EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement (“Agreement”), dated April 19, 2019 and made effective the
earlier of May 15, 2019 or the initial closing of $1.25 million of escrow from the current $6 million
finance offering, (the Employment Start Date”), is entered into by and between Parallax Health
Sciences, Inc. (“the Company”), a Nevada corporation, (the ‘Employer”), and Xxxxx Xxxxxx, residing
at 0 Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the “Employee”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Employer is engaged in the point of care, diagnostics technology, behavioral
health and related businesses, including but not limited to technology related services, hardware and
software development and sales for healthcare, and information technology (the “Technologies”);
and conducts research, experimentation, development, and exploitation of related technologies and
engages in other businesses; and
WHEREAS, Employer desires to employ Employee to serve as Chief Operating Officer
of the Company, and Employee desires to be employed by Employer in such capacities pursuant to
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises and
covenants herein contained, it is agreed as follows:
1.
EMPLOYMENT: DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Employer hereby employs Employee as Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
Subject at all times to the direction of the Chief Executive Officer of the Employer, Employee shall
have direct responsibility over operations, sales marketing, operational budgeting, sales costing
analysis and billing. Employee will also perform other services and duties as the Chief Executive
Officer shall determine. Employee’s permanent job sites shall be in the New York, NY area.
Employee shall serve, by mutual consent, in such other positions and offices of the Employer and
its affiliates, if selected, without any additional compensation.
Employee shall confer with the other Officers of the Company, regarding ideas and
proposals with respect to the overall technological direction of the Company.
2.
FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT
Employee hereby accepts employment by Employer, upon the terms and conditions
contained herein, and agrees that during the term of this Agreement the Employee shall devote
substantially all of his business time, attention, and energies to the business of the Employer.
Employee, during the term of this Agreement, will not perform any services for any other business
entity, whether such entity conducts a business which is competitive with the business of Employer
or is engaged in any other business activity; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall
be construed as (a) preventing Employee from investing his personal assets in any business or
businesses which do not compete directly or indirectly with the Employer, provided such
investment or investments do not require any services on his part in the operation of the affairs of
the entity in which such investment is made and in which his participation is solely that of an
investor, (b) preventing Employee from purchasing securities in any corporation whose securities
are regularly traded, if such purchases shall not result in his owning beneficially, at any time, more
than 5% of the equity securities of any corporation engaged in a business which is competitive,
directly or indirectly, to that of Employer, (c) preventing Employee from engaging in any other
activities, if he receives the prior written approval of the Board of Directors of Company with
respect to his engaging in such activities. With exception to his role as Director and President of
Carbon Capital Corp and as director of IQM Corporation.
3.
RECORDS
In connection with his engagement hereunder, Employee shall accurately maintain and
preserve all notes and records generated by Employer which relate to Employer and its business and
shall make all such reports, written if required, as Employer may reasonably require.
4.
TERM
Employee’s employment hereunder shall be for two twelve month periods (the “Initial
Term”), to commence on the earlier of May 15, 2019 or the initial closing of $1.25 million of escrow
from the current $6 million finance offering and end twenty-four months from the date of this
Agreement. Thereafter, the Company may elect to extend employment to Employee for one or
more additional twelve-month periods (the “Subsequent Term”), commencing twenty-four months
from the date hereof. A twelve-month period shall be deemed a Contract Year. For all
compensation and benefit purposes, other than those specifically addressed herein, the Employee
shall be deemed to have been continually employed with the Employer from the Employment Start
Date.
5.
SALARY
As full compensation (“Base Salary”) for the performance of his duties on behalf of
Employer, Employee shall be compensated as follows:
(i)
Base Salary.
Employer, shall pay the Employee as follows:
1.
During the first-year of the term hereof, shall pay Employee a base
salary at the rate of Two-Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) per annum,
payable semi-monthly; and
2.
During the subsequent second-year of the term, Employer agrees to
pay Employee a minimum base salary at the rate of at least Two-Hundred Seventy
Five Thousand Dollars ($275,000) per annum which is subject to a performance
review by the Company’s Compensation Committee at the recommendation of the
CEO, payable semi-monthly.
If this Agreement is renewed for a subsequent term or terms, base salary shall be increased
pursuant to; a) a minimum of Ten-Percent (10%) per year (the “Minimum Increase”); or b) as the
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Compensation Committee or Board of Directors shall determine if in excess to the Minimum
Increase. Future salary increases will be subject to mutual agreement in accordance with job
performance.
