Exhibit 10.45
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FEDERATION OF ASSOCIATED HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
CONSULTANT AGREEMENT: Rangeland Investments, Inc.
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THIS CONSULTANT AGREEMENT is made this 1st day of June , 2000, by and
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between Rangeland Investments, Inc., (hereinafter referred to as "Consultant"),
a body corporate of the State of Texas, and Federation of Associated Health
Systems, Inc, a body corporate of the State of Texas, (hereinafter referred to
as "Client").
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WHEREAS, Consultant has served Client since Client's inception; and
WHEREAS, Client hereby acknowledges the great degree of expertise
Consultant has attained in the field of developing and managing an enterprise
such as Client and the financial management, marketing, and capital formation
for such enterprise and that Client is therefore desirous of receiving
Consultant's continued assistance, support and counsel; and
WHEREAS, Client hereby acknowledges that the value of receiving expert
advise, support and counsel from a source of the caliber of Consultant on a
continuous and consistent basis may be of paramount importance to the continued
success and growth of Client's business; and
WHEREAS, Client hereby acknowledges that it is therefore desirous of
an arrangement whereby Consultant provides ongoing service and is compensated in
accordance with the terms hereof.
NOW THEREFORE IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants and promises
hereinafter set forth, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1. RECITALS: The above recitals shall constitute as a substantive and
binding component of this Agreement.
2. RETENTION OF CONSULTANT:
Client hereby retains Consultant as of the 1st day of June 2000 to
perform consulting duties hereinafter set forth regarding the continued support
for the term of three (3) years.
3. CONSULTANT'S DUTIES: Consultant hereby agrees to evaluate the
continuing needs of Client, advise Client accordingly and provide the following
services:
A. Consultant shall provide management, marketing and contract
negotiation services.
B. Consultant shall be available on an as needed basis.
C. Consultant shall make available to Client all updated tapes,
manuals, policy and procedure manuals, bookkeeping systems
and electronics, if, as and when available.
4. BASE COMPENSATION:
A. Client hereby agrees to pay Consultant for his services at
the rate of One Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000.00) per year.
B. Said sum shall be due and payable on a bi-monthly basis.
5. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS: For a period of two (2) years, after the
termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Consultant will not, within any
of the current geographical customer markets of Client, directly or indirectly,
own, manage, operate, control, be employed by or participate in any business
that competes with and or sell similar products and or services as the business
conducted by the Client at the time of the termination of this Agreement. In the
event of the Consultant's actual or threatened breach of the provisions of this
paragraph, the Client shall be entitled to an injunction restraining the
Consultant therefrom. Nothing shall be construed as prohibiting the Client from
pursuing any other available remedy for such breach or threatened breach,
including the recovery of damages from the Consultant. In the event Client
materially breaches this Agreement this provision regarding Restrictive
Covenants shall not apply.
6. TERMINATION BY THE CLIENT: This Agreement may be terminated by
Client for the following reasons:
a. For Cause: Client may terminate this Agreement for cause as
a result of Consultant's gross negligence or intentional failure to perform
Consultant duties.
b. Disability: Client shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement on thirty (30) days notice to Consultant if because of mental or
physical disability of Consultant's key employee, Xxxxx X. Xxxx, which shall be
determined by competent medical authority to be incapable of fully performing
any or all of its obligations of his position with the Client for a period of
ninety (90) days.
7. TERMINATION BY CONSULTANT: This Agreement may be terminated for
cause at any time by Consultant as a result of Client's failure to pay
Consultant in accordance with the terms hereof.
8. DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: The Consultant hereby
acknowledges that it will have access to significant amounts of confidential
information of Client, its Parent Company, Paramount International
Telecommunications, Inc. and its Parent, Carnegie International Corporation and
any affiliates of Carnegie (hereinafter the "Affiliated Companies"), including
such information as lists of customers, sources of supply, production
information, product information, service information, formulas, computer
programs and development ideas related thereto, work in progress, trade secrets,
technical information acquired by Consultant from the Affiliated Companies from
the inspection of the Affiliated Companies' property, confidential information
disclosed to Consultant by third parties, and all documents, things and record
bearing media disclosing or containing the aforegoing information, including any
confidential materials
prepared by the parties hereto which contain or otherwise relate to such
information concerning the Client's and or the Affiliated Companies' financial,
intellectual, technical and commercial information (collectively hereinafter
referred to as "Confidential Information") shall be and remain confidential. The
Consultant will not during or after the term of this employment, disclose the
Confidential Information or any part thereof to any person, firm, corporation,
association, or other entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever. In the event
of a breach or threatened breach by the Consultant of the provisions of this
paragraph, the Client shall be entitled to an injunction restraining the
Consultant from disclosing, in whole or in part, the Confidential Information,
or from rendering any services in connection with the telecommunications
industry to any person, corporation, association, or other entity to whom such
Confidential Information, in whole or in part, has been disclosed or is
threatened to be disclosed. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the
Client or the Affiliated Companies from pursuing any of the remedies available
to the Client for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of
damages from the Consultant. The Consultant shall be responsible to Client and
Carnegie for reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred in connection with the
enforcement of this provision should a Court of competent jurisdiction rule in
favor of Client or the Affiliated Companies in connection with a cause of action
brought for enforcement of said provision.
9. NOTICES: Any Notice required or desired to be given under
this Agreement shall be deemed given if in writing sent by certified mail to his
residence in the case of the Consultant at' _____________________ and in the
case of Client at its principal office : 000 X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000; with a copy to Paramount International Telecommunications,
Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000, attention Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
President; and an additional copy to Carnegie International Corporation,
Executive Xxxxx 0, Xxxxx 0000, 00000 XxXxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, attention Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, President.
10. AGREEMENT BINDING: This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of the Parties hereto and shall be binding upon their successors, officers,
directors, and assigns. This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between
the Parties, and no other promises or inducements have been made other than as
specifically set forth herein. This Agreement shall only be amended or modified
by a written instrument signed by the Parties hereto. This Agreement shall be
construed and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of the State of Maryland.
11. CAPTIONS: The sectional or marginal titles or captions
contained herein shall be used for convenience and easy reference only, and
shall in no way define or limit the substance of any provisions or sections
hereof.
12. SEVERABILITY: In the event any portion or provision of this
Agreement shall be deemed or adjudged to be illegal or unenforceable, the
remaining portions or provisions of this Agreement shall continue with full
force and binding effect as if the portion so adjudged or deemed illegal or
unenforceable were not originally a part hereof.
13. GOVERNING LAW: This Agreement shall be construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland.
14. JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS Any action or proceeding
seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any right arising out of, this
Agreement may be brought against any of the parties in the courts of the State
of Maryland, County of Baltimore, or, if it has or can acquire jurisdiction, in
the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Northern
Division), and each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts
(and of the appropriate appellate courts) in any such action or proceedings and
waivers any objection to venue laid therein. Process in any action or proceeding
referred to in the preceding sentence may be served on any party anywhere in the
world. THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement the day and year
first written above.
ATTEST: CLIENT: FEDERATION OF ASSOCIATED
HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
BY:/s/
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(SEAL)
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, President
ATTEST: CONSULTANT: RANGELAND Investments, INC.
BY:/s/
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(SEAL)
Xxxxx X. Xxxx, President
