EXHIBIT 10.1
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TECHNOLOGY PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
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QUADRA MARKETING CORP.
And
QUADRA ENERGY SYSTEMS
INC.
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This Agreement sets out the terms
and conditions governing the sale and transfer of a Pyrolsis System
of
an Energy Conversion and Waste
Disposal Technology from QUADRA MARKETING CORP to
QUADRA ENERGY SYSTEMS INC
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TECHNOLOGY PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS TECHNOLOGY PURCHASE AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made
and entered into as of the 30 th day of April, 2009,
between QUADRA MARKETING CORP. of No. 5 New Road, P.O. Box 388
Belize City, Belize ("Seller"), and QUADRA ENERGY SYSTEMS INC. with
its business address at 6130 Elton Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada 89107
(“Purchaser”).
WHEREAS the Seller acquired from Horng Jiang (the
“Inventor”), equipment and software for a leading edge
pyrolysis system which is a non polluting energy conversion and
waste disposal system designed to convert organic waste to fuel and
valuable by-products such as activated carbon, fertilizer,
producing no air pollution or ash to be land filled. It is designed
to answer the global challenge of waste management of MSW
(Municipal Solid Waste), which includes petrochemical compounds
such as plastic waste, green waste, coal and tires while providing
high recycled-content products and usable forms of power (herein
called “Energy Conversion and Waste Disposal
Technology”).
AND WHEREAS the Inventor had a patent issued in Taiwan
bearing Patent Number 285138 and the patent applications pending in
the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office as file numbers
US-2007-0231037-A1 and US-2007-0231224-A1 and the Patent Office in
the Republic of China as file Numbers 200610066757.9 and
200610072434.8, which patents and patent applications is now being
transferred to the Seller (the “Patent Rights”).
AND WHEREAS , the Seller owns the following Technologies
which it acquired from the Seller:
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a leading edge pyrolysis system Technology for
energy conversion and waste disposal incorporating equipment,
software and software programs developed by the Inventor compatible
with the said pyrolysis system technology for energy conversion
waste disposal described as the “Energy Conversion and Waste
Disposal Technology” and the patents issued and the patents
pending for the Technology. The Technology being an innovative,
secure, efficient method of converting waste organic materials into
marketable energy products or by-products or an efficient method of
disposing of waste organic materials in a safe, non polluting, non
toxic method compatible with all environmental standards
incorporating both the energy conversion machine and related
software, a description of which is herein attached as Schedule
“A” (all collectively referred to as the
“Technologies”).
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AND WHEREAS the Seller desires to sell, transfer and
assign all its’ right title and interest in the Technologies
( excluding the exclusive use of such Technologies in Taiwan ),
including the engineering and design drawings, studies and reports
and all information relating to the Technologies, whether written
or oral and related Technologies including the past, present and
future versions software, computer programs, data and text
(regardless of the form in which it including but not limited to
the source code version thereof and the batch processor logic
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module) and all patent rights, copyrights,
trade secret rights and other proprietary rights in and thereto
including all documentation for the software, all technical
documentation, system designs and specifications, flow charts,
record and file layouts, memoranda, correspondence and other such
documentation containing or relating to the design, structure or
coding or testing of, or algorithms or routines used in, or errors
discovered or corrected in, the software and any other type of
information or material (in whatever form, whether human or machine
readable) relating to the Software and Invention and related
technology that was prepared by or for the Inventor.
AND WHEREAS the Seller desires to sell, transfer and
assign all its’ right title and interest to the Patent
Rights, excluding the exclusive use of the patent issued in Taiwan
bearing Patent Number 285138, to the Buyer (the “Assigned
Rights”).
AND WHEREAS the Buyer is in the business of developing
and marketing products, projects and systems internationally and
desires to acquire the Technologies and Assigned Rights and any
pending patent applications to the Technologies herein so as to
manufacture develop and market the acquired Technologies and energy
conversion and waste disposal technology worldwide, excluding the
exclusivity right to use such Technologies in Taiwan.
