EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is effective as of the -1 st - day of
-April-, 2009, by and between Capital Financial Services,
Inc. , a Wisconsin corporation (hereinafter referred to as the
"Company" ), and Bradley Wells (hereinafter referred
to as the "Employee" ); and Integrity Mutual Funds,
Inc ., (" the Parent ") a North Dakota corporation that
is the parent and sole owner of the Company. This agreement is an
Employment Agreement between the Employee and the Company. The
Parent of the Company is a party to this Agreement and consents and
ratifies this Agreement to the extent it is affected by the terms
of this Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Capital Financial Services, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation
(the "Company" ), is a FINRA member Broker Dealer; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the services of the Employee
to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and to assist with
the growth, direction and oversight of the business activities of
the Company; and
WHEREAS, Employee desires to render services upon the terms herein
set forth.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, the Company and the Employee hereby
agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
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Employment . The Company hereby employs the Employee and the
Employee hereby accepts employment with the Company upon the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth. It is expressly understood
that the Employee will also have separate employment, separate
duties and a separate compensation package as an officer of
Integrity Mutual Funds, Inc., independent of this Agreement.
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Term . Subject to the provisions for earlier termination
hereinafter set forth, the term of employment hereunder shall be
for two years and shall commence on the date hereof and end on the
day preceding the second anniversary of the date hereof (the
"Employment Period" ). The parties hereto may by mutual
consent agree to renew this contract for another two-year period.
In such case all provisions of this contract will continue in
effect for an additional two-year period.
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Compensation . The Company agrees to provide the Employee
with the following compensation for all services rendered by the
Employee under this Agreement:
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3.1.
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Base Salary . The Company shall pay to the Employee an
initial salary equal to the sum of One Hundred Thirty Five Thousand
Dollars ($135,000) per year as a base salary, which sum shall be
payable per two week pay period, in arrears, (or prorated amount if
the first month is a portion of a month) commencing on the first
day of the month of April 2009, first payable on the first regular
payroll of the Company after April 1, 2009 and thereafter on each
regular two week payroll period thereafter during the entire term
hereof. All compensation provided for in this section shall be
subject to the Company deducting therefrom Social Security,
Medicare, federal and state income taxes and any and all
withholding payments as may be required by law.
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3.2.
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Net Income Based Compensation . Employee shall receive
additional monthly compensation equal to five percent (5%) of the
net income of the Company, as determined from the statement of
operations of the Company before deduction for federal and state
income tax expense and before deduction of the combination of the
Net Income Based Compensation to Employee described herein together
with the similar Net Income Based Compensation payable to Jeffrey
Lindsey under his contract dated the same date as this Agreement.
Said additional monthly compensation to be paid to Employee on the
next scheduled pay period following completion of the Company's
financial reports for each calendar month but in no event more than
twenty one (21) days after each month end. In the event that the
Company incurs a loss in any month, there will be no payment to
Employee and that loss will be carried forward to the next month
and deducted from that month's income (and each successive month
thereafter if necessary until positive net income in excess of the
prior month's loss is achieved) for purposes of calculation of
Employee's net income based compensation. Employee's first monthly
net income based compensation shall be determined for the month
ended March 31, 2009. All compensation provided for in this section
shall be subject to the Company deducting therefrom Social
Security, Medicare, federal and state income taxes and any and all
withholding payments as may be required by law.
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Increase of Base Salary for Cost of Living : Employee's Base
Salary shall be increased each year beginning April 1, 2010 by the
percentage amount of the most recently federally published annual
"Cost of Living Index" increase (if any increase is reported) for
the United States of America.
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Incremental Company Value Increase Bonus . A "Fair Value"
appraisal valuation of the Company at Nine Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($9,500,000) was completed with a valuation date
of March 31, 2008 on behalf of Integrity Mutual Funds, Inc. by
Valuation & Tacservices, LLC. This amount is accepted as the
base value of the Company for purposes of this Agreement. At the
date of termination of this contract, whether by passage of time or
by death, disability, or voluntary or involuntary termination,
Employee shall be entitled to a bonus, payable in cash, equal to
five percent (5%) of the increase in appraised value of the Company
over an initial base valuation of which is equal to the March 31,
2008 appraised value of $9,500,000 less the $742,380 United
Heritage debt allocated to the Company and Capital Financial
Holding, Inc., which is the allocation of debt which was utilized
for purposes of the amended proxy filed September 23, 2008 by
Integrity Mutual Funds, Inc. (the "base valuation") and a contract
termination date valuation of the Company mutually determined and
agreed by Employee and the Company or if no such mutual
determination is made or agreed within 30 days of termination of
this Agreement, then a valuation as determined by the "Fair Value"
appraisal valuation of the Company which shall be determined by a
utilizing a composite of the One-Year Capitalization Method which
utilizes estimated one year cash flow divided by an adjusted
discount rate and the Discounted Cash Flow Method which utilizes
three future years and a perpetuity estimate (terminal period)
divided by an adjusted discount rate ("Fair Value") and which
amount will then further include a reduction in the Fair Value
valuation for the capitalized costs of each acquisition made by the
Company after the date of this employment contract as evidenced by
such capitalized costs included in the Balance Sheet of the Company
(the "Termination Valuation"). Said valuation will be performed at
the Company's cost by an independent, qualified Valuation
Consultant to be mutually agreed by the Company and the Employee,
as of the date of Employee's termination or the termination of this
contract. To clarify, the Termination Valuation shall include a
reduction in the "Fair Value" appraisal amount for the capitalized
cost (on the Company's accounting records) of acquisitions made in
the expansion of the Company after the date of this agreement. For
example, with the base valuation of $8,757,620, if a Fair Value
valuation at the termination of this contract was determined to be
$12,000,000, and two acquisitions occurred with combined
capitalized costs on the accounting books of the Company of
$2,000,000, then Employee would be entitled to a bonus in cash of
$62,119 ($12,000,000 Fair Value - $2,000,000 capitalized
acquisition costs -8,757,620 base valuation * 5%). For avoidance of
doubt, upon termination of Employee for any reason other than
financial fraud, or upon the expiration date of this contract,
which expiration date would include the potential five-year
renewal, Employee is entitled to the appraisal valuation and the
bonus described herein. So as not to impair the financial health of
the Company, the maximum payout of this bonus in any one year is
limited to .75% of the previous year's gross revenues.
