of the Company (or substantially all of its assets) at a value above $3 million. The Company and Mr. Coviello are in discussions with regard to the timing of payment, but the company accrued for this in full during 2011.
Contingent Vendor Settlement Provision
During the fourth quarter of 2011 the Company became aware of a matter with a distributor of NovaVision products in Germany relating to the distribution of products prior to the Company's acquisition of NovaVision. The Company is in discussions with the vendor regarding the terms of a future commercial and settlement agreement, and provided an accrual during the year ended December 31, 2011 in the amount of €37,000, net ($48,810) representing the maximum settlement amount.
14. CONSULTING AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
The Company has entered into no new consulting or other agreements during the three months ended March 31, 2012. The following agreements remained in force during the period
Consulting Agreement with Jerrald Ginder
In March 2011, as amended June 2011, the Company entered into a one-year consultancy agreement with Mr. Jerrald Ginder, a sales executive of Stryker Corporation, effective April 1, 2011. Mr. Ginder has extensive experience in sales and marketing and the development of medical device products, and has contacts which will be of use to the Company. Under the terms of the agreement, which the Company has the right to terminate with 30 days notice, Mr. Ginder received 20,666,667 restricted shares of common stock of the Company. The stock has been valued by the Company at $420,000 and is being amortized over the life of the agreement as share-based compensation expense.
Consulting Agreement with Fountainhead Capital Management Limited ("Fountainhead")
In February 2010 the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with Fountainhead, which was the subject of a Supplement Agreement in May, 2011 to recognize Fountainhead's expanded responsibilities as a result of the acquisition by the Company of the assets of NovaVision, Inc. Under the terms of the Agreement and Supplement, the Company will pay to Fountainhead a monthly retainer of $37,500 ($8,500 under the Original Agreement and $29,000 under the Supplement). This monthly retainer shall be accrued and paid out to Fountainhead at the option of Fountainhead as follows: (i) in Vycor stock at any time at $0.125per share for the Original Agreement and $0.0225 per share for the Supplement; or (ii) in cash following the closing of a fundraising of no less than $2.5 million or on the sale of the Company or a substantial part of the assets thereof at any time after June 30, 2011. Notwithstanding, Fountainhead has the option to receive up to $5,000 of monthly retainer in cash each month, commencing April 1, 2011. The term of the Consulting Agreement is to May 5, 2013.
Consulting Agreement with GreenBridge Capital Partners, IV, LLC
On June 3, 2011,the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement ("Consulting Agreement") with GreenBridge Capital Partners, IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("GreenBridge"), to provide consulting and advisory services to the Company. Under the terms of this agreement GreenBridge is to receive up to 15,500,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Said shares are subject to a Company repurchase option, which may be exercised within specified time periods at the Company's sole discretion.
On August 18, 2011, the Company agreed to amend the Consulting Agreement to modify the dates for exercise of the Company's repurchase option related to the shares delivered to Greenbridge pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. Specifically, the parties agreed that, of the 15,500,000 shares delivered to GreenBridge, the Company would have the option to repurchase 5,166,666 of the shares prior to November 30, 2011 and an additional 5,166,667 shares prior to February 28, 2012. The remaining 5,000,000 shares are not subject to a repurchase option. The shares which are the subject of the repurchase option are to be held in escrow by a third party. In all other respects, the original Consulting Agreement remains in full force and effect as written. The Consulting Agreement was subsequently amended on several occasions and as of the date hereof the option to repurchase 5,166,666 of the shares is exercisable by the Company prior to June 15, 2012 and an additional 5,166,667 shares prior to June 30, 2012.
On May 11, 2012 the Company gave notice to Greenbridge and the Escrow holder that it was exercising its option to repurchase 10,333,333 at $0.0001 per share. The Company further believes that Greenbridge has not adequately performed its services under the Consulting Agreement, and is therefore considering its position with regard to recovery of the 5,166,666 shares no longer the subject of the repurchase option.
Agreement with Partizipant, LLC
On July 31, 2011, the Company entered into an Agreement (the "Agreement") with Partizipant, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Partizipant"), to provide a broad range of investor relations and public relations services as more particularly described in the Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current report on Form 8-K filed on August 4, 2011. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Partizipant a one-time payment of $300,000. The Company believes that Partizipant has not adequately performed its services under the Agreement and is therefore considering its position with regard to the recovery of certain of these funds.