Annual Bonus. In addition to the above Annual Salary, you will be eligible to receive certain
performance-based bonuses, (the “Bonus”), subject to your attainment of the performance targets,
(the “Target(s)”) identified below as determined by the Company. Your Bonus opportunities will be
determined based upon the extent to which you achieve Targets, as follows:
o at 75% achievement of the Target of $300,000 in Company monthly gross revenues,
your Bonus opportunity will be one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00); and
o at 100% achievement of the Target of $800,000 in Company gross revenues, your
Bonus opportunity will be an additional one-hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00)
Any payment made pursuant to the above Performance Bonus arrangements will be made in
accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices and procedures following the conclusion
of the Company’s fiscal year-end. Any decision or judgment regarding your right and/or entitlement
to a Bonus under the above-referenced arrangements, including your satisfaction of Targets, will be
made by the Company in the sole discretion of the Company’s management. The Company will
also provide you with an automobile allowance of $1,200 per month.
Other Meritorious Adjustments. Directors may, in their sole discretion, consider other meritorious
adjustments in compensation, or a bonus, under appropriate circumstances, including the
conception of valuable or unique inventions, processes, discoveries or improvements capable of
profitable exploitation.
6.
EQUITY
(i)
Incentive Stock and Options. Employee shall receive options, and or
restricted Common Stock during the Term of this Agreement as determined by the Employer’s
Board of Directors from time to time, subject to subsections 6(ii) and (iii) below.
(ii)
Initial Restricted Common Stock Option Grant. Upon execution of this
Agreement, Employee shall be granted an aggregate of 3,000,000 stock options at an exercise price
of twenty-five cents ($.25) per share (which exercise price is not less than the closing price on the
date of Board approval) for a five-year period pursuant to the Company’s standard Stock Option
Agreement, and further provided that:
a.
750,000 of these stock options shall vest immediately.
2,250,000 of the stock options shall vest on a pro-rata basis equally over the following thirty-
six (36) months after the Employment Start Date.
(iii)
Change of Control. In the event of a merger, acquisition or sale transaction
by the Employer which causes a Change of Control of the Employer (the “Control Change”), any
stock, stock options or similar securities held beneficially by the Employee shall automatically
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become fully vested. For purposes of this Section 6, Control Change shall mean the occurrence of
any of the following events: (i) a majority of the outstanding voting stock of Employer shall have
been acquired or beneficially owned by any person (other than Employer or a subsidiary of
Employer) or any two or more persons acting as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or
other group, entity or association acting in concert for the purpose of voting, acquiring, holding, or
disposing of voting stock of Employer; or (ii) a merger or a consolidation of Employer with or into
another corporation, other than (A) a merger or consolidation with a subsidiary of Employer, or (B)
a merger or consolidation in which the holders of voting stock of Employer immediately prior to the
merger as a class hold immediately after the merger at least a majority of all outstanding voting
power of the surviving or resulting corporation or its parent; or (iii) a statutory exchange of shares of
one or more classes or series of outstanding voting stock of Employer for cash, securities, or other
property, other than an exchange in which the holders of voting stock of Employer immediately
prior to the exchange as a class hold immediately after the exchange at least a majority of all
outstanding voting power of the entity with which Employer stock is being exchanged; or (iv) the
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Employer, in one transaction or a
series of transactions, other than a sale or disposition in which the holders of voting stock of
Employer immediately prior to the sale or disposition as a class hold immediately after the exchange
at least a majority of all outstanding voting power of the entity to which the assets of Employer are
being sold.
(iv)
Additional Stock Compensation.
The Company agrees to cause the
issuance of an additional 3,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock, with a vesting schedule as
follows:
a. 25% vests immediately upon execution of employment agreement;
b. 25% vests when the Company becomes EBITDA positive;
c. 25% vests when the Company reaches $5 million in gross revenues, or 1 million in
monthly revenue;
d. 25% vests when the Company reaches $10 million in gross revenues or 2 million in
monthly revenue;
(v)
10b5-1 Trading plans
a. Trading plans are expected to be in place with vested shares if five (5) day average
shares traded are greater than 100,000 shares/day. Executive may not trade more
than 10,000 shares/day and may not sell more than $100,000 in any given month.
(vi) The Employee shall be granted the immediate right from the date of the
Agreement (and continuing for the balance of Common Share issuances pursuant
to this Section 6 (iv) of the Agreement to purchase Common Shares of the Company
at PAR value of $.001 each.
7.
BUSINESS EXPENSES
The Employer also shall reimburse the Employee for all business expenses incurred by
Employee in the performance of his duties hereunder including, but not limited to, travel on
business, attending technical and business meetings, professional activities, and customer
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entertainment, such reimbursement to be made in accordance with regular Company policy and
within a reasonable period following Employee’s presentation of the details of, and proof of, such
expenses.
8.
FRINGE BENEFITS
(i)
During the term of this Agreement, Employer shall provide to Employee, at
its sole expense, hospitalization, major medical and other fringe benefits on the same
terms and conditions as it shall afford other senior management employees.
