from the Company, except on the same terms and conditions as comparable officers or directors are permitted to so purchase or sell (and, in the absence of any such comparable officer or director, on the same terms and conditions as a third party would buy or sell a comparable item in an arm’s-length transaction);

 

 

any other financial transaction, arrangement or relationship (including any indebtedness or guarantee of indebtedness) involving the Company; and

 

 

any other circumstance, event, relationship or situation in which the personal interest of a person subject to this Code interferes - or even appears to interfere - with the interests of the Company as a whole.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prohibit a director, officer, employee or contractor of the Company from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity or making other disclosures that are protected pursuant to federal law or regulation. Prior authorization from the Company is not required in order to make any such reports or disclosures and the reporting individual is not required to notify the Company that such reports or disclosures have been made. In addition, pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act, employees shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Should any provision in this Code conflict with this provision, this provision shall control.

 

 

 

3. Disclosure

 

The Company strives to ensure that the contents of and the disclosures in the reports and documents that the Company files with the SEC and other public communications shall be full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable in accordance with applicable disclosure standards, including standards of materiality, where appropriate. Each person subject to this Code must:

 

 

not knowingly misrepresent, or cause others to misrepresent, facts about the Company to others, whether within or outside the Company, including to the Company’s independent registered public accountants, governmental regulators, self-regulating organizations and other governmental officials, as appropriate; and

 

 

in relation to his or her area of responsibility, properly review and critically analyze proposed disclosure for accuracy and completeness.

 

In addition to the foregoing, the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company and each subsidiary of the Company (or persons performing similar functions), and each other person that typically is involved in the financial reporting of the Company must familiarize himself or herself with the disclosure requirements applicable to the Company as well as the business and financial operations of the Company.

 

Each person must promptly bring to the attention of the Chairman of the Board any information he or she may have concerning (a) significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal and/or disclosure controls that could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or (b) any fraud that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s financial reporting, disclosures or internal controls.

 

4. Compliance

 

It is the Company’s obligation and policy to comply with all applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations. All persons subject to this Code are expected to understand, respect and comply with all of the laws, regulations, policies and procedures that apply to them in their positions with the Company. Employees and individual contractors are responsible for talking to their supervisors to determine which laws, regulations and Company policies apply to their position and what training is necessary to understand and comply with them.

 

All person subject to this Code are directed to specific policies and procedures available to persons they supervise.

 

5. Reporting and Accountability

 

The Board is responsible for applying this Code to specific situations in which questions are presented to it and has the authority to interpret this Code in any particular situation. Any person who becomes aware of any existing or potential breach of this Code is required to notify the Chairman of the Board promptly. Failure to do so is, in and of itself, a breach of this Code.

 

Specifically, each person must:

 

 

notify the Chairman of the Board promptly of any existing or potential violation of this Code; and

 

 

 

 

not retaliate against any other person for reports of potential violations that are made in good faith.

 

The Company will follow the following procedures in investigating and enforcing this Code and in reporting on this Code:

 

  The Board will take all appropriate action to investigate any breaches reported to it.

 

 

Upon determination by the Board that a breach has occurred, the Board (by majority decision) will take or authorize such disciplinary or preventive action as it deems appropriate, after consultation with the Company’s internal or external legal counsel, up to and including dismissal or, in the event of criminal or other serious violations of law, notification of the SEC or other appropriate law enforcement authorities.

 

No person following the above procedure shall, as a result of following such procedure, be subject by the Company or any officer or employee thereof to discharge, demotion suspension, threat, harassment or in any manner, discrimination against such person in terms and conditions of employment.

 

6. Waivers and Amendments

 

Any waiver (defined below) or an implicit waiver (defined below) from a provision of this Code for the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions or any amendment (as defined below) to this Code is required to be disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8- K filed with the SEC. In lieu of filing a Current Report on Form 8-K to report any such waivers or amendments, the Company may provide such information on its website, in the event that it establishes one in the future, and if it keeps such information on the website for at least 12 months and discloses the website address as well as any intention to provide such disclosures in this manner in its most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

A “waiver” means the approval by the Board of a material departure from a provision of this Code. An “implicit waiver” means the Company’s failure to take action within a reasonable period of time regarding a material departure from a provision of this Code that has been made known to an executive officer of the Company. An “amendment” means any amendment to this Code other than minor technical, administrative or other non-substantive amendments hereto.

 

All persons should note that it is not the Company’s intention to grant or to permit waivers from the requirements of this Code. The Company expects full compliance with this Code.

 

7. Insider Information and Securities Trading

 

All persons subject to this Code are also subject to the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time. Violations of such Insider Trading Policy will be deemed a violation of this Code, unless the Board approves otherwise.

 

8. Financial Statements and Other Records

 

All of the Company’s books, records, accounts and financial statements must be maintained in reasonable detail, must appropriately reflect the Company’s transactions and must both conform to applicable legal requirements and to the Company’s system of internal controls. Unrecorded or “off the books” funds or assets should not be maintained unless permitted by applicable law or regulation.

