EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.1
THIS EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT dated
as of September 14, 2009 (this “Agreement”), by and
between GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. (“Global”) and ANASAZI
CAPITAL CORP. a Florida corporation (“ACP”).
WHEREAS, Global is the owner of an
exclusive license for Xxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx and Russia, the MBS
Process (as hereinafter defined), a patented hazardous heavy metal remediation
process;
WHEREAS, ACP wishes to purchase, and Global
desires to grant ACP, an exclusive sub license for the country of Mexico of the
MBS Process for remediating Xxxxxxxxxx and Redevelopment Sites (as hereinafter
defined) and may or may not, in conjunction with associate developers, states,
cities or towns develop and operate such Xxxxxxxxxx and Redevelopment Sites for
industrial, commercial, residential, recreational or other productive uses;
and
WHEREAS,
ACP desires to have
Global provide expertise for all remediation work, including remediation of
heavy metal pollution in soils and other untreated wastes, in the Xxxxxxxxxx and
Redevelopment Sites by the use of the MBS Process, and Global desires to do
so;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and undertakings herein set
forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, Global and ACP hereby agree as
follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
For all
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
specified below:
“Contaminated
Site”: a site contaminated with hazardous heavy metals and may
also be contaminated with low-level radioactive waste and may be a Superfund
Site.
“Xxxxxxxxxx”: any
real estate site, which may or may not be, designated by the local or other
governmental authorities as a “Xxxxxxxxxx Site” otherwise suitable for
commercial, residential or other for-profit productive use but which, due to the
presence or suspected presence at such site of heavy metal contaminants in the
soil, is currently either not being utilized at all, or is being underutilized,
for commercial or other productive use.
“Superfund
Site”: any site determined by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency to be contaminated to such a degree that it
constitutes a health hazard to the local community and environment, and which has
accordingly been registered on the National Priorities List, which is available for
purchases and development.
“Redevelopment
Site”: any project involving the remediation of
a Contaminated Site and the development and operation of such Contaminated
Site or industrial, commercial,
residential, recreational or other productive use which are owned by ACP.
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“MBS
Patents”: (i) the U.S. and foreign patents listed on Exhibit A
hereto; (ii) any patents which shall issue on any of the patents listed
on Exhibit
A hereto or on any improvements thereof, and any reissues, reexamination,
renewals or extensions thereof; (iii) any divisional, continuation or
continuation-in-part patent which shall be based on the patents described in
Exhibit
A; and (iv) patents and patent corresponding to each of the
above-described patents which shall subsequently issue are issued, filed, or to
be filed in any foreign country, any patents which shall subsequently issue
thereof, and any renewals, divisions, reissues, continuations or extensions
thereof. “U.S. Patent
Office”: the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
“MBS
Process”: Global’s long term heavy metal soil remediation
process, for which patent have been issued as listed on Exhibit A
hereto, to stabilize by the addition of proprietary non-hazardous reagents to
the contaminated materials under increased moisture conditions in order to
convert such contaminated materials into an insoluble, stable, non-hazardous
metal sulfide, together with any improvement, enhancement or expansion of such
long term heavy metal soil remediation process.
2. RIGHTS GRANTED BY GLOBAL TO
ACP
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2.1
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Global
hereby grants ACP
and ACP hereby
accepts from Global, an exclusive sub license under the MBS Patents to use
the MBS Process for the purpose of remediating Xxxxxxxxxx and
Redevelopment Sites for the country of
Mexico.
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3. COMPENSATION FOR RIGHTS
GRANTED
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3.1.
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Global
shall receive the following compensation from ACP for the rights
granted by Global hereunder:
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(a)
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A
payment of $1,250,000 U.S. at the closing hereunder to be paid in the form
of a Certified check or other form of compensation that Global deems
acceptable and a minimum annual royalty payment of $150,000 per annum,
payable semiannually in the amount of $75,000, provided that the first
payment thereof shall be prorated for the period through December 31,
2009. In the event of non payment of the above mentioned royalties, ACP
shall have 10 days to cure this default or this license granted will
become null and void. See Section 5.1 (i)
below.
