Exhibit 10.2
Employment Agreement with Xxxx Xxxxx
EMPLOYMENT AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT, effective as of the 1st day of December, 2004, is made by
and between Xxxxx Biometry, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "Company"), and
Xxxx Xxxxx, a resident of the state of Virginia (the "Executive").
RECITALS
A. The Company is in the business of developing a Finger Print Biometrics
business (the "Business");
B. The Company desires to retain the services of the Executive;
C. The Executive is willing to be employed by the Company; and
D. The parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement in order to set
forth the respective rights, limitations and obligations of both the Company and
the Executive with respect to the Executive's employment with the Company, the
Confidential Information, the Discoveries, and the other matters set forth
herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the employment of the Executive by the
Company, the compensation paid to the Executive and the Company continuing to
provide Confidential Information to the Executive, as well as the other mutual
promises and consideration hereinafter contained, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. TERM.
Subject to the provisions for termination hereinafter provided, the
Executive's employment hereunder shall commence on the first day of the month
after the Company receives funding in the amount of US$ 300,000 (the "Employment
Date") and unless otherwise extended, end one year after the Employment Date
commences (the "Contract Termination Date"). The Contract Termination Date shall
be automatically extended for a successive one (1) year period at the end of
each contract year unless the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board")
shall give contrary notice to the Executive, pursuant to the terms of Section 11
below, at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of the each contract year. In
the event that the Company does not receive funding in the amount of $300,000 on
or before May 30, 2005, this agreement shall become null and void.
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2. POSITION AND DUTIES.
During the Employment Term, the Executive shall serve as DIRECTOR OF
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. The Executive will report to the Company's President as
required by law and the Company's governance policy in effect from time to time,
and perform such employment duties, consistent with his position, as specified
in the Job Description. The Executive shall not have the ability to enter into
any agreements or contracts or otherwise legally bind the Company without the
express consent and written approval of the Company's President. The Executive
shall devote his full productive time, energy and ability to the proper and
efficient conduct of the Company's business. The Executive may only devote
reasonable periods of time to service as a Director of other businesses, with
the prior written approval and consent of the President, to the extent that such
service does not interfere with the performance of his obligations hereunder.
Similarly, the Executive may engage in such charitable or community activities
as shall not interfere with the performance of his obligations hereunder. The
Executive shall observe and comply with all lawful and reasonable rules of
conduct set by the Board for executives of the Company, and shall endeavor to
promote the business, reputation and interests of the Company.
3. COMPENSATION.
(A) BASE COMPENSATION.
As defined in further detail below, during the Employment Term the Company
shall pay the Executive a Base Compensation, subject to annual review, as the
Board, in its sole discretion, may determine. The Base Compensation shall be
paid in U.S. DOLLARS in accordance with the Company's normal payroll practices.
The Base Compensation paid to the Executive shall be FORTY TWO THOUSAND
($42,000) per year, payable bi-weekly in arrears.
OTHER COMPENSATION.
(i) Annual Bonus: The Executive shall be eligible to receive a
Performance Bonus (the "Bonus") for the achievement of the performance goals as
determined by the Board, and dependent upon the financial performance of the
Company. The annual bonus may be paid in cash, fully vested stock, restricted
stock, or a combination thereof.
(ii) The Executive shall be granted 75,000 free trading shares upon
signing of this agreement.
(iii) The Executive shall be granted 100,000 restricted stock upon
certification by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company that the Executive
has attained Milestone I as defined in Schedule B attached hereto
(iv) The Executive shall be granted 50,000 restricted stock upon
certification by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company that the Executive
has attained Milestone II as defined in Schedule B attached hereto
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(v) The Executive shall be granted 100,000 restricted stock upon
certification by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company that the Executive
has attained Milestone III as defined in Schedule B attached hereto
(vi) The Executive shall be eligible to participate in any Company
incentive plan established by the Company under the terms and conditions of the
Plan.
(B) EXPENSES.
The Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all
reasonable business expenses pre-approved by the President (exclusive of any
commuting expenses) incurred by him in the course of his employment by the
Company.
(C) OTHER BENEFITS.
(i) Insurance: The Executive shall be entitled to participate in or
receive benefits on the same basis as other executive officers of the Company
under any employee benefit plans and arrangements applicable to senior
management including life insurance plans, pension and profit-sharing plans,
medical and health plans or other employee welfare benefit plans, annual paid
vacation, sick leave, sick pay and short-term and long-term disability benefits
and holidays, as in effect from time to time.
