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): January 26, 2017

 

ID Global Solutions Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   000-54545   46-2069547
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification
Number)

 

160 East Lake Brantley Drive, Longwood, Florida 32779

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

 

407-951-8640

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

Copies to:

Stephen M. Fleming, Esq.

Fleming PLLC

49 Front Street, Suite 206

Rockville Centre, New York 11570

Phone: (516) 833-5034

Fax: (516) 977-1209

 

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

 

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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Agreements of Certain Officers

 

On January 26, 2017, the Board of Directors accepted the resignations of Andras Vago, David Jones and Charles Albanese as directors of ID Global Solutions Corporation (the “Company”). In addition, on January 26, 2017, the Board of Directors accepted Mr. Albanese’s resignation as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. The Company and Mr. Albanese entered into a Confidential Settlement Agreement and General Release dated January 26, 2017 (the “Settlement Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Albanese’s Executive Employment Agreement dated May 28, 2015 was terminated as of January 24, 2017. Within two weeks of the effective date of the Settlement Agreement, the Company is required to pay Mr. Albanese $43,461.51 representing unpaid salary, deferred salary, vacation entitlement and one month’s pay. Upon the Company generating Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization of not less than zero for any quarter as published in the Company’s Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, then the Company will be required to pay to Mr. Albanese the amount of $50,000 within two weeks of such date. The Company will pay Mr. Albanese’s COBRA employee only benefits for a period of six months or through July 2017. The parties agreed that Mr. Albanese’s stock options to acquire 2,625,000 shares of common stock that have vested as of the termination date may be exercised prior to their expiration date but all other options shall lapse and shall no longer be exercisable. The parties agreed that the restricted period on the non-compete portion of Mr. Albanese’s Executive Employment Agreement was reduced from two years to one year. The parties each provided mutual releases.

 

On January 31, 2017, Stuart P. Stoller was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

Mr. Stoller, prior to joining the Company, served as the Chief Financial Officer and Board Member for Testamerica Environmental Services LLC from May 2015 to October 2016. From December 2013 to April 2015, Mr. Stoller was the Chief Financial Officer of Associated Food Stores. Mr. Stoller served as the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for Sleep Innovations, Inc. from August 2009 to October 2013. Prior to joining Sleep Innovations Inc., Mr. Stoller served in various roles with The New York Times including Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller and R.H. Macy & Co., Inc. for 14 years culminating in his role as Senior Vice President. Mr. Stoller received his MBA, Finance from Hofstra University and his BS, Accounting from Brooklyn College. Mr. Stoller is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

On January 31, 2017, Mr. Stoller and the Company entered into an Executive Retention Agreement pursuant to which Mr. Stoller agreed to serve as Chief Financial Officer in consideration of an annual salary of $225,000. The Company has agreed to provide a bonus of 60% of his base salary upon the Company timely filing its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the Company raising gross proceeds of $15 million in debt and/or equity capital and a bonus of 150% of his base salary upon the Company achieving (i) any merger or sale of the Company or its assets, (ii) the Company achieving adjusted EBITDA of $10 million in a fiscal year, (iii) the Company achieving a listing on a national exchange and then or subsequently raising gross proceeds in the amount of $10 million or achieving a valuation of $125 million or (iv) the Company achieving $20 million of revenue on a trailing 12 months basis (“Milestone 2”). The Company also granted Mr. Stoller a Stock Option to acquire 5 million shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.10 per share for a period of ten years. Further, upon the Company being legally entitled to so, the Company has agreed to enter a Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement with Mr. Stoller pursuant to which Mr. Stoller will purchase 5 million shares of common stock at a per share price of $0.0001, which shares of common stock vest upon achieving Milestone 2. The Stock Options vest with respect to (i) one-third of the shares of common stock upon the one year anniversary of the grant date and (ii) in 24 equal tranches commencing on the one-year anniversary of the grant date. The Company and Mr. Stoller also entered into an Indemnification Agreement on January 31, 2017.

 

The employment of Mr. Stoller is at will and may be terminated at any time, with or without formal cause. Pursuant to the terms of executive retention agreements with Mr. Stoller, the Company has agreed to provide specified severance and bonus amounts and to accelerate the vesting on their equity awards or restricted stock purchases upon termination upon a change of control or an involuntary termination, as each term is defined in the agreements.

 

 

 

 

In the event of a termination upon a change of control, Mr. Stoller is entitled to receive an amount equal to 18 months of his base salary and the target bonus then in effect for the executive officer for the year in which such termination occurs, such bonus payment to be pro-rated to reflect the full number of months the executive remained in the Company’s employ. In addition, the vesting on any stock option held by the executive officer will be accelerated in full. At the election of the executive officer, the Company will also continue to provide health related employee insurance coverage for twelve months, at the Company’s expense. The vesting of the restricted stock purchases if acquired by Mr. Stoller will accelerate upon a change in control.

 

In the event of an involuntary termination, Mr. Stoller is entitled to receive an amount equal to 12 months of his base salary and the target bonus then in effect for the executive officer for the year in which such termination occurs, such bonus payment to be pro-rated to reflect the full number of months the executive remained in the Company’s employ. In addition, the vesting on any stock option held by the executive officer will be accelerated in full. At the election of the executive officer, the Company will also continue to provide health related employee insurance coverage for twelve months, at the Company’s expense.

 

The above offers and sales of the securities were made to accredited investors and the Company relied upon the exemptions contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated there under with regards to the sales. No advertising or general solicitation was employed in offerings the securities. The offers and sales were made to accredited investors and transfer of the securities was restricted by the Company in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

The foregoing is only a brief description of the material terms of the above corporate actions and agreements, and does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties under those agreements, and such descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the agreements which are filed as exhibits to this Current Report.

 

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description
     
4.1   Stock Option Agreement entered between the Company and Stuart P. Stoller dated January 31, 2017
     
10.1   Confidential Settlement Agreement and General Release between ID Global Solutions Corporation and Charles D. Albanese dated January 26, 2017
     
10.2   Executive Retention Agreement entered between the Company and Stuart P. Stoller dated January 31, 2017
     
10.3   Indemnification  Agreement entered between the Company and Stuart P. Stoller dated January 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  ID Global Solutions Corporation
     
Date: February 1, 2017 By: /s/Stuart P. Stoller
  Name: Stuart P. Stoller
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

ID GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

 

 

This Stock Option Agreement (" Agreement ") is made and entered into as of the date set forth below, by and between ID GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the " Company "), and the following employee of the Company (herein, the " Optionee "):

 

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

 

1. Option Information.

 

  (a) Date of Option: January 31, 2017
  (b) Optionee: Stuart Stoller
  (c) Number of Shares: 5,000,000
  (d) Exercise Price: $0.10 per share

 

2. Acknowledgements.

 

(a)          Optionee is an employee and executive officer of the Company;

 

(b)         The Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) has authorized the granting to Optionee of a stock option (" Option ") to purchase shares of common stock having a par value of $0.0001 per share of the Company (" Stock ") upon the terms and conditions hereinafter stated and pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the " Securities Act ") provided by Rule 701 and Section 4(a)(2) thereunder.

 

(c)          Concurrent with the issuance of this Option, the Company is engaging in a private placement of its shares of common stock with third party investors under Regulation D Rule 506 as promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whereby the Company issued shares of common stock at a per share purchase price of $0.10 per share.

 

3. Shares; Price. The Company hereby grants to Optionee the right to purchase, upon and subject to the terms and conditions herein stated, the number of shares of Stock set forth in Section 1(c) above (the " Shares ") for cash, or pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined below) at the price per Share set forth in Section 1(d) above (the " Exercise Price ").

 

4. Term of Option. This Option shall expire, and all rights hereunder to purchase the Shares, shall terminate ten (10) years from the date hereof. Vesting under this Option shall earlier terminate pursuant to Sections 7 and 8 hereof upon, and as of the date of, the termination of Optionee's employment if such termination occurs prior to the end of such ten (10) year period, subject to the terms of any retention or other employment agreement, which may have been or may be entered into by the Company with the Optionee, which shall prevail in the event of any conflict with the provisions of this Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall confer upon Optionee the right to the continuation of his or her employment by or office with the Company or to interfere with the right of the Company to terminate such employment or to increase or decrease the compensation of Optionee from the rate in existence at the date hereof.

