Exhibit 10.1
Employment Agreement with Peter Wrage
EMPLOYMENT AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT, effective as of the 20th day of September 2004, is made by
and between Liska Biometry, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "Company"),
and PETER WRAGE, a resident of the province of Ontario (the "Executive").
RECITALS
A. The Company is in the business of developing a Finger Print
Biometrics business (the "Business");
B. The Company desires to retain the services of the Executive;
C. The Executive is willing to be employed by the Company; and
D. The parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement in order to
set forth the respective rights, limitations and obligations of both
the Company and the Executive with respect to the Executive's
employment with the Company, the Confidential Information, the
Discoveries, and the other matters set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the employment of the Executive by the
Company, the compensation paid to the Executive and the Company continuing to
provide Confidential Information to the Executive, as well as the other mutual
promises and consideration hereinafter contained, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. TERM.
Subject to the provisions for termination hereinafter provided, the Executive's
employment hereunder shall commence on the first day of the month after the
Company receives funding in the amount of US$ 400,000 (the "Employment Date")
and unless otherwise extended, end one year after the Employment Date commences
(the "Contract Termination Date"). The Contract Termination Date shall be
automatically extended for a successive one (1) year period at the end of each
contract year unless the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") shall
give contrary notice to the Executive, pursuant to the terms of Section 11
below, at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of the each contract year. In
the event that the Company does not receive funding in the amount of $400,000 on
or before December 31, 2004, this agreement shall become null and void.
1A. Consulting Agreement.
By contract dated ________(the "Consulting Agreement"), the parties have
contracted together for the Executive to provide his services to the Company as
a consultant. The Consulting Agreement calls for compensation both in cash and
in shares of the Company. The parties agree that this Agreement supercedes the
Consulting Agreement and each party hereby releases the other from all
obligations, claims and causes of action arising under the Consulting Agreement.
During the operation of the Consulting Agreement, the Executive assisted the
Company's staff and other consultants in the creation of intellectual property,
consisting of confidential information (as defined in paragraph 5 below) that
the Company can exploit in creating and implementing its business plan. The
Executive acknowledges that the Company is the sole owner of all such
confidential information, and assigns to the Company any rights he may have in
such confidential information.
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2. POSITION AND DUTIES.
During the Employment Term, the Executive shall serve as Executive Vice
President of Product Operations. The Executive will report to the Company's
President required by law and by the Company's governance policy in effect from
time to time, and perform such employment duties, consistent with his position,
as specified in the Job Description, and more particularly defined in Schedule
A, attached hereto and incorporated into this Agreement. The Executive shall not
have the ability to enter into any agreements or contracts or otherwise legally
bind the Company without the express consent and written approval of the
President. The Executive shall devote his full productive time, energy and
ability to the proper and efficient conduct of the Company's business. The
Executive may only devote reasonable periods of time to service as a Director or
consultant of other businesses, with the prior written approval and consent of
the President, to the extent that such service does not interfere with the
performance of his obligations hereunder. Similarly, the Executive may engage in
such charitable or community activities as shall not interfere with the
performance of his obligations hereunder. The Executive shall observe and comply
with all lawful and reasonable rules of conduct set by the Board for executives
of the Company, and shall endeavor to promote the business, reputation and
interests of the Company.
3. COMPENSATION.
(A) BASE COMPENSATION.
As defined in further detail below, during the Employment Term the Company
shall pay the Executive a Base Compensation, subject to annual review, as
the Board, in its sole discretion, may determine. The Base Compensation
shall be paid in CANADIAN DOLLARS in accordance with the Company's normal
payroll practices. The Base Compensation paid to the Executive shall be
SIXTY THREE THOUSAND (C$ 63,000) per year, payable bi-weekly in arrears.
OTHER COMPENSATION.
(i) Annual Bonus: The Executive shall be eligible to receive a
Performance Bonus (the "Bonus") for the achievement of the
performance goals as determined by the Board, and dependent upon the
financial performance of the Company. The annual bonus may be paid
in cash, fully vested stock, restricted stock, or a combination
thereof.
(ii) The Executive shall be granted 100,000 FULLY-VESTED shares upon the
signing of this agreement
(iii) The Executive shall be granted 100,000 OPTIONS upon execution of
this agreement and approval of this agreement by the Board of
Directors.
