EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”) dated December 4, 2006 by and between
Phantom Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and Terrance Taylor, an individual (the
“Employee”).
The Company desires to employ the
Employee, and the Employee wishes to accept such employment with
the Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing facts and mutual agreements set forth below, the
parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as
follows:
1.
Employment . The Company hereby agrees to employ Employee,
and Employee hereby accepts such employment and agrees to perform
Employee’s duties and responsibilities in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
1.1 Duties
and Responsibilities . Employee shall serve as Controller and
Treasurer. During the Employment Term, Employee shall perform all
duties and accept all responsibilities incident to such positions
and other appropriate duties as may be assigned to Employee by the
Company’s Chief Executive Officers and Board of Directors
from time to time. The Company shall retain full direction and
control of the manner, means and methods by which Employee performs
the services for which he is employed hereunder and of the place or
places at which such services shall be rendered.
1.2
Employment Term . The term of Employee’s employment
under this Agreement shall commence as of December 6, 2006 (the
“Effective Date”) and shall continue for 12 months,
unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 4 hereof. The
term of Employee’s employment shall be automatically renewed
for successive one (1) year periods until the Employee or the
Company delivers to the other party a written notice of their
intent not to renew the “Employment Term,” such written
notice to be delivered at least sixty (60) days prior to the
expiration of the then-effective “Employment Term” as
that term is defined below. The period commencing as of the
Effective Date and ending 12 months thereafter or such later date
to which the term of Employee’s employment under the
Agreement shall have been extended by mutual written Agreement is
referred to herein as the “Employment Term.”
1.3 Extent
of Service . During the Employment Term, Employee agrees to use
Employee’s best efforts to carry out the duties and
responsibilities under Section 1.1 hereof and to devote
substantially all Employee’s business time, attention and
energy thereto. Employee further agrees not to work either on a
part-time or independent contracting basis for any other business
or enterprise during the Employment Term without the prior written
consent of the Company’s Board of Directors (the
“Board”), which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
1.4 Base
Salary . The Company shall pay Employee a base salary (the
“Base Salary”) at the annual rate of $150,000 (U.S.),
payable at such times as the Company customarily pays its other
senior level Employees (but in any event no less often than
monthly). The Base
Salary shall be subject to all
state, federal, and local payroll tax withholding and any other
withholdings required by law.
1.5
Incentive Compensation . Employee shall be eligible to earn
a cash bonus of up to $37,500 (representing three (3) months Base
Salary) at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, to be
based upon certain performance or operational-based
milestones.
1.6 Signing
Bonus . The Company agrees to issue to Employee an aggregate
five million (5,000,000) shares of the Company’s common stock
within five (5) business days from the date of execution of this
Agreement as a signing bonus.
1.7 Other
Benefits . During the Employment Term, Employee shall be
entitled to participate in all employee benefit plans and programs
made available to the Company’s senior level Employees as a
group or to its employees generally, as such plans or programs may
be in effect from time to time (the “Benefit
Coverages”), including, without limitation, medical, dental,
hospitalization, short-term and long-term disability and life
insurance plans, accidental death and dismemberment protection and
travel accident insurance. Employee shall be provided office space
adequate for the performance of his duties.
1.8
Reimbursement of Expenses; Vacation; Sick Days and Personal
Days . Employee shall be provided with reimbursement of
expenses related to Employee’s employment by the Company on a
basis no less favorable than that which may be authorized from time
to time by the Board, in its sole discretion, for senior level
Employees as a group. Employee shall be entitled to vacation and
holidays in accordance with the Company’s normal personnel
policies for senior level Employees, but not less than two (2)
weeks of vacation per calendar year, provided Employee shall not
utilize more than two (2) consecutive business days without the
express consent of the Chief Executive Officer. Unused vacation
time will be forfeited as of December 31 of each calendar year of
the Employment Term. Employee shall be entitled to no more than an
aggregate of twelve (12) sick days and personal days per calendar
year.
1.9 No Other
Compensation . Except as expressly provided in Sections 1.4
through 1.7, Employee shall not be entitled to any other
compensation or benefits.
2.
Confidential Information . Employee recognizes and
acknowledges that by reason of Employee’s employment by and
service to the Company before, during and, if applicable, after the
Employment Term, Employee will have access to certain confidential
and proprietary information relating to the Company’s
business, which may include, but is not limited to, trade secrets,
trade “know-how,” product development techniques and
plans, formulas, customer lists and addresses, financing services,
funding programs, cost and pricing information, marketing and sales
techniques, strategy and programs, computer programs and software
and financial information (collectively referred to as
“Confidential Information”). Employee acknowledges that
such Confidential Information is a valuable and unique asset of the
Company and Employee covenants that he will not, unless expressly
authorized in writing by the Company, at any time during the course
of Employee’s employment use any Confidential Information or
divulge or disclose any Confidential Information to any person,
firm or corporation except in connection with the performance of
Employee’s duties for the Company and in a manner consistent
with the
Company’s policies regarding
Confidential Information. Employee also covenants that at any time
after the termination of such employment, directly or indirectly,
he will not use any Confidential Information or divulge or disclose
any Confidential Information to any person, firm or corporation,
unless such information is in the public domain through
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