09/12/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/12/2025 14:33
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e) Shares and Option Grants
Effective September 9, 2025, the Board of Directors of Mangoceuticals, Inc. (the "Company"), with the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, approved the grant of:
(a) | 500,000 shares of common stock of the Company to Jacob D. Cohen, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, as a bonus in consideration for services rendered to the Company as Chief Executive Officer of the Company during 2025, under and pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Mangoceuticals, Inc. 2022 Equity Plan (the "Plan"); | |
(b) | options to purchase 2,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company to Mr. Cohen (the "Options"), in consideration for services rendered and to be rendered to the Company as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, under the Plan; | |
(c) | 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company to Eugene M. Johnston, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, as a bonus in consideration for services rendered to the Company as Chief Financial Officer during 2025, under and pursuant to the Plan; | |
(d) | 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company to Kenny Myers, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, in consideration for services rendered to the Company as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors during 2025, under and pursuant to the Plan; | |
(e) | 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company to Alex Hamilton, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, in consideration for services rendered to the Company as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors during 2025, under and pursuant to the Plan; and | |
(f) | 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company to Lorraine D'Alessio, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, in consideration for services rendered to the Company as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors during 2025, under and pursuant to the Plan. |
The shares described above vested to each recipient immediately upon issuance. The Options have a term of ten years, an exercise price of $2.30 per share, which was the closing sales price of the Company's common stock on September 9, 2025, the grant date; vest over 18 months with 500,000 of the Options vesting upon grant and 500,000 of the Options vesting on the 6th, 12th, and 18th month anniversaries of the grant date, subject to Mr. Cohen's continued service with the Company on such vesting date; and vest in full upon any termination of Mr. Cohen by the Company without cause, or by Mr. Cohen for good reason, or upon a change of control of the Company.
The Plan has been registered on a Form S-8 Registration Statement previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The description of the Options above is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Option Agreement entered into to evidence such grant, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2and the Plan, a copy of which is incorporated by reference herein as Exhibit 10.1, the terms of which are incorporated by reference in this Item 5.02.