Exhibit 10.7

 

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Sealand Natural Resources Inc

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

 

THIS AGREEMENT, entered into as of July 18, 2014, (this "Agreement"), is between
Sealand Natural Resources Inc, a NEVADA corporation (hereinafter called the
"Company"), and Steven D. Matteson (hereinafter called the "Chief Financial
Officer CFO").

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the CFO desire to enter into this Agreement pursuant to
which the CFO will provide certain services to the Company.

 

NOW THEREFORE, for the premises and conditions set forth herein and for
consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Company and the CFO hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Services.

 

(a)            Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement (including Section 2 hereof), the Company hereby agrees to emply the
CFO, and the CFO hereby agrees to provide to the Company, such services as set
forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, as may be amended by mutual agreement
between the CFO and the Company from time to time.

 

(b)            During the term of this Agreement, the CFO agrees to devote up to
40 hours per week to the performance of services hereunder.

 

(c)            The CFO shall provide his services hereunder at such times and
places as are mutually agreed upon by the CFO and the Company.

 

2.              Reporting. The CFO shall report on the services performed
hereunder periodically during the term of this Agreement. The CFO represents,
warrants and covenants to the Company that each report of his activities will be
true, accurate and correct in all respects.

 

3.              Compensation.

 

(a)            So long as the CFO is providing services to the Company under
this Agreement during the Term of this Agreement, the Company agrees to grant
CFO unrestricted stock in the amount of 1,500 net shares, with the company to
cover applicable taxes (“grossed up”), at the end of each calendar quarter -
3/31, 6/30, 9/30, 12/31 - (the “Stock”). In consideration for the 7,500 shares
of Stock that have been deferred and are currently due to CFO, the CFO will
waive his rights to those shares, and instead be paid a net (grossed up)
$8/share by the company at the effective date of this contract.

 

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(b)            So long as the CFO is providing services to the Company under
this Agreement during the Term of this Agreement, the Company agrees to pay the
CFO a cumulative salary of $ 6,000 on the first day of each month period (the
draw).

 

(c)            In the event 10% of more of the Company is sold, CFO will be paid
a bonus of 50,000 shares of Stock, with immediate vesting and sale rights to the
Company, with CFO’s purchase price being $3 a share and the sale price to the
Company equal to the price paid by the acquiring individual/company.

 

(d)            The Company will withhold tax and Social Security payments due,
if any, from the CFO to any governmental taxing authority, in accordance with
(a) and (b) above. The Company hereby agrees that it will timely pay all taxes
and fees upon the income and other compensation earned from the Company, and
will indemnify and hold the Company harmless against the claims of any
governmental taxing authority made in connection with the revenue and other
compensation derived by the CFO under this Agreement.

 

(e)            The CFO will be eligible for a bonus commensurate with industry
standards for a CFO. The bonus structure is based on reaching certain sales and
other corporate milestones per Exhibit B (Bonus Schedule).

 

(f)            Except for the compensation and Stock provided for in this
Section 3 [and the expense reimbursement fringe benefit provided pursuant to
Section 4 and the Termination provision in Section 7d below], the Company shall
have no obligation to provide any compensation or other benefits to the CFO with
respect to any services rendered by the CFO to the Company hereunder.

 

4.              Expenses. The Company shall reimburse the CFO for any actual
expenses incurred by the CFO while rendering services under this Agreement so
long as such expenses are reasonable, necessary, and appropriately documented.

 

5.              Representations of CFO. The CFO hereby represents and warrants
to the Company that he is free to enter into this Agreement, and he will not
disclose to the Company, or use for the Company's benefit, any trade secrets or
confidential information which is the property of any other person. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the CFO shall not disclose to the
Company, and shall not use for the Company's benefit, any information relating
to or arising out of his utilizing the funds, personnel, facilities, materials
or other resources of any other person (if any), until such information is
publicly disclosed.

 

6.              Term. This Agreement shall take effect as of the date of this
Agreement (the "Effective Date") and shall continue thereafter in full force and
effect until the effective date of termination of the CFO's services hereunder
pursuant to the provisions of Section 7 below. For purposes of this Agreement,
the period of time during which this Agreement is in full force and effect shall
be hereinafter referred to as the "Term".

 

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7.              Termination.

 

(a)            This Agreement and the services provided by the CFO hereunder
shall terminate immediately upon the CFO's death.

 

(b)            This Agreement and the services provided by the CFO hereunder may
be terminated at any time by the CFO for any reason or no reason by giving at
least thirty (30) days prior written notice of termination to the Company.

 

(c)            This Agreement and the services provided by the CFO hereunder may
be terminated at any time by the Company by giving written notice of termination
to the CFO.

