Exhibit 10.6x3
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement
("Agreement") is made and entered
into effective as of the 6 TH day of March, 2009, (the Effective
date”) by and between SOLOMON RC ALI hereinafter
referred to as ("Employee") and UNIVERSAL BIOENERGY INC., a
Nevada corporation having offices at 128 Biodiesel
Drive, Nettleton, Mississippi 38858 hereinafter referred to as the
(“Employer”).
WHEREAS,
Employer and Employee desire to set forth the terms and conditions
of Employee's employment as Senior Vice President of
Investor Relations of Employer in an employment agreement, and
Employee is willing to perform such services for Employer under the
terms and conditions set forth below; and
WHEREAS,
Employer wishes to retain the services of Employee and encourage
him to remain employed with Employer and Employer wishes for
Employee to remain with Employer;
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the above recitals and the mutual covenants,
understandings and agreements contained herein and for other good
and valuable information, the receipt and adequacy of which is
hereby acknowledged, Employee and Employer agree as
follows:
Section
1: Employment.
Employer agrees to employ Employee and Employee
agrees to accept employment with Employer, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. Employer’s employment under
this Agreement shall be effective as of the “Effective
Date” of this Agreement and shall continue for a term ending
on March 6, 2010 (the “Term”).
Section
2: Duties and
Responsibilities.
(a)
Position: Employee shall devote his employment time,
efforts, skills and attention exclusively to his employment as
Senior Vice President of Investor Relations ;
provided, however, that to the extent the following activities do
not materially interfere or conflict with his duties and
responsibilities hereunder, Employee may (i) serve as a member of
the boards of directors of other corporations and/or companies (ii)
engage in charitable, civic, educational and religious
affairs.
(b)
Board of Directors Seat. Within Three Days
(3) after the commencement of the Agreement, the Employer shall
elect to, and grant to Employee, One (1) Seat on the
Employer’s Board of Directors to represent the interests of
the shareholders. The term for the seat on the Board
shall be for a period of One (1)
Year.
Section
3: Compensation, Benefits and Related
Matters.
(a) Annual Base Salary.
Employer shall pay to Employee a base salary at an annual rate of
$156,000 ("Base Salary") per year during the first year, and
the same amount or more during each subsequent year. Such Base
Salary to be payable in accordance with Employer’s customary
payroll practices as in effect from time to time and be
payable in equal semi-monthly installments throughout the year. The
annual Base Salary will be reviewed at least annually and / or more
often from time to time as determined by the Board of Directors,
(or the Compensation Committee of such Board), for merit or other
increases and any increase in Employee's annual Base Salary rate
shall thereafter constitute "Base Salary" for purposes of this
Agreement. This review for merit or other increases shall occur
three months prior to the end of each year for the express purpose
of considering additional increments to Employee’s Base
Salary. In addition to the merit or other increases, a minimum
eight (8%) annual cost-of-living allowance increase to the annual
Base Salary will be provided to Employee.
(b)
Signing Bonus. Employee shall receive a Twenty Five Thousand
Dollars ($25,000) non-refundable signing bonus at the start of
Employee’s employment. The signing bonus will be paid from
the Employer’s Investor Relations “department”
budget, pending the raising of capital. Employer may also elect to
pay the Signing Bonus from the sale of Employer’s free and
tradable outstanding shares of common stock in accordance with
applicable state and federal securities law, or other
means.
(c)
Cash Bonus - Incentive Compensation. In addition to the Base
Salary provided for in Section 3(a) above, Employee shall be
entitled depending upon mutually agreeable performance targets, a
monthly bonus for each month in which Employer meets or exceeds
performance targets. Bonus targets for each month or fiscal year
shall be set by the Board of Directors of Employer. Such
bonuses shall be payable quarterly. The Bonus shall be
paid from Employer’s Investor Relations department,
(“the Department”), which is exclusively devoted for
the purpose of Investor Relations, Corporate Finance and related
Marketing. The Employer has allocated to the
“department” as its budget, Thirty Five Percent (35%)
of the gross funds or revenues obtained by the Employer through
investment capital. The bonus shall be Fifty Percent (50%) of the
“net operating budget” of the “department”
for efficiently and profitably managing the
“Department”. “Net operating budget” shall
be calculated as the gross “Budget” minus all direct
“Department” expenditures, (those
exclusively generated in connection with the investor
relations department), for investor relations
overhead, marketing, legal, accounting, operations,
department employees payroll.
(d) Equity Incentive
– Stock Grants. Employer shall grant and
issue to Employee (at no cost), an equity ownership
position of Ten Percent (10%) of Employer’s outstanding
shares of company stock, and the Agreement for the grant of
the stock shall include anti-dilution
provisions for stock splits. The stock shares granted to the
Employee shall be non-refundable and irrevocable, and transferred
to the Employee’s tax deferred retirement account. The
vesting of the equity / stock certificates shall be as directed by
the Employee. The share certificates shall be issued within Three
(3) Days of the execution of this Agreement.
