CONSULTING AGREEMENT
THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT (the
"Agreement") entered
into on September 30, 2008 and effective as of the 1st day of October,
2008.
BETWEEN
WORDLOGIC
CORPORATION,
a
corporation under the laws of Nevada having its principal business office at
Suite 2400, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, X0X 0X0 (the
"Company")
AND
XXXXX
X. XXXX
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX
00000
(the “Consultant”)
WHEREAS:
A.
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The Company
is engaged in the business of research, development, marketing,
distribution and licensing of software tools for enabling data entry on
personal computing devices and like devices on a number of different
platforms and the provision of services in support
thereof;
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B.
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The Company
wishes to retain Xx. Xxxxx X. Xxxx as Chief Operating Officer on the terms
and subject to the conditions of this Agreement;
and
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C.
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Xx. Xxxxx X.
Xxxx has agreed to provide services as Chief Operating Officer to the
Company on the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement.
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THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES
that in
consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained in this Agreement
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:
1.
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ENGAGEMENT
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1.1
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The Company
hereby engages the Consultant to provide services in accordance with the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and the
Consultant hereby accepts such
engagement.
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2.
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TERM
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2.1
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The term of
the Consultant’s engagement shall commence as of October 1, 2008 and shall
continue until September 30, 2011. This Agreement may be
terminated at any time, by either party, in accordance with Section 8 of
this Agreement.
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3.
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SERVICES
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3.1
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The
Consultant hereby agrees to perform the following services and undertake,
in addiotion to the duties generally associated with the position of Chief
Operations Officer, the following responsibilities and duties on behalf of
the Company (the “Services”):
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(a) |
assist
the Company in the development of its business
plan;
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(b)
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use their
best efforts to promote the Company’s
products;
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(c)
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identify new
markets and develop plans for effective market penetration for the
Company’s products;
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(d)
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coordinate
with the other member’s of the Company’s executive team on the Company’s
management and direction;
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(e)
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effectively
direct and manage the Company by providing leadership, advice, sales
presentation training, and problem solving, to ensure that corporate goals
and objectives and achieved and exceeded;
and
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(f)
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develop and
maintain a progress and performance assessment
system.
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3.2
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The
Consultant shall devote as much time, attention and energy to the business
affairs of the Company as may be reasonably necessary for the provision of
the office of Chief Operations
Officer.
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3.3
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In providing
the Services, the Consultant shall:
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(a)
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comply with
all applicable federal, provincial, local and foreign statutes, laws and
regulations;
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(b)
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not make any
misrepresentation or omit to state any material fact that may result in a
misrepresentation regarding the business of the Company;
and
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(c)
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not disclose,
release or publish any information regarding the Company without its prior
written consent.
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4. RELATIONSHIP
AMONG THE PARTIES
Nothing contained
in this Agreement shall be construed to (i) constitute the parties as joint
venturers, partners, co-owners or otherwise as participants in a joint
undertaking; (ii) constitute the Consultant as an agent, legal representative or
employee of the Company; or (iii) authorize or permit Consultant or any
director, officer, employee, agent or other person acting on its behalf to incur
on behalf of the other party any obligation of any kind, either express or
implied, or do, sign or execute any things, deeds, or documents which may have
the effect of legally binding or obligating the Company in any manner in favour
of any individual, business, trust, unincorporated association, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity of any
kind. The Company and the Consultant agree that the relationship
among the parties shall be that of independent contractor.
5. OPTION
TO RENEW AND EXTEND
The parties may
renew and extend this Agreement through written consent.
6.
COMPENSATION
6.1
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The
Consultant will be compensated with a monthly salary of US$18,000, payable
at the end of each month during the Term of this
Agreement.
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6.2
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The
Consultant shall also receive options to purchase 1,500,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock in accordance with Schedule “A” attached hereto
(the “Options”). The Options will vest at a rate of 40,000 per
month, with any remainder vesting on September 30, 2011. The
Options are exercisable at US$0.80 per share and contain cashless exercise
provisions. Options will expire 24 months after vesting, or
upon delivery of a notice of termination in accordance with Section 8 of
this Agreement, whichever occurs
earlier.
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7.
