Exhibit
10.1


 


mPHASE
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


9841
Washingtonian Boulevard, #200


Gaithersburg,
MD 20878


 


Date:
August _____, 2021


 


____________


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Dear
Mr. ________,


 


This
letter is to confirm the terms of your appointment as a Non-Executive Director of mPhase Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”).


 


Overall,
in terms of time commitment, your attendance is expected at all Board of Directors (the “Board”) meetings, meetings
of the audit, compensation and nomination committees of the Board (as applicable) and the General Meetings (if requested). In addition,
you will be expected to devote appropriate preparation time ahead of each meeting.


 


By
accepting this appointment, you have confirmed that you are able to allocate sufficient time to meet the expectations of this position.


 


For
and in consideration of the services to be performed by you, the Company agrees to compensate you as follows:


 


	1.1
    	Fee.
    An annual fee in the amount of $20,000 (the “Annual Fee”), payable on a quarterly basis of $5,000 (the “Quarterly
    Fee”) upon the last day of each fiscal quarter, subject to the director’s continuous service as a member of the Board
    and commencing in the quarter in which the director accepts this appointment, provided the director is a member of the Board as of
    such date. In lieu of cash consideration, the Annual Fee will be paid by issuance of the number of restricted shares of the Company’s
    common stock equivalent to the applicable U.S. Dollar amount due as determined based upon the closing price on the last trading day
    of such quarter.

     

    For
    so long as the director serves as a member of either the Audit Committee of the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board, or
    the Nominating Committee of the Board, the amount of such Quarterly Fee shall be increased by $1,250. Additionally, for so long as
    the director serves as the chair of either the Audit Committee of the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board, or the Nominating
    Committee of the Board, the amount of such Quarterly Fee shall be increased by $1,250.



 


Certain
Representations. You represent and agree that you are accepting the shares of common stock being issued to you pursuant to this
Agreement for your own account and not with a view to or for sale of distribution thereof. You understand that the securities are restricted
securities, and you understand the meaning of the term “restricted securities.” You further represent that you were not solicited
by publication of any advertisement in connection with the receipt of the shares and that you have consulted tax counsel as needed regarding
the shares.


 




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	1.3
    	The
    Company agrees to reimburse you for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by you in connection with your service (including
    reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and “Business Class” transportation expenses, provided that such expenses are against
    original and valid receipts and pre-approved by the Company in writing (the “Expenses”).
	 	 
	1.4
    	Payment
    of the Expenses, as applicable, shall be made against your itemized invoice following the receipt of the relevant invoice, which
    invoice shall be submitted to the Company within seven (7) days of the end of each calendar month during the term of this letter
    of appointment.
	 	 
	1.5
    	For
    the avoidance of any doubt, the Annual Fee and the aforementioned Expenses constitute the full and final consideration for your appointment,
    and you shall not be entitled to any additional consideration, of any form, for your appointment and service.


 


	2.	The
    term of your appointment as a Non-Executive Director of the Company shall be for one year or until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
	 	 
	3.
    	You
    will undertake such travelling as may reasonably be necessary for the performance of your duties, including travelling overseas for
    Board meetings and site visits if required.
	 	 
	4.
    	You
    will undertake such duties and powers relating to the Company, and any subsidiaries or associated companies of the Company (the “Group”)
    as the Board may from time-to-time reasonably request. Directors have the same general legal responsibilities to the Company as any
    other director. The Board as a whole is collectively responsible for promoting the success of the Company by directing and supervising
    the Company’s affairs, inter alia, as follows:


 


	 	●	Providing
    entrepreneurial leadership of the Group within a framework of prudent and effective controls which enable risk to be assessed and
    managed; and
	 	 	 
	 	●	Setting
    the Group’s strategic aims, ensuring the necessary financial and human resources are in place for the Group to meet its objectives,
    and reviewing management performance; and
	 	 	 
	 	●	Setting
    the Group’s values and standards and ensuring its obligations to its shareholders and others are understood and met.


 


	5.
    	Confidential
    Information


 


You
undertake to the Company that you shall maintain in strict confidentiality all trade, business, technical or other information regarding
the Company, the Group, its affiliated entities and their business affairs including, without limitation, all marketing, sales, technical
and business know-how, intellectual property, trade secrets, identity and requirements of customers and prospective customers, the Company’s
methods of doing business and any and all other information relating to the operation of the Company (collectively, the “Confidential
Information”). You shall at no time disclose any Confidential Information to any person, firm, or entity, for any purpose unless
such disclosure is required in order to fulfil your responsibilities as director. You further undertake that you shall not use such Confidential
Information for personal gain.


