Exhibit 10.7
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of the 22nd day of October 2004, effective as of the 1st day
of October 2004 between Gizmondo Europe, Ltd. and Tiger Telematics, Inc. a
Delaware corporation (the "Company") and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx (the "Executive").
WHEREAS, the Executive is desirous of committing himself to serve the Company on
the terms herein provided, and the Company desires to have the services of the
Executive on the terms herein provided, NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and of the respective covenants and agreements of the parties herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Employment. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive and the
Executive hereby agrees to serve the Company, on the terms and conditions set
forth herein for the period commencing on the date hereof and expiring 3 years
after the commencement date (the "Term"). This Agreement shall be automatically
extended for unlimited successive one year periods unless it is terminated
during the pendency of either the initial term or any successor term by a
termination event as set forth in Section 9 or at the end of any such term by
one party furnishing the other with written notice, at least 90 days prior to
the expiration of such term, of an intent to terminate this Agreement upon the
expiration of such term.
2. Position and Duties. Chief Technology Officer of Gizmondo Europe Ltd. a
wholly owned subsidiary of Tiger Telematics, Inc. and of the Company, Executive
shall serve reporting to the Board of Directors of the Company and the Managing
Director of Gizmondo Europe Ltd., and shall have supervision and control over,
and responsibility for, the general management and operation of the Company, and
shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be prescribed
by the Board, provided that such duties are consistent with his present duties
and with the Executive's position as a senior executive officer in charge of the
general management of the Company. The Executive shall devote his full business
time and efforts as shall be necessary to the proper discharge of his duties and
responsibilities under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Executive may pursue such non-competitive activities such as teaching,
consulting or other remunerative or non-remunerative activities, including
charitable endeavors, as do not interfere, to any material degree, with the
complete performance of his obligations hereunder. The Executive shall perform
his duties hereunder with due care and with professionalism commensurate with
his duties in the manner he has heretofore performed such duties and will comply
with all policies which from time to time may be in effect or adopted by the
Company. In connection with his employment by the Company, the Executive shall
be based at the Company's principal executive offices. The Company shall not,
without the Executive's consent, remove the Executive's principal place of
residence.
3. Compensation and Related Matters. (a) Base Salary. The Executive shall
receive a minimum base salary ("Base Salary") at the annual rate of
(pound)400,000 during each year of the Term hereof payable in no less than equal
semimonthly installments. Any increase in Base Salary or other compensation
granted by the Compensation Committee of the Board ("the Compensation
Committee") shall in no way limit or reduce any other obligation of the Company
hereunder and, once established at an increased specified rate, the Executive's
Base Salary hereunder shall not thereafter be reduced. (b) Bonus Payments. In
addition to Base Salary, the Executive shall be entitled to receive annual bonus
payments up to 200% of Base Salary, based on criteria established by the
Compensation Committee for each year. 32 (c) Expenses. During the term of his
employment hereunder, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt
reimbursement for all properly substantiated reasonable expenses incurred by him
in performing services hereunder in accordance with the policies and procedures
presently established by the Company. (d) Other Benefits. The Company shall not
make any changes in any Executive benefit plans or arrangements in effect on the
date hereof in which the Executive participates which would adversely affect the
Executive's rights or benefits hereunder, unless such change occurs pursuant to
a program applicable to all Executives of the Company and does not result in a
proportionately greater reduction in the rights of or benefits to the Executive
as compared with any other Executive of the Company. The Executive shall be
entitled to participate in or receive benefits under any Executive benefit plan
or arrangement made available by the Company in the future to its Executives and
key management Executives, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms,
conditions and overall administration of such plan or arrangement. Nothing paid
to the Executive under any plan or arrangement presently in effect or made
available in the future shall be deemed to be in lieu of the salary payable to
the Executive pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 3. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall at a minimum provide the Executive with
reimbursement for medical, dental, disability and life insurance coverage in an
amount reasonably acceptable to the Executive and similar to coverage provided
to similarly situated executives in similar businesses. (e) Vacations. The
Executive shall be entitled to the number of paid vacation days in each calendar
year determined by the Company from time to time for its senior Executive
officers, but not less than four weeks in any calendar year. The Executive shall
also be entitled to all paid holidays given by the Company to its senior
Executive officers.