(ii) Vacation: The Executive shall be entitled to receive two (2)
weeks of paid vacation per contract year, which shall accrue from November 24th,
2004. Such vacation days shall accrue and become vested on the six month
anniversary day of the Employment Term. This benefit shall be reviewed by the
Board of Directors and the Executive from time to time and increased when
appropriate.
(iii) Holidays: The Executive shall be entitled to the designated
Company holidays.
4. TERMINATION. The Executive's employment by the Company pursuant hereto is
subject to termination during the Employment Term as follows:
(A) DEATH. The Executive's employment hereunder shall terminate upon his
death. In such event, the Executive's Base Compensation and any prorated amount
of the Bonus, if any, shall be paid through the date of the Executive's death.
Eligibility for all other benefits shall be determined by the terms of any
applicable plan or program.
(B) DISABILITY. The Company may, by written notice to the Executive,
terminate the Executive's employment if, as a result of the Executive's
incapacity due to physical or mental illness, the Executive shall have been
absent from his duties hereunder for ninety (90) consecutive days or for a total
of one hundred eighty (180) days in any three hundred sixty five (365) day
period (the "Disability Period"). In the event of such termination, the
Executive shall receive the same benefits payable in the event of death;
provided however that, if the Company should adopt a disability policy at any
time during the Employment Term, the terms of such policy shall govern.
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(C) TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE OR EXECUTIVE'S VOLUNTARY
TERMINATION. The Company shall be entitled to terminate the Executive's
employment at any time, by written notice to the Executive, for Cause, as
defined herein:
(i) fraud or embezzlement on the part of the Executive;
(ii) conviction of or the entry of a plea of nolo contendere by the
Executive to any felony or other crime of fraud or moral turpitude;
(iii) any act of willful or negligent misconduct by the Executive
which is either intended to result in substantial personal enrichment of the
Executive at the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates, or has a material adverse impact on the business or reputation of
the Company, any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or directors or other
officers (such determination to be made by the Company's Board of Directors in
the good faith exercise of its reasonable judgment); or In the event of
termination for Cause, the Executive's Base Compensation and other benefits
shall be paid through the Date of Termination (as hereafter defined), and the
Executive shall have no further rights to compensation or benefits other than as
determined by the terms of any applicable plan or program. The Executive shall
not be eligible to receive any portion of his Annual Bonus. The Executive may
terminate his employment hereunder voluntarily at any time with ninety (90)
day's written notice to the Board. In the event of the Executive's voluntary
termination, the Executive shall be entitled to receive his Base Compensation
and prorated Bonus, if any, and benefits through the Date of Termination.
(D) WITHOUT CAUSE. The Company may terminate the Executive's employment at
any time by giving written notice to the Executive of its intent to terminate
this Agreement without Cause. In such event:
(i) the Executive shall be paid his Base Compensation, any prorated
Bonus and other benefits to which the Executive is entitled for the remainder of
the Employment Term, provided that the Base Compensation shall represent not
less than 3 months pay in lieu of notice of termination;
(ii) all stock options held by the Executive under any stock option
plan of the Company shall become fully exercisable, and shall remain exercisable
for a period of 180 days following the Date of Termination; and
(iii) the Executive shall have such other rights in respect of any
incentive, other compensation plan or benefit plan or program as may be set
forth in such plan or program.