AND WHEREAS the Seller has advised the Buyer that the
Inventor and other Taiwanese shareholders will retain up to a
maximum of Forty Percent (40%) interest in a local Taiwanese
company to be formed for projects in Taiwan using the patent issued
in Taiwan bearing Patent Number 285138, to be publicly listed
eventually in Taiwan, and controlled at least 60% by the Buyer.
AND WHEREAS the Buyer possesses experience in the field
of international and domestic financing, domestic and international
taxation, Federal and State securities laws, secondary securities
trading, business acquisitions and dispositions and matters of
general and special law; and is able to identify sources of
financing and raise the requisite financing thereafter as per this
Agreement.
AND WHEREAS the Buyer hereby acknowledges that the
Technologies, the Assigned Rights and related technologies are
being purchased without warranty or representation of any kind from
the Seller or including without limitation that a patent will issue
for such Technologies in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or the Republic of China or in any other country or
jurisdiction or that such Technologies has any commercial viability
or fitness for any particular purpose.
NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and of
the mutual promises, covenants, and conditions set forth below, the
parties hereby agree as follows:
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SALE OF TECHNOLOGY
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The Seller agrees to sell, transfer and
assign, and the Buyer agrees to purchase as at the Closing Date,
the Technologies and Assigned Rights including all modifications,
enhancements and improvements to the Technologies and to sell,
transfer and assign all his right title and interest in the
Technologies and the Assigned Rights including the
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engineering and design drawings, studies and
reports and all information relating to the Technologies and the
Assigned Rights, whether written or oral and related Technologies
including the past, present and future versions of software,
computer programs, data and text (regardless of the form in which
it including but not limited to the source code version thereof and
the batch processor logic module) and all patent rights,
copyrights, trade secret rights and other proprietary rights in and
thereto including all documentation for the Software, all technical
documentation, system designs and specifications, flow charts,
record and file layouts, memoranda, correspondence and other such
documentation containing or relating to the design, structure or
coding or testing of, or algorithms or routines used in, or errors
discovered or corrected in, the software and any other type of
information or material (in whatever form, whether human or machine
readable) relating to the software that was prepared by or for the
Inventor and the Buyer desires to purchase and acquire all the
Seller’s right, title and interest in the Technologies and
the Assigned Rights and related technologies, the trademarks and
service marks set forth herein on an “as is basis” and
to further develop and commercialize the Technologies and the
Assigned Rights herein sold by the Seller and all research,
developments, engineering and design drawings and specifications,
software studies and reports and all information whether oral or
written of the Inventor free and clear of all liens, charges and
encumbrances.
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Provided however the Inventor shall retain a
minority Thirty Percent (30%) interest in any project initiated and
financed by the Buyer in Taiwan, using the Patent Rights for Taiwan
bearing Patent Number 285138.
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The Seller’s right, title and interest
in the Technologies and the Assigned Rights on the Closing Date
shall be free and clear of all claims, encumbrances, charges and
other third party rights or interests.
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(2) CERTAIN DEFINITIONS .
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below.
"Affiliate" shall mean, with
respect to any Person, any shareholder, subsidiary, officer,
director or partner of such Person and any other Person which
directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under
common control with such Person.
"Agreement" shall mean this
Technology Purchase Agreement and all Exhibits hereto, as the same
may from time to time be amended.
"Closing" shall mean the closing
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be held at
the offices of the Buyer on the Closing Date or in such other place
as may be agreed to by the parties to this Agreement.
"Closing Date" shall mean June 1,
2009 or such other date as mutually agreed to between the Buyer and
Seller.
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"Intellectual Property Rights" shall
mean and include all of the Seller's right, title and interest in
and to the Assigned Rights and related technologies and any other
trade names used by the Seller with respect to the Technologies and
any improvements, enhancements or modifications now or hereafter
developed, together with all software, trademarks, copyrights,
patents, rights of privacy and all other intellectual property
owned by the Seller in connection with the Technologies and
Assigned Rights.
"Litigation Expense" shall mean
any expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating,
defending or asserting any claim, action, suit or proceeding
incident to any matter indemnified against under this Agreement,
including, without limitation, court filing fees, court costs,
arbitration fees or costs, witness fees, and fees and disbursements
of legal counsel, investigators, expert witnesses, accountants and
other professionals.