(ii)
During the term of this Agreement, Employer shall provide paid vacation, to
Employee, which accrues from the date of execution of this Agreement. The annual paid vacation
earned for each Contract Year is: (i) two (2) weeks per Contract Year for the first three (3) Contract
Years of full-time employment; (ii) three (3) weeks per Contract Year for more than three (3) and up
to seven (7) Contract Years of full-time employment; and (iii) four (4) weeks per Contract Year for
more than seven (7) Contact Years of full-time employment.
9.
SUBSIDIARIES
For the purposes of this Agreement all references to business products, services and sales of
Employer shall include those of Employer’s affiliates.
10.
INVENTORIES: SHOP RIGHTS
All systems, inventions, discoveries, apparatus, techniques, methods, know-how, formulae or
improvements made, developed or conceived by Employee during Employee’s employment by
Employer, whenever or wherever made, developed or conceived, and whether or not during
business hours, which constitute an improvement, on those heretofore, now or at any during
Employee’s employment, developed, manufactured or used by Employer in connection with the
manufacture, process or marketing of any product heretofore or now or hereafter developed or
distributed by Employer, or any services to be performed by Employer or of any product which
shall or could reasonably be manufactured or developed or marketed in the reasonable expansion of
Employer’s business, shall be and continue to remain Employer’s exclusive property, without any
added compensation or any reimbursement for expenses to Employee, and upon the conception of
any and every such invention, process, discovery or improvement and without waiting to perfect or
complete it, Employee promises and agrees that Employee will immediately disclose it to Employer
and to no one else and thenceforth will treat it as the property and secret of Employer.
Employee will also execute any instruments requested from time to time by Employer to
vest in it complete title and ownership to such invention, discovery or improvement and will, at the
request of Employer, do such acts and execute such instrument as Employer may require, but at
Employer’s expense to obtain Letters of Patent, trademarks or copyrights in the United States and
foreign countries, for such invention, discovery or improvement and for the purpose of vesting title
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thereto in Employer, all without any reimbursement for expenses (except as provided in Section 5 or
otherwise) and without any additional compensation of any kind to Employee.
11.
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and TRADE SECRETS
(i)
All Confidential Information shall be the sole property of Employer.
Employee will not, during the period of his employment and for a period ending two years after
termination of his employment for any reason, disclose to any person or entity or use or otherwise
exploit for Employee’s own benefit or for the benefit of any other person or entity any Confidential
Information which is disclosed to Employee or which becomes known to Employee in the course of
his employment with Employer without the prior written consent of an officer of Employer except
as may be necessary and appropriate in the ordinary course of performing his duties to Employer
during the period of his employment with Employer. For purposes of this Section 11(a),
“Confidential Information” shall mean any data or information belonging to Employer, other than
Trade Secrets, that is of value to Employer and is not generally known to competitors of Employer
or to the public, and is maintained confidential by Employer, including but not limited to non-public
information about Employer’s clients, executives, key contractors and other contractors and
information with respect to its products, designs, services, strategies, pricing, processes, procedures,
research, development, inventions, improvements, purchasing, accounting, engineering and
marketing (including any discussions or negotiations with any third parties). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no information will be deemed to be Confidential Information unless such information is
treated by Employer as confidential and shall not include any data or information of Employer that
has been voluntarily disclosed to the public by Employer (except where such public disclosure has
been made without the authorization of Employer), or that has been independently developed and
disclosed by others, or that otherwise enters the public domain through lawful means.
(ii)
All Trade Secrets shall be the sole property of Employer. Employee agrees
that during his employment with Employer and after its termination, Employee will keep in
confidence and trust and will not use or disclose any Trade Secret or anything relating to any Trade
Secret, or deliver any Trade Secret, to any person or entity outside Employer without the prior
written consent of an officer of Employer. For purposes of this Section 11(b), “Trade Secrets” shall
mean any scientific, technical and non-technical data, information, formula, pattern, compilation,
program, device, method, technique, drawing, process, financial data, financial plan, product plan or
list of actual or potential customers or vendors and suppliers of Employer or any portion or part
thereof, whether or not copyrightable or patentable, that is of value to Employer and is not generally
known to competitors of Employer or to the public, and whose confidentiality is maintained,
including unpatented and un-copyrighted information relating to Employer’s products, information
concerning proposed new products or services, market feasibility studies, proposed or existing
marketing techniques or plans and customer consumption data, usage or load data, and any other
information that constitutes a trade secret, as such term as defined in the Official Code of Nevada
Annotated, in each case to the extent that Employer, as the context requires, derives economic
value, actual or potential, from such information not being generally known to, and not being readily
ascertainable by proper means by, other persons or entities who can obtain economic value from its
disclosure or use.
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12.
NON-SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES
During the term of Employee’s employment and for one year thereafter, Employee will not
cause or attempt to cause any employee of Employer to cease working for Employer to retain
employment with another employer that is a competitor of Employer’s. However, this obligation
shall not affect any responsibility Employee may have as an employee of Employer with respect to
the bona fide hiring and firing of Employer’s personnel.
