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Exhibit 10.1

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (“Agreement”), effective as of September 17, 2012, is entered into by and between Augme Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the "Employer” or the “Company”), and Robert F. Hussey (the “Employee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Employer is engaged in the interactive media technology business and related businesses, including but not limited to internet and mobile communications, advertising services, hardware and software development and sales, and information technology, and conducts research, experimentation, development, and exploitation of related technologies and engages in other businesses; and

WHEREAS, Employer desires to employ Employee to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Employee desires to be employed by Employer in such capacity pursuant to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises and covenants herein contained, it is agreed as follows:

1.           EMPLOYMENT: DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Employer hereby employs Employee as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  Subject at all times to the direction of the  Board of Directors of the Employer, Employee shall have direct responsibilities over operations, sales, marketing, financial and accounting matters, SEC reporting, operational budgeting, cost analysis, billing, and auditor interfacing.  Employee will also perform such other services and duties as the Board of Directors shall determine.  Employee’s job site shall be in the New York, NY area.  Employee shall serve, by mutual consent, in such other positions and offices of the Employer and its affiliates, if requested by the Board of Directors, without any additional compensation.

 

            2.           FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT

Employee hereby accepts employment by Employer, upon the terms and conditions contained herein, and agrees that during the term of this Agreement the Employee shall devote substantially all of his business time, attention, and energies to the business of the Employer. Employee, during the term of this Agreement, will not perform any services for any other business entity, whether such entity conducts a business which is competitive with the business of Employer or is engaged in any other business activity; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as: (a) preventing Employee from continuing to (i) sit on the Board of Advisors of Amphion Innovations, plc and Argentum Capital Partners or (ii) serve as Director and Chairman of Audit Committee of Axcess International, Inc., Director of Digital Lightwave, Inc., Director of CPX Interactive, LLC, Director of Moonit.com, and Director of H.C. Wainwright Holding Company; (b) preventing Employee from investing his personal assets in any business or businesses which do not compete directly or indirectly with the Employer, provided such investment or investments do not require any services on his part in the operation of the affairs of the entity in which such investment is made and in which his participation is solely that of an investor; (c) preventing Employee from purchasing securities in any corporation whose securities are regularly traded, if such purchases shall not result in his owning beneficially, at any time, more than 5% of the equity securities of any corporation engaged in a business which is competitive, directly or indirectly, to that of Employer; (d) preventing Employee from (i) engaging in charitable activities, (ii) serving on corporate, advisory, civil or charitable boards or committees in addition to those noted above, or (iii) delivering lectures, or teaching at educational institutions, so long as such activities, individually or in aggregate, do not adversely affect the Employee’s performance of his duties hereunder, which determination shall be made at the discretion of the Board; or (e) engaging in any other activities, if he receives the prior written approval of the Board of Directors of the Company with respect to his engaging in such activities.

  

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3.           RECORDS

In connection with his engagement hereunder, Employee shall accurately maintain and preserve all notes and records generated by Employee which relate to Employer and its business and shall make all such reports, in writing if required, as Employer may reasonably require.

4.           TERM

Employee’s employment hereunder shall be for one twelve-month period (the “Initial Term”), which commenced on September 17, 2012 and shall end September 16, 2013.  Thereafter, the Company may elect to extend employment to Employee for one or more additional twelve-month periods (each a “Subsequent Term”), commencing September 17, 2013.  A twelve-month period shall be deemed a Contract Year.  For all compensation and benefit purposes, other than those specifically addressed herein, the Employee shall be deemed to have been continually employed with the Employer from September 17, 2012.

5.           SALARY

As full compensation for the performance of his duties on behalf of Employer, Employee shall be compensated as follows:

(a) Base Salary. Employer, during the first-year of the term hereof, shall pay Employee a base salary (“Base Salary”) at the rate of $350,000 per annum, payable semi-monthly.

(b) Bonus.

