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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

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): March 9, 2022

 

ZHRH CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada 333-192874 99-0369270
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

50 West Liberty St. Suite 880, Reno, NV 89501 

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

775-322-0626  

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
None   N/A   N/A

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The disclosures in Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K are incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

 

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

 

New Director Appointments

 

On March 9, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ZHRH Corporation (“we,” “our,” “us” or the “Company”) increased the size of the Board by three (3) persons and appointed each Jean-Michel Doublet, Lionel Therond, and Cindy Zhongye Li, as directors of the Company effective as of March 9, 2022. Mr. Therond is currently the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and Mr. Doublet is currently the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

 

Entry into Director Agreements

 

On March 9, 2022, the Board approved the entry of the following directors into director agreements with the Company:

 

Aymar de Lencquesaing

 

Brett Lovegrove

 

Cindy Li

 

James P. Bond

 

Jean-Michel Doublet

 

Lionel Therond

 

as further described in detail below. Brett Lovegrove is currently the Chairman of the Board. Mr. Therond is currently the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and Mr. Doublet is currently the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

 

Director Agreement with Aymar de Lencquesaing

 

On March 9, 2022, the Company entered into a Director Agreement with Aymar de Lencquesaing (the “ADL Director Agreement”). Pursuant to the ADL Director Agreement, Mr. de Lencquesaing agreed to perform the duties of a director in accordance with the terms of the ADL Director Agreement with a time commitment of 1-2 days per month, with 4 Board meetings per year. The ADL Director Agreement’s term starts on March 9, 2022 and terminates upon the earlier of the following to occur: (i) removal of Mr. de Lencquesaing as a director of the Company upon proper shareholder action in accordance with the Company’s articles, bylaws and applicable law (ii) Mr. de Lencquesaing’s resignation as a director of the Company (iii) Mr. de Lencquesaing death or (iv) failure of the shareholders of the Company to re-elect Mr. de Lencquesaing at the Company’s annual shareholder meeting or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors.

 

Pursuant to the ADL Director Agreement, the Company agreed to indemnify Mr. de Lencquesaing, if he becomes a party, or is threatened to become a party, to a proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of Mr. de Lencquesaing’s status as a director in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the ADL Director Agreement. Pursuant to the ADL Director Agreement, the Company agreed to obtain and maintain director and officer insurance for the Company, with Mr. de Lencquesaing being named as an insured party under such insurance, following the completion of a transaction between the Company and Zhonghuan Ruiheng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (“ZHRH China”) pursuant to which the Company shall obtain a controlling interest in ZHRH China, shall have been completed and the Company shall have obtained such controlling interest, as determined by the Company (the “ZHRH Transaction”). There can be no assurance that the Company will enter into any letters of intent or any other oral or written agreements in connection with the ZHRH Transaction, or that the ZHRH Transaction can occur at all.

 

Pursuant to the ADL Director Agreement, the Company agreed to compensate Mr. de Lencquesaing for such services $80,000 per each full year that he serves as a Director of the Company, to be paid as follows:

 

The deferred cash grant will be made on the closing of the ZHRH Transaction and will be based on the length of Mr. de Lencquesaing service as a director of the Company as of that date at the time of closing (the “First Grant”), however the cash payment of the First Grant will not occur until the one year anniversary of the date of the First Grant.

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, for each calendar quarter thereafter during which Mr. de Lencquesaing continues to serve as a director of the Company, the Company will grant Mr. de Lencquesaing $20,000 (each a “Quarterly Grant”) with the payment in cash of same to be made on the one year anniversary of each Quarterly Grant.

 

 

The foregoing description of the ADL Director Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the ADL Director Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference

 

Director Agreement with Brett Lovegrove

 

On March 9, 2022, the Company entered into a Director Agreement with Brett Lovegrove (the “BL Director Agreement”). Pursuant to the BL Director Agreement, Mr. Lovegrove agreed to perform the duties of a director in accordance with the terms of the BL Director Agreement with a time commitment of 8-10 days per month, with 4 Board meetings per year. The BL Director Agreement’s term starts on March 9, 2022 and terminates upon the earlier of the following to occur: (i) removal of Mr. Lovegrove as a director of the Company upon proper shareholder action in accordance with the Company’s articles, bylaws and applicable law (ii)Mr. Lovegrove’s resignation as a director of the Company (iii) Mr. Lovegrove’s death or (iv) failure of the shareholders of the Company to re-elect Mr. Lovegrove at the Company’s annual shareholder meeting or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors.

 

Pursuant to the BL Director Agreement, the Company agreed to indemnify Mr. Lovegrove, if he becomes a party, or is threatened to become a party, to a proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of Mr. Lovegrove’s status as a director in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the BL Director Agreement. Pursuant to the BL Director Agreement, the Company agreed to obtain and maintain director and officer insurance for the Company following the completion of the ZHRH Transaction and Mr. Lovegrove will be named as an insured party under such insurance. There can be no assurance that the Company will enter into any letters of intent or any other oral or written agreements in connection with the ZHRH Transaction, or that the ZHRH Transaction can occur at all.

 

Pursuant to the BL Director Agreement, the Company agreed to compensate Mr. Lovegrove for such services by issuing him shares of the Company’s common stock as follows:

 

The intent is that for each full year that he serves as a director of the Company, he’ll receive a number of shares of the Company’s common stock having a total value of $80,000.

 

The first grant of shares of common stock will be made on the closing of the ZHRH Transaction and will be based on the length of Mr. Lovegrove’s service as a director of the Company as of that date at the time of closing (the “First Grant”).The number of shares of common stock to be issued in the First Grant shall be based on a value of each share of common stock as determined based on the number of shares of common stock issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction assuming a pre-money valuation of ZHRH China of USD$30 million. In the event that Mr. Lovegrove ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason prior to the vesting of the First Grant shares, such First Grant shares will be automatically forfeited.

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, for each calendar quarter thereafter during which Mr. Lovegrove continues to serve as a director of the Company, the Company will grant Mr. Lovegrove a restricted stock award of shares of the Company’s common stock having a fair market value (as determined by the Board or a committee thereof, but in any case without the involvement of Mr. Lovegrove) as of the last day of each such calendar quarter of $20,000 (each, a “Quarterly Grant”). Each Quarterly Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the applicable grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that Mr. Lovegrove ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, any Quarterly Grant which has not vested at such time will be automatically forfeited.

 

The foregoing description of the BL Director Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the BL Director Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Director Agreement with Cindy Li

 

On March 9, 2022, the Company entered into a Director Agreement with Cindy Li (the “CL Director Agreement”). Pursuant to the CL Director Agreement, Ms. Li agreed to perform the duties of a director in accordance with the terms of the CL Director Agreement with a time commitment of 1-2 days per month, with 4 Board meetings per year. The CL Director Agreement’s term starts on March 9, 2022 and terminates upon the earlier of the following to occur: (i) removal of Ms. Li as a director of the Company upon proper shareholder action in accordance with the Company’s articles, bylaws and applicable law (ii) Ms. Li’s resignation as a director of the Company (iii) Ms. Li’s death or (iv) failure of the shareholders of the Company to re-elect Ms. Li at the Company’s annual shareholder meeting or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors.

 

Pursuant to the CL Director Agreement, the Company agreed to indemnify Ms. Li, if she becomes a party, or is threatened to become a party, to a proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of Ms. Li’s status as a director in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the CL Director Agreement. Pursuant to the CL Director Agreement, the Company agreed to obtain and maintain director and officer insurance for the Company following the completion of the ZHRH Transaction, and Ms. Li will be named as an insured party under such insurance. There can be no assurance that the Company will enter into any letters of intent or any other oral or written agreements in connection with the ZHRH Transaction, or that the ZHRH Transaction can occur at all.

 

 

Pursuant to the CL Director Agreement, the Company agreed to compensate Ms. Li for such services by issuing her shares of the Company’s common stock as follows:

 

The intent is that for each full year that she serves as a director of the Company, she’ll receive a number of shares of the Company’s common stock having a total value of $80,000.

 

The first grant of shares of common stock will be made on the closing of the ZHRH Transaction and will be based on the length of Ms. Li’s service as a director of the Company as of that date at the time of closing (the “First Grant”).The number of shares of common stock to be issued in the First Grant shall be based on a value of each share of common stock as determined based on the number of shares of common stock issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction assuming a pre-money valuation of ZHRH China of USD$30 million. In the event that Ms. Li ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason prior to the vesting of the First Grant shares, such First Grant shares will be automatically forfeited.

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, for each calendar quarter thereafter during which Ms. Li continues to serve as a director of the Company, the Company will grant Ms. Li a restricted stock award of shares of the Company’s common stock having a fair market value (as determined by the Board or a committee thereof, but in any case without the involvement of Ms. Li) as of the last day of each such calendar quarter of $20,000 (each, a “Quarterly Grant”). Each Quarterly Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the applicable grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that Ms. Li ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, any Quarterly Grant which has not vested at such time will be automatically forfeited.

 

The foregoing description of the CL Director Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the CL Director Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Director Agreement with James P. Bond

 

On March 9, 2022, the Company entered into a Director Agreement with James P. Bond (the “JB Director Agreement”). Pursuant to the JB Director Agreement, Mr. Bond agreed to perform the duties of a director in accordance with the terms of the JB Director Agreement with a time commitment of 1-2 days per month, with 4 Board meetings per year. The JB Director Agreement’s term starts on March 9, 2022 and terminates upon the earlier of the following to occur: (i) removal of Mr. Bond as a director of the Company upon proper shareholder action in accordance with the Company’s articles, bylaws and applicable law (ii) Mr. Bond’s resignation as a director of the Company (iii) Mr. Bond’s death or (iv) failure of the shareholders of the Company to re-elect Mr. Bond at the Company’s annual shareholder meeting or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors.

 

Pursuant to the JB Director Agreement, the Company agreed to indemnify Mr. Bond, if he becomes a party, or is threatened to become a party, to a proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of Mr. Bond’s status as a director in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the JB Director Agreement. Pursuant to the JB Director Agreement, the Company agreed to obtain and maintain director and officer insurance for the Company following the completion of the ZHRH Transaction, and Mr. Bond will be named as an insured party under such insurance. There can be no assurance that the Company will enter into any letters of intent or any other oral or written agreements in connection with the ZHRH Transaction, or that the ZHRH Transaction can occur at all.

 

Pursuant to the JB Director Agreement, the Company agreed to compensate Mr. Bond for such services by issuing him shares of the Company’s common stock as follows:

 

The intent is that for each full year that he serves as a director of the Company, he’ll receive a number of shares of the Company’s common stock having a total value of $80,000.

 

The first grant of shares of common stock will be made on the Closing of the ZHRH Transaction and will be based on the length of Mr. Bond’s service as a director of the Company as of that date at the time of Closing (the “First Grant”).The number of shares of common stock to be issued in the First Grant shall be based on a value of each share of common stock as determined based on the number of shares of common stock issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction assuming a pre-money valuation of ZHRH China of USD$30 million. In the event that Mr. Bond ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason prior to the vesting of the First Grant shares, such First Grant shares will be automatically forfeited.

 

Following the Closing of the ZHRH Transaction, for each calendar quarter thereafter during which Mr. Bond continues to serve as a director of the Company, the Company will grant Mr. Bond a restricted stock award of shares of the Company’s common stock having a fair market value (as determined by the Board or a committee thereof, but in any case without the involvement of Mr. Bond) as of the last day of each such calendar quarter of $20,000 (each, a “Quarterly Grant”). Each Quarterly Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the applicable grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that Mr. Bond ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, any Quarterly Grant which has not vested at such time will be automatically forfeited.

 

The foregoing description of the JB Director Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the JB Director Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

Director Agreement with Jean-Michel Doublet

 

On March 9, 2022, the Company entered into a Director Agreement with Jean-Michel Doublet (the “JD Director Agreement”). Pursuant to the JD Director Agreement, Mr. Doublet agreed to perform the duties of a director in accordance with the terms of the JD Director Agreement with a time commitment of 1-2 days per month, with 4 Board meetings per year. The JD Director Agreement’s term starts on March 9, 2022 and terminates upon the earlier of the following to occur: (i) removal of Mr. Doublet as a director of the Company upon proper shareholder action in accordance with the Company’s articles, bylaws and applicable law (ii) Mr. Doublet’s resignation as a director of the Company (iii) Mr. Doublet’s death or (iv) failure of the shareholders of the Company to re-elect Mr. Doublet at the Company’s annual shareholder meeting or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors.

 

Pursuant to the JD Director Agreement, the Company agreed to indemnify Mr. Doublet, if he becomes a party, or is threatened to become a party, to a proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of Mr. Doublet’s status as a director in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the JD Director Agreement. Pursuant to the JD Director Agreement, the Company agreed to obtain and maintain director and officer insurance for the Company following the completion of the ZHRH Transaction, and Mr. Doublet will be named as an insured party under such insurance. There can be no assurance that the Company will enter into any letters of intent or any other oral or written agreements in connection with the ZHRH Transaction, or that the ZHRH Transaction can occur at all.

 

Pursuant to the JD Director Agreement, the Company agreed to compensate Mr. Doublet for such services by issuing him shares of the Company’s common stock as follows:

 

The intent is that for each full year that he serves as a Director of the Company, he’ll receive a number of shares of the Company’s common stock having a total value of $80,000.

