EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Agreement is entered into between Alan Kobran ("Employee")
and
ICOA, Inc. ("Company") as of July ___,
2005, upon the following terms and
conditions:
1. Duties; At-Will Employment. Employee will perform for Company such
duties as may be designated by Company from time to time. Employee is hereby
retained by Company for no specified
term, and may be terminated by Company
at
any time, with or without cause, and with
or without notice. Similarly, Employee
may terminate Employee's employment with Company at any time, with or
without
cause, and with or without notice.
2. Compensation. In exchange for the services
Employee will perform for
Company, the Company agrees to provide the
following compensation to Employee:
2.1 Salary.
Employee shall be paid an annual salary of
$120,000, payable
semi-monthly.
2.2 Severance. In the event that Employee's employment is terminated
involuntarily without Cause prior to June 30, 2006, or if the Employee's
employment is Constructively Terminated, as hereinafter defined, Employee
will
be entitled to a severance payment equivalent to the salary rate
specified in
Section 2.1 or such salary rate as Employee
is being paid just prior to the date
of termination, whichever is greater, plus the
highest amount of any cash bonus
paid to Employee through June 30, 2006 (pro rata for the
period since such
bonus), to be payable by lump sum upon
separation of employment. In addition, in
the event Employee's employment is terminated
involuntarily
without Cause any
time after June 30, 2006, Employee shall be paid a severance
payment equal such
amount as is provided for other senior
management of Company,
by lump sum upon
separation of employment. "Cause" means (i) incompetence, fraud, personal
dishonesty, embezzlement or acts of gross
negligence or gross misconduct on the
part of Employee in the course of his or
her employment
or services, (ii) a
Employee's engagement in conduct that is
materially
injurious to the
Company,
(iii) a Employee's conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of, or
pleading "guilty" or "no contest" to, (x) a
felony, or (y) any
other criminal
charge (other than minor traffic
violations) which
could reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse impact on the
Company's or an Affiliate's reputation
or business; (iv) public or consistent
drunkenness by a Employee or his illegal
use of narcotics which is, or could
reasonably be expected to become, materially
injurious to the reputation or business of the
Company or an Affiliate or which
impairs, or could reasonably be expected to impair, the performance of a
Employee's duties to the Company; or (v)
willful failure by a Employee to follow
the lawful directions of a superior
officer or the Board.
For purposes of this
Agreement, Constructive Termination means
the material failure of the Company to
comply with its obligations under this agreement, any reduction of Employee's
responsibilities or authority without his consent, relocation of Employee's
principal place of business more than 25 miles from his existing place of
business, a reduction in compensation
without Employee's
consent or Employee's
termination for qualifying or disclaiming certifications or withholding
certifications where Employee believes and timely
documents the reasons why, in
his professional opinion, it is not appropriate to give the
certifications the
Company or third parties seek.
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2.3 Benefits. Employee is eligible for bonus plan participation, group
health insurance, 401(k) plan
participation, vacation/PTO, expense reimbursement
and other benefits as they are offered to
senior management of the Company. The
Company shall issue Employee a stock option grant for
1.2 million shares of the
Company's common stock, under the Company's
2005 Stock Incentive Plan, effective
on the date hereof.
3. Confidentiality and Proprietary
Information.
Employee and the
Company
agree that the following confidentiality and proprietary
information terms
and
conditions shall govern their
relationship:
3.1 Definition
of Confidential Information. "Confidential Information" as
used in this Agreement shall mean valuable information concerning Company's
business which is not generally known to
the public and is disclosed to Employee
during the period of and pursuant to the
scope of his
employment with
Company.
"Confidential Information" shall include trade
secrets, know-how,
inventions,
techniques, processes, algorithms, software programs, schematics, software
source documents, contracts, customer lists, financial