EXHIBIT
10.12
SEVERANCE
AGREEMENT
This Severance Agreement (this “
Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of the
16 th
day of February, 2009, by and
between MEDIS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. , a Delaware corporation,
having a principal place of business at 805 Third Avenue, New York,
New York 10022 (the “ Company ”) and
HOWARD WEINGROW , an individual residing at 51 Wheatley
Road, Old Westbury, New York 11568 (the “
Consultant ”).
WHEREAS
, the Company and the Consultant are
parties to that certain Consulting Agreement, dated as of February
9, 2008, a copy which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
“ Consulting Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS , the Company and the Consultant desire to set
forth herein their agreement with respect to all remuneration to be
paid to the Consultant in connection with the expiration of his
consulting relationship with the Company; and
WHEREAS , capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in
the Consulting Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE , in
consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereof agree as
follows:
(a) Upon the
expiration of the Initial Term, the Company shall pay to
Consultant, his heirs or the legal
representatives of his estate, an amount equal to One Hundred
Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000) (the “ Severance
Amount ”), payable during the twelve (12) month period
commencing on the date of the expiration of the Initial Term (the
“ Severance Period ”). The Severance
Amount shall be payable at the times and in the manner the Company
shall determine; provided, however, no less frequently than on a
monthly basis. The obligation of the Company to make any
of the payments to Consultant required pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement shall be conditioned upon the delivery by the
Consultant of a general release, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, by which the Consultant
unconditionally, without any reservation, irrevocably and forever
releases and discharges the Company and its affiliates, and their
respective shareholders, members, partners, officers, directors,
managers and employees (collectively, the “ Released
Parties ”) of and from any and all claims, causes of
action or demands, that the Consultant then has, or may have,
against any of the Released Parties, other than claims arising
under this Agreement. The Company shall also deliver a
general release, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Consultant, by which the Company unconditionally, without any
reservation, irrevocably and forever releases and discharges the
Consultant, his heirs and the legal representatives of his estate
(collectively, the “ Consultant Released Parties
”) of and from any and all claims, causes of action or
demands, that the Company then has, or may have, against any of the
Consultant Released Parties, other than claims arising under this
Agreement.
(b) In the event that
the Company achieves Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) in gross
revenue during each of two consecutive fiscal quarters
during the Severance Period, the Company shall be obligated to pay,
and the Consultant shall be entitled to receive, an additional
Thirty Thousand Dollar ($30,000) severance payment (the “
Bonus Severance Amount ”). The Bonus
Severance Amount shall be paid in a lump-sum installment on a date
which is no later than thirty days after the last day of the
applicable fiscal quarter.
(c) The Consultant
acknowledges and agrees that he shall have no further right to
receive, and the Company shall have no obligation to pay, any
amount in excess of the Severance Amount and the Bonus Severance
Amount, if applicable, upon the expiration of the Initial
Term.
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