(e)
Debt Financing. Employee shall
receive Five Percent (5%) of the net amount actually received by
Employer of all debt financing obtained by Employee on behalf of
Employer.
(f)
Retirement and Benefit Plans. During his employment,
Employee shall be entitled to participate in and Employer agrees to
provide all retirement and benefit plans at no cost to Employee
including: retirement plans with immediate and full (100%) vesting;
Comprehensive health and major medical health insurance for
Employee and his family; Comprehensive dental insurance for
Employee and his family; Comprehensive vision insurance for
Employee and his family; Comprehensive life insurance; Travel
accident insurance; Disability insurance; Liability insurance and
other similar employee welfare benefit arrangements including
equity-based incentive plans as described in 3(c) above available
as an executive Employee of Employer. There shall be no payroll
deduction as a condition of coverage in the health and major
medical plans, dental plans and vision plans. Any fees, premiums,
or pay-outs will come solely from the Investor Relations Department
budget subject to availability of funds.
(g) Paid Time Off.
Employee shall be entitled to paid time off in addition to holiday
and sick time, of not less than eight (8) weeks of paid vacation
per year and any unused portion will be carry-forward to subsequent
years but not to exceed eight (8) weeks in any given
year.
(h) Indemnification
Liability/Insurance. Employee shall be entitled to
indemnification and defense by Employer to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law and the charter and bylaws of Employer.
Employer shall indemnify, defend, and hold Employee harmless from
and against any liability, damages, costs, or expenses (including
attorney’s fees) in connection with any claim, cause of
action, investigation, litigation, or proceeding involving him by
reason of his having been an officer, director, employee, or agent
of Employer. Employer also agrees to maintain adequate directors
and officer’s liability insurance for the benefit of Employee
and Employee shall be covered by such insurance. Any fees,
premiums, or pay-outs will come solely from the Investor Relations
Department budget subject to availability of funds.
(i) Taxes. All
compensation payable to Employee shall be subject to appropriate
withholding for all applicable federal, state and local income
taxes, occupational taxes, Social Security and similar mandatory
withholdings.
(j) The
Employer has allocated to the Investor Relations Department as its
budget, Thirty Five Percent (35%) of the gross funds raised by
department Employee’s for the Employer through investment
capital. All of the above compensation,
and expenditures, (those exclusively generated in
connection with the investor relations department), for investor
relations overhead, marketing, legal, accounting, operations, and
employees payroll, (with the exception of 3(b), 3(d), 3(e) and 3(f)
above), shall be paid and deducted from the funds allocated to the
Investors Relations department budget.
Section
4: Travel, Housing and
Relocation. Employer
will reimburse Employee for all reasonable expenses incurred by
Employee if Employee is required by Employer
to relocate his principal residence, family and
goods to another city or state on behalf of the Employer. Employer
will reimburse Employee’s expenses to temporarily relocate
him while Employee is in the process of selling his primary place
of residence. Employer will provide temporary housing expenses for
Employee and his family until his primary place of residence is
sold. Employer will reimburse Employee's expenses to
move his primary residence provided that reimbursable expenses will
be limited to house hunting trips, actual moving expenses,
temporary housing expenses and any real estate expenses that
Employee incurs in connection with the purchase or sale of any real
property. Employer will provide all up-front expenses for a moving
company to move Employee and his family to include but not limited
to, all household and related items, automobiles, appliances, etc.
Until such relocation of his primary residence is completed,
Employee shall be entitled to his Base Salary, benefits and
reimbursement for travel and housing expenses incurred by him in
connection with his performance of services pursuant to this
Agreement. If after Employee’s termination of employment,
Employee gives Employer written notice that he desires to relocate
within the continental United States, Employer will reimburse
Employee for relocation expenses in connection with such
relocation. Any reimbursement will come solely from
Investor Relations Department budget subject to availability of
funds except for reimbursement for extraneous duties.
Section
5: Termination.
Employer may, at any time in its
sole discretion, terminate Employee of Employer; provided, however,
that Employer shall provide Employee with at least sixty (60)
business days prior written notice of such termination and shall
make the payments associated with such termination in accordance
with Section 6.
(a) Termination by Employer
for "Good Cause." Employer may at any time, by written notice
to Employee at least Sixty (60) business days prior to the date of
termination specified in such notice and specifying the acts or
omissions believed to constitute Good Cause (as defined below),
terminate Employee as an officer and employee for Good Cause.
Employer may relieve Employee of his duties and responsibilities
pending a final determination of whether Good Cause exists, and
such action shall not constitute Good Reason (as defined below) for
purposes of this Agreement. Payment to Employe