In the event that the parties mutually agree to renew this contract
for an additional two-year term, the provisions and benefits of the
above paragraph shall continue to the end of the two-year renewal
period. In the event that the Company elects not to renew this
contract, Employee shall be immediately entitled to the benefits
described in the above paragraph upon termination of employment. In
the event that the Employee elects not to renew this contract, and
agrees not to compete with the Company for a period of one year
after termination of this contract, Employee shall be immediately
entitled to the benefits described in the above paragraph upon
termination of employment. In the event that the Employee elects
not to renew this contract, and elects not to execute an agreement
not to compete with the Company for a period of one year after
termination of this contract, Employee will not be entitled to the
benefits described in the above paragraph upon termination of
employment. Competition with the Company for purposes of this
paragraph shall mean: (1) employment with, ownership of (other than
less than 5% of a publicly traded entity) acting as a principal,
manager, or officer of, or otherwise acting in a management or
principal capacity of, a FINRA member broker dealer and/or (2)
soliciting employees or registered representatives of the Company
to work for another FINRA member broker dealer.
Alternatively, if the Company is sold, resulting in the
termination of Employee, Employee shall be entitled to a bonus,
payable in cash, equal to five percent (5%) of the difference
between the actual unrelated willing buyer/willing seller market
sale price of the Company and the base value of $8,757,620. If the
sale is other than an unrelated willing buyer/willing seller market
sale price, the bonus shall be based upon the independent appraisal
method described above.
The parties agree that the amount of the potential bonus (if any)
to Employee as described in this paragraph is a contingency, the
amount of which is unknown and cannot be reasonably determined or
estimated in advance of it final determination.
In the event that the Company is the subject of a spin-off from
Parent and becomes a subsidiary of another holding entity, the
valuation and bonus described in this Section 3.4 shall be based
upon the valuation of the entire value of the holding entity of
which the Company is a subsidiary.
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3.5.
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Other Employee Benefits
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(a)
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The Company shall pay for and/or reimburse the Employee for the
cost of attending relevant professional, management or technical
seminars, including travel and lodging.
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Employee may personally advance payments for various expenses or
cost items attributable to the Company's operations or
administration and the Company will pay for and/or reimburse the
Employee for all such reasonable expenses upon the presentation by
the Employee, from time to time, of an itemized account of such
expenditures. The Employee is also authorized to incur reasonable
expenses for promoting the business of the Company, including the
expenses for entertainment, travel and similar items. The Company
will pay for and/or reimburse the Employee for all such reasonable
expenses upon the presentation by the Employee, from time to time,
of an itemized account of such expenditures in a form complying
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Internal Revenue
Service and reasonable requirements of the Company.
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Other Benefits . To the extent that the Employee is
otherwise eligible to participate therein, during the Employment
Period the Employee shall be entitled to participate in and receive
the benefits of any and all pension, retirement, vacation, profit
sharing, health, disability, insurance and other benefit plans,
programs and policies, if any, which may be maintained by the
Company from time to time during the term hereof.
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Final Payment from Previous Contract . In addition to the
compensation provided by this agreement, Employee was paid his
normal compensation in December 2008 due from his previous contract
with Integrity Mutual Funds, Inc., which compensation is based upon
November 2008 registered representative production of the Company.
Thereafter said previous contract between Employee and Integrity
Mutual Funds, Inc. will no longer be in effect. Additionally, all
amounts paid Employee as salary or bonus from December 2008 to the
effective date of this contract are deemed earned by Employee.
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Duties . The Employee shall serve as the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company. As such, the Employee's duties and
responsibilities shall include, but shall not be limited to:
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Reporting to the Chairman of the Board of the Company;
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(ii)
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Overall supervision of the Company;
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Recruiting and retaining brokers;
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Identifying acquisition opportunities;
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Assisting with t
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