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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Employee Retention Agreement

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Title: EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 7/28/2008
Industry: Personal and Household Prods.     Sector: Consumer/Non-Cyclical

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, Parties: spongetech delivery systems inc
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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is made effective as of the 8 th  day of July, 2008 (the “Effective Date”).

 

AMONG:

SPONGETECH DELIVERY SYSTEMS, INC. , having an address at 43 West 33 rd Street, Suite 600 New York, New York 10001 ("Employer");

 

AND

 

STEVEN MOSKOWITZ , an individual having an address at [redacted]  (“Employee”)

 

WHEREAS, Employee has agreed to continue to serve as an Employee of Employer, and Employer has agreed to hire Employee as such, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”).

 

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH THAT in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants, agreements, representations and warranties contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Employee and Employer hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

EMPLOYMENT

 

Employer hereby affirms, renews and extends the employment of Employee as Chief Operating Officer, and Employee hereby affirms, renews and accepts such employment by Employer for the “Term” (as defined in Article 3 below), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

ARTICLE 2

DUTIES

 

During the Term, Employee shall serve Employer faithfully, diligently and to the best of his ability, under the direction and supervision of the Board of Directors of Employer and the President and the Chief Executive Officer of Employer, and shall use his best efforts to promote the interests and goodwill of Employer, and any affiliates, successors, assigns, parent corporations, subsidiaries, and/or future purchasers of Employer. Employee shall render such services during the Term at Employer’s principal place of business or at such other place of business as may be determined by the Board of Directors of Employer, as Employer may from time to time reasonably require of him, and shall devote all of his business time to the performance thereof. Employee shall have those duties and powers as generally pertain to each of the offices of which he holds, as the case may be, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.

 

 

 


 

 

ARTICLE 3

TERM

 

The “Term” of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and continue thereafter for a term of three (3) years, as may be extended or earlier terminated pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 4

COMPENSATION

Salary

 

4.1   Employer shall issue to Employee an aggregate of Four Million (4,000,000) shares of the Employer’s Class B Stock, payable upon execution of this Agreement.

 

Benefits

 

4.2   During the Term, Employee shall be entitled to participate in all medical and other employee benefit plans, including vacation, sick leave, retirement accounts and other employee benefits provided by Employer to similarly situated employees on terms and conditions no less favorable than those offered to such employees. Such participation shall be subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents, Employer’s generally applicable policies, and the discretion of the Board of Directors or any administrative or other committee provided for in, or contemplated by, such plan.

 

Expense Reimbursement

 

4.3   Employer shall reimburse Employee for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by him on behalf of Employer in the performance of his duties hereunder during the Term, including, without limitation, reimbursement for cellular telephone expenses in accordance with Employer's then customary policies, provided that such expenses are adequately documented.

 

Bonus

 

4.4   Employee shall be eligible to earn a cash bonus during the Employment Term at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors, or if the Board organizes a compensation committee, such committee. Executive’s bonus, if any, shall be subject to all applicable tax and payroll withholdings.

 

 

ARTICLE 5

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

 

Except as may otherwise be provided for herein, during the Term of this Agreement, Employee shall devote substantially all of his business and professional time and effort, attention, knowledge, and skill to the management, supervision and direction of Employer’s business and affairs as Employee’s highest professional priority. Except as provided below, Employer shall be entitled to all benefits, profits or other issues arising from or incidental to all work, services and advice performed or provided by Employee. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude Employee from devoting reasonable periods required for:

 

 

(a)

serving as a director or member of a committee of any organization or corporation involving no conflict of interest with the interests of Employer, provided that Employee must obtain the written consent of Employer;

 

 

 


 

 

 

(b)

serving as a consultant in his area of expertise (in areas other than in connection with the business of Employer), to government, industrial, and academic panels where it does not conflict with the interests of Employer; and

 

 

(c)

managing his personal investments or engaging in any other non-competing business;

 

provided that such activities do not materially interfere with the regular performance of his duties and responsibilities under this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 6

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION/INVENTIONS

 

Confidential Information

 

6.1      Employee shall not, in any manner, for any reasons, either directly or indirectly, divulge or communicate to any person, firm or corporation, any confidential information concerning any matters not generally known in the wireless communications industry or otherwise made public by Employer which affects or relates to Employer’s business, finances, marketing and/or operations, research, development, inventions, products, designs, plans, procedures, or other data (collectively, “Confidential Information”) except in the ordinary course of business or as required by applicable law. Without regard to whether any item of Confidential Information is deemed or considered confidential, material, or important, the parties hereto stipulate that as between them, to the extent such item is not generally known in the wireless communications industry, such item is important, material, and confidential and affects the successful conduct of Employer’s business and goodwill, and that any breach of the terms of this Section 6.1 shall be a material and incurable breach of this Agreement. Confidential Information shall not include: (i) information obtained or which became known to Employee other than through his employment by Employer; (ii) information in the public domain at the time of the disclosure of such information by Employee; (iii) information that Employee can document was independently developed by Employee; (iv) information that is disclosed by Employee with the prior written consent of Employer and (v) information that is disclosed by Employee as required by law, governmental regulation or court order.

 

Documents

 

6.2      Employee further agrees that all documents and materials furnished to Employee by Employer and relating to the Employer’s business or prospective business are and shall remain the exclusive property of Employer. Employee shall deliver all such documents and materials, not copied, to Employer upon demand therefore and in any event upon expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement. Any payment of sums due and owing to Employee by Employer upon such expiration or earlier termination shall be conditioned upon returning all such documents and materials, and Employee expressly authorizes Employer to withhold any payments due and owing pending return of such documents and materials.

 

Inventions

 

6.3      All ideas, inventions, and other developments or improvements conceived or reduced to practice by Employee, alone or with others, during the Term of this Agreement, whether or not during working hours, that are within the scope of the business of Employer or that relate to or result from any of Employer’s work or projects or the services provided by Employee to Employer pursuant to this Agreement, shall be the exclusive property of Employer. Employee agrees to assist Employer, at Employer’s expense, to obtain patents and copyrights on any such ideas, inventions, writings, and other developments, and agrees to execute all documents necessary to obtain such patents a


 
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