SERVICES NOT EXCLUSIVE
The Consultant
agrees that it shall, at all times, faithfully and in a professional manner
perform all of the duties that may be reasonably required of the Consultant
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Company acknowledges that
Consultant is engaged in other business activities, and that it shall continue
such activities during the term of this Agreement. Consultant shall
not be restricted from engaging in other business activities during the term of
this Agreement.
8.
SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION.
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(a)
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Without Cause.
This Agreement may be terminated by either party without cause, through
the delivery of written notice of termination at least 7 days before such
termination is to be effected.
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(b) | Default. If Consultant fails, refuses or neglects to keep or perform any of its material covenants or conditions to be kept or performed hereunder or otherwise in connection with the Services, or indicates its refusal to keep or perform any such covenant or condition (any such occurrence a “Default”) and Consultant shall have failed to cure such default within 24 hours after receipt of written notice from Company setting out the terms of such Default, Company may immediately terminate this agreement by giving written notice to Consultant. |
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(c)
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Force
Majeure. Company shall have the right to suspend this
agreement in the event of Force Majeure at any time, (provided written
notice to Consultant shall be promptly given) without any further
obligation to Consultant except that Consultant will be
entitled to the compensation provided for in Section 7 hereof accrued, if
any. A suspension shall not relieve Consultant of any of
Consultant’s obligations hereunder or otherwise in connection with the
Services. Company shall have the right to terminate this
agreement by giving written notice to Consultant where an event or events
of Force Majeure continue for a continuous period of forty-eight (48)
hours excluding non-business days or 5 days in the aggregate at any other
time.
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(d)
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Effect of
Termination. If the Company terminates this Agreement in
accordance with the provisions hereof, the Company shall be released and
discharged from any further liability or obligation whatsoever to
Consultant. No termination of this agreement shall affect the
rights granted hereunder by Consultant to Company and the representations
and warranties and indemnification of each of the parties hereunder shall
survive such termination. All Options whether vested or
unvested will expire upon the delivery of notice of the termination of
this Agreement by either
party.
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9.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Consultant shall
not disclose, without the consent of Client, any financial and business
information concerning the business, affairs, plans and programs of Client which
are delivered by Client to Consultant in connection with Consultant's services
hereunder, provided such information is plainly and prominently marked in
writing by Client as being confidential (the "Confidential Information"). The
Consultant shall not be bound by the foregoing limitation in the event (i) the
Confidential Information is otherwise disseminated and becomes public
information or (ii) the Consultant is required to disclose the Confidential
Informational pursuant to a subpoena or other judicial order.
10.
NON-SOLICITATION
During the term of
this Agreement the Consultant shall not hire or take away or cause to be hired
or taken away any employee or consultant of the Company. For a period
of 12 months following the termination of this agreement the Consultant shall
not hire or take away or cause to be hired or taken away any employee who was in
the employ of the Company during the 12 months preceding such
termination.
11. GRANTS OF RIGHTS
Consultant agrees
that the results and proceeds of the Consultant’s Services under this Agreement,
although not created in an employment relationship, shall, for the purpose of
copyright only, be deemed a work made in the course of employment under the
Canadian law or a work-made-for-hire under the United States law and all other
comparable international intellectual property laws and
conventions. All work and materials, including all intellectual
property and any other rights, including without limitation copyright, all
rental and lending rights thereto, which Consultant may have in and to the
results and proceeds of the Services hereunder, shall vest irrevocably and
exclusively with the Company, and are otherwise hereby assigned to the Company
as and when created. Consultant hereby waives in favour of the
Company any moral rights which it may have, if any, in and to any works,
materials, or services which it may provide or create hereunder.
12. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Consultant
represents, warrants and covenants to the Company as follows:
(a) All material,
notes, writing, ideas, written, submitted or interpolated by the Consultant
hereunder or with respect to the production or preparation of the Advertisements
shall be wholly original with Consultant or based on materials supplied by the
Company and shall not be copied in whole or part from any other work except to
the extent that such work is non-proprietary or in the public
domain;
(b) To the best of
Consultant’s knowledge, information and belief, all of the results and proceeds
of Consultant’s Services will not defame any person and will not infringe upon
the copyright, moral rights, publicity rights, privacy rights or any other right
of any person, or company or violate any law or judicial or governmental
order.
