CONSULTING
AGREEMENT
This CONSULTING AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”) is entered into as of September
15, 2008, by and between Purple Beverage Company, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the “ Company ”) and
Barry Honig, an individual (the “ Consultant
”).
WHEREAS, the Company has a pre-existing
relationship with Consultant and Consultant has previously
discussed with the Company his skills and relationships and has
offered to make introductions useful to the Company, and has
advanced certain funds as short-term bridge loans to the Company
and Company now desires to engage Consultant to provide certain
Services (as defined in Section 3 below) for
compensation, and Consultant desires to provide the Services to the
Company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1.
Engagement
. The Company hereby engages
Consultant to provide the Services during the Term (as defined
below), and Consultant hereby accepts such engagement to provide
the Services during the Term (the “
Engagement ”).
2.
Term of Engagement;
Termination .
a.
Term
. The Engagement shall commence on
the date hereof and shall terminate on the first anniversary of the
date hereof, unless earlier terminated in accordance with
Section 2(b) below (the “
Term ”).
b.
Termination
. This Agreement may be terminated
by Consultant or the Company at any time upon thirty (30) days
prior written notice of such termination to the other
party.
c.
Effect of
Termination . In the
event of a termination of this Agreement, (i) Consultant shall
still be entitled to receive all of the Consulting Shares (as
defined in Section 4 ) and (ii) the Company shall
reimburse Consultant for all expenses previously approved by the
Company incurred by Consultant in connection with
Consultant’s Engagement.
3.
Services to be Provided by
Consultant . During
the Term, Consultant shall provide services to the Company as set
forth on Exhibit A , as well as any other services
that are mutually agreed between the parties hereto (collectively,
the “ Services ”). The parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that the Services to be provided are in the
nature of advisory services only, and Consultant shall have no
responsibility or obligation for execution of the Company’s
business or any aspect thereof nor shall Consultant have any
ability to obligate or bind the Company in any respect. Consultant
shall have control over the time, method and manner of performing
the Services. Consultant shall render such services as are from
time to time requested by the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, Theodore Farnsworth.
4.
Compensation
. In consideration for the Services
to be provided hereunder, Consultant shall receive, promptly after
the execution of this Agreement, as a consulting fee, 4,500,000
shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the “ Consulting Shares ”)
consisting of 2,500,000 shares in consideration of bridge loans
advanced by Consultant and 2,000,000 shares issued under the
Company’s 2007 Incentive Plan.
5.
Piggy-Back Registration
Rights .
(a) The Company shall notify Consultant in
writing at least twenty (20) days prior the filing of any
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “ Securities Act ”), in
connection with a public offering of shares of the Company's
common stock (the “ Common Stock
”) (including, but not limited to, registration statements
relating to secondary offerings of securities of the Company but
excluding any registration statements (i) on Form S-4 or S-8 (or
any successor or substantially similar form), or of any employee
stock option, stock purchase or compensation plan or of securities
issued or issuable pursuant to any such plan, or a dividend
reinvestment plan, (ii) otherwise relating to any employee, benefit
plan or corporate reorganization or other transactions covered by
Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act, or (iii) on any
registration form which does not permit secondary sales or does not
include substantially the same information as would be required to
be included in a registration statement covering the resale of
the Consulting Shares and will afford Consultant an
opportunity to include in such registration statement all or part
of the Consulting Shares held by Consultant. In the event
Consultant desires to include in any such registration statement
all or any part of the Consulting Shares held by Consultant,
Consultant shall within ten (10) days after the above-described
notice from the Company, so notify the Company in writing,
including the number of such Consulting Shares Consultant
wishes to include in such registration statement.
If Consultant decides not to include all
of his Consulting Shares in any registration statement
thereafter filed by the Company Consultant shall nevertheless
continue to have the right to include any Consulting Shares in
any subsequent registration statement or registration statements as
may be filed by the Company with respect to the offering of the
securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
(b) In connection with its obligation under
this Section 5 , the Company will (i) furnish
to Consultant without charge, at least one copy of any
effective Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments
thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if
Consultant so requests in writing, all documents incorporated
therein by reference and all exhibits (including those incorporated
by reference) in the form filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and (ii) deliver to Consultant and the underwriters, if
any, without charge, as many copies of the then effective the
prospectus included the Registration Statement, as the same may be
amended or supplemented, (including such prospectus subject to
completion) (the “ Prospectus ”) and
any amendments or supplements thereto as such Persons may
reasonably request.
(c) As a condition to the inclusion
of his Consulting Shares, Consultant shall furnish
to the Company such information regarding Consultant and his
affiliates and the distribution proposed by Consultant as the
Company may request in writing or as shall be required in
connection with any registration, qualification or compliance
referred to in this Agreement.
(d) Consultant agrees by acquisition
of Consulting Shares that, upon receipt of any notice
from the Company of the happening of any event that, in the good
faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors, requires
the suspension of Consultant ’s rights under this
Section 5 , Consultant will
forthwith discontinue disposition of Consulting Shares
pursuant to the then current Prospectus until Consultant is advised
in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be
resumed. If so directed by the Company, on the happening of such
event, Consultant will deliver to the Company (at the
Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file
copies then in buyer’s possession, of the Pro
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