Exhibit 10.2


 


EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


 


This AGREEMENT made as of
September 30, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), by and between SG BLOCKS, INC., having its principal office at 195 Montague Street
14th Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11201 (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), and Gerard Sheeran, currently residing at
243 Broadmoor Drive, Haslet Texas 76052 (hereinafter referred to as “Executive”).


 


W I T N E S S E T H


 


WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ Executive,
and Executive desires to be employed by the Company, pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof;


 


NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and of the mutual promises herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:


 


1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company hereby employs
Executive and Executive hereby agrees to be employed by the Company, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.


 


2. TERM. Executive’s employment shall
commence as of the Effective Date and unless earlier terminated as provided herein, the initial term of this Agreement will be for a period
of two (2) years, commencing on the date of this Agreement (the “Initial Term”); provided that thereafter this Agreement will
be extended for additional one (1) year periods unless, no later than sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any
such one (1) year extension period, as the case may be, either the Company or Executive provides notice to the other of its intent to
terminate this Agreement upon the completion of the Initial Term or any such one (1) year extension period (the period of Executive’s
employment by the Company under this Agreement will be referred to as the “Term”).


 


3. DUTIES. The Executive shall perform
such duties and functions as the Acting Chief Financial Officer and Controller of the Company as are determined from time to time by the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and following his or her appointment, if any, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. In
the performance of his duties, Executive shall comply with the policies of and be subject to the reasonable direction of the Board of
Directors of the Company. The Executive agrees to devote his entire working time, attention and energies to the performance of the business
of the Company and of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates by which he may be employed; and Executive shall not, directly or indirectly,
alone or as a member of any partnership, or as an officer, director or employee of any other corporation, partnership or other organization,
be actively engaged in or concerned with any other duties or pursuits which interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder, or
which, even if non-interfering, may be inimical to or contrary to the best interests of the Company. Executive’s services shall
be performed principally at the Company’s offices in Texas.


 


4. COMPENSATION. As compensation for the
services to be rendered by Executive hereunder, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid to Executive, and Executive agrees to accept,
an annual salary of Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($225,000) payable in bi-weekly installments on the 15th and last day
of each month, commencing on October 1, 2021. The Executive shall also be entitled to receive, and the Company shall issue, a restricted
stock grant (“RSUs”) under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”) for One Hundred Thousand
(100,000) shares of the Company’s common stock, vesting quarterly over two years.


 






     


     

    

 


6. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.
The Executive shall be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus of up to twenty five percent (25%) of his annual salary payable in cash.
Any bonus awarded will be in the sole and absolute discretion of both the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company.
The amount of any such bonus shall depend on the achievement by the Executive and/or the Company of certain objectives to be established
by the Chief Executive Officer in consultation with the Executive, along with such other factors the Board and Compensation Committee
deems relevant. Any such bonus for a given fiscal year shall be payable in one lump sum upon approval by the Board of Directors of the
Company or the Compensation Committee, which shall be obtained at the same time as the bonuses paid to other senior executive officers
of the Company. The Company may also pay Executive such other additional compensation as may from time to time be determined by the Company.


 


7. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
During the period Executive is employed hereunder, Executive receive a term life insurance benefit equal to one year’s annual salary
and shall be permitted to participate in all group health, hospitalization and disability insurance programs, pension plans and similar
benefits that are now or may become available to similarly situated executives of the Company. Executive shall also receive a monthly
car allowance of $500.00. During the period Executive is employed hereunder, Executive shall be entitled to vacations in accordance with
the vacation policy of the Company.


 


8. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES. During the
period Executive is employed hereunder, the Company shall reimburse Executive for reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses advanced
or expended by Executive or incurred by him for or on behalf of the Company in connection with his duties hereunder in accordance with
its customary policies and practices; provided, however, that Executive shall not expend or incur any such expenses, individually
or in the aggregate, in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) without the prior approval of the Company.


 


9. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT; EFFECT OF TERMINATION.


 


(a) The Executive’s employment hereunder may be
terminated at any time upon written notice by the Company, upon the occurrence of any of the following events:


 


		(i)	the death of Executive;



 


		(ii)	the disability of Executive (as defined in paragraph (b)); or



 


		(iii)	the determination that there is cause (as hereinafter defined)
for such termination upon ten (10) days’ prior written notice to Executive.



 


(b) For purposes hereof, the term “disability”
shall mean the inability of Executive, due to illness, accident or any other physical or mental incapacity, to perform his duties in a
normal manner for a period of three (3) consecutive months or for a total of six (6) months (whether or not consecutive) in any twelve
(12) month period during the term of this Agreement.


 






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(c) For purposes hereof, “cause” shall
mean and be limited to (i) Executive’s conviction (which, through lapse of time or otherwise, is not subject to appeal) of any crime or
offense involving money or other property of the Company or its subsidiaries or which constitutes a felony in the jurisdiction involved;
(ii) Executive’s performance of any act or his failure to act, for which if he were prosecuted and convicted, a crime or offense involving
money or property of the Company or its subsidiaries, or which would constitute a felony in the jurisdiction involved would have occurred,
(iii) Executive’s breach of any of the representations, warranties or covenants set forth in this Agreement, or (iv) Executive’s continuing,
repeated, willful failure or refusal to perform his duties required by this Agreement, provided that Executive shall have first received
written notice from the Company stating with specificity the nature of such failure and refusal and affording Executive an opportunity,
as soon as practicable, to correct the acts or omissions complained of. Whether or not “cause” shall exist in each case shall
be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in its sole discretion.


 


(d) The Executive’s employment hereunder,
may also be terminated by the Company at any time upon thirty (30) days prior written notice, without cause.


