UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

June 20, 2013
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

Janus Resources, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

000-30156
(Commission File Number)

98-0170257
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

430 Park Ave.
Suite 702
New York, New York 10022
(Address of principal executive offices)

(800) 755-5815
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 


 
 

SECTION 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Approval of 2013 Stock Incentive Plan

On June 20, 2013, the Board of Directors of Janus Resources, Inc. (the “ Company ”) adopted, subject to receiving shareholder approval, the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ Incentive Plan ”). The Incentive Plan provides for the issuance of stock options of up to 20,000,000 shares (subject to adjustment) of the Company’s common stock to officers, directors, key employees and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries. Options granted to employees under the Incentive Plan, including directors and officers who are employees, may be incentive stock options or non-qualified stock options; options granted to others under the Incentive Plan are limited to non-qualified stock options.

The Incentive Plan is administered by the Board of Directors or a committee designated by the Board of Directors. Subject to the provisions of the Incentive Plan, the Board of Directors has the authority to determine the officers, employees and consultants to whom options will be granted, the number of shares covered by each option, vesting rights and the terms and conditions of each option that is granted to them; however, no person may be granted in any of the Company’s fiscal year, options to purchase more than 2,000,000 shares under the Incentive Plan, and the aggregate fair market value (determined at the time the option is granted) of the shares with respect to which incentive stock options are exercisable for the first time by an optionee during any calendar year cannot exceed $100,000. Options granted pursuant to the Incentive Plan are exercisable no later than ten years after the date of grant.

The exercise price per share of common stock for options granted under the Incentive Plan will be the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, using the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the last trading day prior to the date of grant; except for incentive stock options granted to a holder of ten percent or more of the Company’s common stock, for whom the exercise price per share will not be less than 110% of the fair market value. No option can be granted under the Incentive Plan after June 20, 2023.

The description of the Incentive Plan contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Incentive Plan, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein. A copy of the form of the Company’s Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto.

Employment Agreement with Rhonda B. Rosen

On June 20, 2013, the Company appointed Ms. Rhonda B. Rosen as its President and, Chief Executive Officer and a member of its Board of Directors and entered into an employment agreement for a two year term (the “ Employment Agreement ”), subject to the earlier termination provisions contained therein. Pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement, Ms. Rosen is paid an annual salary of $120,000 in 24 equal installments, less all payroll and other required tax withholdings, which is prorated for any partial months during the term of the Employment Agreement. In addition to Ms. Rosen’s salary, she is eligible to receive a cash bonus to be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, in its sole discretion and is reimbursed for reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket expenses necessarily incurred in her performance of her duties upon submission and approval of written statements and bills in accordance with the then regular procedures of the Company.
 
 
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In the event Ms. Rosen’s employment with the Company is terminated other than “For Cause,” as defined in the Employment Agreement, Ms. Rosen is eligible to receive a severance payment equal to one-half (1/2) of her monthly salary in effect on the date of the Company’s termination for every one (1) month period that she has been employed by the Company after she has been employed for six (6) months pursuant to the Employment Agreement up to a maximum aggregate payment equal to three (3) monthly payments.

Pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement, the Company will provide Ms. Rosen with a monthly stipend of no more than $1,500 to cover medical insurance premiums until such time as the Company can make available an alternative medical insurance plan. Additionally, subject to her entry into a nonstatutory stock option agreement with the Company, Ms. Rosen was issued incentive stock options to purchase up to 350,000 shares (the “ Option Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.72 per share, the closing price of the Company’s common stock as quoted on the OTC Markets Group Inc. QB tier on June 19, 2013, pursuant to the Incentive Plan.

For a period of one year following Ms. Rosen’s employment with the Company, she will not directly or indirectly solicit or canvas the trade, business or patronage of, or sell to, any individuals or entities that were investors, customers or employees of the Company during the period during which she was employed by the Company, or prospective customers with respect to whom a sales effort, presentation or proposal was made by the Company or its affiliates, during the one year period prior to the termination of her employment.

The foregoing is only a summary of the material provisions of the Employment Agreement, it may not contain all of the information that is important to you and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Employment Agreement itself, which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and is incorporated herein.

Stock Option Agreement with Rhonda B. Rosen

On June 20, 2013, the Company entered into a nonstatutory stock option agreement (the “ Stock Option Agreement ”) with Ms. Rosen, setting forth the terms and conditions of the vesting and exercise of the Options Shares. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Option Agreement, the Options Shares may be exercised on a “cashless basis” using the formula contained therein and vest as follows:

150,000 Options Shares vest in three equal installments of 50,000 in arrears for each calendar year of service that Ms. Rosen is employed by the Company ; none of the Options Shares vest for portions of any calendar year Ms. Rosen is employed by the Company. Additionally, up to a maximum of 200,000 Options Shares vest upon Ms. Rosen attaining certain milestones, the award of which are subject to the sole discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Upon the fourth anniversary of Ms. Rosen serving as an executive of the Company , all unvested Options Shares will vest in equal amounts upon the fourth and fifth anniversaries of her employment with the Company. The Stock Option Agreement further provides that all unvested Options Shares vest and become immediately exercisable upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, as defined in the Stock Option Agreement.

The foregoing is only a summary of the material provisions of the Stock Option Agreement, it may not contain all of the information that is important to you and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to a redacted version of the Stock Option Agreement itself, which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and is incorporated herein. In addition to filing this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company intends to file a confidential treatment request with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 406 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 24-b2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to obtain confidential treatment for certain portions of the Stock Option Agreement.
 
 
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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02 Departure of Certain Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective as of June 20, 2013, Mr. Joseph Sierchio resigned as the Company’s Acting Interim President and Chief Executive; his resignation was not due to any disagreements between him and the Company. Mr. Sierchio remains a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and its Secretary.

Effective as of June 20, 2013, the Company appointed Ms. Rhonda B. Rosen as its President, and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. As part of her appointment, the Company entered into the Employment Agreement and Stock Option Agreement with Ms. Rosen, which are further described in Item 1.01 – Employment Agreement with Rhonda B. Rosen and Item 1.01 - Stock Option Agreement with Rhonda B. Rosen and are incorporated in their entirety herein.

Rhonda B. Rosen. From May 2012 through March 2013, Ms. Rosen served as the Chief Financial Officer of Armada Oil, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. From August 2010 through February 2012, Ms. Rosen was the Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Ms. Rosen has also been a partner at Tatum, an executive services firm, since March 2010, where she provides executive level financial consulting services. Between July 2007 and February 2010, Ms. Rosen served as the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC and its predecessor companies, including Konanda Pharma Partners, LLC, Konanda Pharma Fund I, L.P, Validus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Fontus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Between November 2006 and July 2007, Ms. Rosen was the Senior Vice President of Wood Creek Capital Management, the founding sponsor of Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC. Previously, Ms. Rosen was the Director of Sales at Liability Solutions Inc. (2004 to 2005); Managing Director of Insurance and Alternative Asset Management Investment Banking at Putnam Lovell NBF (1999 to 2003); and Managing Director of Insurance Investment Banking at CIBC World Markets (formerly Oppenheimer & Co.) (1992-1999). Ms. Rosen earned her MBA in Finance & Accounting and her BS in Economics from The Wharton School of Business, where she graduated summa cum laude, and her MS in Taxation from the from the Fox School of Business. Ms. Rosen started her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Pennsylvania.

There are no family relationships between Ms. Rosen and any other officer or director of the Company.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

In reviewing the agreements included as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K , please remember that they are included to provide you with information regarding their terms and are not intended to provide any other factual or disclosure information about us or the other parties to the agreements. The agreements may contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the parties to the applicable agreement and:

  
should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate;
 
 
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have been expressly qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement and are not included in this Current Report on Form 8-K;

  
may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to you or other investors; and

  
were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments.

Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time. Additional information about us may be found elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K and our other public filings, which are available without charge through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov .
 
Exhibit Number   
Description                                                                                       
     
10.1  
Janus Resources, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
     
10.2   
Form of Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement.
     
10.3  
Employment Agreement between Janus Resources, Inc. and Rhonda B. Rosen dated as of June 20, 2013.
     
10.4   
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement between Janus Resources, Inc. and Rhonda B. Rosen dated as of June 20, 2013.*
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* Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the omitted material has been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized on June 26, 2013.
 
  Janus Resources, Inc.  
       
 
By:
/s/ Rhonda B. Rosen  
  Name: Rhonda B. Rosen  
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer  
 
 
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EXHIBIT 10.1

JANUS RESOURCES, INC.
2013 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

ARTICLE 1
PURPOSE
 
The purpose of the Plan is to attract and retain the services of key Employees, key Contractors, and Outside Directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to provide such persons with a proprietary interest in the Company through the granting of Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Awards, Dividend Equivalent Rights, and Other Awards, whether granted singly, or in combination, or in tandem, that will:
 
(a)    
increase the interest of such persons in the Company’s welfare;
 
(b)    
furnish an incentive to such persons to continue their services for the Company or its Subsidiaries; and
 
(c)    
provide a means through which the Company may attract able persons as Employees, Contractors, and Outside Directors.

With respect to Reporting Participants, the Plan and all transactions under the Plan are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. To the extent any provision of the Plan or action by the Committee fails to so comply, such provision or action shall be deemed null and void ab initio , to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Committee.

ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS

For the purpose of the Plan, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

2.1 “ Applicable Law ” means all legal requirements relating to the administration of equity incentive plans and the issuance and distribution of shares of Common Stock, if any, under applicable corporate laws, applicable securities laws, the rules of any exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which the Company’s securities are listed or quoted, and any other applicable law, rule or restriction.

2.2 “ Award ” means the grant of any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Restricted Stock, SAR, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Award, Dividend Equivalent Right or Other Award, whether granted singly or in combination or in tandem (each individually referred to herein as an “ Incentive ”).

2.3 “ Award Agreement ” means a written agreement between a Participant and the Company which sets out the terms of the grant of an Award.

2.4 “ Award Period ” means the period set forth in the Award Agreement during which one or more Incentives granted under an Award may be exercised.

2.5 “ Board ” means the board of directors of the Company.

2.6 “ Change in Control ” means any of the following, except as otherwise provided herein: (i) any consolidation, merger or share exchange of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which shares of the Company’s Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a consolidation, merger or share exchange of the Company in which the holders of the Company’s Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction have the same proportionate ownership of Common Stock of the surviving corporation immediately after such transaction; (ii) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (excluding transfer by way of pledge or hypothecation) in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; (iii) the shareholders   of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; (iv) the cessation of control (by virtue of their not constituting a majority of directors) of the Board by the individuals (the “ Continuing Directors ”) who (x) at the date of this Plan were directors or (y) become directors after the date of this Plan and whose election or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders   was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3 rds ) of the directors then in office who were directors at the date of this Plan or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved; (v) the acquisition of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of an aggregate of fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding voting securities by any person or group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) who beneficially owned less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding voting securities on the date of this Plan; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, an acquisition shall not constitute a Change in Control hereunder if the acquirer is (x) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company and acting in such capacity, (y) a Subsidiary of the Company or a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders   of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of voting securities of the Company or (z) any other person whose acquisition of shares of voting securities is approved in advance by a majority of the Continuing Directors; or (vi) in a Title 11 bankruptcy proceeding, the appointment of a trustee or the conversion of a case involving the Company to a case under Chapter 7.
 
 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6 , in the event an Award issued under the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code, then, in lieu of the foregoing definition and to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the definition of “Change in Control” for purposes of such Award shall be as follows:

Change in Control of the Company occurs upon a change in the Company’s ownership, its effective control or the ownership of a substantial portion of its assets, as follows:

(a) Change in Ownership . A change in ownership of the Company occurs on the date that any “Person” (as defined in Section 2.6(d) below), other than (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding stock pursuant to an offering of such stock, or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company’s stock, acquires ownership of the Company’s stock that, together with stock held by such Person, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the Company’s stock. However, if any Person is considered to own already more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the Company’s stock, the acquisition of additional stock by the same Person is not considered to be a Change of Control. In addition, if any Person has effective control of the Company through ownership of thirty percent (30%) or more of the total voting power of the Company’s stock, as discussed in paragraph (b) below, the acquisition of additional control of the Company by the same Person is not considered to cause a Change in Control pursuant to this paragraph (a); or

(b) Change in Effective Control . Even though the Company may not have undergone a change in ownership under paragraph (a) above, a change in the effective control of the Company occurs on either of the following dates:

(i) the date that any Person acquires (or has acquired during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person) ownership of the Company’s stock possessing thirty percent (30%) or more of the total voting power of the Company’s stock. However, if any Person owns thirty percent (30%) or more of the total voting power of the Company’s stock, the acquisition of additional control of the Company by the same Person is not considered to cause a Change in Control pursuant to this subparagraph (b)(i);

(ii) the date during any twelve (12) month period when a majority of members of the Board is replaced by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the Board before the date of the appointment or election; provided, however, that any such director shall not be considered to be endorsed by the Board if his or her initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board;

 
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(c) Change in Ownership of Substantial Portion of Assets . A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets occurs on the date that a Person acquires (or has acquired during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person) assets of the Company, that have a total gross fair market value equal to at least eighty percent (80%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the Company’s assets immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions. However, there is no Change in Control when there is such a transfer to (i) a shareholder of the Company (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to the Company’s stock; (ii) an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total value or voting power of the stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company; (iii) a Person that owns directly or indirectly, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total value or voting power of the Company’s outstanding stock; or (iv) an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total value or voting power of the stock of which is owned by a Person that owns, directly or indirectly, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total value or voting power of the Company’s outstanding stock.

(d) Definitions . For purposes of subparagraphs (a), (b), and (c)above:

(i) “ Person ” shall have the meaning given in Section 7701(a)(1) of the Code. Person shall include more than one Person acting as a group as defined by the Final Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code.

(ii) “ Affiliate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

(e) Interpretation . The provisions of this Section 2.6 shall be interpreted in accordance with the requirements of the Final Treasury Regulations under Section 409A of the Code, it being the intent of the parties that this Section 2.6 shall be in compliance with the requirements of said Code section and said regulations.

2.7 “ Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

2.8 “ Committee ” means the committee appointed or designated by the Board to administer the Plan in accordance with Article 3 of this Plan.

2.9 “ Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, which the Company is currently authorized to issue or may in the future be authorized to issue, or any securities into which or for which the common stock of the Company may be converted or exchanged, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Plan.

2.10 “ Company ” means Janus Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and any successor entity.

2.11 “ Contractor” means any natural person, who is not an Employee, rendering bona fide services to the Company or a Subsidiary, with compensation, pursuant to a written independent contractor agreement between such person (or any entity employing such person) and the Company or a Subsidiary, provided that such services are not rendered in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital raising transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities.

2.12 “ Corporation ” means any entity that (i) is defined as a corporation under Section 7701 of the Code and (ii) is the Company or is in an unbroken chain of corporations (other than the Company) beginning with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing a majority of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain. For purposes of clause (ii) hereof, an entity shall be treated as a “corporation” if it satisfies the definition of a corporation under Section 7701 of the Code.
 
 
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2.13 “ Date of Grant ” means the effective date on which an Award is made to a Participant as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement; provided, however, that solely for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Date of Grant of an Award shall be the date of shareholder approval of the Plan if such date is later than the effective date of such Award as set forth in the Award Agreement.

2.14 “ Dividend Equivalent Right ” means the right of the holder thereof to receive credits based on the cash dividends that would have been paid on the shares of Common Stock specified in the Award if such shares were held by the Participant to whom the Award is made.

2.15 “ Employee ” means common law employee (as defined in accordance with the Regulations and Revenue Rulings then applicable under Section 3401(c) of the Code) of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

2.16 “ Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2.17 “ Executive Officer ” means an officer of the Company or a Subsidiary subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or a “covered employee” as defined in Section 162(m)(3) of the Code.

2.18 “ Fair Market Value means, as of a particular date, (a) if the shares of Common Stock are listed on any established national securities exchange, the closing sales price per share of Common Stock on the consolidated transaction reporting system for the principal securities exchange for the Common Stock on that date, or, if there shall have been no such sale so reported on that date, on the last preceding date on which such a sale was so reported; (b) if the shares of Common Stock are not so listed, but are quoted on an automated quotation system, the closing sales price per share of Common Stock reported on the automated quotation system on that date, or, if there shall have been no such sale so reported on that date, on the last preceding date on which such a sale was so reported; (c) if the Common Stock is not so listed or quoted, the mean between the closing bid and asked price on that date, or, if there are no quotations available for such date, on the last preceding date on which such quotations shall be available, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.’s OTC Bulletin Board or Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (previously known as National Quotation Bureau, Inc.); or (d) if none of the above is applicable, such amount as may be determined by the Committee (acting on the advice of an Independent Third Party, should the Committee elect in its sole discretion to utilize an Independent Third Party for this purpose), in good faith, to be the fair market value per share of Common Stock. The determination of Fair Market Value shall, where applicable, be in compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

2.19 “ Incentive ” is defined in Section 2.2 hereof.

