PERSONAL CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT Made and signed on the 27th day of November 2006
Exhibit 10.1
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Made
and signed on the 27th day of November
2006
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BETWEEN: |
PIMI
XXXXXX HOLDINGS LTD, PC 513497123
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of
POB 117, Hotzot Alonim 30049
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(hereinafter
referred to as “the
Company”)
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of
the one part
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AND:
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XXXXX
XXXXX, ID 54960158
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of
2A Hashomrim, Kiriat Tivon 36034
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(hereinafter
referred to as “the
Employee”)
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of
the other part
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WHEREAS
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the
Company wishes to engage the Employee as its CEO (hereinafter referred to
as “the
position”), in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof;
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AND
WHEREAS
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the
Employee wishes to be engaged by the Company in the position, and has
presented himself as having the know-how, ability, experience and
qualifications suitable for performing the
position;
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AND
WHEREAS
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the
parties wish to define and regulate their legal relationship, as provided
above and below in this agreement;
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ACCORDINGLY,
IT IS AGREED BETWEEN THE PARTIES AS
FOLLOWS:
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1.
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General
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1.1
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The
recitals and appendices to this agreement constitute an integral part
thereof.
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1.2
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This
contract is personal and special and regulates the relationship between
the Company and the Employee and exclusively determines the terms and
conditions of the Employee’s engagement by the
Company.
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1.3
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The
Employee shall devote all his energy and expertise to promoting the
Company’s interests in the scope of his work, and shall represent it
loyally, reliably, with maximum effort and honestly, putting his ability
and qualifications to maximum use and in accordance with his position and
the instructions given to him and the assignments with which he is charged
from time to time, by the Company’s board of directors, and subject to the
framework and scope of the position agreed upon between the
parties.
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1.4
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The
Employee undertakes to perform his position conscientiously and loyally
[and] to use all his qualifications, knowledge and experience for the
Company’s benefit and advancement, to a high and efficient standard and as
determined by the Company’s board of directors. The Employee shall be
subordinate to the Company’s board of
directors.
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1.5
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The
Employee shall notify the Company, immediately and without delay, of any
matter or subject in which he and/or any of his family members and/or
relatives and/or close associates and/or any entity and/or person related
to him has a personal interest and/or that might create a conflict of
interests with his position in the Company and/or with the Company’s
activity.
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1.6
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The
Employee shall not accept a benefit from any third party in consequence of
and/or in connection with his work for the Company, unless the Company’s
board of directors has agreed thereto in
writing.
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2.
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The
scope and period of the
employment
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2.1
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The
Employee’s engagement by the Company shall commence on 1st December
2007.
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2.2
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Each
party may bring the contractual relationship pursuant hereto to an end on
written notice of 60 days until the Company raises capital from external
investors and from such time on, written notice of 90 days (hereinafter
referred to as “the
notice”). Subject to the provisions of clause 2.3 below, the
Employee shall be entitled, during the notice period, to all the terms
pursuant to the agreement.
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2.3
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Once
notice has been given as aforesaid by one of the parties, this agreement
shall terminate at the end of the period of time specified in sub-clause
2.2 above, the employment relationship between the parties shall be
severed on the date specified in the notice and the following provisions
shall apply:
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2.3.1
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the
Employee shall work during the notice period and shall continue to perform
all his obligations to the Company, unless the Company instructs him
otherwise;
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2.3.2
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the
Employee shall hand over the position in an orderly manner to whomever the
Company directs;
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2.3.3
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the
Employee shall give the Company all the documents, equipment, information
and any other material coming into his possession or prepared by him in
connection with his work until the employment’s
termination.
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2.4
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The
Employee shall work for the Company full-time as of the date on which the
Company raises capital from external
investors.
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3.
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Salary
and other payments
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3.1
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In
respect of his employment in accordance with clause 2.4 above, the Company
shall pay the Employee a salary of NIS 30,000 a month plus VAT,
against a tax invoice that shall be issued by the Employee (hereinafter
referred to as “the
consideration”).
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3.2
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The
consideration shall be paid to the Employee once a month, by no later than
the 10th day of each Gregorian month, for the previous
month.
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3.3
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Notwithstanding
the provisions of clause 3.1 above, until the date on which the Company
raises capital from an external investor, the Company shall pay the
Employee, from the consideration, a sum of NIS 15,000 together with VAT,
and the balance of the consideration shall accrue to the credit of the
Employee and shall be paid to him after the raising of capital as
aforesaid. After the raising of capital, the Company and the Employee
shall agree on a salary increase, provided that the Employee, as the
Company’s CEO, presents a business plan to the board of directors showing
that it will be possible to pay him the increased
salary.