 

The first grant of shares of common stock will be made on the closing of the ZHRH Transaction and will be based on the length of Mr. Doublet’s service as a director of the Company as of that date at the time of closing (the “First Grant”).The number of shares of common stock to be issued in the First Grant shall be based on a value of each share of common stock as determined based on the number of shares of common stock issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction assuming a pre-money valuation of ZHRH China of USD$30 million. In the event that Mr. Doublet ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason prior to the vesting of the First Grant shares, such First Grant shares will be automatically forfeited.

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, for each calendar quarter thereafter during which Mr. Doublet continues to serve as a director of the Company, the Company will grant Mr. Doublet a restricted stock award of shares of the Company’s common stock having a fair market value (as determined by the Board or a committee thereof, but in any case without the involvement of Mr. Doublet) as of the last day of each such calendar quarter of $20,000 (each, a “Quarterly Grant”). Each Quarterly Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the applicable grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that Mr. Doublet ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, any Quarterly Grant which has not vested at such time will be automatically forfeited.

 

The foregoing description of the JD Director Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the JD Director Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.5 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Director Agreement with Lionel Therond

 

On March 9, 2022, the Company entered into a Director Agreement with Lionel Therond (the “LT Director Agreement”). Pursuant to the LT Director Agreement, Mr. Therond agreed to perform the duties of a director in accordance with the terms of the LT Director Agreement with a time commitment of 1-2 days per month, with 4 Board meetings per year. The LT Director Agreement’s term starts on March 9, 2022 and terminates upon the earlier of the following to occur: (i) removal of Mr. Therond as a director of the Company upon proper shareholder action in accordance with the Company’s articles, bylaws and applicable law (ii) Mr. Therond’s resignation as a director of the Company (iii) Mr. Therond’s death or (iv) failure of the shareholders of the Company to re-elect Mr. Therond at the Company’s annual shareholder meeting or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors.

 

Pursuant to the LT Director Agreement, the Company agreed to indemnify Mr. Therond, if he becomes a party, or is threatened to become a party, to a proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of Mr. Therond’s status as a director in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the LT Director Agreement. Pursuant to the LT Director Agreement, the Company agreed to obtain and maintain director and officer insurance for the Company following the completion of the ZHRH Transaction, and Mr. Therond will be named as an insured party under such insurance. There can be no assurance that the Company will enter into any letters of intent or any other oral or written agreements in connection with the ZHRH Transaction, or that the ZHRH Transaction can occur at all.

 

 

Pursuant to the LT Director Agreement, the Company agreed to compensate Mr. Therond for such services by issuing him shares of the Company’s common stock as follows:

 

The intent is that for each full year that he serves as a Director of the Company, he’ll receive a number of shares of the Company’s common stock having a total value of $80,000.

 

The first grant of shares of common stock will be made on the closing of the ZHRH Transaction and will be based on the length of Mr. Therond’s service as a director of the Company as of that date at the time of closing (the “First Grant”).The number of shares of common stock to be issued in the First Grant shall be based on a value of each share of common stock as determined based on the number of shares of common stock issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction assuming a pre-money valuation of ZHRH China of USD$30 million. In the event that Mr. Therond ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason prior to the vesting of the First Grant shares, such First Grant shares will be automatically forfeited.

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, for each calendar quarter thereafter during which Mr. Therond continues to serve as a director of the Company, the Company will grant Mr. Therond a restricted stock award of shares of the Company’s common stock having a fair market value (as determined by the Board or a committee thereof, but in any case without the involvement of Mr. Therond) as of the last day of each such calendar quarter of $20,000 (each, a “Quarterly Grant”). Each Quarterly Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the applicable grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that Mr. Therond ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, any Quarterly Grant which has not vested at such time will be automatically forfeited.

 

The foregoing description of the LT Director Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the LT Director Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.6 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit    
No.   Description
10.1*†   Director Agreement with Aymar de Lencquesaing dated March 9, 2022.
10.2*†   Director Agreement with Brett Lovegrove dated March 9, 2022.
10.3*†   Director Agreement with Cindy Li dated March 9, 2022.
10.4*†   Director Agreement with James P. Bond dated March 9, 2022.
10.5*†   Director Agreement with Jean-Michel Doublet dated March 9, 2022.
10.6*†   Director Agreement with Lionel Therond dated March 9, 2022.
     
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*Filed herewith.
   
Includes management contracts and compensation plans and arrangements.

 

 

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.

 

  ZHRH CORPORATION
   
Date: March 11, 2022 By:  /s/ Jean-Michel Doublet
    Jean-Michel Doublet
    Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)

 

DIRECTOR AGREEMENT

 

This Director Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 9th day of March, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) by and between ZHRH Corporation (the “Company”) and Aymar de Lencquesaing (the “Director”).

 

WHEREAS the Director has been elected or named as a director of the Company;

 

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Director, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.DEFINITIONS.

 

(a)“Corporate Status” describes the capacity of the Director with respect to the Company and the services performed by the Director in that capacity.

 

(b)“Entity” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, foundation, association, organization or other legal entity.

 

(c)“Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution process, investigation, administrative hearing, appeal, or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether formal or informal, including a proceeding initiated by the Director pursuant to Clause 10 of this Agreement to enforce the Director’s rights hereunder.

 

(d)“Expenses” shall mean all reasonable fees, costs and expenses, approved by the Company in advance and reasonably incurred in connection with any Proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and retainers, fees and disbursements of expert witnesses, private investigators, professional advisors (including, without limitation, accountants and investment bankers), court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, travel expenses, duplicating, printing and binding costs, telephone and fax transmission charges, postage, delivery services, secretarial services, and other disbursements and expenses.

 

(e)“Liabilities” shall mean judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, excise taxes, fines and amounts paid in settlement.

 

2.            SERVICES OF DIRECTOR. While this Agreement is in effect, the Director shall perform duties as a Director and/or a member of the committees of the Board, be compensated for such and be reimbursed expenses in accordance with Schedule A of this Agreement, subject to the following.

 

(a)The Director will perform services consistent with the Director’s position with the Company, as required and authorized by the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, and in accordance with high professional and ethical standards and all applicable laws and rules and regulations pertaining to the Director’s performance hereunder, including without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to a public company.

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(b)The Director is solely responsible for taxes arising out of any compensation paid to Director by the Company under this Agreement.

 

(c)The Company may offset any and all monies payable to the Director to the extent of any monies owing to the Company from Director.

 

(d)The rules and regulations of the Company notified to the Director, from time to time, apply to Director. Such rules and regulations are subject to change by the Company in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and rules and regulations of the Company, the terms of this Agreement take precedence.

 

3.            REQUIREMENTS OF DIRECTOR. During the term of the Director’s services to the Company hereunder, the Director shall observe all applicable laws and regulations relating to Directors of a public company as promulgated from time to time.

 

4.            REPORTING OBLIGATION. While this Agreement is in effect, the Director shall immediately report to the Company in the event: (1) the Director knows or has reason to know or should have known that any of the requirements specified in Clause 2(d) hereof is not satisfied or is not going to be satisfied; and (2) the Director simultaneously serves on an audit committee of any other public company.

 

5.            TERM AND TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Director’s services hereunder shall commence on the date hereof and terminate upon the earlier of the following:

 

(a)Removal of the Director as a director of the Company upon proper shareholder action in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and applicable law;

 

(b)Resignation of the Director as a director of the Company;

 

(c)the death of Director; or

 

(d)Failure of the shareholders of the Company to re-elect the Director at the Company’s annual shareholders’ meeting or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purposes of electing directors.

 

6.            AGREEMENT OF INDEMNITY. The Company agrees to indemnify the Director as follows:

 

(a)Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 7(a) below, if the Director was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, the Director shall be indemnified by the Company against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by the Director in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities” respectively, and collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”).

 

(b)Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 7(b) below, if the Director was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, the Director shall be indemnified by the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses.

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(c)For the purposes of this Agreement, the Director shall be deemed to have acted in good faith in conducting the Company’s affairs as a Director of the Company and/or a member of a committee of the Board of the Company, if the Director: (i) exercised or used the same degree of diligence, care, and skill as an ordinarily prudent person would have exercised or used under the circumstances in the conduct of Director’s own affairs; or (ii) took, or omitted to take, an action in reliance upon advice of counsels or other professional advisors for the Company, or upon statements made or information furnished by other directors, officers or employees of the Company, or upon a financial statement of the Company provided by a person in charge of its accounts or certified by a public accountant or a firm of public accountants, which the Director had reasonable grounds to believe to be true

 

7.            EXCEPTIONS TO INDEMNIFICATION. The Director shall be entitled to indemnification under Clause 6(a) and Clause 6(b) above in all circumstances other than the following:

 

(a)If indemnification is requested under Clause 6(a) and it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen: (i) the Director failed to act in good faith and in a manner the Director reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, (ii) the Director had reasonable cause to believe that the Director’s conduct was unlawful, or (iii) the Director’s conduct constituted willful misconduct, fraud or knowing violation of law, then the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

 

(b)If indemnification is requested under Clause 6(b), if

 

(i)it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, the Director failed to act in good faith and in a manner the Director reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, including without limitation, the breach of Clause 4 hereof by the Director, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder; or

 

(ii)it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that the Director is liable to the Company with respect to any claim, issue or matter involved in the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, including, without limitation, a claim that the Director received an improper benefit or improperly took advantage of a corporate opportunity, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder with respect to such claim, issue or matter.

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8.            WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and without limiting any such provision, to the extent that the Director is, by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, the Director shall be indemnified in connection therewith. If the Director is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify the Director against those Expenses reasonably incurred by the Director or on the Director’s behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For the purposes of this clause, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

 

9.            ADVANCES AND INTERIM EXPENSES. The Company may pay to the Director all Indemnifiable Expenses incurred by the Director in connection with any Proceeding, including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, if the Director furnishes the Company with a written undertaking, to the satisfaction of the Company, to repay the amount of such Indemnifiable Expenses advanced to the Director in the event it is finally determined by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that the Director is not entitled under this Agreement to indemnification with respect to such Indemnifiable Expenses.

 

10.          PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT OF INDEMNIFIABLE AMOUNTS. The Director shall submit to the Company a written request specifying the Indemnifiable Amounts, for which the Director seeks payment under Clause 6 hereof and the Proceeding which has been previously notified to the Company and approved by the Company for indemnification hereunder. At the request of the Company, the Director shall furnish such documentation and information as are reasonably available to the Director and necessary to establish that the Director is entitled to indemnification hereunder. The Company shall pay such Indemnifiable Amounts within thirty (30) days of receipt of all required documents.

 

11.          REMEDIES OF DIRECTOR

 

(a)RIGHT TO PETITION COURT. In the event that the Director makes a request for payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under Clauses 6 and 8-10 above, and the Company fails to make such payment or advancement in a timely manner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Director may petition the appropriate judicial authority to enforce the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)BURDEN OF PROOF. In any judicial proceeding brought under Clause 11(a) above, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the Director is not entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

 

(c)EXPENSES. The Company agrees to reimburse the Director in full for any Expenses incurred by the Director in connection with investigating, preparing for, litigating, defending or settling any action brought by the Director under Clause 11(a) above, or in connection with any claim or counterclaim brought by the Company in connection therewith.

 

(d)VALIDITY OF AGREEMENT. The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any Proceeding, including, without limitation, an action under Clause 11(a) above, that the provisions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable or that there is insufficient consideration for this Agreement and shall stipulate in court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

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(e)FAILURE TO ACT NOT A DEFENSE. The failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or shareholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of the payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or the advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under this Agreement shall not be a defense in any action brought under Clause 11(a) above.

 

12.          PROCEEDINGS AGAINST COMPANY. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses with respect to any Proceeding brought by the Director against the Company, any Entity which it controls, any director or officer thereof, or any third party, unless the Company has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. This clause shall not apply to counterclaims or affirmative defenses asserted by the Director in an action brought against the Director.

 

13.          INSURANCE. Following the closing of the anticipated transactions between the Company and Zhonghuan Ruiheng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (“ZHRH China”) pursuant to which the Company shall obtain a controlling interest in ZHRH China (the “ZHRH Transaction”) shall have been completed and the Company shall have obtained such controlling interest, as determined by the Company, the Company will obtain and maintain a policy or policies of director and officer liability insurance, of which the Director will be named as an insured, providing the Director with coverage for Indemnifiable Amounts and/or Indemnifiable Expenses in accordance with said insurance policy or policies (“D&O Insurance”); provided that:

 

(a)The Director agrees that, while the Company has valid and effective D&O Insurance, and except as provided in Clause 13(c), Clauses 6-12 of this Agreement shall not apply, and the Company’s indemnification obligation to the Director under this Agreement shall be deemed fulfilled by virtue of purchasing and maintaining such insurance policy or policies, in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof and subject to exclusions stated thereon. The Director agrees that the Company shall have no obligation to challenge the decisions made by the insurance carrier(s) (“Insurance Carriers”) relating to any claims made under such insurance policy or policies;

 

(b)The Director agrees that the Company’s indemnification obligation to the Director under Clause 13(a) shall be deemed discharged and terminated, in the event the Insurance Carrier refuses payment for any Proceeding against the Director due to the acts or omissions of the Director;

 

(c)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, the Company agrees that it shall indemnify the Director for the Indemnifiable Amounts and Indemnifiable Expenses, to the extent that any Proceeding is coverable by D&O Insurance, but in excess of the policy amount, in accordance with Clauses 6-12 of this Agreement;

 

(d)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, the Company agrees that it shall indemnify the Director to the extent that the Director has liability that would be part of the D&O Insurance deductible, if there is any; and

 

(e)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, this Clause 13 states the entire and exclusive remedy of the Director with respect to the indemnification obligation of the Company to the Director under this Agreement.

