Item 5.02Item 5.02 - Departure/Election of Directors
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On September 8, 2026, the board of directors (the
“Board”) of Firefly Neuroscience, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), terminated Paul Krzywicki as Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, effective September 24, 2026. Mr. Krzywicki’s termination was not the result of any disagreement
with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices. On the same date, the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee of the Board recommended the appointment of Jessica Paz as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, and
the Board approved Ms. Paz’s appointment as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company.
On September 8, 2026, the Compensation Committee
of the Board approved and ratified an offer of employment extended to Ms. Paz, dated July 28, 2026 (the “Paz Offer of Employment”).
Under the Paz Offer of Employment, Ms. Paz was employed as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer effective September 8, 2026, at
an annual base salary of $215,000. Pursuant to the Paz Offer of Employment, Ms. Paz was granted a stock option to purchase 50,000 shares
of common stock of the Company under the Firefly Neuroscience, Inc. 2024 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended, the “Plan”)
and the form of the stock option agreement approved for grants under the Plan, at an exercise price per share equal to the fair market
value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The option will vest over four years, with 25% of the shares vesting on
the first anniversary of Ms. Paz’s vesting commencement date and the remaining shares vesting in equal quarterly installments over
the following twelve quarters, subject to her continued employment with the Company through each applicable vesting date. Ms. Paz will
be eligible to participate in the Company’s standard benefits covering employees at her level and will receive paid time off pursuant
to the Company’s flexible PTO policy. Ms. Paz’s employment is at-will.
Under an Indemnification Agreement between the
Company and Ms. Paz in the Company’s standard form for officers or directors of the Company, dated as of September 8, 2026 (the
“Paz Indemnification Agreement”), the Company agreed to indemnify Ms. Paz to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
against expenses, losses, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred by Ms. Paz in connection with
any proceeding relating to her service as an officer of the Company. The Company will also advance all expenses incurred by Ms. Paz in
connection with any such proceeding within twenty (20) days after receipt of Ms. Paz’s written request therefor, without regard
to whether Ms. Paz will ultimately be entitled to be indemnified for such expenses. Any obligation to repay advances will be unsecured
and interest-free. The Paz Indemnification Agreement also provides that if the Company or any of its subsidiaries maintains a directors’
and officers’ liability insurance policy, Ms. Paz will be covered by such policy in such a manner as to provide her the same rights
and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably insured of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ then current directors and
officers.
Ms. Paz and the Company also entered into
an Employee Confidential Information and Inventions Assignment Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2026 (the “Paz Confidentiality
Agreement”), which prohibits unauthorized use or disclosure of the Company’s proprietary information, and contains a general
assignment of rights to inventions and intellectual property rights, non-competition provisions that apply during the term of employment,
non-solicitation provisions that apply during the term of employment and for one year after the term of employment, and non-disparagement
provisions that apply during and after the term of employment.
The foregoing summary of the terms and conditions
of the Paz Offer of Employment, the Paz Indemnification Agreement, and the Paz Confidentiality Agreement does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of each of the Paz Offer of Employment, the Paz Indemnification Agreement,
and the Paz Confidentiality Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2, and Exhibit 10.3 to this report, respectively, which is incorporated
herein by reference.
Ms. Paz, 46, most recently served as Senior Director
of Accounting and Operations at Genvid Holdings, Inc., a technology company, from April 2020 to August 2026. From February 2019 to April
2020, Ms. Paz served as Global Financial Controller at VITECH Systems Group, Inc. From September 2016 to November 2018, Ms. Paz served
as North America Controller, Global Payment Solutions at Finastra (formerly D+H Corporation). Earlier in her career, Ms. Paz held finance
and accounting leadership positions at PEN American Center, Pro Mujer International Inc., Reboot Holdings Pty Ltd., and Kaplan, Inc. Ms.
Paz holds a Master of Science in Accounting and Finance and a Master of Business Administration in Technology Management, each from SUNY
Polytechnic Institute, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Hunter College, City University of New York.
There are no family relationships among Ms. Paz
and any of the Company’s other executive officers or directors. There are and have been no transactions in which Ms. Paz has an
interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.