2.20 “ Incentive Stock Option ” means an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, granted pursuant to this Plan.

2.21 “ Independent Third Party ” means an individual or entity independent of the Company having experience in providing investment banking or similar appraisal or valuation services and with expertise generally in the valuation of securities or other property for purposes of this Plan. The Committee may utilize one or more Independent Third Parties.

2.22 “ Nonqualified Stock Option ” means a nonqualified stock option, granted pursuant to this Plan, which is not an Incentive Stock Option.

2.23 “ Option Price ” means the price which must be paid by a Participant upon exercise of a Stock Option to purchase a share of Common Stock.

2.24 “ Other Award ” means an Award issued pursuant to Section 6.9 hereof.

2.25 “ Outside Director ” means a director of the Company who is not an Employee or a Contractor.

2.26 “ Participant ” means an Employee, Contractor or Outside Director of the Company or a Subsidiary to whom an Award is granted under this Plan.
 
 
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2.27 “ Performance Award ” means an Award hereunder of cash, shares of Common Stock, units or rights based upon, payable in, or otherwise related to, Common Stock pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof.

2.28 “ Performance Goal ” means any of the goals set forth in Section 6.10 hereof.

2.29 “ Plan ” means this Janus Resources, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

2.30 “ Reporting Participant ” means a Participant who is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

2.31 “ Restricted Stock ” means shares of Common Stock issued or transferred to a Participant pursuant to Section 6.4 of this Plan which are subject to restrictions or limitations set forth in this Plan and in the related Award Agreement.

2.32 “ Restricted Stock Units ” means units awarded to Participants pursuant to Section 6.6 hereof, which are convertible into Common Stock at such time as such units are no longer subject to restrictions as established by the Committee.
 
2.33 “ Retirement ” means any Termination of Service solely due to retirement upon or after attainment of age sixty-five (65), or permitted early retirement as determined by the Committee.

2.34 “ SAR ” or “ S tock Appreciation Right ” means the right to receive an amount, in cash and/or Common Stock, equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a specified number of shares of Common Stock as of the date the SAR is exercised (or, as provided in the Award Agreement, converted) over the SAR Price for such shares.

2.35 “ SAR Price ” means the exercise price or conversion price of each share of Common Stock covered by a SAR, determined on the Date of Grant of the SAR.

2.36 “ Stock Option ” means a Nonqualified Stock Option or an Incentive Stock Option.

2.37 “ Subsidiary ” means (i) any corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing a majority of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain, (ii) any limited partnership, if the Company or any corporation described in item (i) above owns a majority of the general partnership interest and a majority of the limited partnership interests entitled to vote on the removal and replacement of the general partner, and (iii) any partnership or limited liability company, if the partners or members thereof are composed only of the Company, any corporation listed in item (i) above or any limited partnership listed in item (ii) above. “ Subsidiaries ” means more than one of any such corporations, limited partnerships, partnerships or limited liability companies.

2.38 “ Termination of Service ” occurs when a Participant who is (i) an Employee of the Company or any Subsidiary ceases to serve as an Employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for any reason; (ii) an Outside Director of the Company or a Subsidiary ceases to serve as a director of the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason; or (iii) a Contractor of the Company or a Subsidiary ceases to serve as a Contractor of the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason. Except as may be necessary or desirable to comply with applicable federal or state law, a “Termination of Service” shall not be deemed to have occurred when a Participant who is an Employee becomes an Outside Director or Contractor or vice versa. If, however, a Participant who is an Employee and who has an Incentive Stock Option ceases to be an Employee but does not suffer a Termination of Service, and if that Participant does not exercise the Incentive Stock Option within the time required under Section 422 of the Code upon ceasing to be an Employee, the Incentive Stock Option shall thereafter become a Nonqualified Stock Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.38 , in the event an Award issued under the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code, then, in lieu of the foregoing definition and to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the definition of “Termination of Service” for purposes of such Award shall be the definition of “separation from service” provided for under Section 409A of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder.
 
 
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2.39 “ Total and Permanent Disability ” means a Participant is qualified for long-term disability benefits under the Company’s or Subsidiary’s disability plan or insurance policy; or, if no such plan or policy is then in existence or if the Participant is not eligible to participate in such plan or policy, that the Participant, because of a physical or mental condition resulting from bodily injury, disease, or mental disorder, is unable to perform his or her duties of employment for a period of six (6) continuous months, as determined in good faith by the Committee, based upon medical reports or other evidence satisfactory to the Committee; provided that , with respect to any Incentive Stock Option, Total and Permanent Disability shall have the meaning given it under the rules governing Incentive Stock Options under the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.39 , in the event an Award issued under the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code, then, in lieu of the foregoing definition and to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the definition of “Total and Permanent Disability” for purposes of such Award shall be the definition of “disability” provided for under Section 409A of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder.
 
ARTICLE 3
ADMINISTRATION
 
Subject to the terms of this Article 3 , the Plan shall be administered by the Board or such committee of the Board as is designated by the Board to administer the Plan (the “ Committee ”). The Committee shall consist of not fewer than two persons. Any member of the Committee may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by resolution of the Board. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Committee may be filled by appointment by the Board. At any time there is no Committee to administer the Plan, any references in this Plan to the Committee shall be deemed to refer to the Board.

If necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and/or Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, membership on the Committee shall be limited to those members of the Board who are “outside directors” under Section 162(m) of the Code and/or “non-employee directors” as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. The Committee shall select one of its members to act as its Chairman. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the act of a majority of the members of the Committee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Committee.

The Committee shall determine and designate from time to time the eligible persons to whom Awards will be granted and shall set forth in each related Award Agreement, where applicable, the Award Period, the Date of Grant, and such other terms, provisions, limitations, and performance requirements, as are approved by the Committee, but not inconsistent with the Plan. The Committee shall determine whether an Award shall include one type of Incentive or two or more Incentives granted in combination or two or more Incentives granted in tandem (that is, a joint grant where exercise of one Incentive results in cancellation of all or a portion of the other Incentive). Although the members of the Committee shall be eligible to receive Awards, all decisions with respect to any Award, and the terms and conditions thereof, to be granted under the Plan to any member of the Committee shall be made solely and exclusively by the other members of the Committee, or if such member is the only member of the Committee, by the Board.

The Committee, in its discretion, shall (i) interpret the Plan and Award Agreements, (ii) prescribe, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations, as necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan, (iii) establish performance goals for an Award and certify the extent of their achievement, and (iv) make such other determinations or certifications and take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable in the administration of the Plan. Any interpretation, determination, or other action made or taken by the Committee shall be final, binding, and conclusive on all interested parties.

The Committee may delegate to officers of the Company, pursuant to a written delegation, the authority to perform specified functions under the Plan. Any actions taken by any officers of the Company pursuant to such written delegation of authority shall be deemed to have been taken by the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and/or Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, any function relating to a Reporting Participant or a covered employee (as defined in Section 162(m) of the Code) shall be performed solely by the Committee.
 
 
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With respect to restrictions in the Plan that are based on the requirements of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, Section 422 of the Code, Section 162(m) of the Code, the rules of any exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which the Company’s securities are listed or quoted, or any other Applicable Law, to the extent that any such restrictions are no longer required by Applicable Law, the Committee shall have the sole discretion and authority to grant Awards that are not subject to such mandated restrictions and/or to waive any such mandated restrictions with respect to outstanding Awards.

ARTICLE 4
ELIGIBILITY

Any Employee (including an Employee who is also a director or an officer), Contractor or Outside Director of the Company whose judgment, initiative, and efforts contributed or may be expected to contribute to the successful performance of the Company is eligible to participate in the Plan; provided that only Employees of a Corporation shall be eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options. The Committee, upon its own action, may grant, but shall not be required to grant, an Award to any Employee, Contractor or Outside Director of the Company or any Subsidiary. Awards may be granted by the Committee at any time and from time to time to new Participants, or to then Participants, or to a greater or lesser number of Participants, and may include or exclude previous Participants, as the Committee shall determine. Except as required by this Plan, Awards granted at different times need not contain similar provisions. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan (including without limitation determinations of which Employees, Contractors or Outside Directors, if any, are to receive Awards, the form, amount and timing of such Awards, the terms and provisions of such Awards and the agreements evidencing same) need not be uniform and may be made by it selectively among Participants who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan.

ARTICLE 5
SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN

5.1 Number Available for Awards . Subject to adjustment as provided in Articles 11 and 12 ,   the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be delivered pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan is TWENTY MILLION (20,000,000) shares, of which one hundred percent (100%)   may be delivered pursuant to Incentive Stock Options. Subject to adjustment pursuant to Articles 11 and 12 , the maximum number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Stock Options or SARs may be granted to an Executive Officer during any calendar year is TWO MILLION (2,000,000) shares of Common Stock. Shares to be issued may be made available from authorized but unissued Common Stock, Common Stock held by the Company in its treasury, or Common Stock purchased by the Company on the open market or otherwise. During the term of this Plan, the Company will at all times reserve and keep available the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Plan.

5.2 Reuse of Shares . To the extent that any Award under this Plan shall be forfeited, shall expire or be canceled, in whole or in part, then the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the Award or stock option so forfeited, expired or canceled may again be awarded pursuant to the provisions of this Plan. In the event that previously acquired shares of Common Stock are delivered to the Company in full or partial payment of the exercise price for the exercise of a Stock Option granted under this Plan, the number of shares of Common Stock available for future Awards under this Plan shall be reduced only by the net number of shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of the Stock Option. Awards that may be satisfied either by the issuance of shares of Common Stock or by cash or other consideration shall be counted against the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under this Plan only during the period that the Award is outstanding or to the extent the Award is ultimately satisfied by the issuance of shares of Common Stock. Awards will not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to this Plan if the settlement of the Award will not require the issuance of shares of Common Stock, as, for example, a SAR that can be satisfied only by the payment of cash. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, only shares forfeited back to the Company, shares canceled on account of termination, expiration or lapse of an Award, shares surrendered in payment of the exercise price of an option or shares withheld for payment of applicable employment taxes and/or withholding obligations resulting from the exercise of an option shall again be available for grant of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan, but shall not increase the maximum number of shares described in Section 5.1 above as the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be delivered pursuant to Incentive Stock Options.
 
 
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ARTICLE 6
GRANT OF AWARDS

6.1 In General.

(a) The grant of an Award shall be authorized by the Committee and shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement setting forth the Incentive or Incentives being granted, the total number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Incentive(s), the Option Price (if applicable), the Award Period, the Date of Grant, and such other terms, provisions, limitations, and performance objectives, as are approved by the Committee, but (i) not inconsistent with the Plan, (ii) to the extent an Award issued under the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code, in compliance with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder, and (iii) to the extent the Committee determines that an Award shall comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, in compliance with the applicable requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. The Company shall execute an Award Agreement with a Participant after the Committee approves the issuance of an Award. Any Award granted pursuant to this Plan must be granted within ten (10) years of the date of adoption of this Plan. The Plan shall be submitted to the Company’s shareholders for approval; however, the Committee may grant Awards under the Plan prior to the time of shareholder approval. Any such Award granted prior to such shareholder   approval shall be made subject to such shareholder approval. The grant of an Award to a Participant shall not be deemed either to entitle the Participant to, or to disqualify the Participant from, receipt of any other Award under the Plan.

(b) If the Committee establishes a purchase price for an Award, the Participant must accept such Award within a period of thirty (30) days (or such shorter period as the Committee may specify) after the Date of Grant by executing the applicable Award Agreement and paying such purchase price.

(c) Any Award under this Plan that is settled in whole or in part in cash on a deferred basis may provide for interest equivalents to be credited with respect to such cash payment. Interest equivalents may be compounded and shall be paid upon such terms and conditions as may be specified by the grant.

6.2 Option Price. The Option Price for any share of Common Stock which may be purchased under a Nonqualified Stock Option for any share of Common Stock may be equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value of the share on the Date of Grant. The Option Price for any share of Common Stock which may be purchased under an Incentive Stock Option must be at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the share on the Date of Grant; if an Incentive Stock Option is granted to an Employee who owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than ten percent (10%) of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (or any parent or Subsidiary), the Option Price shall be at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Date of Grant.

6.3 Maximum ISO Grants. The Committee may not grant Incentive Stock Options under the Plan to any Employee which would permit the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined on the Date of Grant) of the Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options (under this and any other plan of the Company and its Subsidiaries) are exercisable for the first time by such Employee during any calendar year to exceed $100,000. To the extent any Stock Option granted under this Plan which is designated as an Incentive Stock Option exceeds this limit or otherwise fails to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, such Stock Option (or any such portion thereof) shall be a Nonqualified Stock Option. In such case, the Committee shall designate which stock will be treated as Incentive Stock Option stock by causing the issuance of a separate stock certificate and identifying such stock as Incentive Stock Option stock on the Company’s stock transfer records.

6.4 Restricted Stock. If Restricted Stock is granted to or received by a Participant under an Award (including a Stock Option), the Committee shall set forth in the related Award Agreement: (i) the number of shares of Common Stock awarded, (ii) the price, if any, to be paid by the Participant for such Restricted Stock and the method of payment of the price, (iii) the time or times within which such Award may be subject to forfeiture, (iv) specified Performance Goals of the Company, a Subsidiary, any division thereof or any group of Employees of the Company, or other criteria, which the Committee determines must be met in order to remove any restrictions (including vesting) on such Award, and (v) all other terms, limitations, restrictions, and conditions of the Restricted Stock, which shall be consistent with this Plan, to the extent applicable and in the event the Committee determines that an Award shall comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, in compliance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder and, to the extent Restricted Stock granted under the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code, in compliance with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder. The provisions of Restricted Stock need not be the same with respect to each Participant.
 
 
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(a) Legend on Shares; Electronic Issuance. Each Participant who is awarded or receives Restricted Stock may be issued a stock certificate or certificates in respect of such shares of Common Stock. Such certificate(s) shall be registered in the name of the Participant, and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, substantially as provided in Section 15.10 of the Plan. Alternatively, the Company may electronically register the Restricted Stock awarded to a Participant in the name of such Participant, which shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, substantially as provided in Section 15.10 of the Plan. With respect to such electronically registered shares, no stock certificate or certificates shall be issued, unless, following the expiration of the Restriction Period (as defined in Section 6.4 (b)(i)) without forfeiture in respect of such shares of Common Stock, the Participant requests delivery of the certificate or certificates by submitting a written request to the Committee (or such party designated by the Company) requesting deliver of the certificates. The Company shall deliver the certificates requested by the Participant to the Participant as soon as administratively practicable following the Company’s receipt of such request.

(b) Restrictions and Conditions. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be subject to the following restrictions and conditions:

(i) Subject to the other provisions of this Plan and the terms of the particular Award Agreements, during such period as may be determined by the Committee commencing on the Date of Grant or the date of exercise of an Award (the “ Restriction Period ”), the Participant shall not be permitted to sell, transfer, pledge or assign shares of Restricted Stock. Except for these limitations, the Committee may in its sole discretion, remove any or all of the restrictions on such Restricted Stock whenever it may determine that, by reason of changes in Applicable Laws or other changes in circumstances arising after the date of the Award, such action is appropriate.

(ii) Except as provided in sub-paragraph (i) above or in the applicable Award Agreement, the Participant shall have, with respect to his or her Restricted Stock, all of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including the right to vote the shares, and the right to receive any dividends thereon. Certificates for shares of Common Stock free of restriction under this Plan shall be delivered to the Participant promptly after, and only after, the Restriction Period shall expire without forfeiture in respect of such shares of Common Stock or after any other restrictions imposed on such shares of Common Stock by the applicable Award Agreement or other agreement have expired. Certificates for the shares of Common Stock forfeited under the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement shall be promptly returned to the Company by the forfeiting Participant. Each Award Agreement shall require that each Participant, in connection with the issuance of a certificate for Restricted Stock, shall endorse such certificate in blank or execute a stock power in form satisfactory to the Company in blank and deliver such certificate and executed stock power to the Company.