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14.          SUBROGATION. In the event of any payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under this Agreement and/or the D&O Insurance, the Company or its Insurance Carrier, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of contribution or recovery of the Director against other persons, and the Director shall take, at the request of the Company, all reasonable action necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

15.          AUTHORITY. Each party has all necessary power and authority to enter into, and be bound by the terms of, this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of the undertakings contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by each party hereto.

 

16.          SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall (a) be binding upon and inure to the benefit of all successors and assigns of the Company (including any transferee of all or a substantial portion of the business, stock and/or assets of the Company and any direct or indirect successor by merger or consolidation or otherwise by operation of law) and (b) be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators of the Director. The Director has no power to assign this Agreement or any rights and obligations hereunder.

 

17.          CHANGE IN LAW. To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) shall mandate broader or narrower indemnification than is provided hereunder, the Director shall be subject to such broader or narrower indemnification and this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to such extent.

 

18.          SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement, or any clause thereof, shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision or clause shall be limited or modified in its application to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision or clause valid, legal and enforceable, and the remaining provisions and clauses of this Agreement shall remain fully enforceable and binding on the parties.

 

19.          MODIFICATIONS AND WAIVER. Except as provided in Clause 17 hereof with respect to changes in applicable law which broaden or narrow the right of the Director to be indemnified by the Company, no supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by each of the parties hereto. No delay in exercise or non-exercise by the Company of any right under this Agreement shall operate as a current or future waiver by it as to its same or different rights under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

20.          NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing in English and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered by hand, (b) when transmitted by facsimile and receipt is acknowledged, or (c) if mailed by express mail with delivery confirmation with postage prepaid, on the 5th business day after the date on which it is so mailed:

 

If to Director, to: 

 

Aymar de Lencquesaing

Mas de Badon

422 Chemin du Badon

13810 Eygalieres

France

Email: adelencquesaing@gmail.com

 

If to the Company, to: bl@zhrhcorp.com

 

Or to such other address as may have been furnished in the same manner by any party to the others.

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21.          GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced under the laws of the State of Nevada.

 

22.          AGREEMENT GOVERNS. This Agreement is to be deemed consistent wherever possible with relevant provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company; however, in the event of a conflict between this Agreement and such provisions, the provisions of this Articles of Incorporation shall take precedence.

 

23.          ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and any employment agreement between the Company and Director constitute the entire agreement between the Company and the Director with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings and agreements with respect to such subject matter.

 

[Signatures appear on following page]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Director Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

       
AGREED   AGREED  
       
Company   Director  
   
Name: Jean-Michel Doublet   Name: Aymar de Lencquesaing  
Title:   Chief Executive Officer      

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SCHEDULE A

 

I       POSITION AND EXPECTED TIME COMMITMENT:

 

Position: Director.

 

Time commitment: 1-2 days per month, with 4 board meetings per year, mostly held remotely.

 

II.       COMPENSATION:

 

The Company shall pay to Director the following amounts in cash on the following schedule for as long as Director continues to serve as a director of the Company with the intent of the provisions herein being that, for each full year that Director serves as a director of the Company, the Company shall pay to Director the sup of US$80,000.

 

The first payment shall be made on the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, and shall be based on the length of Director’s service as a director of the Company as of that date and shall be made only if the Director is serving as a director of the Company as of the time of such closing (then “First Payment”). By way of example and not limitation, in the event that as of the date of the closing of the ZHRH Transaction the Director has served as a director of the Corporation for 9 months, the First Payment would be in the amount of $60,000.

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, for each calendar quarter thereafter during which Director continues to serve as a director of the Corporation, the Company shall pay to Director the sum of $20,000 (each, a “Quarterly Payment”), with the Quarterly Payment for any fractional calendar quarter (including for any fractional calendar quarter between the closing of the ZHRH transaction and the end of the calendar quarter in which that occurs) to be appropriately pro-rated.

 

III.       EXPENSES:

 

During the term of the Director’s service as a director of the Company, the Company shall promptly reimburse the Director for all expenses approved by the Company in advance. The Company shall reimburse any such eligible expenses to the Director promptly, usually within 10 business days, after the expense report and original receipts are submitted.

 

IV.       NO OTHER BENEFITS OF COMPENSATION:

 

The Director acknowledges and agrees that Director is not granted and is not entitled to any other benefits or compensation from the Company for the services provided under this Agreement except expressly provided for in this Schedule A or as determined from time to time by the Company in its sole discretion.

 

AGREED   AGREED  
Company   Director  
   
Name: Jean-Michel Doublet   Name: Aymar de Lencquesaing  
Title:   Chief Executive Officer      

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DIRECTOR AGREEMENT

 

This Director Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 9th day of March, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) by and between ZHRH Corporation (the “Company”) and Brett Lovegrove (the “Director”).

 

WHEREAS the Director has been elected or named as a director of the Company;

 

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Director, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.       DEFINITIONS.

 

(a)“Corporate Status” describes the capacity of the Director with respect to the Company and the services performed by the Director in that capacity.

 

(b)“Entity” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, foundation, association, organization or other legal entity.

 

(c)“Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution process, investigation, administrative hearing, appeal, or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether formal or informal, including a proceeding initiated by the Director pursuant to Clause 10 of this Agreement to enforce the Director’s rights hereunder.

 

(d)“Expenses” shall mean all reasonable fees, costs and expenses, approved by the Company in advance and reasonably incurred in connection with any Proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and retainers, fees and disbursements of expert witnesses, private investigators, professional advisors (including, without limitation, accountants and investment bankers), court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, travel expenses, duplicating, printing and binding costs, telephone and fax transmission charges, postage, delivery services, secretarial services, and other disbursements and expenses.

 

(e)“Liabilities” shall mean judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, excise taxes, fines and amounts paid in settlement.

 

2.       SERVICES OF DIRECTOR. While this Agreement is in effect, the Director shall perform duties as a Director and/or a member of the committees of the Board, be compensated for such and be reimbursed expenses in accordance with Schedule A of this Agreement, subject to the following.

 

(a)The Director will perform services consistent with the Director’s position with the Company, as required and authorized by the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, and in accordance with high professional and ethical standards and all applicable laws and rules and regulations pertaining to the Director’s performance hereunder, including without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to a public company.

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(b)The Director is solely responsible for taxes arising out of any compensation paid to Director by the Company under this Agreement.

 

(c)The Company may offset any and all monies payable to the Director to the extent of any monies owing to the Company from Director.

 

(d)The rules and regulations of the Company notified to the Director, from time to time, apply to Director. Such rules and regulations are subject to change by the Company in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and rules and regulations of the Company, the terms of this Agreement take precedence.

 

3.       REQUIREMENTS OF DIRECTOR. During the term of the Director’s services to the Company hereunder, the Director shall observe all applicable laws and regulations relating to Directors of a public company as promulgated from time to time.

 

4.       REPORTING OBLIGATION. While this Agreement is in effect, the Director shall immediately report to the Company in the event: (1) the Director knows or has reason to know or should have known that any of the requirements specified in Clause 2(d) hereof is not satisfied or is not going to be satisfied; and (2) the Director simultaneously serves on an audit committee of any other public company.

 

5.       TERM AND TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Director’s services hereunder shall commence on the date hereof and terminate upon the earlier of the following:

 

(a)Removal of the Director as a director of the Company upon proper shareholder action in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and applicable law;

 

(b)Resignation of the Director as a director of the Company;

 

(c)the death of Director; or

 

(d)Failure of the shareholders of the Company to re-elect the Director at the Company’s annual shareholders’ meeting or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purposes of electing directors.

 

6.       AGREEMENT OF INDEMNITY. The Company agrees to indemnify the Director as follows:

 

(a)Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 7(a) below, if the Director was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, the Director shall be indemnified by the Company against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by the Director in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities” respectively, and collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”).

 

(b)Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 7(b) below, if the Director was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, the Director shall be indemnified by the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses.

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(c)For the purposes of this Agreement, the Director shall be deemed to have acted in good faith in conducting the Company’s affairs as a Director of the Company and/or a member of a committee of the Board of the Company, if the Director: (i) exercised or used the same degree of diligence, care, and skill as an ordinarily prudent person would have exercised or used under the circumstances in the conduct of Director’s own affairs; or (ii) took, or omitted to take, an action in reliance upon advice of counsels or other professional advisors for the Company, or upon statements made or information furnished by other directors, officers or employees of the Company, or upon a financial statement of the Company provided by a person in charge of its accounts or certified by a public accountant or a firm of public accountants, which the Director had reasonable grounds to believe to be true

 

7.       EXCEPTIONS TO INDEMNIFICATION. The Director shall be entitled to indemnification under Clause 6(a) and Clause 6(b) above in all circumstances other than the following:

 

(a)If indemnification is requested under Clause 6(a) and it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen: (i) the Director failed to act in good faith and in a manner the Director reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, (ii) the Director had reasonable cause to believe that the Director’s conduct was unlawful, or (iii) the Director’s conduct constituted willful misconduct, fraud or knowing violation of law, then the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

 

(b)If indemnification is requested under Clause 6(b), if

 

(i)it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, the Director failed to act in good faith and in a manner the Director reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, including without limitation, the breach of Clause 4 hereof by the Director, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder; or

 

(ii)it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that the Director is liable to the Company with respect to any claim, issue or matter involved in the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, including, without limitation, a claim that the Director received an improper benefit or improperly took advantage of a corporate opportunity, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder with respect to such claim, issue or matter.

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8.       WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and without limiting any such provision, to the extent that the Director is, by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, the Director shall be indemnified in connection therewith. If the Director is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify the Director against those Expenses reasonably incurred by the Director or on the Director’s behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For the purposes of this clause, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

 

9.       ADVANCES AND INTERIM EXPENSES. The Company may pay to the Director all Indemnifiable Expenses incurred by the Director in connection with any Proceeding, including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, if the Director furnishes the Company with a written undertaking, to the satisfaction of the Company, to repay the amount of such Indemnifiable Expenses advanced to the Director in the event it is finally determined by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that the Director is not entitled under this Agreement to indemnification with respect to such Indemnifiable Expenses.

 

10.       PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT OF INDEMNIFIABLE AMOUNTS. The Director shall submit to the Company a written request specifying the Indemnifiable Amounts, for which the Director seeks payment under Clause 6 hereof and the Proceeding which has been previously notified to the Company and approved by the Company for indemnification hereunder. At the request of the Company, the Director shall furnish such documentation and information as are reasonably available to the Director and necessary to establish that the Director is entitled to indemnification hereunder. The Company shall pay such Indemnifiable Amounts within thirty (30) days of receipt of all required documents.

 

11.       REMEDIES OF DIRECTOR

 

(a)RIGHT TO PETITION COURT. In the event that the Director makes a request for payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under Clauses 6 and 8-10 above, and the Company fails to make such payment or advancement in a timely manner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Director may petition the appropriate judicial authority to enforce the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)BURDEN OF PROOF. In any judicial proceeding brought under Clause 11(a) above, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the Director is not entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

 

(c)EXPENSES. The Company agrees to reimburse the Director in full for any Expenses incurred by the Director in connection with investigating, preparing for, litigating, defending or settling any action brought by the Director under Clause 11(a) above, or in connection with any claim or counterclaim brought by the Company in connection therewith.

 

(d)VALIDITY OF AGREEMENT. The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any Proceeding, including, without limitation, an action under Clause 11(a) above, that the provisions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable or that there is insufficient consideration for this Agreement and shall stipulate in court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

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(e)FAILURE TO ACT NOT A DEFENSE. The failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or shareholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of the payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or the advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under this Agreement shall not be a defense in any action brought under Clause 11(a) above.

 

12.       PROCEEDINGS AGAINST COMPANY. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses with respect to any Proceeding brought by the Director against the Company, any Entity which it controls, any director or officer thereof, or any third party, unless the Company has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. This clause shall not apply to counterclaims or affirmative defenses asserted by the Director in an action brought against the Director.