 

(d)            Upon termination pursuant to this Section 7, the CFO shall be
entitled to that portion of the Fee and Stock which has been earned but remains
unpaid. Except in the event of just cause, the CFO shall also be entitled to
severance commensurate with industry standards for an individual with the title
of Chief Financial Officer, including but not limited to 15,000 shares of
Sealand Natural Resources common stock, per year of service accumulated from the
CFO’s original hire date of January 1, 2013, on a prorated basis. The CFO’s
purchase price of the shares will be $3 per share.

 

8.              Confidential Information.

 

(a)            For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Confidential
Information" shall mean (i) confidential information, knowledge or data of the
Company, (ii) trade secrets of the Company and (iii) any other information of
the Company disclosed to the CFO (whether prior to or after the signing of this
Agreement) or which the CFO is given after the date of this Agreement and prior
to the termination of his services to the Company. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the term "Confidential Information" shall include
(A) all inventions, improvements, developments, ideas, processes, prototypes,
plans, drawings, designs, models, formulations, specifications, methods,
techniques, shop-practices, discoveries, innovations, creations, technologies,
formulas, algorithms, data, computer databases, reports, laboratory notebooks,
papers, writings, photographs, source and object codes, software programs, other
works of authorship, know-how, patents, trademarks and copyrights (including all
records pertaining to any of the foregoing), whether or not reduced to writing,
that are owned by the Company, or that are required to be assigned to the
Company by any person, including, without limitation, any employee or CFO of the
Company, or that are licensed to the Company by any person, (B) information
regarding the Company's plans for research and development or for new products,
(C) engineering or manufacturing information pertaining to the Company or any of
its operations or products, (D) information regarding regulatory matters
pertaining to the Company, (E) information regarding any acquisition or
strategic alliance effected by the Company or any proposed acquisition or
strategic alliance being considered by the Company, (F) information regarding
the status or outcome of any negotiations engaged in by the Company, (G)
information regarding the existence or terms of any contract entered into by the
Company, (H) information regarding any aspect of the Company's intellectual
property position, (I) information regarding prices or costs of the Company, (J)
information regarding any aspect of the Company's business strategy, including,
without limitation, the Company's marketing, selling and distribution
strategies, (K) information regarding customers or suppliers of the Company, (L)
information regarding the skills, compensation and other terms of employment or
engagement of the Company's employees and CFOs, (M) business plans, budgets and
unpublished financial statements and unpublished financial data of the Company,
(N) information regarding marketing and sales of any actual or proposed product
or services of the Company and (O) any other information that the Company may
designate as confidential.

 

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(b)            The CFO acknowledges that, except to the extent otherwise
provided below in this Section 8(b) or in Section 8(d) hereof, all Confidential
Information disclosed to or acquired by the CFO is a valuable, special, and
unique asset of the Company and is to be held in trust by the CFO for the
Company's sole benefit. Except as otherwise provided below in this Section 8(b)
or in Section 8(d) hereof, the CFO shall not, at any time during or for 180 days
after the Term, use for himself or others, or disclose or communicate to any
person for any reason, any Confidential Information without the prior written
consent of the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 8(b) to the
contrary, it is understood that, except to the extent otherwise expressly
prohibited by the Company, (A) the CFO may use Confidential Information in
connection with providing services to the Company and (B) the CFO may disclose
Confidential Information to any employee, CFO or advisor to or of the Company
who has a need to know such Confidential Information in order to perform or
provide any services to the Company in the ordinary course and within the scope
of such employee's, CFO's or advisor's engagement by the Company.

 

(c)            The CFO acknowledges and agrees that the Company has received,
and may receive in the future, confidential or proprietary information from
third parties ("Third Party Confidential Information") subject to a duty on the
Company's part to maintain the confidentiality of such Third Party Confidential
Information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. During the Term and
thereafter, the CFO shall hold Third Party Confidential Information in the
strictest confidence and will not use or disclose to anyone any Third Party
Confidential Information, unless expressly authorized in writing by the Company
or unless otherwise provided below in this Section 8(c) or in Section 8(d)
below. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 8(c) to the contrary, it is
understood that, except to the extent otherwise expressly prohibited by the
Company, (A) the CFO may use Third Party Confidential Information in connection
with providing services to the Company and (B) the CFO may disclose Third Party
Confidential Information to any employee, CFO or advisor to or of the Company
who has a need to know such Third Party Confidential Information in order to
perform or provide any services to the Company in the ordinary course and within
the scope of such employee's, CFO's or advisor's engagement by the Company.

