Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Subsequent Events

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Subsequent Events
9 Months Ended
May 31, 2022
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events Subsequent Events
Management has evaluated events that have occurred subsequent to the date of these consolidated financial statements and has determined that, other than those listed below, no such reportable subsequent events exist through the date the financial statements were issued in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 855, "Subsequent Events."
On June 22, 2022, Robert S. Gans submitted his resignation as General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, effective June 30, 2022. The Board accepted Mr. Gans’ resignation on June 24, 2022. His resignation was not in connection with any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices.

On June 24, 2022, the Board appointed Mark A. Absher, 60, to the positions of General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, effective June 30, 2022. Since November of 2021, Mr. Absher has served as ShiftPixy’s Deputy General Counsel, Special Projects. Mr. Absher previously worked for ShiftPixy as the Company’s principal legal counsel from June of 2016 to February of 2019 and also served as a member of the Company’s Board from September of 2017 through February of 2019. Mr. Absher accordingly returns to a position that he previously held with the Company. Mr. Absher earned his Juris Doctor degree from The John Marshall Law School, now known as the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. Mr. Absher holds licenses to practice law in Illinois and Tennessee and is registered in California to provide legal services as in-house counsel to ShiftPixy, Inc. Mr. Absher is the brother of ShiftPixy’s Chairman and CEO, Scott W. Absher. Mr. Absher currently earns annual compensation as ShiftPixy’s Deputy General Counsel, Special Projects of $240,000. There is currently no agreement in place between the Company and Mr. Absher to adjust his current compensation. On July 1, 2022, Mr. Absher tendered his resignation from the positions of General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Absher will continue providing assistance as in house counsel regarding transactions and projects, particularly as they relate to IHC.

On July 14, 2022, Mr. Scott Absher, founder and principal shareholder of ShiftPixy, Inc. (the “Company”), and having been granted, on August 13, 2021, options (“Preferred Options”) to acquire 12,500,000 shares of the Company’s Preferred Class A Stock, par value of $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”), surrendered his outstanding preferred options in exchange for the Issuance of 12,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock (the “Issuance”) and payment of Five Thousand Dollars $5,000 to the Company in consideration for the Issuance. Mr. Absher has initiated the process to convert some of the shares of the Preferred Stock to shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.