EXHIBIT 10.25
CONSULTING AGREEMENT
CONSULTING AGREEMENT, dated as of January 20, 1998, by and between
LogiMetrics, Inc. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, and Xx. Xxxxx X.
Brand (the "Consultant").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Consultant has had extensive experience as an executive
officer of companies involved in the manufacturing of telecommunications
products and systems; and
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to retain the Consultant's services and
the Consultant desires to provide his services to the Company upon the terms set
forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Consulting Services. During the term of this Agreement, the
Consultant shall render to the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, such
consulting services relating to the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates as
may be reasonably requested by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief
Operating Officer from time to time (the "Consulting Services"). Such Consulting
Services may include, but shall not be limited to, advice and assistance in
connection with strategy and business plan development, strategic and other
alliances, technology developments and trends, governmental relations, financial
planning and other matters relating to the conduct of the business of the
Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates. Consulting Services may be rendered
in person at the offices of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates, at some other mutually agreeable place, by telephone or by
correspondence. Except as otherwise agreed between the parties hereto, the
Consultant will not be obligated to render Consulting Services hereunder on more
than 90 days in any calendar year. Consulting Services will be provided by the
Consultant personally and, without the prior written consent of the Company, the
Consultant shall not subcontract or delegate to any other person or entity the
performance of any such Consulting Services.
Section 2. Consulting Fees. In consideration of the Consulting
Services previously provided by the Consultant hereunder and to be provided by
the Consultant hereunder, the Company shall issue to the Consultant on the date
hereof 109,090 duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
shares of its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock") and
quarterly on the first business day of each February, May, August and November
during the term of this Agreement (commencing February 1, 1998), an additional
36,363 duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of
its Common Stock (collectively, the "Consulting Fee"). In no event shall any
portion of the Consulting Fee be refundable in the event of the termination of
this Agreement for any reason, with or without cause, including, without
limitation, as a result of the Consultant's death, permanent disability; or
other inability to perform the Consulting Services.
The Consultant acknowledges that the shares of Common Stock to be
issued to him hereunder in payment of the Consulting Fee (collectively, the
"Consulting Shares") have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Act"), or any State securities laws and, therefore, may not be
resold or transferred by the Consultant unless they are subsequently registered
under the Act and applicable State securities or "Blue Sky" laws or exemptions
from such registration are available. No sale or other transfer of the
Consulting Shares may be made without the Company's consent unless (i) the offer
and sale of the Consulting Shares has been registered under the Act and
applicable State securities or "Blue Sky" laws, or (ii) the offer and sale of
the Consulting Shares is exempt under the Act and such laws and the Company has
received an opinion of counsel (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Company) to that effect. Further, the Consultant acknowledges that a legend
summarizing the restrictions described above will be placed on the certificates
representing the Consulting Shares.
In addition to the payment of the Consulting Fee, the Company will
reimburse the Consultant for all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably and
necessarily incurred by the Consultant in connection with the provision of
Consulting Services hereunder; provided that the Company has approved such
expenses in advance. The Consultant's right to reimbursement of such expenses is
hereby expressly conditioned on the Company's receipt of appropriate
documentation of such expenses so as to preserve any claim of deductibility of
such expenses by the Company for Federal income tax purposes. Approved expenses
shall be reimbursed promptly upon receipt of all required documentation.
Section 3. Term; Termination. This Agreement shall be effective as of
April 25, 1997 and shall expire, unless earlier terminated as provided below, on
April 30, 1999. This Agreement shall terminate immediately upon the earliest to
occur of (i) death of the Consultant, or (ii) the Consultant's becoming
incapable, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, of performing the
Consulting Services to be provided by him hereunder.
Section 4. Status of Consultant. The Consultant shall be an
independent contractor with respect to the Consulting Services to be rendered
hereunder. The Consultant shall not be considered as having employee status with
the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates and shall not be entitled to
participate in any of the employee benefit and/or welfare plans maintained by
the Company, its subsidiaries or its affiliates. Subject to the provisions of
Section 5 below, the Consultant's engagement hereunder shall not preclude the
Consultant's employment by another person or entity on either a part-time or
full-time basis.
