EXHIBIT 10.2

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Employment Agreement is made and entered into by and between New Bastion
Development, Inc. (the "Company") and Elliot Bellen (the "Employee") on May 16,
2011

 

1.

POSITION AND DUTIES: The Employee shall be employed by the Company and shall be
governed by this Employment Agreement. The Employee shall be employed by the
Company as its Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) reporting only to the
Company's Board of Directors (the “Board”) beginning no later than January 1,
2011 (the "Effective Date").Upon the occurrence of a Qualifying Event as
delineated in paragraph 3(b) herein that will entitle Employee to receive an
increase in compensation to those as outlined in paragraph 3(a) herein, Employee
shall be required to devote one hundred (100%) percent of his time to Company
business, For purposes of this Agreement Company business shall include any work
performed for NB Regeneration, New Bastion Development (“the Parent”) or other
New Bastion Development subsidiaries:  The duties shall include those
customarily performed by the President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as
those duties that may be assigned by the Board from time to time

 

 

2.

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT. The Employee's employment with the Company shall commence on
the Effective Date and shall continue for a period of sixty (60) full calendar
months thereafter, unless sooner terminated.

 

 

3.

COMPENSATION: The Employee shall be compensated by the Company for his services
as follows:

 

 

a.

Base Salary. For all services rendered by Employee in any capacity during his
employment under this Agreement, including, without limitation, services as an
employee, executive officer, director, or member of any committee of the
Company, related companies or subsidiaries of the Company, commencing on the
Effective Date, the Company shall pay Employee a gross salary before taxes of
Two Hundred-Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) per annum. Salary payments net of
deductions for applicable taxes shall be payable in equal semi monthly
installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll procedures.
 Thereafter the Employee will be eligible for salary increases as determined by
the Board of Directors, but Employee’s total compensation shall be no less than
the average total compensation for Chief Executives of companies in the same
industries.

 

 

b.

Temporary Base Salary: Employee acknowledges that the Company currently has
limited cash resources available to fund the payments required in Section 3 (a)
above. Accordingly, Employee agrees that the Base Salary he will receive will be
no more than ten  thousand dollars ($10,000) per month until the earlier of (i)
the Company receives an additional equity funding of at least $1,250,000 or (ii)
the Company has executed a binding agreement with a bona-fide  partner to build
a fertilizer plant, that is acceptable to the Company (“Qualifying Event”).
 Employee shall not be entitled to and there shall be no accrual of the
difference between the Base Salary and the Temporary Base Salary. The payment by
the Company of the Temporary Base Salary pursuant to this Section 3 (b) shall
not give rise to Resignation for Good Reason defined in Section 5 (b) below

 

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c.

Benefits: The Employee shall have the right, on the same basis as other members
of the Company's senior management team, to participate in and receive benefits
under any of the Company's Employee Benefit Plans, as such plans may be adopted
or modified from time to time. The Employee shall be entitled to the benefits
afforded to other members of the Company’s senior management team under the
Company's vacation, holiday and business expense reimbursement policies. The
Employee will be entitled to four (4) weeks vacation. To the extent the Employee
is unable in the execution of his duties and responsibilities to take the
allotted (and any previously-carried-over) vacation in any given year, the
Employee will be eligible to roll-over up to five (5) weeks of vacation
annually. As soon as the Company has an adequate number of employees to form an
acceptable group under applicable law The Company shall provide Employee with
health insurance covering Employee and one child.  Until such time as the
coverage is initiated, Company agrees to reimburse Employee One Thousand
($1,000) Dollars monthly for the payment of his existing health insurance plan.

 

 

d.

Annual Incentive Bonus: By way of description and not limitation, the Employee
shall be entitled to the benefits afforded to other members of the Company’s
senior management team under a Company Discretionary Bonus Program which will be
based upon company performance in any given fiscal year. The Discretionary Bonus
Program shall be defined no later than the effective date of this agreement and
shall, in any case, contain a target bonus pool amount to be shared by all
participants of 10% of the Pre-tax profits of the Company and its subsidiaries.
The amount of the percentage of the Discretionary Bonus Program that the
Employee shall receive shall be determined by the Board or a committee of the
Board at their discretion.