4. Indemnity. The Executive agrees to serve as part of the Board of Directors
and the management team of the Company, and the Company shall indemnify the
Executive to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Law. The Company
agrees to keep in place a Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Policy
providing not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) in coverage for the
benefit and protection of all officers and directors of the Company. 5.
Non-Competition. (a) For the applicable period set forth below (the "Restricted
Period"), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, own an interest in,
manage, operate, join, control, consult, advise, or render other assistance to
or participate in or be connected with, as an officer, Executive, partner,
stockholder, consultant or otherwise, any individual, partnership, firm,
corporation or other business organization or entity ("Person") that, at such
time, is engaged in any business which may be deemed competitive with the
Company's business of selling and supplying vehicle telematics products and
services. (the "Restricted Business"). If the Executive is terminated by the
Company for cause pursuant to Section 9(c) or the Executive terminates his
employment other than pursuant to Section 9(d), the Restricted Period shall be
one (1) year from the termination date of the Executive's employment by the
Company. If the Executive's employment is terminated without Cause, if the
Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason or if the Company declines
to renew the Employment Agreement after the expiration of the initial or any
successor term of this Agreement, then the Restriction Period shall be six
months from the date of the termination of the Executive's employment by the
Company, while the Executive is paid 33 six months' salary as a severance
payment pursuant to Section 10(d). (b) During the Restricted Period, the
Executive shall not directly or indirectly (i) hire or employ on any basis, (ii)
solicit or endeavor to entice away from the Company or its and each of its
subsidiaries, affiliates, licensors, licensees, successors or assigns
(collectively, the "Affiliates"), or (iii) otherwise interfere with the
relationship of the Company or its Affiliates with, any person who is employed
by the Company or any of its Affiliates or any person who was employed by the
Company or its Affiliates within the then most recent six-month period. Further,
the Executive shall not interfere in any manner with any customer, consultant,
supplier or client of the Company or its Affiliates, or any Person who was a
customer, consultant, supplier or client of the Company or its Affiliates within
the then most recent six-month period. (c) Nothing in this Agreement shall
prohibit the Executive from acquiring or holding up to an aggregate of one per
cent (1%) of any issue of stock or securities of any company listed on a
national securities exchange or quoted on the automated quotation system of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., which company engages in
Restricted Business; provided, however, the Executive and the members of his
immediate families shall not own any voting securities or any other interest in,
or lend or contribute monies, properties or services to, any other company
engaging in a Restricted Business. (d) The Executive acknowledges that a
material breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 4 would 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 the Company shall be entitled to obtain a temporary
restraining order and/or a preliminary or permanent injunction restraining the
Executive from engaging in activities prohibited by this Section 4, and such
other relief as may be required to specifically enforce any of the covenants in
this Section 4.
6. Confidential Information. (a) During the period of his employment hereunder,
and at any time for 2 years after his termination of employment by the Company
or the Executive, the Executive shall not, without the written consent of the
Company or a person authorized thereby, disclose to any person, other than an
Executive of the Company or a person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary
or appropriate in connection with the performance by the Executive of his duties
as an Executive of the Company, any material confidential information obtained
by him while in the employ of the Company; provided, however, that confidential
information shall not include any information known generally to the public
(other than as a result of unauthorized disclosure by the Executive) or any
information of a type not otherwise considered confidential by persons engaged
in the same business or a business similar to that conducted by the Company. (b)
Except for information or contacts provided by Executive, Executive agrees: (i)
not to use any such information for himself or others; and (ii) not to take any
such material or reproductions thereof from the Company's facilities at any time
or after during his employment by the Company, except as required in the
Executive's duties to the Company. The Executive agrees immediately to return
all such material and reproductions thereof in his possession to the Company
upon request and in any event upon termination of employment.