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3.4
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In
the event that, prior to the raising of capital mentioned in sub-clause
3.3 above, the Company faces a cash flow problem or other budgetary
difficulties, the parties agree that the Company’s board of directors
shall have exclusive authority to decide that instead of NIS 15,000
plus VAT, the Employee shall be paid NIS 10,000 plus VAT, and the
balance of the consideration shall accrue to his credit as set forth in
sub-clause 3.3 above.
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3.5
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It
is agreed and warranted that the above consideration is the full
consideration for the Employee’s engagement and is in the amount of the
employer’s cost gross and embodies all the social and/or other benefits
due to the Employee as an employee of the Company, including – and without
derogating from the generality of the aforesaid – provisions for executive
insurances, provisions for severance pay in accordance with section 28 of
the Severance Pay Law, 5723-1963, provisions for pension funds and
vocational studies funds, convalescence pay, sick leave pay, leave pay,
redemption of sick pay, redemption of leave pay and any other
consideration due to the Employee pursuant to the law. The consideration
shall be revised in accordance with the increase in the convalescence pay
tariffs pursuant to the provisions of the extension
order.
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2
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3.6
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The
Employee shall himself deduct from the consideration all the deductions
required pursuant to the law, including national insurance, income tax and
employer-employee provisions in respect of social benefits, such as leave
pay, sick pay, convalescence pay, severance pay and the like. The parties
agree that the Employee shall not have any plea against the Company
regarding any additional salary due to him in respect of his work, besides
the consideration.
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3.7
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It
is agreed that the consideration payable to the Employee pursuant hereto
also includes all the amounts due to the Employee in respect of overtime
or work on days of rest and if the Employee did not work overtime, the
consideration to which he would be entitled would be 25% less than the
consideration he is actually receiving. If, notwithstanding the aforesaid,
the Company is called upon to pay, by reason of a claim of the Employee,
additional consideration in respect of overtime and/or work on days of
rest, the Employee undertakes to repay the additional consideration he
receives in the amount of 25% of his salary as aforesaid. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Employee hereby grants the Company permission to
set off, from any consideration due to him from the Company, the
additional consideration as
aforesaid.
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3.8
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It
is hereby expressed and agreed that the consideration has been determined
having regard to the fact that the total consideration embodies all the
salary elements due to the Employee for his work and that the Company
shall not have any additional costs in respect of his employment and/or
the termination thereof, including, and without derogating from the
generality of the aforesaid, various social terms, severance pay and any
wage to which the Employee is entitled or it is determined that he is
entitled thereto. If, notwithstanding the aforesaid, the Company is called
upon to pay, by reason of a claim of the Employee, any additional
consideration in respect of a deduction pursuant to the law, including
national insurance, income tax and employer-employee provisions in respect
of social benefits, such as leave pay, sick pay, convalescence pay,
severance pay and the like, the Employee undertakes to repay the
additional consideration received by him to the Company, in the amount of
35% of his salary as aforesaid. For the avoidance of doubt, the Employee
hereby grants the Company permission to set off, from any consideration
due to him from the Company, the additional consideration as
aforesaid.
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3.9
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3.10
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The
aforesaid is subject to receipt of the approvals of the Minister of Labour
or anyone authorized by him, in accordance with section 28 of the
Severance Pay Law, 5723-1963, pursuant whereto the Employee’s overall
regular salary also includes the severance pay due to him as an employee
of the Company.
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3.11
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The
Company shall bear the Employee’s expenses in respect of traveling abroad
on its behalf, as follows: tourist class flight tickets, accommodation at
a non-luxury hotel, traveling during the stay abroad and routine expenses
in an amount of up to US$ 80 a day. The trips abroad shall be
coordinated and approved in advance with the Company’s
management.
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4.
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Options
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4.1
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The
Employee shall be entitled, in the framework of a plan to issue options of
the Company to its employees, to ordinary shares of the Company
constituting approx. 1% of the capital, for each full year in which he
works for the Company.
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4.2
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For
part of a year’s work, the Employee shall be granted options pro
rata.
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4.3
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The
shares’ exercise price shall be NIS 0.01 per
share.
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4.4
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A
clause shall be inserted in the options plan in respect of tagging alone
in the event of a sale.
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5.
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Confidentiality
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5.1
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The
Employee undertakes to keep absolutely confidential, not to convey to any
third party and not to publish or howsoever use, himself or through
others, directly or indirectly, any information, plan, material,
theoretical, scientific or practical document, whether written or oral, in
relation to or in connection with any matter coming into his possession
and/or reaching his knowledge in respect and/or in consequence of his work
in and/or for the Company, during the course of his employment with the
Company or thereafter, save with the express, prior and written consent of
the Company.