 

13.       INSURANCE. Following the closing of the anticipated transactions between the Company and Zhonghuan Ruiheng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (“ZHRH China”) pursuant to which the Company shall obtain a controlling interest in ZHRH China (the “ZHRH Transaction”) shall have been completed and the Company shall have obtained such controlling interest, as determined by the Company, the Company will obtain and maintain a policy or policies of director and officer liability insurance, of which the Director will be named as an insured, providing the Director with coverage for Indemnifiable Amounts and/or Indemnifiable Expenses in accordance with said insurance policy or policies (“D&O Insurance”); provided that:

 

(a)The Director agrees that, while the Company has valid and effective D&O Insurance, and except as provided in Clause 13(c), Clauses 6-12 of this Agreement shall not apply, and the Company’s indemnification obligation to the Director under this Agreement shall be deemed fulfilled by virtue of purchasing and maintaining such insurance policy or policies, in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof and subject to exclusions stated thereon. The Director agrees that the Company shall have no obligation to challenge the decisions made by the insurance carrier(s) (“Insurance Carriers”) relating to any claims made under such insurance policy or policies;

 

(b)The Director agrees that the Company’s indemnification obligation to the Director under Clause 13(a) shall be deemed discharged and terminated, in the event the Insurance Carrier refuses payment for any Proceeding against the Director due to the acts or omissions of the Director;

 

(c)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, the Company agrees that it shall indemnify the Director for the Indemnifiable Amounts and Indemnifiable Expenses, to the extent that any Proceeding is coverable by D&O Insurance, but in excess of the policy amount, in accordance with Clauses 6-12 of this Agreement;

 

(d)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, the Company agrees that it shall indemnify the Director to the extent that the Director has liability that would be part of the D&O Insurance deductible, if there is any; and

 

(e)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, this Clause 13 states the entire and exclusive remedy of the Director with respect to the indemnification obligation of the Company to the Director under this Agreement.

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14.       SUBROGATION. In the event of any payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under this Agreement and/or the D&O Insurance, the Company or its Insurance Carrier, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of contribution or recovery of the Director against other persons, and the Director shall take, at the request of the Company, all reasonable action necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

15.       AUTHORITY. Each party has all necessary power and authority to enter into, and be bound by the terms of, this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of the undertakings contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by each party hereto.

 

16.       SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall (a) be binding upon and inure to the benefit of all successors and assigns of the Company (including any transferee of all or a substantial portion of the business, stock and/or assets of the Company and any direct or indirect successor by merger or consolidation or otherwise by operation of law) and (b) be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators of the Director. The Director has no power to assign this Agreement or any rights and obligations hereunder.

 

17.       CHANGE IN LAW. To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) shall mandate broader or narrower indemnification than is provided hereunder, the Director shall be subject to such broader or narrower indemnification and this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to such extent.

 

18.       SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement, or any clause thereof, shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision or clause shall be limited or modified in its application to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision or clause valid, legal and enforceable, and the remaining provisions and clauses of this Agreement shall remain fully enforceable and binding on the parties.

 

19.       MODIFICATIONS AND WAIVER. Except as provided in Clause 17 hereof with respect to changes in applicable law which broaden or narrow the right of the Director to be indemnified by the Company, no supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by each of the parties hereto. No delay in exercise or non-exercise by the Company of any right under this Agreement shall operate as a current or future waiver by it as to its same or different rights under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

20.       NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing in English and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered by hand, (b) when transmitted by facsimile and receipt is acknowledged, or (c) if mailed by express mail with delivery confirmation with postage prepaid, on the 5th business day after the date on which it is so mailed:

 

If to Director, to:

 

  Brett Lovegrove
  [____________]
  [____________]
  [____________]
  Email: [______________]

  

If to the Company, to: bl@zhrhcorp.com

 

Or to such other address as may have been furnished in the same manner by any party to the others.

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21.       GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced under the laws of the State of Nevada.

 

22.       AGREEMENT GOVERNS. This Agreement is to be deemed consistent wherever possible with relevant provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company; however, in the event of a conflict between this Agreement and such provisions, the provisions of this Articles of Incorporation shall take precedence.

 

23.       ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and any employment agreement between the Company and Director constitute the entire agreement between the Company and the Director with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings and agreements with respect to such subject matter.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Director Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

AGREED AGREED
   
Company Director
_________________________ _____________________
Name: Jean-Michel Doublet Name: Brett Lovegrove
Title:   Chief Executive Officer  

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SCHEDULE A

 

I       POSITION AND EXPECTED TIME COMMITMENT:

 

Position: Director.

 

Time commitment: 1-2 days per month, with 4 board meetings per year, mostly held remotely.

 

II.       COMPENSATION:

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, the Company shall issue to Director certain shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) as follows and subject to the following provisions:

 

The intent of the provisions herein is that, for each full year that Director serves as a director of the Company, the Company shall issue to Director a number of shares of Common Stock having a total value (based on the provisions herein) of US$80,000.

 

The first grant of shares of Common Stock shall be made on the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, and shall be based on the length of Director’s service as a director of the Company as of that date and shall be made only if the Director is serving as a director of the Company as of the time of such closing (then “First Grant”). The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Director in the First Grant shall be based on a value of each share of Common Stock as determined based on the number of shares of Common Stock issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction assuming a pre-money valuation of ZHRH China of USD$30 million. By way of example and not limitation, in the event that 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock are issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction, each share of Common Stock issued to Director hereunder for the First Grant shall be deemed to have a value of $1.00, but subject to the provisions herein. By way of further example and not limitation, in the event that as of the date of the closing of the ZHRH Transaction the Director has served as a director of the Corporation for 9 months, in the First Grant the Director shall be issued shares of Common Stock having a total value (determined as set forth herein) of $60,000 (e.g., 60,000 of Common Stock based on the valuation example above). Such shares in the First Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that the Director ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason prior to the vesting of the First Grant shares, such First Grant shares shall be automatically forfeited.

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, for calendar each calendar quarter thereafter during which Director continues to serve as a director of the Corporation, the Company shall grant to Director a restricted stock award of shares of Common Stock having a fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or a committee thereof, but in any case without the involvement of the Director) as of the last day of each such calendar quarter of $20,000 (each, a “Quarterly Grant”), with the Quarterly Grant for any fractional calendar quarter (including for any fractional calendar quarter between the closing of the ZHRH transaction and the end of the calendar quarter in which that occurs) to be appropriately pro-rated, and with the shares in each Quarterly Grant to be issued within five days of the end of the prior calendar quarter. Each Quarterly Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the applicable grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that the Director ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, any Quarterly Grant which has not vested at such time shall be automatically forfeited.

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III.       EXPENSES:

 

During the term of the Director’s service as a director of the Company, the Company shall promptly reimburse the Director for all expenses approved by the Company in advance. The Company shall reimburse any such eligible expenses to the Director promptly, usually within 10 business days, after the expense report and original receipts are submitted.

 

IV.       NO OTHER BENEFITS OF COMPENSATION:

 

The Director acknowledges and agrees that Director is not granted and is not entitled to any other benefits or compensation from the Company for the services provided under this Agreement except expressly provided for in this Schedule A or as determined from time to time by the Company in its sole discretion.

 

AGREED AGREED
   
Company Director
_________________________ _____________________
Name: Jean-Michel Doublet Name: Brett Lovegrove
Title:   Chief Executive Officer  

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DIRECTOR AGREEMENT

 

This Director Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 9th day of March, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) by and between ZHRH Corporation (the “Company”) and Cindy Li (the “Director”).

 

WHEREAS the Director has been elected or named as a director of the Company;

 

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Director, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.       DEFINITIONS.

 

(a)“Corporate Status” describes the capacity of the Director with respect to the Company and the services performed by the Director in that capacity.

 

(b)“Entity” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, foundation, association, organization or other legal entity.

 

(c)“Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution process, investigation, administrative hearing, appeal, or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether formal or informal, including a proceeding initiated by the Director pursuant to Clause 10 of this Agreement to enforce the Director’s rights hereunder.

 

(d)“Expenses” shall mean all reasonable fees, costs and expenses, approved by the Company in advance and reasonably incurred in connection with any Proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and retainers, fees and disbursements of expert witnesses, private investigators, professional advisors (including, without limitation, accountants and investment bankers), court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, travel expenses, duplicating, printing and binding costs, telephone and fax transmission charges, postage, delivery services, secretarial services, and other disbursements and expenses.

 

(e)“Liabilities” shall mean judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, excise taxes, fines and amounts paid in settlement.

 

2.       SERVICES OF DIRECTOR. While this Agreement is in effect, the Director shall perform duties as a Director and/or a member of the committees of the Board, be compensated for such and be reimbursed expenses in accordance with Schedule A of this Agreement, subject to the following.

 

(a)The Director will perform services consistent with the Director’s position with the Company, as required and authorized by the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, and in accordance with high professional and ethical standards and all applicable laws and rules and regulations pertaining to the Director’s performance hereunder, including without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to a public company.

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(b)The Director is solely responsible for taxes arising out of any compensation paid to Director by the Company under this Agreement.

 

(c)The Company may offset any and all monies payable to the Director to the extent of any monies owing to the Company from Director.

 

(d)The rules and regulations of the Company notified to the Director, from time to time, apply to Director. Such rules and regulations are subject to change by the Company in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and rules and regulations of the Company, the terms of this Agreement take precedence.

 

3.       REQUIREMENTS OF DIRECTOR. During the term of the Director’s services to the Company hereunder, the Director shall observe all applicable laws and regulations relating to Directors of a public company as promulgated from time to time.

 

4.       REPORTING OBLIGATION. While this Agreement is in effect, the Director shall immediately report to the Company in the event: (1) the Director knows or has reason to know or should have known that any of the requirements specified in Clause 2(d) hereof is not satisfied or is not going to be satisfied; and (2) the Director simultaneously serves on an audit committee of any other public company.

 

5.       TERM AND TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Director’s services hereunder shall commence on the date hereof and terminate upon the earlier of the following:

 

(a)Removal of the Director as a director of the Company upon proper shareholder action in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and applicable law;

 

(b)Resignation of the Director as a director of the Company;

 

(c)the death of Director; or

 

(d)Failure of the shareholders of the Company to re-elect the Director at the Company’s annual shareholders’ meeting or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purposes of electing directors.

 

6.       AGREEMENT OF INDEMNITY. The Company agrees to indemnify the Director as follows:

 

(a)Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 7(a) below, if the Director was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, the Director shall be indemnified by the Company against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by the Director in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities” respectively, and collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”).

 

(b)Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 7(b) below, if the Director was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, the Director shall be indemnified by the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses.

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(c)For the purposes of this Agreement, the Director shall be deemed to have acted in good faith in conducting the Company’s affairs as a Director of the Company and/or a member of a committee of the Board of the Company, if the Director: (i) exercised or used the same degree of diligence, care, and skill as an ordinarily prudent person would have exercised or used under the circumstances in the conduct of Director’s own affairs; or (ii) took, or omitted to take, an action in reliance upon advice of counsels or other professional advisors for the Company, or upon statements made or information furnished by other directors, officers or employees of the Company, or upon a financial statement of the Company provided by a person in charge of its accounts or certified by a public accountant or a firm of public accountants, which the Director had reasonable grounds to believe to be true

 

7.       EXCEPTIONS TO INDEMNIFICATION. The Director shall be entitled to indemnification under Clause 6(a) and Clause 6(b) above in all circumstances other than the following:

 

(a)If indemnification is requested under Clause 6(a) and it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen: (i) the Director failed to act in good faith and in a manner the Director reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, (ii) the Director had reasonable cause to believe that the Director’s conduct was unlawful, or (iii) the Director’s conduct constituted willful misconduct, fraud or knowing violation of law, then the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

 

(b)If indemnification is requested under Clause 6(b), if

 

(i)it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, the Director failed to act in good faith and in a manner the Director reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, including without limitation, the breach of Clause 4 hereof by the Director, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder; or

 

(ii)it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that the Director is liable to the Company with respect to any claim, issue or matter involved in the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, including, without limitation, a claim that the Director received an improper benefit or improperly took advantage of a corporate opportunity, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder with respect to such claim, issue or matter.

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8.       WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and without limiting any such provision, to the extent that the Director is, by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, the Director shall be indemnified in connection therewith. If the Director is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify the Director against those Expenses reasonably incurred by the Director or on the Director’s behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For the purposes of this clause, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

 

9.       ADVANCES AND INTERIM EXPENSES. The Company may pay to the Director all Indemnifiable Expenses incurred by the Director in connection with any Proceeding, including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, if the Director furnishes the Company with a written undertaking, to the satisfaction of the Company, to repay the amount of such Indemnifiable Expenses advanced to the Director in the event it is finally determined by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that the Director is not entitled under this Agreement to indemnification with respect to such Indemnifiable Expenses.

 

10.       PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT OF INDEMNIFIABLE AMOUNTS. The Director shall submit to the Company a written request specifying the Indemnifiable Amounts, for which the Director seeks payment under Clause 6 hereof and the Proceeding which has been previously notified to the Company and approved by the Company for indemnification hereunder. At the request of the Company, the Director shall furnish such documentation and information as are reasonably available to the Director and necessary to establish that the Director is entitled to indemnification hereunder. The Company shall pay such Indemnifiable Amounts within thirty (30) days of receipt of all required documents.

 

11.       REMEDIES OF DIRECTOR

 

(a)RIGHT TO PETITION COURT. In the event that the Director makes a request for payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under Clauses 6 and 8-10 above, and the Company fails to make such payment or advancement in a timely manner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Director may petition the appropriate judicial authority to enforce the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)BURDEN OF PROOF. In any judicial proceeding brought under Clause 11(a) above, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the Director is not entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

 

(c)EXPENSES. The Company agrees to reimburse the Director in full for any Expenses incurred by the Director in connection with investigating, preparing for, litigating, defending or settling any action brought by the Director under Clause 11(a) above, or in connection with any claim or counterclaim brought by the Company in connection therewith.