(iv) The Executive shall be granted 50,000 options upon certification by
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company that the Executive has
attained Milestone I as defined in Schedule B attached hereto
(v) The Executive shall be granted 100,000 options upon certification by
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company that the Executive has
attained Milestone II as defined in Schedule B attached hereto
(vi) The Executive shall be granted 100,000 options upon certification by
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company that the Executive has
attained Milestone III as defined in Schedule B attached hereto
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(vii) The Executive shall be granted 50,000 options upon certification by
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company that the Executive has
attained Milestone IV as defined in Schedule B attached hereto
(viii)The Executive shall be eligible to participate in any Company
incentive plan established by the Company under the terms and
conditions of the Plan.
(B) EXPENSES.
The Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all
reasonable business expenses pre-approved by the President (exclusive of
any commuting expenses) incurred by him in the course of his employment by
the Company.
(C) OTHER BENEFITS.
(i) Insurance: The Executive shall be entitled to participate in or
receive benefits on the same basis as other executive officers of the
Company under any employee benefit plans and arrangements applicable to
senior management including life insurance plans, pension and
profit-sharing plans, medical and health plans or other employee welfare
benefit plans, annual paid vacation, sick leave, sick pay and short-term
and long-term disability benefits and holidays, as in effect from time to
time.
(ii) Vacation: The Executive shall be entitled to receive two (2) weeks of
paid vacation per contract year, which shall accrue from September 20th,
2004 .. Such vacation days shall accrue and become vested on the first
anniversary day of each year of the Employment Term. This benefit shall be
reviewed by the Board of Directors and the Executive from time to time and
increased when appropriate.
(iii) Holidays: The Executive shall be entitled to the designated Company
holidays.
4. TERMINATION.
The Executive's employment by the Company pursuant hereto is subject to
termination during the Employment Term as follows:
(A) DEATH. The Executive's employment hereunder shall terminate upon his
death. In such event, the Executive's Base Compensation and any prorated amount
of the Bonus, if any, shall be paid through the date of the Executive's death.
Eligibility for all other benefits shall be determined by the terms of any
applicable plan or program.
(B) DISABILITY. The Company may, by written notice to the Executive,
terminate the Executive's employment if, as a result of the Executive's
incapacity due to physical or mental illness, the Executive shall have been
absent from his duties hereunder for ninety (90) consecutive days or for a total
of one hundred eighty (180) days in any three hundred sixty five (365) day
period (the "Disability Period"). In the event of such termination, the
Executive shall receive the same benefits payable in the event of death;
provided however that, if the Company should adopt a disability policy at any
time during the Employment Term, the terms of such policy shall govern.
(C) TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE OR EXECUTIVE'S VOLUNTARY
TERMINATION. The Company shall be entitled to terminate the Executive's
employment at any time, by written notice to the Executive, for Cause, as
defined herein:
(i) fraud or embezzlement on the part of the Executive;
(ii) conviction of or the entry of a plea of nolo contendere by the
Executive to any felony or other crime of fraud or moral turpitude;
(iii) any act of willful or negligent misconduct by the Executive
which is either intended to result in substantial personal enrichment of
the Executive at the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates, or has a material adverse impact on the business or reputation
of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or directors or
other officers (such determination to be made by the Company's Board of
Directors in the good faith exercise of its reasonable judgment); or
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In the event of termination for Cause, the Executive's Base Compensation
and other benefits shall be paid through the Date of Termination (as hereafter
defined), and the Executive shall have no further rights to compensation or
benefits other than as determined by the terms of any applicable plan or
program. The Executive shall not be eligible to receive any portion of his
Annual Bonus.
The Executive may terminate his employment hereunder voluntarily at any
time with ninety (90) day's written notice to the Board. In the event of the
Executive's voluntary termination, the Executive shall be entitled to receive
his Base Compensation and prorated Bonus, if any, and benefits through the Date
of Termination.
(D) WITHOUT CAUSE. The Company may terminate the Executive's employment at
any time by giving written notice to the Executive of its intent to terminate
this Agreement without Cause. In such event:
(i) the Executive shall be paid his Base Compensation, any prorated
Bonus and other benefits to which the Executive is entitled for the remainder of
the Employment Term, provided that the Base Compensation shall represent not
less than 3 months pay in lieu of notice of termination;
(ii) all stock options held by the Executive under any stock option
plan of the Company shall become fully exercisable, and shall remain exercisable
for a period of 180 days following the Date of Termination; and
(iii) the Executive shall have such other rights in respect of any
incentive, other compensation plan or benefit plan or program as may be set
forth in such plan or program.