 




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Confidential
Information shall not include information that (i) is or becomes part of the public domain other than as a result of disclosure by you,
(ii) becomes available to you on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, provided that the source is not bound
with respect to that information by a confidentiality agreement with the Group or is otherwise prohibited from transmitting that information
by a contractual legal or fiduciary obligation, or (iii) can be proven by you to have been in your possession prior to disclosure of
the information by the Company. In the event that you are requested or required (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information
or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or other process) to disclose any Confidential Information, it is agreed that you,
to the extent practicable under the circumstances, will provide the Company with prompt notice of any such request or requirement so
that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order or waive compliance with this paragraph 5. If a protective order or the receipt
of a waiver hereunder has not been obtained, you may disclose only that portion of the Confidential Information which you are legally
compelled to disclose.


 


Blackout
Period. You understand that we have a policy pursuant to which no officer, director or key executive may not engage in transactions
in our stock during the period commencing two weeks prior to the end of a fiscal quarter and ending the third day after the financial
information for the quarter and year have been publicly released. If a member of the audit committee, if you have information concerning
our financial results at any time, you may not engage in transactions in our securities until the information is publicly disclosed.


 


	6.
    	Term
    and Termination


 


	6.1
	Subject
    to paragraph 6.1 hereunder, this appointment shall terminate immediately and without claim for compensation on the occurrence of
    any of the following events:


 


	 	6.1.1	if
    you resign as a director of the Company for any reason; and/or
	 	 	 
	 	6.1.2	if
    this appointment is cancelled by the holder or the holders of the shares by which you were appointed; and/or
	 	 	 
	 	6.1.3	if
    you were appointed by other directors in order to temporary fill vacancy on the Board and said appointment is cancelled by the Board;
    and/or
	 	 	 
	 	6.1.4	if
    you are removed or not re-appointed as a director of the Company at a General Meeting of the Company in accordance with the requirements
    of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act and/or any other applicable law or regulation (the “Law”) and/or the
    Company’s Articles of Incorporation; and/or
	 	 	 
	 	6.1.5	if
    you have been declared bankrupt or made an arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of your creditors; and/or
	 	 	 
	 	6.1.6	if
    you have been disqualified from acting as a director (including, but not limited to, an event in which you are declared insane or
    become of unsound mind or become physically incapable of performing your functions as director for a period of at least 60 days);
    and/or
	 	 	 
	 	6.1.7	with
    your death and if you are a corporation or either entity, with your liquidation; and/or
	 	 	 
	 	6.1.8	if
    an order of a court having jurisdiction over the Company requires you to resign.


 




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	6.2	Any
    termination of this letter of appointment shall be without payment of damages or compensation (except that you shall be entitled
    to any accrued Annual Fees or Expenses properly incurred under the terms of this letter of appointment prior to the date of such
    termination).
	 	 
	6.3	Upon
    termination of this appointment, you shall return all property belonging to a Group company, together with all documents, papers,
    disks and information, howsoever stored, relating to a Group company and used by you in connection with this position with the Company.


 


	7.
    	Subject
    to the proper performance of your obligations to the Company under this letter of appointment and any applicable law, the Company
    agrees that you will be free to accept other appointments and directorships provided that:


 


	7.1
    	 	They
    do not in any way conflict with the interests of the Company or any member of the Group; and
	 	 	 
	7.2
    	 	They
    do not restrict you from devoting the necessary time and attention properly to services to be performed under this letter of appointment;
    and
	 	 	 
	7.3
    	 	In
    the event that you become aware of any potential conflicts of interest, these must be disclosed to the Chairman and/or the Chief
    Executive Officer (the “CEO”) of the Company as soon as they become apparent; and
	 	 	 
	7.4
    	 	The
    Company acknowledges that you are currently on the Board of Directors of the following companies:


 


	8.
    	The
    Company will put directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in place as soon as possible and will use commercially
    reasonable effort to maintain such coverage for the full term of your appointment.
	 	 
	9.
    	The
    performance of individual directors and the Board and its committees is evaluated annually. If, in the interim, there are any matters
    which cause you concern about your position, you should discuss them with the Chairman and/or the CEO as soon as appropriate.
	 	 
	10.
    	In
    addition to any right pursuant to applicable law, occasions may arise when you consider that you need professional advice in the
    furtherance of your duties as a director. Circumstances may occur when it will be appropriate for you to seek such advice from independent
    advisors at the Company’s expense, to the extent provided

     

    under
    applicable law and subject to the prior written approval of a majority of the independent directors of the Company and the CEO, such
    consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.



 




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	11.
    	This
    letter refers to your appointment as a director of the Company and your membership of the audit, compensation, and nomination committees
    of the board.
	 	 
	12.
    	You
    shall procure that you comply at all times with the Company’s inside trading policies as in effect from time to time.
	 	 
	13.
    	You
    shall discharge your general duties as a director pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Association of the Company and applicable
    law.
	 	 
	14.
    	This
    letter of appointment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.


 


Please
sign the attached copy of this letter and return it to the Company to signify your acceptance of the terms set out above.


 


Sincerely
yours,


 


	 	mPHASE
    TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Anshu
    Bhatnagar

    Chief
    Executive Officer



 


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