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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 10, 2025, enCore Energy Corp. (the “Company”), through its subsidiary, entered into a Confidential Settlement and General Release Agreement (the “Agreement”) with William Paul Goranson, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer.
Pursuant to the Agreement, so long as Mr. Goranson does not revoke the Agreement within the prescribed time period, the Company will, within 30 days of the effective date of the Agreement, pay an aggregate of $922,033.62 to Mr. Goranson, which includes a settlement payment and attorneys’ fees and the cost of COBRA continued coverage from April 2025 to October 2025. The Agreement also provides for subsidization of the COBRA premium for up to 17 months beginning in November 2025, which obligation will terminate prior to the 17-month period if Mr. Goranson becomes eligible for a group health plan with another employer or revokes the Agreement.
The Agreement additionally contains, among other things, non-disparagement provisions and a release of claims by Mr. Goranson and reaffirms Mr. Goranson’s existing non-solicitation provisions.
The foregoing summary of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit | Description | |
| 10.1 | Confidential Settlement and General Release Agreement, dated October 10, 2025, by and between URI, Inc. and William Paul Goranson. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ENCORE ENERGY CORP. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Robert W. Hudson Jr. | |||||
| Robert W. Hudson Jr. | ||||||
General Counsel and Secretary
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| Dated: October 17, 2025 | ||||||