7. Ownership of Proprietary Information. (a) Except for Proprietary Information
or contacts provided by Executive, Executive agrees that all information that
has been created, discovered or developed by the Company or its Affiliates
(including, without limitation, information relating to the development of the
Company's business created, discovered, developed or made known to the Company
or the Affiliates by Executive during the period of employment with the Company
and information relating to Company's customers, suppliers, consultants, and
licensees) and/or in which property rights have been assigned or otherwise
conveyed to the Company or the Affiliates, shall be the sole property of the
Company or the Affiliates, as applicable, and the Company or the 34 Affiliates,
as the case may be, shall be the sole owner of all patents, copyrights and other
rights in connection therewith. All of the aforementioned information is
hereinafter called "Proprietary Information." By way of illustration, but not
limitation, Proprietary Information includes trade secrets, processes,
discoveries, structures, inventions, designs, ideas, works of authorship,
copyrightable works, trademarks, copyrights, formulas, data, know-how, show-how,
improvements, inventions, product concepts, techniques, information or
statistics contained in, or relating to, marketing plans, strategies, forecasts,
blueprints, sketches, records, notes, devices, drawings, customer lists, patent
applications, continuation applications, continuation-in-part applications, file
wrapper continuation applications, and divisional applications and information
about the Company's or the Affiliates' Executives and/or consultants (including,
without limitation, the compensation, job responsibility and job performance of
such Executives and/or consultants). (b) The Executive further agrees that at
all times, both during the period of employment with the Company and any time
for two years after his termination of this Agreement, he will keep in
confidence and trust all Proprietary Information, and he will not use or
disclose any Proprietary Information or anything directly relating to it without
the written consent of the Company or the Affiliates, as appropriate, except as
may be necessary in the ordinary course of performing his duties hereunder. The
Executive acknowledges that the Proprietary Information constitutes a unique and
valuable asset of the Company and each Affiliate acquired at great time and
expense, which is secret and confidential and which will be communicated to the
Executive, if at all, in confidence in the course of his performance of his
duties hereunder, and that any disclosure or other use of the Proprietary
Information other than for the sole benefit of the Company or the Affiliates
would be wrongful and could cause irreparable harm to the Company or its
Affiliates, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties agree
that, at all such times, the Executive is free to use (i) information in the
public domain not as a result of a breach of this Agreement, and (ii)
information lawfully received from a third party who had the right to disclose
such information.
8. Disclosure and Ownership of Inventions. (a) During the term of employment
until the Termination Date, the Executive agrees that he will promptly disclose
to the Company, or any persons designated by the Company, all intellectual
property rights related to the Company's business, including but not limited to,
improvements, inventions, designs, ideas, works of authorship, copyrightable
works, discoveries, patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, formulas,
processes, structures, product concepts, marketing plans, strategies, customer
lists, information about the Company's or the Affiliates' Executives and/or
consultants (including, without limitation, job performance of such Executives
and/or consultants), techniques, blueprints, sketches, records, notes, devices,
drawings, know-how, data, whether or not patentable, patent applications,
continuation applications, continuation-in-part applications, file wrapper
continuation applications and divisional applications (collectively hereinafter
referred to as the "Inventions"), made or conceived or reduced to practice or
learned by him, either alone or jointly with others, during the Term. (b) The
Executive agrees that all Inventions shall be the sole property of the Company
to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent permitted by
law shall be "works made for hire" as that term is defined in the United States
Copyright Act (17 US CA, Section 101). The Company shall be the sole owner of
all intellectual property rights, including but not limited to, patents,
copyrights, trade secret rights, and other rights in connection therewith. The
Executive hereby assigns to the Company all right, title and interest he may
have or acquire in all Inventions. The Executive further agrees to assist the
Company in every proper way (but at the Company's expense) to obtain and from
time to time enforce patents, copyrights or other rights on said Inventions in
any and all countries.
9. Termination. The Executive's employment hereunder may be terminated without
any breach of this Agreement only under the following circumstances: 35 (a)
Death. The Executive's employment hereunder shall terminate upon his death.