 

 

 

Records should always be retained or destroyed according to the Company’s record retention policies. In accordance with those policies, in the event of litigation or governmental investigation, please consult the Board or the Company’s internal or external legal counsel.

 

9. Improper Influence on Conduct of Audits

 

No director or officer, or any other person acting under the direction thereof, shall directly or indirectly take any action to coerce, manipulate, mislead or fraudulently influence any public or certified public accountant engaged in the performance of an audit or review of the financial statements of the Company or take any action that such person knows or should know that if successful could result in rendering the Company’s financial statements materially misleading. Any person who believes such improper influence is being exerted should report such action to such person’s supervisor, or if that is impractical under the circumstances, to any of the Company’s directors.

 

Types of conduct that could constitute improper influence include, but are not limited to, directly or indirectly:

 

 

Offering or paying bribes or other financial incentives, including future employment or contracts for non-audit services;

 

  Providing an auditor with an inaccurate or misleading legal analysis;

 

 

Threatening to cancel or canceling existing non-audit or audit engagements if the auditor objects to the Company’s accounting;

 

 

Seeking to have a partner removed from the audit engagement because the partner objects to the Company’s accounting;

 

  Blackmailing; and

 

  Making physical threats.

 

10. Anti-Corruption Laws

 

The Company complies with the anti-corruption laws of the countries in which it does business, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). Directors, officers and employees will not directly or indirectly give anything of value to government officials, including employees of state-owned enterprises or foreign political candidates. These requirements apply both to Company employees and agents, such as third party sales representatives, no matter where they are doing business. If you are authorized to engage agents on the Company’s behalf, you are responsible for ensuring they are reputable and for obtaining a written agreement to uphold the Company’s standards in this area.

 

11. Violations

 

Violation of this Code is grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Such action is in addition to any civil or criminal liability which might be imposed by any court or regulatory agency.

 

 

 

12. Other Policies and Procedures

 

Any other policy or procedure set out by the Company in writing or made generally known to employees, officers or directors of the Company prior to the date hereof or hereafter are separate requirements and remain in full force and effect.

 

13. Inquiries

 

All inquiries and questions in relation to this Code or its applicability to particular people or situations should be addressed to the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, or such other compliance officer as shall be designated from time to time by the Company.

 

PROVISIONS FOR

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND SENIOR FINANCIAL OFFICERS

 

The CEO and all senior financial officers, including the CFO and principal accounting officer, are bound by the provisions set forth herein relating to ethical conduct, conflicts of interest, and compliance with law. In addition to this Code, the CEO and senior financial officers are subject to the following additional specific policies:

 

1. Act with honesty and integrity, avoiding actual or apparent conflicts between personal, private interests and the interests of the Company, including receiving improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position.

 

2. Disclose to the CEO and the Board any material transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise to a conflict of interest.

 

3. Perform responsibilities with a view to causing periodic reports and documents filed with or submitted to the SEC and all other public communications made by the Company to contain information that is accurate, complete, fair, objective, relevant, timely and understandable, including full review of all annual and quarterly reports.

 

4. Comply with laws applicable to the Company, including but not limited to rules and regulations of U.S. federal, state and other local governments and with the rules and regulations of private and public regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the Company.

 

5. Act in good faith, responsibly, with due care, competence and diligence, without misrepresenting or omitting material facts or allowing independent judgment to be compromised or subordinated.

 

6. Respect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of performance of his or her responsibilities except when authorized or otherwise legally obligated to disclose any such information; not use confidential information acquired in the course of performing his or her responsibilities for personal advantage.

 

7. Share knowledge and maintain skills important and relevant to the needs of the Company, its shareholders and other constituencies and the general public.

 

8. Proactively promote ethical behavior among subordinates and peers in his or her work environment and community.

 

9. Use and control all corporate assets and resources employed by or entrusted to him or her in a responsible manner.

 

 

 

10. Not use corporate information, corporate assets, corporate opportunities or his or her position with the Company for personal gain; not compete directly or indirectly with the Company.

 

11. Comply in all respects with this Code.

 

12. Advance the Company’s legitimate interests when the opportunity arises.

 

The Board will investigate any reported violations and will oversee an appropriate response, including corrective action and preventative measures. Any officer who violates this Code will face appropriate, case specific disciplinary action, which may include demotion or discharge.

 

Any request for a waiver of any provision of this Code must be in writing and addressed to the Chairman of the Board. Any waiver of this Code will be disclosed as provided in Section 6 of this Code.

 

It is the policy of the Company that each officer covered by this Code shall acknowledge and certify to the foregoing annually and file a copy of such certification with the Chairman of the Board.