 

(d)VALIDITY OF AGREEMENT. The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any Proceeding, including, without limitation, an action under Clause 11(a) above, that the provisions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable or that there is insufficient consideration for this Agreement and shall stipulate in court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

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(e)FAILURE TO ACT NOT A DEFENSE. The failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or shareholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of the payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or the advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under this Agreement shall not be a defense in any action brought under Clause 11(a) above.

 

12.       PROCEEDINGS AGAINST COMPANY. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses with respect to any Proceeding brought by the Director against the Company, any Entity which it controls, any director or officer thereof, or any third party, unless the Company has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. This clause shall not apply to counterclaims or affirmative defenses asserted by the Director in an action brought against the Director.

 

13.       INSURANCE. Following the closing of the anticipated transactions between the Company and Zhonghuan Ruiheng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (“ZHRH China”) pursuant to which the Company shall obtain a controlling interest in ZHRH China (the “ZHRH Transaction”) shall have been completed and the Company shall have obtained such controlling interest, as determined by the Company, the Company will obtain and maintain a policy or policies of director and officer liability insurance, of which the Director will be named as an insured, providing the Director with coverage for Indemnifiable Amounts and/or Indemnifiable Expenses in accordance with said insurance policy or policies (“D&O Insurance”); provided that:

 

(a)The Director agrees that, while the Company has valid and effective D&O Insurance, and except as provided in Clause 13(c), Clauses 6-12 of this Agreement shall not apply, and the Company’s indemnification obligation to the Director under this Agreement shall be deemed fulfilled by virtue of purchasing and maintaining such insurance policy or policies, in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof and subject to exclusions stated thereon. The Director agrees that the Company shall have no obligation to challenge the decisions made by the insurance carrier(s) (“Insurance Carriers”) relating to any claims made under such insurance policy or policies;

 

(b)The Director agrees that the Company’s indemnification obligation to the Director under Clause 13(a) shall be deemed discharged and terminated, in the event the Insurance Carrier refuses payment for any Proceeding against the Director due to the acts or omissions of the Director;

 

(c)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, the Company agrees that it shall indemnify the Director for the Indemnifiable Amounts and Indemnifiable Expenses, to the extent that any Proceeding is coverable by D&O Insurance, but in excess of the policy amount, in accordance with Clauses 6-12 of this Agreement;

 

(d)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, the Company agrees that it shall indemnify the Director to the extent that the Director has liability that would be part of the D&O Insurance deductible, if there is any; and

 

(e)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, this Clause 13 states the entire and exclusive remedy of the Director with respect to the indemnification obligation of the Company to the Director under this Agreement.

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14.       SUBROGATION. In the event of any payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under this Agreement and/or the D&O Insurance, the Company or its Insurance Carrier, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of contribution or recovery of the Director against other persons, and the Director shall take, at the request of the Company, all reasonable action necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

15.       AUTHORITY. Each party has all necessary power and authority to enter into, and be bound by the terms of, this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of the undertakings contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by each party hereto.

 

16.       SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall (a) be binding upon and inure to the benefit of all successors and assigns of the Company (including any transferee of all or a substantial portion of the business, stock and/or assets of the Company and any direct or indirect successor by merger or consolidation or otherwise by operation of law) and (b) be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators of the Director. The Director has no power to assign this Agreement or any rights and obligations hereunder.

 

17.       CHANGE IN LAW. To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) shall mandate broader or narrower indemnification than is provided hereunder, the Director shall be subject to such broader or narrower indemnification and this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to such extent.

 

18.       SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement, or any clause thereof, shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision or clause shall be limited or modified in its application to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision or clause valid, legal and enforceable, and the remaining provisions and clauses of this Agreement shall remain fully enforceable and binding on the parties.

 

19.       MODIFICATIONS AND WAIVER. Except as provided in Clause 17 hereof with respect to changes in applicable law which broaden or narrow the right of the Director to be indemnified by the Company, no supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by each of the parties hereto. No delay in exercise or non-exercise by the Company of any right under this Agreement shall operate as a current or future waiver by it as to its same or different rights under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

20.       NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing in English and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered by hand, (b) when transmitted by facsimile and receipt is acknowledged, or (c) if mailed by express mail with delivery confirmation with postage prepaid, on the 5th business day after the date on which it is so mailed:

 

If to Director, to:

 

  Cindy Li
  58 Rittenhouse Ave
  Atherton CA 94027
  USA
  Email: cindy.li@gmail.com

  

If to the Company, to: bl@zhrhcorp.com

 

Or to such other address as may have been furnished in the same manner by any party to the others.

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21.       GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced under the laws of the State of Nevada.

 

22.       AGREEMENT GOVERNS. This Agreement is to be deemed consistent wherever possible with relevant provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company; however, in the event of a conflict between this Agreement and such provisions, the provisions of this Articles of Incorporation shall take precedence.

 

23.       ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and any employment agreement between the Company and Director constitute the entire agreement between the Company and the Director with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings and agreements with respect to such subject matter.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Director Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

AGREED AGREED
   
Company Director
_________________________ _____________________
Name: Jean-Michel Doublet Name: Cindy Li
Title:   Chief Executive Officer  

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SCHEDULE A

 

I       POSITION AND EXPECTED TIME COMMITMENT:

 

Position: Director.

 

Time commitment: 1-2 days per month, with 4 board meetings per year, mostly held remotely.

 

II.       COMPENSATION:

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, the Company shall issue to Director certain shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) as follows and subject to the following provisions:

 

The intent of the provisions herein is that, for each full year that Director serves as a director of the Company, the Company shall issue to Director a number of shares of Common Stock having a total value (based on the provisions herein) of US$80,000.

 

The first grant of shares of Common Stock shall be made on the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, and shall be based on the length of Director’s service as a director of the Company as of that date and shall be made only if the Director is serving as a director of the Company as of the time of such closing (then “First Grant”). The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Director in the First Grant shall be based on a value of each share of Common Stock as determined based on the number of shares of Common Stock issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction assuming a pre-money valuation of ZHRH China of USD$30 million. By way of example and not limitation, in the event that 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock are issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction, each share of Common Stock issued to Director hereunder for the First Grant shall be deemed to have a value of $1.00, but subject to the provisions herein. By way of further example and not limitation, in the event that as of the date of the closing of the ZHRH Transaction the Director has served as a director of the Corporation for 9 months, in the First Grant the Director shall be issued shares of Common Stock having a total value (determined as set forth herein) of $60,000 (e.g., 60,000 of Common Stock based on the valuation example above). Such shares in the First Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that the Director ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason prior to the vesting of the First Grant shares, such First Grant shares shall be automatically forfeited.

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, for calendar each calendar quarter thereafter during which Director continues to serve as a director of the Corporation, the Company shall grant to Director a restricted stock award of shares of Common Stock having a fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or a committee thereof, but in any case without the involvement of the Director) as of the last day of each such calendar quarter of $20,000 (each, a “Quarterly Grant”), with the Quarterly Grant for any fractional calendar quarter (including for any fractional calendar quarter between the closing of the ZHRH transaction and the end of the calendar quarter in which that occurs) to be appropriately pro-rated, and with the shares in each Quarterly Grant to be issued within five days of the end of the prior calendar quarter. Each Quarterly Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the applicable grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that the Director ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, any Quarterly Grant which has not vested at such time shall be automatically forfeited.

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III.       EXPENSES:

 

During the term of the Director’s service as a director of the Company, the Company shall promptly reimburse the Director for all expenses approved by the Company in advance. The Company shall reimburse any such eligible expenses to the Director promptly, usually within 10 business days, after the expense report and original receipts are submitted.

 

IV.       NO OTHER BENEFITS OF COMPENSATION:

 

The Director acknowledges and agrees that Director is not granted and is not entitled to any other benefits or compensation from the Company for the services provided under this Agreement except expressly provided for in this Schedule A or as determined from time to time by the Company in its sole discretion.

 

AGREED AGREED
   
Company Director
_________________________ _____________________
Name: Jean-Michel Doublet Name: Cindy Li
Title:   Chief Executive Officer  

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DIRECTOR AGREEMENT

 

This Director Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 9th day of March, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) by and between ZHRH Corporation (the “Company”) and James P. Bond (the “Director”).

 

WHEREAS the Director has been elected or named as a director of the Company;

 

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Director, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.       DEFINITIONS.

 

(a)“Corporate Status” describes the capacity of the Director with respect to the Company and the services performed by the Director in that capacity.

 

(b)“Entity” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, foundation, association, organization or other legal entity.

 

(c)“Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution process, investigation, administrative hearing, appeal, or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether formal or informal, including a proceeding initiated by the Director pursuant to Clause 10 of this Agreement to enforce the Director’s rights hereunder.

 

(d)“Expenses” shall mean all reasonable fees, costs and expenses, approved by the Company in advance and reasonably incurred in connection with any Proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and retainers, fees and disbursements of expert witnesses, private investigators, professional advisors (including, without limitation, accountants and investment bankers), court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, travel expenses, duplicating, printing and binding costs, telephone and fax transmission charges, postage, delivery services, secretarial services, and other disbursements and expenses.

 

(e)“Liabilities” shall mean judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, excise taxes, fines and amounts paid in settlement.

 

2.       SERVICES OF DIRECTOR. While this Agreement is in effect, the Director shall perform duties as a Director and/or a member of the committees of the Board, be compensated for such and be reimbursed expenses in accordance with Schedule A of this Agreement, subject to the following.

 

(a)The Director will perform services consistent with the Director’s position with the Company, as required and authorized by the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, and in accordance with high professional and ethical standards and all applicable laws and rules and regulations pertaining to the Director’s performance hereunder, including without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to a public company.

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(b)The Director is solely responsible for taxes arising out of any compensation paid to Director by the Company under this Agreement.

 

(c)The Company may offset any and all monies payable to the Director to the extent of any monies owing to the Company from Director.

 

(d)The rules and regulations of the Company notified to the Director, from time to time, apply to Director. Such rules and regulations are subject to change by the Company in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and rules and regulations of the Company, the terms of this Agreement take precedence.

 

3.       REQUIREMENTS OF DIRECTOR. During the term of the Director’s services to the Company hereunder, the Director shall observe all applicable laws and regulations relating to Directors of a public company as promulgated from time to time.

 

4.       REPORTING OBLIGATION. While this Agreement is in effect, the Director shall immediately report to the Company in the event: (1) the Director knows or has reason to know or should have known that any of the requirements specified in Clause 2(d) hereof is not satisfied or is not going to be satisfied; and (2) the Director simultaneously serves on an audit committee of any other public company.

 

5.       TERM AND TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Director’s services hereunder shall commence on the date hereof and terminate upon the earlier of the following:

 

(a)Removal of the Director as a director of the Company upon proper shareholder action in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and applicable law;

 

(b)Resignation of the Director as a director of the Company;

 

(c)the death of Director; or

 

(d)Failure of the shareholders of the Company to re-elect the Director at the Company’s annual shareholders’ meeting or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purposes of electing directors.

 

6.       AGREEMENT OF INDEMNITY. The Company agrees to indemnify the Director as follows:

 

(a)Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 7(a) below, if the Director was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, the Director shall be indemnified by the Company against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by the Director in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities” respectively, and collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”).

 

(b)Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 7(b) below, if the Director was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, the Director shall be indemnified by the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses.

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(c)For the purposes of this Agreement, the Director shall be deemed to have acted in good faith in conducting the Company’s affairs as a Director of the Company and/or a member of a committee of the Board of the Company, if the Director: (i) exercised or used the same degree of diligence, care, and skill as an ordinarily prudent person would have exercised or used under the circumstances in the conduct of Director’s own affairs; or (ii) took, or omitted to take, an action in reliance upon advice of counsels or other professional advisors for the Company, or upon statements made or information furnished by other directors, officers or employees of the Company, or upon a financial statement of the Company provided by a person in charge of its accounts or certified by a public accountant or a firm of public accountants, which the Director had reasonable grounds to believe to be true

 

7.       EXCEPTIONS TO INDEMNIFICATION. The Director shall be entitled to indemnification under Clause 6(a) and Clause 6(b) above in all circumstances other than the following:

 

(a)If indemnification is requested under Clause 6(a) and it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen: (i) the Director failed to act in good faith and in a manner the Director reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, (ii) the Director had reasonable cause to believe that the Director’s conduct was unlawful, or (iii) the Director’s conduct constituted willful misconduct, fraud or knowing violation of law, then the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

 

(b)If indemnification is requested under Clause 6(b), if

 

(i)it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, the Director failed to act in good faith and in a manner the Director reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, including without limitation, the breach of Clause 4 hereof by the Director, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder; or

 

(ii)it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that the Director is liable to the Company with respect to any claim, issue or matter involved in the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, including, without limitation, a claim that the Director received an improper benefit or improperly took advantage of a corporate opportunity, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder with respect to such claim, issue or matter.