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(b)
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All
MBS Chemicals must be purchased exclusively from Global unless otherwise
agreed to in writing by Global.
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(c)
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Should
ACP purchase and
sell or purchase and develop the Xxxxxxxxxx or Redevelopment property
after remediation, Global will receive a 1% royalty of the sales price.
Should ACP, its
officers, partners or affiliates participate in ownership in any way with
the development of the property after the sale of the property Global must
receive its 1% royalty of the total development
cost.
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(d)
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Global
will provide all in-house technical expertise as required for free. ACP will pay for all
out-of-pocket expenses associated with site visits and other travel such
as air fare, hotels, meals and ground
transportation.
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4. SUBLICENSING
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4.1
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The
rights granted to ACP hereunder may not be
sublicensed or transferred without the prior written consent of
Global.
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5. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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5.1
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Global
represents and warrants and covenants and agrees
that:
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(a)
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It
is the sole owner of the exclusive rights granted to it under license to
the MBS Patents and the MBS Process for North, South, Central America and
Russia and that it has the full and unrestricted right and
power to grant the sub licenses granted herein and that it knows of no
prior art or other information which would invalidate the MBS
Patents;
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(b)
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The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Global (no
consent of its shareholders or any trustee or holder of any debt or other
obligation of Global being required); such execution, delivery and
performance by Global will not violate any indenture, agreement, contract,
commitment, judgment, decree, order or legal restriction binding upon it
or to which it is a party; and this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Global and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of Global;
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(c)
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It
has the exclusive license for the patents listed on Exhibit
A to this Agreement with the governmental authorities specified on
such Exhibit
A;
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(d)
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Global
has not licensed the MBS Process to any other party, and except in
connection with remediation work being performed by or to be performed by
Global in connection with contracted or negotiated remediation projects
involving Global existing on the date hereof, Global has not agreed that
any other person may use the MBS
Process;
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(e)
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To
the best knowledge of Global, the grant to ACP of the licenses
granted herein does not infringe any rights of any third party;
and
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(f)
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There
are no claims or actions asserting infringement with respect to the MBS
Patents or the MBS Process pending or, to the best knowledge of Global,
threatened against Global in the territories mentioned in the
agreement.
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(g)
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Global
will (a) take all actions necessary to prosecute the patent listed in
Exhibit
A to issue and (b) diligently seek patent protection under U.S. and
foreign laws for the patenting of the
MBS
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(h)
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If
Global fails to deliver or manufacture the MBS materials needed for the
MBS process, ACP
will be granted with the right for the manufacture of these materials as
long as ACP orders
chemicals from Global in a timely manner and meets the accepted payment
terms. Should ACP
manufacture the MBS chemicals, ACP must pay Global a
Royalty of 25% of costs in recognition of Global’s ownership and
development of the MBS patented process and for Global’s continued need
for know-how relevant to remediation projects. In any event ACP will not sell the
MBS patented chemicals or chemical process to any third party without
Global’s written approval. Such an action would be in violation of this
Agreement and of Global’s patent rights. Global will have the right to
audit all cost records of ACP on a Quarterly basis
should ACP
manufacture chemicals for the MBS process as may be allowed in this
paragraph.
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(i)
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Except
to the extent prohibited by law, either party may, at its option and
without notice, terminate this Agreement, effective immediately, in the
event the other party hereto (i) fails to make a minimum royalty payment
hereunder, (ii) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts, (iii) is
adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as being insolvent or
(iv) has a decree entered against it by a court of competent jurisdiction
appointing a receiver, liquidator, trustee or assignee in insolvency
covering all or substantially all of such party’s property (which
appointment is not vacated within sixty (60) days of the entry of the
order of appointment) or providing for such liquidation of such party’s
property or business affairs.
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(j)
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Should
Global sell, assign or merge with another company, the rights under this
contract shall survive and be transferred to new owners. In the event of a
bankruptcy or other liquidation of Global, ACP will maintain its rights to
the MBS Process pursuant to this
Agreement.
