AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.3
AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made the 19th day of
March, 2021.
BETWEEN:
EDESA BIOTECH INC., a company
incorporated pursuant to the laws of the Province of British
Columbia (the “Employer”)
OF THE
FIRST PART
- and
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PAR XXXXXXXX, of the City of Markham, in
the Province of Ontario (the “Employee”)
OF THE
SECOND PART
WHEREAS:
A.
The parties hereto
have entered into an Employment Agreement dated June 14, 2019 (the
“Employment
Agreement”); and
B.
The parties wish to
make certain amendments to the Employment Agreement with respect to
the Employee’s compensation.
NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the covenants and
agreements herein, and for other good and valuable consideration
given by each party hereto to the other, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each of the
parties, the parties hereby agree to amend the Employment Agreement
as follows:
1.
The first paragraph
of Section 3 entitled “Compensation and Benefits” is
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following in its
place and stead:
“In
consideration of the services to be provided hereunder, the
Employee, during the term of his employment, shall be paid a gross
annual base salary of $320,000 USD (“Base Salary”), retroactive to
January 1, 2021, payable in equal bi-weekly installments, in
arrears, less applicable statutory deductions and withholdings.
Salaries are reviewed annually in March on the basis of such
factors as, but not limited to, merit, market performance, job
grade and potential. However, any increase to the Employee’s
Base Salary is in the sole discretion of the
Employer.”
2.
This agreement may
be signed and delivered electronically or by facsimile in one or
more counterparts, each of which, when taken together, shall be
deemed to be one and the same agreement.
3.
In all other
respects, the Employment Agreement remains in full force and effect
unamended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed effective the date first noted
above.
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/s/ Par Xxxxxxxx
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PAR XXXXXXXX
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XXXXX BIOTECH INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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President
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