 

 

4.

STOCK OPTIONS: the Employee will be eligible to receive Stock Options as
delineated in EXHIBIT A, herein;

 

 

5.

DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO TERMINATIONS: For the purposes of terminations as
described in Paragraph 6, the following definitions shall apply:

 

 

a.

A "Change of Control" is defined as and shall be deemed to have occurred if any
of the following occurs with respect to the Company (except as may occur with a
re-incorporation of the Company in advance of an initial public offering of the
Company's stock): (i) the direct or indirect sale or exchange in a single or
series of related transactions by the stockholders of the Company of more than
thirty percent (30%) of the voting stock of the Company; (ii) a merger or
consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving party; (iii) the sale,
exchange, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;
(iv) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (v) during any year,
individuals who, at the beginning of such year constituted the entire Board of
the Company, cease for any reason (other than death) to constitute a majority of
the directors, unless the election, or the nomination for election, by the
Company's stockholders, of each new director was approved by a vote of a least a
majority of the directors then still in office who were directors at the
beginning of the year.

 

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The re-incorporation of the Company without a material change in voting rights
of the stockholders of the Company shall not be deemed a Change in Control.

 

1. "Good Reason" shall be defined as, and shall be deemed to exist, if any of
the following conditions occur, provided that such conditions persist for
fifteen (15) business days after written notice to the Board from the Employee
and reasonable opportunity for the Company to cure if the cure cannot be
affected within 15 business days: (i) the Company, its successors or assigns
decreases the Employee's Base Salary, Stock Based Compensation, or bonus
structure; (ii) the Company, its successors or assigns makes a material, adverse
change in the Employee's title, authority, responsibilities or duties, as
measured against the Employee's title, authority, responsibilities or duties
immediately prior to such change (provided that the Company or its successor may
provide an equivalent position); (iii) the Company, its successors or assigns
requires the relocation of the Employee's work place to a location not agreed to
by the Employee; (iv) Change of Control as defined above (v) the Company, its
successors or assigns materially breaches any provision of this Employment
Agreement; or (vi) the Company fails to obtain the assumption of this Employment
Agreement by any successor or assign of the Company; (vii)  the Company fails to
raise or commit adequate capital and resources to properly pursue or provide
infrastructure for the orderly conduct of its affairs; (viii)  the Company
breaches any of its commitments or obligations to the Employee;

 

 

b.

Termination for "Cause" is defined as a termination of the Employee based upon:
(i) theft of the Company's assets; (ii) falsification of any employment
applications; (ii) conviction of a felony or conviction of a crime involving
fraud or dishonesty; (iii) improper and willful disclosure of the Company's
confidential or proprietary information that could materially harm the Company;
(iv) gross incompetence;

 

 

6.

BENEFITS UPON TERMINATION:

 

 

a.

Termination for Cause: If the Employee's employment is terminated by the Company
for Cause as described above, the Employee shall be entitled to no compensation
or benefits from the Company other than those under Paragraph 3 earned up until
such termination.

 

 

b.

Voluntary Resignation: In the event of the Employee's voluntary resignation from
employment with the Company, other than for Good Reason as described above, the
Employee shall be entitled to no compensation or benefits from the Company other
than those under Paragraph 3, earned up until such termination.

 

 

c.

Death or Disability: In the event that the Employee's employment terminates as a
result of his death or continued disability for ninety (90) days ("disability"
being defined as the inability to perform specifically the essential functions
of the Employee's position as President/CEO), the Employee shall be entitled to
the following as of the date of death or disability.