 

5. Vesting of Option. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof, this Option shall vest with respect to (i) one-third of the Shares upon the one year anniversary of the date hereof and (ii) in 24 equal tranches commencing on the one-year anniversary of the date hereof.

 

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6. Exercise. This Option may be exercised during the Term of this Option by delivery to the Company of (a) written notice of exercise stating the number of Shares being purchased (in whole shares only) and such other information set forth on the form of Notice of Exercise attached hereto as Appendix A , (b) a check or cash in the amount of the Exercise Price of the Shares covered by the notice (or such other consideration as has been approved by the Board of Directors) and (c) a written investment representation as provided for in Section 13 hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Option, this Option may be exercised by presentation and surrender of this Option to the Company at its principal executive offices with a written notice of the holder’s intention to effect a cashless exercise, including a calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such exercise in accordance with the terms hereof (a “Cashless Exercise”). In the event of a Cashless Exercise, in lieu of paying the Exercise Price in cash, the holder shall surrender this Option for that number of shares of Common Stock determined by multiplying the number of Shares to which it would otherwise be entitled by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the difference between the then current Market Price per share of the Common Stock and the Exercise Price, and the denominator of which shall be the then current Market Price per share of Common Stock. Market Price is defined as the average closing price on the principal trading market for the Common Stock during the thirty (30) trading days immediately preceding the exercise date. This Option shall not be assignable or transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

 

7. Termination of Employment. If Optionee shall cease to be employed by the Company for any reason, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, other than by his or her death, (a) vesting of the Shares pursuant to Section 5 shall immediately cease; and (b) Optionee (or if the Optionee shall die after such termination, but prior to such exercise date, Optionee's personal representative or the person entitled to succeed to the Option) shall have the right at any time within three (3) months following such termination of employment or the remaining term of this Option, whichever is the lesser, to exercise in whole or in part this Option to the extent, but only to the extent, that this Option was exercisable as of the date of termination of employment and had not previously been exercised; provided, however: if Optionee is permanently disabled (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) at the time of termination, the foregoing three (3) month period shall be extended to six (6) months;

 

8. Death of Optionee. If the Optionee shall die while in the employ of the Company, (a) vesting of the Shares pursuant to Section 5 shall immediately cease; and (b) Optionee's personal representative or the person entitled to Optionee's rights hereunder may at any time within six (6) months after the date of Optionee's death, or during the remaining term of this Option, whichever is the lesser, exercise this Option and purchase Shares to the extent, but only to the extent, that Optionee could have exercised this Option as of the date of Optionee's death; provided, in any case, that this Option may be so exercised only to the extent that this Option has not previously been exercised by Optionee.

 

9. No Rights as Shareholder. Optionee shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to the Shares covered by any installment of this Option until the effective date of the issuance of shares following exercise of this to Option, and no adjustment will be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate or certificates are issued except as provided in Section 10 hereof.

 

10. Recapitalization. Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company, the number of Shares covered by this Option, and the Exercise Price thereof, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of shares or the payment of a stock dividend.

 

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11. Taxation upon Exercise of Option.

 

(a) Optionee understands that, upon exercise of this Option, Optionee will become liable for Federal, state, local or foreign income taxes, based on the amount by which the fair market value of the Shares, determined as of the date of exercise, exceeds the Exercise Price.

 

(b) If the Company, in its discretion, determines that it is obligated to withhold any taxes in connection with the exercise of the Option, the Optionee must make arrangements satisfactory to the Company to pay or provide for any applicable federal, state, local or foreign withholding obligations of the Company. The Optionee may satisfy any federal, state, local or foreign tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise of the Option by any of the means set forth in Section 6, or the Company has the right to withhold Taxes from any compensation payable to Optionee.

 

(c) Notwithstanding any action the Company takes with respect to any or all taxes, the ultimate liability for all taxes is and remains the Optionee's responsibility and the Company (a) makes no representation or undertakings regarding the calculation or treatment of any taxes in connection with the grant, vesting, or exercise of the Option or the subsequent sale of any Shares acquired on exercise; and (b) does not commit to structure the Option to reduce or eliminate the Optionee's liability for any taxes.

 

12. Modification, Extension and Renewal of Options. The Board may modify, extend or renew this Option or accept the surrender thereof (to the extent not theretofore exercised) and authorize the granting of a new option in substitution therefore (to the extent not theretofore exercised). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, no modification shall, without the consent of the Optionee, alter to the Optionee's detriment or impair any rights of Optionee hereunder.

 

13. Investment Intent; Restrictions on Transfer.

 

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

 

(b) Optionee further represents that Optionee has had access to the financial statements or books and records of the Company, has had the opportunity to ask questions of the Company concerning its business, operations and financial condition, and to obtain additional information reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of such information.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

14. Notices. Any notice required to be given pursuant to this Option shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be delivered upon receipt or, in the case of notices by the Company, five (5) days after deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid, addressed to Optionee at the address last provided by Optionee for use in Company records related to Optionee.

 

15. This Option has been granted, executed and delivered in the State of New York, and the interpretation and enforcement shall be governed by the laws thereof and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts therein.

 

In Witness Whereof , the parties hereto have executed this Option as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY: ID GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION ,
  a Delaware corporation
   
  By: /s/ Thomas R. Szoke
  Name: Thomas R. Szoke
  Title: CEO
   
OPTIONEE: STUART STOLLER
   
  /s/Stuart Stoller

 

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Appendix A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

ID GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

   
   
   

 

Re: Stock Option

 

1)         Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 6 of my Stock Option Agreement that I elect to purchase the number of shares set forth below at the exercise price set forth in my option agreement:

 

Stock Option Agreement dated: ______________

 

Number of shares being purchased: ____________

 

Exercise Price: $____________

 

A check in the amount of the aggregate price of the shares being purchased is attached.

 

OR

 

2)         I elect a cashless exercise pursuant to Section 6 of my Stock Option Agreement. The Market Price as of _______ was $_______.

 

I hereby confirm that such shares are being acquired by me for my own account for investment purposes, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof. I will not sell or dispose of my Shares in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any applicable federal or state securities laws.

 

I understand that the certificate representing the Option Shares will bear a restrictive legend within the contemplation of the Securities Act and as required by such other state or federal law or regulation applicable to the issuance or delivery of the Option Shares.

 

  By:  
    ( signature )
  Name:  

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE

 

This Confidential Settlement Agreement and General Release (“Agreement”) is made by and between Charles Albanese (“Albanese”) and ID Global Solutions Corporation (“the Company”), (collectively, the “Parties”).

 

WHEREAS , Albanese was employed by the Company as its Chief Financial Officer pursuant to an Executive Employment Agreement dated May 28, 2015 (the “Employment Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS , the Parties are entering into this Agreement for the purposes of terminating the Employment Agreement by mutual consent and settling, compromising and resolving all claims between them;

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the execution of this Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1.              Termination of Employment Agreement.

 

(a)          The parties hereby agree that the Employment Agreement is hereby terminated effective as of Tuesday January 24, 2017 (“Termination Date”) and that neither party shall thenceforth owe any duties or obligations to each other under the Employment Agreement, including but not limited to the obligation on the part of the Company to pay to Albanese any remuneration or other compensation for any period whether before or after the Termination Date.

 

(b)          Albanese shall upon the execution hereof tender his resignation to the Company as a Director and as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

(c)          The Company shall timely file all such reports as may be required under Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules in relation to such resignations and this Agreement and Albanese shall provide all such reasonable assistance and information to Company as may be required for such purpose.

 

2.              Settlement Terms. In consideration for the release and other covenants in this Settlement Agreement, the Company shall provide the following:

 

(a)          The Company shall within two (2) weeks of the Effective Date (as defined in Section 8(h), below) pay to Albanese the total agreed-upon amount of forty-three thousand, four hundred sixty one and 51/100 Dollars ($43,461.51) (less all applicable deductions required by law) representing the following:

 

(i) Five thousand, three hundred eighty-four and 61/100 Dollars ($5,384.61), in respect of unpaid salary through the Termination Date less all applicable deductions required by law.