 

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATION

 

I have read and understand the foregoing Code. I hereby certify that I am in compliance with the foregoing Code and I will comply with the Code in the future. I understand that any violation of the Code will subject me to appropriate disciplinary action, which may include demotion or discharge.

 

Dated:         
Name:     Signature:  
Title:        

 

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

SHARPS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER

 

Adopted: January 15, 2026

 

I. Purpose.

 

The purpose of the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sharps Technology, Inc. , a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”), is to assist the Board with oversight of the Corporation’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the audit of the Corporation’s financial statements.

 

The primary role of the Committee is to oversee the Corporation’s financial reporting and disclosure process. To fulfill this obligation, the Committee relies on: (i) the Corporation’s executive officers and their employee designees (referred to herein as “management”) for the preparation and accuracy of the Corporation’s financial statements; (ii) both management and the Corporation’s personnel responsible for establishing effective internal controls and procedures to ensure the Corporation’s compliance with accounting standards, financial reporting procedures and applicable laws and regulations; and (iii) the Corporation’s independent auditors for an unbiased, diligent audit or review, as applicable, of the Corporation’s financial statements and the effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal controls. The members of the Committee are not employees of the Corporation and are not responsible for conducting the audit or performing other accounting procedures.

 

II. Membership.

 

The Committee shall consist of three or more directors. Each member of the Committee shall be “independent” in accordance with the requirements of Rule 10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. No member of the Committee can have participated in the preparation of the Corporation’s financial statements at any time during the past three years.

 

Each member of the Committee must be financially literate and able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including the Corporation’s balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement. At least one member of the Committee must have past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting or other comparable experience or background that leads to financial sophistication. At least one member of the Committee must be an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K. A person who satisfies this definition of audit committee financial expert will also be presumed to have financial sophistication.

 

The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve for such term or terms as the Board may determine or until earlier resignation, removal or death. The Board may remove any member from the Committee at any time with or without cause.

 

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III. Duties and Responsibilities.

 

The Committee shall have the following authority and responsibilities:

 

A. To: (i) select and retain an independent registered public accounting firm to act as the Corporation’s independent auditors for the purpose of auditing the Corporation’s annual financial statements, books, records, accounts and internal controls over financial reporting; (ii) set the compensation of the Corporation’s independent auditors; (iii) oversee the work done by the Corporation’s independent auditors; and (iv) terminate the Corporation’s independent auditors, if necessary in the Committee’s determination.

 

B. To select, retain, compensate, oversee and terminate, if necessary, any other registered public accounting firm engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Corporation.

 

C. To (i) approve all audit engagement fees and terms (with the power to sign any engagement letter providing for the same on behalf of the Corporation) and (ii) pre-approve all audit and permitted non-audit and tax services that may be provided by the Corporation’s independent auditors or other registered public accounting firms, and establish policies and procedures for the Committee’s pre-approval of permitted services by the Corporation’s independent auditors or other registered public accounting firms on an on-going basis.

 

D. At least annually, to obtain and review a report by the Corporation’s independent auditors that describes: (i) the accounting firm’s internal quality control procedures; (ii) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality control review, peer review or Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) review or inspection of the firm or by any other inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities in the past five years regarding one or more audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to deal with any such issues; and (iii) all relationships between the firm and the Corporation; and to discuss with the independent auditors this report and any relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and independence of the auditors.

 

E. At least annually, to evaluate the qualifications, performance and independence of the Corporation’s independent auditors, including an evaluation of the lead audit partner; and to assure the regular rotation of the lead audit partner at the Corporation’s independent auditors and consider regular rotation of the accounting firm serving as the Corporation’s independent auditors.

 

F. To review and discuss with the Corporation’s independent auditors: (i) the auditors’ responsibilities under generally accepted auditing standards and the responsibilities of management in the audit process; (ii) the overall audit strategy; (iii) the scope and timing of the annual audit; (iv) any significant risks identified during the auditors’ risk assessment procedures; and (v) when completed, the results, including significant findings, of the annual audit.

 

G. To review and discuss with the Corporation’s independent auditors: (i) all critical accounting policies and practices to be used in the audit; (ii) all alternative treatments of financial information within generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) that have been discussed with management, the ramifications of the use of such alternative treatments and the treatment preferred by the auditors; and (iii) other material written communications between the auditors and management.

 

H. To review and discuss with the Corporation’s independent auditors and management: (i) any audit problems or difficulties, including difficulties encountered by the Corporation’s independent auditors during their audit work (such as restrictions on the scope of their activities or their access to information); (ii) any significant disagreements with management; and (iii) management’s response to these problems, difficulties or disagreements; and to resolve any disagreements between the Corporation’s auditors and management.

 

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I. To review with management and the Corporation’s independent auditors: (i) any major issues regarding accounting principles and financial statement presentation, including any significant changes in the Corporation’s selection or application of accounting principles; (ii) any significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation of the Corporation’s financial statements, including the effects of alternative GAAP methods; and (iii) the effect of regulatory and accounting initiatives and off-balance sheet structures on the Corporation’s financial statements.