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CHANGE IN CONTROL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
should a "change in control" occur, the Employee, at his sole option and
discretion, may terminate his employment under this Agreement at any time within
one (1) year after such change of control upon fifteen (15) days notice. In the
event of such termination, Company shall pay to the Employee a severance payment
("Severance Payment") equal to three (3) times the base amount as defined in
Section 280G(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code")
minus One Dollar ($1.00). Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) if the Severance
Payment and any other amounts payable by the Company to the Employee are
parachute payments under Code Section 280b (collectively, "Parachute Payments")
and, (b), if reducing the Severance Payment would eliminate the tax provided for
in Code Section 4999 ("Section 4999 Tax") which would otherwise be applicable to
the Parachute Payments, and (c) if, because of such elimination, the net amount
of the Parachute Payments (total payments minus Section 4999 Tax) would be
greater than such net amount without reduction, then the Severance Payment shall
be reduced by the smallest amount required to eliminate the imposition of the
Section 4999 Tax, the foregoing determination shall be made by Company's general
counsel, and his determination shall be binding upon the Company and the
Employee. The amount determined under the foregoing provisions of this Section
4(e) shall be payable no later than one (1) month after the effective date of
the Employee's termination of employment. A change in control means: the
acquisition, without the approval of the Company's board of directors, by any
person or entity, other than Company or a "related entity," of more than twenty
percent (20%) of the outstanding shares of Company's voting common stock through
a tender offer, exchange offer or otherwise; the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company following a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of
its assets; a merger of consolidation involving the Company which results in the
Company not being the surviving parent corporation; or any time during any
two-year (2) period in which individuals who constituted the board of directors
of Company at the start of such period (or whose election was approved by at
least two-thirds of the then members of the board of directors of Company who
were members at the start of the two-year period) do not constitute at least
fifty (50%) of the board of directors, for any reason. A related entity is the
parent, a subsidiary or any employee benefit plan (including a trust forming a
part of such a plan) maintained by the Company, its parent or a subsidiary
(F) DATE OF TERMINATION. The date upon which a termination pursuant to
this Section 4 becomes effective (the "Date of Termination" or "Termination
Date") shall be: the date upon which the party terminating this Agreement gives
the other party written notice thereof in accordance with Section 11 hereof.
5. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
(a) The Executive recognizes that the services to be performed by him
hereunder are special, unique and extraordinary and that, by reason of his
employment with the Company, he may acquire Confidential Information (as
hereinafter defined) concerning the operation of the Company, the use or
disclosure of which would cause the Company substantial loss and damage which
could not be readily calculated and for which no remedy at law would be
adequate. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that he will not (directly or
indirectly) at any time, whether during or after the Employment Term:
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(i) knowingly use for an improper personal benefit any Confidential
Information that he may learn or has learned by reason of his employment with
the Company; or
(ii) disclose any such Confidential Information to any person except
(A) in the performance of his obligations to the Company hereunder, (B) as
required by a court of competent jurisdiction, (C) in connection with the
enforcement of his rights under this Employment Agreement or (D) with the prior
consent of the Board. As used herein, "Confidential Information" includes
information with respect to the Company's facilities and methods, trade secrets
and other intellectual property, systems, patents and patent applications,
procedures, manuals, confidential reports, financial information, business
plans, prospects or opportunities, personnel information or lists of customers
and suppliers; provided, however, that such term shall not include any
information that is or becomes generally known or available publicly other than
as a result of disclosure by the Executive which is not permitted as described
in clause (ii) above, or the Company discloses to others without obtaining an
agreement of confidentiality.
(b) The Executive confirms that all Confidential Information is the
exclusive property of the Company. All business records, papers and documents
and electronic materials kept or made by the Executive relating to the business
of the Company which comprise Confidential Information shall be and remain the
property of the Company during the Employment Term and at all times thereafter.
Upon the termination of his employment with the Company or upon the request of
the Company at any time, the Executive shall promptly deliver to the Company,
and, without the express consent of the Board, shall retain no copies of any
written or electronic materials, records and documents made by the Executive or
coming into his possession concerning the business or affairs of the Company and
which comprise Confidential Information.
(c) The Executive shall keep the terms of this Agreement strictly
confidential, other than as may be necessary to enforce his rights hereunder or
as otherwise required by law, or for estate planning or personal financial
reasons.
6. NON-COMPETITION.
(a) During the Employment Term and for a period of one (1) year after the
Termination Date (the "Restricted Period"), the Executive shall not directly or
indirectly, for his own account or for the account of others, serve as an
officer, director, stockholder, owner, partner, employee, promoter, consultant,
advisor, manager or otherwise participate in the promotion, financing,
ownership, operation, or management of, or assist in or carry on through a
proprietorship, corporation, partnership or other form of business entity or
otherwise that intends to compete against the Company or any of its affiliates
or customers. Nothing in this Section 6 shall prohibit the Executive from
acquiring or holding any issue of stock or securities of any Person that has any
securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, listed on a national
securities exchange or quoted on the automated quotation system of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. so long as the Executive is not deemed
to be an "affiliate" of such Person as such term is used in paragraphs (c) and
(d) of Rule 145 under the Securities Act and the Executive, members of his
immediate family, or persons under his control do not own or hold more than five
percent (5%) of any voting securities of any such Person.