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5.2
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ACP represents and
warrants and covenants and agrees
that:
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(a)
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It
has the full and unrestricted right to enter into and fully perform this
Agreement;
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(b)
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The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance hereof by it
will not violate and indenture, agreement, contract, commitment, judgment,
decree, order or legal restriction binding upon it or which it is a party;
and
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(c)
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The
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by ACP and constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligation of ACP.
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(d)
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ACP also agrees to
perform the following tasks:
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Hire (or identify
for hiring) a core staff, consultants and key personnel experienced in
land use, zoning, real estate development and financial analysis and
management;
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Retain
necessary consultants (environmental, land use,
etc.);
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Identify,
when known, with Global, a selection of Xxxxxxxxxx locations that show a
high degree of potential for successful
development;
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Develop,
with Global, detailed feasibility studies with respect to 2-4 Xxxxxxxxxx
locations selected for immediate development;
and
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Raise
capital sufficient to promote the marketing and sales of the MBS
Xxxxxxxxxx Technology;
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Provide
Global with written quarterly sales, marketing and
performance
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reports.
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6. ASSISTANCE
Global
will provide ACP with
such technical assistance and other materials and information related
to the MBS Process as ACP, in good faith, deems of
significant importance to the promotion and application of the MBS
Process.
7. INFRINGEMENT
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7.1
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Global
agrees to enforce the MBS Patents (after issuance thereof) against
infringement by third parties upon notification by ACP to Global with the
request that Global proceed to take such steps to end such infringement.
If Global does not institute an infringement suit within 90 days after
ACP written
request that it do so, or if Global institutes such action but thereafter
fails to press such action vigorously, ACP may institutes and
prosecute such lawsuit in the name of Global and add Global to such action
as a party plaintiff, and Global hereby consents
thereto.
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7.2
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Any
action for infringement of the MBS Patents (whether by Global
or ACP
as it relates to this contract) shall be prosecuted solely at the
cost and expense of Global. Any sums recovered in any such action shall be
divided proportionately between Global and ACP after deduction of
all reasonable expenses and attorney’s fees, on the basis of their
respective actual damages suffered as a result of such
infringement.
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7.3
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Each
party hereto agrees to inform the other party hereto of the possible
infringement by a third party of the MBS Patents and to fully cooperate
with the other party hereto in the prosecution of any action for
infringement of the MBS Patents.
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7.4
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Without
ACP prior written
consent, Global may not agree to any compromise or settlement of any third
party claim relating to the MBS Process, which could reasonably be
expected to have an adverse effect on the rights granted by Global to
ACP hereunder.
This consent may not be unreasonably
withheld.
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8. INDEMNITY
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8.1
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Global
agrees to defend, indemnify and hold ACP its members,
officers, directors, agents, sublicenses and employees harmless from any
and all claims, demands, causes of action, costs, expenses and losses
(including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs) resulting from (i) any
action brought by a third party claiming that the exercise by ACP of its rights under
the license granted to it pursuant to Section
2 infringed the rights of such third party or (ii) any
representation or warranty of Global contained in Section
5.1 being false or
incorrect or breached in material respect. The provisions of this Section
8.1 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement
for any reason and shall not be affected
thereby.
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8.2
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ACP agrees to defend,
indemnify and hold Global, its shareholders, officers, directors, agents,
sublicenses and employees harmless from any and all claims, demands,
causes of action, costs, expenses and losses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and costs) resulting from any representation or warranty
of ACP contained
in Section
5.2 being false or incorrect or breached in any material respect.
The provisions of this Section
8.2 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement
for any reason and shall not be affected
thereby.
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9. TERM
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9.1
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The
term of this Agreement shall be 15 years or, from the date of
issuance of any of the patents listed on
Exhibit
A attached as granted to Global by the U.S. Patent Office with
respect to the MBS Process, until the expiration of the last of such
patents, whichever is longer.
