NOTE 18

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through March 13, 2025, the date that these consolidated financial statements were available to be issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements other than the events described below.

Appointment of Chief Operating Officer (“COO”)

On January 23, 2025, the Company’s Board approved the appointment of Mr. Troy Eshleman as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) at an annual salary of $320,000. Mr. Troy Eshleman was originally hired by the Company on January 6, 2025 as Vice President of Operations.

EVP of Hanford and International Waste Operations

On January 23, 2025, the Board appointed Mr. Richard Grondin as the Company’s EVP of Hanford and International Waste Operations, at an annual salary of $315,267. Prior to his appointment to such office, Mr. Grondin previously served as the Company’s EVP of Waste Treatment Operations. Mr. Grondin remains a named executive officer of the Company.

Grant of Option

In connection with the Board’s appointment of Mr. Eshleman to the position of COO, the Compensation Committee recommended, and the Board approved, the grant to Mr. Eshleman of an ISO for the purchase, under the Company’s 2017 Plan, of up to 50,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The ISO has a term of six years, and vests 20% per year over a five-year period commencing on the first anniversary date of grant. The exercise price of the ISO is $10.70 per share, which is equal to the closing price as quoted on Nasdaq of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant.

MIPs

On January 23, 2025, the Board (with Mr. Mark Duff and Dr. Louis Centofanti abstaining) and the Compensation Committee approved individual MIP for the calendar year 2025 for each of the Company’s executive officers. Each MIP is effective January 1, 2025 and applicable for year 2025. Each MIP provides guidelines for the calculation of annual cash incentive-based compensation, subject to Compensation Committee oversight and modification. The performance compensation under each of the MIPs is based upon meeting certain of the Company’s separate target objectives during 2025. The total potential target performance compensation payable ranges from 25% to 150% of the 2025 base salary for the CEO ($104,287 to $625,733), 29% to 100% of the 2025 base salary for the CFO ($95,681 to $332,811), 29% to 100% of the 2025 base salary for the EVP of Strategic Initiatives ($79,736 to $277,346), 25% to 100% ($78,817 to $315,267) of the 2025 base salary for the EVP of Hanford and International Waste Operations, and 25% to 100% of the 2025 base salary for the COO ($80,000 to $320,000).

On March 11, 2025, the Company entered into an amendment to its Loan Agreement with its lender which provided the following, among other things:

In connection with the amendment, the Company paid its lender a fee of $12,500.

Shareholder Demand Letter

The Company’s Board has received a demand letter, dated February 4, 2025 (the “Letter”), from a putative shareholder of the Company, claiming that a provision in the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (“Bylaws”), requiring shareholders to indemnify the Company for attorneys’ fees in certain corporate proceedings in which the shareholder is not the prevailing party, must be removed. This provision of the Company’s Bylaws was adopted in 2012 when the Company adopted its Amended and Restated Bylaws. The statute prohibiting certain reimbursements of attorneys’ fees was adopted in 2015. The Letter demands that the Board amend its Bylaws to remove the particular provision in question. The Board has established a committee of the Board comprised of independent directors who each became a member of the Board after 2012 to review and consider the Letter.