Employment Agreement
Exhibit 10.11
THIS AGREEMENT is dated as of October 2, 2016 by and between Luckycom, Ltd., a Hong Kong company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Luckycom Inc. (the “Company”) and Kingrich Xxx (“Executive”)
a)
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Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Company hereby employs Kingrich Xxx as its Chief Executive Officer, and he shall have the duties and responsibilities associated with a Chief Executive Officer of a public corporation. During the Term (defined hereafter) Executive shall report to the Company’s board of directors. Executive shall also perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be determined by the Company’s board of directors as long as such duties and responsibilities are consistent with those of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
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b)
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Executive shall also serve in such executive capacity or capacities with respect to any affiliate of the Company to which he may be elected or appointed, provided that such duties are consistent with those of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “affiliate” shall mean an entity that is controlled by the Company.
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c)
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Unless terminated earlier as provided in Section 5 of this Agreement, this Agreement shall have an initial term (the “Initial Term”) commencing as of the date of this Agreement and expiring on September 30, 2017 and continuing on a year-to-year basis thereafter unless terminated by either party on not less than thirty (30) days notice prior to the expiration of the initial Term or any one-year extension. The initial Term and the one-year extensions are collectively referred to as the “Term”.
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a)
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For his services to the Company during the Term, the Company shall pay Executive an annual salary (“Salary”) at the rate of one hundred eighty thousand U.S. dollars ($180,000) or one million four hundred and four thousand Hong Kong dollars (” HKD “) (HK$ l,404,000) payable in equal monthly installments.
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A.
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Any violation of any material provision of this Agreement, habitual absenteeism, bad faith, repeated failure or refusal to perform Executive’s duties pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement or gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Executive in the performance of his duties, provided that the Company has given written notice of and an opportunity of not less than thirty (30) days to cure such breach.
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B.
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a breach of Section 7, 8 or 9 of this Agreement;
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C.
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a breach of trust whereby Executive obtains personal gain or benefit at the expense of or to the detriment of the Company;
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D.
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Executive’s use of illegal substances;
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E.
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any fraudulent or dishonest conduct by Executive or any other conduct by him, which damages the Company, its parent, any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or their property, business or reputation;
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F.
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a conviction of or plea of nolo contendere by Executive of (i) any felony or (ii) any other crime involving fraud, theft, embezzlement or use or possession of illegal substances; or,
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the admission by Executive of any matters set forth in Section 6(b)(ii)(F) of this Agreement.
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H.
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failure to ensure that the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) are timely; and
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I.
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failure to ensure the accuracy of the Company’s filings with SEC.
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Upon termination of Executive’s employment , except for (i) termination for Cause pursuant to subsection 6(b)(ii) or (ii) termination by Executive pursuant to subsection 6(d)(ii), Executive shall be entitled to (A) a payment equal to two (2) months ’ salary, or thirty thousand U.S. dollars ($30,000) or approximately two hundred thirty three thousand two hundred fifty HKD ($233,250) (the “Severance”) and (B) Executive shall be eligible to retain the benefits provided for in Section 5 of this Agreement for a period of six (6) months. The Severance shall be paid, at the Company’s option, either (x) in a lump sum upon termination, with such payments discounted by the U.S. Treasury rate most closely comparable to the applicable time period left in the Agreement or (y) as and when normal payroll payments are made to other employees of the Company. Executive expressly acknowledges and agrees that the Severance shall be in full satisfaction of any and all claims Executive may have with respect to or arising out of Executive’s employment with the Company or relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the termination thereof, including, without limitation , those causes of action arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, the Civil Rights Act of April 9, 1866, the National Labor Management Relations Act, the Occupation Safety and Health Act and the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive’s right to receive Severance is contingent upon Executive not violating any of his on-going obligations under this Agreement
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Trade Secrets and Proprietary Information.