(b)Disability. I{ as a result of the Executive's incapacity due to physical or
mental illness, the Executive shall have been absent from his duties hereunder
on a full time basis for 90 consecutive calendar days, and within thirty (30)
days after written notice of termination is given (which may occur before or
after the end of such 90 day period) shall not have returned to the performance
of his duties hereunder on a full time basis, the Company may terminate the
Executive's employment hereunder. (c) Cause. The Company may terminate the
Executive's employment hereunder for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, the
Company shall have "Cause" to terminate the Executive's employment hereunder
upon (A) the willful and continued failure by the Executive to substantially
perform his duties hereunder (other than any such failure resulting from the
Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness) after demand for
substantial performance is delivered by the Company specifically identifying the
manner in which the Company believes the Executive has not substantially
performed his duties, or (B) the willful engaging by the Executive in misconduct
which is materially injurious to the business or financial condition of the
Company, monetarily or otherwise, or (C) the willful violation by the Executive
of the provisions of Sections 6, 7 and 8 hereof provided that such violation
results in material injury to the Company. For purposes of this paragraph, no
act, or failure to act, on the Executive's part shall be considered "willful"
unless done, or omitted to be done, by him not in good faith and without
reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best interest of the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be deemed to
have been terminated for "Cause" unless and until there shall have been
delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution, duly adopted by the
affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Members of the Board,
excluding the Executive, finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board,
the Executive was guilty of conduct set forth above in clause (A), (B), or (C)
of the preceding sentence, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. (d)
Termination by the Executive. The Executive may terminate his employment
hereunder for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement "Good Reason" shall
mean (A) a change in control of the Company (as defined below), or (B) a
reduction in the Executive's base salary as it may have been increased from time
to time, or any other failure by the Company to comply with Section 3 hereof, or
(C) failure of the Company to obtain the assumption of the agreement to perform
this Agreement by any successor as contemplated in Section 11 hereof, (D) a
defacto reduction in the Executives role or responsibilities as President and
COO, or (B) A breach by the Company of any of its obligations hereunder.
Termination by the Executive for any reason within this paragraph shall
immediately accelerate vesting of all options granted to Executive under this
Agreement For purposes of this Agreement, a "change in control of the Company"
shall be deemed to have occurred if (Y) any "person' (as such term is used in
Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act")), other than the Company or any "person" who on the date hereof
is a director or officer of the Company, is or becomes the "beneficial owner"
(as defined in Rule 1 3d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting power
of the Company's then outstanding securities, or (Z) during any period of two
consecutive years during the term of this Agreement, individuals who at the
beginning of such period constitute the Board cease for any reason to constitute
at least a majority thereof, unless the election of each director who was not a
director at the beginning of such period has been approved in advance by
directors representing at least two-thirds of the directors then in office who
were directors at the beginning of the period. 36 (e) Notice of Termination. Any
termination of the Executive's employment by the Company or by the Executive
(other than termination pursuant to subsection (a) above) shall be communicated
by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this
Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a notice which shall indicate
the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set
forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a
basis for termination of the Executive's employment under the provision so
indicated. (f) Date of Termination. "Date of Termination" shall mean (i) if the
Executive's employment is terminated by his death, the date of his death, (ii)
if the Executive's employment is terminated pursuant to subsection (b) above,
thirty (30) days after Notice of Termination is given (provided that the
Executive shall not have returned to the performance of his duties on a
full-time basis during such thirty (30) day period), (iii) if the Executive's
employment is terminated pursuant to subsection (c) above, the date specified in
the Notice of Termination, and (iv) if the Executive's employment is terminated
for any other reason, the date an which a Notice of Termination is given;
provided that if within thirty (30) days after any Notice of Termination is
given the party receiving such Notice of Termination notifies the other party
that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall
be the date on which the dispute is finally determined, either by mutual written
agreement of the parties, by a binding and final arbitration award or by a final
judgment order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (the time for
appeal there from having expired and no appeal having been perfected).