(E) CHANGE IN CONTROL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, should a "change in control" occur, the Employee, at his sole option
and discretion, may terminate his employment under this Agreement at any time
within one (1) year after such change of control upon fifteen (15) days notice.
In the event of such termination, Company shall pay to the Employee a severance
payment ("Severance Payment") equal to three (3) times the base amount as
defined in paragraph 3(a) above. The amount determined under the foregoing
provisions of this Section 4(e) shall be payable no later than one (1) month
after the effective date of the Employee's termination of employment. A change
in control means: the acquisition, without the approval of the Company's board
of directors, by any person or entity, other than Company or a "related entity,"
of more than twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding shares of Company's voting
common stock through a tender offer, exchange offer or otherwise; the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company following a sale or other disposition
of all or substantially all of its assets; a merger of consolidation involving
the Company which results in the Company not being the surviving parent
corporation; or any time during any two-year (2) period in which individuals who
constituted the board of directors of Company at the start of such period (or
whose election was approved by at least two-thirds of the then members of the
board of directors of Company who were members at the start of the two-year
period) do not constitute at least fifty (50%) of the board of directors, for
any reason. A related entity is the parent, a subsidiary or any employee benefit
plan (including a trust forming a part of such a plan) maintained by the
Company, its parent or a subsidiary.
(F) DATE OF TERMINATION. The date upon which a termination pursuant to
this Section 4 becomes effective (the "Date of Termination" or "Termination
Date") shall be: the date upon which the party terminating this Agreement gives
the other party written notice thereof in accordance with Section 11 hereof.
5. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
(a) The Executive recognizes that the services to be performed by him
hereunder are special, unique and extraordinary and that, by reason of his
employment with the Company, he may acquire Confidential Information (as
hereinafter defined) concerning the operation of the Company, the use or
disclosure of which would cause the Company substantial loss and damage which
could not be readily calculated and for which no remedy at law would be
adequate. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that he will not (directly or
indirectly) at any time, whether during or after the Employment Term:
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(i) knowingly use for an improper personal benefit any Confidential
Information that he may learn or has learned by reason of his employment with
the Company; or
(ii) disclose any such Confidential Information to any person except (A)
in the performance of his obligations to the Company hereunder, (B) as required
by a court of competent jurisdiction, (C) in connection with the enforcement of
his rights under this Employment Agreement or (D) with the prior consent of the
Board.
As used herein, "Confidential Information" includes information with
respect to the Company's facilities and methods, trade secrets and other
intellectual property, systems, patents and patent applications, procedures,
manuals, confidential reports, financial information, business plans, prospects
or opportunities, personnel information or lists of customers and suppliers;
provided, however, that such term shall not include any information that is or
becomes generally known or available publicly other than as a result of
disclosure by the Executive which is not permitted as described in clause (ii)
above, or the Company discloses to others without obtaining an agreement of
confidentiality.
(b) The Executive confirms that all Confidential Information is the
exclusive property of the Company. All business records, papers and documents
and electronic materials kept or made by the Executive relating to the business
of the Company which comprise Confidential Information shall be and remain the
property of the Company during the Employment Term and at all times thereafter.
Upon the termination of his employment with the Company or upon the request of
the Company at any time, the Executive shall promptly deliver to the Company,
and, without the express consent of the Board, shall retain no copies of any
written or electronic materials, records and documents made by the Executive or
coming into his possession concerning the business or affairs of the Company and
which comprise Confidential Information.
(c) The Executive shall keep the terms of this Agreement strictly
confidential, other than as may be necessary to enforce his rights hereunder or
as otherwise required by law, or for estate planning or personal financial
reasons.
6. NON-COMPETITION.
(a) During the Employment Term and for a period of one (1) year after the
Termination Date (the "Restricted Period"), the Executive shall not directly or
indirectly, for his own account or for the account of others, enter into a
relationship with others with a view to using Confidential Information (as
defined above) for his own benefit or that of others. This provision shall not
be interpreted to prevent the Executive from, pursuing a career in finger-print
biometrics, but will be applied to prevent the Executive from using
technological, company-specific or market-related information he gained while
contracted with the Company for his own benefit, or for that of others. Nothing
in this Section 6 shall prohibit the Executive from acquiring or holding any
issue of stock or securities of any Person that has any securities registered
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, listed on a national securities exchange
or quoted on the automated quotation system of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. so long as the Executive is not deemed to be an
"affiliate" of such Person as such term is used in paragraphs (c) and (d) of
Rule 145 under the Securities Act and the Executive, members of his immediate
family, or persons under his control do not own or hold more than five percent
(5%) of any voting securities of any such Person.