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8.       WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and without limiting any such provision, to the extent that the Director is, by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, the Director shall be indemnified in connection therewith. If the Director is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify the Director against those Expenses reasonably incurred by the Director or on the Director’s behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For the purposes of this clause, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

 

9.       ADVANCES AND INTERIM EXPENSES. The Company may pay to the Director all Indemnifiable Expenses incurred by the Director in connection with any Proceeding, including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, if the Director furnishes the Company with a written undertaking, to the satisfaction of the Company, to repay the amount of such Indemnifiable Expenses advanced to the Director in the event it is finally determined by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that the Director is not entitled under this Agreement to indemnification with respect to such Indemnifiable Expenses.

 

10.       PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT OF INDEMNIFIABLE AMOUNTS. The Director shall submit to the Company a written request specifying the Indemnifiable Amounts, for which the Director seeks payment under Clause 6 hereof and the Proceeding which has been previously notified to the Company and approved by the Company for indemnification hereunder. At the request of the Company, the Director shall furnish such documentation and information as are reasonably available to the Director and necessary to establish that the Director is entitled to indemnification hereunder. The Company shall pay such Indemnifiable Amounts within thirty (30) days of receipt of all required documents.

 

11.       REMEDIES OF DIRECTOR

 

(a)RIGHT TO PETITION COURT. In the event that the Director makes a request for payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under Clauses 6 and 8-10 above, and the Company fails to make such payment or advancement in a timely manner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Director may petition the appropriate judicial authority to enforce the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)BURDEN OF PROOF. In any judicial proceeding brought under Clause 11(a) above, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the Director is not entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

 

(c)EXPENSES. The Company agrees to reimburse the Director in full for any Expenses incurred by the Director in connection with investigating, preparing for, litigating, defending or settling any action brought by the Director under Clause 11(a) above, or in connection with any claim or counterclaim brought by the Company in connection therewith.

 

(d)VALIDITY OF AGREEMENT. The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any Proceeding, including, without limitation, an action under Clause 11(a) above, that the provisions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable or that there is insufficient consideration for this Agreement and shall stipulate in court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

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(e)FAILURE TO ACT NOT A DEFENSE. The failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or shareholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of the payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or the advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under this Agreement shall not be a defense in any action brought under Clause 11(a) above.

 

12.       PROCEEDINGS AGAINST COMPANY. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses with respect to any Proceeding brought by the Director against the Company, any Entity which it controls, any director or officer thereof, or any third party, unless the Company has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. This clause shall not apply to counterclaims or affirmative defenses asserted by the Director in an action brought against the Director.

 

13.       INSURANCE. Following the closing of the anticipated transactions between the Company and Zhonghuan Ruiheng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (“ZHRH China”) pursuant to which the Company shall obtain a controlling interest in ZHRH China (the “ZHRH Transaction”) shall have been completed and the Company shall have obtained such controlling interest, as determined by the Company, the Company will obtain and maintain a policy or policies of director and officer liability insurance, of which the Director will be named as an insured, providing the Director with coverage for Indemnifiable Amounts and/or Indemnifiable Expenses in accordance with said insurance policy or policies (“D&O Insurance”); provided that:

 

(a)The Director agrees that, while the Company has valid and effective D&O Insurance, and except as provided in Clause 13(c), Clauses 6-12 of this Agreement shall not apply, and the Company’s indemnification obligation to the Director under this Agreement shall be deemed fulfilled by virtue of purchasing and maintaining such insurance policy or policies, in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof and subject to exclusions stated thereon. The Director agrees that the Company shall have no obligation to challenge the decisions made by the insurance carrier(s) (“Insurance Carriers”) relating to any claims made under such insurance policy or policies;

 

(b)The Director agrees that the Company’s indemnification obligation to the Director under Clause 13(a) shall be deemed discharged and terminated, in the event the Insurance Carrier refuses payment for any Proceeding against the Director due to the acts or omissions of the Director;

 

(c)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, the Company agrees that it shall indemnify the Director for the Indemnifiable Amounts and Indemnifiable Expenses, to the extent that any Proceeding is coverable by D&O Insurance, but in excess of the policy amount, in accordance with Clauses 6-12 of this Agreement;

 

(d)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, the Company agrees that it shall indemnify the Director to the extent that the Director has liability that would be part of the D&O Insurance deductible, if there is any; and

 

(e)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, this Clause 13 states the entire and exclusive remedy of the Director with respect to the indemnification obligation of the Company to the Director under this Agreement.

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14.       SUBROGATION. In the event of any payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under this Agreement and/or the D&O Insurance, the Company or its Insurance Carrier, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of contribution or recovery of the Director against other persons, and the Director shall take, at the request of the Company, all reasonable action necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

15.       AUTHORITY. Each party has all necessary power and authority to enter into, and be bound by the terms of, this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of the undertakings contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by each party hereto.

 

16.       SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall (a) be binding upon and inure to the benefit of all successors and assigns of the Company (including any transferee of all or a substantial portion of the business, stock and/or assets of the Company and any direct or indirect successor by merger or consolidation or otherwise by operation of law) and (b) be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators of the Director. The Director has no power to assign this Agreement or any rights and obligations hereunder.

 

17.       CHANGE IN LAW. To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) shall mandate broader or narrower indemnification than is provided hereunder, the Director shall be subject to such broader or narrower indemnification and this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to such extent.

 

18.       SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement, or any clause thereof, shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision or clause shall be limited or modified in its application to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision or clause valid, legal and enforceable, and the remaining provisions and clauses of this Agreement shall remain fully enforceable and binding on the parties.

 

19.       MODIFICATIONS AND WAIVER. Except as provided in Clause 17 hereof with respect to changes in applicable law which broaden or narrow the right of the Director to be indemnified by the Company, no supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by each of the parties hereto. No delay in exercise or non-exercise by the Company of any right under this Agreement shall operate as a current or future waiver by it as to its same or different rights under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

20.       NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing in English and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered by hand, (b) when transmitted by facsimile and receipt is acknowledged, or (c) if mailed by express mail with delivery confirmation with postage prepaid, on the 5th business day after the date on which it is so mailed:

 

If to Director, to:

 

  James P. Bond
  4026 Mansion Ct NW
  Washington DC 20007
  USA
  Email: jamesp.bond@gmail.com

  

If to the Company, to: bl@zhrhcorp.com

 

Or to such other address as may have been furnished in the same manner by any party to the others.

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21.       GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced under the laws of the State of Nevada.

 

22.       AGREEMENT GOVERNS. This Agreement is to be deemed consistent wherever possible with relevant provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company; however, in the event of a conflict between this Agreement and such provisions, the provisions of this Articles of Incorporation shall take precedence.

 

23.       ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and any employment agreement between the Company and Director constitute the entire agreement between the Company and the Director with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings and agreements with respect to such subject matter.

 

[Signatures appear on following page] 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Director Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

AGREED AGREED
   
Company Director
_________________________ _____________________
Name: Jean-Michel Doublet Name: James P. Bond
Title:   Chief Executive Officer  

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SCHEDULE A

 

I       POSITION AND EXPECTED TIME COMMITMENT:

 

Position: Director.

 

Time commitment: 1-2 days per month, with 4 board meetings per year, mostly held remotely.

 

II.       COMPENSATION:

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, the Company shall issue to Director certain shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) as follows and subject to the following provisions:

 

The intent of the provisions herein is that, for each full year that Director serves as a director of the Company, the Company shall issue to Director a number of shares of Common Stock having a total value (based on the provisions herein) of US$80,000.

 

The first grant of shares of Common Stock shall be made on the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, and shall be based on the length of Director’s service as a director of the Company as of that date and shall be made only if the Director is serving as a director of the Company as of the time of such closing (then “First Grant”). The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Director in the First Grant shall be based on a value of each share of Common Stock as determined based on the number of shares of Common Stock issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction assuming a pre-money valuation of ZHRH China of USD$30 million. By way of example and not limitation, in the event that 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock are issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction, each share of Common Stock issued to Director hereunder for the First Grant shall be deemed to have a value of $1.00, but subject to the provisions herein. By way of further example and not limitation, in the event that as of the date of the closing of the ZHRH Transaction the Director has served as a director of the Corporation for 9 months, in the First Grant the Director shall be issued shares of Common Stock having a total value (determined as set forth herein) of $60,000 (e.g., 60,000 of Common Stock based on the valuation example above). Such shares in the First Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that the Director ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason prior to the vesting of the First Grant shares, such First Grant shares shall be automatically forfeited.

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, for calendar each calendar quarter thereafter during which Director continues to serve as a director of the Corporation, the Company shall grant to Director a restricted stock award of shares of Common Stock having a fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or a committee thereof, but in any case without the involvement of the Director) as of the last day of each such calendar quarter of $20,000 (each, a “Quarterly Grant”), with the Quarterly Grant for any fractional calendar quarter (including for any fractional calendar quarter between the closing of the ZHRH transaction and the end of the calendar quarter in which that occurs) to be appropriately pro-rated, and with the shares in each Quarterly Grant to be issued within five days of the end of the prior calendar quarter. Each Quarterly Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the applicable grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that the Director ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, any Quarterly Grant which has not vested at such time shall be automatically forfeited.

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III.       EXPENSES:

 

During the term of the Director’s service as a director of the Company, the Company shall promptly reimburse the Director for all expenses approved by the Company in advance. The Company shall reimburse any such eligible expenses to the Director promptly, usually within 10 business days, after the expense report and original receipts are submitted.

 

IV.       NO OTHER BENEFITS OF COMPENSATION:

 

The Director acknowledges and agrees that Director is not granted and is not entitled to any other benefits or compensation from the Company for the services provided under this Agreement except expressly provided for in this Schedule A or as determined from time to time by the Company in its sole discretion.

 

AGREED AGREED
   
Company Director
_________________________ _____________________
Name: Jean-Michel Doublet Name: James P. Bond
Title:   Chief Executive Officer  

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DIRECTOR AGREEMENT

 

This Director Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 9th day of March, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) by and between ZHRH Corporation (the “Company”) and Jean-Michel Doublet (the “Director”).

 

WHEREAS the Director has been elected or named as a director of the Company;

 

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Director, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.       DEFINITIONS.

 

(a)“Corporate Status” describes the capacity of the Director with respect to the Company and the services performed by the Director in that capacity.

 

(b)“Entity” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, foundation, association, organization or other legal entity.

 

(c)“Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution process, investigation, administrative hearing, appeal, or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether formal or informal, including a proceeding initiated by the Director pursuant to Clause 10 of this Agreement to enforce the Director’s rights hereunder.

 

(d)“Expenses” shall mean all reasonable fees, costs and expenses, approved by the Company in advance and reasonably incurred in connection with any Proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and retainers, fees and disbursements of expert witnesses, private investigators, professional advisors (including, without limitation, accountants and investment bankers), court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, travel expenses, duplicating, printing and binding costs, telephone and fax transmission charges, postage, delivery services, secretarial services, and other disbursements and expenses.

 

(e)“Liabilities” shall mean judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, excise taxes, fines and amounts paid in settlement.

 

2.       SERVICES OF DIRECTOR. While this Agreement is in effect, the Director shall perform duties as a Director and/or a member of the committees of the Board, be compensated for such and be reimbursed expenses in accordance with Schedule A of this Agreement, subject to the following.

 

(a)The Director will perform services consistent with the Director’s position with the Company, as required and authorized by the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, and in accordance with high professional and ethical standards and all applicable laws and rules and regulations pertaining to the Director’s performance hereunder, including without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to a public company.

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(b)The Director is solely responsible for taxes arising out of any compensation paid to Director by the Company under this Agreement.

 

(c)The Company may offset any and all monies payable to the Director to the extent of any monies owing to the Company from Director.

 

(d)The rules and regulations of the Company notified to the Director, from time to time, apply to Director. Such rules and regulations are subject to change by the Company in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and rules and regulations of the Company, the terms of this Agreement take precedence.

 

3.       REQUIREMENTS OF DIRECTOR. During the term of the Director’s services to the Company hereunder, the Director shall observe all applicable laws and regulations relating to Directors of a public company as promulgated from time to time.

 

4.       REPORTING OBLIGATION. While this Agreement is in effect, the Director shall immediately report to the Company in the event: (1) the Director knows or has reason to know or should have known that any of the requirements specified in Clause 2(d) hereof is not satisfied or is not going to be satisfied; and (2) the Director simultaneously serves on an audit committee of any other public company.

 

5.       TERM AND TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Director’s services hereunder shall commence on the date hereof and terminate upon the earlier of the following:

 

(a)Removal of the Director as a director of the Company upon proper shareholder action in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and applicable law;

 

(b)Resignation of the Director as a director of the Company;

 

(c)the death of Director; or

 

(d)Failure of the shareholders of the Company to re-elect the Director at the Company’s annual shareholders’ meeting or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purposes of electing directors.

 

6.       AGREEMENT OF INDEMNITY. The Company agrees to indemnify the Director as follows:

 

(a)Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 7(a) below, if the Director was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, the Director shall be indemnified by the Company against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by the Director in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities” respectively, and collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”).

 

(b)Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 7(b) below, if the Director was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, the Director shall be indemnified by the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses.