13. INDEMNIFICATION
(a) Company agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless Consultant and its respective agents and
employees, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several,
to which either party, or any such other person, may become subject, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions, suits or proceedings in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in the registration statement,
any preliminary prospectus, the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto; or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading; and shall reimburse Consultant, or
any such other person, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
Consultant, or any such other person, in connection with investigation or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action, suit or
proceeding.
(b) Consultant
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its partners, financiers
parent, affiliated and related companies, and all of their respective individual
shareholders, directors, officers, employees, licensees and assigns from and
against any claims, actions, losses and expenses (including legal expenses)
occasioned by any breach of Consultant’s representations and warranties
contained in, or by any breach of any other provision of, this Agreement by
Consultant.
14.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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(a)
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Time. Time is of
the essence of this Agreement.
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(b)
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Presumption. This
Agreement or any section thereof shall not be construed against any party
due to the fact that said Agreement or any section thereof was drafted by
said party.
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(c)
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Titles and
Captions. All
article, section and paragraph titles or captions contained in this
Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be deemed part of the
context nor affect the interpretation of this
Agreement.
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(d)
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Further
Action. The parties
hereto shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information
and take or forbear from all such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to achieve the purposes of this
Agreement.
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Good Faith,
Cooperation and Due Diligence. The parties
hereto covenant, warrant and represent to each other good faith, complete
cooperation, due diligence and honesty in fact in the performance of all
obligations of the parties pursuant to this Agreement. All
promises and covenants are mutual and dependent.
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(f) | Savings Clause. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. |
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(g)
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Assignment. This
Agreement may not be assigned by either party hereto without the written
consent of the other, but shall be binding upon the successors of the
parties.
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Notices. All notices
required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in
writing and shall be delivered, either personally or by express delivery
service, to the party to be notified. Notice to each party
shall be deemed to have been duly given upon delivery, personally or by
courier, addressed to the attention of the officer at the address set
forth heretofore, or to such other officer or addresses as either party
may designate, upon at least ten days written notice, to the other
party.
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(i)
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Entire
agreement. This
Agreement, including Schedule A attached hereto, contains the entire
understanding and agreement among the parties. There are no other
agreements, conditions or representations, oral or written, express or
implied, with regard thereto. This Agreement may be amended only in
writing signed by all parties.
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(j)
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Waiver. A delay or
failure by any party to exercise a right under this Agreement, or a
partial or single exercise of that right, shall not constitute a waiver of
that or any other right.
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(k)
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Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in duplicate counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same Agreement. In the event that the document is signed by
one party and faxed to another the parties agree that a faxed signature
shall be binding upon the parties to this agreement as though the
signature was an original.
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(l)
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Successors. The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon all parties, their
successors and assigns.
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(m)
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Jurisdiction.
The parties hereby attorn the exclusive jurisdiction of the provincial and
federal courts located in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia in
relation to all disputes arising from the Agreement.
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(n) | Counsel. The parties expressly acknowledge that each has been advised to seek separate counsel for advice in this matter and has been given a reasonable opportunity to do so. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF this
Agreement has been executed by the parties to it, as of the day, month and year
first written above:
WORDLOGIC
CORPORATION
By: /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Its:
President
By: /s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxx
Xxxxx
X. Xxxx
SCHEDULE
A
Option
Agreement
THIS OPTION
AGREEMENT (the "Option Agreement") entered into on September 30, 2008 and
effective as of the 1st day of
October, 2008.
BETWEEN
WORDLOGIC
CORPORATION,
a
corporation under the laws of Nevada having its principal business office at
Suite 2400, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, X0X 0X0
(the "Company")
AND
XXXXX
X. XXXX
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX
00000
(the “Optionee”)
WHEREAS:
A.
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The Company
has entered in a Consulting Agreement (the "Consulting Agreement"), dated
September 8, 2008 with the Optionee;
and
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B.
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In accordance
with the provisions of the Consulting Agreement the Company has authorized
the grant of options to the
Optionee.
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THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that
the parties have agreed that the terms and conditions of the relationship shall
be as follows:
1.
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Grant
of Option. The Company will issue to the Optionee the
right and option, to purchase 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock immediately upon the signing of this Option Agreement (the
“Options”). The Options will vest at a rate of 40,000 per month, with any
remainder vesting on September 30,
2011
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2.