(b) During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, whether for his
own account or for the account of any other person (excluding the Company):
(i) solicit or contact in an effort to do business with any person
who was a customer or a potential customer of the Company during the term
of this Agreement, or any affiliate of any such person, if such
solicitation or contact is for the purpose of competition with the Company
unless the Executive had made direct contact with such person prior to the
date of this contract.;
(ii) solicit or induce any of the Company's employees to leave their
employment with the Company or accept employment with anyone except the
Company; or
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(iii) interfere in a similar manner with the business of the
Company.
Nothing herein shall prohibit or preclude the Executive from performing
any other types of services that are not precluded by Section 6 (a) for any
other Person.
(c) The Executive has carefully read and considered the provisions of this
Section 6 and, having done so, agrees that the restrictions set forth in this
Section 6 (including the Restricted Period, scope of activity to be restrained
and the geographical scope) are fair and reasonable and are reasonably required
for the protection of the interests of the Company, its officers, directors,
employees, creditors and shareholders. The Executive understands that the
restrictions contained in this Section 6 may limit his ability to engage in a
business similar to the Company's business, but acknowledges that he will
receive sufficiently high remuneration and other benefits from the Company
hereunder to justify such restrictions.
7. INVENTIONS.
(A) DISCLOSURE OF INVENTIONS: The Executive shall promptly disclose to the
Company (or any persons designated by it) all discoveries, developments,
designs, improvements, inventions, blueprints, formulae, processes, techniques,
computer programs, strategies, and data, whether or not patentable or
registerable under copyright or similar statutes, made or conceived or reduced
to practice or learned by the Executive, either alone or jointly with others,
during the period of employment that result directly from tasks assigned to the
Executive by the Company and relate specifically to the Business or result from
the use of premises or property (including computer systems and engineering
facilities) owned, leased or contracted for by the Company (all such
discoveries, developments, designs, improvements, inventions, formulae,
processes, techniques, computer programs, strategies, blueprints, know-how and
data are hereinafter referred to as "Inventions"). The Executive will also
promptly disclose to the Company, and the Company hereby agrees to receive all
such disclosures in confidence, all other discoveries, developments, designs,
improvements, inventions, formulae, processes, techniques, computer programs,
strategies, blueprints and data, whether or not patentable or registerable under
copyright or similar statutes, made or conceived or reduced to practice or
learned by the Executive, either alone or jointly with others, during the period
of employment for the purpose of determining whether they constitute
"Inventions", as defined above.
(B) OWNERSHIP OF INVENTIONS.
(i) All Inventions shall be the sole property of the Company and its
assigns, and the Company and its assigns shall be the sole owner of all
patents, copyrights, trademarks and other rights in connection therewith.
The Executive does hereby assign to the Company any rights the Executive
may have or acquire in such Inventions. The Executive shall assist the
Company (at the Company's expense) in obtaining and, from time to time,
enforcing patents, copyrights, trademarks and other rights and protections
relating to said Inventions in any and all countries. The Executive will
execute all documents necessary to apply for and obtain such patents,
copyrights, trademarks and other rights and protections on such
Inventions, as the Company may request, together with any assignments
thereof to the Company or persons designated by it. The Executive's
obligation to assist the Company in obtaining and enforcing patents,
copyrights, trademarks and other rights and protections relating to such
Inventions shall continue beyond the termination of employment, but the
Company shall compensate the Executive at a reasonable rate after the
Executive's termination, for time actually spent by the Executive at the
Company's request on such assistance.
(ii) In the event the Company is unable, after reasonable effort, to
secure the Executive's signature on any document or documents needed to
apply for or prosecute any patent, copyright or other right or protection
relating to an Invention, for any reason whatsoever, the Executive does
hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Company and its duly
authorized officers and agents as his agent and attorney-in-fact, to act
for and on his behalf to execute and file any such application or
applications and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the
prosecution and issuance of patents, copyrights or similar protections
solely with respect to Inventions with the same legal force and effect as
if executed by the Executive and the Executive does ratify, affirm and
approve all such lawfully permitted acts accordingly.
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8. SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE.
The Executive acknowledges that a breach of any of the covenants contained
in this agreement may 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, in the event of such a
breach, any payments remaining under the terms of this Agreement shall cease and
the Company, without posting any bond, shall be entitled to obtain a temporary
restraining order and a preliminary or permanent injunction restraining the
Executive from engaging in activities prohibited by this agreement or such other
relief as may be required to enforce any of the covenants contained in this
agreement.