10. Compensation Upon Termination or Death or Disability (a) If the Executive's
employment shall be terminated by reason of his death, the Company shall pay to
such Person as he shall designate in a notice filed with the Company, or, if no
such person shall be designated, to his estate as a lump sum death benefit, his
full Base Salary to the date of his death in addition to any payments the
Executive's spouse, beneficiaries or estate may be entitled to receive pursuant
to any pension or Executive benefit plan or life insurance policy presently
maintained by the Company, and such payments shall fully discharge the Company's
obligations hereunder. (b) During any period that the Executive fails to perform
his duties hereunder as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness
(provided that the Executive shall have furnished the Company with a written
statement from a qualified doctor to such effect and provided, further, that at
the Company's request and expense the Executive shall submit to an examination
by a doctor selected by the Company and such doctor shall have concurred in the
conclusion of the Executive's doctor), the Executive shall continue to receive
his full Base Salary and bonus payments until the Executive's employment is
terminated pursuant to Section 9(b) hereof, or until the Executive terminates
his employment pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof, whichever first occurs. After
termination, the Executive shall be paid 100% of his Base Salary at the rate in
effect at the time Notice of Termination is given for six (6) months and
thereafter an annual amount equal to 75% of such Base Salary for the remainder
of the Term hereunder less, in each case, any disability payments otherwise
payable by or pursuant to plans provided by the Company and actually paid to the
Executive in substantially equal monthly installments. (c) If the Executive's
employment shall be terminated for Cause, the Company shall pay the Executive
his full Base Salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at
the time Notice of Termination is given and the Company shall have no further
obligations to the Executive under this Agreement. (d) If (A) in breach of this
Agreement, the Company shall terminate the Executive's employment other than
pursuant to Sections 9(b) or 9(c) hereof (it being understood that a purported
termination pursuant to Section 9(b) or 9(c) hereof which is disputed and
finally determined not to have been proper shall be a termination by the Company
in breach of this Agreement) or (B) the Executive shall terminate his employment
for Good Reason or (C) the Company fails to renew the Agreement at the end of
the initial or any successor term hereof, then 37 (i) the Company shall pay the
Executive his full Base Salary through the last day of the Term at the rate in
effect at the time Notice of Termination is given and the amount, if any, with
respect to any year then ended, such bonus which would have accrued to the
Executive on the basis of the Company's performance but which has not yet been
paid to him; (ii) in addition to salary payments pursuant to Section 9(d)(i),
the Company shall pay as severance pay to the Executive on the fifth day
following the Date of Termination, a lump sum amount equal to the 50% of
Executive's annual Base Salary at the highest rate in effect during the twelve
(12) months immediately preceding the Date of Termination; and (iii) the Company
shall pay all other damages to which the Executive may be entitled as a result
of the Company's termination of his employment under this Agreement, including
damages for any and all loss of benefits to the Executive under the Company's
Executive benefit plans which he would have received if the Company had not
breached this Agreement and had his employment confirmed for the full term
provided in Section 1 hereof, and including all legal fees and expenses incurred
by him in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain
or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement. (e) Unless the
Executive is terminated for Cause, the Company shall maintain in full force and
effect, for the continued benefit of the Executive to the last day of the Term
all Executive benefit plans and programs in which the Executive was entitled to
participate immediately prior to the Date of Termination provided that the
Executive's continued participation is possible under the general terms and
provisions of such plans and programs. In the event that the Executive's
participation in any such plan or program is barred, the Company shall arrange
to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those which the
Executive would otherwise have been entitled to receive under such plans and
programs from which his continued participation 5 barred. (f) The Executive
shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this
Section 9 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any
payment provided for in this Section 9 be reduced by any compensation earned by
the Executive as the result of employment by another Company after the Date of
Termination, or otherwise. (g) Upon termination of the Executive's employment,
the Executive shall have a put option to the Company for Executive's entire
equity interest in the Company. The purchase price shall be established by a
mutually acceptable appraiser, or absent such agreement on an appraiser, then by
an appraiser chosen by the Executive, one chosen by the Company, and one chosen
by the two appraisers. This process shall be conducted so that the valuation is
completed and the Executive can received full compensation for his entire equity
interest within sixty (60) days of his termination.