 

(ii) Eight thousand, three hundred, thirty-three and 33/100 Dollars ($8,333.33), in deferred salary from July of 2016, less all applicable deductions required by law

 

 

 

 

(iii) Albanese’s unused 2016 vacation entitlement through the Termination Date is seventeen (17) vacation days. Albanese will therefore be paid for these unused vacation days in the amount of thirteen thousand, seventy-six and 91/100 Dollars ($13,076.91), less all applicable deductions required by law; and

 

(iv) An additional amount equal to one month’s pay in the amount of sixteen thousand, six hundred sixty-six and 66/100 Dollars ($16,666.66)

 

(b)          Subject to and conditional upon the satisfaction of the condition set forth in this section 2(b), the Company shall pay to Albanese the additional amount of fifty thousand Dollars ($50,000), less all applicable deductions required by law, within two (2) weeks after satisfaction of such condition. For the purposes of this section 2(b) the condition shall be the publication by the Company of financial statements, included in a report filed with the SEC on form 10Q or 10K showing Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”) for the quarterly period then just ended, which are not less than zero Dollars $0.00. For the avoidance of doubt, there shall be no obligation to make any such payment unless and until such condition is satisfied.

 

(c)          The Company agrees to pay directly Albanese’s COBRA employee only benefits (not including family coverage) for six (6) months, spanning from February 2017 through July 2017, provided Albanese elects to take up such coverage. As Albanese is enrolled in the Company’s healthcare plans, coverage will end on the last day of the month during which separation occurred, January 31, 2017. Commencing February 1, 2017, Albanese is eligible for continued medical coverage under the federal law known as COBRA. Coverage may be purchased for up to eighteen (18) months, of which Company agrees to pay the first six months’ premiums, or until Albanese is covered under another employer’s plan. Information on how to elect COBRA coverage will be mailed to Albanese directly from the medical provider.

 

(d)          The Company and Albanese acknowledge that the 2,625,000 stock options he received as an employee of the Company that were vested on the Termination Date may be exercised within their stated Exercise Period i.e. prior to May 27, 2020; otherwise, all such options shall lapse and shall no longer be exercisable and any other terms of the Stock Option Agreement will remain in effect.

 

(e)            Albanese will be permitted to keep the Lenovo ThinkCentre computer tower, monitor and other accessories provided by Company for his use at no cost to him.

 

(f)            The Restricted Period defined in the Employment Agreement Paragraph 5(i) is hereby reduced to one (1) year from two (2) years.

 

3.              Adequacy of Consideration. Albanese understands and agrees that the sums that the Company has agreed to pay and the actions that it has agreed to take or refrain from taking pursuant to this Agreement are a result of the Parties’ negotiations, have not been established to be required of the Company in the absence of this Agreement, do not constitute an admission of liability, and constitute adequate and reasonable consideration for the Agreement.

 

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4.              Reciprocal Release of Claims.

 

(a)          On the condition that the Company timely meets its obligations in Sections 2(a) and 2(b), and in consideration for the Company’s undertakings and release described herein, Albanese, for himself and his agents, successors, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally forever releases and discharges the Company and each of its current and former predecessors, successors, affiliates, subsidiaries, benefit plans, insurers, reinsurers and assigns, and each of their current and former directors, officers, members, trustees, administrators, employees (as such), representatives and agents (collectively, the “Company Releasees”), from any and all actual or potential claims, demands, actions, causes of action or liabilities of any kind or nature, whether known or unknown, direct or indirect, up to and including the date of this Agreement, except for claims which are specifically excluded by this Agreement. The released claims include, but are not limited to, all claims related to or arising out of Albanese’s relationship with the Company; claims for reinstatement, unpaid compensation, bonuses, benefits or business expenses; claims for attorneys’ fees or other indemnities; claims for breach of contract or promise, real or implied; claims for fraud, misrepresentation, physical or personal injury, emotional distress, libel, slander, defamation and similar or related claims; claims for wrongful termination; claims for discrimination, harassment or retaliation of any kind; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the Reconstruction Era Civil Rights Acts, including 42 U.S.C. §1981 and 42 U.S.C. §1983, the Family and Medical Leave Act and any similar state laws, all applicable state and local wage and hour laws, the Codes, Rules and Regulations of the States of New Jersey and Florida and any amendments to any of the above laws; and claims under any constitution, common law or any other federal, state or local law, including those not specifically listed above.

 

For the purpose of implementing a full and complete release and discharge of the Company Releasees as set forth above, Albanese acknowledges and agrees that this Release is intended to include in its effect, without limitation, all claims known or unknown that he has or may have against the Company Releasees, up to and including the date of this Agreement, except for claims which: (a) cannot be released solely by private agreement; (b) are to enforce or challenge this Agreement; (c) arise after the effective date of this Agreement; (d) are for vested ERISA benefits; or (e) arise by virtue of Albanese’s status as a shareholder, rather than as an employee of the Company;

 

(b)          In consideration of the foregoing release and such other undertakings by Albanese provided for in this Agreement, the Company likewise releases Albanese, his agents, successors, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns (the “Albanese Releasees”) from any and all actual or potential claims, demands, actions, causes of action or liabilities of any kind or nature, whether known or unknown, direct or indirect, up to and including the date of this Agreement, except for claims which are specifically excluded by this Agreement. The released claims include, but are not limited to, all claims related to or arising out of Albanese’s relationship with the Company; claims for attorneys’ fees or other indemnities; claims for breach of contract or promise, real or implied; claims for fraud, misrepresentation, negligence or breach of duty. Company indemnifies and holds the Albanese Releasees harmless for and from any claims of any kind that the Company Releasees may have against him, in all cases whether known or unknown, arising under the laws of any jurisdiction, up to and including the date of this Agreement. Company acknowledges and agrees that this Release is intended to include in its effect, without limitation, all claims known or unknown that he has or may have against the Albanese Releasees, up to and including the date of this Agreement, except for claims that (a) cannot be released solely by private agreement, (b) are to enforce or challenge this Agreement, or (c) arise after the effective date of this Agreement.

 

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5.              Confidentiality.

 

(a)          The Parties acknowledge that the terms of this Agreement, and the fact of this settlement, are strictly confidential, except to the extent that he same are required to be disclosed pursuant to SEC rules and applicable law. Accordingly, the Parties agree not to disclose or cause to be disclosed, either directly or indirectly, to any person or organization (other than their attorneys, spouses, accountants or financial advisors) any information regarding the fact of, terms of, negotiations regarding this Agreement.

 

(b)          Albanese acknowledges his duty under Section 6, the Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information provisions of the Employment Agreement to protect the Company’s confidential and proprietary information. In accordance with such Employment Agreement Albanese has agreed not to disclose or otherwise reveal or use for his own or another person or organization’s benefit any Confidential Information (as defined in the Employment Agreement) that he acquired during his employment with respect to the business or operations of the Company, or its customers. Albanese acknowledges that he is obliged under such Agreement to take all action reasonably necessary to maintain the confidentiality of any such confidential and proprietary information.

 

(c)          In accordance with the above-referenced Section 6 e., but subject to Section 2(e) relating to the computer, Albanese agrees to promptly return all Company property in his possession or under his control, including all, documents containing confidential, proprietary information and/or trade secrets, customer and prospect lists, manuals, project plans, specifications, guidelines, , credit cards, to Thomas Szoke, CEO

 

6.              Entire Agreement, Modification and Severability. This Agreement (including the Recitals) sets forth the entire agreement between the Parties and fully supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings, written or oral, between the Parties pertaining to its subject matter, except as noted or referenced in Section 2(c) (options) and Section 5(b) (confidentiality), above.

 

7.              Controlling Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive and procedural laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to principles of conflicts or choice of laws thereof, and each party hereby consents to suit in and submits to the jurisdiction of by any court of competent jurisdiction in New Jersey, and this Agreement shall be interpreted as neutral as between the Parties, without regard to any presumptions, inferences or rules of construction based on the authorship of the Agreement.