 

J. To inform the Corporation’s independent auditors as requested as to the Committee’s understanding of the Corporation’s relationships and transactions with related parties that are significant to the Corporation; and to review and discuss with the Corporation’s independent auditors the auditors’ evaluation of the Corporation’s identification of, accounting for, and disclosure of its relationships and transactions with related parties, including any significant matters arising from the audit regarding the Corporation’s relationships and transactions with related parties.

 

K. To review with management and the Corporation’s independent auditors: (i) the adequacy and effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal controls, including any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of, and any material changes in, the Corporation’s internal controls; (ii) any special audit steps adopted in light of any material control deficiencies; (iii) any fraud involving management or other employees with a significant role in such internal controls; (iv) the independent auditors’ attestation (as required) of the report on internal controls and the required management certifications to be included in or attached as exhibits to the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or quarterly report on Form 10-Q, as applicable.

 

L. To review and discuss with the Corporation’s independent auditors any other matters required to be discussed by applicable requirements of the PCAOB and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

M. To review and discuss with the Corporation’s independent auditors and management the Corporation’s annual audited financial statements (including the related notes), the form of audit opinion to be issued by the auditors on the financial statements and the disclosure under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” to be included in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K before such Form 10-K is filed, and recommend to the Board whether the audited financial statements should be included in the Corporation’s Form 10-K and whether the Form 10-K should be filed with the SEC.

 

N. To produce the audit committee report required to be included in the Corporation’s annual or other proxy statements.

 

O. To review and discuss with the Corporation’s independent auditors and management the Corporation’s quarterly financial statements and the disclosure under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” to be included in the Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q before such Form 10-Q is filed; and to review and discuss the Form 10-Q for filing with the SEC.

 

P. To recommend to the Board policies for the Corporation’s hiring of employees or former employees of the Corporation’s independent auditors.

 

Q. To establish and oversee Corporation procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received about the Corporation regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, or instances of fraud or unlawful conduct, and for the confidential, anonymous submission by Corporation employees of concerns regarding such matters.

 

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R. To review and discuss with management the material risks faced by the Corporation and the policies, guidelines and processes by which management assesses and manages the Corporation’s risks, including the Corporation’s major financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposures.

 

S. To oversee the Corporation’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations and to review and oversee the Corporation’s policies, procedures and programs designed to promote and monitor such legal and regulatory compliance.

 

T. To review with the Corporation’s legal counsel, legal and regulatory matters, including legal cases against or regulatory investigations of the Corporation that could have a significant impact on the Corporation’s financial statements.

 

U. To review, approve and oversee any transaction between the Corporation and any related person (as defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC) and any other potential conflict of interest situations on an ongoing basis, in accordance with Corporation policies and procedures, and to develop policies and procedures for the Committee’s approval of related party transactions.

 

V. To implement and oversee the Corporation’s cybersecurity and information security policies, including the periodic review of the policies and managing potential cybersecurity incidents.

 

IV. Outside Advisors.

 

The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to retain and obtain the advice and assistance of independent outside counsel and such other advisors as it deems necessary to fulfill its duties and responsibilities under this Charter. The Committee shall set the compensation, and oversee the work, of any outside counsel and other advisors.

 

The Committee shall receive appropriate funding from the Corporation, as determined by the Committee in its capacity as a committee of the Board, for the payment of compensation to the Corporation’s independent auditors, any other accounting firm engaged to perform services for the Corporation, any outside counsel and any other advisors to the Committee.

 

V. Meeting, Structure and Operations.

 

A majority of the members of the entire Committee shall constitute a quorum. The Committee shall act on the affirmative vote of a majority of members present at the meeting at which a quorum is present. The Committee may request any officer or employee of the Company or the Company’s outside counsel or independent auditor to attend a meeting of the Committee or to meet with any members of, or consultants to, the Committee.

 

The Board shall designate a member of the Committee as the chairperson. The Committee shall meet at least four (4) times a year at such times and places as it deems necessary to fulfill its responsibilities. The Committee shall report to the Board on its discussions and actions, including any significant issues or concerns that arise at its meetings, and shall make recommendations to the Board as appropriate. The Committee is governed by the same rules regarding meetings (including meetings in person or by telephone or other similar communications equipment), action without meetings, notice, waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements as are applicable to the Board as provided for in the Corporation’s bylaws, as amended and/or restated from time to time.

 

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The Committee shall meet separately, and periodically, with management and representatives of the Corporation’s independent auditors, and shall invite such individuals to its meetings as it deems appropriate, to assist in carrying out its duties and responsibilities. However, the Committee shall meet regularly without such individuals present.

 

The Committee shall review this Charter at least annually and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval.