(iii) The Restriction Period of Restricted Stock shall commence on the Date of Grant or the date of exercise of an Award, as specified in the Award Agreement, and, subject to Article 12 of the Plan, unless otherwise established by the Committee in the Award Agreement setting forth the terms of the Restricted Stock, shall expire upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Award Agreement; such conditions may provide for vesting based on such Performance Goals, as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 
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(iv) Except as otherwise provided in the particular Award Agreement, upon Termination of Service for any reason during the Restriction Period, the nonvested shares of Restricted Stock shall be forfeited by the Participant. In the event a Participant has paid any consideration to the Company for such forfeited Restricted Stock, the Committee shall specify in the Award Agreement that either (i) the Company shall be obligated to, or (ii) the Company may, in its sole discretion, elect to, pay to the Participant, as soon as practicable after the event causing forfeiture, in cash, an amount equal to the lesser of the total consideration paid by the Participant for such forfeited shares or the Fair Market Value of such forfeited shares as of the date of Termination of Service, as the Committee, in its sole discretion shall select. Upon any forfeiture, all rights of a Participant with respect to the forfeited shares of the Restricted Stock shall cease and terminate, without any further obligation on the part of the Company.

6.5 SARs. The Committee may grant SARs to any Participant, either as a separate Award or in connection with a Stock Option. SARs shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall impose, provided that such terms and conditions are (i) not inconsistent with the Plan, (ii) to the extent a SAR issued under the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code, in compliance with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder, and (iii) to the extent the Committee determines that a SAR shall comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, in compliance with the applicable requirements of Section 162(m) and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. The grant of the SAR may provide that the holder may be paid for the value of the SAR either in cash or in shares of Common Stock, or a combination thereof. In the event of the exercise of a SAR payable in shares of Common Stock, the holder of the SAR shall receive that number of whole shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the value obtained by multiplying (i) the difference between the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise over the SAR Price as set forth in such SAR (or other value specified in the agreement granting the SAR), by (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock as to which the SAR is exercised, with a cash settlement to be made for any fractional shares of Common Stock. The SAR Price for any share of Common Stock subject to a SAR may be equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value of the share on the Date of Grant. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may place a ceiling on the amount payable upon exercise of a SAR, but any such limitation shall be specified at the time that the SAR is granted.

6.6 Restricted Stock Units. Restricted Stock Units may be awarded or sold to any Participant under such terms and conditions as shall be established by the Committee, provided, however, that such terms and conditions are (i) not inconsistent with the Plan, (ii) to the extent a Restricted Stock Unit issued under the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code, in compliance with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder, and (iii) to the extent the Committee determines that a Restricted Stock Unit award shall comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, in compliance with the applicable requirements of Section 162(m) and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions as the Committee determines, including, without limitation, (a) a prohibition against sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance for a specified period; or (b) a requirement that the holder forfeit (or in the case of shares of Common Stock or units sold to the Participant, resell to the Company at cost) such shares or units in the event of Termination of Service during the period of restriction.

6.7 Performance Awards.

(a) The Committee may grant Performance Awards to one or more Participants. The terms and conditions of Performance Awards shall be specified at the time of the grant and may include provisions establishing the performance period, the Performance Goals to be achieved during a performance period, and the maximum or minimum settlement values, provided that such terms and conditions are (i) not inconsistent with the Plan and (ii) to the extent a Performance Award issued under the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code, in compliance with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder. If the Performance Award is to be in shares of Common Stock, the Performance Awards may provide for the issuance of the shares of Common Stock at the time of the grant of the Performance Award or at the time of the certification by the Committee that the Performance Goals for the performance period have been met; provided , however , if shares of Common Stock are issued at the time of the grant of the Performance Award and if, at the end of the performance period, the Performance Goals are not certified by the Committee to have been fully satisfied, then, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan to the contrary, the Common Stock shall be forfeited in accordance with the terms of the grant to the extent the Committee determines that the Performance Goals were not met. The forfeiture of shares of Common Stock issued at the time of the grant of the Performance Award due to failure to achieve the established Performance Goals shall be separate from and in addition to any other restrictions provided for in this Plan that may be applicable to such shares of Common Stock. Each Performance Award granted to one or more Participants shall have its own terms and conditions.
 
 
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To the extent the Committee determines that a Performance Award shall comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder, and if it is determined to be necessary in order to satisfy Section 162(m) of the Code, at the time of the grant of a Performance Award (other than a Stock Option) and to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder, the Committee shall provide for the manner in which the Performance Goals shall be reduced to take into account the negative effect on the achievement of specified levels of the Performance Goals which may result from enumerated corporate transactions, extraordinary events, accounting changes and other similar occurrences which were unanticipated at the time the Performance Goal was initially established. In no event, however, may the Committee increase the amount earned under such a Performance Award, unless the reduction in the Performance Goals would reduce or eliminate the amount to be earned under the Performance Award and the Committee determines not to make such reduction or elimination.
 
With respect to a Performance Award that is not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 162(m), if the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that the established performance measures or objectives are no longer suitable because of a change in the Company’s business, operations, corporate structure, or for other reasons that the Committee deemed satisfactory, the Committee may modify the performance measures or objectives and/or the performance period.

(b) Performance Awards may be valued by reference to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock or according to any formula or method deemed appropriate by the Committee, in its sole discretion, including, but not limited to, achievement of Performance Goals or other specific financial, production, sales or cost performance objectives that the Committee believes to be relevant to the Company’s business and/or remaining in the employ of the Company for a specified period of time. Performance Awards may be paid in cash, shares of Common Stock, or other consideration, or any combination thereof. If payable in shares of Common Stock, the consideration for the issuance of such shares may be the achievement of the performance objective established at the time of the grant of the Performance Award. Performance Awards may be payable in a single payment or in installments and may be payable at a specified date or dates or upon attaining the performance objective. The extent to which any applicable performance objective has been achieved shall be conclusively determined by the Committee.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, if applicable, no Participant may receive in any calendar year Performance Awards intended to comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code which have an aggregate value of more than $1,000,000, and if such Performance Awards involve the issuance of shares of Common Stock, said aggregate value shall be based on the Fair Market Value of such shares on the time of the grant of the Performance Award. In no event, however, shall any Performance Awards not intended to comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code be issued contingent upon the failure to attain the Performance Goals applicable to any Performance Awards granted hereunder that the Committee intends to comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.

6.8 Dividend Equivalent Rights. The Committee may grant a Dividend Equivalent Right to any Participant, either as a component of another Award or as a separate Award. The terms and conditions of the Dividend Equivalent Right shall be specified by the grant. Dividend equivalents credited to the holder of a Dividend Equivalent Right may be paid currently or may be deemed to be reinvested in additional shares of Common Stock (which may thereafter accrue additional dividend equivalents). Any such reinvestment shall be at the Fair Market Value at the time thereof. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be settled in cash or shares of Common Stock, or a combination thereof, in a single payment or in installments. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of another Award may provide that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall be settled upon exercise, settlement, or payment of, or lapse of restrictions on, such other Award, and that such Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of another Award may also contain terms and conditions different from such other Award.
 
 
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6.9 Other Awards. The Committee may grant to any Participant other forms of Awards, based upon, payable in, or otherwise related to, in whole or in part, shares of Common Stock, if the Committee determines that such other form of Award is consistent with the purpose and restrictions of this Plan. The terms and conditions of such other form of Award shall be specified by the grant. Such Other Awards may be granted for no cash consideration, for such minimum consideration as may be required by Applicable Law, or for such other consideration as may be specified by the grant.

6.10 Performance Goals. Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Award and Other Awards (whether relating to cash or shares of Common Stock) under the Plan may be made subject to the attainment of Performance Goals relating to one or more business criteria which, where applicable, shall be within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and consist of one or more or any combination of the following criteria: cash flow; cost; revenues; sales; ratio of debt to debt plus equity; net borrowing, credit quality or debt ratings; profit before tax; economic profit; earnings before interest and taxes; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; gross margin; earnings per share (whether on a pre-tax, after-tax, operational or other basis); operating earnings; capital expenditures; expenses or expense levels; economic value added; ratio of operating earnings to capital spending or any other operating ratios; free cash flow; net profit; net sales; net asset value per share; the accomplishment of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, public offerings or similar extraordinary business transactions; sales growth; price of the Company’s Common Stock; return on assets, equity or shareholders’ equity; market share; inventory levels, inventory turn or shrinkage; or total return to shareholders (“ Performance Criteria ”). Any Performance Criteria may be used to measure the performance of the Company as a whole or any business unit of the Company and may be measured relative to a peer group or index. Any Performance Criteria may include or exclude (i) extraordinary, unusual and/or non-recurring items of gain or loss, (ii) gains or losses on the disposition of a business, (iii) changes in tax or accounting regulations or laws, (iv) the effect of a merger or acquisition, as identified in the Company’s quarterly and annual earnings releases, or (v) other similar occurrences. In all other respects, Performance Criteria shall be calculated in accordance with the Company’s financial statements, under generally accepted accounting principles, or under a methodology established by the Committee prior to the issuance of an Award which is consistently applied and identified in the audited financial statements, including footnotes, or the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of the Company’s annual report. However, to the extent Section 162(m) of the Code is applicable, the Committee may not in any event increase the amount of compensation payable to an individual upon the attainment of a Performance Goal.

6.11 Tandem Awards. The Committee may grant two or more Incentives in one Award in the form of a “tandem Award,” so that the right of the Participant to exercise one Incentive shall be canceled if, and to the extent, the other Incentive is exercised. For example, if a Stock Option and a SAR are issued in a tandem Award, and the Participant exercises the SAR with respect to one hundred (100) shares of Common Stock, the right of the Participant to exercise the related Stock Option shall be canceled to the extent of one hundred (100) shares of Common Stock.

ARTICLE 7
AWARD PERIOD; VESTING

7.1 Award Period. Subject to the other provisions of this Plan, the Committee may, in its discretion, provide that an Incentive may not be exercised in whole or in part for any period or periods of time or beyond any date specified in the Award Agreement. Except as provided in the Award Agreement, an Incentive may be exercised in whole or in part at any time during its term. The Award Period for an Incentive shall be reduced or terminated upon Termination of Service. No Incentive granted under the Plan may be exercised at any time after the end of its Award Period. No portion of any Incentive may be exercised after the expiration of ten (10) years from its Date of Grant. However, if an Employee owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than ten percent (10%) of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (or any parent or Subsidiary) and an Incentive Stock Option is granted to such Employee, the term of such Incentive Stock Option (to the extent required by the Code at the time of grant) shall be no more than five (5) years from the Date of Grant.
 
 
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7.2 Vesting. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine that an Incentive will be immediately vested in whole or in part, or that all or any portion may not be vested until a date, or dates, subsequent to its Date of Grant, or until the occurrence of one or more specified events, subject in any case to the terms of the Plan. If the Committee imposes conditions upon vesting, then, subsequent to the Date of Grant, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the date on which all or any portion of the Incentive may be vested.

ARTICLE 8
EXERCISE OR CONVERSION OF INCENTIVE

8.1 In General . A vested Incentive may be exercised or converted, during its Award Period, subject to limitations and restrictions set forth in the Award Agreement.

8.2 Securities Law and Exchange Restrictions. In no event may an Incentive be exercised or shares of Common Stock be issued pursuant to an Award if a necessary listing or quotation of the shares of Common Stock on a stock exchange or inter-dealer quotation system or any registration under state or federal securities laws required under the circumstances has not been accomplished.

8.3 Exercise of Stock Option.

(a) In General. If a Stock Option is exercisable prior to the time it is vested, the Common Stock obtained on the exercise of the Stock Option shall be Restricted Stock which is subject to the applicable provisions of the Plan and the Award Agreement. If the Committee imposes conditions upon exercise, then subsequent to the Date of Grant, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the date on which all or any portion of the Stock Option may be exercised. No Stock Option may be exercised for a fractional share of Common Stock. The granting of a Stock Option shall impose no obligation upon the Participant to exercise that Stock Option.

(b) Notice and Payment. Subject to such administrative regulations as the Committee may from time to time adopt, a Stock Option may be exercised by the delivery of written notice to the Committee setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Stock Option is to be exercised and the date of exercise thereof (the “ Exercise Date ”) which shall be at least three (3) days after giving such notice unless an earlier time shall have been mutually agreed upon. On the Exercise Date, the Participant shall deliver to the Company consideration with a value equal to the total Option Price of the shares to be purchased, payable as provided in the Award Agreement, which may provide for payment in any one or more of the following ways: (a) cash or check, bank draft, or money order payable to the order of the Company, (b) Common Stock (including Restricted Stock) owned by the Participant on the Exercise Date, valued at its Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date, and which the Participant has not acquired from the Company within six (6) months prior to the Exercise Date, (c) by delivery (including by FAX) to the Company or its designated agent of an executed irrevocable option exercise form together with irrevocable instructions from the Participant to a broker or dealer, reasonably acceptable to the Company, to sell certain of the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of the Stock Option or to pledge such shares as collateral for a loan and promptly deliver to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds necessary to pay such purchase price, and/or (d) in any other form of valid consideration that is acceptable to the Committee in its sole discretion. In the event that shares of Restricted Stock are tendered as consideration for the exercise of a Stock Option, a number of shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of the Stock Option equal to the number of shares of Restricted Stock used as consideration therefor shall be subject to the same restrictions and provisions as the Restricted Stock so tendered.
 
 
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(c) Issuance of Certificate. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.4 hereof (with respect to shares of Restricted Stock) or in the applicable Award Agreement, upon payment of all amounts due from the Participant, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall cause either (i) certificates for the Common Stock then being purchased to be delivered as directed by the Participant (or the person exercising the Participant’s Stock Option in the event of his death) at its principal business office promptly after the Exercise Date; or (ii) the Common Stock then being purchased to be registered in the Participant’s name (or the person exercising the Participant’s Stock Option in the event of his or her death), but shall not issue certificates for the Common Stock unless the Participant or such other person requests delivery of the certificates for the Common Stock, in writing in accordance with the procedures established by the Committee. If the Participant has exercised an Incentive Stock Option, the Company may at its option retain physical possession of the certificate (if any) evidencing the shares acquired upon exercise until the expiration of the holding periods described in Section 422(a)(1) of the Code. Any obligation of the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock shall, however, be subject to the condition that, if at any time the Committee shall determine in its discretion that the listing, registration, or qualification of the Stock Option or the Common Stock upon any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary as a condition of, or in connection with, the Stock Option or the issuance or purchase of shares of Common Stock thereunder, the Stock Option may not be exercised in whole or in part unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not reasonably acceptable to the Committee.

(d) Failure to Pay. Except as may otherwise be provided in an Award Agreement, if the Participant fails to pay for any of the Common Stock specified in such notice or fails to accept delivery thereof, that portion of the Participant’s Stock Option and right to purchase such Common Stock may be forfeited by the Participant.

8.4 SARs. Subject to the conditions of this Section 8.4 and such administrative regulations as the Committee may from time to time adopt, a SAR may be exercised by the delivery (including by FAX) of written notice to the Committee setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the SAR is to be exercised and the date of exercise thereof (the “ Exercise Date ”) which shall be at least three (3) days after giving such notice unless an earlier time shall have been mutually agreed upon. Subject to the terms of the Award Agreement and only if permissible under Section 409A of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder (or, if not so permissible, at such time as permitted by Section 409A of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder), the Participant shall receive from the Company in exchange therefor in the discretion of the Committee, and subject to the terms of the Award Agreement:

(a) cash in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Fair Market Value (as of the date of the exercise, or if provided in the Award Agreement, conversion, of the SAR) per share of Common Stock over the SAR Price per share specified in such SAR, multiplied by the total number of shares of Common Stock of the SAR being surrendered;

(b) that number of shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date of the exercise, or if provided in the Award Agreement, conversion, of the SAR) equal to the amount of cash otherwise payable to the Participant, with a cash settlement to be made for any fractional share interests; or

(c) the Company may settle such obligation in part with shares of Common Stock and in part with cash.

The distribution of any cash or Common Stock pursuant to the foregoing sentence shall be made at such time as set forth in the Award Agreement.