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10. CONFIDENTIALITY
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10.1
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Each
party hereto shall maintain as strictly confidential the terms and
conditions of this Agreement between ACP and Global, and
shall not disclose the same to any other person, provided, however, that
(i) any party may disclose any such terms and conditions (a) to such
parties officers, employees, counsel, accountants, auditors and
representatives who, in any such case, have a need to know such
information in connection with the performance of their services for such
party; (b) to, or as required by, any governmental body or regulatory
authority pursuant to such party’s good faith interpretation of any law,
rule or regulation to which such party may subject, including, without
limitation, or any other legal proceeding between the parties; and (c)
ACP may disclose
any such terms and conditions to potential investors in ACP and its investment
bankers and advisors on a confidential basis; and (ii) the obligations of
the parties hereunder with respect to confidentiality shall not apply to
any information that is or becomes publicly known or available through no
fault of the disclosing party.
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10.2
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ACP acknowledges that
the MBS Patents and the MBS Process constitutes a valuable
asset and trade secret of Global and further acknowledges that Global has
an exclusive proprietary right and interest in and to the MBS Patents and
the MBS Process under an exclusive license and that any information,
corrections, programs and work product conceived, created or developed
alone or with ACP
and others relating in any way to the MBS Patents and the MBS Process is
confidential trade secret information and may not be made available to nor
disclosed to any third party without prior consent of Global. Upon the
expiration or termination of this Agreement, ACP shall promptly
return to Global all proprietary and confidential information in this
possession relating to the MBS Patents and the MBS Process delivered or
disclosed to ACP
during the performance of this
Agreement.
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11. NOTICES
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11.1
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Notices and other communications given
hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed to have been adequately given and delivered when received by the
party to which such notice is being given after the same shall have been
deposited in the mail, registered or certified, with postage prepaid, or
deposited with any telegraphic or cable agency, with charges prepaid for
immediate transmission, or delivered by express courier, or transmitted by
facsimile and receipt of such transmission appropriately confirmed, and
addressed as
follows:
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To: Anasazi
Capital
Corp. To:
Global Technologies Group, Inc.
000
Xxxxxxx
Xxx 0000
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
00000 Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxx
Xxxxxx Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Or to
such other address as the party to receive such notice may from time to time
designate in writing to the other party.
12. MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1
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This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and shall be binding upon Each
of the party’s hereto and there respective successors and assigns. Neither
party hereto may assign this Agreement or its rights hereunder to any
other party without the prior written consent of the other party
hereto.
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12.2
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THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
FLORIDA. ANY CASE, CONTROVERSY, SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT IN ANY
FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTRY AND STATE OF FLORIDA AND
EACH OF ACP AND GLOBAL IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH
COURT INANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING.
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12.3
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This
Agreement embodies the entire agreement and
understanding between ACP and Global relating
to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings relating to the subject matter
hereof.
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12.4
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This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one
instrument.
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12.5
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The
division of this Agreement into Sections and the insertion of
headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not
affect the construction or
interpretation of this
Agreement.
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12.6
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This
Agreement shall not in any manner be amended, supplemented or modified
except by a written instrument executed on behalf of the parties hereto
by their duly authorized
representatives.
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12.7
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Any
provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition
or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent
permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any other jurisdiction.
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12.8
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Each
covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision
to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant herein,
so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express
contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other
covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to betaken by any
person, or which such person is prohibited from taking, such provision
shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly by such
person.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly
authorized representatives.
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. | |||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
President | |||
ANASAZI CAPITAL CORP. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
President | |||
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EXHIBIT
A
DESCRIPTION OF
PATENTS
The MBS
technology is a product of U.S patents developed, filed and issued to Solucorp
Industries, Ltd., U.S. Patent numbers 5,898,093 and 5,877,393. Global
Technologies Group, Inc. has an exclusive license from Solucorp Industries, Ltd.
for Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx and Russia for Xxxxxxxxxx and
Redevelopment properties which was purchased by and issued to Global
Technologies Group, Inc. on October 20, 2008.
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