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Title: Employment Agreement
Governing Law: California     Date: 7/30/2007

Employment Agreement, Parties: kreido laboratories  inc
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Exhibit 10.2
Employment Agreement
This employment agreement (“Agreement“) is effective as of July 26, 2007 (“Effective Date”), by and between Kreido Biofuels, Inc., a Nevada corporation located at 1140 Avenida Acaso, Camarillo, California 93012 and Kreido’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Kreido Laboratories, Inc. (collectively “Kreido” or the “Company”) and George A. “Ben” Binninger, an individual (“Executive”).
Recitals
A. The Company is desirous of engaging Executive’s services on a part-time basis as interim chief executive officer (“Interim CEO”) on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
B. Executive is desirous of accepting such part-time interim employment, title, and attendant responsibilities on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the foregoing and good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
Terms and Conditions
1.   Executive s Duties ; Title ; Location . As of the Effective Date, Executive is employed as Kreido’s Interim CEO under the terms and conditions below. Executive shall do and perform all services, acts, or things necessary or advisable to manage and conduct the business of the Company which are normally associated with the position of CEO. However, at all times during his employment, Executive shall be subject to the direction and policies from time to time established by the Board of Directors (the “Board”).
 
2.   Term and Termination . It is the expectation of the parties that Executive’s tenure as Interim CEO will be approximately 90 to 120 days. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Company’s employment of Executive as Interim CEO shall commence on July 26, 2007 and shall continue for an indefinite period of time to be determined at the sole discretion of the Board (the “Interim Period”). The Parties understand and agree that upon two (2) days’ written notice from the Board to the Executive of the conclusion of the Interim Period, Executive’s employment by the Company shall terminate effective the last day of the Interim Period. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Parties agree Executive is an at-will employee and either Party may terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement at any time, with or without cause upon two (2) days’ notice.
 
3.   Hours . Executive shall provide his services to Company on a half-time basis, which the parties agree will be an average of 2.5 days per week, unless Executive, in his sole discretion, determines additional time is necessary. Executive shall work at Kreido’s Camarillo, California, office or such other location as Kreido deems appropriate; provided, however, that Executive shall not be required routinely to provide services outside of a reasonable commuting distance from the current Camarillo office except when traveling on Kreido business.
 
4.   Compensation .
4.1 Base Salary . Executive shall receive an annual base salary of $140,000.00 in accordance with Kreido’s regular payroll practices. Such salary shall be prorated for any partial year of employment on the basis of a 365-day fiscal year. Executive agrees to waive all compensation to which Executive would otherwise be entitled as a director of the Company and for serving on committees and sub-committees of the Company’s board of directors during the Interim Period, .

 

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4.2 Stock Options. Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Kreido Biofuels 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (“Plan”). Executive’s participation in the Plan shall be governed by the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Plan documents. Capitalized words not defined in this Agreement but used in this Section shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
  4.2 (a)   Grant of Options. On the Effective Date, the Company will grant Executive an option to purchase 125,000 shares of the Company’s common voting stock under the Plan (the “Options”). Subsequently, the Executive shall be eligible for such additional grants of options and other permissible grants (collectively “Awards”) under the Plan as the Compensation Committee of the board of directors of the Company shall determine in its absolute discretion.
 
  4.2 (b)   Option Exercise Price; Term . The per share exercise price of the Option shall be the closing bid price per share of Company common stock on the date of grant. The Term of the Option shall be ten years from the date of grant.
 
  4.2 (c)   Vesting and Exercise . The Options shall vest and be exercisable as follows: (A) 50,000 options shall vest upon signing of this Employment Agreement (“Signing Grant”); (B) 50,000 options shall vest in four equal installments of 12,500 options at the conclusion of each month of employment the Executive completes with the Company beginning with the month of August, 2007 (“Monthly Installments”) up to a maximum of four Monthly Installments; and (C) the remaining 25,000 options shall vest in two equal installments of 12,500 options each on April 15, 2008 and October 15, 2008 if the Executive is employed by the Company or is a member of the Company’s board of directors on those dates. All vested options shall remain exercisable for ten years from the date of the Grant.
 
  4.2 (d)   Lock-Up Agreement . The Executive shall enter into a Lock-Up Agreement with the Company in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B . During any period that Executive is precluded by the Lock-Up Agreement from exercising the Option granted to Executive in Section 4.2(a), then the exercise period in Section 4.2(b) will be extended by the amount of time during which Executive could not exercise the Option, but in no event beyond ten years from the date of grant.
 
  4.2 (e)   Payment . The full consideration for shares purchased by the Executive upon exercise of the Option shall be paid: (a) by delivery of a certified check payable to the order of the Company; (b) by delivery and attestation of Mature Shares (valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of delivery) or (c) by delivery of a properly executed exercise notice with irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver to the Company the amount necessary to pay the exercise price from the sale of proceeds of a loan from the broker with respect to the sale of such award or a broker loan secured by Mature Shares.
4.3 Expense Reimbursement . Kreido shall reimburse Executive for all ordinary and necessary expenses reasonably incurred by Executive on Kreido’s behalf (“Business Expenses”). Executive shall provide Kreido with documentation for all Business Expenses at the time reimbursement is requested. In the event it is necessary for Executive to travel on
Kreido’s behalf, Executive shall be entitled to fly and have travel accommodations on the same level as Kreido’s other most senior management Executives.