 

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8.              Voluntary Execution. Albanese explicitly and unconditionally acknowledges and agrees that he:

 

(a)          has carefully read and fully understands all of the terms of this Agreement;

 

(b)          understands that by signing this Agreement, he is waiving his rights to all claims described in Paragraph 3 of this Agreement, including any and all claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.), and that he is not waiving any rights arising after the date that this Agreement is signed;

 

(c)          knowingly and voluntarily agrees to all of the terms set forth in this Agreement;

 

(d)          knowingly and voluntarily intends to be legally bound by this Agreement;

 

(e)          is receiving consideration (i.e. resolution of a dispute without the risks and burdens of arbitration, a release, and a promise of confidentiality) in addition to anything of value to which he is already entitled;

 

(f)          is hereby advised in writing to consult with an attorney prior to signing this Agreement;

 

(g)          has been given 21 days within which to consider this Agreement before signing it, and understands that the running of that 21-day period will not be re-started by any changes to this Agreement;

 

(h)          is hereby advised that he may revoke this Agreement in writing within 7 days of signing it (by submitting such written revocation to first by e-mail and then by U.S. Mail Thomas Szoke, CEO, ID Global Solutions Corp, 160 E. Lake Brantley Drive, Longwood, FL 32779 no later than the 8th day after signing), and that therefore, this Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable, nor shall any consideration be paid, until this 7-day revocation period has expired (the “Effective Date”); and

 

(i)          has not been coerced, threatened, or intimidated in any way into signing this Agreement.

 

9.              Employment Verification : All inquiries regarding Albanese’s employment with the Company should be directed to Sue Bannister – HR Department , ID Global Solutions Corp., 160 E. Lake Brantley Drive, Longwood, FL 32779 telephone number – 407 951-8640, fax 407 951-8634, or email: suebannister@idglobal.com. Reference inquiries will be responded to only by verifying dates of employment and last position held.

 

10.             Future Address & Email Changes : As it may be necessary for the Company to reach Albanese in the future, Company requests that he notify the Company if he changes his residence or email address. All such notifications should be sent to Sue Bannister – HR Department , ID Global Solutions Corp., 160 E. Lake Brantley Drive, Longwood, FL 32779 telephone number – 407 951-8640, fax 407 951-8634, or email: suebannister@idglobal.com..

 

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11.             Non-Disparagement:

 

(a)          Albanese agrees and covenants that he will not at any time make, publish or communicate to any person or entity or in any public forum any defamatory or disparaging remarks, comments or statements concerning the Company or its businesses, or any of its employees, officers, and existing and prospective customers, suppliers, investors and other associated third parties.

 

(b)            Company agrees and covenants that it will not at any time make, publish or communicate to any person or entity or in any public forum any defamatory or disparaging remarks, comments or statements concerning Albanese.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, by signing below, the Parties have executed this Confidential Settlement Agreement and General Release, freely and voluntarily.

 

THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT AND RELEASE/WAIVER OF CLAIMS

READ CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING

 

/s/ Charles Albanese Dated: 1/23/17
Charles Albanese  
   
ID GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORP.  
     
By: /s/ Thomas Szoke Dated: 1/26/17
  Name: Thomas Szoke  
  Title:  CEO  

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTIVE RETENTION AGREEMENT

 

This Executive Retention Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of January 31, 2017 by and between ID GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and STUART STOLLER (the “ Executive ”).

 

Recitals:

 

WHEREAS, the Executive is a key employee of the Company who possesses valuable proprietary knowledge of the Company, its business and operations and the markets in which the Company competes; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to enter into this Agreement to encourage the Executive to continue to devote the Executive’s full attention and dedication to the success of the Company, and to provide specified compensation and benefits to the Executive in the event of a Termination Upon Change of Control or certain other terminations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

 

1. PURPOSE AND TERM

 

The purpose of this Agreement is to provide specified compensation and benefits to the Executive in the event of (i) a Termination Upon Change of Control or (ii) an Involuntary Termination. Subject to the terms of any applicable written employment agreement between Company and the Executive (as to which Executive acknowledges no other such agreement exists as of the date hereof), either the Executive or Company may terminate the Executive’s employment at any time for any reason, with or without notice. The term of this Agreement shall be the period from the date set forth above until Executive’s employment is terminated for any reason or this Agreement is terminated by mutual agreement of the parties.

 

2. COMPENSATION AND TERMINATION GENERALLY

 

2.1            Compensation . The Executive’s current base salary of $225,000 per annum shall remain in place, but shall be subject to periodic review and modification by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) as may be delegated to the Remuneration Committee of the Board (references herein to the Remuneration Committee shall include reference to the Board if no such Committee exists at any time) at such time or times as it shall determine. The Company’s Remuneration Committee shall also from time to time, in its discretion, determine the type and amount of other forms of compensation for Executive’s service with the Company (including, without limitation, stock options or other forms of equity awards).

 

2.2            Termination of Employment Generally . In the event the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates, for any reason whatsoever including death or disability the Executive shall be entitled to the benefits described in this Section 2.2.

 

2.2.1            Accrued Salary and Vacation . All salary and accrued vacation earned through the Termination Date shall be paid to Executive on such date.

 

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2.2.2            Accrued Bonus Payment . The Executive shall receive a lump sum payment of any actual bonus amount to the extent that all the conditions for payment of such bonus have been satisfied and any such bonus was earned and is unpaid on the Termination Date.

 

2.2.3            Expense Reimbursement . Within ten (10) days following submission to the Company of proper expense reports by the Executive, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for all expenses incurred by the Executive, consistent with the Company’s expense reimbursement policy in effect prior to the incurring of each such expense, in connection with the business of the Company prior to the Termination Date.

 

2.2.4            Equity Compensation . The period during which the Executive may exercise any rights (“ Exercise Period ”) under any outstanding stock options and shares of restricted stock (or any other equity award, including, without limitation, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock units) granted to the Executive under any under any equity incentive plan or agreement (the “ Company Plans ”) shall be extended so as to expire on the last day of the term applicable to such stock option, as measured from the Termination Date.

 

3. TERMINATION UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL

 

3.1            Severance Payment . In the event of the Executive’s Termination Upon Change of Control, the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to 1.5 times the amount set forth in Section 4.1 which shall be paid according to the following schedule: (i) a lump sum payment equal to one-half of such amount shall be payable within ten (10) days following the Termination Date, and (ii) one-third of the balance of such amount shall be payable within ten (10) days of each of the three-month, six-month and nine-month anniversaries of the Termination Date (and in each case no interest shall accrue on such amount); provided, however, that if Section 409A of the Code would otherwise apply to such cash severance payment, it instead shall be paid at such time as permitted by Section 409A of the Code. In addition to the foregoing severance payment, in the event of the Executive’s Termination Upon Change of Control, the Executive shall be entitled to receive, within ten (10) days following the Termination Upon Change of Control, a lump sum payment equal to one hundred percent (100%) of (a) any actual bonus amount earned with respect to a previous year to the extent that all the conditions for payment of such bonus have been satisfied (excluding any requirement to be in employment with the Company as of a given date which is after the Termination Date) and any such bonus was earned but is unpaid on the Termination Date; and (b) the target bonus then in effect for the Executive for the year in which such termination occurs, such payment to be prorated to reflect the full number of months the Executive remained in the employ of the Company; provided, however, that if Section 409A of the Code would otherwise apply to such cash payment, it instead shall be paid at such time as permitted by Section 409A of the Code. To illustrate, if the Executive’s target bonus at 100% equals $120,000 for the calendar year and the Executive is terminated on October 15 th , then the foregoing payment shall equal $100,000 (i.e., ten (10) months’ prorated bonus at one hundred percent (100%) with October counting as a full month worked).

 

3.2            Equity Compensation Acceleration . Upon the Executive’s Termination Upon Change of Control, the vesting and exercisability of all then outstanding stock options and shares of restricted stock (or any other equity award, including, without limitation, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock units) granted to the Executive under any Company Plans shall be accelerated as to 100% of the shares subject to any such equity awards granted to the Executive. In addition, the Exercise Period, under the Company Plans for the purposes of the Executive’s stock options granted under the Company Plans shall be extended so as to expire on the last day of the term applicable to such stock option, as measured from the date of Termination Upon Change of Control.

 

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3.3            COBRA . If the Executive timely elects coverage under the Consolidated Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“ COBRA ”), the Company shall continue to provide to the Executive, at the Company’s expense, the Company’s health-related employee insurance coverage for the employee only as in effect immediately prior to the Executive’s Termination Upon Change of Control for a period of twelve (12) months following such Termination Upon Change of Control. The date of the “qualifying event” for the Executive and any dependents shall be the Termination Date.

