February 26, 2001 Mr. Morris Perlis Morris Perlis & Associates Inc. Thornhill, Ontario L4J 1B7 Dear Morris, Re: Consulting Arrangement
Exhibit 4.13
February 26, 2001
Xx. Xxxxxx Perlis
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Associates Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
Dear Xxxxxx,
The purpose of this letter is to update the consulting arrangement between GTR Group, Inc. (“GTR”) and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Associates, Inc. (the “Consultant”). Subject to the terms and conditions of this letter agreement, GTR and the Consultant agree as follows:
1. Commencing on March 1, 2001 (the “Commencement Date”), the Consultant shall perform such services as may be requested from time to
time by GTR (the “Services”). Initially, the Services shall include overseeing the operations of GTR’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Mad Catz, Inc., developing GTR’s relationships with U.S. institutions. The Consultant shall report to
the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Consultant aggress to provide the services of Xx. Xxxxxx Perlis, who shall devote three days per week to performing the Services hereunder or such other amount of time as mutually agreed to between GTR and
the Consultant.
2. The Services to be provided by the Consultant hereunder shall
commence on the Commencement Date and shall continue until the Consultant is given three months prior written notice by the Chairman of the Board.
3. GTR will pay a Consultant a fee of $50,000 per month (the “Fee”) plus GST during the Term hereof, such Fee to be paid monthly in
arrears within 10 days of receipt by GTR of an invoice from the Consultant. In addition, the Consultant shall be supplied with a corporate credit card which he may use for reasonable business purposes.
4. The Consultant is an independent contractor, and all persons employed or retained by the Consultant in
connection herewith shall be its sole responsibility and not employees of GTR in any respect.
5. In the performance of the Services hereunder, the Consultant and its employees shall use their best efforts and act in furtherance of the Company’s interest and shall comply with and observe all applicable laws,
regulations and orders of any proper authority having jurisdiction over the Services. The Consultant shall notify GTR in writing promptly upon discovery of any failure to comply with this paragraph.
6. The Consultant agrees to keep confidential any and
all information or data which has been made available or is hereafter made available to the Consultant by GTR or its affiliates, as well as all information concerning the Services; and the Consultant agrees not to disclose the same to others without
prior written approval of GTR. The Consultant agrees not to use information or data presented hereunder for any other purpose than to perform the Services hereunder.
7. This letter agreement may not be assigned by the Consultant.
8. All documents, agreements and other such pertinent papers prepared by the Consultant in pursuance of this letter agreement shall become the
sole property of GTR and may be used by GTR without accounting therefor to the Consultant. The Consultant will assign to GTR or GTR’s nominee such invention, discovery, and improvement conceived during the course of the Services.
9. Unless specifically agreed to in writing by GTR, the only employee of the Consultant entitled to
perform Services hereunder shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxx.
10. Any notice required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sufficiently given if hand delivered or if mailed by prepaid registered mail or sent by telecopier, in each case addressed to the other party at the following addresses or to such
other addresses as the parties may advise each other from time to time in writing.
(a) if to GTR at:
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
Attention: Chairman of the Board
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
(b) if to the
Consultant:
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Fax No.: (000)
000-0000
Any notice shall be deemed to have been received by the parties (a) if hand delivered or sent by
telecopier, on the date of delivery or sending, (b) if mailed on the fourth business day following the date of the mailing, provided that in the event of disruption of the postal system for any reason whatsoever that notice shall only be
sufficiently delivered by hand or by telecopier.
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11. This letter agreement represents the entire
understanding and agreement concerning the services. Each of the parties shall from time to time and, at all times, do all further acts and execute and deliver all such further documents and assurances, as may be reasonably required, in order to
fully perform and carry out the terms of this letter agreement. This letter agreement shall be construed in accordance with the law of the Province of Ontario.
If the above is acceptable to you, please signify your acceptance by signing this letter agreement where indicated below an returning a fully signed copy to us.
| Yours very truly, | ||
| GTR GROUP, INC. | ||
| /s/ XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX | ||
Per: |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Chairman of the Board |
The foregoing is agreed to as of the 26 day of February, 2001.
| XXXXXX XXXXXX & ASSOCIATES INC.
| ||
| /s/ XXXXXX
XXXXXX | ||
Per: |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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