 

VI. Delegation of Authority.

 

The Committee shall have the authority to delegate any of its responsibilities, along with the authority to take action in relation to such responsibilities, to one or more subcommittees as the Committee may deem appropriate in its sole discretion.

 

VII. Performance Evaluation.

 

The Committee shall conduct or otherwise participate in/respond to an annual evaluation of the performance of its duties under this Charter and shall present, or otherwise participate in, the results of the evaluation to the Board. The Committee shall conduct this evaluation in such manner as it deems appropriate.

 

VIII. Clawback Requirements.

 

To the extent that the Corporation continues to be listed on an exchange on which securities are traded and subject to Rule 10D-1 of the Exchange Act, the Committee shall assist and advise the Board and the Compensation Committee thereof in enforcing the Corporation’s executive compensation clawback policy and related laws, rules and regulations.

 

IX. Disclosure of Charter.

 

This Charter and any amendments or restatements of this Charter will be made available on the Corporation’s website.

 

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EX-99.2 5 ex99-2.htm EX-99.2

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

SHARPS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CHARTER

 

Adopted: January 15, 2026

 

I. Purpose

 

The Compensation Committee (“Committee”) of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Sharps Technology, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Company”), is appointed by the Board to: (a) assist the Board in discharging its responsibilities relating to the compensation of the Company’s directors and executive officers; and (b) produce an annual report on executive officer compensation for inclusion in the Company’s annual proxy statement, in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. The Committee shall undertake those specific duties and responsibilities enumerated below, and such other duties as the Board may from time to time prescribe. All powers of the Committee are subject to the restrictions designated in the Company’s bylaws and by applicable law, each as amended and/or restated from time to time.

 

II. Committee Membership

 

Committee members shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation, disqualification, retirement, death or removal. Committee members may be removed at any time by the Board. Committee members may resign from the Committee at any time without resigning from the Board.

 

The Committee shall consist of no fewer than two (2) members of the Board. Each member of the Committee shall meet the independence requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”), the definition of a “non-employee director” under Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code for “outside directors,” and any other applicable regulatory requirements.

 

III. Structure and Meetings

 

The Committee shall conduct its business in accordance with this Charter, the Company’s bylaws (as amended and/or restated from time to time) and any direction by the Board. The Board may appoint a member of the Committee to serve as the chairperson of the Committee (“Chair”); if the Board does not appoint a Chair, the Committee members may designate a Chair by their majority vote. The Chair will set the agenda for Committee meetings and conduct the proceedings of those meetings.

 

The Committee shall meet from time to time at a time and place to be determined by the Chair, with meetings to occur, or actions to be taken by unanimous written consent, when deemed necessary or desirable by the Committee or its Chair. Members of the Committee may participate in a meeting of the Committee by means of conference call or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

 

 

The Chair will preside at each meeting and will set the agenda of items to be addressed at each meeting. The Chair (or other member designated by the Chair or the Committee in the Chair’s absence) shall regularly report to the full Board on the proceedings and any actions that the Committee takes. The Committee will maintain written minutes of its meetings, which minutes will be maintained with the books and records of the Company.

 

As necessary or desirable, the Chair may invite any director, officer or employee of the Company, or other persons whose advice and counsel are sought by the Committee, to be present at the meetings of the Committee, consistent with the maintenance of confidentiality of compensation discussions. The Company’s Principle Executive Officer (or President, if the President is then serving as the principal executive officer of the Company) (“PEO”) should not be present during voting or deliberations on the PEO’s compensation.

 

IV. Committee Authority and Responsibilities

 

The Committee shall:

 

4.1 Review and approve the Company’s compensation programs and arrangements applicable to its executive officers, including without limitation salary, incentive compensation, equity compensation and perquisite programs, and amounts to be awarded or paid to individual officers under those programs and arrangements, or make recommendations to the Board regarding approval of the same. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall review and approve all other employment-related contracts, agreements or arrangements between the Company and its officers and all other contracts, agreements or arrangements under which compensatory benefits are awarded or paid to, or earned or received by, the Company’s officers, including, without limitation, employment, severance, change of control and similar agreements or arrangements.

 

4.2 Determine the objectives of the Company’s executive officer compensation programs, identify what the programs are designed to reward, and modify (or recommend that the Board modify) the programs as necessary and consistent with such objectives and intended rewards.

 

4.3 Ensure appropriate corporate performance measures and goals regarding executive officer compensation are set and determine the extent to which they are achieved and any related compensation earned.

 

4.4 Consistent with the foregoing, at least annually review and approve the Company’s goals and objectives relevant to PEO compensation, evaluate the PEO’s performance in light of such goals and objectives, and determine and approve the PEO’s compensation level based on this evaluation. In determining the long-term incentive component of the PEO’s compensation, the Committee will consider the Company’s performance and the value of similar incentive awards received by PEOs at companies of comparable size and comparable industries. Once the Company is no longer considered an emerging growth company, in evaluating and determining PEO compensation, the Committee shall consider the results of the most recent stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation (“Say on Pay Vote”) required by Section 14A of the Exchange Act.