 

 

 

 

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i.   

all accrued compensation and benefits earned through such date;

 

 

ii.  

a lump-sum severance payment equal to twelve months of the Employee's base
salary and any discretionary bonus determined by the Board at their discretion,
less applicable withholding, payable within ten (10) days of termination or
resignation;

 

 

iii. 

the Company shall cause the Board to fix the Expiry Date, as defined in the
Plan, of any Stock Option to be a date that coincides with the original Expiry
date.

 

 

d.

Termination Without Cause and/or Resignation for Good Reason: If the Employee's
employment is terminated by the Company without Cause, or if the Employee
resigns as an Employee of the Company for Good Reason (provided that the
underlying conditions persist for fifteen (15) business days after written
notice to the Company), then the Employee shall be entitled, on such date, to
all of the following:

 

 

i.   

all accrued compensation, benefits and vesting earned through the date of
termination or resignation;

 

 

ii.  

a lump-sum severance payment equal to forty-eight (48) months of the Employee's
base salary and any discretionary bonus determined by the Board at their
discretion less applicable withholding, payable within ten (10) days of
termination or resignation;

 

 

iii. 

the Company shall cause the Board to fix the Expiry Date, as defined in the
Plan, of any Stock Option to be a date that coincides with the original Expiry
date; and

 

 

7.

COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE: During the term of this Agreement and for a period of
one (1) year after expiration hereof, or for a period of one (1) year after
Employee leaves his position with the Company for reasons other than Termination
Without Cause or Resignation for Good Reason, Employee covenants that he will
not, without the prior written consent of the Company which shall specifically
refer to this covenant, directly or indirectly for any reason participate or
engage in, assist or have any interest in, as principal, consultant, advisor,
agent, financier or employee, any business entity which is, or which is about to
become, engaged in, providing goods and/or services in a Competitive Business
with the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee shall not be
prohibited from owning securities in a Competitive Business if such securities
are listed on a stock exchange or traded on the over-the-counter market and
represent 5% or less of that class of securities issued and outstanding..

 

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8.

CONFIDENTIALITY: During the term of this Agreement and thereafter, Employee
covenants that he shall keep secret and confidential the "confidential
information" of the Company, and shall not use or disclose such information for
any purpose not authorized by the Company unless the information becomes public
through no activity on his part. For purposes of this paragraph, "confidential
information" includes information disclosed to or known by Employee as a
consequence of or through his employment with the Company (including information
conceived, originated, discovered or developed by Employee) not generally known
about the Company's business, products, services and operations, including
without limitation any trade secrets, know how, inventions, discoveries and
improvements and ideas, whether of not patentable.

 

 

9.

EMPLOYEE INVENTIONS AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT: The Employee
agrees that during the term of this agreement, if Employee develops any
proprietary technology; any patents and patent rights (including all information
or discoveries covered thereby and all enhancements, modifications,
improvements, divisions, continuations, continuations in part, reissues,
re-examinations or extensions thereof), trademarks and trademark rights,
copyrights and copyright rights, trade secrets and trade secret rights, and
applications, registrations or their equivalents for any of the same; recipes,
mixes, or other food related products, or any other intellectual property rights
(collectively, the "Intellectual Property"), relating to the supplying of
products or services in which the Company is or is likely to be involved, such
Intellectual Property shall automatically become the property of the Company.
The Employee agrees to cooperate with the Company to perfect the Employee’s
respective claims to such Intellectual Property and to execute and deliver any
and all documents reasonably necessary in order to effectuate the intent of this
paragraph, and the Employee hereby grants to the Company an irrevocable power of
attorney to execute any such documents.

 

 

10.

NON-SOLICITATION: The Employee agrees that for a period of one (1) year after
the date of the termination of his employment for any reason, he shall not,
either directly or indirectly; (i) solicit the services, or attempt to solicit
the services, of any employee of the Company to any other person or entity; or
(ii) solicit or otherwise encourage any supplier or other business contract of
the Company to withdraw, curtail or cancel their business with the Company.

 

 

11.

