1. | Establishes, or recommends to management, major corporate economic strategies, objectives, and policies for company. |
2. | Recommends modifications to existing corporate programs. | |
3. | Prepares reports which summarize and forecast company business activity and financial position in areas of income, expenses, and earnings based on past, present, and expected operations. Works with Business Development group to structure deals. Assists with partner management and initial introductions. |
4. | Directs preparation of budgets, reviews budget proposals, and prepares necessary supporting documentation and justification. |
5. | Responsible for cash management function. | |
6. | Advises management and manages all insurance and risk management aspects of the Company. | |
7. | Provides management with timely reviews of organization’s financial status and progress in its various programs and activities. Responsible for billings, collections, procurement and closing the books on a monthly basis. Responsible for all Financial and SEC reporting for the Company. Responsible for all SEC filings. |
8. | Directs the execution of all the Company’s accounting policies and evaluates new policies to determine their impact on the Company. |
9. | Advises management on desirable operational adjustments due to tax code revisions. Manages all tax operations of the Company. |
10. | Arranges for audits of company’s accounts. | |
11. | Prepares reports required by regulatory agencies. | |
12. | Establishes relations with banks and other financial institutions. | |
13. | Part of the Company’s M&A team. Responsible for financial due diligence, control evaluation and valuation, deal structure of target acquisitions. |
14. | Responsible for compliance and internal controls at the Company. | |
15. | Participates in legal contract drafting, review and negotiation. Manages relationship with outside Legal counsel on Securities Law matters and some commercial matters. |
16. | Manages relationship with Audit Committee. | |
17. | Manages relationship with Transfer Agent and operational relationship with the American Stock Exchange. Responds to questions from shareholders. |
18. | Responsible for all duties normally associated with the role of corporate Secretary. | |
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Exhibit B
Executive Bonus Compensation Plan
1. Management Incentive Plan. During each calendar year of the Executive Employment Agreement, beginning 2007, Executive shall be entitled to receive 45% of his base salary for that year as a bonus (the “Target Bonus”) upon completion of targeted goals, objectives and milestones established and approved by the Board. Prior to the commencement of each calendar year, Executive shall submit to the Board for approval a proposed “Bonus Plan” for the upcoming calendar year. Executive’s proposed Bonus Plan shall include a description of the goals, objectives and milestones and attendant bonus payments that shall be made by the Company to Executive in the event the Company attains such goals, objectives and milestones. The Board shall review, and at the Board’s discretion, modify and adopt the Bonus Plan, specifying the terms, conditions and amounts. The Bonus Plan as modified and adopted by a resolution of the Board shall be the Bonus Plan in effect for the respective calendar year. The bonus shall be paid no more than 30 days after the filing of the Company’s Form 10-K.
3. Termination. In the event Executive is terminated before the end of any calendar year by the Employer without “Cause” (as defined in Section 5.1(d)), or by election of the Executive for “Cause” (as set forth in Section 5.1(a)), Executive shall receive the Target Bonus for that year no later than thirty (30) days following such termination.
4. Bonus Payout. The Board may elect to pay up to 50% of the bonus in fully vested and exercisable restricted stock or stock units issued under the Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
Additional Executive Bonus Relating to Business Combinations Closed in 2007 Only
In addition to the bonus available as described above, Executive will receive a bonus for completed Business Combinations executed on behalf of Company. This bonus is available only for those Business Combinations closed in 2007 and as otherwise limited and defined herein. “Business Combination” means, whether effected in one transaction or in a series of related transactions that close within the term of your employment, or for a period of nine months after your employment terminates, unless such termination was for Cause (if such transaction was initiated by you, or you had substantive discussions during your employment with a third party that entered in to a Business Combination with Company and/or its subsidiary (together “MPC”), as follows:
(i) a merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination pursuant to which the business or assets of MPC is combined with that of a third party, including, without limitation, a joint venture involving a combination of all or substantially all of the assets of MPC and the joint venture partner;
(ii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by MPC of a controlling majority of the then outstanding voting capital stock (or newly-issued stock, if issued as part of the Business Combination) of a third party by way of a tender or exchange offer, negotiated purchase or other means (other than a typical public or private offering of the stock to existing and new shareholders);
(iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by MPC of all or substantially all of the assets of, or of any right to all or substantially all of the revenues or income of, a third party by way of a negotiated purchase or sale;
(iv) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by MPC of control of a third party through a proxy contest or otherwise;
Your bonus for each Business Combination shall be set based on the size of revenues of the third party combined with MPC, as follows:
(i)If revenues of the third party over the latest twelve months are $100 million or more, then the bonus is $125,000, plus $25,000 worth fully vested restricted stock units with the number of units to be determined based on the closing share price as of the day the material definitive agreement is entered, but not announced prior to close, if the agreement is announced prior to the market opening then the share price shall be the previous days’ close;
(ii) If revenues over the latest twelve months are $30 million or more, then the bonus is $75,000, plus $20,000 worth fully vested restricted stock units with the number of units to be determined based on the closing share price as of the day the material definitive agreement is entered, but not announced prior to close, if the agreement is announced prior to the market opening then the share price shall be the previous days’ close;
(iii) If revenues over the latest twelve months are less than $ 30 million or more, then the bonus is $25,000, plus $15,000 worth fully vested restricted stock units with the number of units to be determined based on the closing share price as of the day the material definitive agreement is entered, but not announced prior to close, if the agreement is announced prior to the market opening then the share price shall be the previous days’ close.
MPC shall have sole discretion whether to enter into any proposed Business Combination, and you will only be entitled to a bonus if the Business Combination is consummated.