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5.2
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During
the term of his employment and thereafter, the Employee undertakes not to
convey and/or howsoever use information of the Company or information
coming into his possession in the scope of his employment with the Company
and/or in connection with the Company that is not in the public domain, to
maintain confidentiality in respect of everything to do with the Company’s
business and affairs and not to howsoever prejudice the Company’s goodwill
and/or circle of customers.
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5.3
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The
terms and conditions of this agreement shall be kept secret and the
parties undertake not to furnish any information in connection with the
terms and conditions hereof to any other person and/or entity, unless
required to do so pursuant to the
law.
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5.4
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The
Employee’s obligation to maintain confidentiality pursuant to clauses 5.1
to 5.3 above are unlimited by time or place and shall continue to be valid
in Israel and overseas also after the termination of this agreement for
any cause or if for any reason the employment relationship and the
contract between the Employee and the Company come to an
end.
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5.5
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Information
for the purposes of clauses 5.1 to 5.3 is any information relating to the
Company, including – and without derogating from the generality of the
aforesaid – information in respect of the Company’s customers, business,
plans, professional secrets, trade secrets, technological secrets,
including design, planning, formulae, technology, R&D of the Company,
reaching the Employee in consequence of or in connection with the
performance of his position in the
Company.
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6.
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Non-competition
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6.1
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The
Employee undertakes that throughout the term of his employment with the
Company and for a period of five years after the termination of the
employment relationship between him and the Company, for any reason, on
the Employee’s initiative or on the Company’s initiative, he may not
engage, directly or indirectly, as a salaried employee, self-employed,
partner, contractor, consultant and in any other way, in Israel and
abroad, in any business that is such as to compete with the Company and/or
make use of contacts with customers of the Company created in the scope
and/or course of his employment with the Company that is such as to
compete with the Company.
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7.
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[Intellectual]
Property rights
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7.1
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For
the avoidance of doubt, it is warranted that the Employee shall not have
any copyright and/or other [intellectual] property rights arising in
consequence of his work for the Company and/or in consequence of the
contractual relationship pursuant hereto or howsoever in connection with
his contractual relationship with the Company, including – and without
derogating from the generality of the aforesaid: trade names, any idea,
invention, know-how, discovery or development, research, plan,
specification, drawing and/or any other document prepared by him and/or in
the Company, whether fit for registration pursuant to the law or not,
whether he prepared or participated in the preparation thereof as
aforesaid in the framework of the contract or not, and any instrument,
method, process arising in the framework or in consequence of the
contractual relationship or howsoever in connection with the contractual
relationship as aforesaid. These rights shall belong to the Company alone,
and the Employee shall sign any document required for the realization and
registration of the said rights.
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7.2
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In
the event of the termination of his employment and/or the contractual
relationship with the Company for any reason, the Employee undertakes to
give the Company all the documents and information in his possession in
connection with his work for the Company and not to take with him any
documents relating to any rights and contract [sic] of the
Company.
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7.3
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It
is expressly agreed that all the know-how arising in consequence and in
the course of the performance of the Employee’s work for the Company
pursuant hereto shall belong in full to the Company, which may use them at
any time and for any purpose (including in the event that the agreement is
terminated or suspended), and they shall be governed by the duty of
confidentiality and non-use mentioned
above.
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8.
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Non-applicability
of the Hours of Work and Rest Law,
5711-1951
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8.1
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Since
the Employee works in a position requiring a special degree of personal
confidence and since his work is such that the conditions of his
employment and the circumstances thereof do not allow the Company any
supervision over his hours of work and rest, the provisions of the Hours
of Work and Rest Law, 5711-1951 shall not apply to the Employee’s work
and/or the consideration in respect
thereof.
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9.
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General
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9.1
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This
agreement reflects everything agreed between the parties and revokes any
representation, understanding or consent reached, if at all, prior to its
execution, including – and without derogating from the generality of the
aforesaid – the memorandum of understanding executed between the
parties.
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9.2
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Any
alteration to this agreement shall only be made in writing and with both
parties’ agreement. An alteration made in another manner shall lack any
effect vis-à-vis the parties.
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9.3
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The
addresses of the parties hereto are as set forth in the recitals. Any
notice sent by registered mail to the other party in accordance with his
address as aforesaid shall be deemed received by the addressee three days
after being mailed and if delivered by hand – at the time of its
delivery.
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9.4
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The
clause headings herein are for convenience purposes only and shall not
have any legal effect.
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9.5
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The
parties shall cooperate with each other in good faith, insofar as required
for the performance of this agreement in accordance with its spirit and
object.
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As
witness the hands of the
parties:
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(Signed)
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(Signed
and stamped*)
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____________________
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The
Employee
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The
Company
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