Exhibit 10.1


 


EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


 


This AGREEMENT made as of September 27, 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 William Rogers, currently residing at 191 Rock Avenue, Park Ridge,
NJ 07656 (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 Chief Operating Officer of the Company as are determined from time to time by the Company’s Chief
Executive 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 headquarters in New York.


 


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 Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) payable in bi-weekly installments on the 15th and last day of
each month, commencing on September 01, 2021. The Executive shall also be entitled to receive, and the Company agrees it shall issue,
the current earned-to-date restricted stock grant (“RSU’s”) under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
(the “Plan”) for thirty-seven thousand five hundred (37,500) shares of the Company’s common stock, as well a grant of RSU’s
under the Plan for two hundred thousand (200,000) shares of the Company’s common stock, vesting monthly over two years. In the event of
the death of this Executive, there will consideration of an accelerated vesting of his remaining RSU’s subject to Compensation Committee
and Board approval. If there is merger or buyout of the Company, the Executive will also receive and accelerated vesting of his remaining
RSU’s subject to approval of acquiring entity or Parties. If this contract is extended in one year increments this Executive will
receive, subject to Compensation Committee and Board of Directors approval, a minimum of 100,000 RSU’s for each one-year period.


 






     


     

    

 


6. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.
The Executive shall be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus of up to twenty five percent (25%) of his annual Company salary payable
in cash. Executive shall also be eligible for a discretionary bonus from the Company’s affiliated development company. 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 as established by the
Chief Executive Officer, along with such other factors the Board of Directors 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, and its subsidiaries
and other affiliated entities, may also pay Executive such other additional compensation, including distributions and board fees, as may
from time to time be determined solely by the Company and its subsidiaries and other affiliated entities.


 


7. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
During the period Executive is employed hereunder, Executive shall receive a term life insurance benefit equal to two year’s annual
salary and 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. During the period Executive is employed
hereunder, Executive shall be entitled to vacations in accordance with the vacation policy of the Company. The Company shall also provide
term life insurance benefits to Executive in an amount of coverage equal to two (2) times his annual salary. This Executive is currently
due three weeks of vacation each year, increase of vacation time will be discussed prior to any extensions or the negotiation of a new
contract.


 


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.



 






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(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 the normal functions
of his job 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.


 


(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 material 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 and vacation time 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. These severance benefits will include payment of COBRA health insurance,
term life insurance, accelerated vesting of RSU’s at the discretion of the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors, and the
receipt of any earned bonus compensation from projects and performance goals as well as accrued vacation time.


 


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 modular 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. This Executive will be allowed to
seek employment in construction management and or real estate development immediately upon termination.


 






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(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.


 


(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.


 






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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.


 


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.


 




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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/ William Rogers
	Name:  	Paul Galvin	 	William Rogers
	Title:  	Chairman & CEO	 	 


 


 


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