Item 5.02. |
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
On May 8, 2024, the board of directors of Zapata Computing
Holdings Inc. (the Company) appointed Sumit Kumar as the Companys Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer and Treasurer effective on May 20, 2024. Mr. Kapur commenced employment at the Company
on May 13, 2024 (the Start Date) as the Companys Vice President, Finance to provide for a transition period.
On
May 8, 2024, the Company entered into an offer letter with Mr. Kapur (the Offer Letter). Pursuant to the Offer Letter, Mr. Kapurs employment with the Company will be on an
at-will basis, he will be paid an annual base salary of $350,000 and he will be eligible for an annual bonus targeted at up to 25% of his base salary. On the Start Date, Mr. Kapur was awarded a
nonstatutory stock option to purchase 600,000 shares of the Companys common stock at a purchase price equal to the closing price of the Companys common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, on the Start Date, which will vest over four
years, with 25% vesting after the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining 75% vesting in 36 substantially equal monthly increments thereafter, subject to Mr. Kapurs continued employment on each vesting date. Mr. Kapur
will be required to enter into the Companys standard Nondisclosure, Non-Competition and Assignment of Intellectual Property Agreement.
Mr. Kapur, age 48, served as the chief financial officer of 3Degrees Inc., a financial services and technology company in the energy
sector, from May 2012 to January 2024. Mr. Kapur previously served as vice president structured finance, of Sungevity, a solar electricity company, from May 2010 to September 2011, investment analyst at Stark Investments, an investment
management firm, from February 2008 to June 2009, and vice president structured finance group, of Morgan Stanley from August 2004 to February 2008. Mr. Kapur has served on multiple boards of private entities, including the board of
directors of Tulip.ai, a venture backed startup making holistic healthcare solutions more accessible and effective through the application of artificial intelligence models, since January 2021. Mr. Kapur received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business
School and an A.B. with honors in applied mathematics from Harvard College.
There is no family relationship that exists between
Mr. Kapur and any executive officer or director of the Company. In addition, there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Kapur and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as an officer of the Company and there are
no transactions between the Company and Mr. Kapur that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
On May 8, 2024, Mimi Flanagan, the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, notified the Company that she will be resigning
from her positions effective May 20, 2024 (the Termination Date). Ms. Flanagans resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Companys operations, policies, or
practices. Following her departure, Ms. Flanagan is expected to enter into a consulting agreement to provide transition support as needed. Additionally, the exercise period for Ms. Flanagans outstanding options vested as of the
Termination Date will be extended to five years after the Termination Date.
The foregoing summary of the Offer Letter is not complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
On May 13, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Kapur as Chief Financial Officer. A copy of the
press release is being furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto are intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed filed for
any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference
into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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