Company: APCXW
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001683168-25-002670
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Company: AppTech Payments Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
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 the Delaware General Corporation Law, our amended and restated bylaws authorize us (a) to enter into indemnification
agreements with our directors and executive officers, which we have done, and (b) to purchase directors’ and officers’
liability insurance, which we currently do not maintain to cover our directors and executive officers.

Communications to the Board

Stockholders interested in
communicating with the independent directors regarding their concerns or issues may address correspondence to a particular director or
the independent directors generally, care of AppTech Payments Corp., 5876 Owens Avenue, Suite 100, Carlsbad, CA 92008, Attention: Corporate
Secretary, Marc Evans. The Corporate Secretary has the authority to disregard any inappropriate communications or take other appropriate
actions in response to them. If the corporation deems a communication to be appropriate, he will forward it, depending on the subject
matter, to the Chairman of the Board, the chair of a committee of the Board, the entire Board, or a particular director, as appropriate.

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Director & Advisor Compensation

The following table describes
our proposed non-employee (non-affiliate) director and advisor compensation program, which consists of quarterly cash payments, annual
restricted stock options vested quarterly beginning in 2024, previously earned annual restricted stock vested quarterly, and quarterly
cash payments for the year 2023:

| 2024 Term (for Independent Directors that resigned effective December 13, 2024)  |     | Compensation                                                                   |
|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:----|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Annual Restricted Stock Unit Retainer for All Non-Employee Directors             |     | $15,000 cash and 10,000 restricted stock options of AppTech common stock       |
| Chairman of Board (if non-employee)                                              |     | Additional annual retainer of $15,000 cash and 10,000 restricted stock options |
| Chair of Audit Committee                                                         |     | Additional annual retainer of $10,000 cash and 10,000 restricted stock options |
| Chair of Compensation Committee                                                  |     | Additional annual retainer of $10,000 cash and 10,000 restricted stock options |
| Chair of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee                           |     | Additional annual retainer of $10,000 cash and 10,000 restricted stock options |
| Non-Chair Member of Audit Committee                                              |     | Additional annual retainer of $7,500 cash and 7,500 restricted stock options   |