EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Employment
Agreement executed on August 19, 2008 effective July 1, 2008 by and between
Emvelco Corp. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation with an address at 00000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxx X. Mustafoglu,
with
a mailing address at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, #000, Xxx Xxx, XX 00000 (the
“Employee”).
W
I T N E
S S E T H:
A. The
Company desires to engage the services of the Employee for purposes of assisting
the Company in managing its oil and gas activities.
B. Employee
is desirous of performing such services on behalf of the Company and desires
to
be engaged and retained by the Company upon the terms and conditions provided
for herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals, promises and conditions in this
Agreement, the Employee and the Company agree as follows:
1. Employment.
The
Company hereby retains the Employee on a non- exclusive but priority basis
and
the Employee accepts such retention for managing the Company’s oil and gas
exploration, drilling and production activities. Employee shall retain the
title
of the Chairman of the Board.
2. Term.
The
term of this Consulting Agreement shall be for a five (5) year period commencing
on the date hereof.
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3. COMPENSATION;
OTHER BENEFITS
(A)
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Employment
Fee.
As compensation for his services hereunder this Agreement, the Company
shall pay Employee, during the Employment Period, an initial annual
base
salary equal to $240,000 payable in equal monthly installments.
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(B)
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Signing
Bonus.
Employee shall be granted signing Bonus in form of cashless warrants
to
purchase shares of common stock of the Company. The Company will
issue to
the Employee 10,000,000 cashless warrants to purchase 10,000,000
shares of
the Company’s common stock (the “Bonus Shares”) at an exercise price of
fifty cents ($0.50) or fifty percent (50%) of the 20 day average
prior to
exercise notice, whichever is less. The cashless warrants may be
assigned
by the Employee. The Bonus Shares shall be deposited in escrow with
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxx, the Company Secretary, to be released to Employee,
or his
designee, at the rate of 2,000,000 shares of common stock, or 20%
of the
Bonus Shares, upon each anniversary of the execution of this Agreement.
Regardless of the fact that the Bonus Shares have been deposited
in
escrow, Employee will be considered the beneficiary owner of the
Bonus
Shares from the date of issuance. However, in the event that the
Employee
is terminated pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement, then Employee
shall provide the required paperwork in order to have the Bonus Shares
that are still held in escrow returned to the Company and
cancelled.
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(C)
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Performance
Bonus.
Employee shall also be eligible to participate in a lump sum
performance
bonus pool (the “Pool”) to be established by the Company for key
executives, which such Pool shall be computed as ten percent
(10%) of the
Company’s net income before taxes (“EBIT”). Employee shall allocate the
Pool, at his sole discretion, among the key executives and himself.
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(D)
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Notwithstanding
the Employment Fee specified in Section 3(a), Employee’s Fee shall be
reviewed annually by the Board of Directors. Upon such review, the
Board
of Directors may adjust Employee’s fee upwards to such rate as shall be
considered appropriate by the Board of Directors, taking into account
economic conditions, competitive conditions within the industry and
Employee’s performance. Such adjusted fee thereafter shall be the
Employment Fee for purpose of this
Agreement.
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(E)
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Company
should indemnify Employee to the fullest extent permitted by the
Bylaws of
the Company and the laws of the State in which the Company is incorporated
for any and all claims made or threatened against Employee by any
party
resulting from or alleged to arise out of Employee’s services under this
Agreement.
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4. EXPENSES
Employee
shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel, lodging, entertainment
and other out-of-pocket expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of
his
duties hereunder, upon submission and approval of written statements, and bills
in accordance with the then regular procedures of the Company governing
executives.
5. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF EMPLOYEE
Employee
represents and warrants to the Company that Employee is under no contractual
or
other restriction or obligation which is inconsistent with the execution of
this
Agreement, the performance of his duties hereunder, or the other rights of
the
Company hereunder.
6. OTHER
EMPLOYEE ACTIVITIES
Employee
is allowed to continue his activities as the Chairman and CIO of TransGlobal
Financial Services LLC and the Managing Member of TransGlobal Financial LLC
that
serves as the General Partner of Transglobal Turkish Realty Fund I L.P., and
such activities shall not constitute a conflict of interest under this
Agreement.
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7. PATENTS,
COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS ETC.
Any
patents, patent applications, inventions, technological innovations, copyrights,
copyrightable works, developments, discoveries, designs, and processes which
Employee during the period he is employed by the Company under this Agreement
conceives of, or relating to the fields in which the Company may then be engaged
or contemplates (as demonstrated by the records of the Company), being engaged
in (“Inventions”) shall be the exclusive property of the Company except for
Publications whose copyright shall remain with Employee and to which the Company
shall have the exclusive right of use subject to the payment of compensation
to
Employee stated in paragraph 3.D.5 of this Agreement. As soon as Employee owns,
conceives of, or develops any Such Invention, he agrees immediately to
communicate such fact in writing to the general counsel or the Secretary of
the
Company, and without further compensation, but at the Company’s expense (except
as noted in clause (A) of this Section 7), forthwith upon request of the
Company, Employee shall execute all such assignments and other documents
(including applications for patents, copyrights, trademarks, and assignments
thereof) and take all such other action as the Company may reasonably request
in
order:
(A)
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to
vest in the Company all Employee’s right, title, and interest in and Such
Inventions, and
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(B)
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if
patentable or copyrightable, to obtain patents or copyrights including
extensions and renewals) therefor in any and all countries in such
name as
the Company shall determine.