8.5 Disqualifying Disposition of Incentive Stock Option. If shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of an Incentive Stock Option are disposed of by a Participant prior to the expiration of either two (2) years from the Date of Grant of such Stock Option or one (1) year from the transfer of shares of Common Stock to the Participant pursuant to the exercise of such Stock Option, or in any other disqualifying disposition within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, such Participant shall notify the Company in writing of the date and terms of such disposition. A disqualifying disposition by a Participant shall not affect the status of any other Stock Option granted under the Plan as an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
 
 
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT OR DISCONTINUANCE
 
Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article 9 , the Board may at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Participants, alter, amend, revise, suspend, or discontinue the Plan in whole or in part; provided, however, that no amendment for which shareholder approval is required either (i) by any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or traded or (ii) in order for the Plan and Incentives awarded under the Plan to continue to comply with Sections 162(m), 421, and 422 of the Code, including any successors to such Sections, or other Applicable Law, shall be effective unless such amendment shall be approved by the requisite vote of the shareholders of the Company entitled to vote thereon. Any such amendment shall, to the extent deemed necessary or advisable by the Committee, be applicable to any outstanding Incentives theretofore granted under the Plan, notwithstanding any contrary provisions contained in any Award Agreement. In the event of any such amendment to the Plan, the holder of any Incentive outstanding under the Plan shall, upon request of the Committee and as a condition to the exercisability thereof, execute a conforming amendment in the form prescribed by the Committee to any Award Agreement relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the contrary, unless required by law, no action contemplated or permitted by this Article 9 shall adversely affect any rights of Participants or obligations of the Company to Participants with respect to any Incentive theretofore granted under the Plan without the consent of the affected Participant.

ARTICLE 10
TERM
 
The Plan shall be effective from the date that this Plan is approved by the Board. Unless sooner terminated by action of the Board, the Plan will terminate on June 20, 2023, but Incentives granted before that date will continue to be effective in accordance with their terms and conditions.

ARTICLE 11
CAPITAL ADJUSTMENTS
 
In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Stock, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, rights offering, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, split-off, combination, subdivision, repurchase, or exchange of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the fair value of an Award, then the Committee shall adjust any or all of the following so that the fair value of the Award immediately after the transaction or event is equal to the fair value of the Award immediately prior to the transaction or event (i) the number of shares and type of Common Stock (or the securities or property) which thereafter may be made the subject of Awards, (ii) the number of shares and type of Common Stock (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards, (iii) the number of shares and type of Common Stock (or other securities or property) specified as the annual per-participant limitation under Section 5.1 of the Plan, (iv) the Option Price of each outstanding Award, (v) the amount, if any, the Company pays for forfeited shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 6.4 , and (vi) the number of or SAR Price of shares of Common Stock then subject to outstanding SARs previously granted and unexercised under the Plan to the end that the same proportion of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock in each instance shall remain subject to exercise at the same aggregate SAR Price; provided however, that the number of shares of Common Stock (or other securities or property) subject to any Award shall always be a whole number. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such adjustment shall be made or authorized to the extent that such adjustment would cause the Plan or any Stock Option to violate Section 422 of the Code or Section 409A of the Code. Such adjustments shall be made in accordance with the rules of any securities exchange, stock market, or stock quotation system to which the Company is subject.
 
Upon the occurrence of any such adjustment, the Company shall provide notice to each affected Participant of its computation of such adjustment which shall be conclusive and shall be binding upon each such Participant.
 
 
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ARTICLE 12
RECAPITALIZATION, MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION

12.1 No Effect on Company’s Authority. The existence of this Plan and Incentives granted hereunder shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations, or other changes in the Company’s capital structure and its business, or any Change in Control, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or preference stocks ranking prior to or otherwise affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof (or any rights, options, or warrants to purchase same), or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

12.2 Conversion of Incentives Where Company Survives. Subject to any required action by the shareholders and except as otherwise provided by Section 12.4 hereof or as may be required to comply with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder, if the Company shall be the surviving or resulting corporation in any merger, consolidation or share exchange, any Incentive granted hereunder shall pertain to and apply to the securities or rights (including cash, property, or assets) to which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Incentive would have been entitled.

12.3 Exchange or Cancellation of Incentives Where Company Does Not Survive. Except as otherwise provided by Section 12.4 hereof or as may be required to comply with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder, in the event of any merger, consolidation or share exchange pursuant to which the Company is not the surviving or resulting corporation, there shall be substituted for each share of Common Stock subject to the unexercised portions of outstanding Incentives, that number of shares of each class of stock or other securities or that amount of cash, property, or assets of the surviving, resulting or consolidated company which were distributed or distributable to the shareholders of the Company in respect to each share of Common Stock held by them, such outstanding Incentives to be thereafter exercisable for such stock, securities, cash, or property in accordance with their terms.

12.4 Cancellation of Incentives. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 12.2 and 12.3 hereof, and except as may be required to comply with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder, all Incentives granted hereunder may be canceled by the Company, in its sole discretion, as of the effective date of any Change in Control, merger, consolidation or share exchange, or any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or preference stocks ranking prior to or otherwise affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof (or any rights, options, or warrants to purchase same), or of any proposed sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or of any dissolution or liquidation of the Company, by either:

(a) giving notice to each holder thereof or his personal representative of its intention to cancel those Incentives for which the issuance of shares of Common Stock involved payment by the Participant for such shares, and permitting the purchase during the thirty (30) day period next preceding such effective date of any or all of the shares of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Incentives, including in the Board’s discretion some or all of the shares as to which such Incentives would not otherwise be vested and exercisable; or

(b) in the case of Incentives that are either (i) settled only in shares of Common Stock, or (ii) at the election of the Participant, settled in shares of Common Stock, paying the holder thereof an amount equal to a reasonable estimate of the difference between the net amount per share payable in such transaction or as a result of such transaction, and the price per share of such Incentive to be paid by the Participant (hereinafter the “ Spread ”), multiplied by the number of shares subject to the Incentive. In cases where the shares constitute, or would after exercise, constitute Restricted Stock, the Company, in its discretion, may include some or all of those shares in the calculation of the amount payable hereunder. In estimating the Spread, appropriate adjustments to give effect to the existence of the Incentives shall be made, such as deeming the Incentives to have been exercised, with the Company receiving the exercise price payable thereunder, and treating the shares receivable upon exercise of the Incentives as being outstanding in determining the net amount per share. In cases where the proposed transaction consists of the acquisition of assets of the Company, the net amount per share shall be calculated on the basis of the net amount receivable with respect to shares of Common Stock upon a distribution and liquidation by the Company after giving effect to expenses and charges, including but not limited to taxes, payable by the Company before such liquidation could be completed.

(c) An Award that by its terms would be fully vested or exercisable upon a Change in Control will be considered vested or exercisable for purposes of Section 12.4 (a) hereof.
 
 
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ARTICLE 13
LIQUIDATION OR DISSOLUTION
 
Subject to Section 12.4 hereof, in case the Company shall, at any time while any Incentive under this Plan shall be in force and remain unexpired, (i) sell all or substantially all of its property, or (ii) dissolve, liquidate, or wind up its affairs, then each Participant shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of each share of Common Stock of the Company which such Participant would have been entitled to receive under the Incentive, the same kind and amount of any securities or assets as may be issuable, distributable, or payable upon any such sale, dissolution, liquidation, or winding up with respect to each share of Common Stock of the Company. If the Company shall, at any time prior to the expiration of any Incentive, make any partial distribution of its assets, in the nature of a partial liquidation, whether payable in cash or in kind (but excluding the distribution of a cash dividend payable out of earned surplus and designated as such) and an adjustment is determined by the Committee to be appropriate to prevent the dilution of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, make such adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 hereof.

ARTICLE 14
INCENTIVES IN SUBSTITUTION FOR
INCENTIVES GRANTED BY OTHER ENTITIES
 
Incentives may be granted under the Plan from time to time in substitution for similar instruments held by employees, independent contractors or directors of a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company who become or are about to become Employees, Contractors or Outside Directors of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of a merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company, the acquisition by the Company of equity of the employing entity, or any other similar transaction pursuant to which the Company becomes the successor employer. The terms and conditions of the substitute Incentives so granted may vary from the terms and conditions set forth in this Plan to such extent as the Committee at the time of grant may deem appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the provisions of the Incentives in substitution for which they are granted.

ARTICLE 15
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

15.1 Investment Intent. The Company may require that there be presented to and filed with it by any Participant under the Plan, such evidence as it may deem necessary to establish that the Incentives granted or the shares of Common Stock to be purchased or transferred are being acquired for investment and not with a view to their distribution.

15.2 No Right to Continued Employment. Neither the Plan nor any Incentive granted under the Plan shall confer upon any Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Company or any Subsidiary.

15.3 Indemnification of Board and Committee. No member of the Board or the Committee, nor any officer or Employee of the Company acting on behalf of the Board or the Committee, shall be personally liable for any action, determination, or interpretation taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and all members of the Board and the Committee, each officer of the Company, and each Employee of the Company acting on behalf of the Board or the Committee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by the Company in respect of any such action, determination, or interpretation.

15.4 Effect of the Plan. Neither the adoption of this Plan nor any action of the Board or the Committee shall be deemed to give any person any right to be granted an Award or any other rights except as may be evidenced by an Award Agreement, or any amendment thereto, duly authorized by the Committee and executed on behalf of the Company, and then only to the extent and upon the terms and conditions expressly set forth therein.
 
 
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15.5 Compliance With Other Laws and Regulations. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to sell or issue shares of Common Stock under any Incentive if the issuance thereof would constitute a violation by the Participant or the Company of any provisions of any law or regulation of any governmental authority or any national securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system or other forum in which shares of Common Stock are quoted or traded (including without limitation Section 16 of the Exchange Act and Section 162(m) of the Code); and, as a condition of any sale or issuance of shares of Common Stock under an Incentive, the Committee may require such agreements or undertakings, if any, as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable to assure compliance with any such law or regulation. The Plan, the grant and exercise of Incentives hereunder, and the obligation of the Company to sell and deliver shares of Common Stock, shall be subject to all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required.

15.6 Foreign Participation . To assure the viability of Awards granted to Participants employed in foreign countries, the Committee may provide for such special terms as it may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Moreover, the Committee may approve such supplements to, or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of, this Plan as it determines is necessary or appropriate for such purposes. Any such amendment, restatement or alternative versions that the Committee approves for purposes of using this Plan in a foreign country will not affect the terms of this Plan for any other country.

15.7 Tax Requirements. The Company or, if applicable, any Subsidiary (for purposes of this Section 15.7 , the term “ Company ” shall be deemed to include any applicable Subsidiary), shall have the right to deduct from all amounts paid in cash or other form in connection with the Plan, any Federal, state, local, or other taxes required by law to be withheld in connection with an Award granted under this Plan. The Company may, in its sole discretion, also require the Participant receiving shares of Common Stock issued under the Plan to pay the Company the amount of any taxes that the Company is required to withhold in connection with the Participant’s income arising with respect to the Award. Such payments shall be required to be made when requested by Company and may be required to be made prior to the delivery of any certificate representing shares of Common Stock. Such payment may be made (i) by the delivery of cash to the Company in an amount that equals or exceeds (to avoid the issuance of fractional shares under (iii) below) the required tax withholding obligations of the Company; (ii) if the Company, in its sole discretion, so consents in writing, the actual delivery by the exercising Participant to the Company of shares of Common Stock that the Participant has not acquired from the Company within six (6) months prior to the date of exercise, which shares so delivered have an aggregate Fair Market Value that equals or exceeds (to avoid the issuance of fractional shares under (iii) below) the required tax withholding payment; (iii) if the Company, in its sole discretion, so consents in writing, the Company’s withholding of a number of shares to be delivered upon the exercise of the Stock Option, which shares so withheld have an aggregate fair market value that equals (but does not exceed) the required tax withholding payment; or (iv) any combination of (i), (ii), or (iii). The Company may, in its sole discretion, withhold any such taxes from any other cash remuneration otherwise paid by the Company to the Participant. The Committee may in the Award Agreement impose any additional tax requirements or provisions that the Committee deems necessary or desirable.

15.8 Assignability . Incentive Stock Options may not be transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise conveyed or encumbered other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and may be exercised during the lifetime of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participant’s legally authorized representative, and each Award Agreement in respect of an Incentive Stock Option shall so provide. The designation by a Participant of a beneficiary will not constitute a transfer of the Stock Option. The Committee may waive or modify any limitation contained in the preceding sentences of this Section 15.8 that is not required for compliance with Section 422 of the Code.

Except as otherwise provided herein, Nonqualified Stock Options and SARs may not be transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise conveyed or encumbered other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Committee may, in its discretion, authorize all or a portion of a Nonqualified Stock Option or SAR to be granted to a Participant on terms which permit transfer by such Participant to (i) the spouse (or former spouse), children or grandchildren of the Participant (“ Immediate Family Members ”), (ii) a trust or trusts for the exclusive benefit of such Immediate Family Members, (iii) a partnership in which the only partners are (1) such Immediate Family Members and/or (2) entities which are controlled by Immediate Family Members, (iv) an entity exempt from federal income tax pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Code or any successor provision, or (v) a split interest trust or pooled income fund described in Section 2522(c)(2) of the Code or any successor provision, provided that (x) there shall be no consideration for any such transfer, (y) the Award Agreement pursuant to which such Nonqualified Stock Option or SAR is granted must be approved by the Committee and must expressly provide for transferability in a manner consistent with this Section, and (z) subsequent transfers of transferred Nonqualified Stock Options or SARs shall be prohibited except those by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
 
 
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Following any transfer, any such Nonqualified Stock Option and SAR shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to transfer, provided that for purposes of Articles 8, 9, 11, 13 and 15 hereof the term “ Participant ” shall be deemed to include the transferee. The events of Termination of Service shall continue to be applied with respect to the original Participant, following which the Nonqualified Stock Options and SARs shall be exercisable or convertible by the transferee only to the extent and for the periods specified in the Award Agreement. The Committee and the Company shall have no obligation to inform any transferee of a Nonqualified Stock Option or SAR of any expiration, termination, lapse or acceleration of such Stock Option or SAR. The Company shall have no obligation to register with any federal or state securities commission or agency any Common Stock issuable or issued under a Nonqualified Stock Option or SAR that has been transferred by a Participant under this Section 15.8 .

15.9 Use of Proceeds. Proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Incentives granted under this Plan shall constitute general funds of the Company.

15.10 Legend. Each certificate representing shares of Restricted Stock issued to a Participant shall bear the following legend, or a similar legend deemed by the Company to constitute an appropriate notice of the provisions hereof (any such certificate not having such legend shall be surrendered upon demand by the Company and so endorsed):

On the face of the certificate:

“Transfer of this stock is restricted in accordance with conditions printed on the reverse of this certificate.”

On the reverse:

“The shares of stock evidenced by this certificate are subject to and transferable only in accordance with that certain Janus Resources, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, a copy of which is on file at the principal office of the Company in New York, New York and that certain Restricted Stock Award Agreement dated as of _______________, 20___, by and between the Company and ______________________. No transfer or pledge of the shares evidenced hereby may be made except in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Plan and Award Agreement. By acceptance of this certificate, any holder, transferee or pledgee hereof agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of said Plan and Award Agreement.”
 
The following legend shall be inserted on a certificate evidencing Common Stock issued under the Plan if the shares were not issued in a transaction registered under the applicable federal and state securities laws:

“Shares of stock represented by this certificate have been acquired by the holder for investment and not for resale, transfer or distribution, have been issued pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of applicable state and federal securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold or transferred other than pursuant to effective registration under such laws, or in transactions otherwise in compliance with such laws, and upon evidence satisfactory to the Company of compliance with such laws, as to which the Company may rely upon an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company.”

A copy of this Plan shall be kept on file in the principal office of the Company in New York, New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company has caused this instrument to be executed as of June 20, 2013, by its President pursuant to prior action taken by the Board.
 
 
 
JANUS RESOURCES, INC.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Rhonda B. Rosen  
  Name: Rhonda B. Rosen  
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer  
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 10.2
 
THIS NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of [•], by and between Janus Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), and [ •] (“ Recipient ”):

In consideration of the covenants herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Option Grant
 
  (a) Date option grant authorized: [•] (the “ Grant Date ”)
  (b) Number of shares: [•]
  (c) Exercise Price [•]
  (d) Form of options (select one):  
       
   
[ ]        Incentive Stock Options;
   
[ ]        Non-Qualified Stock Options
 
2. Acknowledgements.

(a)           Recipient is an officer/director/employee/consultant of the Company (the “ Company/Recipient Relationship ”).