9. 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 or assets of the Company 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 if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the
Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of
any such succession shall be a material breach of this Agreement. As used in
this Employment Agreement, "Company" shall mean the Company as defined in this
Agreement and any successor to its business or assets as aforesaid which assumes
and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.
(b) This Agreement 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 amount 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 spouse or, if
there is no such spouse, to the Executive's estate. This Agreement is personal
to the Executive and may not be assigned by him.
10. RESIGNATION AS OFFICER AND/OR DIRECTOR.
In the event that the Executive's employment is terminated for any reason
whatsoever or the Executive voluntarily terminates his employment, the Executive
agrees to resign immediately as an Officer and/or Director of Company.
11. NOTICE.
For the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications
provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given when delivered by hand or mailed by United States overnight
express mail, or nationally recognized private delivery service on an overnight
basis, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
IF TO THE EXECUTIVE: Peter Wrage
32 Farmgate Crescent
Ottawa, Ontario
K2E 7N7
With copies to: Virginia K. Sourlis
The Galleria
2 Bridge Avenue
Red Bank, New Jersey
Telephone: (732) 530-9007
Fax: (732) 530-9008
If to the Company: Liska Biometry, Inc.
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Notices may also be sent to such other address as either party may have
furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of
change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
12. ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES.
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
the breach hereof, other than an action brought by the Company for injunctive or
other equitable relief in the enforcement of the Company's rights under Section
8 above, in which case such action may be brought in any court of competent
jurisdiction, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the laws of the
Province of Ontario by a single arbitrator. Such arbitration shall be conducted
in the City of Ottawa, Ontario in accordance with the rules of the ADR Institute
of Canada. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in
any court having jurisdiction thereof. In the event that it shall be necessary
or desirable for the Executive to retain legal counsel and/or incur other costs
and expenses in connection with the enforcement of any or all of the Executive's
rights under this Agreement, the Company shall pay (or the Executive shall be
entitled to recover from the Company, as the case may be) the Executive's
reasonable attorneys' fees and other reasonable costs and expenses in connection
with the enforcement of said rights (including the enforcement of any
arbitration award in court) in the event that an arbitration award is made in
favor of the Executive, unless and to the extent that the arbitrators shall
determine that under the circumstances recovery by the Executive of all or part
of any such fees and costs and expenses would be inequitable or otherwise
unjust.
13. Attorneys' Fees.
THE PREVAILING PARTY IN ANY LEGAL OR ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT BY OR
AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY TO ENFORCE ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
ENTITLED TO RECOVER AGAINST THE NON-PREVAILING PARTY THE REASONABLE ATTORNEYS'
FEES, COURT COSTS, ARBITRATION FEES AND OTHER EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE
PREVAILING PARTY.
14. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The Executive hereby represents and warrants that he is willing and able
to enter into this Employment Agreement and to render his services pursuant
hereto and that neither the execution and delivery of this Employment Agreement,
nor the performance of his duties hereunder, violates the provisions of any
other agreement to which he is a party or by which he is bound. It is further
provided that the Executive shall indemnify the Company for any and all damages
and/or expenses (including attorney's fees) that may result from a breach of
such representations.
15. EXPENSES.
Each party shall pay its own expenses incident to the performance or
enforcement of this Agreement, including all fees and expenses of its counsel
for all activities of such counsel undertaken pursuant to this Agreement, except
as otherwise herein specifically provided.
16. WAIVERS AND FURTHER AGREEMENTS.
Any waiver of any terms or conditions of this Agreement shall not operate
as a waiver of any other breach of such terms or conditions or any other term or
condition, nor shall any failure to enforce any provision hereof operate as a
waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof; provided, however,
that no such written waiver, unless it, by its own terms, explicitly provides to
the contrary, shall be construed to effect a continuing waiver of the provision
being waived and no such waiver in any instance shall constitute a waiver in any
other instance or for any other purpose or impair the right of the party against
whom such waiver is claimed in all other instances or for all other purposes to
require full compliance with such provision. Each of the parties hereto agrees
to execute all such further instruments and documents and to take all such
further action as the other party may reasonably require in order to effectuate
the terms and purposes of this Agreement.
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17. AMENDMENTS.