 

4.5 Review and approve any new equity compensation plan or any material change to an existing plan where stockholder approval has not been obtained. In reviewing and making recommendations regarding equity compensation plans, including whether to adopt, amend or terminate any such plans, the Committee shall consider the results of the most recent Say on Pay Vote.

 

4.6 Review and approve any stock option award or any other type of equity-based or equity-linked award as may be required for complying with any tax, securities, or other regulatory (including Nasdaq) requirement, or otherwise determined to be appropriate or desirable by the Committee or Board.

 

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4.7 If required, review and discuss with the Company’s named executive officers and their employee designees (referred to herein as “management”) the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” required to be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement or Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), and recommend to the Board whether to include such “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” in such proxy statement or annual report.

 

4.8 Produce a committee report on executive officer compensation, as required to be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement or Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission.

 

4.9 Review and discuss any compensation-related disclosures that may be required in the Company’s annual proxy statement or Annual Report on Form 10-K regarding such risks.

 

4.10 Oversee the Company’s submissions to a stockholder vote on executive compensation matters, including Say on Pay Votes and the frequency of Say on Pay Votes, incentive and other executive compensation plans, and amendments to such plans. Review the results of stockholder votes on executive compensation matters and to the extent the Committee determines it appropriate to do so, take such results into consideration in connection with the review and approval of executive officers’ compensation. Discuss with management the appropriate engagement with stockholders and proxy advisory firms in response to such votes.

 

4.11 Perform such other functions and have such other powers consistent with this Charter, the Company’s bylaws and applicable law as the Committee or the Board may deem appropriate.

 

V. Performance Evaluation

 

The Committee shall annually review and assess the adequacy of this Charter and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval. The Committee shall also perform an annual evaluation of its own performance, which shall compare the performance of the Committee with the requirements of this Charter. The performance evaluation by the Committee shall be conducted in such manner as the Committee deems appropriate. The report to the Board may take the form of an oral report by the Chair or any other member of the Committee designated by the Committee to make this report.

 

VI. Committee Resources; Assessing Advisor Independence

 

The Committee shall have the resources and authority appropriate to discharge its duties and responsibilities, including the authority to select, retain and terminate independent legal counsel and other experts or consultants, as it deems appropriate, without seeking approval of the Board or management, including the authority to approve the fees payable to such counsel, experts or consultants and any other term of retention. The Committee also shall have the sole authority to retain and and/or replace, as needed, compensation consultants to provide independent advice to the Committee, and the sole authority to approve such consultants’ fees and other terms and conditions of retention. The Company shall provide for appropriate funding for the payment of administrative expenses of the Committee that are necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties. The Committee may select a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser to the Committee only after taking into consideration all factors relevant to that person’s independence from management, including the following:

 

6.1 The provision of other services to the Company by the person that employs the compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser;

 

6.2 The amount of fees received from the Company by the person that employs the compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser, as a percentage of the total revenue of the person that employs the compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser;

 

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6.3 The policies and procedures of the person that employs the compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser that are designed to prevent conflicts of interest;

 

6.4 Any business or personal relationship of the compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser with a member of the Committee;

 

6.5 Any securities of the Company owned by the compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser; and

 

6.6 Any business or personal relationship of the compensation consultant, legal counsel, other adviser or the person employing the adviser with an executive officer of the Company.

 

The Committee shall conduct the independence assessment with respect to any compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser that provides advice to the Committee, other than: (i) in-house legal counsel; and (ii) any compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser whose role is limited to the following activities for which no disclosure would be required under Item 407(e)(3)(iii) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Commission: consulting on any broad-based plan that does not discriminate in scope, terms, or operation, in favor of executive officers or directors of the Company, and that is available generally to all salaried employees; or providing information that either is not customized for the Company or that is customized based on parameters that are not developed by the compensation adviser, and about which the compensation advisor does not provide advice.

 

Nothing herein requires a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other compensation adviser to be independent, only that the Committee consider the enumerated independence factors before selecting or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other compensation adviser. The Committee may select or receive advice from any compensation consultant, legal counsel or other compensation adviser it prefers, including ones that are not independent, after considering the six independence factors outlined above.

 

Nothing herein shall be construed: (1) to require the Committee to implement or act consistently with the advice or recommendations of the compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser to the Committee; or (2) to affect the ability or obligation of the Committee to exercise its own judgment in fulfillment of its duties.

 

VII. Impact of Charter

 

This Charter does not change or augment the obligations of the Company, the Board, the Committee or its directors or management under the federal or state securities laws or create new standards for determining whether the Board, the Committee or the Company’s directors or management have fulfilled their duties, including fiduciary duties, under applicable law.