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8. CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION
All
confidential information which Employee may now possess, may obtain during
the
Employment Period, or may create prior to the end of the Employment Period
relating to the business of the Company or of any customer or supplier of the
Company, shall not be published, disclosed, or made accessible or by him to
any
other person, firm, or corporation either during or after the termination of
his
employment or used by him, except during the Employment Period in the business
and for the benefit of the Company, in each case without the prior written
consent of the Company. Employee shall return all of such confidential
information to the Company prior to or at the termination of his employment.
As
used in this Section 8, “confidential information” shall mean any information
except that information which is generally known by the Company’s principal
competitors available to the public, or obtained by Employee from a third party
without an
agreement as
to
confidentiality or use.
9. LIFE
INSURANCE
If
requested by the Company, Employee shall submit to such physical examination
and
otherwise take such actions and execute and deliver such documents as may be
reasonably necessary to enable the Company, at its expense and for its own
benefit, to obtain life insurance on the life of Employee. Employee has no
reason to believe that his life is not insurable with a reputable insurance
company at rates now prevailing in the city of New York for healthy men of
his
age. Insurance to apply only as long as Employee is employed by the
Company.
10. TERMINATION
(A) Notwithstanding
anything herein contained, if on or after the date hereof and prior to the
end
of the Term of this Agreement, either:
(1) (a) Employee
shall be physically or mentally incapacitated or disabled or otherwise unable
fully to discharge his duties hereunder for a continuous period of six months,
as determined by the Board of Directors,
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(b) Employee
shall be convicted of a crime of moral turpitude or a felony,
(c) Employee
shall materially breach any fiduciary duty to the Company, or
(d) Employee
shall breach any material term of this Agreement and fail to correct such breach
within 30 days after notice by the Company to Employee of his commission of
the
same, then, and in each case under this paragraph A(1), the Company shall have
the right to give notice of termination of Employee’s services hereunder as of a
date (not earlier than 10 days from such notice) to be specified in such notice
and this Agreement and all compensation and benefits shall terminate on the
date
so specified, or
(2) Employee
shall die, then this Agreement shall terminate on the date of Employee’s death,
whereupon Employee or his estate, as the case may be, shall be entitled to
receive his compensation and benefits pro rated to the date of death at the
rate
then provided pursuant to Section 3 to the date on which termination shall
take
effect.
(B)
Severance Pay. In
the
event that Employee’s employment is terminated without cause, the Company will
pay Employee all amounts and forms of compensation due to Employee pursuant
to
paragraph 3. In case of termination, the Employee agrees to honor and comply
with the provisions of paragraphs 7 and 8 of this Agreement.
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11. MERGER,
ETC.
In
the
event of a future disposition of (or including) the properties and business
of
the Company, substantially as an entirety, by merger, consolidation, sale of
assets or otherwise, then the Company may assign this Agreement and all of
its
rights and obligations hereunder to the acquiring or surviving entity; provided
that such entity shall assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company
hereunder; and provided, further, that the Company (in the event and so long
as
it remains in existence) shall remain liable for the performance of its
obligations hereunder in the event of a breach by the acquiring entity of this
Agreement.
12. SURVIVAL
The
covenants, agreements, representations, and warranties contained in or made
pursuant to this Agreement shall survive termination of Employee’s employment
under this Agreement.
13. ENTIRE
AGREEMENT, MODIFICATIONS
This
Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to
the
subject matter hereof, supersedes all prior agreements, oral or written, between
them concerning such subject matter, and may be modified, changed or waived
only
by a written instrument duly executed by each party.
14. NOTICES
Any
notice or other communication required or permitted to be given here under
shall
be in writing and shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested,
or delivered against receipt to the party to whom it is to be given at the
address of such party set forth in the preamble to this Agreement (or to such
other address as the party shall have furnished in writing in accordance with
provisions of this Section 14). Any notice or other communication given by
certified mail shall be deemed given three days after the time of certification
thereof, except for a notice changing a party’s address which shall be deemed
given at the time of receipt thereof. Notice to the estate of Employee shall
be
sufficient if addressed to Employee at his last residence.
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15. WAIVER
Any
waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall
not
operate as or be construed to be waiver of any other breach of such provision
or
of any breach of any other provision of this Agreement. The failure of a party
to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on one or more
occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right
thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of
this Agreement. Any waiver must be in writing, signed by the party giving such
waiver.
16. BINDING
EFFECT
Employee’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement shall not be transferable by
assignment or otherwise, such rights shall not be subject to commutation,
encumbrance, or the claims of Employee’s creditors, and any attempt to do any of
the foregoing shall be void. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of Employee and his heirs and personal
representatives, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Company and its successors and those who are its assigns under Section
11.
17. NO
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
This
Agreement does not create, and shall not be construed as creating, any rights
enforceable by any Person not a party to this Agreement (except as provided
in
Section 16).
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18. HEADINGS
The
headings in this Agreement are solely for convenience of reference and shall
be
given no effect in the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement.
19. REMEDY
In
the
event that any term or provision of this Agreement shall be deemed by a court
of
competent jurisdiction, arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, to be overly
broad in scope, duration or area of applicability, the court, arbitrator or
mediator, as the case may be, considering the same shall have the power and
hereby is authorized and directed to modify such term or provision to limit
such
scope, duration or area, or all of them, so that such term or provision is
no
longer overly broad and to enforce the same as so limited. Subject to the
foregoing sentences, in the event that any provision of this Agreement is
declared invalid, the remaining provisions will remain in force.
20. COUNTERPARTS;
GOVERNING LAW
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same
instrument. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of California, without
giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date
first above written.
By:
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Chief
Executive Officer
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XXXX
X. MUSTAFOGLU
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By:
/s/
Xxxx X. Mustafoglu
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Xxxx
X. Mustafoglu
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