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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

June 13, 2024

 

TREASURE GLOBAL INC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-41476   36-4965082
(State or other jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

276 5th Avenue, Suite 704 #739

New York, New York

  10001
(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)   (Zip code)

 

+6012 643 7688

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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 $0.00001 per share   TGL   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to file the Contract of Employment Agreement dated as of June 13, 2024, by and between Treasure Global Inc and Carlson Thow pursuant to Item 9.01 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 13, 2024.

 

 

 

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On June 13, 2024, Chong Chan Teo informed Treasure Global Inc (the “Company”) of his resignation as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”), which was immediately effective.

 

On June 13, 2024, the Board appointed Carlson Thow as Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective as of June 13, 2024.

 

Mr. Thow, age 31, served as Chief Legal Officer of VCI Global Limited (NASDAQ: VCIG) from July 2022 until June 2024, where he was responsible for setting the overall legal strategy for the organization and its subsidiaries, and for providing legal counsel to senior management and the board of directors. Prior to joining VCI Global Limited, Mr. Thow practiced law as a Senior Associate with Zaid Ibrahim & Co. (a member of ZICO Law network) from 2019 to 2022, and as Legal Associate with Martin Cheah & Associates from 2018 to 2019, where he provided legal assistance with regard to mergers and acquisitions and corporate financing matters, among other things. Mr. Thow graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle in 2014, a Master of Laws from the University of Malaya in 2016 and a Master of Business Administration from Lancaster University in 2021. Mr. Thow has also obtained a Certificate of Legal Practice from the Legal Profession Qualifying Board of Malaysia in 2016, and he was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2018.

 

Carlson Thow and the Company entered into a Contract of Employment Agreement dated as of June 13, 2024 (the “Employment Agreement”), pursuant to which Mr. Thow was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The term of the Employment Agreement is for one year of which term is renewable on a yearly basis. Mr. Thow is entitled to receive a basic monthly salary of RM 20,000 with a fixed allowance of RM 800. In addition, Mr. Thow will be entitled to a total of $120,000 worth of shares of common stock of the Company on an annual basis for the first year, of which $10,000 worth of shares of common stock of the Company shall be issued to Mr. Thow at the end of each month during his first year of employment, and the share compensation for the subsequent year(s) will be based on the year’s performance. During the term of the Employment Agreement, either party may terminate the Employment Agreement by providing two (2) months’ written notice or salary in lieu of such notice to the other party. Upon termination of employment, Mr. Thow will be subject to a one year non-solicitation period with regard to the hiring of employees of the Company and soliciting clients of the Company, among other things.

 

The foregoing summary of the Employment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, such document attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference. 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

   

Exhibit   Description
10.1   Contract of Employment Agreement dated as of June 13, 2024, by and between Treasure Global Inc and Carlson Thow
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: June 14, 2024 TREASURE GLOBAL INC
     
  By: /s/ Carlson Thow
  Name:  Carlson Thow
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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