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(b) During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, whether for his
own account or for the account of any other person (excluding the Company):
(i) solicit or contact in an effort to do business with any person
who was a customer or a potential customer of the Company during the term of
this Agreement, or any affiliate of any such person, if such solicitation or
contact is for the purpose of competition with the Company;
(ii) solicit or induce any of the Company's employees to leave their
employment with the Company or accept employment with anyone except the Company;
or
(iii) interfere in a similar manner with the business of the
Company. Nothing herein shall prohibit or preclude the Executive from performing
any other types of services that are not precluded by Section 6 (a) for any
other Person.
(c) The Executive has carefully read and considered the provisions of this
Section 6 and, having done so, agrees that the restrictions set forth in this
Section 6 (including the Restricted Period, scope of activity to be restrained
and the geographical scope) are fair and reasonable and are reasonably required
for the protection of the interests of the Company, its officers, directors,
employees, creditors and shareholders. The Executive understands that the
restrictions contained in this Section 6 may limit his ability to engage in a
business similar to the Company's business, but acknowledges that he will
receive sufficiently high remuneration and other benefits from the Company
hereunder to justify such restrictions.
7. INVENTIONS.
(A) DISCLOSURE OF INVENTIONS: The Executive shall promptly disclose to the
Company (or any persons designated by it) all discoveries, developments,
designs, improvements, inventions, blueprints, formulae, processes, techniques,
computer programs, strategies, and data, whether or not patentable or
registerable under copyright or similar statutes, made or conceived or reduced
to practice or learned by the Executive, either alone or jointly with others,
during the period of employment that result directly from tasks assigned to the
Executive by the Company and relate specifically to the Business or result from
the use of premises or property (including computer systems and engineering
facilities) owned, leased or contracted for by the Company (all such
discoveries, developments, designs, improvements, inventions, formulae,
processes, techniques, computer programs, strategies, blueprints, know-how and
data are hereinafter referred to as "Inventions"). The Executive will also
promptly disclose to the Company, and the Company hereby agrees to receive all
such disclosures in confidence, all other discoveries, developments, designs,
improvements, inventions, formulae, processes, techniques, computer programs,
strategies, blueprints and data, whether or not patentable or registerable under
copyright or similar statutes, made or conceived or reduced to practice or
learned by the Executive, either alone or jointly with others, during the period
of employment for the purpose of determining whether they constitute
"Inventions", as defined above.
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(B) OWNERSHIP OF INVENTIONS.
(i) All Inventions shall be the sole property of the Company and its
assigns, and the Company and its assigns shall be the sole owner of all patents,
copyrights, trademarks and other rights in connection therewith. The Executive
does hereby assign to the Company any rights the Executive may have or acquire
in such Inventions. The Executive shall assist the Company (at the Company's
expense) in obtaining and, from time to time, enforcing patents, copyrights,
trademarks and other rights and protections relating to said Inventions in any
and all countries. The Executive will execute all documents necessary to apply
for and obtain such patents, copyrights, trademarks and other rights and
protections on such Inventions, as the Company may request, together with any
assignments thereof to the Company or persons designated by it. The Executive's
obligation to assist the Company in obtaining and enforcing patents, copyrights,
trademarks and other rights and protections relating to such Inventions shall
continue beyond the termination of employment, but the Company shall compensate
the Executive at a reasonable rate after the Executive's termination, for time
actually spent by the Executive at the Company's request on such assistance.
(ii) In the event the Company is unable, after reasonable effort, to
secure the Executive's signature on any document or documents needed to apply
for or prosecute any patent, copyright or other right or protection relating to
an Invention, for any reason whatsoever, the Executive does hereby irrevocably
designate and appoint the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as
his agent and attorney-in-fact, to act for and on his behalf to execute and file
any such application or applications and to do all other lawfully permitted acts
to further the prosecution and issuance of patents, copyrights or similar
protections solely with respect to Inventions with the same legal force and
effect as if executed by the Executive and the Executive does ratify, affirm and
approve all such lawfully permitted acts accordingly.
8. SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE.
The Executive acknowledges that a breach of any of the covenants contained
in this agreement may result in material, irreparable injury to the Company for
which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to
measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of such a
breach, any payments remaining under the terms of this Agreement shall cease and
the Company, without posting any bond, shall be entitled to obtain a temporary
restraining order and a preliminary or permanent injunction restraining the
Executive from engaging in activities prohibited by this agreement or such other
relief as may be required to enforce any of the covenants contained in this
agreement.
