EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This Executive Employment Agreement, dated
August 6 th
, 2008 (the “ Commencement
Date ”), is between Sunburst Acquisitions III, Inc., a
Colorado corporation (the “ Company
”) and Richard McKilligan, an individual residing
at 1226 North Laurel Avenue #208, West Hollywood, California 90046
(“ Executive ”).
1. Position
and Responsibilities
(a) Position.
Executive is employed by the Company
to render services to the Company in the positions of Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary and General
Counsel. Executive shall perform such duties and
responsibilities as are normally related to such positions in
accordance with the standards of the industry and any additional
duties now or hereafter assigned to Executive by the Company.
Executive shall abide by the rules, regulations, and practices as
adopted or modified from time to time in the Company’s sole
discretion.
(b) Other Activities.
Executive will not, during the term
of this Agreement, (i) accept any other employment, or (ii) engage,
directly or indirectly, in any other business activity (whether or
not pursued for pecuniary advantage) that might create a conflict
of interest with the Company, provided, however, that Executive
may, after providing notice to the Company, accept other
employment. The Company acknowledges that Executive has
provided notice of Executive’s employment with Derycz
Scientific, Inc. and Bristol Capital Advisors, LLC.
(c) No Conflict.
Executive represents and warrants
that Executive’s execution of this Agreement,
Executive’s employment with the Company, and the performance
of Executive’s proposed duties under this Agreement shall not
violate any obligations Executive may have to any other employer,
person or entity, including any obligations with respect to
proprietary or confidential information of any other person or
entity.
(d) Term. The term of employment of Executive by the
Company pursuant to this Employment Agreement shall be for the
period commencing on the Commencement Date and ending on August
8 th
, 2010, or such earlier date that
Employee’s employment is terminated in accordance with the
provisions of this Employment Agreement.
2.
Compensation and Benefits
(a) Base Salary.
In consideration of the services to
be rendered under this Agreement, the Company shall pay Executive a
salary at the rate of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) per year
(“ Base Salary ”). The Base Salary shall be paid
in accordance with the Company’s regularly established
payroll practice. Executive’s Base Salary will be
reviewed from time to time in accordance with the established
procedures of the Company for adjusting salaries for similarly
situated employees and may be adjusted in the sole discretion of
the Company.
(b) Bonus. Executive shall be eligible to receive bonuses
at the discretion of the boards of directors of the
Company
(c) Options.
Executive will receive
fully vested options to purchase Fifty-Six Million Six Hundred
Eighty-Two Thousand (56,682,000) shares of the Company’s
common stock at the price of $0.00001 per share, with an expiration
date of August 6th, 2013, as soon as practicable after sufficient
common shares have been authorized under the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation.
(c) Benefits.
Executive shall be eligible to
participate in the benefits made generally available by the Company
to its employees, in accordance with the benefit plans established
by the Company, and as may be amended from time to time in the
Company’s sole discretion.
(d) Expenses.
The Company shall reimburse
Executive for reasonable business expenses incurred in the
performance of Executive’s duties hereunder in accordance
with the Company’s expense reimbursement
guidelines.
3. At-Will
Employment; Termination By the Company
(a) At-Will Termination by the
Company. The employment
of Executive shall be “at-will” at all
times. The Company may terminate Executive’s
employment with the Company at any time, without any advance
notice, for any reason or no reason at all, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in or arising from any
statements, policies or practices of the Company relating to the
employment, discipline or termination of its
employees. Upon and after such termination, all
obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall cease, unless
Executive’s employment is terminated without Cause, in which
case the Company shall provide Executive with the severance
benefits described in Section 3(b) below.
(b) Severance.
Except in situations where the
employment of Executive is terminated For Cause, By Death or By
Disability (as defined in Section 4 below), in the event that the
Company terminates the employment of Executive at any time,
Executive will be eligible to receive an amount equal to three (3)
months of the then-current Base Salary of the Executive payable in
the form of salary continuation. Executive’s
eligibility for severance is conditioned on Executive having first
signed a release agreement in the form attached as Exhibit
A. Executive shall not be entitled to any severance
payments if Executive’s employment is terminated For Cause,
By Death or By Disability (as defined in Section 4 below) or if
Executive’s employment is terminated by Executive (in
accordance with Section 5 below).
4. Other
Terminations By the Company
(a) Termination for Cause.
For purposes of this Agreement,
“ For Cause ” shall mean: (i) Executive commits
a crime involving dishonesty, breach of trust, or physical harm to
any person; (ii) Executive willfully engages in conduct that is in
bad faith and materially injurious to the Company, including but
not limited to, misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud or
embezzlement; (iii) Executive commits a material breach of this
Agreement, which breach is not cured within twenty (20) days after
written notice to Executive from the Company; (iv) Executive
willfully refuses to implement or follow a lawful policy or
directive of the Company, which breach is not cured within twenty
(20) days after written notice to Executive from the Company; or
(v) Executive engages in misfeasance or malfeasance demonstrated by
a pattern of failure to perform job duties diligently and
professionally. The Company may terminate
Executive’s employment For Cause at any time, without any
advance notice. The Company shall pay to Executive all
compensation to which Executive is entitled up through the date of
termination, subject to any other rights or remedies of Employer
under law; and thereafter all obligations of the Company under this
Agreement shall cease.
(b) By Death.
Executive’s employment shall
terminate automatically upon Executive’s
death. The Company shall pay to Executive’s
beneficiaries or estate, as appropriate, any compensation then due
and owing. Thereafter all obligations of the Company
under this Agreement shall cease. Nothing in this
Section shall affect any entitlement of Executive’s heirs or
devisees to the benefits of any life insurance plan or other
applicable benefits.
(c) By Disability.
If Executive becomes eligible for
the Company’s long term disability benefits or if, in the
sole opinion of the Company, Executive is unable to carry out the
responsibilities and functions of the position held by Executive by
reason of any physical or mental impairment for more than ninety
(90) consecutive days or more than one hundred and twenty days
(120) in any twelve-month period, then, to the extent permitted by
law, the Company may terminate Executive’s
employment. The Company shall pay to Executive all
compensation to which Executive is entitled up through the date of
termination, and thereafter all obligations of the Company under
this Agreement shall cease. Nothing in this Section
shall affect Executive’s rights under any disability plan in
which Executive is a participant.
5. At-Will
Termination By Executive
Executive may terminate employment
with the Company at any time for any reason or no reason at all,
upon four weeks’ advance written notice. During such notice
period Executive shall continue to diligently perform all of
Executive’s duties hereunder. The Company shall
have the option, in its sole discretion, to make Executive’s
termination effective at any time prior to the end of such notice
period as long as the Company pays Executive all compensation to
which Executive is entitled up through the last day of the four
week notice period. Thereafter all obligations of the Company shall
cease.
6.
Termination Obligations
(a) Return of
Property. Executive agrees that all property
(including without limitation all equipment, tangible proprietary
information, documents, records, notes, contracts and
computer-generated materials) furnished to or created or prepared
by Executive incident to Executive’s employment belongs to
the Company and shall be promptly returned to the Company upon
termination of Executive’s employment.
(b) Resignation and
Cooperation. Upon
termination of Executive’s employment, Executive shall be
deemed to have resigned