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EXHIBIT 10.7
AMENDMENT TO CONSULTING AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT TO CONSULTING AGREEMENT made and entered to this 31st
day of December, 1998, by and among GENELINK, INC. (the "Company"), a
Pennsylvania corporation, and XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX, PH.D. (the "Consultant").
BACKGROUND
The Company and the Consultant are parties to a Consulting Agreement
dated as of February, 1998 (the "Consulting Agreement"). The parties desire to
amend the Consulting Agreement as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:
1. Amendment to Consulting Agreement. Section 7(a) of the
Consulting Agreement is hereby amended by deleting current
Section 7(a) and replacing it in its entirety as follows:
"(a) Consultant is granted the right and option to purchase
1,000,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's Common Stock, exercitate the
price of $.10 per Share, which right and option may be exercised from time to
time, in whole or in xxx, on a cumulative basis at any time. Subject to the
provisions of this Section 7(a) to the contrary, in the event that Consultant
ceases to be an employee, consultant, representative or agent of the Company on
or before the dates listed below, Consultant shall be obligated to forfeit to
the Company any and all Shares exercised by Consultant in excess of the number
of Shares set forth below:
No. of Shares No. of Shares
Consultant May Retain Subject to Forfeiture Termination Date
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200,000 800,000 Prior to January 1, 1999
400,000 600,000 Prior to January 1, 2000
600,000 400,000 Prior to January 1, 2001
800,000 200,000 Prior to January 1, 2002
1,000,000 0 On or after January 1, 2002
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 7(a) to the contrary, Consultant's
obligation to forfeit any Shares he has purchased shall terminate upon a "change
in control" of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "change in
control" shall be deemed to have occurred when
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(i) the sale in any one or more related transaction of 33% or more of the
outstanding voting stock of the Company, (ii) the Company sells 50% or more of
its assets in one or a number of related transactions, or (iii) as a result of a
tender offer, merger, consolidation, sale of assets, or contest for election of
directors, or any combination of the foregoing transactions or events,
individuals who were members of the Board of Directors of the Company
immediately prior to any such transaction or event. The Consultant may exercise
options by giving the Company a note equal to the exercise price of the options
exercised, which will bear interest at a floating rate equal to the Federal
Funds Rate published in The Wall Street Journal as adjusted form time to time.
In the alternative, the Consultant may use Shares owned by the Consultant,
valued at the then prevailing market price of the Shares."
2. No Other Amendment. The Consulting Agreement as amended hereby
remains in full force in effect and, except as expressly as stated herein, there
are no other amendments thereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment to
Consulting Agreement as of the date set forth above.
GENELINK, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. XxXxxxxxxx
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Chief Executive Officer
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Ph.D.
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