(b)           The Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) has this day approved the granting of this Option subject to the execution and delivery of this Agreement; and

(c)           The Board has authorized the granting to Recipient of a non-statutory stock option (“ Option ”) to purchase [•] shares (the “ Option Shares ”) of common stock of the Company (“ Common Stock ”) upon the terms and conditions hereinafter stated and pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).

(d)           This Agreement is further subject to the Company’s 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”).

3. Option Shares; Price.

The Company hereby grants to Recipient the right to purchase, upon and subject to the terms and conditions herein stated, the Option Shares for cash (or other consideration as is authorized hereunder) at the price per Option Share set forth in Section 1 above (the “ Exercise Price ”), such price being not less than [e.g., 100%] of the fair market value per share of the Option Shares covered by this Option as of the date of grant. For purposes of the Options, the “fair market value” of the Common Stock is the closing price of the Common Stock as quoted on the OTC Markets Group Inc. QB tier (the “ OTCQB ”) on [•] , or, if the Company’s Common Stock is not traded on the date prior to the date of grant, the first day of active trading following the date of grant.

4. Term of Options; Continuation of Service .

Subject to the early termination provisions set forth in Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement, these Options shall expire, and all rights hereunder to purchase the Option Shares shall terminate 10 years from the Grant Date. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to interfere in any way with the right of the Company, or its shareholders, or the Board, to remove or not elect Recipient as an officer and or a director of the Company, or to increase or decrease the compensation of directors from the rate in effect at the date hereof.

5. Vesting of Option and Filing of Form S-8.

(i) Subject to the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement, these Options shall become exercisable during the term that Recipient serves in the Company/Recipient Relationship as follows:

[INSERT VESTING SCHEDULE HERE]
 
 
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All determinations and calculations with respect to the satisfaction of the conditions to the vesting of any of the foregoing options shall be made by the Board or any committee thereof to which the Board has delegated such authority, in good faith in accordance with applicable law, the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company, in its sole discretion, and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including you and the personal representative of your estate.

(ii) Form S-8. The Company shall as soon as practicable following the date hereof and subject to satisfaction of any and all applicable regulatory requirements and shareholder approval, file a registration statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Options and keep such registration statement in effect until the sale of all shares of common stock issuable under the Options or expiration of the 10-year term.

6. Exercise.

(a)           These Options shall be exercised, as to the vested shares, by delivery to the Company of (a) written notice of exercise stating the number of Option Shares being purchased (in whole shares only) and such other information set forth on the form of Notice of Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit A hereto, (b) a check or cash in the amount of the Exercise Price of the Option Shares covered by the notice, unless Recipient elects to exercise the cashless exercise option set forth in Section 6(b) below, in which case no payment will be required (or such other consideration as has been approved by the Board consistent with the Plan). These Options shall are not assignable or transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable only by Recipient during his or her lifetime.

(b)           Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, to the extent and only to the extent vested, the Options may also be exercised (as to the Option Shares vested) at such time by means of a “ cashless exercise ” in which the Recipient shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of Option Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing :

[(A-B) (X)] by (A) , where:

(A) equals the average of the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock, as reported (in order of priority) on the Trading Market on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading on the Trading Date preceding the date of the election to exercise; or, if the Company’s Common Stock is not then listed or traded on a Trading Market, then the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Recipient and the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company;

(B) equals the Exercise Price of the Option, as adjusted from time to time in accordance herewith; and

(X) equals the number of vested Option Shares issuable upon exercise of these Options in accordance with the terms of the Options by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise (or, if the Option is being exercised only as to a portion of the shares as to which it has vested, the portion of the Options being exercised at the time the cashless exercise is made pursuant to this Section 6 ).

For purposes of this Agreement:

Trading Day ” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.

Trading Market ” means, in order of priority, the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTCQB or the Pink Sheets.

(c)           No fractional shares shall be issued upon exercise of this Option. The Company shall, in lieu of issuing any fractional share, pay the Recipient entitled a sum in cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then effective Exercise Price.
 
 
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7. Termination of Service.

If the Company/Recipient Relationship is terminated, the Company agrees that all vested options may continue to be exercised until 5:00pm New York on the date of the second anniversary of the termination date of the (the “ Termination Date ”). All unvested Options shall terminate and this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date.

8. Death of Recipient.

If the Recipient shall die during the term of the Employment Agreement, Recipient’s personal representative or the person entitled to Recipient’s rights hereunder may at any time within the then remaining exercise period, exercise this Option and purchase Option Shares to the extent, but only to the extent, that Recipient could have exercised this Option as of the date of Recipient’s death; following the expiration of the aforesaid then remaining exercise period, this Agreement shall terminate in its entirety and be of no further force or effect.

9. No Rights as Shareholder .

Recipient shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to the Option Shares covered by any installment of this Option until the effective date of issuance of the Option Shares following exercise of this Option, and no adjustment will be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate or certificates are issued.

10. Recapitalization.

(a)            Subdivision or consolidation of shares . Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company, the number of Option Shares covered by this Option, and the Exercise Price thereof, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of shares or the payment of a stock dividend, or any other increase or decrease in the number of such shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company; provided however that the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed having been “effected without receipt of consideration by the Company.”

(b)            Reorganizations, Mergers etc.

(i)            In the event of a proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of the Company (collectively, a “ Reorganization ”):
 
(1) then, subject to Clause (b)(ii) below, any and all shares as to which the Option had not yet vested shall vest upon the date (the “ Reorganization Vesting Date ”) that the Company provides the Recipient with the Reorganization Notice (as defined below); and provided, however, that there has been no termination of the Employment Agreement Recipient shall have the right to exercise this Option to the extent of all shares subject to the Option, for a period commencing on the Reorganization Vesting Date and terminating on the date of the consummation of such Reorganization. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Company, the Option shall terminate upon the consummation of the Reorganization and may not be exercised thereafter as to any shares subject thereto. The Company shall notify Recipient in writing (the “ Reorganization Notice ”), at least 30 days prior to the consummation of such Reorganization, of its intention to consummate a Reorganization.

(2) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the exercise of the Option or any portion thereof pursuant to this Section 10(b) will be consummated simultaneously with the consummation of the Reorganization. If after the Company provides the Reorganization Notice to the Recipient the Company provides the Recipient with a further written notice notifying the Recipient that the Reorganization will not be consummated, then the Option will return to its status prior to the Reorganization Notice and the shares as to which the Option vested solely by virtue of this Section 10(b) (i) will revert to an unvested status.

(ii)           Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company, if the Company shall be the surviving entity in any merger or consolidation, these Options thereafter shall pertain to and apply to the securities to which a Recipient of Option Shares equal to the Option Shares subject to these Options would have been entitled by reason of such merger or consolidation, and the installment provisions of Section 5 shall continue to apply.
 
 
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(iii)           To the extent that the foregoing adjustments relate to shares or securities of the Company, such adjustments shall be made by the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, Recipient shall have no rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of Stock of any class or the payment of any stock dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class, and the number and price of Option Shares subject to this Option shall not be affected by, and no adjustments shall be made by reason of, any dissolution, liquidation, merger, consolidation or sale of assets or capital stock, or any issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class.

(iv)           The grant of these Options shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve or liquidate or to sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

11. Taxation upon Exercise of Option.
 
Recipient understands that, upon exercise of these Options, Recipient may recognize income, for Federal and state income tax purposes, in an amount equal to the amount by which the fair market value of the Option Shares, determined as of the date of exercise, exceeds the Exercise Price. The acceptance of the Option Shares by Recipient shall constitute an agreement by Recipient to report such income in accordance with then applicable law and to cooperate with Company in establishing the amount of such income and corresponding deduction to the Company for its income tax purposes. Withholding for federal or state income and employment tax purposes will be made, if and as required by law, from Recipient’s then current compensation, or, if such current compensation is insufficient to satisfy withholding tax liability, the Company may require Recipient to make a cash payment to cover such liability as a condition of the exercise of these Options.

12. Modification, Extension and Renewal of Options.

The Board or a duly appointed committee thereof, may modify, extend or renew this Option or accept the surrender thereof (to the extent not theretofore exercised) and authorize the granting of a new option in substitution therefore (to the extent not theretofore exercised), subject at all times to the Code and applicable securities laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12 , no modification shall, without the consent of the Recipient, alter to the Recipient’s detriment or impair any rights of Recipient hereunder.

13. Investment Intent; Restrictions on Transfer.

Unless and until the Option Shares represented by this Option are registered under the Securities Act,
 
(a)           all certificates representing the Option Shares and any certificates subsequently issued in substitution therefore and any certificate for any securities issued pursuant to any stock split, share reclassification, stock dividend or other similar capital event shall bear legends in substantially the following form:

“THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR OTHERWISE QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE ‘SECURITIES ACT’) OR UNDER THE APPLICABLE OR SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, UNLESS PURSUANT TO EXEMPTIONS THEREFROM.

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT DATED XX, 20XX BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE ISSUEE WHICH RESTRICTS THE TRANSFER OF THESE SHARES WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO REPURCHASE BY THE COMPANY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.”

 
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and/or such other legend or legends as the Company and its counsel deem necessary or appropriate. Appropriate stop transfer instructions with respect to the Option Shares have been placed with the Company’s transfer agent.

(b)           Recipient represents and agrees that if Recipient exercises this Option in whole or in part, Recipient will in each case acquire the Option Shares upon such exercise for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof; and that upon such exercise of this Option in whole or in part Recipient (or any person or persons entitled to exercise this Option under the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement) shall furnish to the Company a written statement to such effect, satisfactory to the Company in form and substance. If the Option Shares represented by this Option are registered under the Securities Act, either before or after the exercise this Option in whole or in part, the Recipient shall be relieved of the foregoing investment representation and agreement and shall not be required to furnish the Company with the foregoing written statement.

14. Stand-off Agreement . Recipient agrees that, in connection with any registration of the Company’s securities under the Securities Act, and upon the request of the Company or any underwriter managing an underwritten offering of the Company’s securities, Recipient shall not sell, short any sale of, loan, grant an option for, or otherwise dispose of any of the Option Shares (other than Option Shares included in the offering) without the prior written consent of the Company or such managing underwriter, as applicable, for a period (the “ Restrictive Period ”) as may be specified by the Company or such underwriter or managing underwriter; provided , however , that the Restrictive Period shall not exceed one year following the effective date of registration of such offering.

15. Construction. You and the Company have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by you and the Company and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. Any reference to any federal, state, local, or foreign statute or law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise. The word “including” shall mean including without limitation. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular forms of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural, and vice versa. The headings in this Agreement are solely for the convenience of reference and shall be given no effect in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

16. Notices. Any and all notices (including, but not limited to the Notice of Exercise) or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the 2nd Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.

17. Agreement Not Subject to the Plan; Applicable Law. These Options are not granted pursuant to the Plan and shall be interpreted to comply therewith. A copy of such Plan is available to Recipient, at no charge, at the principal office of the Company. Any provision of this Option inconsistent with the Plan shall be considered void and replaced with the applicable provision of the Plan. This Option has been granted, executed and delivered in the State of Nevada, and the interpretation and enforcement shall be governed by the laws thereof and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts therein.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Stock Option Agreement as of the date first above written.


 
Janus Resources, Inc.
 
       
 
By:
   
  Name:    
  Title:    
 
Address and Facsimile For Notices:
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________

Recipient

By:_________________________
Name:

Address:
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________

 
 
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Exhibit A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF STOCK OPTION

TO:        Janus Resources, Inc.
430 Park Avenue
Suite 702
New York, NY 10022

ATTENTION: President and Chief Executive Officer
 
The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ______________ shares (the “ Purchased Option Shares ”) of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Stock Option Agreement Dated [•] between the undersigned and Janus Resources, Inc. and the undersigned (the “ Option Agreement ”), herewith tenders payment of the aggregate exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any, for the Purchased Option Shares, by (check applicable box):

[•] in lawful money of the United States; or
[•] [if permitted] the cancellation of such number of Option Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 6(b) of the Option Agreement with respect to the maximum number of Option Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth Section 6(b).

Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said Option Shares in the name of the undersigned as is specified below and forward the same to the address set forth below.
 
__________________________________
Signature of Recipient

Print Name of Recipient:

Address For Delivery of Option Shares:
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
 
 
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EXHIBIT 10.3

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
 
This Employment Agreement is dated as of June 20, 2013, by and between Janus Resources, Inc. , a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”) and Rhonda B. Rosen , an individual residing in the State of New Jersey (the “ Executive ”).

RECITALS:
 
Whereas , the Company desires to employ Executive as its President, Chief Executive Officer and, if requested, Chief Financial Officer (sometimes collectively herein referred to as the “ Executive Positions ”) and the Executive desires to serve in the Executive Position; and

Whereas , the Company and the Executive desire to set forth the terms upon which the Executive will be employed by the Company and serve in the Executive Positions.

Now, Therefore , in consideration of the promises and of the covenants contained in this Agreement, the Company and Executive agree as follows:

1.           Employment and Duties.

(a)             Employment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts employment, to serve as the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer and, if requested, Chief Financial Officer and will serve in such other positions, and perform and execute such duties and responsibilities assigned to the Executive from time to time by the Board of Directors.

(b)             Performance of Duties. In performance of the Executive’s duties, the Executive shall be subject to the direction of, and be reporting directly to, the Company’s Board of Directors; anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if requested by the Board, the Executive will immediately resign from any Executive Positions in which the Executive may be serving at such time. The Executive’s execution of this Agreement constitutes the Executive’s acceptance of her appointment as the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer and, if requested, Chief Financial Officer. The Executive agrees to perform her duties and discharge her responsibilities in a faithful manner and to the best of her ability and to use all reasonable efforts to promote the interests of the Company.

(c)             Full Time Efforts . The Executive may not accept other gainful employment except with the prior consent of the Board of Directors of the Company. With the prior consent of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Executive may become a director, trustee or other fiduciary of other corporations, trusts or entities. Except during vacations, holidays and other leave time, the Executive agrees to devote the Executive’s full time efforts , professional attention, knowledge, and experience as may be necessary to carry on the Executive’s duties pursuant to this agreement and the fulfillment of the Executive’s responsibilities in accordance with the Executive Positions. For purposes of clarity, except with respect to subsidiaries of the Company, the Executive may not render executive services to, or serve as a director of, any other Person without the prior approval of the Board. However, nothing in this Section 1 shall be construed as preventing the Executive from pursuing any of the following: (i) investing and managing the Executive’s personal assets and investments, so long as such assets and investments are not in businesses which are in direct competition with the Company or otherwise present a conflict of interest with the Company; and (ii) participating in civic, charitable, religious, industry and professional organizations and functions so long as they do not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company is aware that the Executive maintains a broker-dealer license through Intelligent Edge Securities, LLC and her activities to maintain such license, but not the solicitation of work, shall be permissible in accordance with the terms of this Section 1(c) . Additionally, the Company is aware that the Executive serves as the Treasurer of Amherst Mews Homeowners’ Association and acknowledges that her activities on their behalf shall be permissible in accordance with the terms of this Section 1(c) .
 
 
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(d)             Travel. The Executive shall be available to travel as the needs of the Company’s Business require.

(e)             Code of Ethics. During the term of this Agreement and at any time during which the Executive is serving in an Executive Position with the Company the Executive agrees to adhere to the Company’s Code of Ethics and Business Conduct , as may be amended from time to time, a copy of which is attached as Appendix A   hereto .

2.           Term of Employment.

(a)             Term. Subject to the provisions hereof permitting the earlier termination of this Agreement, the term of this Agreement shall be two (2) years, beginning on the Commencement Date and terminating at 11:59 p.m. on the day preceding the date of the two year anniversary of the Commencement Date (the “ Expiration Date ”). Following the Expiration Date, and except as otherwise specifically provided, the employment of the Executive will become an “at-will” employment on the same terms unless the parties subsequently enter into a further contract of employment.

(b)             Earlier Termination. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding:

(i)            The Executive’s employment will automatically terminate upon the death or Disability of the Executive. The foregoing is subject to the duty of the Company to provide reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

(ii)           By mutual written agreement of the Executive and the Company.

(iii)           The Company at any time may terminate the Executive’s employment for Cause by delivering written notice (the “ Company’s Notice of Termination ”) of such termination The Company’s Notice of Termination shall specify the effective date of the termination of the Executive’s employment (the “ Effective Termination Date ”).

(iv)            The Company at any time may terminate the Executive’s employment for any reason or no reason and without Cause by delivering the Company’s Notice of Termination, which shall specify the Effective Termination Date.