Section 5. Confidentiality Covenant; Non-solicitation;
Non-competition.
(a) The Consultant recognizes that during the course of performing
Consulting Services hereunder the Consultant will have access to and will
acquire confidential and proprietary information relating to the Company, its
subsidiaries and affiliates (the "Proprietary Information"). The Consultant
acknowledges that the Proprietary Information has been and will continue to be
of critical importance to the business and operations of the Company, its
subsidiaries and affiliates. Accordingly, the Consultant shall use such
Proprietary Information only in connection with the provision of Consulting
Services hereunder and shall not, without the
express prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly disclose
any Proprietary Information to any other person or use any such Proprietary
Information, either directly or indirectly, for his benefit or for the benefit
of any third party. Upon any termination or expiration of this Agreement, the
Consultant shall return to the Company all Proprietary Information provided to
the Consultant by the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates and shall destroy
all other Proprietary Information then in his possession or subject to his
control and shall certify such destruction to the Company. Under no
circumstances shall the Consultant retain any copies of materials containing
Proprietary Information, or any documents, notes, memoranda, studies, analyses
or other material reduced to a tangible form containing Proprietary Information.
The Consultant's obligations under this Section 5(a) shall survive any
termination or expiration of this Agreement forever.
The term "Proprietary Information" does not include information which
(i) is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of a
disclosure by the Consultant or a representative of the Consultant), (ii)
becomes available to the Consultant on a non-confidential basis from a source
other than the Company or one of its representatives which the Consultant
reasonably believes is entitled to disclose it, or (iii) was already in the
Consultant's possession on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to
the Consultant by the Company or one of its representatives.
(b) During the term of this Agreement and for one year thereafter, the
Consultant shall not, without the express prior written consent of the Company,
directly or indirectly, (i) solicit or assist any third party in soliciting for
employment any technical, engineering or managerial employee employed by the
Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, "Employees"), or (ii)
employ, attempt to employ or materially assist any third party in employing or
attempting to employ any Employee. The Consultant's obligations under this
Section 5(b) shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
(c) During the term of this Agreement and for one year thereafter, the
Consultant shall not, without the express prior written consent of the Company,
directly or indirectly, any where in the world (x) engage in the design,
manufacture, assembly, sale, maintenance or servicing of wireless
telecommunications transmitting and receiving equipment or components thereof
(collectively, a "Competing Business"), or (y) serve as an officer, director,
employee, partner, member, manager or consultant to or beneficially own any
equity interest (other than an interest of less than 2% of the outstanding
voting power of any publicly traded company) in any Competing Business. The
Consultant's obligations under this Section 5(c) shall survive any termination
or expiration of this Agreement.
(d) The Consultant acknowledges that, in the event of any breach of
this Section 5 by him, the Company would be irreparably and immediately harmed
and could not be made whole by monetary damages. Accordingly, the Company, in
addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, shall be entitled to
temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to prevent breaches of
the provisions of this Section 5 and to compel specific performance of the
provisions hereof. The Company shall not be required to post a bond or other
security in connection with the granting of any such relief. These remedies
shall not be deemed to be
exclusive remedies for a violation of this Agreement but shall be in addition to
all other remedies available to the Company at law or in equity.
Section 6. Ownership of Works. The Consultant acknowledges and
confirms that all Works (as defined below) to be supplied by or on behalf of the
Consultant to the Company will be prepared or supplied by the Consultant for,
and at the instigation and under the direction of, the Company and that the
Works are, at all times are intended to be, and shall be deemed to be "works
made for hire" (as that term is used in the United States copyright laws) made
in the course of the services rendered by the Consultant to the Company. To the
extent that title to any such Works may not, by operation of law, vest in the
Company or may not be considered "works made for hire," the Consultant hereby
assigns, grants and delivers all of his right, title and interest of every kind
and nature whatsoever in and to the Works (and all copies and versions thereof)
to the Company. The Company shall have the exclusive right to apply for, obtain
and hold patent, copyright, trademark and/or service xxxx registrations
(including renewals and extensions thereof) or any other protection for the
Works. The Consultant will, without further consideration, at any time (during
or after the term of this Agreement), sign any documents or instruments that the
Company requests to (i) establish Company's ownership of the Works and (ii)
apply for and obtain patent, copyright, service xxxx and trademark registrations
in the U.S. and foreign countries. The Consultant will assist the Company,
without further consideration, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the
Company's rights in all of the Works. All Works provided or to be provided to
the Company by the Consultant or on his behalf shall bear an appropriate
copyright or other appropriate notice indicating ownership thereof by the
Company.