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Term. The
Options will expire, the earlier of, 24 months after the vesting date or
upon delivery, by either party, of notice of termination of the Consulting
Agreement.
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3.
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Non-transferability. The
Options shall not be transferable except to the Optionee’s estate, and the
Options may be exercised during the lifetime of the Optionee, only by the
Optionee, or thereafter by its estate. More particularly, but without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Options may not be assigned,
transferred, pledged or hypothecated in any way, shall not be assignable
by operation of law, and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or
similar process.
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Any attempted
assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of the Options
contrary to these provisions, and the levy of any execution, attachment or
similar process on the Options, shall be null and void.
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Optionee. In
consideration of the granting of the Options, and regardless of whether or
not the Options shall be exercised, the Optionee will devote the agreed
upon time, energy and skill to the service of the Company or one or more
of its subsidiaries in accordance with the Consulting
Agreement.
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5.
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Method
of Exercising Option.
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(a)
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Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Optionee may exercise the
Options by sending a written notice to the Company, mailed or personally
delivered to the Company at the following address: Suite 2400,
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, X0X
0X0. Such notice shall state the election to exercise the
Options and the number of shares in respect of which it is being
exercised, and shall be signed by the Optionee. The notice shall be
accompanied by payment of the full exercise price of the shares by
certified cheque, bank draft or money order unless the Options are
exercised on a cashless basis. The Company shall issue for the Optionee’s
collection, a certificate or certificates representing the shares within
14 days after receiving the notice. Upon exercising the
Options, the Optionee may be required by the Company to make certain
representations so that the issuance of shares pursuant to the Options
will fall within exemptions from securities
regulations.
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(b)
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The
certificate or certificates for the shares as to which the Options shall
have been exercised shall be registered in the name of the Optionee and
shall be delivered as provided above to or on the written order of the
Optionee. All shares that shall be purchased on the exercise of
the Options as provided in this Agreement shall be fully paid and
non-assessable. The certificates representing any shares issued
upon exercise of the Options may contain a restrictive
legend.
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(c)
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The Options
may be exercised at a price of US$0.80 per share (the “Purchase
Price”).
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(d)
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The Options
may also be exercised at any time by means of a "cashless exercise" in
which the Optionee shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the
number shares of the Company’s common stock equal to the quotient obtained
by the formula: X = (Y(A-B))/A
where:
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X = number of
shares issuable to the Optionee upon exercise under this Section
5(d);
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Y = number of
shares issuable to the Optionee upon exercise pursuant to this
Agreement;
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A = the last
trading price (or average of bid and ask prices if no trades occurred) on
the last trading day prior to the exercise date;
and
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B = the
Purchase Price
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6.
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Changes
in Capital Structure. If all or any portion of the
Options shall be exercised subsequent to any share dividend, split-up,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination or exchange of
shares, separation, reorganization or liquidation occurring after the date
of this Agreement, as a result of which shares of any class shall be
issued in respect of outstanding common shares, or common shares shall be
changed into the same or a different number of shares of the same or
another class or classes, the person or persons so exercising the Options
shall receive the aggregate number and class of shares which, if common
shares (as authorized at the date of this Agreement) had been purchased at
the date of this Agreement for the same aggregate price (on the basis of
the price per share set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement) and had not
been disposed of, such person or persons would be holding, at the time of
such exercise, as a result of such purchase and all such share dividends,
split-ups, recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations or
exchanges of shares, separations, reorganizations or liquidations;
provided, however, that no fractional share be issued on any such
exercise, and the aggregate price paid shall be appropriately reduced on
account of any fractional share not
issued.
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7.
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Reservation
of Shares to Satisfy Option. The Company shall at all
times during the term of the Options reserve and keep available such
number of common shares as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements
of this Agreement.
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8.
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Representations
of the Optionee
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(a)
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The Optionee
understands and acknowledges that (a) the Options are being offered and
sold under one or more of the exemptions from registration provided for in
Section 4(2) or Section 3(b) of the Securities Act
of
1993, as amended (the "Securities Act"), including
Regulation D promulgated thereunder and any applicable state securities
laws, (b) the Optionee has reviewed the confidential business plan of the
Company or such
other material documents of the Company
as the Optionee has deemed necessary
or appropriate for purposes of purchasing the
Options, including this subscription agreement (collectively, the
"Offering Documents"); and (c) this transaction has not
been reviewed or approved by the
United States Securities and Exchange
Commission or by any regulatory authority charged with the administration
of the securities laws of any state or foreign
country.