This Agreement may not be amended, nor shall any waiver, change,
modification, consent or discharge be effected except by an instrument in
writing executed by or on behalf of the party against whom enforcement of any
waiver, change, modification, consent or discharge is sought.
18. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or deemed to be, or shall
in fact be, invalid, inoperative or unenforceable as applied to any particular
case in any jurisdiction or jurisdictions, or in all jurisdictions or in all
cases, because of the conflict of any provision with any constitution or statute
or rule of public policy or for any other reason, such circumstance shall not
have the effect of rendering the provision or provisions in question invalid,
inoperative or unenforceable in any other jurisdiction or in any other case or
circumstance or of rendering any other provision or provisions herein contained
invalid, inoperative or unenforceable to the extent that such other provisions
are not themselves actually in conflict with such constitution, statute or rule
of public policy, but this Employment Agreement shall be reformed and construed
in any such jurisdiction or case as if such invalid, inoperative or
unenforceable provision had never been contained herein and such provision
reformed so that it would be valid, operative and enforceable to the maximum
extent permitted in such jurisdiction or in such case.
19. COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument, and in pleading or proving any provision of this Agreement,
it shall not be necessary to produce more than one of such counterparts.
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Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 20 shall survive the termination of
this Agreement.
21. SECTION HEADINGS.
The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only
and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
22. GENDER.
Whenever used herein, the singular number shall include the plural, the
plural shall include the singular, and the use of any gender shall include all
genders.
23. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
This Agreement together with any attachments or Exhibits hereto contains
the entire agreement of the parties and there are no other promises or
conditions in any other agreement, whether oral or written. This Agreement
supersedes any prior written or oral agreements between the parties.
24. GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the law (other than the law governing conflict of law questions)
of the State of Florida.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date and year first above written.
Executive:
Name:/s/ Peter Wrage
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PETER WRAGE
LISKA BIOMETRY, INC.
By: /s/ Christopher J. LeClerc
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Christopher J. LeClerc
President
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SCHEDULE A - JOB DESCRIPTION
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o Coordinate and overseeing the day to day activities of research and
development personnel, including the managing of r&d timelines.
o Prepare and submit the company's research and development plan.
o Prepare and submit bi-weekly reports to the company's CEO as to the
execution of the research and development plan.
o Prepare and submit recommendations to the company's CEO for improvement in
the management of the company's development plan and team.
o Make recommendations to the company's CEO in regard to the hiring and/or
firing of research and development personnel.
o Oversee and manage the company's research collaborations and/or research
joint ventures and make recommendations to the CEO as to improving these
relationships.
o Assist the CEO in preparing a research and development status report for
presentation at the annual directors meetings.
o Develop biometric products, services and integrated biometric systems to
meet market demands with the approval of the CEO.
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SCHEDULE B MILESTONES
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Milestone I
To attain Milestone I, the Company, through its Board of Directors, shall
approve a Product Development Plan, by which is meant a plan describing what
products the Company shall develop and bring to market, together with likely
product descriptions and technical characteristics, the time and resources
required to bring such products to market, and a Business Plan, by which is
meant a plan describing the markets the Company will pursue, the products to be
introduced, the facilities, personnel and other resources required to pursue
such markets, and the financial impact of such pursuit AND the Company shall
have successfully concluded a written agreement with the JinJiang Hangzhou
Technology Group, or equivalent firm, to license or acquire a biometric
fingerprint algorithm software solution.
Milestone II
To attain Milestone II, the Company, through its Board of Directors, shall
approve as successful the proof of concept demonstration of a BIN (Biometric
Identifier Number) 1:1 Verification technique AND the Company, through its Board
of Directors, shall approve a `BIN-based 1:n Search Solution' Research &
Development Plan, by which is meant a plan describing the time and resources
required to successfully develop a BIN-based Search 1:n algorithm or equivalent.
Milestone III
To attain Milestone III, the Company, through its Board of Directors,
shall approve as successful a proprietary BIN based software application
prototype for 1:1 verification purposes that can be retrofitted/embedded into
any fingerprint biometric hardware technology used by the Department of Homeland
Security and identified clients of the Company. A whitepaper will be presented
delineating the prototype's performance metrics (FAR, FRR etc...) with
statistical data from beta testing period AND the Company, through its Board of
Directors, shall approve as successful the proof of concept demonstration of a
BIN 1:n Search technique.
Milestone IV
To attain Milestone IV, the Company, through its Board of Directors, shall
approve as successful the completion of Milestones I, II and III in a 12 month
period
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