(v)            The Executive, at her sole option, may terminate her employment for Good Reason by providing written notice (the “ Executive’s Notice of Termination ”) of such termination to the Company at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of the termination of employment specified in the notice; the Executive’s Notice of Termination shall specify the Effective Termination Date.

(vi)           The Executive, at her sole option, may terminate her employment for any reason or no reason by delivering the Executive’s Notice of Termination of such termination to the Company at least ninety (90) days prior to the effective date of the termination of employment specified in the Executive’s Notice of Termination; the Executive’s Notice of Termination shall specify the Effective Termination Date.

(c)             Acceleration of Termination Date. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, upon receipt of the Executive’s Notice of Termination, the Company may elect to accelerate the Effective Termination Date as specified in the Executive’s Notice of Termination to such earlier date as the Company, in its sole discretion may elect, by providing the Executive with written notice thereof.

(d)             Basis of Termination. Each of the Company’s Notice of Termination and the Executive’s Notice of Termination must specify the particular termination provision of this Agreement relied upon by the party for the termination.
 
 
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3.           Compensation.

(a)             Salary. As of the Commencement Date, the Executive shall be paid a monthly salary of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) and as modified from time to time hereunder, the “ Monthly Payment ”) (One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000) per year), the salary is payable in twenty four (24) installments of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) each on the fifteenth (15 th ) and last day of each calendar month during the term of this Agreement, less all payroll and other required tax withholdings. The Monthly Payment shall be prorated for any partial months during the term of this Agreement. The Executive’s salary shall be subject to periodic review and adjustment in accordance with the Company’s salary review policies and practices then in effect for its senior management, which generally occurs within sixty (60) to ninety (90) days following the end of the Company’s fiscal year and any changes to Executive’s salary shall be determined by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion.

(b)             Cash Bonus. The amounts and conditions of a cash bonus, if any, to be awarded to the Executive will be determined by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion in accordance with the Company’s bonus review policies and practices then in effect for its senior management .

(c)             Equity Bonus. Subject to the Executive’s entry into a nonstatutory stock option agreement with the Company, the Company shall issue the Executive options to purchase up to 350,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, pursuant to the Company’s long term incentive plan, which shall vest upon the terms and conditions set forth therein.

(d)             Withholdings. The Company will deduct or withhold from all salary and bonus payments, and from all other payments made to the Executive , all amounts that may be required to be deducted or withheld under any applicable Social Security contribution, income tax withholding or other similar law now in effect or that may become effective during the term of this Agreement.

4.             Additional Benefits .

(a)             Medical Insurance Reimbursement. Upon execution of this Agreement, the Company agrees to pay the Executive a monthly stipend of no more than $1,500 per month (“ Medical Insurance Reimbursement ”) in addition to the Executive’s annual salary to cover medical insurance premiums until such time that the Company can make available an alternative medical insurance plan. Nothing herein shall be deemed to impose any other or further obligation or liability on the part of the Company with respect to any medical costs incurred by the Executive during the term of the Executive’s employment. Except as specifically herein, or as required by law, the Executive acknowledges that she, her spouse and dependents will not receive health and medical benefits following any termination of her employment.

(b)             Holidays, Vacation and Personal Days. In addition to the holidays listed on Schedule 4(b) hereto, the Executive shall be entitled to fifteen (15) days of paid vacation each calendar year and up to an additional five (5) days of personal/sick days. Vacation and personal/sick days will accrue on January 1 of each year; n o compensation shall be paid for accrued but untaken vacation or personal/sick days.

(c)             Business Expense Reimbursement. The Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder, upon submission and approval of written statements and bills in accordance with the then regular procedures of the Company (collectively, “ Business Expense Reimbursement ”).

(d)             Indemnification; D&O Insurance; Officer Liability. The Company shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold Executive harmless for any acts or decisions made by Executive if Executive acted in good faith and in a manner Executive reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe her conduct was unlawful. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain its D&O insurance during the Term.

(e)             Non-exclusivity of Rights. Except as otherwise specifically provided, nothing in this Agreement will prevent or limit the Executive’s continued or future participation in any benefit, incentive, or other plan, practice, or program provided by the Company or Company and for which the Executive may qualify. Any amount of vested benefit or any amount to which the Executive is otherwise entitled under any plan, practice, or program of the Company or Company will be payable in accordance with the plan, practice, or program, except as specifically modified by this Agreement.
 
 
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5.           Executive’s Representations and Warranties.

The Executive represents and warrants to the Company that:

(a)            The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Executive does not conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any contract, agreement or understanding, whether oral or written, to which the Executive are a party or of which the Executive or should be aware and that there are no restrictions, covenants, agreements or limitations on her right or ability to enter into and perform the terms of this Agreement, and agrees to indemnify and save the Company and its affiliates harmless from any liability, cost or expense, including attorney’s fees, based upon or arising out of any such restrictions, covenants, agreements, or limitations that may be found to exist;

(b)            The Executive is able to render the Executive Positions;

(c)            The Executive is not party to any ongoing civil or criminal proceedings, and have not been party such proceedings within the past ten years, and do not know of any such proceeding that may be threatened or pending against the Executive; and

(d)            The Executive is not currently engaged in activities and will not knowingly engage in future activities that may cause embarrassment to the Company or tarnish the reputation or public image of the Company, including but not necessarily limited to association with or party to: any criminal behavior(s) such as drug use, theft, or any other potential or active violation of law; political controversy, civil disobedience, or public protest; lewd, lascivious behavior.

6.           Discoveries and Works.
 
All Discoveries and Works which are made or conceived by the Executive while employed by the Company, solely, jointly or with others, that relate to the Company’s present or anticipated activities, or are used or useable by the Company within the scope of this Agreement shall be owned by the Company. The Executive shall (a) promptly notify, make full disclosure to, and execute and deliver any documents requested by the Company, as the case may be, to evidence or better assure title to Discoveries and Works in the Company, as so requested; (b) renounce any and all claims, including but not limited to claims of ownership and royalty, with respect to all Discoveries and Works and all other property owned or licensed by the Company; (c) assist the Company in obtaining or maintaining for itself at its own expense United States and foreign patents, copyrights, trade secret protection or other protection of any and all Discoveries and Works; and (d) promptly execute, whether during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, all applications or other endorsements necessary or appropriate to maintain patents and other rights for the Company and to protect the title of the Company thereto, including but not limited to assignments of such patents and other rights. Any Discoveries and Works which, within one year after the expiration or termination of the term of this Agreement, are made, disclosed, reduced to tangible or written form or description, or are reduced to practice by the Executive and which pertain to the business carried on or products or services being sold or delivered by the Company at the time of such termination shall, as between the Executive and, the Company, be presumed to have been made during the term of this Agreement. The Executive acknowledges that all Discoveries and Works shall be deemed “works made for hire” under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, as amended 17 U.S.C. Sect. 101.

7.           Intellectual Property.

(a)           Assignment.

(i)             The Executive agrees to make full written disclosure to the Company and will hold in trust for the sole right and benefit of the Company, and hereby assign to the Company, or its designee, all of the Executive’s right, title and interest in and to any Intellectual Property. Without limiting the foregoing, all copyrightable works that the Executive create during the Executive’s employment with the Company shall be considered “ work made for hire .”
 
 
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(ii)           Any interest in Intellectual Property which the Executive now, or hereafter during the period the Executive are employed by the Company, may own or develop relating to the fields in which the Company may then be engaged shall belong to the Company; the Executive hereby assign and agree to assign to the Company (or as otherwise directed by the Company) all of the Executive’s right, title and interest in and to all Work Product, including without limitation all patent, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights therein and thereto. If the Executive have any such rights that cannot be assigned to the Company, the Executive waive the enforcement of such rights, and if the Executive have any rights that cannot be assigned or waived, the Executive hereby grant to the Company an exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, fully paid license, with right to sublicense through multiple tiers, to such rights. Such rights shall include the right to make, use, sell, improve, commercialize, reproduce, distribute, perform, display, transmit, manipulate in any manner, create derivative works based on, and otherwise exploit or utilize in any manner the subject intellectual property.

(iii)          The Executive’s obligation to assign the Executive’s rights to Intellectual Property under this Section 7 shall not apply to any inventions and all Discoveries and Works expressly identified in Appendix B attached hereto which were developed prior to the Executive’s performance of services hereunder for the Company, provided however that inventions to be developed by the Executive during the term of the Executive’s agreement may be subsequently added to the Schedule upon the mutual agreement of the Executive and the Company that such inventions are outside the scope of the Agreement. The Executive acknowledges that there are, and may be, future rights that the Company may otherwise become entitled to with respect to the Intellectual Property that do not yet exist, as well as new uses, media, means and forms of exploitation throughout the universe exploiting current or future technology yet to be developed, and the Executive specifically intends the foregoing assignment of rights to the Company to include all such now known or unknown uses, media and forms of exploitation. Executive agree to cooperate with the Company, both during and after the term of the Executive’s employment , in the procurement and maintenance of the Company’s rights to the Intellectual Property and to execute, when requested, any and all applications for domestic and foreign patents, copyrights and other proprietary rights or other documents and to do such other acts (including without limitation the execution and delivery of instruments of further assurance or confirmation) requested by the Company to assign the Intellectual Property to the Company, to permit the Company to enforce any patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights to the Intellectual Property and to otherwise carry out the purpose of this Agreement.

(iv)           If the Company is unable because of the Executive’s mental or physical incapacity or for any other reason to secure any signature for any of the assignments, licenses or other reasonably requested documents pertaining to the intellectual property rights referenced herein within ten (10) days of the delivery of said documents to the Executive, then the Executive hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as the Executive’s agent and attorney in fact, to act for and on the Executive’s behalf and stead and to execute and file said documents and do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the perfection, defense and enjoyment of the Company’s rights relating to the subject Intellectual Property with the same legal force and effect as if executed by the Executive. The Executive stipulates and agrees that such appointment is a right coupled with an interest, and will survive the Executive’s incapacity or unavailability at any future time.

(b)             Maintenance of Records. The Executive agrees to keep and maintain adequate and current written records of all Intellectual Property made by the Executive (solely or jointly with others) during the term of the Executive’s employment with the Company. The records will be in the form of notes, sketches, drawings, electronic or digital data, and any other format that may be specified by the Company. The records will be available to, and remain the sole property of, the Company at all times.

(c)             Patent and Copyright Registrations. The Executive agrees to assist the Company, or its designee, at the Company’s expense, in every proper way to secure the Company’s rights in the Intellectual Property Items and any copyrights, patents, mask work rights or other intellectual property rights relating thereto in any and all countries, including the disclosure to the Company of all pertinent information and data with respect thereto and the execution of all applications, specifications, oaths, assignments and all other instruments which the Company shall deem necessary in order to apply for and obtain such rights and in order to assign and convey to the Company, its successors, assigns and nominees the sole and exclusive rights, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property Items, and any copyrights, patents, mask work rights or other intellectual property rights relating thereto.
 
 
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8.           Non-competition and Non-Solicitation and Non-Circumvention.
 
(a)             Non-competition. Except as authorized by the Board, during the Executive’s employment by the Company and for a period of one (1) year thereafter (the “ Non-Compete Period ”), the Executive will not (except as an officer, director, stockholder, employee, agent or consultant of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof) either directly or indirectly, whether or not for consideration, (i) in any way, directly or indirectly, solicit, divert, or take away the business of any person who is or was a customer of the Company, or in any manner influence such person to cease doing business in part or in whole with Company; (ii) engage in a Competing Business; (iii) except for investments or ownership in public entities, mutual funds and similar investments, none of which constitute more than 5% of the ownership or control of such entities, own, operate, control, finance, manage, advise, be employed by or engaged by, perform any services for, invest or otherwise become associated in any capacity with any person engaged in a Competing Business; or (iv) engage in any practice the purpose or effect of which is to intentionally evade the provisions of this covenant. For purposes of this section, “ Competing Business ” means any company or business which is engaged directly or indirectly in any business carried on or planned to be carried on (if such plans were developed while the Executive was employed by the Company) by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates.
 
(b)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Company acknowledges that the Executive may have other existing outside interests. Provided such:

(i)            interests do not affect the Executive’s ability to competently perform obligations hereunder, and

(ii)             Entities do not compete with Company’s Business, Company hereby consents to allow the Executive to continue to provide services to such other entities. The Executive agrees to not compete with Company’s Business, or with the Company’s current products and technologies and technologies under development.

(c)             Non-Solicitation and Non-Circumvention . For a period of one year following the Executive’s employment with the Company (the “ Non-Solicitation Period ”), the Executive will not directly or indirectly, whether for the Executive’s account or for the account of any other individual or entity, solicit or canvas the trade, business or patronage of, or sell to, any individuals or entities that were investors, customers or employees of the Company during the period during which the Executive was employed by the Company, or prospective customers with respect to whom a sales effort, presentation or proposal was made by the Company or its affiliates, during the one year period prior to the termination of the Executive’s employment. Without limiting the foregoing, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, induce, enter into any agreement with, or attempt to influence any individual who was an employee or consultant of the Company at any time during the time the Executive was employed by the Company, to terminate her employment relationship with the Company or to become employed by the Executive or any individual or entity by which the Executive is employed or (ii) interfere in any other way with the employment, or other relationship, of any employee or consultant of the Company or its affiliates.

(d)             Requirement to Safeguard Confidential Information. All Confidential Information of the Company is expressly acknowledged by the Executive to be the sole property of the Company, and the disclosure of the Confidential Information shall not be deemed to confer any rights with respect to such Confidential Information on the Executive. The Executive will exercise reasonable care to ensure the confidentiality of the Confidential Information. All confidential information which the Executive may now possess, or may obtain or create prior to the end of the period the Executive are employed by the Company, relating to the business of the Company, or any customer or supplier of the Company, or any agreements, arrangements, or understandings to which the Company is a party, shall not be disclosed or made accessible by the Executive to any other person or entity either during or after the termination of the Executive’s employment or used by Executive except during the Executive’s employment by the Company in the business and for the benefit of the Company, without the prior written consent of the Company. Nothing herein shall be construed as an obligation of the Company to consent to the terms and conditions of any such request and under no circumstances shall any such approval be deemed to waive, alter or modify the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Executive agrees to return all tangible evidence of such confidential information to the Company prior to or at the termination of the Executive’s employment.
 
 
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The Executive agrees that, except as required by her duties with the Company or as authorized by the Company in writing, she will not use or disclose to anyone at any time, regardless of whether before or after the Executive ceases to be employed by the Company, any of the Confidential Information obtained by him in the course of her employment with the Company. The Executive shall not be deemed to have violated this Section 8(d) by disclosure of Confidential Information that at the time of disclosure (a) is publicly available or becomes publicly available through no act or omission of the Executive, or (b) is disclosed as required by court order or as otherwise required by law, on the condition that notice of the requirement for such disclosure is given to the Company prior to make any disclosure. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Executive shall remain subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement entered into between Executive and the Company as of May 29, 2013.

9.             Equitable Remedies; Availability of Other Remedies; Obligations Absolute .

(a)            The Executive represents and warrants that she has had an opportunity to consult with an attorney regarding this Agreement and fully understands the contents hereof.

(b)            Executive acknowledges that (i) the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Company and its Affiliates, and (ii) any violation of Sections 7 and 8 will result in irreparable injury to the Company, the exact amount of which will be difficult to ascertain, and that the remedies at law for any such violation would not be reasonable or adequate compensation to the Company and its Affiliates for such a violation. Accordingly, Executive agrees that if Executive violates the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 , in addition to any other remedy which may be available at law or in equity, the Company and its Affiliates shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief, without posting bond or other security, and without the necessity of proving actual damages.

(c)            The rights and remedies of the Company and its Affiliates under this Agreement are not exclusive of or limited by any other rights or remedies that it may have, whether at law, in equity, by contract or otherwise, all of which shall be cumulative (and not alternative). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights and remedies of the Company and its Affiliates under this Agreement, and the obligations and liabilities of Executive under this Agreement, are in addition to their respective rights, remedies, obligations and liabilities under the law of unfair competition, under laws relating to misappropriation of trade secrets, under other laws and common law requirements and under all applicable rules and regulations.

(d)            Executive’s obligations under this Agreement are absolute and shall not be terminated or otherwise limited by virtue of any breach (on the part of the Company or any other person) of any provision of any other agreement, or by virtue of any failure to perform or other breach of any obligation of the Company, the Company, or any other person.

(e)            Executive acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 are fully applicable to Executive no matter whether the Termination Date occurs prior to, on, or subsequent to the Expiration Date and regardless of the reason for Executive’s termination.