11. 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 and/or assets of the Company, by
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, 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 it if no such succession
had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such agreement prior to the
effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and
shall entitle the Executive to compensation from the Company in the same amount
and on the same terms as he would be entitled to hereunder if he terminated his
employment for Good Reason, except that for purposes of implementing the
foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be
deemed the Date of Termination. As used in this Agreement, "Company" shall mean
the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or
assets as aforesaid which executes and delivers the agreement provided for in
this Section 11 or which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms and provisions
of this Agreement by operation of law. 38 (b) This Agreement and all rights of
the Executive hereunder 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 amounts 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 devi see,
legatee, or other designee or, if there be no such designee, to the Executive's
estate.
12. Notice. For purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications
provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: If to the
Executive: Fax: at Gizmondo office (0) 0000 000 000 E-mail:
xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx. If to the Company: Tiger Telematics, Inc.
00000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxx. 000, Xxxxxxx 00000 Fax: 000-000-0000
Attention: Corporate Secretary or to such other address as any party may have
furnished to the others in writing in accordance herewith, except that notices
of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
13. Severability of Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement shall be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or
incapable of being enforced in whole or in part, the remaining conditions and
provisions or portions thereof shall nevertheless remain in full force and
effect and enforceable to the extent they are valid, legal and enforceable, and
no provision shall be deemed dependent upon any other covenant or provision
unless so expressed herein.
14. Entire Agreement: Modification. This Agreement contains the entire agreement
of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and the parties hereto
have made no agreements, representations or warranties relating to the subject
matter of this Agreement which are not set forth herein. No modification of this
Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by the parties
hereto.
15. Non-Waiver. The failure of any party to insist upon the strict performance
of any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall not be
construed as a waiver or relinquishment of future compliance therewith, and said
terms, conditions and provisions shall remain in full force and effect. No
waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement on the part of either party
shall be effective for any purpose whatsoever unless such waiver is in writing
and signed by such party.
16. Remedies for Breach. The Executive understands and agrees that any breach of
Sections 4,6, 7 or 8 of this Agreement by the Executive would result in
irreparable damage to the Company and to the Affiliates, and that monetary
damages alone would not be adequate and, in the event of such breach, the
Company shall have, in addition to any and all remedies at law, the right to an
injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief necessary to prevent
or redress the violation of the Company's obligations under such Sections.
17. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and
interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida without regard
to such State's principles of conflict of laws. The parties irrevocably and
unconditionally agree that the exclusive place of jurisdiction for any action,
suit or proceeding ("Actions") relating to this Agreement shall be in the courts
of the United States of America sitting in the State of Florida or, if such
courts shall not have jurisdiction over the subject matter thereof, in the
courts of the State of Florida sitting therein, and each such party hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts for purposes of any such Actions. Each party irrevocably and
unconditionally waives any objection it may have to the venue of any Action
brought in such courts or to the convenience of the forum. Final judgment in any
such Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on the judgment, a certified or true copy of which shall be conclusive
evidence of the fact and the amount of any indebtedness or liability of any
party therein described.
18. Headings: Construction. The headings of paragraphs are inserted for
convenience and shall not affect any interpretation of this Agreement. The
parties hereto agree that should an occasion arise in which interpretation of
this Agreement becomes necessary, such construction or interpretation shall not
presume that the terms hereof be more strictly construed against one party by
reason of any rule of construction or authorship.
19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which
shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when
one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered
to the other parties.
20. Relationship of the Parties. Except as otherwise provided herein, no party
shall have any right, power or authority to create any obligation, express or
implied, on behalf of any other party. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to
create or constitute a joint venture, partnership or revenue sharing arrangement
between the parties hereto or persons referred to herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.
Executive: By Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Company: Tiger Telematics, Inc.
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By: Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
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