 

3.4            Indemnification . In the event of the Executive’s Termination Upon Change of Control, (a) the Company shall continue to indemnify the Executive against all claims related to actions arising prior to the termination of the Executive’s employment to the fullest extent permitted by law, and (b) if the Executive was covered by the Company’s directors’ and officers’ insurance policy, or an equivalent thereto, (the “ D&O Insurance Policy ”) immediately prior to the Change of Control, the Company or its Successor shall continue to provide coverage under a D&O Insurance Policy for not less than twenty-four (24) months following the Executive’s Termination Upon Change of Control on substantially the same terms of the D&O Insurance Policy in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control.

 

4. INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION

 

4.1            Severance Payment . In the event of the Executive’s Involuntary Termination, at any time after the expiration of twelve months from the date hereof the Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to twelve (12) months of the Executive’s Base Salary which shall be paid according to the following schedule: (i) a lump sum payment equal to one-fourth of such amount shall be payable within ten (10) days following the Termination Date, and (ii) one-fourth of such amount shall be payable within ten (10) days of each of the three-month, six-month and nine-month anniversaries of the Termination Date (and in each case no interest shall accrue on such amount); provided, however, that if Section 409A of the Code would otherwise apply to such cash severance payment, it instead shall be paid at such time as permitted by Section 409A of the Code. In addition to the foregoing severance payment, in the event of the Executive’s Involuntary Termination, the Executive shall be entitled to receive, within ten (10) days following the Executive’s Involuntary Termination, a lump sum payment equal to one hundred percent (100%) of (a) any actual bonus amount earned with respect to a previous year to the extent that all the conditions for payment of such bonus have been satisfied (excluding any requirement to be in employment with the Company as of a given date which is after the Termination Date) and any such bonus was earned but is unpaid on the Termination Date; and (b) the target bonus then in effect for the Executive for the year in which such termination occurs, such payment to be prorated to reflect the full number of months the Executive remained in the employ of the Company; provided, however, that if Section 409A of the Code would otherwise apply to such cash payment, it instead shall be paid at such time as permitted by Section 409A of the Code. To illustrate, if the Executive’s target bonus at 100% equals $120,000 for the calendar year and the Executive is terminated on October 15 th , then the foregoing payment shall equal $100,000 (i.e., ten (10) months’ prorated bonus at one hundred percent (100%) with October counting as a full month worked). For the avoidance of doubt, this section shall not apply to the bonuses referenced in Executive’s Employment Offer Letter dated as of January 31, 2017.

 

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4.2            Equity Compensation Acceleration . Upon the Executive’s Involuntary Termination, at any time after the expiration of twelve months from the date hereof, the vesting and exercisability of all then outstanding stock options but not shares of restricted stock which are subject to a milestone bonus referenced in Executive’s Employment Offer Letter dated as of January 31, 2017 (or any other equity award, including, without limitation, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock units) granted to the Executive under any Company Plans shall be accelerated as to 100% of the shares subject to any such equity awards granted to the Executive. In addition, the Exercise Period, under the Company Plans for the purposes of the Executive’s stock options granted under the Company Plans shall be extended so as to expire on the last day of the term applicable to such stock option, as measured from the date of Involuntary Termination.

 

4.3            COBRA . In the event of the Executive’s Involuntary Termination, at any time after the expiration of twelve months after the date hereof, if the Executive timely elects coverage under the Consolidated Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“ COBRA ”), the Company shall continue to provide to the Executive, at the Company’s expense, the Company’s health-related employee insurance coverage for the employee only as in effect immediately prior to the Executive’s Involuntary Termination for a period of twelve (12) months following such Involuntary Termination. The date of the “qualifying event” for the Executive and any dependents shall be the Termination Date.

 

4.4            Indemnification . In the event of the Executive’s Involuntary Termination, (a) the Company shall continue to indemnify the Executive against all claims related to actions arising prior to the Termination Date to the fullest extent permitted by law, and (b) if the Executive was covered by the D&O Insurance Policy immediately prior to the Termination Date, the Company shall continue to provide coverage under a D&O Insurance Policy for not less than twenty-four (24) months following the Executive’s Involuntary Termination on substantially the same terms of the D&O Insurance Policy in effect immediately prior to the Termination Date.

 

5. FEDERAL EXCISE TAX UNDER SECTION 280G

 

5.1            Excise Tax . If (a) any amounts payable to the Executive under this Agreement or otherwise are characterized as excess parachute payments pursuant to Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and (b) the Executive thereby would be subject to any United States federal excise tax due to that characterization, then if Executive would thereby be in a better after-tax position, the Company may elect, in the Company’s sole discretion, to reduce the amounts payable under this Agreement or otherwise, or to have any portion of applicable options or restricted stock not vest or become exercisable, in order to avoid any “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code.

 

5.2            Calculation by Independent Public Accountants . Unless the Company and the Executive otherwise agree in writing, any calculation of the amount of any excess parachute payments payable by the Executive shall be made in writing by the Company’s independent public accountants (the “ Accountants ”) whose conclusion shall be final and binding on the parties. For purposes of making such calculations, the Accountants may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code. The Company and the Executive shall furnish to the Accountants such information and documents as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make the required calculations. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses the Accountants may charge in connection with these services, but the engagement of the Accountants for this purpose shall be pursuant to an agreement between the Executive and the Accountants.

 

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6. DEFINITIONS

 

6.1            Capitalized Terms Defined . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 4, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.

 

6.2            Base Salary ” means the greater of (a) if applicable, the monthly salary of the Executive in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control, or (b) the monthly salary of the Executive in effect immediately prior to the Termination Date.

 

6.3            Cause ” means:

 

(a) the Executive willfully failed to follow the lawful written directions of the Board of Directors of the Company or Executive’s immediate superior; provided that no termination for such Cause shall occur unless the Executive: (i) has been provided with notice, specifying such willful failure in reasonable detail, of the Company’s intention to terminate the Executive for Cause; and (ii) has failed to cure or correct such willful failure within thirty (30) days of receiving such notice;

 

(b) the Executive engaged in gross misconduct, or gross incompetence which is materially detrimental to the Company; provided that no termination for such Cause shall occur unless the Executive: (i) has been provided with notice, specifying such gross misconduct or gross incompetence in reasonable detail, of the Company’s intention to terminate the Executive for Cause; and (ii) has failed to cure or correct such gross misconduct within thirty (30) days of receiving such notice;

 

(c) the Executive willfully failed to comply in any material respect with the Employee Invention Assignment & Confidentiality Agreement, the Company’s share dealing code, the Employee’s non-competition agreement or any other reasonable policies of the Company where non-compliance would be materially detrimental to the Company; provided that no termination for such Cause shall occur unless the Executive: (i) has been provided with notice of the Company’s intention to terminate the Executive for such Cause, and (ii) has failed to cure or correct such willful failure within thirty (30) days of receiving such notice, provided that such notice and cure period requirements shall not apply in the event that such non-compliance is of a nature that it is unable to be remedied; or

 

(d) is convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude (excluding drunk driving unless combined with other aggravating circumstances or offenses) or commission of a fraud which the Company reasonably believes would reflect adversely on the Company.

 

6.4            Change of Control ” means:

 

(a) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty (50%) percent or more of (i) the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, or (ii) the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities;

 

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(b) the Company is party to a merger or consolidation, or series of related transactions, which results in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto failing to continue to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity), directly or indirectly, at least fifty (50%) percent of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation;

 

(c) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, or consummation of any transaction, or series of related transactions, having similar effect (other than to a subsidiary of the Company);

 

(d) a change in the composition of the Board within any consecutive two-year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” shall mean directors who either (i) were directors of the Company as of the effective date of this Agreement, or (ii) are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of a least a majority of those directors whose election or nomination was not in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest related to the election of directors to the Company; or

 

(e) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company.