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Executive recognizes and acknowledges that the Company, through the expenditure of considerable time and money, has developed and will continue to develop in the future information concerning customers, clients, marketing, products, services, business, research and development activities and operational methods of the Company and its customers or clients, contracts, financial or other data, technical data or any other confidential or proprietary information possessed , owned or used by the Company, the disclosure of which could or does have a material adverse effect on the Company, its business, any business it proposes to engage in, its operations, financial condition or prospects and that the same are confidential and proprietary and considered “confidential information” of the Company for the purposes of this Agreement. In consideration of his employment and engagement as Chief Executive Officer, Executive agrees that he will not, during or after the Term, without the consent of the Company’ s board of directors, make any disclosure of confidential information now or hereafter possessed by the Company, to any person, partnership, corporation or entity either during or after the Term here of, except that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit him from using or disclosing such information (a) if such disclosure is necessary in the normal course of the Company’ s business in accordance with Company policies or instructions or authorization from the board of directors, (b) such information shall become public knowledge other than by or as a result of disclosure by a person not having a right to make such
disclosure, (c) complying with legal process; provided, that in the event Executive is required to make disclosure pursuant to legal process, he shall give the Company prompt notice thereof and the opportunity to object to the disclosure, or (d) subsequent to the Term, if such information shall have either (i) been developed by Executive independent of any of the Company’s confidential or proprietary information or (ii) been disclosed to Executive by a person not subject to a confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of confidentiality to the Company. For the purposes of Sections 7, 8 and 9 of this Agreement, the term “Company” shall include the Company, its parent, its subsidiaries and its affiliates.
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During the period from the date of this Agreement until one (1) year following the date on which Executive’s employment is terminated, Executive will not, directly or indirectly;
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Persuade or attempt to persuade any person or entity which is or was a customer, client or supplier of the Company to cease doing business with the Company, or to reduce the amount of business it does with the Company (the terms “customer” and “client” as used in this Section 8 include any potential customer or client to whom the Company submitted bids or proposals, or with whom the Company conducted negotiations, during the term of Executive’s employment hereunder or during the twelve (12) months preceding the termination of Executive’s employment);
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Solicit for himself or any other person or entity other than the Company the business of any person or entity which is a customer or client of the Company, or was a customer or client of the Company within one (1) year prior to the termination of Executive’s employment; or
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Persuade or attempt to persuade any employee of the Company, or any individual who was an employee of the Company during the one (1) year period prior to the lawful and proper termination of this Agreement, to leave the Company’s employ, or to become employed by any person or entity other than the Company.
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b)
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Executive acknowledges that the restrictive covenants (the “Restrictive Covenants”) contained in Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement are a condition of his employment and are reasonable and valid in geographical and temporal scope and in all other respects. If any court determines that any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part of any of the Restrictive Covenants, is invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the Restrictive Covenants and parts thereof shall not thereby be affected and shall remain in full force and effect, without regard to the invalid portion. If any court determines that any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is invalid or unenforceable because of the geographic or temporal scope of such provision, such court shall have the power to reduce the geographic or temporal scope of such provision, as the case may be, and, in its reduced form, such provision shall then be enforceable.
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12.
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If to the Company: Luckycom Limited
Xxxxx 0, Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx Attn: Kingrich Xxx, Chief Executive Officer
If to Executive:
Kingrich Xxx
Xxxx X, 00/X, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, 00 Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx
Either party may, by like notice, change address to which notice is to be sent upon ten (l0) days prior written notice.
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Governing Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be construed and interpreted in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the laws of Hong Kong, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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e)
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Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Company and Executive as to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior or contemporaneous written or oral understandings or agreements, including any and all previous employment agreements or understandings, all of which are hereby terminated, with respect to the subject matter covered in this Agreement. This Agreement may not be modified or amended, nor may any right be waive d, except by a writing which expressly refers to this Agreement, states that it is intended to be a modification , amendment or waiver and is signed by both parties in the case of a modification or amendment or by the party granting the waiver. No course of conduct or dealing between the parties and no custom or trade usage shall be relied upon to vary the terms of this Agreement. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.
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