 


(e) In the event that the Executive’s employment
is terminated for cause, Executive will be entitled to only his accrued salary through the termination date and nothing more. In the event
the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for any reason other than cause, Executive shall receive severance equal
to one (1) year’s salary and benefits.


 


10. REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS OF EXECUTIVE.
The Executive represents and warrants that he is free to enter into this Agreement and to perform the duties required hereunder, and that
there are no employment contracts, restrictive covenants or other restrictions preventing the performance of his duties hereunder.


 


11. NON-COMPETITION.


 


(a) Executive agrees that if his employment is
terminated for any reason or if he leaves the employ of the Company for any reason, for a period of one (1) years from the date of such
termination of employment, he will not directly or indirectly, as owner, partner, joint venture, stockholder, employee, broker, agent,
principal, trustee, corporate officer or director, licensor or in any capacity whatsoever engage in, become financially interested in,
be employed by, render consulting services to, or have any connection with, any business which is competitive with the business activities
of the Company or its subsidiaries (“Competitive Business”), in any geographic area where, during the time of his employment,
the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is being or had been conducted in any manner whatsoever, or hire or attempt to
hire for any Competitive Business any employee of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, or solicit, call on or induce others to solicit
or call on, directly or indirectly, any customers or prospective customers of the Company for the purpose of inducing them to purchase
or lease a product or service which may compete with any product or service of the Company; provided, however, that Executive
may own any securities of any corporation which is engaged in such business and is publicly owned and traded but in an amount not to exceed
at any one time one percent of any class of stock or securities of such company.


 


(b) If any portion of the restrictions set forth
in paragraph (a) should, for any reason whatsoever, be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity or enforceability
of the remainder of such restrictions shall not thereby be adversely affected.


 


(c) The Executive declares that the foregoing
territorial and time limitations are reasonable and properly required for the adequate protection of the business of the Company. In the
event any such territorial or time limitation is deemed to be unreasonable by a court of competent jurisdiction, Executive agrees to the
reduction of either said territorial or time limitation to such area or period which said court shall have deemed reasonable.


 






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(d) The existence of any claim or cause of action
by Executive against the Company or any subsidiary other than under this Agreement shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by
the Company or any subsidiary of the foregoing restrictive covenants, but such claim or cause of action shall be litigated separately.


 


12. NON-DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.


 


(a) The Executive shall not, during the term of
this Agreement, and at any time following termination of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, disclose or permit to be known, to any
person, firm or corporation, any confidential information acquired by him during the course of or as an incident to his employment hereunder,
relating to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the directors of the Company or its subsidiaries, any client of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, or any corporation, partnership or other entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any of the foregoing,
or in which any of the foregoing has a beneficial interest, including, but not limited to, the business affairs of each of the foregoing.
Such confidential information shall include, but shall not be limited to, proprietary information, trade secrets, know-how, market studies
and forecasts, competitive analyses, the substance of agreements with clients and others, client lists and any other documents embodying
such confidential information.


 


(b) All information and documents relating to
the Company, its affiliates as hereinabove described (or other business affairs) shall be the exclusive property of the Company, and Executive
shall use his best efforts to prevent any publication or disclosure thereof. Upon termination of Executive’s employment with the Company,
all documents, records, reports, writings and other similar documents containing confidential information, including copies thereof, then
in Executive’s possession or control shall be returned and left with the Company.


 


13. RIGHT TO INJUNCTION. The Executive
recognizes that the services to be rendered by him hereunder are of a special, unique, unusual, extraordinary and intellectual character
involving skill of the highest order and giving them peculiar value, the loss of which cannot be adequately compensated for in damages.
In the event of a breach of this Agreement by Executive, the Company shall be entitled to injunctive relief or any other legal or equitable
remedies. Executive agrees that the Company may recover by appropriate action the amount of the actual damage caused the Company by any
failure, refusal or neglect of Executive to perform his agreements, representations and warranties herein contained. The remedies provided
in this Agreement shall be deemed cumulative and the exercise of one shall not preclude the exercise of any other remedy at law or in
equity for the same event or any other event.


 


14. AMENDMENT OR ALTERATION. No amendment
or alteration of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by both of the parties hereto.


 


15. GOVERNING LAW. All matters concerning
the validity, construction, interpretation and performance under this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York,
without giving effect to any conflict of laws principles thereunder.


 


16. SEVERABILITY. The holding of any provision
of this Agreement to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect any other provision of
this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.


 






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17. NOTICES. Any notices required or permitted
to be given hereunder shall be sufficient if in writing, and if delivered by hand or sent by certified mail to the addresses set forth
above or such other address as either party may from time to time designate in writing to the other, and shall be deemed given as of the
date of the delivery or mailing.


 


18. WAIVER OR BREACH. It is agreed that
a waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent
breach by that same party.


 


19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND BINDING EFFECT.
This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, heirs, distributees, successors and assigns.


 


20. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement may not
be transferred or assigned by either party without the prior written consent of the other party.


 


21. SURVIVAL. The termination of Executive’s
employment hereunder shall not affect the enforceability of Sections 11 and 12 hereof.


 


22. FURTHER ASSURANCES. The parties agree
to execute and deliver all such further instruments and take such other and further action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate
to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.


 


23. HEADINGS. The Section headings appearing
in this Agreement are for purposes of easy reference and shall not be considered a part of this Agreement or in any way modify, amend
or affect its provisions.


 


24. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together, shall constitute one instrument.


 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed
this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.


 


	SG BLOCKS, INC.		EXECUTIVE:
	 	 	 	 
	By: 	/s/ Paul Galvin	 	/s/ Gerald Sheeran
	Name:  	Paul Galvin	 	Gerald Sheeran
	Title:  	Chairman & CEO	 	 


 


 


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