As used in this Agreement, "Works" means all copyrights, patents,
trade secrets, or other intellectual property rights associated with any ideas,
concepts, techniques, inventions, processes, or works of authorship developed or
created by or for the Consultant during the course of performing the Consulting
Services (including, but not limited to, design concepts, plans and schematics,
engineering drawings, manufacturing plans, models, demonstrators, business
plans, marketing and sales plans, customer lists, lists of potential contacts,
reports and notes prepared by or for the Consultant, all other documentation
developed for or specifically relating to the Consulting Services to be rendered
hereunder), all of the subject matter contained in any of the foregoing, and all
of the Company's source documents, stored data and other information relating
thereto.
The Consultant (i) acknowledges that the Consultant has or will have
no claim to any ownership or other interest in the Works, (ii) hereby waives any
"artist's rights" or "moral rights" he may have to the Works, and (iii)
acknowledges that the Company shall have the exclusive right (forever and
throughout the world) to use and exploit the Works throughout the world in
perpetuity as it sees fit (including the right to publish or broadcast the Works
in any media, or license others to do so) all without further obligation or
compensation to the Consultant
The Consultant represents and warrants that all Works created by or
for him will not contain or violate any intellectual property rights of any
other person or entity.
Section 7. Representations. The Consultant represents and warrants to
the Company that (i) he has full power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to perform the services provided for hereunder; (ii) the
performance of the services does not, and will not, violate any law, rule,
regulation, judgment or order of any court binding on him and does not, and will
not, in any way violate or conflict with any agreement, understanding or
arrangement to which he is a party or by which he may be bound; (iii) he is not
in any way precluded from performing the services provided for hereunder; (iv)
this Agreement is a valid and binding Agreement of the Consultant, enforceable
against him in accordance with its terms; and (v) he is acquiring the Consulting
Shares for his own account for investment only and not for or with a view to
resale or distribution thereof in violation of the Act; he has not entered into
any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell,
transfer or pledge to such person or anyone else the Consulting Shares; and he
has no present plans or intentions to enter into any such contract, undertaking,
agreement or arrangement.
Section 8. Severability. The invalidity of any portion hereof shall
not effect the validity, force or effect of the remaining portions hereof. If it
is ever held that any restriction hereunder is too broad to permit enforcement
of such restriction to its fullest extent, each party agrees that a court of
competent jurisdiction may enforce such restriction to the maximum extent
permitted by law.
Section 9. Benefits of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
executors, administrators, successors and assigns. This Agreement is personal to
the Consultant and may not be assigned by the Consultant without the Company's
prior written consent. Any assignment or purported assignment by the Consultant
in violation of this Section 9 shall be null and void.
Section 10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement shall constitute the
entire agreement among the parties with respect to the matters covered hereby
and shall supersede all previous written, oral or implied agreements and
understandings among the parties with respect to such matters.
Section 11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without
reference to the choice of law principles thereof.
Section 12. Amendment and Modifications. This Agreement may only be
amended or modified in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of
such amendment or modification is sought.
Section 13. Notices. All notices or other communications required or
permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, by
facsimile or sent by certified, registered or express air mail, postage prepaid,
and shall be deemed given which so delivered personally, or by facsimile, or if
mailed, five days after the date of mailing, as follows:
If to the Company: LogiMetrics, Inc.
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
If to Consultant: Xx. Xxxxx X. Brand
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile (000) 000-0000
or at such other addresses as shall be furnished in writing to the other party
hereto.
Section 14. Titles and Headings. The headings in this Agreement are
for reference purposes only, and shall not in any way affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original agreement, but all
of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
LOGIMETRICS, INC.
By: /s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
____________________________
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President and Chief
Operating Officer
/s/Xxxxx X. Brand
_______________________________
Xx. Xxxxx X. Brand