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The Optionee
either (i) has a preexisting personal or business relationship
with the Company or its controlling persons, such as would
enable a reasonably prudent Optionee to be aware of the character
and general business and financial circumstances of the Company or its
controlling persons, or (ii) by reason of the
Optionee's business or financial
experience, individually or in
conjunction with
the Optionee's unaffiliated professional advisors
who are not compensated by the Company or any affiliate or selling agent
of the Company, directly or indirectly, is capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of
an investment in
the Options, making an informed
investment decision and protecting the
Optionee's own interests in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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(c)
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The
Optionee understands and has fully considered for
purposes of this investment the risks of this investment
and understands that (i)
this investment is suitable only for an
Optionee who is able to bear the
economic consequences of losing
the Optionee's entire investment; (ii)
the Company is a start-up enterprise with no
significant operating history; (iii) the purchase of
the Options is
a speculative investment which involves
a high degree of risk of loss by the Optionee of the Optionee's entire
investment, and (iv) there are substantial restrictions on
the transferability of, and there will be no public
market for, the Options, and accordingly, it may not
be possible for the Optionee
to liquidate the Optionee's investment in the
Options.
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(d) | The Optionee is able (i) to bear the economic risk of this investment, (ii) to hold the Options for an indefinite period of time, and (iii) to afford a complete loss of the Optionee's investment; and represents that the Optionee has sufficient liquid assets so that the lack of liquidity associated with this investment will not cause any undue financial difficulties or affect the Optionee's ability to provide for the Optionee's current needs and possible financial contingencies. | |
(e) | The Optionee, in making the Optionee's decision to acquire the Options, has relied solely upon independent investigations made by the Optionee and the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the Optionee has been given (i) access to all material books and records of the Company; (ii) access to all material contracts and documents relating to this offering; and (iii) an opportunity to ask questions of, and to receive answers from, the appropriate executive officers and other persons acting on behalf of the Company concerning the Company and the terms and conditions of this offering, and to obtain any additional information, to the extent such persons possess such information or can acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense, necessary to verify the accuracy of the information. The Optionee acknowledges that no valid request to the Company by the Optionee for information of any kind about the Company has been refused or denied by the Company or remains unfulfilled as of the date thereof. | |
(f) | The Optionee has carefully considered this Option Agreement. In evaluating the suitability of an investment in the Company, the Optionee has not relied upon any representations or other information (whether oral or written) other than as set forth in this agreement or as contained in any documents or answers to questions furnished by the Company. | |
(g) | All of the information set forth on the cover page of this Agreement indicated as applicable to the Optionee, is true and correct in all respects. | |
(h) | The Options are being acquired by the Optionee solely for the Optionee's own personal account, for investment purposes only, and not with a view to, or in connection with, any resale or distribution thereof; the Optionee has no contract, undertaking, understanding, agreement or arrangement, formal or informal, with any person to sell, transfer or pledge to any person the Options for which the Optionee hereby subscribes, or any part thereof, any interest therein or any rights thereto; the Optionee has no present plans to enter into any such contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement; and the Optionee understands the legal consequences of the foregoing representations and warranties to mean that the Optionee must bear the economic risk of the investment for an indefinite period of time because the Options have not been registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and, therefore, cannot be sold unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws (which the Company is not obligated, and has no current intention, to do) or unless an exemption from such registration is available. | |
(i) | The Optionee has not engaged any broker, dealer, finder, commission agent or other similar person in connection with the offer, offer for sale, or sale of the Options and is not under any obligation to pay any broker's fee or commission in connection with the Optionee's investment. | |
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Counterparts. This
Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which so signed shall be
deemed to be an original (and each signed copy sent by electronic
facsimile transmission shall be deemed to be an original), and such
counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument and
notwithstanding the date of execution, shall be deemed to bear the date as
set forth above.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this
Agreement has been executed by the parties to it, as of the day, month and year
first written above:
WORDLOGIC
CORPORATION
By: /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Its:
President
By: /s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxx
Xxxxx
X. Xxxx