 

6.5            Company ” shall mean ID Global Solutions Corporation and, following a Change of Control, any Successor.

 

6.6            Involuntary Termination ” means:

 

(a) any termination without Cause of the employment of the Executive by the Company; or

 

(b) any resignation by Executive for Good Reason where such resignation occurs within one hundred twenty (120) days following the occurrence of such Good Reason.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Involuntary Termination” shall not include any termination of the employment of the Executive: (1) by the Company for Cause; (2) by the Company as a result of the Permanent Disability of the Executive; (3) as a result of the death of the Executive; (4) that occurs within the period of time to qualify as a “Termination Upon Change of Control”; or (5) as a result of the voluntary termination of employment by the Executive for any reason other than Good Reason.

 

6.7            Good Reason ” means the occurrence of any of the following conditions, without the Executive’s written consent:

 

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(a) Any act, set of facts or omissions with respect to the Executive that would, as a matter of applicable law, constitute a constructive termination of the Executive.

 

(b) The assignment to the Executive of a title, position, responsibilities or duties that is not a “Substantive Functional Equivalent” to the title, position, responsibilities or duties which the Executive had immediately prior to such assignment (including, as relevant, immediately prior to the public announcement of the Change of Control).

 

(c) A reduction in the Executive’s Base Salary or, if applicable, target bonus opportunity (subject to applicable performance requirements with respect to the actual amount of bonus compensation earned similar to the applicable performance requirements currently in effect), and in the event of a Change of Control, as compared to Executive’s Base Salary and target bonus opportunity in effect immediately prior to the public announcement of the Change of Control; provided, however, that this clause (c) shall not apply in the event of a reduction in the Executive’s Base Salary or, if applicable, target bonus opportunity as part of a Company-wide or executive team-wide cost-cutting measure or Company-wide or executive team-wide cutback as a result of overall Company performance.

 

(d) The failure of the Company (i) to continue to provide the Executive an opportunity to participate in any benefit or compensation plans provided to employees who hold positions with the Company comparable to the Executive’s position, (ii) to provide the Executive all other fringe benefits (or the equivalent) in effect for the benefit of any employee group which includes any employee who hold a position with the Company comparable to the Executive’s position, where in the event of a Change of Control, such comparison shall be made relative to the time immediately prior to the public announcement of such Change of Control); or (iii) continue to provide director’s and officers’ insurance.

 

(e) A material breach of this Agreement by the Company, including, in the event of a Change of Control, failure of the Company to obtain the consent of a Successor to perform all of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement.

 

The Executive must first give the Company an opportunity to cure any of the foregoing within thirty (30) days following delivery to the Company of a written explanation specifying the specific basis for Executive’s belief that Executive is entitled to terminate employment for Good Reason, and Executive terminates employment with the Company not later than (30) days following the Company’s failure to cure.

 

6.8            Permanent Disability ” means that:

 

(a) the Executive has been incapacitated by bodily injury, illness or disease so as to be prevented thereby from engaging in the performance of the Executive’s duties;

 

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(b) such total incapacity shall have continued for a period of six consecutive months; and

 

(c) such incapacity will, in the opinion of a qualified physician, be permanent and continuous during the remainder of the Executive’s life.

 

6.9            Substantive Functional Equivalent ” means that the Executive’s position must:

 

(a) be in a substantive area of the Executive’s competence (e.g., finance or executive management) and not materially different from the position occupied immediately prior;

 

(b) allow the Executive to serve in a role and perform duties functionally equivalent to those performed immediately prior; and

 

(c) not otherwise constitute a material, adverse change in authority, title, status, responsibilities or duties from those of the Executive immediately prior, causing the Executive to be of materially lesser rank or responsibility, including requiring the Executive to report to a person other than the Board.

 

6.10          Successor ” means any successor in interest to, or assignee of, substantially all of the business and assets of the Company.

 

6.11          Termination Date ” means the date of the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company.

 

6.12          Termination Upon Change of Control ” means:

 

(a) any termination of the employment of the Executive by the Company without Cause during the period commencing on or after the date that the Company first publicly announces a definitive agreement that results in a Change of Control (even though still subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders and other conditions and contingencies, but provided that the Change of Control actually occurs) and ending on the date which is twelve (12) months following the Change of Control; or

 

(b) any resignation by Executive for Good Reason where (i) such Good Reason occurs during the period commencing on or after the date that the Company first publicly announces a definitive agreement that results in a Change of Control (even though still subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders and other conditions and contingencies, but provided that the Change of Control actually occurs) and ending on the date which is twelve (12) months following the Change of Control, and (ii) such resignation occurs at or after such Change in Control and in any event within six (6) months following the occurrence of such Good Reason.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Termination Upon Change of Control” shall not include any termination of the employment of the Executive: (1) by the Company for Cause; (2) by the Company as a result of the Permanent Disability of the Executive; (3) as a result of the death of the Executive; or (4) as a result of the voluntary termination of employment by the Executive for any reason other than Good Reason.

 

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7. EXCLUSIVE REMEDY

 

7.1            No Other Benefits Payable . The Executive shall be entitled to no other termination, severance or change of control compensation, benefits, or other payments from the Company as a result of any termination with respect to which the payments and benefits described in Section 2 have been provided to the Executive, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

 

7.2            No Limitation of Regular Benefit Plans . Except as may be provided elsewhere in this Agreement, this Agreement is not intended to and shall not affect, limit or terminate any plans, programs or arrangements of the Company that are regularly made available to a significant number of employees or officers of the Company, including, without limitation, the Company’s stock option plans.

 

7.3            Release of Claims . The payment of the benefits described in Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement is conditioned upon the delivery by the Executive to the Company of a signed and effective general release of claims as provided by the Company; provided, however, that the Executive shall not be required to release any rights the Executive may have to be indemnified by the Company or as otherwise provided under this Agreement.

 

7.4            Noncumulation of Benefits . The Executive may not cumulate cash severance payments, stock option vesting and exercisability and restricted stock vesting under this Agreement, any other written agreement with the Company and/or another plan or policy of the Company. If the Executive has any other binding written agreement with the Company which provides that, upon a Change of Control or Termination Upon a Change of Control or Involuntary Termination, the Executive shall receive termination, severance or similar benefits, then no benefits shall be received by Executive under this Agreement unless, prior to payment or receipt of benefits under this Agreement, the Executive waives Executive’s rights to all such other benefits, in which case this Agreement shall supersede any such written agreement with respect to such other benefits.

 

8. NON-COMPETE; PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

 

During the term of this Agreement and following any termination of employment, Executive agrees to continue to abide by the terms and conditions of each of the non-competition agreement (during the term of such Agreement) and the Employee Invention Assignment & Confidentiality Agreement between the Executive and the Company.

 

9. ARBITRATION

 

9.1            Disputes Subject to Arbitration . Any claim, dispute or controversy arising out of this Agreement (other than claims relating to misuse or misappropriation of the intellectual property of the Company), the interpretation, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the alleged breach thereof shall be submitted by the parties to binding arbitration by a sole arbitrator under the rules of the American Arbitration Association; provided, however, that (a) the arbitrator shall have no authority to make any ruling or judgment that would confer any rights with respect to the trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information or other intellectual property of the Company upon the Executive or any third party; and (b) this arbitration provision shall not preclude the Company from seeking legal and equitable relief from any court having jurisdiction with respect to any disputes or claims relating to or arising out of the misuse or misappropriation of the Company’s intellectual property. Judgment may be entered on the award of the arbitrator in any court having jurisdiction.

 

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9.2            Costs of Arbitration . All costs of arbitration, including reasonable attorney’s fees of the Executive, will be borne by the Company, except that if the Executive initiates arbitration and the arbitrator finds the Executive’s claims to be frivolous the Executive shall be responsible for his own costs and attorneys fees.

 

9.3            Site of Arbitration . The site of the arbitration proceeding shall be in New York City, New York.

 

10. NOTICES

 

For purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or five (5) business days after being mailed, return receipt requested, as follows: (a) if to the Company, attention: Chief Executive Officer, at the Company’s offices at 780 Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, New York 11561 USA and, (b) if to the Executive, at the address indicated below or such other address specified by the Executive in writing to the Company. Either party may provide the other with notices of change of address, which shall be effective upon receipt.

 

12. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

12.1          Heirs and Representatives of the Executive; Successors and Assigns of the Company . This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devises and legatees. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the successors and assigns of the Company.