 

(d)            The CFO's obligations under Section 8(b) and/or Section 8(c)
hereof not to use, disclose or communicate Confidential Information or Third
Party Confidential Information to any person without the prior written consent
of the Company shall not apply to any Confidential Information or Third Party
Confidential Information which (i) is or becomes publicly known under
circumstances involving no breach by the CFO of this Agreement, (ii) was known
by the CFO prior to the date hereof, (iii) is independently developed by the CFO
other than in the course of performing consulting services for the Company
pursuant to this Agreement, (iv) was or is disclosed to the CFO by a third party
who is not under any obligation of confidentiality to the Company or the owner
of any Third Party Confidential Information, (v) is disclosed by the CFO
pursuant to a request or order of any court or governmental agency, provided
that the CFO shall have promptly notified the Company of any such request or
order and provided reasonable cooperation (at the Company's expense) in the
Company's efforts, if any, to contest or limit the scope of such request or
order, and/or (vi) was or is approved for release by written authorization of an
authorized representative of the Company.

 

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(e)            The obligations of the CFO under this Section 8 are without
prejudice, and are in addition to, any other obligations or duties of
confidentiality, whether express or implied or imposed by applicable law, that
are owed to the Company or any other person to whom the Company owes an
obligation of confidentiality.

 

9.              Return of Documents. All originals, copies and summaries of
manuals, memoranda, notes, notebooks, records, reports, plans, drawings,
specifications, devices, formulas, storage media (including software, documents
and computer printouts) and other documents or items of any kind containing,
disclosing, concerning or relating to Inventions, Confidential Information or
Third Party Confidential Information shall, to the extent that they are in the
actual or constructive possession or control of the CFO, be delivered to the
Company by the CFO immediately upon termination of this Agreement.

 

10.              Miscellaneous.

 

10.1.          Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire Agreement
of the parties with respect to the arrangements contemplated hereby. No prior
agreement, whether written or oral, shall be construed to change, amend, alter,
repeal or invalidate this Agreement. This Agreement may be amended only by a
written instrument executed in one or more counterparts by the parties.

 

10.2.          Waiver. No consent to or waiver of any breach or default in the
performance of any obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a
consent to or waiver of any other breach or default in the performance of any of
the same or any other obligations hereunder. Failure on the part of either party
to complain of any act or failure to act of the other party or to declare the
other party in default, irrespective of the duration of such failure, shall not
constitute a waiver of rights hereunder and no waiver hereunder shall be
effective unless it is in writing, executed by the party waiving the breach or
default hereunder.

 

10.3.          Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. This Agreement may be assigned by the Company to any affiliate of the
Company and to a successor of its business to which this Agreement relates
(whether by purchase or otherwise). "Affiliate of the Company" means any person
which, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with the Company and, for the purposes of this definition, "control"
(including the terms "controlled by" and "under common control with") shall mean
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of another whether through the
ownership of voting securities or holding of office in another, by contract or
otherwise. The CFO may not assign or transfer any or all of his rights or
obligations under this Agreement.

 

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10.4.          Disputes and Costs. In case of any dispute hereunder, the parties
will submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any court of competent
jurisdiction sitting in Reno, NV and will comply with all requirements necessary
to give such court jurisdiction over the parties and the controversy. EACH PARTY
WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND TO CLAIM OR RECOVER PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

 

10.5.          Severability. All headings and subdivisions of this Agreement are
for reference only and shall not affect its interpretation. In the event that
any provision of this Agreement should be held unenforceable by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such court is hereby authorized to amend such provision
so as to be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law, and all
remaining provisions shall continue in full force without being impaired or
invalidated in any way.

 

10.6.          Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada.

 

10.7.          Survival. The provisions of this Section 10.7 and Sections 8, 9,
and 10 shall survive the expiration of the Term and the termination of this
Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this Agreement as of the date
written above as a sealed instrument.

 

 

  Sealand Natural Resources Inc.                     By:               Name:  
Greg May     Title: Vice President and Chief Operations Officer                
    By:               Name: Lars Aaurp Poulsen     Title: President  and  Chief
Executive  Officer                     By:               Name: Steven D.
Matteson     Title: Chief Financial Officer  

 

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Exhibit A

Description of Services

 

The CFO shall perform the following services for the Company:

 

(i)Serve as an employee of Sealand Natural Resources Inc., and act as Chief
Financial Officer and receive a salary and stock bonus plan as an employee of
SLNR for services rendered and milestone targets are met.

 

Exhibit B

 

CFO will receive a Stock Option Bonus for company milestones as follows:

 

10,000 share stock option grant upon the company surpassing sales milestone of
$2 million in total gross annual sales. Option grant price to be set as the
closing stock price at the end of the fiscal quarter the milestone is met.

 

then an additional

 

10,000 share stock option grant upon the company surpassing sales milestone of
$3.5 million in total gross annual sales. Option grant price to be set as the
closing stock price at the end of the fiscal quarter the milestone is met.

 

then an additional

 

10,000 share stock option grant upon the company surpassing sales milestone of
$5 million in total gross annual sales. Option grant price to be set as the
closing stock price at the end of the fiscal quarter the milestone is met.

 

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