INDEMNIFICATION: The Company agrees to make the Employee a party to an
indemnification agreement which shall be defined no later than the Effective
Date. If Company-obtains a Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance Policy,
Employee will be covered in the same manner as other senior management..

 

 

12.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION: DISPUTE RESOLUTION: In the event of any dispute or claim
relating to or arising out of this Employment Agreement (including, but not
limited to, and claims of breach of contract, wrongful termination or age, sex,
race or other discrimination), the Employee and the Company agree that all such
disputes shall be settled by arbitration administered by the American
Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules..

 

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13.

ATTORNEY'S FEES: In the event that the Employee brings an action against the
Company to remedy breaches of the above Agreement, or to enforce any right
arising out of this Agreement, the following shall apply: (i) if the action
brought by the Employee fails to win the decision before the arbitration panel
or in the court, as the case may be, the Company shall not be liable to
reimburse any costs incurred by the Employee; (ii) if the action brought by the
Employee prevails in the arbitration, in whole or in part, the Company shall be
liable to reimburse the Employee his incurred attorney's fees, litigation costs
and/or other costs associated with the action or actions.

 

 

14.

FAILURE TO EXERCISE RIGHTS: Failure for one party to exercise a right conferred
by this Agreement does not constitute in any way a renunciation to the exercise
of that right.

 

 

15.

RETURN OF INFORMATION: Upon termination of this Agreement, for any reason, the
Employee will remit to the Company without delay all documents, objects, goods
(including computers, diskettes or any data storage device) owned by the Company
and any copies thereof, and will destroy without delay any data they might have
on personal computers, diskettes, or any other data storage device, related to
the foregoing.

 

 

16.

INTERPRETATION: The Employee and the Company agree that this Employment
Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with and governed by the laws of
the State of Florida.

 

 

17.

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS: This Employment Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. In view of the
personal nature of the services to be performed under this Employment Agreement
by the Employee, he shall not have the right to assign or transfer any of his
rights, obligations or benefits under the Employment Agreement, except as
otherwise noted herein. This agreement may be assigned to the Company's
successor without consent of the Employee (understanding Change in Control
provisions still apply).

 

 

18.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This Employment Agreement constitutes the entire employment
agreement between the Employee and the Company regarding the terms and
conditions of his employment with the Company. To the extent that there is any
inconsistency between this Employment Agreement and any other agreement between
the Employee and the Company, the terms of this Employment Agreement will
govern. This Employment Agreement supersedes all prior negotiations,
representations or agreements between the Employee and the Company, whether
written or oral, concerning the Employee's employment by the Company.

 

 

19.

VALIDITY: If any one or more of the provisions (or any part thereof) of this
Employment Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
(or any part thereof) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

 

20.

ATTORNEYS' FEES IN NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT: Each party to this agreement has had
the opportunity to consult legal advisor of their choice before signing this
agreement. In connection therewith, the Company shall reimburse Employee for all
reasonable attorneys fees incurred in the review and negotiation of this
Agreement up to a maximum of US$1,000.

 

 

21.

MODIFICATION: This Employment Agreement may only be modified or amended by a
supplemental written agreement signed by the Employee and the Company.

 

 

22.

COUNTERPARTS: This Employment Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together
shall constitute one instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Employment Agreement as of
the date and year written below.

 

 

 

 

Date: May 16,  2011 

New Bastion Development, Inc..

 
 

 
 

 
 

 

  

By:  Frank Proto,

 

 

 

/s/ Frank Proto

 

Its:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

Date: May 16, 2011 

Elliot Bellen 

 

 

/s/ Elliot Bellen 

 

Employee

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EXHIBIT A

EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTIONS

2,000,000 SHARES TO VEST AS FOLLOWS:

January1, 2012

500,000 shares at $0.60

January1, 2013

500,000 shares at $1.00

January1, 2014

500,000 shares at $1.50

January1, 2015

500,000 shares at $2.00