 

12.2          Amendment and Waiver . No provision of this Agreement shall be modified, amended, waived or discharged unless the modification, amendment, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing, specifying such modification, amendment, waiver or discharge, and signed by the Executive and by an authorized officer of the Company (other than the Executive). No waiver by either party of any breach of, or of compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement by the other party shall be considered a waiver of any other condition or provision or of the same condition or provision at another time.

 

12.3          Withholding Taxes . All payments made under this Agreement shall be subject to deduction of all federal, state, local and other taxes required to be withheld by applicable law.

 

12.4          Severability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

12.5          Choice of Law . The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to where the Executive has his residence or principal office or where he performs his duties hereunder.

 

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12.6          No Duty to Mitigate . The Executive is not required to seek alternative employment following termination, and payments called for under this Agreement will not be reduced by earnings from any other source.

 

12.7.           Section 409A of the Code . To the extent (a) any payments or benefits to which Employee becomes entitled under this Agreement, or under any agreement or plan referenced herein, in connection with Employee’s termination of employment with the Company constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code and (b) Employee is deemed at the time of such termination of employment to be a “specified employee” under Section 409A of the Code, then such payments shall not be made or commence until the earliest of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of Employee’s “separation from service” (as such term is at the time defined in Treasury Regulations under Section 409A of the Code) from the Company; or (ii) the date of Employee’s death following such separation from service; provided, however, that such deferral shall only be effected to the extent required to avoid adverse tax treatment to Employee, including (without limitation) the additional twenty percent (20%) tax for which Employee would otherwise be liable under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code in the absence of such deferral. Upon the expiration of the applicable deferral period, any payments which would have otherwise been made during that period (whether in a single sum or in installments) in the absence of this paragraph shall be paid to Employee or Employee’s beneficiary in one lump sum (without interest). Any termination of Employee’s employment is intended to constitute a “separation from service” as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1. It is intended that each installment of the payments provided hereunder constitute separate “payments” for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(i). It is further intended that payments hereunder satisfy, to the greatest extent possible, the exemption from the application of Code Section 409A (and any state law of similar effect) provided under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) (as a “short-term deferral”).

 

12.8          Entire Agreement . This Agreement represents the entire agreement and understanding between the parties as to the subject matter herein (whether oral or written and whether express or implied).

 

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In Witness Whereof , each of the parties has executed this Agreement, in the case of the Company, by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.

 

  Executive
   
  /s/Stuart Stolle
   
  STUART STOLLER
   
  28 Elderberry Lane East
  Valley Stream, NY 11581
   
  ID Global Solutions Corporation
     
  By: /s/ Thomas Szoke
    Thomas Szoke, CEO

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This Indemnification Agreement (this "Agreement"), dated as of January 31, 2017 is made by and between ID GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company '), and STUART STOLLER, a director and/or officer of the Company (the "Indemnitee").

 

RECITALS

 

A.            The Company is aware that competent and experienced persons are increasingly reluctant to serve as directors or officers of corporations unless they are protected by comprehensive liability insurance and/or indemnification, due to increased exposure to litigation costs and risks resulting from their service to such corporations, and because the exposure frequently bears no reasonable relationship to the compensation of such directors and officers;

 

B.            Based on their experience as business managers, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board'') has concluded that, to retain and attract talented and experienced individuals to serve as officers and directors of the Company, and to encourage such individuals to take the business risks necessary for the success of the Company, it is necessary for the Company contractually to indemnify officers and directors and to assume for itself maximum liability for expenses and damages in connection with claims against such officers and directors in connection with their service to the Company;

 

C.            Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, under which the Company is organized (the "Law"), empowers the Company to indemnify by agreement its officers, directors, employees and agents, and persons who serve, at the request of the Company, as directors, officers, employees or agents of other corporations or enterprises, and expressly provides that the indemnification provided by the Law is not exclusive; and

 

D.            The Company desires and has requested the Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve as a director or officer of the Company free from undue concern for claims for damages arising out of or related to such services to the Company.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Definitions.

 

1.1.           Agent . For the purposes of this Agreement, "agent" of the Company means any person who is or was a director or officer of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company; or is or was serving at the request of, for the convenience of, or to represent the interest of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company as a director or officer of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or an affiliate of the Company; or was a director or officer of a foreign or domestic corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the Company, or was a director or officer of another enterprise or affiliate of the Company at the request of, for the convenience of, or to represent the interests of such predecessor corporation. The term "enterprise" includes any employee benefit plan of the Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates and predecessor corporations.

 

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1.2            Expenses . For purposes of this Agreement, "expenses" includes all direct and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, all attorneys' fees and related disbursements and other out-of-pocket costs) actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense or appeal of a proceeding or establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Agreement, the Law or otherwise.

 

1.3            Proceeding . For the purposes of this Agreement, ‘'proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or any other type whatsoever.

 

1.4            Subsidiary . For purposes of this Agreement, "subsidiary" means any corporation of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities is owned directly or indirectly by the Company, by the Company and one or more of its subsidiaries or by one or more of the Company's subsidiaries.

 

2.             Agreement to Serve . The Indemnitee agrees to serve and/or continue to serve as an agent of the Company, at the will of the Company (or under separate agreement, if such agreement exists), in the capacity the Indemnitee currently serves as an agent of the Company, faithfully and to the best of his ability, so long as he or she is duly appointed or elected and qualified in accordance with the applicable provisions of the charter documents of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; provided, however, that the Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any contractual obligation that the Indemnitee may have assumed apart from this Agreement), and the Company or any subsidiary shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue to indemnify the Indemnitee for any actions taken or not taken by him or her after the date of resignation or termination of such position.

 

3.             Directors' and Officers' Insurance . The Company shall, to the extent that the Board determines it to be economically reasonable, maintain a policy of directors' and officers' liability insurance (" D&O Insurance "), on such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Board.

 

4.             Mandatory Indemnification. Subject to Section 9 below, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee:

 

4.1           Third Party Actions. If the Indemnitee is a person who 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 fact that he is or was an agent of the Company, or by reason of anything done or not done by him in any such capacity, against any and all expenses and liabilities of any type whatsoever (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; and

 

4.2            Derivative Actions . If the Indemnitee is a person who 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 fact that he is or was an agent of the Company, or by reason of anything done or not done by him in any such capacity, against any amounts paid in settlement of any such proceeding and all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company; except that no indemnification under this subsection shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been finally adjudged to be liable to the Company by a court of competent jurisdiction due to willful misconduct of a culpable nature in the performance of his duty to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such amounts which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper; and

 

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4.3            Exception for Amounts Covered by Insurance . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify the Indemnitee for expenses or liabilities of any type whatsoever (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) to the extent such have been paid directly to the Indemnitee by D&O Insurance.

 

5.             Partial Indemnification and Contribution.

 

5.1            Partial Indemnification . If the Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of any expenses or liabilities of any type whatsoever (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines, BRISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by him or her in the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of a proceeding but is not entitled, however, to indemnification for all of the total amount thereof, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for such total amount except as to the portion thereof to which the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification.

 

5.2            Contribution. If the Indemnitee is not entitled to the indemnification provided in Section 4 for any reason other than the statutory limitations set forth in the Law, then in respect of any threatened, pending or completed proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with the Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such proceeding), the Company shall contribute to the amount of expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred and paid or payable by the Indemnitee in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Indemnitee on the other hand from the transaction from which such proceeding arose and (ii) the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Indemnitee on the other hand in connection with the events which resulted in such expenses, judgments, fines or settlement amounts, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Indemnitee on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent the circumstances resulting in such expenses, judgments, fines or settlement amounts. The Company agrees that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the foregoing equitable considerations.

 

6.             Mandatory Advancement of Expenses.

 

6.1            Advancement. Subject to Section 9 below and except as prohibited by law, the Company shall advance all expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of any proceeding to which the Indemnitee is a party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was an agent of the Company or by reason of anything done or not done by him in any such capacity. The Indemnitee hereby undertakes to promptly repay such amounts advanced only if, and to the extent that, it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company under the provisions of this Agreement, the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, the Law or otherwise. The advances to be made hereunder shall be paid by the Company to the Indemnitee within 30 days following delivery of a written request therefor by the Indemnitee to the Company.

