secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     VIP Play, Inc. (VIPZ)
CIK:        0001832161
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001393905-23-000025
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

KeyStar Corp. CEO John Linss resigns; Mark Thomas appointed CEO with $380K salary and 1M option grant
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- John Linss resigned as CEO, President, and CTO effective Jan 10, 2023; gets 6 months base salary, $425K bonus, $15K expense reimbursement.
- KeyStar to purchase Linss' 3,313,333 Series C Preferred shares for $2M ($300K cash, balance via 5% note due on listing or 24 months).
- Mark Thomas, previously CMO/CPO, appointed CEO, President, and CTO with annual salary of $380K; milestones may raise total comp to $500K+.
- Board to recommend granting Thomas option to purchase 1M common shares, vesting over 4 years (25% after one year, monthly thereafter).
- Linss agrees to one-year non-compete and non-solicitation within the US; releases all claims against KeyStar.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832161/000139390523000025/0001393905-23-000025-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832161/000139390523000025/keyr-20230110.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001393905-23-000025

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