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(c)For the purposes of this Agreement, the Director shall be deemed to have acted in good faith in conducting the Company’s affairs as a Director of the Company and/or a member of a committee of the Board of the Company, if the Director: (i) exercised or used the same degree of diligence, care, and skill as an ordinarily prudent person would have exercised or used under the circumstances in the conduct of Director’s own affairs; or (ii) took, or omitted to take, an action in reliance upon advice of counsels or other professional advisors for the Company, or upon statements made or information furnished by other directors, officers or employees of the Company, or upon a financial statement of the Company provided by a person in charge of its accounts or certified by a public accountant or a firm of public accountants, which the Director had reasonable grounds to believe to be true

 

7.       EXCEPTIONS TO INDEMNIFICATION. The Director shall be entitled to indemnification under Clause 6(a) and Clause 6(b) above in all circumstances other than the following:

 

(a)If indemnification is requested under Clause 6(a) and it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen: (i) the Director failed to act in good faith and in a manner the Director reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, (ii) the Director had reasonable cause to believe that the Director’s conduct was unlawful, or (iii) the Director’s conduct constituted willful misconduct, fraud or knowing violation of law, then the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

 

(b)If indemnification is requested under Clause 6(b), if

 

(i)it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, the Director failed to act in good faith and in a manner the Director reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, including without limitation, the breach of Clause 4 hereof by the Director, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder; or

 

(ii)it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that the Director is liable to the Company with respect to any claim, issue or matter involved in the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, including, without limitation, a claim that the Director received an improper benefit or improperly took advantage of a corporate opportunity, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder with respect to such claim, issue or matter.

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8.       WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and without limiting any such provision, to the extent that the Director is, by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, the Director shall be indemnified in connection therewith. If the Director is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify the Director against those Expenses reasonably incurred by the Director or on the Director’s behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For the purposes of this clause, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

 

9.       ADVANCES AND INTERIM EXPENSES. The Company may pay to the Director all Indemnifiable Expenses incurred by the Director in connection with any Proceeding, including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, if the Director furnishes the Company with a written undertaking, to the satisfaction of the Company, to repay the amount of such Indemnifiable Expenses advanced to the Director in the event it is finally determined by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that the Director is not entitled under this Agreement to indemnification with respect to such Indemnifiable Expenses.

 

10.       PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT OF INDEMNIFIABLE AMOUNTS. The Director shall submit to the Company a written request specifying the Indemnifiable Amounts, for which the Director seeks payment under Clause 6 hereof and the Proceeding which has been previously notified to the Company and approved by the Company for indemnification hereunder. At the request of the Company, the Director shall furnish such documentation and information as are reasonably available to the Director and necessary to establish that the Director is entitled to indemnification hereunder. The Company shall pay such Indemnifiable Amounts within thirty (30) days of receipt of all required documents.

 

11.       REMEDIES OF DIRECTOR

 

(a)RIGHT TO PETITION COURT. In the event that the Director makes a request for payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under Clauses 6 and 8-10 above, and the Company fails to make such payment or advancement in a timely manner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Director may petition the appropriate judicial authority to enforce the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)BURDEN OF PROOF. In any judicial proceeding brought under Clause 11(a) above, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the Director is not entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

 

(c)EXPENSES. The Company agrees to reimburse the Director in full for any Expenses incurred by the Director in connection with investigating, preparing for, litigating, defending or settling any action brought by the Director under Clause 11(a) above, or in connection with any claim or counterclaim brought by the Company in connection therewith.

 

(d)VALIDITY OF AGREEMENT. The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any Proceeding, including, without limitation, an action under Clause 11(a) above, that the provisions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable or that there is insufficient consideration for this Agreement and shall stipulate in court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

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(e)FAILURE TO ACT NOT A DEFENSE. The failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or shareholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of the payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or the advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under this Agreement shall not be a defense in any action brought under Clause 11(a) above.

 

12.       PROCEEDINGS AGAINST COMPANY. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses with respect to any Proceeding brought by the Director against the Company, any Entity which it controls, any director or officer thereof, or any third party, unless the Company has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. This clause shall not apply to counterclaims or affirmative defenses asserted by the Director in an action brought against the Director.

 

13.       INSURANCE. Following the closing of the anticipated transactions between the Company and Zhonghuan Ruiheng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (“ZHRH China”) pursuant to which the Company shall obtain a controlling interest in ZHRH China (the “ZHRH Transaction”) shall have been completed and the Company shall have obtained such controlling interest, as determined by the Company, the Company will obtain and maintain a policy or policies of director and officer liability insurance, of which the Director will be named as an insured, providing the Director with coverage for Indemnifiable Amounts and/or Indemnifiable Expenses in accordance with said insurance policy or policies (“D&O Insurance”); provided that:

 

(a)The Director agrees that, while the Company has valid and effective D&O Insurance, and except as provided in Clause 13(c), Clauses 6-12 of this Agreement shall not apply, and the Company’s indemnification obligation to the Director under this Agreement shall be deemed fulfilled by virtue of purchasing and maintaining such insurance policy or policies, in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof and subject to exclusions stated thereon. The Director agrees that the Company shall have no obligation to challenge the decisions made by the insurance carrier(s) (“Insurance Carriers”) relating to any claims made under such insurance policy or policies;

 

(b)The Director agrees that the Company’s indemnification obligation to the Director under Clause 13(a) shall be deemed discharged and terminated, in the event the Insurance Carrier refuses payment for any Proceeding against the Director due to the acts or omissions of the Director;

 

(c)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, the Company agrees that it shall indemnify the Director for the Indemnifiable Amounts and Indemnifiable Expenses, to the extent that any Proceeding is coverable by D&O Insurance, but in excess of the policy amount, in accordance with Clauses 6-12 of this Agreement;

 

(d)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, the Company agrees that it shall indemnify the Director to the extent that the Director has liability that would be part of the D&O Insurance deductible, if there is any; and

 

(e)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, this Clause 13 states the entire and exclusive remedy of the Director with respect to the indemnification obligation of the Company to the Director under this Agreement.

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14.       SUBROGATION. In the event of any payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under this Agreement and/or the D&O Insurance, the Company or its Insurance Carrier, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of contribution or recovery of the Director against other persons, and the Director shall take, at the request of the Company, all reasonable action necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

15.       AUTHORITY. Each party has all necessary power and authority to enter into, and be bound by the terms of, this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of the undertakings contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by each party hereto.

 

16.       SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall (a) be binding upon and inure to the benefit of all successors and assigns of the Company (including any transferee of all or a substantial portion of the business, stock and/or assets of the Company and any direct or indirect successor by merger or consolidation or otherwise by operation of law) and (b) be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators of the Director. The Director has no power to assign this Agreement or any rights and obligations hereunder.

 

17.       CHANGE IN LAW. To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) shall mandate broader or narrower indemnification than is provided hereunder, the Director shall be subject to such broader or narrower indemnification and this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to such extent.

 

18.       SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement, or any clause thereof, shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision or clause shall be limited or modified in its application to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision or clause valid, legal and enforceable, and the remaining provisions and clauses of this Agreement shall remain fully enforceable and binding on the parties.

 

19.       MODIFICATIONS AND WAIVER. Except as provided in Clause 17 hereof with respect to changes in applicable law which broaden or narrow the right of the Director to be indemnified by the Company, no supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by each of the parties hereto. No delay in exercise or non-exercise by the Company of any right under this Agreement shall operate as a current or future waiver by it as to its same or different rights under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

20.       NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing in English and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered by hand, (b) when transmitted by facsimile and receipt is acknowledged, or (c) if mailed by express mail with delivery confirmation with postage prepaid, on the 5th business day after the date on which it is so mailed:

 

If to Director, to:

 

  Jean-Michel Doublet
  75 Pottery Lane
  London W11 4NA
  United Kingdom
  Email: jmd@zhrhcorp.com

  

If to the Company, to: bl@zhrhcorp.com

 

Or to such other address as may have been furnished in the same manner by any party to the others.

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21.       GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced under the laws of the State of Nevada.

 

22.       AGREEMENT GOVERNS. This Agreement is to be deemed consistent wherever possible with relevant provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company; however, in the event of a conflict between this Agreement and such provisions, the provisions of this Articles of Incorporation shall take precedence.

 

23.       ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and any employment agreement between the Company and Director constitute the entire agreement between the Company and the Director with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings and agreements with respect to such subject matter.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Director Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

AGREED AGREED
   
Company Director
_________________________ _____________________
Name: Lionel Therond Name: Jean-Michel Doublet
Title:   Chief Financial Officer  

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SCHEDULE A

 

I       POSITION AND EXPECTED TIME COMMITMENT:

 

Position: Director.

 

Time commitment: 1-2 days per month, with 4 board meetings per year, mostly held remotely.

 

II.       COMPENSATION:

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, the Company shall issue to Director certain shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) as follows and subject to the following provisions:

 

The intent of the provisions herein is that, for each full year that Director serves as a director of the Company, the Company shall issue to Director a number of shares of Common Stock having a total value (based on the provisions herein) of US$80,000.

 

The first grant of shares of Common Stock shall be made on the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, and shall be based on the length of Director’s service as a director of the Company as of that date and shall be made only if the Director is serving as a director of the Company as of the time of such closing (then “First Grant”). The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Director in the First Grant shall be based on a value of each share of Common Stock as determined based on the number of shares of Common Stock issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction assuming a pre-money valuation of ZHRH China of USD$30 million. By way of example and not limitation, in the event that 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock are issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction, each share of Common Stock issued to Director hereunder for the First Grant shall be deemed to have a value of $1.00, but subject to the provisions herein. By way of further example and not limitation, in the event that as of the date of the closing of the ZHRH Transaction the Director has served as a director of the Corporation for 9 months, in the First Grant the Director shall be issued shares of Common Stock having a total value (determined as set forth herein) of $60,000 (e.g., 60,000 of Common Stock based on the valuation example above). Such shares in the First Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that the Director ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason prior to the vesting of the First Grant shares, such First Grant shares shall be automatically forfeited.

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, for calendar each calendar quarter thereafter during which Director continues to serve as a director of the Corporation, the Company shall grant to Director a restricted stock award of shares of Common Stock having a fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or a committee thereof, but in any case without the involvement of the Director) as of the last day of each such calendar quarter of $20,000 (each, a “Quarterly Grant”), with the Quarterly Grant for any fractional calendar quarter (including for any fractional calendar quarter between the closing of the ZHRH transaction and the end of the calendar quarter in which that occurs) to be appropriately pro-rated, and with the shares in each Quarterly Grant to be issued within five days of the end of the prior calendar quarter. Each Quarterly Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the applicable grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that the Director ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, any Quarterly Grant which has not vested at such time shall be automatically forfeited.

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III.       EXPENSES:

 

During the term of the Director’s service as a director of the Company, the Company shall promptly reimburse the Director for all expenses approved by the Company in advance. The Company shall reimburse any such eligible expenses to the Director promptly, usually within 10 business days, after the expense report and original receipts are submitted.

 

IV.       NO OTHER BENEFITS OF COMPENSATION:

 

The Director acknowledges and agrees that Director is not granted and is not entitled to any other benefits or compensation from the Company for the services provided under this Agreement except expressly provided for in this Schedule A or as determined from time to time by the Company in its sole discretion.

 

AGREED AGREED
   
Company Director
_________________________ _____________________
Name: Lionel Therond Name: Jean-Michel Doublet
Title:   Chief Financial Officer  

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DIRECTOR AGREEMENT

 

This Director Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 9th day of March, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) by and between ZHRH Corporation (the “Company”) and Lionel Therond (the “Director”).

 

WHEREAS the Director has been elected or named as a director of the Company;

 

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Director, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.       DEFINITIONS.

 

(a)“Corporate Status” describes the capacity of the Director with respect to the Company and the services performed by the Director in that capacity.

 

(b)“Entity” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, foundation, association, organization or other legal entity.

 

(c)“Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution process, investigation, administrative hearing, appeal, or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether formal or informal, including a proceeding initiated by the Director pursuant to Clause 10 of this Agreement to enforce the Director’s rights hereunder.

 

(d)“Expenses” shall mean all reasonable fees, costs and expenses, approved by the Company in advance and reasonably incurred in connection with any Proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and retainers, fees and disbursements of expert witnesses, private investigators, professional advisors (including, without limitation, accountants and investment bankers), court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, travel expenses, duplicating, printing and binding costs, telephone and fax transmission charges, postage, delivery services, secretarial services, and other disbursements and expenses.

 

(e)“Liabilities” shall mean judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, excise taxes, fines and amounts paid in settlement.

 

2.       SERVICES OF DIRECTOR. While this Agreement is in effect, the Director shall perform duties as a Director and/or a member of the committees of the Board, be compensated for such and be reimbursed expenses in accordance with Schedule A of this Agreement, subject to the following.

 

(a)The Director will perform services consistent with the Director’s position with the Company, as required and authorized by the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, and in accordance with high professional and ethical standards and all applicable laws and rules and regulations pertaining to the Director’s performance hereunder, including without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to a public company.

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(b)The Director is solely responsible for taxes arising out of any compensation paid to Director by the Company under this Agreement.

 

(c)The Company may offset any and all monies payable to the Director to the extent of any monies owing to the Company from Director.

 

(d)The rules and regulations of the Company notified to the Director, from time to time, apply to Director. Such rules and regulations are subject to change by the Company in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and rules and regulations of the Company, the terms of this Agreement take precedence.