 

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6.2            Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6, the Company shall not be obligated to advance any expenses to the Indemnitee arising from a lawsuit filed directly by the Company against the Indemnitee if an absolute majority of the members of the Board reasonably determines in good faith, within 30 days of the Indemnitee's request to be advanced expenses, that the facts known to them at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that the Indemnitee acted in bad faith. If such a determination is made, the Indemnitee may have such decision reviewed by another forum, in the manner set forth in Sections 8.3, 8.4 and 8.5 hereof, with all references therein to "indemnification" being deemed to refer to "advancement of expenses," and the burden of proof shall be on the Company to demonstrate clearly and convincingly that, based on the facts known at the time, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith. The Company may not avail itself of this Section 6.2 as to a given lawsuit if, at any time after the occurrence of the activities or omissions that are the primary focus of the lawsuit, the Company has undergone a change in control. For this purpose, a change in control shall mean a given person or group of affiliated persons or groups increasing their beneficial ownership interest in the Company by at least twenty (20) percentage points without advance Board approval.

 

7.             Notice and Other Indemnification Procedures.

 

7.1           Promptly after receipt by the Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of or the threat of commencement of any proceeding, the Indemnitee shall, if the Indemnitee believes that indemnification with respect thereto may be sought from the Company under this Agreement, notify the Company of the commencement or threat of commencement thereof.

 

7.2           If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of the commencement of a proceeding pursuant to Section 7. 1 hereof, the Company has D&O Insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable because of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such D&O Insurance policies.

 

7.3           In the event the Company shall be obligated to advance the expenses for any proceeding against the Indemnitee, the Company, if appropriate, shall be entitled to assume the defense of such proceeding, with counsel approved by the Indemnitee (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), upon the delivery to the Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by the Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to the Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees of counsel subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee with respect to the same proceeding, provided that: (a) the Indemnitee shall have the right to employ his or her own counsel in any such proceeding at the Indemnitee' s expense; (b) the Indemnitee shall have the right to employ his or her own counsel in connection with any such proceeding, at the expense of the Company, if such counsel serves in a review, observer, advice and counseling capacity and does not otherwise materially control or participate in the defense of such proceeding; and (c) if (i) the employment of counsel by the Indemnitee has been previously authorized by the Company, (ii) the Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the Company and the Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense or (iii) the Company shall not, in fact, have employed counsel to assume the defense of such proceeding, then the fees and expenses of the Indemnitee' s counsel shall be at the expense of the Company.

 

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8.             Determination of Right to Indemnification.

 

8.1           To the extent the Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any proceeding referred to in Section 4.1 or 4.2 of this Agreement or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter described therein, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the investigation, defense or appeal of such proceeding, or such claim, issue or matter, as the case may be.

 

8.2           In the event that Section 8.1 is inapplicable, or does not apply to the entire proceeding, the Company shall nonetheless indemnify the Indemnitee unless the Company shall prove by clear and convincing evidence to a forum listed in Section 8.3 below that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct required to entitle the Indemnitee to such indemnification.

 

8.3           The Indemnitee shall be entitled to select the forum in which the validity of the Company's claim under Section 8.2 hereof that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification will be heard from among the following, except that the Indemnitee can select a forum consisting of the stockholders of the Company only with the approval of the Company:

 

(a)          A quorum of the Board consisting of directors who are not parties to the proceeding for which indemnification is being sought;

 

(b)          The stockholders of the Company;

 

(c)          Legal counsel mutually agreed upon by the Indemnitee and the Board, which counsel shall make such determination in a written opinion;

 

(d)          A panel of three arbitrators, one of whom is selected by the Company, another of whom is selected by the Indemnitee and the last of whom is selected by the first two arbitrators so selected; or

 

(e)          The Court of Chancery of Delaware.

 

8.4           As soon as practicable, and in no event later than 30 days after the forum has been selected pursuant to Section 8.3 above, the Company shall, at its own expense, submit to the selected forum its claim that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, and the Company shall act in the utmost good faith to assure the Indemnitee a complete opportunity to defend against such claim.

 

8.5           If the forum selected in accordance with Section 8.3 hereof is not a court, then after the final decision of such forum is rendered, the Company or the Indemnitee shall have the right to apply to the Court of Chancery of Delaware, for the purpose of appealing the decision of such forum, provided that such right is executed within 60 days after the final decision of such forum is rendered. If the forum selected in accordance with Section 8.3 hereof is a court, then the rights of the Company or the Indemnitee to appeal any decision of such court shall be governed by the applicable laws and rules governing appeals of the decision of such court.

 

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8.6           Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee against all expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with any hearing or proceeding under this Section 8 involving the Indemnitee and against all expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with any other proceeding between the Company and the Indemnitee involving the interpretation or enforcement of the rights of the Indemnitee under this Agreement unless a court of competent jurisdiction finds that each of the material claims and/or defenses of the Indemnitee in any such proceeding was frivolous or not made in good faith.

 

9.             Exceptions . Any other provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement:

 

9.1            Claims Initiated by Indemnitee . To indemnify or advance expenses to the Indemnitee with respect to proceedings or claims initiated or brought voluntarily by the Indemnitee and not by way of defense, except with respect to proceedings specifically authorized by the Board or brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification and/or advancement of expenses arising under this Agreement, the charter documents of the Company or any subsidiary or any statute or law or otherwise, but such indemnification or advancement of expenses may be provided by the Company in specific cases if the Board finds it to be appropriate; or

 

9.2           Unauthorized Settlements . To indemnify the Indemnitee hereunder for any amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding unless the Company consents in advance in writing to such settlement, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; or

 

9.3            Securities Law Actions . To indemnify the Indemnitee on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against the Indemnitee for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by the Indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section l 6(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law; or

 

9.4            Unlawful Indemnification . To indemnify the Indemnitee if a final decision by a court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine that such indemnification is not lawful. In this respect, the Company and the Indemnitee have been advised that the Securities and Exchange Commission takes the position that indemnification for liabilities arising under the federal securities laws is against public policy and is, therefore, unenforceable and that claims for indemnification should be submitted to appropriate courts for adjudication.

 

10.            Non-Exclusivity. The provisions for indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights which the Indemnitee may have under any provision of law, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, the vote of the Company's stockholders or disinterested directors, other agreements or otherwise, both as to action in the Indemnitee's official capacity and to action in another capacity while occupying his position as an agent of the Company, and the Indemnitee's rights hereunder shall continue after the Indemnitee has ceased acting as an agent of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of the Indemnitee.

 

11.            General Provisions.

 

11.1          Interpretation of Agreement . It is understood that the parties hereto intend this Agreement to be interpreted and enforced so as to provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to the Indemnitee to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law, except as expressly limited herein.

 

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11.2          Severability . If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, then: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, all portions of any paragraphs of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that are not themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, all portions of any paragraphs of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable and to give effect to Section 11.1 hereof.

 

11.3          Modification and Waiver . No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

 

11.4          Subrogation. In the event of full payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee, who shall execute all documents required and shall do all acts that may be necessary or desirable to secure such rights and to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

11.5          Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed m one or more counterparts, which shall together constitute one agreement.

 

11.6          Successors and Assigns . The terms of this Agreement shall bind, and shall inure to the benefit of, the successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

 

11.7          Notice . All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given: (a) if delivered by hand and signed for by the party addressee; or (b) if mailed by certified or registered mail, with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the mailing date. Addresses for notice to either party are as shown on the signature page of this Agreement or as subsequently modified by written notice.

 

11.8          Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed exclusively by and construed according to the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to that body of laws pertaining to conflict of laws.

 

11.9          Consent to Jurisdiction . The Company and the Indemnitee each hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding that arises out of or relates to this Agreement.

 

11.10          Attorneys' Fees . In the event Indemnitee is required to bring any action to enforce rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the expenses of any Proceeding described in Section 1.3) the Indemnitee shall be entitled to all reasonable fees and expenses in bringing and pursuing such action, unless a court of competent jurisdiction finds each of the material claims of the Indemnitee in any such action was frivolous and not made in good faith.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have entered into this Indemnification Agreement effective as of the date first written above.

 

THE COMPANY:

 

BY: /s/ Philip Beck

Name: Philip Beck

Title: CEO

 

THE INDEMNITEE:

 

/s/Stuart Stoller

STUART STOLLER