10.           Effect of Termination.

(a)             Termination For Cause or No Good Reason. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive for any reason other than a Good Reason (as provided in Sections 2(b)(iii) and (vi) ), except as provided in Section 10(c)(i) , no severance compensation will be paid or   other benefits furnished to the Executive as a result of such termination.

(b)             Termination Without Cause; Disability; Good Reason.   If the Executive’s employment is terminated as a result of the Executive’s Disability, or by the Company for without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason (as provided in Sections 2(b)(i) , (iv) and (v) ), the Company   shall pay Executive a payment, in one lump sum, in accordance with Section 10(c)(i) and (ii) of this Agreement.
 
 
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(c)             Payments Upon Termination.

(i)             Basic Payments. In the event the Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10(a) the Executive’s rights and the Company’s obligations hereunder shall cease (except to the extent specifically provided to survive the termination of this Agreement) as of the Effective Termination Date of the termination; provided, however, that the Company shall pay the Executive, subject to the Executive’s full and complete compliance with the provisions and conditions set forth in Section 10(c)(iii) and (iv) , her (i) Monthly Salary, prorated through the Effective Termination Date; (ii) Business Expense Reimbursements through the Effective Termination Date; (iii) Medical Insurance Reimbursement and any other benefits due to the Executive, prorated through the Effective Termination Date.

All payments made pursuant to this Section 10(c)(i) , will be made in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll procedures through the Effective Termination Date; and the full payment of all payments and benefits due the Executive hereunder upon termination shall completely and fully discharge and constitute a release by the Executive of any and all obligations and liabilities of the Company to the Executive, including, without limitation, the right to receive Monthly Payment, options and all other compensation or benefits provided for in this Agreement, and the Executive shall not be entitled to any further compensation, options, or severance compensation of any kind, and shall have no further right or claim to any compensation, options, benefits or severance compensation under this Agreement or otherwise against the Company or its affiliates, from and after the date of such termination, except as provided by the terms of the stock option agreement entered into between the Executive and the Company, and any benefit plan under which you are participating.

(ii)             Severance Payments. In the event the Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10(b) the Executive’s rights and the Company’s obligations hereunder shall cease (except to the extent specifically provided to survive the termination of this Agreement), as of the Effective Termination Date of the termination; provided, however, that the Company shall pay the Executive (A) the payments provided for in Section 10(c)(i) above and, subject to the Executive’s full and complete compliance with the provisions and conditions set forth in Sections 10(c)(iii) and (iv) , (B) a severance payment (the “ Severance Payment ”) equal to one-half (1/2) of Monthly Payment, in effect on the date of the Company’s Termination Notice, for every one (1) month period that the Executive has been employed by the Company after the Executive has been employed for six (6) months pursuant to this Agreement up to a maximum aggregate Severance Payment equal to three (3) Monthly Payments. The Severance Payment shall be subject to any applicable tax withholdings. Payment of the Severance Payment will be made monthly commencing on the first day of the month following the month in which all of the conditions specified in Sections 10(c)(iii) and (iv) are satisfied. The amount of the Severance Payment hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of employment or consulting compensation received by the Executive during the period in which the Severance Payment is payable.

(iii)             Return of Documents and Property. Within ten (10) Business Days of the Effective Termination Date, or at any time upon the request of the Company, the Executive (or her heirs or personal representatives) shall deliver to the Company in good order (a) all documents and materials (including, without limitation, computer files) containing Trade Secrets and Confidential Information relating to the business and affairs of the Company or its affiliates; (b) all documents, materials, equipment and other property (including, without limitation, computer files, computer programs, computer operating systems, computers, printers, scanners, pagers, telephones, credit cards and ID cards) belonging to the Company or its affiliates, which in either case are in the possession or under the Executive’s control (or the control of her heirs or personal representatives); and (c) all corporate records of the Company, including minute books, accounting related materials, audit related materials, attorney correspondence, and any other such records which may be in the Executive’s possession.

(iv)             Release. The payment of the foregoing amounts under this Section10(c) shall be contingent in all respects on (a) the Executive’s signing (following her termination of employment) and not revoking, and the Company’s receipt of, a Release , substantially in the form attached hereto as Appendix C , within 5 Business Days of her termination of employment releasing the Company, related companies, and their respective directors, officers, employees, counsel and agents (“ Indemnitees ”) from any and all claims and liabilities respecting or relating to her employment, and promising never to sue any of the Indemnitees for such matters and (b) the Executive’s compliance with all other post termination obligations provided for in this Agreement.
 
 
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(c)           Other Effects of Termination.

(i)             Survival of Certain Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if this Agreement is terminated the provisions of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 of this Agreement shall survive such termination and continue in full force and effect.

(ii)             Relinquishment of Authority. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon written notice to the Executive, the Company may immediately relieve the Executive of all of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder and may relieve the Executive of authority to act on behalf of, or legally bind, the Company. However, such action by the Company shall not alter the Company’s obligations to the Executive with regard to the procedure for a termination.

11.           Successors and Assigns.

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. In view of the personal nature of the services to be performed under this Agreement by the Executive, you shall not have the right to assign or transfer any of the Executive’s rights, obligations or benefits under this Agreement, except as otherwise specifically noted herein.

12.           No Reliance on Representations.

Executive acknowledges that she is not relying, and has not relied, on any promise, representation or statement made by or on behalf of the Company which is not set forth in this Agreement.

13.           Entire Agreements; Amendments.

This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding with respect to the Executive’s employment by the Company and may be modified only by a written instrument duly executed by each of the Executive and the Company.

14.           Waiver.

Any waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a 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 of a breach of any provision hereof must be in writing.

15.           Construction.

The Executive and the Company have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Executive and the Company and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. Any reference to any federal, state, local, or foreign statute or law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise. The word “including” shall mean including without limitation. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular forms of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural, and vice versa. The headings in this Agreement are solely for the convenience of reference and shall be given no effect in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
 
 
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16.           Severability.

Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If the final judg m ent of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to limit the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified. In the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the parties hereto agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term.

17.           Notices.

All notices, demands or requests made pursuant to, under or by virtue of this Agreement must be in writing and sent to the party to which the notice, demand or request is being made by (i) certified mail, return receipt requested, (ii) nationally recognized overnight courier delivery, (iii) by facsimile transmission provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party; (iv) via electronic mail; or (v) hand delivery as follows:

To the Company:

Janus Resources, Inc.
430 Park Avenue
Suite 702
New York, NY 10022
Attention: The Board of Directors

With a copy to:

Joseph Sierchio, Esq.
Sierchio & Company, LLP
430 Park Avenue, Suite 702
New York, NY 10022
Fax: (212) 246-3039
Email: jsierchio@usandseclaw.com

To the Executive:

Rhonda B. Rosen

or to such other address, facsimile number, or email address, as is specified by a party by notice to the other party given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 17 . Any notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 17 shall be deemed given (i) three (3) business days after mailing (if sent by certified mail), (ii) one (1) business day after deposit of same with a nationally recognized overnight courier service (if delivered by nationally recognized overnight courier service), or (iii) on the date delivery is made if delivered by hand or facsimile.

18.           Counterparts; Delivery by Facsimile.

(a)             This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by the Executive and the Company and delivered to the other, it being understood that the Executive and the Company need not sign the same counterpart. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile signature and a facsimile signature shall constitute an original for all purposes.
 
 
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(b)             This Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.

19.           Disclosure and Avoidance of Conflicts of Interest.

During the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive will promptly, fully and frankly disclose to the Company in writing:

(a)             the nature and extent of any interest the Executive or the Executive’s Affiliates (as hereinafter defined) have or may have, directly or indirectly, in any contract or transaction or proposed contract or transaction of or with the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company;
 
(b)            every office the Executive may hold or acquire, and every property the Executive or the Executive’s Affiliates may possess or acquire, whereby directly or indirectly a duty or interest might be created in conflict with the interests of the Company or the Executive’s duties and obligations under this Agreement;

(c)            the nature and extent of any conflict referred to in subsection (b) above; and

(d)            The Executive acknowledges that it is the policy of the Company that all interests and conflicts of the sort described herein be avoided, and the Executive agrees to comply with all policies and directives of the Board from time to time regulating, restricting or prohibiting circumstances giving rise to interests or conflicts of the sort described herein. During the Executive’s employment with the Company, without Board approval, in its sole discretion, the Executive shall not enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any other person or entity that would in any way conflict or interfere with this Agreement or the Executive’s duties or obligations under this Agreement or that would otherwise prevent the Executive from performing the Executive’s obligations hereunder, and the Executive represents and warrants that the Executive or the Executive’s Affiliates have not entered into any such agreement, arrangement or understanding.

20.             Code Section 409A ; Parachute Payments .

(a)             Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 10 hereof, and to the maximum extent permitted by law, this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all payments to Executive under this Agreement are either exempt from, or comply with, Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder (collectively, “ Section 409A ”), including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the Commencement Date. It is intended that payments under this Agreement will be exempt from Section 409A, including the exceptions for short-term deferrals, separation pay arrangements, reimbursements, and in-kind distributions, so as not to subject the Executive to payment of interest or any additional tax under Section 409A. To the extent any reimbursements or in-kind benefit payments under this Agreement are subject to Section 409A, such reimbursements and in-kind benefit payments shall be made in accordance with Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) (or any similar or successor provisions). In furtherance thereof, if the provision of any reimbursement or in-kind benefit payment hereunder that is subject to Section 409A at the time specified herein would subject such amount to any additional tax under Section 409A, the provision of such reimbursement or in-kind benefit payment shall be postponed to the earliest commencement date on which the provision of such amount could be made without incurring such additional tax. In addition, to the extent that any regulations or other guidance issued under Section 409A (after application of the previous provisions of this Section 20 ) would result in the Executive’s being subject to the payment of interest or any additional tax under Section 409A, the parties agree, to the extent reasonably possible, to amend this Agreement to the extent necessary (including retroactively) in order to avoid the imposition of any such interest or additional tax under Section 409A, which amendment shall have the minimum economic effect necessary and be reasonably determined in good faith by the Company and the Executive. The Company shall withhold all necessary state, federal and local taxes due on any Medical Insurance Reimbursement in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices.
 
 
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(b)            If any payment or benefit Executive would receive from the Company or otherwise (“ Payment ”) would (i) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and (ii) but for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “ Excise Tax ”), then such Payment shall be reduced to the Reduced Amount. The “ Reduced Amount ” shall be either (x) the largest portion of the Payment that would result in no portion of the Payment being subject to the Excise Tax or (y) the largest portion, up to and including the total, of the Payment, whichever amount, after taking into account all applicable federal, state and local employment taxes, income taxes, and the Excise Tax (all computed at the highest applicable marginal rate), results in Executive’s receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greater amount of the Payment notwithstanding that all or some portion of the Payment may be subject to the Excise Tax. If a reduction in payments or benefits constituting “parachute payments” is necessary so that the Payment equals the Reduced Amount, reduction shall occur in the following order: reduction of cash payments; cancellation of accelerated vesting of stock awards; reduction of employee benefits. In the event that acceleration of vesting of stock award compensation is to be reduced, such acceleration of vesting shall be cancelled in the reverse order of the date of grant of Executive’s stock awards.

22.           Definitions.

For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. The term “ control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto.

Board of Directors ” or “ Board ” means the Company’s Board of Directors as the same may from time to time be constituted.

Business Day ” means any day on which banks are open for business in the State of New York.

Cause shall mean: (1) any material act of dishonesty by the Executive   against the Company; or (2) willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Executive in carrying out the Executive’s duties of the Executive Positions; or (3) material breach of this Agreement, including, but not limited to a breach of the representations and warranties made by, the Executive; or   (4) misconduct by the Executive, such as intoxication or other misconduct   which has a substantial adverse effect on the business of the Company, or   (5) other circumstances (other than the Executive’s Disability) indicative of the Executive’s failure materially to   comply with the terms of her employment and which have had or may have a n adverse effect on the business of the Company; or (6) the Executive’s violation of the United States federal or applicable state securities laws; or (7) indictment under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof for a (i) civil offense which is injurious to the business reputation of the Corporation or (ii) criminal offense; or (8) recurring failure to adequately fulfill the responsibilities associated with the Executive Positions.

Change of Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events during the term hereof: (i) Any “person” (such as that term is used in Section13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), other than an Affiliate of the Company, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, or securities of the Company representing 51% or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; or (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent 50% or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the Company or such other surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation); or (iii) a majority of the directors of the Company which were not nominated by the Company’s management (or were nominated by management pursuant to an agreement with persons that acquired sufficient voting securities of the Company to de facto control it) are elected to the Board by the Company’s shareholders; or (iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and only to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A, a “ Change of Control ” will have occurred only if, in addition to the requirements set above, the event constitutes a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, within the meaning of guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury under Section 409A of the Code.
 
 
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Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Commencement Date ” shall mean the date of this Agreement as set forth in the preamble hereto.

Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Company’s Business ” means the Company’s business activities and operations as conducted during the term of this Agreement and all products planned, researched, developed, tested, manufactured, sold, licensed, leased or otherwise distributed or put into use by the Company or any of its Affiliates, together with all services provided or planned by the Company or any of its Affiliates, during the Executive’s relationship with the Company.

Confidential Information ” shall mean any and all information in addition to Trade Secrets used by, or which is in the possession of the Company and relating to the Company’s business or assets specifically including, but not limited to, information relating to the Company’s products, services, strategies, pricing, customers, representatives, suppliers, distributors, technology, finances, employee compensation, computer software and hardware, inventions, developments, in each case to the extent that such information is not required to be disclosed by applicable law or compelled to be disclosed by any governmental authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms “ Trade Secrets ” and “ Confidential Information ” do not include information that (i) is or becomes generally available to or known by the public (other than as a result of a disclosure by the Executive), provided, that the source of such information is not known by the Executive to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company; or (ii) is independently developed by the Executive without violating this Agreement.

Disability ” means a disability that has existed for a period of 6 consecutive months and because of which the Executive is physically or mentally unable to substantially perform her regular duties as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and only to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code, Executive will have suffered a “Disability” only if, in addition to the requirements set above, it represents a disability within the meaning of guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury under Section 409A of the Code.

Discoveries and Works ” includes, by way of example but without limitation, Trade Secrets and other Confidential Information, patents and patent applications, service marks, and service mark registrations and applications, trade names, copyrights and copyright registrations and applications and all materials, information, inventions, discoveries, developments, methods, compositions, concepts, ideas, writings, computer code and the like (whether or not patentable or copyrightable or constituting trade secrets) conceived, made, created, developed or reduced to practice by the Executive (whether alone or with others, whether or not during normal business hours and whether on or off Company premises) during the term of this Agreement that relate to either the Company’s Business or any prospective activity of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

Director ” means a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.
 
Good Reason ” means that following a Change in Control (1) there has been a material diminution in the Executive’s responsibilities, duties, title, reporting responsibilities within the business organization, status, role or authority; or (2) the removal of the Executive from the position of Chief Executive Officer, other than elevation to a higher or comparable ranking executive officer position with the Company; or (3) a material breach by the Company of any of the material terms of this Agreement. A condition will not be considered “ Good Reason ” unless Executive gives the Company written notice of the condition within 30 days after the condition comes into existence and the Company fails to substantially remedy the condition within 30 days after receiving Executive’s written notice. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive’s resignation or removal as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer or as a Director will not constitute “ Good Reason ” hereunder.
 
 
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Intellectual Property ” means with respect to the Company’s Business, all U.S. and foreign (a) patents and patent applications and all reissues, renewals, divisions, extensions, provisional patents, continuations and continuations in part thereof, (b) inventions (regardless of whether patentable), invention disclosures, trade secrets, proprietary information, industrial designs and registrations and applications, mask works and applications and registrations, (c) copyrights and copyright applications and corresponding rights, (d) trade dress, trade names, logos, URLs, common law trademarks and service marks, registered trademarks and trademark applications, registered service marks and service mark applications, (e) domain name rights and registrations, (f) databases, customer lists, data collections and rights therein, (g) confidentiality rights or other intellectual property rights of any nature, in each case throughout the world; (h) ideas, processes, trademarks, service marks, inventions, designs, technologies, computer hardware or software, original works of authorship, formulas, discoveries, patents, copyrights, copyrightable works, products, marketing and business ideas, and all improvements, know-how, data, rights, and claims related to the foregoing; and (i) Discoveries and Works.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, company, limited or general partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, limited liability company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust or other entity or organization.

