EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This Agreement (the “Agreement”),
dated as of December 27, 2007 (the “Effective
Date”) by and between DOR BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware
corporation having a place of business at 850 Bear Tavern Road,
Suite 201, Ewing, NJ 08628 (the “Corporation”), and
Evan Myrianthopoulos, an individual (the
“Employee”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to employ
Employee as Chief Financial Officer, and the Employee desires to be
employed by the Corporation as Chief Financial Officer, all
pursuant to the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and the mutual promises and covenants herein contained,
it is agreed as follows:
The Corporation engages and employs Employee,
and Employee hereby accepts engagement and employment, as Chief
Financial Officer and a member of the board of directors reporting
to the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and shall
perform high quality, full-time service to the Corporation to
direct, supervise and have responsibility for the operations of the
Corporation, including, but not limited to: (i) directing and
supervising the financial and operational efforts of the
Corporation; (ii) managing the other executives and personnel of
the Corporation; and (iii) evaluating, negotiating, structuring and
implementing financial transactions of the Corporation, and such
other activities as may be reasonably requested by the Chief
Executive Officer or the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
While the Employee remains employed by the Corporation, the
Corporation shall use its best efforts to nominate and reelect
Employee as a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Employee acknowledges and understands that his employment may
entail significant travel on behalf of the Corporation.
Employee’s employment hereunder shall be
for a period of three (3) years, unless extended by mutual
agreement of the parties (the “Term”).
As compensation
for the performance of Employee’s duties on behalf of the
Corporation, Employee shall be compensated as follows:
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(i) The
Corporation shall pay Employee an annual base salary (“Base
Salary”) of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per
annum, payable in accordance with the usual payroll period of the
Corporation.
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(ii) The
Corporation shall pay employee a minimum annual bonus of fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000), payable at the end of each calendar
year in prorated amount if necessary. Such bonus may be
increased at the recommendation of the CEO and by the approval of
the Board of Directors.
(b) All options
granted to Employee will be granted pursuant to the
Corporation’s Employee Stock Option Plan and the
Corporation’s standard Stock Option Agreement. All
options granted to Employee shall be exercisable for a period of
one year following termination of this agreement, subject to
extension in the discretion of the Stock Option Plan
administrator. All options and warrants previously
granted to Employee in connection with his prior service as Board
member will remain exercisable throughout the intended life of said
options and warrants regardless of employment status of Employee.
Upon a change in control due to merger or acquisition, all Employee
options shall become fully vested, and be exercisable for a period
of 3 years after the merger or acquisition (unless they would have
expired sooner pursuant to their natural term). In the
event of death of Employee during Term, all unvested options shall
immediately vest and remain exercisable for the rest of their
natural term and become property of Employee’s immediate
family.
(c) 750,000 shares of
common stock of the Corporation will be issued to Employee
immediately prior to the completion of a transaction, or series or
combination of related transactions, negotiated by the
Corporation’s Board of Directors whereby, directly or
indirectly, a majority of the Corporation’s capital stock or
a majority of its assets are transferred from the Corporation
and/or our stockholders to a third party.
(d) The
Corporation shall withhold all applicable federal, state and local
taxes; social security; workers compensation
contributions; and such other amounts as may be required by law or
agreed upon by the parties with respect to the compensation payable
to the Employee pursuant to section 3(a) hereof.
(e) The Corporation
shall reimburse Employee for all normal, usual and necessary
expenses incurred by Employee in furtherance of the business and
affairs of the Corporation, including reasonable travel and
entertainment, against receipt by the Corporation of appropriate
vouchers or other proof of Employee’s expenditures and
otherwise in accordance with the policy of the
Corporation.
(f) During
the Term, Employee shall be entitled to a maximum of four (4) weeks
paid vacation per annum. Unused vacation may be carried
over to successive years.
(g) The
Corporation shall make available to Employee and his dependents
such medical, disability, life insurance and such other benefits as
the Corporation makes available to its other senior officers and
directors. Employee may elect to have the Corporation
reimburse Employee for payments made to his own family medical
plan.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY EMPLOYEE AND
CORPORATION
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(a) Employee
hereby represents and warrants to the Corporation as
follows:
(i) Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the performance by
Employee of his duties and other obligations hereunder violate or
will violate any statute, law, determination or award, or conflict
with or constitute a default under (whether immediately, upon the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both) any prior employment
agreement, contract, or other instrument to which Employee is a
party or by which he is bound.
(ii) Employee
has the full right, power and legal capacity to enter and deliver
this Agreement and to perform his duties and other obligations
hereunder. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of Employee enforceable against him in accordance with
its terms. No approvals or consents of any persons or entities are
required for Employee to execute and deliver this Agreement or
perform his duties and other obligations hereunder.
(b) The
Corporation hereby represents and warrants to Employee as
follows:
(i) The
Corporation is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with all
requisite corporate power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business in the manner presently
contemplated.
(ii) The
Corporation has full power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to incur and perform its obligations hereunder. This
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Corporation enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms. Except as expressly set forth herein, no approvals or
consents of any persons or entities are required for Corporation to
execute and deliver this Agreement or perform its duties and other
obligations hereunder.
(iii) The execution, delivery
and performance by the Corporation of this Agreement does not
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of or constitute a
default under (whether immediately, upon the giving of notice or
lapse of time or both) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws
of the Corporation, or any agreement or instrument to which the
Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation or any of its
properties may be bound or affected.
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Employee
understands and recognizes that his services to the Corporation are
special and unique and agrees that, during the term of this
Agreement and for a period of two (2) years following the
termination of the Employee’s employment with the Corporation
(or one (1) year in the event that the Employee is terminated
within 1 year of the Effective Date), employee shall not in any
manner, directly or indirectly, on behalf of himself or any person,
firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation or other business
entity (‘Person”), enter into or engage in any business
competitive with the Corporation’s business or research
activities, either as an individual for his own account, or as a
partner, joint venturer, executive, agent, consultant, salesperson,
officer, director of a Person operating or intending to operate in
the area of the use of any of the compounds owned or licensed by
the Corporation during the time of his employ.
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During the
Term and for two (2) years (or one (1) year in the event that the
Employee is terminated within 1 year of the Effective Date)
following the termination of the Employee’s employment with
the Corp
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