 

VIII. Clawback Requirements

 

To the extent that the Company continues to be listed on an exchange on which securities are traded and subject to Rule 10D-1 of the Exchange Act, the Committee shall be responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the Company’s executive compensation clawback policy and related laws, rules and regulations, including determining what constitutes “incentive-based compensation” and, if a clawback is triggered due to a financial statement restatement, the amount of any clawback, or other financial statement change.

 

IX. Disclosure of Charter

 

This Charter and any amendments or restatements to this Charter will be made available on the Company’s website.

 

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EX-99.3 6 ex99-3.htm EX-99.3

 

Exhibit 99.3

 

SHARPS TECHNOLOGY, INC.

 

NOMINATING & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHARTER

 

Adopted: January 15, 2026

 

This Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee Charter was adopted by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sharps Technology, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”).

 

I. Purpose

 

The purpose of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board is to assist the Board in discharging the Board’s responsibilities regarding:

 

(a) the identification, evaluation and recommendation of qualified candidates to become Board members – the Committee shall seek to develop a Board that reflects the backgrounds, experiences, expertise, skill sets and viewpoints deemed desirable by the Committee;
   
(b) the selection of nominees for election as directors at the next annual meeting of stockholders (or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected);
   
(c) the selection of candidates to fill any vacancies on the Board;
   
(d) the selection of members to the Committees of the Board;
   
(e) the oversight of the implementation of and monitoring compliance with the Company’s Code of Business Conduct other than with respect to complaints regarding accounting or auditing issues as more fully set forth in the Company’s Audit Committee Charter;
   
(f) Periodically review the Company’s policies and practices regarding corporate social responsibility/ESG, including with respect to the environment, sustainability and social activities – such review will include a review of the Company’s risks related to ESG;
   
(g) Board, Committee, and director evaluations; and
   
(h) Periodic review of the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, this Charter and other Company governance documents as appropriate.

 

In addition to the powers and responsibilities expressly delegated to the Committee in this Charter, the Committee may exercise any other powers and carry out any other responsibilities delegated to it by the Board from time to time consistent with the Company’s bylaws (as in effect from time to time) and applicable law. The powers and responsibilities delegated by the Board to the Committee, in this Charter or otherwise, shall be exercised and carried out by the Committee as it deems appropriate without requirement of Board approval, and any decision made by the Committee (including any decision to exercise or refrain from exercising any of the powers delegated to the Committee hereunder) shall be at the Committee’s sole discretion. While acting within the scope of the powers and responsibilities delegated to it, the Committee shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Committee shall have the power to determine which matters are within the scope of the powers delegated to it.

 

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II. Membership

 

The Committee shall be comprised of two or more directors, each of whom in the determination of the Board (a) satisfies the independence requirements of NASDAQ and (b) has experience, in the business judgment of the Board, that would be helpful in addressing the matters delegated to the Committee.

 

The members of the Committee, including the Chair of the Committee, shall be appointed by the Board. Committee members may be removed from the Committee, with or without cause, by the Board. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of the Committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the Committee. If a member of the Committee and such member’s alternate, if alternates are designated by the Board, are absent or disqualified, the member or members of the Committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member, so long as such replacement member of the Committee satisfies the requirements for membership provided herein.

 

III. Meetings and Procedures

 

Meetings of the Committee may be called by the Chair, or two or more other members of the Committee, or the Chair of the Board upon notice given at least twenty-four hours prior to the meeting, or upon such shorter notice as shall be approved by the Committee. The Chair of the Committee (or in his or her absence, a member designated by the Chair) shall preside at each meeting of the Committee and set the agendas for Committee meetings. The Chairman of the Committee shall designate a secretary for each meeting who shall record minutes of all formal actions of the Committee. A majority of the Committee members, present in person or by phone, shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the members present shall decide any questions brought before the Committee, except to the extent otherwise required by the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (each as in effect from time to time). The Committee shall have the authority to fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of the Board designating the Committee, and so long as such rules are not inconsistent with any provisions of the Company’s bylaws that are applicable to the Committee. Meetings of the Committee may be held by conference call, including video conference. Unless otherwise restricted by the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Committee may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the Committee.

 

The Committee shall meet as often as it determines advisable to fulfill the Committee’s duties and responsibilities, but at least quarterly and more frequently as the Committee deems necessary or desirable.

 

The Committee may retain any independent counsel, experts or advisors that the Committee believes to be desirable and appropriate. The Committee may also use the services of the Company’s regular legal counsel or other advisors to the Company. The Company shall provide for appropriate funding, as determined by the Committee, for payment of compensation to any such persons employed by the Committee and for ordinary administrative expenses of the Committee that are necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties. The Committee shall have sole authority to retain and terminate any search firm to be used to identify director candidates, including sole authority to approve such search firm’s fees and other retention terms.

 

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The Committee shall have full, unrestricted access to Company records and personnel as necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties.