13.
NON-SOLICITATION OF CUSTOMERS AND PROSPECTIVE
CUSTOMERS
Employee will not, during the period of his employment and for a period ending two years
after the termination of his employment for any reason, directly or indirectly, solicit the business of
any customer for the purpose of, or with the intention of, selling or providing to such customer any
product or service in competition with any product or service sold or provided by Employer during
the 12 months immediately preceding the termination of Employee’s employment with Employer.
14.
NON-COMPETITION
Employee agrees that during his employment with Employer, Employee will not engage in
any employment, business, or activity that is in any way competitive with the business or proposed
business of Employer, and Employee will not assist any other person or organization in competing
with Employer or in preparing to engage in competition with the business or proposed business of
Employer. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply both during normal working hours and at all
other times including, without limitation, nights, weekends and vacation time, while Employee is
employed with Employer.
15.
TERMINATION
(a) “At Will” Employment.
Although we anticipate that your employment with us will be mutually satisfactory, your
employment with the Company will be "at will." This means that you may resign from the
Company at any time with or without cause, and, likewise, the Company has the right to terminate
your employment at any time with or without cause.
(b) Disability and Death.
Employee’s employment hereunder will be terminated immediately upon his
disability (as determined for purposes of Employer’s long-term disability plan) or his death. If
Employee’s employment is terminated due to such disability or death, Employer will be required to
pay to Employee or Employee’s estate, as the case may be, in addition to the amounts payable under
Employer’s short-term and long-term disability plans or life insurance plans (as applicable), only his
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base salary and accrued vacation, earned through the date of termination, and to the extent required
under the terms of any benefit plan or this Agreement, the vested portion of any benefit under such
plan. Employee or Employee’s estate, as the case may be, will not by operation of this provision
forfeit any rights in which Employee is vested at the time of Employee’s disability or death.
16.
INJUNCTION
(i)
Should Employee at any time reveal, or threaten to reveal, any such secret
knowledge or information, or during any restricted period engage, or threaten to engage, in any
business in competition with that of Employer, or perform, or threaten to perform, any services for
anyone engaged in such competitive business, or in any way violate, or threaten to violate, any of the
provisions of this Agreement, Employer shall be entitled to an injunction restraining Employee from
doing, or continuing to do, or performing any such acts; and Employee hereby consents to the
issuance of such an injunction.
(ii)
In the event that a proceeding is brought in equity to enforce the provisions
of this Paragraph, Employee shall not argue as a defense that there is an adequate remedy at law, nor
shall Employer be prevented from seeking any other remedies which may be available.
(iii)
The existence of any claim or cause of action by Employer against Employee,
or by Employee against Employer, whether predicated upon this Agreement or otherwise, shall not
constitute a defense to the enforcement by Employer of the foregoing restrictive covenants but shall
be litigated separately.
17.
ARBITRATION
(i)
In the event that there shall be a dispute (a “Dispute”) among the parties
arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, the parties agree that such dispute
shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration before a single arbitrator in New York NY,
administered by the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”), in accordance with AAA’s
Employment ADR Rules. The arbitrator’s decision shall be final and binding upon the parties, and
may be entered and enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction by either of the parties. The
arbitrator shall have the power to grant temporary, preliminary and permanent relief, including
without limitation, injunctive relief and specific performance.
(ii)
The Company will pay the direct costs and expenses of the arbitration,
including arbitration and arbitrator fees. Except as otherwise provided by statute, Executive and the
Company are responsible for their respective attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with enforcing
this Agreement. Executive and the Company agree that, to the extent permitted by law, the
arbitrator may, in his or her discretion, award reasonable attorneys’ fees to the prevailing party.
18.
MISCELLANEOUS
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
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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 covenant or provision so expressed herein.
The parties hereto have made no agreements, representations or warranties relating to the
subject matter of this Agreement which are not set forth herein. The provisions of this Agreement
may not be amended, supplemented, waived, or changed orally, but only in writing and signed by the
party as to whom enforcement of any such amendment, supplement, waiver, or modification is
sought and making specific reference to this Agreement.
The rights, benefits, duties and obligations under this Agreement shall inure to, and be
binding upon, the Employer, its successors and assigns, and upon the Employee and his legal
representatives, heirs and legatees. This Agreement constitutes a personal service agreement, and the
performance of the Employee’s obligations hereunder may not be transferred or assigned by the
Employee.
The failure of either 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.
This Agreement shall be construed and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this employment agreement is dated as of the 19th day of
April 2019.
On Behalf of Employer:
PARALLAX HEALTH SCIENCES, INC.
By: ___________________________
Xxxx X. Arena, Chief Executive Officer
By: ___________________________
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Employee
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