 

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4.4 Completion Payment. Executive shall be entitled to a completion payment in an amount to be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in its sole discretion, but not to exceed $25,000, at the date Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company.
5.   Proprietary Covenants of Executive .
5.1 No Conflicts Of Interest. Executive acknowledges that he is bound to use good judgment, to adhere to the highest ethical standards, and to avoid situations that create an actual, potential, or apparent conflict of interest. Executive warrants and represents to Kreido that he is currently unaware of any actual, potential, or apparent conflicts of interest. He also agrees to immediately disclose to the Chairperson of Kreido any and all actual, potential, or apparent conflicts of interest, should they later arise. In addition, Executive covenants to Kreido that for so long as he is employed by the Company, he shall inform the Company of each and every business opportunity presented to the Executive that reasonably could be feasible for the Company to undertake in the areas of biofuels technology, supply, facilities, equipment, production, sales, or services, and that he will not, directly or indirectly, exploit any such opportunity for his own account or the account of any third party. Nothing contained in this Section 5.1 shall be construed to prevent Executive from operating the consulting business in which he now is engaged.
5.2 Covenant Not to Use or Disclose Confidential Information.
  5.2.1   Definition of Confidential Information. For purposes of this Agreement, the term Confidential Information means all and any confidential information and/or trade secrets of Kreido and its affiliates, including without limitation, scientific discoveries, recipes, formulations, information encompassed in all advertising and marketing plans, customer lists, costs, pricing information, information concerning software and all concepts or ideas, in or reasonably related to the business of Kreido as well as business and financial information of Kreido’s customers and business partners that has been disclosed to Kreido on a confidential basis (“Confidential Information”). Confidential Information shall not include any Kreido information that has been voluntarily disclosed to the public by Kreido, independently developed and disclosed by others, or otherwise enters the public domain through lawful means.
 
  5.2.2   Non-disclosure of Confidential Information. During his employment and after the termination of his employment, Executive shall regard and preserve as confidential all Confidential Information that has been or may be obtained by Executive in any way by reason of Executive’s employment by Kreido . Without the prior and specific written consent of Kreido, or unless ordered to do so by a court order or subpoena, Executive shall not (i) use, publicize, release or disclose Confidential Information to others, either during or after the period of employment, or (ii) take, retain or copy any Kreido executive compensation plans, Executive benefit plans, business plans, customer lists, costs, pricing information, documents, reports, information encompassed in advertising and marketing plans, or other concepts or ideas, in or reasonably related to the business of Kreido. Executive agrees to notify Kreido’s Board of Directors within two (2) business days of receipt of any court order or subpoena that calls for information deemed Confidential under

 

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this Agreement and to give Kreido reasonable opportunity to contest the subpoena. The foregoing notwithstanding, nothing contained within this Section 5.2 shall be construed to prevent Executive from using or disclosing the Confidential Information when it is necessary for Executive to do so in the course of conducting his regular employment duties.
5.3 Covenant Not to Interfere With Kreido’s Business Relationships. During his employment and for a period of one (1) year after the termination of his employment, executive shall not, whether for Executive’s own account or for the account of a third-party, solicit or endeavor to entice any Executive, client, customer or vendor of Kreido to end any business and/or contractual relationship with Kreido.
5.4 Ownership and Use of Materials.
  5.4.1   Kreido Materials. Executive agrees that all of its executive compensation plans, Executive benefit plans, business plans, advertising plans and marketing materials and other Confidential Information concerning Kreido, its Executives and shareholders, customer lists, costs, pricing information, documents, reports, plans, proposals or other items made or created by Executive during the period of employment or that come into Executive’s possession during the Interim Period (“Kreido Materials”) are the property of Kreido and shall not be used by Executive in any way after the time this Agreement is terminated.
 
  5.4.2   Delivery of Materials . Upon termination of this Agreement, Executive shall promptly deliver to Kreido all “Kreido Materials”. The foregoing notwithstanding, if Executive is still a member of the board of directors of the Company at the end of the Interim Period, Executive may retain those Kreido Materials he acquired in his capacity as a director of the Company and not as the Company’s Interim CEO.
6.   Termination Due to Death or Disability . If Executive dies during the employment, Executive’s employment shall automatically cease and terminate as of the date of Executive’s death. In the event of Executive’s disability for a period of 21 consecutive days during any 30-day period, Company shall thereafter have the right, upon written notice to Executive, to terminate this Agreement, in which case the date of termination shall be the date of such written notice to Executive. As used herein, “disability” means a physical and/or mental disability of Executive that prevents Executive from substantially performing the essential functions of his position even with reasonable accommodation (“Disability”). Company does not currently offer disability insurance to its employees. In the event Company, in its sole discretion, elects to offer such insurance coverage (“Disability Policy”) to its employees at any time in the future, the definition of Disability as used herein automatically shall be modified by the adoption of the definition of disability as used in the Disability Policy.
 
          In the event of the termination of Executive’s employment due to his death or Disability, Executive’s estate and/or Ex

 
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