"Person" shall mean and include an
individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability
company, a limited liability partnership, a joint venture, a trust,
an unincorporated association, a government or political
subdivision or agency thereof or any other entity.
"Assigned Rights" shall mean the
invention of the Inventor for which patent applications have been
filed in the Republic of China and the United States of America as
more specifically described in Schedules “B”
hereto.
“Software” means all
past, present and future versions of the “Energy Conversion
and Waste Disposal Technology” System, computer programs,
data and text (regardless of the form in which it exists),
including but not limited to the source code version thereof and
the batch processor logic module and identified and described in
Schedule “A” to this agreement, and all patent rights,
copyrights, trade secret rights and other proprietary rights in and
thereto.
“Documentation” means
all documentation for the Software, all technical documentation,
system and engineering designs and specifications, flow charts,
record and file layouts, memoranda, correspondence and other such
documentation containing or relating to the design, structure or
coding or testing of, or algorithms or routines used in, or errors
discovered or corrected in, the Software and any other type of
information or material (in whatever form, whether human or machine
readable) relating to the Software or the Invention that was
prepared by or for the Inventor.
“Source Code” means the source code for the
Software, which is written in computer language.
“Net income” means the
net income of the Company for a fiscal quarter determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”). At the end of each fiscal quarter, the net
income for such quarter shall be determined and the royalties
accruing there from shall be paid to the Seller in accordance with
the provisions herein.
“Trade Mark Assets”
means all of the trademarks and service marks used on, or in
conjunction with the Invention, Software, Equipment or the
Documentation.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Buyer hereby acknowledges that the Seller has
previously provided to Buyer the information and data relating to
the Technologies and Assigned Rights which Buyer has fully examined
and has found to be to its full satisfaction. Buyer hereby waives
any claim of unsuitability and acknowledges that the Technologies
and Assigned Rights as delivered are fully in accordance with all
representations of the Seller regarding suitability and fully in
keeping with the specifications set out in its accompanying
documentation and that the Buyer is purchasing the Technologies and
Assigned Rights on an “as is basis”.
4) SALE OF TECHNOLOGIES
AND ASSIGNED RIGHTS; LIMITATIONS.
(a) Subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, upon the
payment of the funds set out in Section 10(f) hereof by the Buyer
and other good and valuable consideration and the purchase of the
Technologies and the Assigned Rights on the terms herein contained,
as defined in Section 5 below, the Seller shall sell, transfer,
assign, convey and deliver to the Buyer, and the Buyer shall
purchase, accept and acquire from the Seller, all of the
Technologies and the Assigned Rights of the Seller (collectively,
the "Invention and related Technologies"):
(i) the Technologies and the development environment, including,
without limitation, all engineered drawings, research and
development papers, all software, source codes, object codes,
derivative masks, and documentation set out in the attached
Schedule “A”; and
(ii) all Intellectual Property Rights including the following
patents and patents pending together with the right to file patents
in any jurisdiction that the Buyer in its sole discretion deems
advisable and any Trade Mark Assets relating to the Invention and
related Technologies.
(b) Upon
the Closing, Buyer shall have the sole and exclusive worldwide
rights, excluding Taiwan, to develop, use, manufacture, modify,
upgrade, improve and enhance, and license, the Invention and
related Technologies (including, without limitation, making any
Enhancements thereto).
5) PURCHASE PRICE .
In consideration of the purchase of the Invention and related
Technologies, documentation, software products, programs and
systems to be delivered and the consulting services rendered, the
work to be performed under this Agreement and the Technical
Services Agreement entered into by the Seller and the Inventor, the
Buyer shall pay and deliver to the Seller:
(a) A Royalty Fee. The Royalty Fee
for purposes of this Agreement shall be an amount equal to Five Per
Cent (5%) of the Buyer’s Gross Revenues as set out in the
Buyer’s audited financial statements prepared in accordance
with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) at the end
of each quarter and fiscal year end.
