STATEMENT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF EMPLOYMENT
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VAZON ENERGY
LIMITED a company incorporated and existing under the laws of
Guernsey with registered number 32244 (the
“Company”)
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LIZ LANDLES
(the “Employee”) of St Louis, Doyle Road, St
Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1RD.
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Starting
Date of Employment: 1 st January 2004
Starting
Date of Continuous Employment: 4 th October 1997
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Job Title/Job
Description
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1.1
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The
Employee is employed by the Company on a full time permanent basis
to fulfil the position of Corporate Secretary and Administration
Manager to CanArgo Energy Corporation (“CanArgo”) and
Director of subsidiary companies reporting to the Chief Executive
Officer of CanArgo. In addition, the Employee is employed as PA to
the Chief Executive Officer. The Company provides management
services to CanArgo pursuant to the terms of the Agreement for the
Provision of Management Services dated 18 th February 2004
(“MSA”), as such agreement is amended or varied from
time to time.
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1.2
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The
Employee’s principal duties as Corporate Secretary shall be
administration of all corporate issues of CanArgo and its
subsidiaries and overall administrative activities for CanArgo as
set out in Appendix A hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Employee accepts that she may be required to perform other
duties and tasks outwith the scope of her normal duties.
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1.3
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Whilst employed by the Company the
Employee must:
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during her hours of work devote the
whole of her time, attention and abilities to the business of the
Company and carry out her duties with due care and
attention;
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not, without the Company’s
prior written consent, be in any way directly or indirectly engaged
or concerned with any other business or employment whether during
or outside her hours of work for the Company;
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use
her best efforts to promote and protect the interests of the
Company and observe the utmost good faith towards the Company;
and
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comply with all the Company’s
rules, regulations and policies from time to time in force and any
rules which the Company’s clients may require her to observe
whilst working on their premises.
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Place of Work
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The
Employee’s place of work will be at Suite 9/10, Borough
House, Rue du Pre, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands or such
other location within Guernsey as shall be notified by the Company
to the Employee from time to time. The Employee may be required to
travel and work at any of the premises of the Company or CanArgo as
may be required for the proper fulfilment of the Employee’s
duties, including in particular within the Former Soviet Union.
Wherever possible, the Employee will be given reasonable notice of
any change in her place of work.
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3
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Pay
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3.1
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The
Employee’s base salary shall be £66,500 per annum
payable monthly by bank transfer on or around the 15
th
day of each calendar
month into the bank account notified in writing by the Employee to
the Company.
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3.2
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The
Employee’s base salary shall be subject to review annually at
the discretion of the Compensation Committee of CanArgo. The
Company is not obliged to increase the Employee’s base salary
at such review.
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4
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Hours of Employment
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The
Employee agrees that she shall work such hours as are necessary for
the proper performance of her duties. The Employee shall work a
minimum of 140 hours per month based upon an 8 hour day Monday to
Friday (inclusive) between the hours of 8am and 6.00pm, with a
break of one hour for lunch each day.
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Overtime
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The
Employee will not receive additional remuneration for any hours
worked over and above the normal hours of work narrated in Clause
4.
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Holidays
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6.1
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The
holiday year runs from 1st January until 31
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December the same year.
Holidays can be taken only with the advance permission of the Chief
Executive Officer of CanArgo from time to time.
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6.2
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In
addition to public and bank holidays, the Employee is entitled to a
maximum of 25 working days holiday every calendar year. Such days
holiday are accrued pro rata throughout the calendar year,
depending on the Employee’s length of service within that
year. Holiday entitlement will accrue per each month worked and
will be rounded up to the nearest whole day.
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6.3
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There is no facility to carry
holidays forward from one year to the next. However, except in
exceptional circumstances, holidays not taken in one calendar year
may be carried forward to the following calendar year provided they
are taken within the first quarter and with the advance permission
of the Chief Executive Officer.
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6.4
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On
leaving, holiday pay will be paid for all entitlement accrued in
the current holiday year but not taken at the time of termination
of employment. In the event of holidays being taken but not earned,
appropriate holiday pay will be deducted by the Company from the
Employee’s final payment, the Company’s authority to do
so being evidenced by the Employee’s signature to the
Statement.
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6.5
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The
Company may require the Employee to take accrued holidays during
any period of notice.
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Expenses
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The
Employee will be reimbursed for any expenses properly incurred in
connection with her duties in accordance with the Company’s
expenses policy as amended from time to time.
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Notice
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8.1
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The
Employment shall continue unless and until terminated at any time
by:
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8.1.1
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the
Company giving the Employee not less than 3 months’
previous notice in writing to that effect; or
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8.1.2
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the
Employee giving to the Company not less than 3 months’
previous notice in writing to that effect.
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8.2
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The
Company shall be entitled, at its sole discretion, to terminate the
Employment in writing either instead of, or at any time after,
notice of termination being given (by either the Company or the
Employee) and in either case to make a payment to the Employee in
lieu of notice.
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8.3
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Notwithstanding Clauses 8.1 and 8.2,
if the Employee is dismissed for gross misconduct, he will receive
no notice and no payment in lieu of notice.
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Other Insurance &
Benefits
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9.1
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Life Assurance
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The
Company (through CanArgo) will provide the Employee with the
benefit of death in service life assurance which, in the event of
death itself will pay a maximum amount of 4 times her annual
salary, subject to the rules and conditions of the
policy.
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9.2
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Health Care Scheme
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9.2.1
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The
Company (through CanArgo) shall provide the Employee with PPP
Healthcare cover at the expense of the Company, always subject to
the terms and conditions of the PPP Healthcare scheme.
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9.2.2
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All
payments under the PPP Healthcare scheme or the like will be
subject to any deductions required by law.
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9.1.3
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The
Company (through CanArgo) reserves the right at its absolute
discretion to terminate or amend at any time the PPP Healthcare
scheme or the Employee’s membership of any scheme. The
Company (through CanArgo) will provide an equivalent benefit
unless, in the reasonable opinion of the Company (through CanArgo),
it is unable to secure membership for the Employee due to the
medical condition of the Employee.
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9.3
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PHI
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The
Employee shall be entitled to participate in a Permanent Health
Insurance (“PHI”) scheme (through CanArgo), always
subject to the terms and conditions of the PHI scheme.
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9.3.1
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Payments
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All
payments under the PHI scheme or the like will be subject to the
deductions required by law.
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Where payments are made under the
PHI scheme all other benefits provided to or in respect of the
Employee will cease from the start of those payments (if they have
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