Exhibit 10.6(d)
CONSULTING AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made between: TRM
CORPORATION (“ Company ”) and Danial J. Tierney
(“ Consultant ”).
IN CONSIDERATION of the Company
retaining the Consultant for independent consulting services and
other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, and in consideration of the Company disclosing
confidential information to the Consultant in order for the
Consultant to provide services to the Company, it is agreed as
follows:
1.
Independent Consulting Services
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The Consultant undertakes to provide the Company with
consulting services over a six (6) month period commencing on
January 2, 2007 (the “ Effective Date ”)
and ending on July 1, 2007 (the “ Term ”).
Consultant shall assist the Company with the sales of the United
States photocopy business (“U.S. photocopy business”),
the Canadian ATM business, a possible sale or disposal of the
Canadian photocopy business, any other matters the Consultant had
been working on immediately preceding termination of employment as
Executive Vice President and such other matters as the Consultant
and the President of the Company shall mutually determine.
Consultant’s services shall be non-exclusive. |
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The Consultant is an independent contractor and shall not be
considered as an employee of the Company. |
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The Consultant will be solely responsible to comply with and
pay all income, sales, withholding or other taxes and make source
deductions or pay other levies imposed by governmental or
regulatory authorities and make all required remittances to the
appropriate authority. |
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The Consultant shall perform the work in accordance with and in
full compliance with the statutes, laws, ordinances and regulations
governing his profession, trade or business. Consultant is being
retained due to his substantial experience and expertise in the ATM
and photocopier industry, and shall perform the professional
services in a manner befitting that expertise and experience. |
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In consideration for the performance of the services
contemplated by Section 1.1 hereof, the Company agrees to pay
the Consultant a fee of $85,000 (the “ Consulting Fee
”) in equal monthly installments of $14,166.67 on the last
business day of each calendar month from January 2007 through
and including June 2007, subject to the following: |
(a) If a sale of the U.S. photocopy
business closes during the Term of this Agreement, $50,000 of the
Consulting Fee (or, if less than $50,000 of the Consulting Fee
remains be paid, such lesser balance of the Consulting Fee) shall
be accelerated and paid to the Consultant at the closing of the
U.S. photocopy business or, if such sale closes in 2006, the
Consultant shall be paid the $50,000 of the Consulting Fee on the
Effective Date. If such acceleration occurs, the monthly
installments shall then be adjusted to pay the remaining Consulting
Fee evenly over the remaining number of installments.
(b) If the Company sells the U.S.
photocopy business during the Term and, with the Consultant’s
assistance, the Company also sells the Canadian ATM business during
the Term (or enters into a binding agreement to do so and such sale
takes place pursuant to such agreement
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within ninety
days after the Term hereof), the Consultant shall be paid a bonus,
in addition to the Consulting Fee, totalling $20,000 at the closing
of the sale of the Canadian ATM business.
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In addition to the compensation payable to the Consultant
pursuant to Section 1.5 hereof, the Company shall provide the
Consultant with continued use of the Consultant’s laptop
computer (which the Consultant had been using immediately preceding
termination of his employment with the Company), which the
Consultant can purchase from the Company for $1.00 at the end of
the Term. The Company will permit the Consultant to retain his TREO
device, and shall pay its monthly service fee, not to exceed $150
per month, until the earlier of (i) one year from the
Effective Date or (ii) the commencement of the
Consultant’s employment with another employer, at which time
the Consultant shall return such TREO device to the Company. The
Company will reimburse the Consultant for the cost of maintaining a
broadband connection in his home until the earlier of (i) one
year from the Effective Date or (ii) the commencement of the
Consultant’s employment with another employer. The Company
will also reimburse the Consultant for reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses related to performing services on behalf of the Company.
Such expenses typically include, but are not limited to, telephone
calls, postage, shipping, travel, meals and lodging expenses. All
travel must be pre-approved by the Company. |
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The Consultant shall spend such time as reasonably may be
required to perform his services hereunder not to exceed an average
of two days per week during the Term. The Consultant acknowledges
and agrees that during certain periods of time during the Term,
particularly during the beginning of the Term, he will need to
devote more than two days per week to perform his duties; however,
in no event shall the Consultant be required to devote more than
52 days to the performance of his duties during the Term. |
2.
Ownership of work to be performed
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The Consultant agrees that the interim and final results of the
services he performs hereunder shall become the sole property |
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