(b) The Purchase Price for the
acquisition of the Technology shall be the sum One Million Three
Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($1,350,000 USD) which purchase price
shall be paid by the Buyer’s parent company, a Nevada
corporation, through the issuance to the Seller, Three Million
(3,000,000) common shares of the Buyer, at a deemed price of $0.45
per share, which shares shall be deemed fully paid and
non-assessable and shall bear a restrictive legend endorsed
upon
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the shares restricting the transfer or
selling of the shares for such hold period as required by the
applicable securities laws. The delivery of the shares to the
Seller shall be done concurrently at the date of closing.
5.1 COMPUTATIONS AND
REMITTANCES. The Buyer shall compute all amounts due and owing
at the end of each quarter’s operation and remit the amount
to the Seller on or before the end of one month following the end
of each respective quarter, accompanied by the financial reports
setting forth the Gross revenues. The Buyer waives any and all
existing and future claims and offsets against any amounts due
under this Agreement, which amounts are to be paid when due.
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6) INSTRUMENTS OF TRANSFER:
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(A) SELLER'S DELIVERIES. At the Closing, the Seller shall
deliver the following to the Buyer, each of which shall be in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer:
(i) instruments of transfer
reasonably necessary to transfer to the Buyer all of the Seller's
rights to the Technologies and Assigned Rights including any
instruments of assignment to assign Seller's interest in the
Technologies and Assigned Rights and the patent applications filed
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Republic
of China or the equivalent governmental office of any other country
at Buyer's sole discretion;
(ii) a Certificate as to the
Seller's compliance with Sections 11(a) and (b) of this
Agreement;
(iii) evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Buyer, of the Seller's ownership of and
authority to assign and transfer the Technologies and Assigned
Rights; and
(iv) such other instrument or
instruments of transfer, in such form as shall be reasonably
necessary or appropriate to vest in the Buyer all of the Seller's
right, interest and title to the Technologies and Assigned Rights
issued or filed in any country or jurisdiction in the world.
(v) Seller shall assign the
executed copy of the Technical Services Agreement signed by the
Seller and the Inventor.
(B) BUYER'S DELIVERIES. At the Closing, the Buyer shall
deliver the following to the Seller, each of which shall be in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Inventor:
(i) Director's Certificate
regarding resolutions authorizing this transaction and the due
authority of persons executing documents on behalf of the
Buyer;
(ii) a certificate as to the
Buyer's compliance with Sections 10(a) and (b) of this
Agreement;
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(iii) such
further instruments as the Seller may reasonably request to
evidence the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(7) REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER . The Seller represents and warrants
to the Buyer as follows:
(a)
POWER. The Seller has the full power, authority and capacity to
own, lease and operate its properties, and to carry on its business
as and where the same is now being conducted.
(b)
AUTHORIZATION; EFFECTIVE AGREEMENT. The Seller has the
requisite power, authority and capacity to enter into this
Agreement and to perform all of its obligations hereunder and this
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its
terms.
(c)
CONSENTS. No permit, consent, approval, or authorization of any
governmental authority or any other Person on the part of the
Seller is required in connection with the execution or delivery by
the Seller of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) ADEQUACY
OF AND TITLE TO THE INVENTION AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES.
The Seller has good and marketable title to the Technologies and
Assigned Rights, none of which are subject to a, pledge, lien,
security interest, lease, charge, encumbrance or conditional sale
or other title retention agreement. The Buyer acknowledges that the
Inventor’s and Seller’s trademarks or trade names (if
any) used in conjunction with the Technologies and Assigned Rights
are not registered trademarks. The Seller warrants that it has the
sole and exclusive right to sell, assign and transfer the
Technologies and Assigned Rights and related technologies, and the
Seller's use of such Technologies and Assigned Rights and related
technologies does not conflict with the intellectual property
rights of any other party, and the Technologies and Assigned Rights
and related technologies are fully assignable to the Buyer without
the consent of any third party and, to the best of Seller's
knowledge, without infringing or violating the rights of any third
party.
The Seller represents and warrants that upon assignments of