Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements
of Certain Officers.
Departure
of Interim Chief Financial Officer
On
July 19, 2020, Akers Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) and Howard R. Yeaton, the Company’s Interim Chief
Financial Officer, agreed by mutual understanding that Mr. Yeaton’s employment as an officer and employee of the Company
will cease as of August 19, 2020, in accordance with the terms of his employment agreement with the Company dated January
6, 2020, which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 6, 2020.
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
On July 21, 2020, the Company entered into a CFO Consulting Agreement
(the “Consulting Agreement”) with Brio Financial Group (“Brio”), pursuant to which the Company appointed
Mr. Stuart Benson as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 19, 2020, with a term ending June 30, 2021. Pursuant to the Consulting
Agreement, the Company will pay Brio an initial retainer fee of $7,500 and a fixed monthly payment of $13,500, commencing August
15, 2020. The Company will also be billed for travel and other out-of-pocket costs, such as report production, postage, etc.
Mr.
Benson, age 59, joined Brio in January 2020 and currently chairs their CFO Advisory practice. Prior
to joining Brio, he founded AB20 Financial Group, a professional finance services company in March 2019, and served as CFO of
Helios and Matheson Analytics from September 2016 until March 2019. From December 2008 through August 2016, Mr. Benson
was Senior Vice President of Finance for A+E Network’s International division, where he oversaw finance, accounting, reporting,
and strategic planning. From 1997 to 2008, Mr. Benson held various executive leadership positions at Sundance Channel, LLC, including
serving as Chief Financial Officer from 2006 through 2008, during which time he was instrumental in guiding a successful sale
of the business. Mr. Benson holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland
and is a member of the N.J. State Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs.
There
is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Benson and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Benson was selected as an officer.
There
are no family relationships between Mr. Benson and any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Company
to become a director or executive officer of the Company within the meaning of Item 401(d) of Regulation S-K under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933 (“Regulation S-K”).
Since
the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, the Company has not engaged in any transaction in which Mr. Benson had
a direct or indirect material interest within the meaning of Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
The
description of the Consulting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference
to, the Consulting Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.