 

The Committee shall keep regular minutes of any meetings (unless actions are taken and reported to the Committee’s satisfaction in the minutes of the Board meetings). Any such minutes kept by the Committee shall be distributed to each member of the Committee. The Secretary of the Company shall maintain the approved signed minutes for filing with the corporate records of the Company. The Chair shall report to the Board regarding the activities of the Committee at appropriate times and as otherwise requested by the Chairman of the Board.

 

IV. Powers and Responsibilities

 

1. The Committee shall identify and evaluate candidates that the Committee believes are qualified to become Board members.

 

2. (a) At an appropriate time prior to each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected or reelected, the Committee shall recommend to the Board for nomination by the Board such candidates as the Committee, in the exercise of its judgment, has found to be well qualified and willing and available to serve.

 

(b) At an appropriate time after a vacancy arises on the Board or a director advises the Board of his or her intention to resign, the Committee shall recommend to the Board for appointment by the Board to fill such vacancy, such prospective member of the Board as the Committee, in the exercise of its judgment, based on the needs of the Company and evaluation of the candidate for nomination has found to be well qualified and willing and available to serve.

 

(c) For purposes of (a) and (b) above, the Committee may consider the criteria for Board membership as may from time to time be approved by the Board and as may be set forth in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines among any other criteria the Committee shall deem appropriate.

 

3. The Committee shall, at least annually, review the performance of each current director and shall consider the results of such evaluation when determining whether or not to recommend the nomination of such director for an additional term.

 

4. The Committee shall consider potential director candidates recommended by stockholders in the same manner candidates are identified by the Committee, provided that such recommendation is made in accordance with the Company’s procedures for nomination of directors by stockholders as provided in the Company’s bylaws and proxy statement.

 

5. In appropriate circumstances, the Committee, in its discretion, shall consider and may recommend the removal of a director for cause, in accordance with the applicable law, provisions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws and any Corporate Governance Guidelines.

 

6. The Committee shall, at least annually, review the composition of the various Board Committees and, as appropriate, make recommendations to the Board for Committee membership.

 

7. The Committee shall oversee the implementation and monitoring of compliance with the Company’s Code of Business Conduct other than with respect to matters involving auditing and accounting issues as more fully set forth in Section III, subsection 18 of the Company’s Audit Committee Charter.

 

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8. The Committee shall oversee the evaluation of the Board and its Committees in the Board’s annual review of its performance and will make appropriate recommendations to improve performance.

 

9. The Committee shall also evaluate and make recommendations with respect to Board size and compensation and practices regarding the succession of directors, taking into consideration the following factors, among others:

 

(a) the strategy and business activities of the Company;
 
(b) the strengths, weaknesses and performance of the Company;
   
(c) the duties and activities of the Board;
   
(d) the experience, expertise, capabilities, and skills; and
   
(e) the diversity of the members of the Board including diversity of age, gender identity, nationality, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation, both individually and collectively.

 

10. In accordance with any the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines as may from time to time be adopted by the Board, the Committee shall consider, develop and recommend to the Board such policies and procedures with respect to the nomination of directors or other corporate governance matters as may be required or required to be disclosed pursuant to any rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise considered to be desirable and appropriate in the discretion of the Committee.

 

11. The Chair of the Committee shall discuss with the Compensation Committee of the Board the Company’s ability to recruit and retain highly qualified and capable directors, taking into consideration the amount and type of compensation afforded to non-management directors at other similarly situated companies.

 

12. In accordance with the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines as may from time to time be adopted by the Board, the Chair of the Committee shall be notified of a director’s intent to join another public company board prior to accepting such other position. The Chair of the Committee will determine if any potential conflicts of interest or compliance concerns exist and will then provide this information to the Committee for review and approval of the position. A director shall also notify the Chairman of the Board and the Chair of the Committee if the director experiences a significant change in professional roles or responsibility and must tender his/her resignation. The Committee will then make a recommendation to the Board regarding whether to accept or reject such resignation and the Board may take action accepting or rejecting such resignation in its discretion.

 

13. The Committee shall, at least annually, review the institutional affiliations of directors and management candidates for director positions for purposes of the Board’s determination of director independence and for possible conflicts of interest.

 

14. The Committee shall evaluate its own performance on an annual basis, including its compliance with this Charter, and provide the Board with any recommendations for changes in procedures or policies governing the Committee. The Committee shall conduct such evaluation and review in such manner as it deems appropriate.

 

15. The Committee shall periodically report to the Board on its findings and actions.

 

16. The Committee shall review and reassess this Charter at least annually and submit any recommended changes to the Board for its consideration.

 

V. Delegation of Duties

 

In fulfilling its responsibilities, the Committee shall be entitled to delegate any or all of its responsibilities to a subcommittee of the Committee, to the extent consistent with the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law and SEC and NASDAQ rules.

 

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