THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT made as of the 3rd day of June, 2009 BETWEEN:
THIS
CONSULTING AGREEMENT made as of the 3rd day of June, 2009
BETWEEN:
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NEW
MEDIA LOTTERY SERVICES, INC., a corporation incorporated pursuant to the
laws of the State of Delaware
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(hereinafter
called “NMLS”)
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OF THE
FIRST PART
AND
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XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX, Businessman, of the City of Luebeck in the State of
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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(hereinafter
called “Mouncey”)
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OF THE
SECOND PART
WHEREAS
Mouncey provides management consulting services to a number of American
companies seeking to market their products and/or services in the European Union
and Switzerland;
AND
WHERERAS NMLS would like to identify and qualify prospective licensees or joint
venture partners in the European Union for the digital lottery content developed
by NMLS and/or systems support for existing lotteries,
NOW
THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in consideration of the premises and
the sum of one dollar ($1.00) now paid by each party to the other, the parties
hereto covenant and agree with each other as follows:
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1.
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APPOINTMENT.
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NMLS
hereby agrees to retain Mouncey and Mouncey agrees to render services to NMLS as
a consultant upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
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2.
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TERM
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The
term of this Consulting Agreement shall begin as of the date of this Agreement,
and shall terminate on May 20th, 2010, unless earlier terminated in accordance
with paragraph 8 herein or extended as agreed to between parties.
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3.
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SERVICES
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During
the term of this Agreement, Mouncey shall provide advice to, undertake for and
consult with NMLS concerning management, marketing and strategic planning in
connection with the identification and qualification of potential licensees or
joint venture partners in the European Union for the digital lottery content
developed by NMLS and/or systems support for existing lotteries.
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4.
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COMPENSATION
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In
consideration for the provision of the consulting services described in
paragraph 3 hereinabove, NMLS agrees to:
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(a)
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pay
Mouncey the sum of $28,000 or, in lieu of cash payment, issue and deliver
nine hundred and fifty thousand (950,000) shares of NMLS’s common stock to
Mouncey (the “Shares”) and to register the Shares as soon as is
practicably possible under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") on
a registration statement on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC");
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(b)
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pay
Mouncey an participation fee commencing on all contracts creating revenues
from his efforts. The fees will be determined on a contract by contract
basis subject to revenue and profit potentials and will be payable for the
life of the contract.
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(c)
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compensate
Mouncey for all expenses incurred by Mouncey relating to the services
provided to NMLS pursuant to the terms of this Agreement provided that all
travel and accommodation expenses are to be approved by NMLS prior to the
activity being undertaken and the liability of NMLS with respect to all
other expenses is capped at $300 per month during the term of this
Agreement..
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5.
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REPRESENTATION AND
INDEMNIFICATION.
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NMLS
shall be deemed to have made a continuing representation of the accuracy of any
and all facts, material information and data which it supplies to Mouncey and
acknowledges its awareness that Mouncey will rely on such continuing
representation in disseminating such information and otherwise performing his
consulting and advisory functions. In the absence of notice in writing from
NMLS, Mouncey will rely on the continuing accuracy of material, information and
data supplied by NMLS.
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6.
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CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION
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Each party may use the information
received from the other party pursuant to this Agreement and may provide such
information to their respective employees as applicable for their use only in
connection with the Agreement.
Each party agrees that it shall use the
same means it uses to protect its own confidential and proprietary information
to prevent the disclosure and to protect the confidentiality of
both
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(i)
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written
information received from the other party which is marked or identified as
"confidential",
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(ii)
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written
or verbal information which is of its nature confidential;
and
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(iii)
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oral
or visual information identified as confidential at the time of disclosure
which is reduced to written form and provided to the other in such written
form promptly after such oral or visual
disclosure,
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The
foregoing shall not prevent either party from disclosing information that
is:
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(iv)
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already
known by the recipient party prior to the disclosure thereof with no
obligation of confidentiality;
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(v)
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publicly
known or becomes publicly known not due to any unauthorized act of the
recipient party;
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(vi)
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rightfully
received from a third party;
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(vi)
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independently
developed by the recipient party without use of the other party's
Information;
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(viii)
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disclosed
without similar restrictions by the party owning the information to any
third party;
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(ix)
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approved
by the other party for disclosure;
or
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(x)
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required
to be disclosed pursuant to a governmental or legal requirement provided
that the disclosing party gives to the other party written notice of such
requirement prior to any such
disclosure.
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7.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Termination: This
Agreement may be terminated by either Party upon written notice to the other
Party for any reason which shall be effective five (5) business days from the
date of such notice. This Agreement shall be terminated immediately upon written
notice for material breach of this Agreement.
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Modification: This
Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended only in writing signed by
both Parties.
Counterparts: This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts by original or facsimile
signature by Mouncey and the authorized officer of NMLS each of which
counterparts, when executed and delivered, shall be an original but such
counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Notices: All notices,
requests, demands or other instruments or communications required or permitted
to be given hereunder or in connection herewith may be sent by telecopier or by
mail as follows:
in the case of Mouncey:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
in the case of NMLS:
New Media Lottery Services,
Inc.
000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
1 540 430 1686
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx,
President
Waiver: Any waiver by
either Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate as
or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of that provision or of any
breach of any other provision of this Agreement. The failure of a Party to
insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on one or more
occasions will not be considered a waiver or deprive that Party of the right
thereafter to insist upon adherence to that term of any other term of this
Agreement.
Severability: If any
provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the balance
of this Agreement shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable
to any person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all
other persons and circumstances.
Disagreements: Any
dispute or other disagreement arising from or out of this Agreement shall be
submitted to arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association
and the decision of the arbiter(s) shall be enforceable in any court having
jurisdiction thereof. Arbitration shall occur only in the State of Delaware. The
interpretation and the enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by
Delaware Law as applied to residents of the State of Delaware relating to
contracts executed in and to be performed solely within the State of
Delaware.
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IN
WITNESS THEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the Parties as of the date
first above written.
New
Media Lottery Services, Inc.
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Xxxx
Xxxxxx,
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President
and CEO
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Witness
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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