Exhibit 99.6
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement (“
Agreement ”) is entered into by and between Park City
Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company
”) and Randall K. Fields (“ Employee ”),
this 9th day of April, 2009.
Recitals:
A. Employee is employed
by and provides sales and management services to the
Company.
B. This Agreement is
made to protect the Company’s legitimate and legally
protectible property and business interests.
C. This Agreement
is entered into as a term and condition of Employee’s
employment with the Company.
D. This Agreement
amends and replaces that certain Employment Agreement between
the parties hereto dated July 1, 2005.
Agreements:
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the mutual
covenants and promises contained in, and the mutual benefits to be
derived from this Agreement, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the Company and Employee agree as
follows:
The Company
hereby employs Employee, and Employee hereby accepts such
employment, on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
2.
Term of the Employment.
The employment
of Employee by the Company will continue pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement effective as of July 1, 2008 and end on the
30 th
day of June, 2013 (the “
Initial Term” ), unless sooner terminated pursuant to
the terms hereof or extended at the sole discretion of the
Company’s Board of Directors. The Initial Term and any
subsequent terms will automatically renew for additional one year
periods unless, six months prior to the expiration of the then
current term, either party gives notice to the other that the
Agreement will not renew for an additional term. In the event of
such written notice being timely provided by the Company, Employee
shall not be required to perform any responsibilities or duties to
the Company during the final two months of the then-existing term.
In such event, the Company will remain obligated to Employee for
all compensation and other benefits set forth herein and in any
written modifications hereto.
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(a)
General Duties . Employee shall be employed as the Sales
Department Manager of the Company, and shall have such
duties, responsibilities and obligations as are established by the
Bylaws of the Company or are generally required of persons employed
in similar positions.
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(b)
Performance . To the best of his ability and experience,
Employee will at all times loyally and conscientiously perform all
duties, and discharge all responsibilities and obligations,
required of and from him pursuant to the express and implicit terms
hereof, and to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company. Employee
shall devote as much of his time, energy, skill and attention to
the business of the Company, and the Company shall be entitled to
all of the benefits and profits arising from or incident to all
such work, services, and advice of Employee rendered to the
Company.
(c)
Company Directorship . Employee shall be elected to the
position of director and shall serve on the Company’s Board
of Directors during his term of employment as Chairman.
(d)
Other Directorships and Businesses . During the term of his
Employment, Employee may serve on the boards of directors or on
advisory boards of other companies or engage in other business
relationships, so long as such service does not interfere or
conflict with the performance of Employee’s duties hereunder,
and provided further that Employee will not serve on the boards of
directors or on advisory boards of companies which are direct
competitors of the Company.
(e)
Outside Activities . Nothing in this Agreement shall
prohibit Employee from directing his personal investments or
accepting speaking or presentation engagements in exchange for
honoraria, or from rendering services to, or serving on boards of,
charitable organizations, so long as such activities do not
interfere or conflict with the performance of Employee’s
duties hereunder.
4.
Compensation and Benefits.
(a)
Salary . The Company shall pay to Employee an annual base
salary of $50,000 (“ Annual Base Salary ”). The
Annual Base Salary, which shall be pro-rated for any partial
employment period, will be payable in equal bi-weekly installments
or at such other intervals as may be established for the
Company’s customary payroll schedule, less all applicable
federal, state and local income and employment tax withholdings
required by law.
(b)
Other Benefits . The Company acknowledges that the Employee
conducts a considerable amount of business activities from
Employee’s personal residence. Accordingly, the Company shall
pay the costs of maintaining telephone lines and systems for
business use, along with related costs, at the Employee’s
residence. In addition, the Company shall also provide the Employee
with computers and other business equipment Employee deems
necessary for the Employee to conduct necessary business activities
from Employee’s personal residence
The Company also acknowledges that the
Employee’s secretary performs limited personal accounting and
other related services for the Employee. The Company hereby
authorizes such activities so long as they do not interfere with
Employee’s secretary’s services to the Company. Should
Employee retain someone else to perform personal accounting and tax
services, the Company shall bear the cost of such
services.
(c)
Benefit and Stock Option Plans . Employee shall be entitled
to participate, to the extent of Employee’s eligibility, in
any employee benefit and stock option plans made available by the
Company to its employees during the term of this Agreement. In
addition, at no cost to Employee, Company will provide Employee,
and his immediate family members , coverage under a health and
dental insurance plan during the term of Employee’s
employment and any applicable COBRA coverage period.
(d)
Vacations, Holidays, etc. Employee shall have four (4) weeks
paid vacation and twelve (12) days sick leave during each year he
is employed. Vacation days will accrue from year to year if not
taken.
(e)
Indemnification; D&O Insurance . The Company shall
indemnify the Employee to the fullest extent of that which is
available under Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, and
shall provide director’s and officer’s insurance with
such coverages, in such amounts and from such insurers as
constitutes good practices by comparable companies in the same
business as the Company. Such insurance shall provide defense and
coverage obligations for any claim arising out of Employee’s
acts or omissions committed during the Initial Term or any
subsequent term hereof, regardless of when such claims are
asserted.
(f)
Incentive Bonus . An incentive bonus, based upon the
Company’s achievement of performance goals shall be paid to
Employee. The goals will be pre-determined each year by
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in discussion
with Employee.
(g) Travel and
Business Expense Reimbursement . The Company shall promptly
reimburse Employee for all of his reasonable business
expenses. Expenses not reimbursed within 30 days of the
date of submittal to the Company shall bear interest at the rate of
twelve percent (12%) per annum.
5.
Proprietary Information.
(a)
Obligation . Employee shall not disclose, publish,
disseminate, reproduce, summarize, distribute, make available or
use any Proprietary Information, except in pursuance of
Employee’s duties, responsibilities and obligations under
this Agreement and for the benefit of the Company.
(b)
Definition . As used in this Agreement, “
Proprietary Information ” means information that is
(i) designated as “confidential,”
“proprietary” or both by the Company or should have
been known to be “confidential” or
“proprietary” to the Company from the nature of the
information or the circumstances of