Exhibit 10.9
PRIME SUN POWER
INC.
DIRECTOR AGREEMENT
DIRECTOR AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”), dated as of the date set forth on the
signature page hereto, by and between Prime Sun Power Inc. (the
“Company”), and the signatory hereto
(“Director”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Company believes that it in the best
interests of its stockholders that the directors of the Company
performing services on the Company’s board of directors (the
“Board”) serve upon the terms and conditions of service
memorialized in written agreement; and
WHEREAS, Company desires to retain the services
of Director in the capacity of director and Director desires to
provide such services in such capacity, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, the
Board has approved the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and of the mutual covenants and obligations hereinafter
set forth, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:
1. Appointment as Director. Company
agrees to appoint Director as a member of the Board and agrees to
use its best efforts and powers to sustain and continue
Director’s election as a member of the Board until this
Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 4 hereof (the
“Term”).
2. Duties and Extent of
Services.
(a) During the Term, Director shall
serve as director and, in such capacity, shall provide those
services required of a director under Company’s articles of
incorporation and bylaws, as both may be amended from time to time,
and under the corporate law of the jurisdiction of incorporation of
the Company, the federal securities laws and other state and
federal laws and regulations, as applicable, and shall render such
services as are customarily associated with and are incident to the
position of director and such other services as Company may, from
time to time, reasonably require of him consistent with such
position.
(b) Director shall faithfully,
competently and diligently perform to the best of his ability all
of the duties required of him as director. Without limiting the
preceding sentence, Company acknowledges that Director has other
business commitments, including commitments to serve on the board
of directors of other companies. The parties anticipate,
on average, Director shall devote approximately six (6) hours per
month to the Company.
3. Expenses. Company agrees to
reimburse Director for all reasonable and necessary travel,
business entertainment, and other out-of-pocket business expenses
incurred or expended by him in connection with the performance of
his duties hereunder upon presentation of proper expense statements
or vouchers or such other supporting information as Company may
reasonably require of Director, in each case in accordance with the
Company’s expense policies as in effect from
time-to-time.
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4. Termination. The Company shall have the right
to remove Director from, or not reelect Director to, the Board in
accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws of the Company. The Director shall have the
right, exercisable at any time during the Term, upon written notice
to Company, to resign as a member of the Board.
5. Confidentiality. The
parties acknowledge that in conjunction with the execution of this
Agreement, they are entering into an ancillary Agreement to Protect
Confidential Information.
6. Independent Contractor. Director
is an independent contractor and will not be deemed an employee of
Company for purposes of employee benefits, income tax withholding,
FICA taxes, unemployment benefits or otherwise, unless otherwise
agreed in writing.
7. Entire Agreement. This Agreement
is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement
with respect to the subject matter hereof and is intended as a
complete and exclusive statement of the terms and conditions
thereof and supersedes and replaces all prior negotiations and
agreements between the parties hereto, whether written or oral,
with respect to the subject matter hereof, provided, however, for
purposes of clarity, nothing herein shall preclude any other
written agreement supplementing the terms and conditions hereof
entered into and executed after the date hereof.
(a) This Agreement shall be governed
by and construed under the laws of the State of New York,
applicable to contracts to be wholly performed in such State,
without regard to the conflict of laws principles
thereof.
(b) Any action to enforce any of the
provisions of this Agreement shall be brought in a court of the
State of New