Trade Secrets ” shall mean all confidential and proprietary information belonging to the Company (including current client lists and prospective client lists, ideas, formulas, compositions, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), know-how, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, research and development information, drawings, specifications, designs, plans, proposals, technical data, copyrightable works, financial and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information.

23.             Further Assurances. The parties will execute such further instruments and take such further actions as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement.

24.             Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial . All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the New York without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, County of New York for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY OF THEM MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY, IRREVOCABLE AND BARGAINED FOR AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES TO WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY AND THAT ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER AMONG THEM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY WILL INSTEAD BE TRIED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Employment Agreement as of the date first above written.
 
 
Janus Resources, Inc.  
     
By: /s/ Joseph Sierchio  
Name: Joseph Sierchio  
Title: Director and Authorized Signatory  
     
     
Executive:  
     
By: /s/ Rhonda B. Rosen  
Name: Rhonda B. Rosen  
     
     
 
 
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EXHIBIT 10.4
 
THIS NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of June 20, 2013 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and between Janus Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), and Rhonda B. Rosen (“ Recipient ”):

In consideration of the covenants herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.           Option Grant
 
  (a) Date option grant authorized:  June 20, 2013
  (b) Number of shares: 350,000
  (c) Exercise Price: $0.72
  (d) Form of options (select one):  
       
   
x Incentive Stock Options;
   
o Non-Qualified Stock Options
 
2.           Acknowledgements.

(a)           Recipient is an officer of the Company (the “ Company/Recipient Relationship ”).

(b)           The Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) has this day approved the granting of this Option subject to the execution and delivery of this Agreement;

(c)           The Board has authorized the granting to Recipient of a non-statutory stock option (the “ Option ”) to purchase up to 350,000 shares (collectively, the “ Option Shares ”) of common stock of the Company (“ Common Stock ”) upon the terms and conditions hereinafter stated and pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”); and

(d)           This Agreement is further subject to the Company’s 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”).

3.           Option Shares; Price.

The Company hereby grants to Recipient the right to purchase, upon and subject to the terms and conditions herein stated, the Option Shares for cash (or other consideration as is authorized hereunder) at the price per Option Share set forth in Section 1 above (the “ Exercise Price ”), such price being not less than [e.g., 100%] of the fair market value per share of the Option Shares covered by this Option as of the date of grant. For purposes of the Options, the “fair market value” of the Common Stock is the closing price of the Common Stock as quoted on the OTC Markets Group Inc. QB tier (the “ OTCQB ”) on June 19, 2013.

4.             Term of Options; Continuation of Service .

Subject to the early termination provisions set forth in Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement, these Options shall expire, and all rights hereunder to purchase the Option Shares shall terminate 10 years from the Effective Date. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to interfere in any way with the right of the Company, or its shareholders, or the Board, to remove or not elect Recipient as an officer and/or a director of the Company, or to increase or decrease the compensation of directors from the rate in effect at the date hereof.

5.           Vesting of Option and Filing of Form S-8.

Subject to the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement, these Options shall become exercisable during the term that Recipient serves in the Company/Recipient Relationship as follows:
 
 
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(i)             Retention Options. 150,000 of the Options (collectively, “ Retention Options ”) shall vest in three equal installments in arrears for each calendar year of service that Recipient serves in the Company/Recipient Relationship; none of the Retention Options shall vest for portions of any calendar year. For illustrative purposes:

(a)           50,000 of the Retention Options shall vest on June 20, 2014 and be exercisable at any time from June 20, 2014 through June 19, 2023;

(b)           50,000 of the Retention Options shall vest on June 20, 2015 and be exercisable at any time from June 20, 2015 through June 19, 2023; and

(c)           50,000 of the Retention Options shall vest on June 20, 2016 and be exercisable at any time from June 20, 2016 through June 19, 2023.

(ii)             Milestone Options. Up to a maximum of 200,000 of the Options (collectively, the “ Milestone Options ”) shall vest as follows:

(a)           [****];

(b)           [****];

(c)           [****];

(d)           [****];

(e)           [****];

(f)           [****];

(g)           [****]; and

(h)           [****].
 
For clarification purposes, a maximum of 200,000 Options may vest pursuant to the above milestones; once the maximum amount has been reached no further Options will vest pursuant to this Agreement. All determinations and calculations with respect to the satisfaction of the conditions to the vesting of any of the foregoing options shall be made by the Board or any committee thereof to which the Board has delegated such authority, in good faith in accordance with applicable law, the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company, in its sole discretion, and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including you and the personal representative of your estate.

(iii)           Additional Vesting Provisions.

(a)             Upon the fourth anniversary of Recipient serving in the Company/Recipient Relationship, all unvested Milestone Options shall vest in equal amounts upon the fourth and fifth anniversaries of the Recipient serving in the Company/Recipient Relationship;

For illustrative purposes, if 50,000 of the Milestone Options remain unvested on June 20 , 2017, subject to Recipient serving in the Company/Recipient Relationship, 25,000 of the Milestone Options shall vest and be exercisable at any time from June 20, 2017 through June 19, 2023 and the remaining 25,000 Milestone Options shall vest and be exercisable at any time from June 20, 2018 through June 19, 2023.

(b)           All unvested Options shall vest and become immediately exercisable upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined below).
 
 
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For purposes of this Section 5(b) , a Change in Control shall mean any of the following:

(1)  
any merger, consolidation or liquidation of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving company or pursuant to which stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger of the Company in which the holders of the shares of stock immediately before the merger have the same proportionate ownership of common stock of the surviving company immediately after the merger;

(2)  
The completion of one or more transactions by which any person or entity (and his, her, or its affiliates) becomes the beneficial owner of more than 51% of the voting power of the Company’s securities

(3)  
substantially all of the assets of the Company are sold or otherwise transferred to parties that are not within a “controlled group of corporations” (as defined in Section 1563 of the Internal Revenue Code) in which the Company is a member at the time of such sale or transfer.

(iv)             Form S-8. The Company shall as soon as practicable following the date hereof and subject to satisfaction of any and all applicable regulatory requirements and shareholder approval, file a registration statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the Option Shares and keep such registration statement in effect until the sale of all shares of common stock issuable under the Options or expiration of the 10-year term.

6.           Exercise.

(a)           These Options shall be exercised, as to the vested shares, by delivery to the Company of (a) written notice of exercise stating the number of Option Shares being purchased (in whole shares only) and such other information set forth on the form of Notice of Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit A hereto, (b) a check or cash in the amount of the Exercise Price of the Option Shares covered by the notice, unless Recipient elects to exercise the cashless exercise option set forth in Section 6(b) below, in which case no payment will be required (or such other consideration as has been approved by the Board consistent with the Plan). These Options shall are not assignable or transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable only by Recipient during his or her lifetime.

(b)           Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, to the extent and only to the extent vested, the Options may also be exercised (as to the Option Shares vested) at such time by means of a “ cashless exercise ” in which the Recipient shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of Option Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing:

[(A-B) (X)] by (A) , where:

(A) equals the average of the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock, as reported (in order of priority) on the Trading Market on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading on the Trading Date preceding the date of the election to exercise; or, if the Company’s Common Stock is not then listed or traded on a Trading Market, then the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Recipient and the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company;

(B) equals the Exercise Price of the Option, as adjusted from time to time in accordance herewith; and

(X) equals the number of vested Option Shares issuable upon exercise of these Options in accordance with the terms of the Options by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise (or, if the Option is being exercised only as to a portion of the shares as to which it has vested, the portion of the Options being exercised at the time the cashless exercise is made pursuant to this Section 6 ).

For purposes of this Agreement:

Trading Day ” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.
 
 
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Trading Market ” means, in order of priority, the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTCQB or the Pink Sheets.

(c)           No fractional shares shall be issued upon exercise of this Option. The Company shall, in lieu of issuing any fractional share, pay the Recipient entitled a sum in cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then effective Exercise Price.

7.           Termination of Service.

If the Recipient’s services as an employee or director are terminated by either the Company or the Recipient, the Company agrees that all vested options may continue to be exercised until 5:00pm New York on the date of the second anniversary of the termination date of the Recipient’s services (the “ Termination Date ”). All unvested Options shall terminate and this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date.

8.           Death of Recipient.

If the Recipient shall die during the term of service to the Company, Recipient’s personal representative or the person entitled to Recipient’s rights hereunder may at any time within the then remaining exercise period, exercise this Option and purchase Option Shares to the extent, but only to the extent, that Recipient could have exercised this Option as of the date of Recipient’s death; following the expiration of the aforesaid then remaining exercise period, this Agreement shall terminate in its entirety and be of no further force or effect.

9.             No Rights as Shareholder .

Recipient shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to the Option Shares covered by any installment of this Option until the effective date of issuance of the Option Shares following the exercise of this Option, and no adjustment will be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate or certificates are issued.
 
10.           Recapitalization.

(a)                Subdivision or consolidation of shares . Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company, the number of Option Shares covered by this Option, and the Exercise Price thereof, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of shares or the payment of a stock dividend, or any other increase or decrease in the number of such shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company; provided however that the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed having been “effected without receipt of consideration by the Company.”

(b)           Reorganizations, Mergers etc.

(i) In the event of a proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of the Company (collectively, a “ Reorganization ”):
 
(1) then, subject to Clause (b)(ii) below, any and all shares as to which the Option had not yet vested shall vest upon the date (the “ Reorganization Vesting Date ”) that the Company provides the Recipient with the Reorganization Notice (as defined below); and provided, however, that there has been no termination of the Recipient’s services, Recipient shall have the right to exercise this Option to the extent of all shares subject to the Option, for a period commencing on the Reorganization Vesting Date and terminating on the date of the consummation of such Reorganization. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Company, the Option shall terminate upon the consummation of the Reorganization and may not be exercised thereafter as to any shares subject thereto. The Company shall notify Recipient in writing (the “ Reorganization Notice ”), at least 30 days prior to the consummation of such Reorganization, of its intention to consummate a Reorganization.
 
 
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(2) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the exercise of the Option or any portion thereof pursuant to this Section 10(b) will be consummated simultaneously with the consummation of the Reorganization. If after the Company provides the Reorganization Notice to the Recipient the Company provides the Recipient with a further written notice notifying the Recipient that the Reorganization will not be consummated, then the Option will return to its status prior to the Reorganization Notice and the shares as to which the Option vested solely by virtue of this Section 10(b) (i) will revert to an unvested status.

(ii) Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company, if the Company shall be the surviving entity in any merger or consolidation, these Options thereafter shall pertain to and apply to the securities to which a Recipient of Option Shares equal to the Option Shares subject to these Options would have been entitled by reason of such merger or consolidation, and the installment provisions of Section 5 shall continue to apply.

(iii) To the extent that the foregoing adjustments relate to shares or securities of the Company, such adjustments shall be made by the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, Recipient shall have no rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of Stock of any class or the payment of any stock dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class, and the number and price of Option Shares subject to this Option shall not be affected by, and no adjustments shall be made by reason of, any dissolution, liquidation, merger, consolidation or sale of assets or capital stock, or any issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class.

(iv) The grant of these Options shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve or liquidate or to sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

11.           Taxation upon Exercise of Option.

Recipient understands that, upon exercise of these Options, Recipient may recognize income, for Federal and state income tax purposes, in an amount equal to the amount by which the fair market value of the Option Shares, determined as of the date of exercise, exceeds the Exercise Price. The acceptance of the Option Shares by Recipient shall constitute an agreement by Recipient to report such income in accordance with then applicable law and to cooperate with Company in establishing the amount of such income and corresponding deduction to the Company for its income tax purposes. Withholding for federal or state income and employment tax purposes will be made, if and as required by law, from Recipient’s then current compensation, or, if such current compensation is insufficient to satisfy withholding tax liability, the Company may require Recipient to make a cash payment to cover such liability as a condition of the exercise of these Options.

12.           Modification, Extension and Renewal of Options.

The Board or a duly appointed committee thereof, may modify, extend or renew this Option or accept the surrender thereof (to the extent not theretofore exercised) and authorize the granting of a new option in substitution therefore (to the extent not theretofore exercised), subject at all times to the Code and applicable securities laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12 , no modification shall, without the consent of the Recipient, alter to the Recipient’s detriment or impair any rights of Recipient hereunder.

13.           Investment Intent; Restrictions on Transfer.

Unless and until the Option Shares represented by this Option are registered under the Securities Act,

(a) all certificates representing the Option Shares and any certificates subsequently issued in substitution therefore and any certificate for any securities issued pursuant to any stock split, share reclassification, stock dividend or other similar capital event shall bear legends in substantially the following form:
 
 
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“THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR OTHERWISE QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE ‘SECURITIES ACT’) OR UNDER THE APPLICABLE OR SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, UNLESS PURSUANT TO EXEMPTIONS THEREFROM.

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 20, 2013, BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE ISSUEE WHICH RESTRICTS THE TRANSFER OF THESE SHARES WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO REPURCHASE BY THE COMPANY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.”

and/or such other legend or legends as the Company and its counsel deem necessary or appropriate. Appropriate stop transfer instructions with respect to the Option Shares have been placed with the Company’s transfer agent.
 
(b) Recipient represents and agrees that if Recipient exercises this Option in whole or in part, Recipient will in each case acquire the Option Shares upon such exercise for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof; and that upon such exercise of this Option in whole or in part Recipient (or any person or persons entitled to exercise this Option under the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement) shall furnish to the Company a written statement to such effect, satisfactory to the Company in form and substance. If the Option Shares represented by this Option are registered under the Securities Act, either before or after the exercise this Option in whole or in part, the Recipient shall be relieved of the foregoing investment representation and agreement and shall not be required to furnish the Company with the foregoing written statement.

14.             Stand-off Agreement . Recipient agrees that, in connection with any registration of the Company’s securities under the Securities Act, and upon the request of the Company or any underwriter managing an underwritten offering of the Company’s securities, Recipient shall not sell, short any sale of, loan, grant an option for, or otherwise dispose of any of the Option Shares (other than Option Shares included in the offering) without the prior written consent of the Company or such managing underwriter, as applicable, for a period (the “ Restrictive Period ”) as may be specified by the Company or such underwriter or managing underwriter;   provided , however , that the Restrictive Period shall not exceed one year following the effective date of registration of such offering.

15.             Construction. You and the Company have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by you and the Company and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. Any reference to any federal, state, local, or foreign statute or law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise. The word “including” shall mean including without limitation. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular forms of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural, and vice versa. The headings in this Agreement are solely for the convenience of reference and shall be given no effect in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

16.             Notices. Any and all notices (including, but not limited to the Notice of Exercise) or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the 2 nd Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
 
 
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17.             Agreement Not Subject to the Plan; Applicable Law. These Options are not granted pursuant to the Plan and shall be interpreted to comply therewith. A copy of such Plan is available to Recipient, at no charge, at the principal office of the Company. Any provision of this Option inconsistent with the Plan shall be considered void and replaced with the applicable provision of the Plan. This Option has been granted, executed and delivered in the State of Nevada, and the interpretation and enforcement shall be governed by the laws thereof and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts therein.

 
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Stock Option Agreement as of the date first above written.
 
 
Janus Resources, Inc.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Joseph Sierchio  
  Name: Joseph Sierchio  
  Title: Director  
       
 
Address For Notices:
 
430 Park Avenue
Suite 702
New York, NY 10022
 
       
 
Recipient
 
       
  By: /s/ Rhonda B. Rosen  
    Rhonda B. Rosen  
       
Address:
   
 
 
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Exhibit A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF STOCK OPTION

TO:         JANUS RESOURCES, INC.
430 Park Avenue
Suite 702
New York, NY 10022

ATTENTION: President and Chief Executive Officer

The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ______________ shares (the “ Purchased Option Shares ”) of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Stock Option Agreement Dated June 20 , 2013, between the undersigned and Janus Resources, Inc. and the undersigned (the “ Option Agreement ”), herewith tenders payment of the aggregate exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any, for the Purchased Option Shares, by (check applicable box):

o  in lawful money of the United States; or
o  [if permitted] the cancellation of such number of Option Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 6(b) of the Option Agreement with respect to the maximum number of Option Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth Section 6(b).

Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said Option Shares in the name of the undersigned as is specified below and forward the same to the address set forth below.
 
__________________________________
Signature of Recipient

Print Name of Recipient: Rhonda B. Rosen


Address For Delivery of Option Shares:
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
 
 
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