 

3.       REQUIREMENTS OF DIRECTOR. During the term of the Director’s services to the Company hereunder, the Director shall observe all applicable laws and regulations relating to Directors of a public company as promulgated from time to time.

 

4.       REPORTING OBLIGATION. While this Agreement is in effect, the Director shall immediately report to the Company in the event: (1) the Director knows or has reason to know or should have known that any of the requirements specified in Clause 2(d) hereof is not satisfied or is not going to be satisfied; and (2) the Director simultaneously serves on an audit committee of any other public company.

 

5.       TERM AND TERMINATION. This Agreement and the Director’s services hereunder shall commence on the date hereof and terminate upon the earlier of the following:

 

(a)Removal of the Director as a director of the Company upon proper shareholder action in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and applicable law;

 

(b)Resignation of the Director as a director of the Company;

 

(c)the death of Director; or

 

(d)Failure of the shareholders of the Company to re-elect the Director at the Company’s annual shareholders’ meeting or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purposes of electing directors.

 

6.       AGREEMENT OF INDEMNITY. The Company agrees to indemnify the Director as follows:

 

(a)Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 7(a) below, if the Director was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, the Director shall be indemnified by the Company against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by the Director in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities” respectively, and collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”).

 

(b)Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 7(b) below, if the Director was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, the Director shall be indemnified by the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses.

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(c)For the purposes of this Agreement, the Director shall be deemed to have acted in good faith in conducting the Company’s affairs as a Director of the Company and/or a member of a committee of the Board of the Company, if the Director: (i) exercised or used the same degree of diligence, care, and skill as an ordinarily prudent person would have exercised or used under the circumstances in the conduct of Director’s own affairs; or (ii) took, or omitted to take, an action in reliance upon advice of counsels or other professional advisors for the Company, or upon statements made or information furnished by other directors, officers or employees of the Company, or upon a financial statement of the Company provided by a person in charge of its accounts or certified by a public accountant or a firm of public accountants, which the Director had reasonable grounds to believe to be true

 

7.       EXCEPTIONS TO INDEMNIFICATION. The Director shall be entitled to indemnification under Clause 6(a) and Clause 6(b) above in all circumstances other than the following:

 

(a)If indemnification is requested under Clause 6(a) and it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen: (i) the Director failed to act in good faith and in a manner the Director reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, (ii) the Director had reasonable cause to believe that the Director’s conduct was unlawful, or (iii) the Director’s conduct constituted willful misconduct, fraud or knowing violation of law, then the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

 

(b)If indemnification is requested under Clause 6(b), if

 

(i)it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that, in connection with the subject of the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, the Director failed to act in good faith and in a manner the Director reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, including without limitation, the breach of Clause 4 hereof by the Director, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder; or

 

(ii)it has been adjudicated finally by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that the Director is liable to the Company with respect to any claim, issue or matter involved in the Proceeding out of which the claim for indemnification has arisen, including, without limitation, a claim that the Director received an improper benefit or improperly took advantage of a corporate opportunity, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder with respect to such claim, issue or matter.

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8.       WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and without limiting any such provision, to the extent that the Director is, by reason of the Director’s Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, the Director shall be indemnified in connection therewith. If the Director is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify the Director against those Expenses reasonably incurred by the Director or on the Director’s behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For the purposes of this clause, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

 

9.       ADVANCES AND INTERIM EXPENSES. The Company may pay to the Director all Indemnifiable Expenses incurred by the Director in connection with any Proceeding, including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, if the Director furnishes the Company with a written undertaking, to the satisfaction of the Company, to repay the amount of such Indemnifiable Expenses advanced to the Director in the event it is finally determined by a court or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction that the Director is not entitled under this Agreement to indemnification with respect to such Indemnifiable Expenses.

 

10.       PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT OF INDEMNIFIABLE AMOUNTS. The Director shall submit to the Company a written request specifying the Indemnifiable Amounts, for which the Director seeks payment under Clause 6 hereof and the Proceeding which has been previously notified to the Company and approved by the Company for indemnification hereunder. At the request of the Company, the Director shall furnish such documentation and information as are reasonably available to the Director and necessary to establish that the Director is entitled to indemnification hereunder. The Company shall pay such Indemnifiable Amounts within thirty (30) days of receipt of all required documents.

 

11.       REMEDIES OF DIRECTOR

 

(a)RIGHT TO PETITION COURT. In the event that the Director makes a request for payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under Clauses 6 and 8-10 above, and the Company fails to make such payment or advancement in a timely manner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Director may petition the appropriate judicial authority to enforce the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)BURDEN OF PROOF. In any judicial proceeding brought under Clause 11(a) above, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the Director is not entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

 

(c)EXPENSES. The Company agrees to reimburse the Director in full for any Expenses incurred by the Director in connection with investigating, preparing for, litigating, defending or settling any action brought by the Director under Clause 11(a) above, or in connection with any claim or counterclaim brought by the Company in connection therewith.

 

(d)VALIDITY OF AGREEMENT. The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any Proceeding, including, without limitation, an action under Clause 11(a) above, that the provisions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable or that there is insufficient consideration for this Agreement and shall stipulate in court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

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(e)FAILURE TO ACT NOT A DEFENSE. The failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or shareholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of the payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or the advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses under this Agreement shall not be a defense in any action brought under Clause 11(a) above.

 

12.       PROCEEDINGS AGAINST COMPANY. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Director shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses with respect to any Proceeding brought by the Director against the Company, any Entity which it controls, any director or officer thereof, or any third party, unless the Company has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. This clause shall not apply to counterclaims or affirmative defenses asserted by the Director in an action brought against the Director.

 

13.       INSURANCE. Following the closing of the anticipated transactions between the Company and Zhonghuan Ruiheng Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (“ZHRH China”) pursuant to which the Company shall obtain a controlling interest in ZHRH China (the “ZHRH Transaction”) shall have been completed and the Company shall have obtained such controlling interest, as determined by the Company, the Company will obtain and maintain a policy or policies of director and officer liability insurance, of which the Director will be named as an insured, providing the Director with coverage for Indemnifiable Amounts and/or Indemnifiable Expenses in accordance with said insurance policy or policies (“D&O Insurance”); provided that:

 

(a)The Director agrees that, while the Company has valid and effective D&O Insurance, and except as provided in Clause 13(c), Clauses 6-12 of this Agreement shall not apply, and the Company’s indemnification obligation to the Director under this Agreement shall be deemed fulfilled by virtue of purchasing and maintaining such insurance policy or policies, in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof and subject to exclusions stated thereon. The Director agrees that the Company shall have no obligation to challenge the decisions made by the insurance carrier(s) (“Insurance Carriers”) relating to any claims made under such insurance policy or policies;

 

(b)The Director agrees that the Company’s indemnification obligation to the Director under Clause 13(a) shall be deemed discharged and terminated, in the event the Insurance Carrier refuses payment for any Proceeding against the Director due to the acts or omissions of the Director;

 

(c)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, the Company agrees that it shall indemnify the Director for the Indemnifiable Amounts and Indemnifiable Expenses, to the extent that any Proceeding is coverable by D&O Insurance, but in excess of the policy amount, in accordance with Clauses 6-12 of this Agreement;

 

(d)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, the Company agrees that it shall indemnify the Director to the extent that the Director has liability that would be part of the D&O Insurance deductible, if there is any; and

 

(e)While the D&O Insurance is valid and effective, this Clause 13 states the entire and exclusive remedy of the Director with respect to the indemnification obligation of the Company to the Director under this Agreement.

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14.       SUBROGATION. In the event of any payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under this Agreement and/or the D&O Insurance, the Company or its Insurance Carrier, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of contribution or recovery of the Director against other persons, and the Director shall take, at the request of the Company, all reasonable action necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

15.       AUTHORITY. Each party has all necessary power and authority to enter into, and be bound by the terms of, this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of the undertakings contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by each party hereto.

 

16.       SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall (a) be binding upon and inure to the benefit of all successors and assigns of the Company (including any transferee of all or a substantial portion of the business, stock and/or assets of the Company and any direct or indirect successor by merger or consolidation or otherwise by operation of law) and (b) be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators of the Director. The Director has no power to assign this Agreement or any rights and obligations hereunder.

 

17.       CHANGE IN LAW. To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) shall mandate broader or narrower indemnification than is provided hereunder, the Director shall be subject to such broader or narrower indemnification and this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to such extent.

 

18.       SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement, or any clause thereof, shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision or clause shall be limited or modified in its application to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision or clause valid, legal and enforceable, and the remaining provisions and clauses of this Agreement shall remain fully enforceable and binding on the parties.

 

19.       MODIFICATIONS AND WAIVER. Except as provided in Clause 17 hereof with respect to changes in applicable law which broaden or narrow the right of the Director to be indemnified by the Company, no supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by each of the parties hereto. No delay in exercise or non-exercise by the Company of any right under this Agreement shall operate as a current or future waiver by it as to its same or different rights under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

20.       NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing in English and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered by hand, (b) when transmitted by facsimile and receipt is acknowledged, or (c) if mailed by express mail with delivery confirmation with postage prepaid, on the 5th business day after the date on which it is so mailed:

 

If to Director, to:

 

  Lionel Therond
  6 Thornton Way
  London NW11 6RY 569267.v4 7
  United Kingdom
  Email: lt@zhrhcorp.com

  

If to the Company, to: bl@zhrhcorp.com

 

Or to such other address as may have been furnished in the same manner by any party to the others.

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21.       GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced under the laws of the State of Nevada.

 

22.       AGREEMENT GOVERNS. This Agreement is to be deemed consistent wherever possible with relevant provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company; however, in the event of a conflict between this Agreement and such provisions, the provisions of this Articles of Incorporation shall take precedence.

 

23.       ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and any employment agreement between the Company and Director constitute the entire agreement between the Company and the Director with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings and agreements with respect to such subject matter.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Director Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

AGREED AGREED
   
Company Director
_________________________ _____________________
Name: Jean-Michel Doublet Name: Lionel Therond
Title:   Chief Executive Officer  

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SCHEDULE A

 

I       POSITION AND EXPECTED TIME COMMITMENT:

 

Position: Director.

 

Time commitment: 1-2 days per month, with 4 board meetings per year, mostly held remotely.

 

II.       COMPENSATION:

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, the Company shall issue to Director certain shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) as follows and subject to the following provisions:

 

The intent of the provisions herein is that, for each full year that Director serves as a director of the Company, the Company shall issue to Director a number of shares of Common Stock having a total value (based on the provisions herein) of US$80,000.

 

The first grant of shares of Common Stock shall be made on the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, and shall be based on the length of Director’s service as a director of the Company as of that date and shall be made only if the Director is serving as a director of the Company as of the time of such closing (then “First Grant”). The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Director in the First Grant shall be based on a value of each share of Common Stock as determined based on the number of shares of Common Stock issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction assuming a pre-money valuation of ZHRH China of USD$30 million. By way of example and not limitation, in the event that 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock are issued to the shareholders of ZHRH China in the ZHRH Transaction, each share of Common Stock issued to Director hereunder for the First Grant shall be deemed to have a value of $1.00, but subject to the provisions herein. By way of further example and not limitation, in the event that as of the date of the closing of the ZHRH Transaction the Director has served as a director of the Corporation for 9 months, in the First Grant the Director shall be issued shares of Common Stock having a total value (determined as set forth herein) of $60,000 (e.g., 60,000 of Common Stock based on the valuation example above). Such shares in the First Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that the Director ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason prior to the vesting of the First Grant shares, such First Grant shares shall be automatically forfeited.

 

Following the closing of the ZHRH Transaction, for calendar each calendar quarter thereafter during which Director continues to serve as a director of the Corporation, the Company shall grant to Director a restricted stock award of shares of Common Stock having a fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or a committee thereof, but in any case without the involvement of the Director) as of the last day of each such calendar quarter of $20,000 (each, a “Quarterly Grant”), with the Quarterly Grant for any fractional calendar quarter (including for any fractional calendar quarter between the closing of the ZHRH transaction and the end of the calendar quarter in which that occurs) to be appropriately pro-rated, and with the shares in each Quarterly Grant to be issued within five days of the end of the prior calendar quarter. Each Quarterly Grant shall vest, if at all, on the one-year anniversary of the applicable grant date, and, once vested, shall be subject to no additional contractual lock-in period. In the event that the Director ceases to serve as a director of the Company for any reason, any Quarterly Grant which has not vested at such time shall be automatically forfeited.

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III.       EXPENSES:

 

During the term of the Director’s service as a director of the Company, the Company shall promptly reimburse the Director for all expenses approved by the Company in advance. The Company shall reimburse any such eligible expenses to the Director promptly, usually within 10 business days, after the expense report and original receipts are submitted.

 

IV.       NO OTHER BENEFITS OF COMPENSATION:

 

The Director acknowledges and agrees that Director is not granted and is not entitled to any other benefits or compensation from the Company for the services provided under this Agreement except expressly provided for in this Schedule A or as determined from time to time by the Company in its sole discretion.

 

AGREED AGREED
   
Company Director
_________________________ _____________________
Name: Jean-Michel Doublet Name: Lionel Therond
Title:   Chief Executive Officer  

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