9. SUCCESSORS; BINDING AGREEMENT.
(a) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the
business or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this
Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be
required to perform if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the
Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of
any such succession shall be a material breach of this Agreement. As used in
this Employment Agreement, "Company" shall mean the Company as defined in this
Agreement and any successor to its business or assets as aforesaid which assumes
and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.
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(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
Executive's personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators,
successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. If the Executive should
die while any amount would still be payable to him hereunder if he had continued
to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the Executive's spouse or, if
there is no such spouse, to the Executive's estate. This Agreement is personal
to the Executive and may not be assigned by him.
10. RESIGNATION AS OFFICER AND/OR DIRECTOR.
In the event that the Executive's employment is terminated for any reason
whatsoever or the Executive voluntarily terminates his employment, the Executive
agrees to resign immediately as an Officer and/or Director of Company.
11. NOTICE.
For the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications
provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given when delivered by hand or mailed by United States overnight
express mail, or nationally recognized private delivery service on an overnight
basis, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
IF TO THE EXECUTIVE: XXXX XXXXX
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX
00000
(000) 000-0000
With copies to: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
The Galleria
0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
If to the Company: Xxxxx Biometry, Inc.
Notices may also be sent to such other address as either party may have
furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of
change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
12. ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES.
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
the breach hereof, other than an action brought by the Company for injunctive or
other equitable relief in the enforcement of the Company's rights under Section
8 above, in which case such action may be brought in any court of competent
jurisdiction, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the laws of the
State of New Hampshire by three arbitrators, one of whom shall be appointed by
the Company, one by the Executive and the third by the first two arbitrators. If
the first two arbitrators cannot agree on the appointment of a third arbitrator,
then the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the American Arbitration
Association in the City of Nashua, New Hampshire. Such arbitration shall be
conducted in the City of Nashua, New Hampshire in accordance with the rules of
the American Arbitration Association, except with respect to the selection of
arbitrators which shall be as provided in this Section 12. Judgment upon the
award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction thereof. In the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for
the Executive to retain legal counsel and/or incur other costs and expenses in
connection with the enforcement of any or all of the Executive's rights under
this Agreement, the Company shall pay (or the Executive shall be entitled to
recover from the Company, as the case may be) the Executive's reasonable
attorneys' fees and other reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the
enforcement of said rights (including the enforcement of any arbitration award
in court) in the event that an arbitration award is made in favor of the
Executive, unless and to the extent that the arbitrators shall determine that
under the circumstances recovery by the Executive of all or part of any such
fees and costs and expenses would be inequitable or otherwise unjust
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13. ATTORNEYS' FEES.
The prevailing party in any legal or arbitration proceedings brought by or
against the other party to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall be
entitled to recover against the nonprevailing party the reasonable attorneys'
fees, court costs, arbitration fees and other expenses incurred by the
prevailing party.
14. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The Executive hereby represents and warrants that he is willing and able
to enter into this Employment Agreement and to render his services pursuant
hereto and that neither the execution and delivery of this Employment Agreement,
nor the performance of his duties hereunder, violates the provisions of any
other agreement to which he is a party or by which he is bound. It is further
provided that the Executive shall indemnify the Company for any and all damages
and/or expenses (including attorney's fees) that may result from a breach of
such representations.
15. EXPENSES.
Each party shall pay its own expenses incident to the performance or
enforcement of this Agreement, including all fees and expenses of its counsel
for all activities of such counsel undertaken pursuant to this Agreement, except
as otherwise herein specifically provided.
16. WAIVERS AND FURTHER AGREEMENTS.
Any waiver of any terms or conditions of this Agreement shall not operate
as a waiver of any other breach of such terms or conditions or any other term or
condition, nor shall any failure to enforce any provision hereof operate as a
waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof; provided, however,
that no such written waiver, unless it, by its own terms, explicitly provides to
the contrary, shall be construed to effect a continuing waiver of the provision
being waived and no such waiver in any instance shall constitute a waiver in any
other instance or for any other purpose or impair the right of the party against
whom such waiver is claimed in all other instances or for all other purposes to
require full compliance with such provision. Each of the parties hereto agrees
to execute all such further instruments and documents and to take all such
further action as the other party may reasonably require in order to effectuate
the terms and purposes of this Agreement.
