Exhibit 10. 31
Agreement between the Company and Direct 1 Source dated June 25,
2008
SUNOVIA ENERGY
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. STRATEGIC SALES, MARKETING, SOURCING CONSULTING
& REPRESENTATIVE AGREEMENT
This agreement
("Agreement") is made on June 25, 2008 (the "Effective Date") by
and between Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc., (hereinafter
"COMPANY") and Direct 1 Source Corporation (hereinafter
"REPRESENTATIVE").
WHEREAS, COMPANY is
currently engaged in the manufacturing and/or sale of solid state
lighting fixtures, renewable energy products, and electrical and
mechanical engineering services (hereinafter "Services");
and
WHEREAS, REPRESENTATIVE
is a professional organization that is capable and skilled in the
sales and marketing of the Services to Customers both domestically
and internationally (hereinafter "Customers"); and
WHEREAS, both parties
deem it in their best interest for REPRESENTATIVE to undertake such
sales of COMPANY Services to the Customers as specified,
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and intending to be legally bound
hereby,
COMPANY and
REPRESENTATIVE agree as follows:
1. COMPANY appoints
REPRESENTATIVE as its non-exclusive sales REPRESENTATIVE to the
Customers and grants the right and license in said Customers during
the term of this Agreement, to sell the Services provided by
COMPANY subject to the following requirements and
conditions:
2. REPRESENTATIVE
accepts said appointment upon the terms and conditions herein set
forth.
3. COMPANY shall pay to
REPRESENTATIVE a sales commission, as set forth in Appendix A,
calculated on the Net Purchase Orders of all Products and Services
sold by REPRESENTATIVE to the Customers during a payment period.
Net purchase orders are defined as the total invoice amount less
discounts, returns, bad debts, allowances, shipping and handling
charges.
4. COMPANY shall be
responsible to pay REPRESENTATIVE a one-time Tooling Costs fee (the
"Tooling Cost Fee") of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) as set
forth for the wireless LED switch covers herein. REPRESENTATIVE
implicitly understands and agrees that COMPANY shall not be
responsible to pay the Tooling Cost Fee if the sales forecasts (as
set forth in Appendix B hereto) are not achieved. COMPANY may elect
to immediately pay the "Tooling Cost Fee" to REPRESENTATIVE upon
the delivery of a purchase order by REPRESENTATIVE to COMPANY that
warrants, in COMPANY'S sole discretion, the immediate payment of
the Tooling Cost Fee.
5. COMPANY shall pay
REPRESENTATIVE its reasonable, out-of-pocket, preapproved
expenses as incurred by REPRESENTATIVE in connection with its
performance under this Agreement. REPRESENTATIVE shall not incur
any expenses without the express prior written consent of COMPANY.
REPRESENTATIVE agrees to provide COMPANY with copies of any
receipts, ledgers and other records as may be reasonably
appropriate for COMPANY to verify the amount and nature of such
expenses.
6. Commissions shall not
accrue, nor be payable, for Non-Commissionable Items.
NonCommissionable Items are defined sales for products and
services that do not have a gross profit margin such as: charges
for documentation, third party software, labeling and trade dress,
nonrecurring engineering, experimental samples, tools, equipment,
test fixtures and software, development or experimental products,
special testing, paperwork training and other services, import and
customs duties and levies, value added and sales taxes, order
cancellation modification-rescheduling fees, storage, unloading and
insurance and all similar items; and (ii) any consignment sale or
shipment, such as samples, first articles and development products
for which COMPANY is not likely to be paid.
7. If price is the
determining factor to secure an order because of competitive
conditions or other circumstances and it is necessary to reduce the
normal pricing for such Services, then COMPANY and REPRESENTATIVE
agree to reduce the commission, to a mutually acceptable level, in
order to finalize the sale of the Services to that particular
Customer.
8. Commissions due on
these sales shall be paid within 15 days after the end of the month
in which the payment is both received and becomes negotiable to the
COMPANY. COMPANY is to provide monthly billing statements for any
business that was transacted by REPRESENTATIVE during the payment
period, which is to include purchase orders, invoices, amounts
billed and amounts received by COMPANY. REPRESENTATIVE shall have
the right to audit related COMPANY records on a periodic basis and
without unreasonable disruptions of the COMPANY'S business and
operations.
9.
REPRESENTATIVE agrees:
To secure, in writing,
an Exclusive License Agreement for the three patents (Patent
Numbers 5,473,517 and 5,713,655 and 6,010,228) to the COMPANY;
and
To expediently manage
the liquidation of the current US and China inventory (7,276
individual units) that is owned or controlled by the inventors at
no obligation to the COMPANY with no royalty payments or
Commissions to be paid by the COMPANY to the inventors or the
REPRESENTATIVE for this inventory; and
To work within COMPANY's
Engineering and Manufacturing Services division to establish a low
cost production strategy and product life cycle strategy for the
Backup LED Light product line that is based upon the assigned
patents listed in Section
8.1. above, and other
LED based products that are defined and developed by the COMPANY;
and
To work with the big box
retail channels (Wal-Mart, Lowes, Home Depot, etc.) to get the
COMPANY's products established, approved, and sold into these
channels. Also to work with international customers and/or markets;
and
To work within the
COMPANY's LED products division to secure the appropriate sales,
marketing, and account managers that are required to service the
established sales channels; and
To provide strategic
marketing information specific to the efficient development and
penetration of domestic and foreign LED lighting markets that are
identified by the COMPANY and/or the REPRESENTATIVE; and
To provide strategic
marketing information and advice to COMPANY specific to the
development of LED products that REPRESENTATIVE believes to have
vast market appeal; and
To define comprehensive
sourcing and product life cycle management for the COMPANY's
products; and
To provide suggestions
specific to contractual terms and conditions between COMPANY and
various entities, including but not limited to, customers and
vendors; and
To interface and
collaborate with other COMPANY's contractors, subcontractors,
buyers, VARs, employees, etc. in all aspects associated with the
successful sales and marketing of any and all COMPANY products and
Services; and
To achieve the quarterly
sales minimums that are set forth in Appendix B hereto, and to
provide quarterly status reports to the President, or to such other
REPRESENTATIVEs as the COMPANY may designate, that details the
following items:
1) Pertinent marketing
data required by COMPANY to plan and formulate policies.
2) At least ninety (90)
days prior to