17. AMENDMENTS.
This Agreement may not be amended, nor shall any waiver, change,
modification, consent or discharge be effected except by an instrument in
writing executed by or on behalf of the party against whom enforcement of any
waiver, change, modification, consent or discharge is sought.
18. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or deemed to be, or shall
in fact be, invalid, inoperative or unenforceable as applied to any particular
case in any jurisdiction or jurisdictions, or in all jurisdictions or in all
cases, because of the conflict of any provision with any constitution or statute
or rule of public policy or for any other reason, such circumstance shall not
have the effect of rendering the provision or provisions in question invalid,
inoperative or unenforceable in any other jurisdiction or in any other case or
circumstance or of rendering any other provision or provisions herein contained
invalid, inoperative or unenforceable to the extent that such other provisions
are not themselves actually in conflict with such constitution, statute or rule
of public policy, but this Employment Agreement shall be reformed and construed
in any such jurisdiction or case as if such invalid, inoperative or
unenforceable provision had never been contained herein and such provision
reformed so that it would be valid, operative and enforceable to the maximum
extent permitted in such jurisdiction or in such case.
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19. COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument, and in pleading or proving any provision of this Agreement,
it shall not be necessary to produce more than one of such counterparts.
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Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 20 shall survive the termination of
this Agreement.
21. SECTION HEADINGS.
The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only
and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
22. GENDER.
Whenever used herein, the singular number shall include the plural, the
plural shall include the singular, and the use of any gender shall include all
genders.
23. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
This Agreement together with any attachments or Exhibits hereto contains
the entire agreement of the parties and there are no other promises or
conditions in any other agreement, whether oral or written. This Agreement
supersedes any prior written or oral agreements between the parties.
24. GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the law (other than the law governing conflict of law questions)
of the State of Florida.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date and year first above written.
Executive:
Name: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxx
XXXXX BIOMETRY, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx X. XxXxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxxx X. XxXxxxx
President
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SCHEDULE A
JOB DESCRIPTION
Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the following
represent the type of advisory services, among others, that may be requested or
provided by the Consultant with regard to this Agreement.
o Create, negotiate and close business opportunities to meet
strategic/operational goals and objectives
o Research and contact prospects to conduct short and long term business
development activities
o Expand relationships with current clients and biometrics vendors/systems
integrators to drive new business
o Initiate and conduct business development calls via phone, e-mail or
face-to-face o Lead the proposal development process working with a cross
functional team
o Negotiate contracts, terms, proposal pricing and program requirements in
conjunction with executive management
o Work with the R&D and product development teams to generate project
requirements and other opportunities
o Prepare overview memos regarding markets, potential acquisitions,
potential partners or competitors
o Assist the VP of Sales & Marketing in preparing a business development
status report for presentation at quarterly/annual board meetings.
o Oversee and manage the company's strategic alliances and joint ventures
and make recommendations to the CEO as to improving these relationships.
o Prepare and submit bi-weekly reports to the company's CEO as to the
execution of the company's current and forward looking opportunities.
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SCHEDULE B
MILESTONES
Milestone I
To attain Milestone I, the Company, through its Board of Directors, shall
approve a comprehensive Marketing and Business Development Plan specifically
targeting the US-VISIT project and its designated vendors, by which is meant a
written plan or blueprint for planning, organizing, implementing and controlling
the Company's marketing activities related to the Company's marketing strategy
with respects to the Department of Homeland Security's US-VISIT border security
strategy. This Plan will include a detailed market and trend analysis,
segmentation analysis, competitor overview, recommendations on product
positioning, sales and market objectives, pricing analysis, distribution
strategy, promotion strategy, contact names, corporate communication strategies
and customer/client perceptions. In addition, the plan will delineate timelines
and resources required for said Plan's implementation.
Milestone II
To attain Milestone II, the Company, through its Board of Directors, shall
approve the successful creation of a formal strategic relationship, alliance,
joint venture, partnership, contract, relationship etc... that provides tangible
benefit to the Company, as determined by the Company's Board of Directors.
Milestone III
To attain Milestone III, the Company, through its Board of Directors,
shall approve the successful face-toface, on-site presentation of a contract
proposal to a Fortune 500 Company or Federal Government Department in support of
the broad vertical Marketing strategy delineated by the Executive management and
the VP of Sales & Marketing of the Company.
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