(i)           Profitability Bonus: In addition to the Base Salary, Employee will be eligible for a bonus of $250,000 if the Company achieves Profitability for a fiscal quarter while he serves as CEO or during the first fiscal quarter reported following the cessation of his employment as CEO, provided that the Company will have achieved an average of at least 15% sequential quarterly revenue growth – starting with Fiscal Q3 2013.  Profitability will be achieved if revenue exceeds expenses, excluding the following expenses: (i) all non-recurring restructuring compensation payments and vendor settlements costs, (ii) costs related to operations that were discontinued prior to the end of the fiscal quarter being measured, and (iii) Goodwin Proctor litigation expenses.  Any such bonus due shall be payable within 30 days from issuance of the 10Q for the fiscal quarter in which the company achieved Profitability.

(ii)           Sale Bonus:  In the event of a Control Change, you will receive a flat fee of 0.5% of Aggregate Consideration up to $200MM, plus 1.0% of Aggregate Consideration between $200-400MM, plus 1.5% of Aggregate Consideration above $400MM.   For purposes of the previous sentence:  (A) "Control Change" shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 6 hereof; and (B) "Aggregate Consideration" shall mean (i) the amount of all consideration (whether in the form of cash, securities, or other property) directly or indirectly received or receivable by the Company or its shareholders in connection with any Control Change, including any amounts committed by any party to a transaction to be paid to the Company after any closing date, plus (ii) the amount of all consideration directly or indirectly received by the Company as a result of the exercise of any options, warrants or other securities conferring the option to invest additional capital in the Company that were issued in connection with a Control Change, plus (iii) without duplication, the total amount of Company  indebtedness assumed by, repaid, refinanced or otherwise transferred (or for which a commitment to assume, pay, refinance or accept Company indebtedness was made)  in connection with a Control Change, minus (iv) any costs incurred by the Company in connection with the Control Change.

  

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c.           Other Meritorious Adjustments. The Board of Directors may, in its sole and absolute discretion, consider other meritorious adjustments in compensation, or a bonus, under appropriate circumstances, including the conception of valuable or unique inventions, processes, discoveries or improvements capable of profitable exploitation by the Company.

6.           Equity

(i) Incentive Stock Options. Employee may receive options during the Term of this Agreement as determined by the Employer’s Board of Directors from time to time, subject to subsection 6(ii) below.

(ii) Initial Stock Option Grant.  Employee is granted an aggregate of 235,000 stock options from the Augme Technologies Inc. 2010 Incentive Stock Option Plan by Board approval on November 6, 2012.  The options shall have an exercise price of $0.66 per share (which exercise price is not less than the closing price on the date of Board approval) and a five year term.  The options shall vest in accordance with the following schedule:

a.  47,000 of the stock options shall vest immediately.

b.  188,000 of the stock options shall vest in equal monthly increments over a three-year period (1/36th per month) starting at the date of Board approval or fully vest if the stock price is above $2.00 for 30 trailing consecutive trading days.

    c.  In the event of (A) a merger, acquisition or sale transaction by the Company which causes a change of control of the Company (the “Control Change”), any unvested common stock, options to purchase common stock or similar securities held beneficially by you shall automatically become fully vested.  For purposes of this section, Control Change shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:  (i) a majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Company shall have been acquired or beneficially owned by any person or any two or more persons acting as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group, entity or association acting in concert for the purpose of voting, acquiring, holding, or disposing of voting stock of the Company; or (ii) a merger or a consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, other than (A) a merger or consolidation with a subsidiary of the Company, or (B) a merger or consolidation in which the holders of voting stock of the Company immediately prior to the merger as a class hold immediately after the merger at least a majority of all outstanding voting power of the surviving or resulting corporation or its parent; or (iii) a statutory exchange of shares of one or more classes or series of outstanding voting stock of the Company for cash, securities, or other property, other than an exchange in which the holders of voting stock of the Company immediately prior to the exchange as a class hold immediately after the exchange at least a majority of all outstanding voting power of the entity with which the Company stock is being exchanged; or (iv) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, in one transaction or a series of transactions, other than a sale or disposition in which the holders of voting stock of the Company immediately prior to the sale or disposition as a class hold immediately after the exchange at least a majority of all outstanding voting power of the entity to which the assets of the Company are being sold.

7.           BUSINESS EXPENSES

The Employer shall reimburse the Employee for all reasonable business expenses incurred by Employee in the performance of his duties hereunder including, but not limited to, travel on business, attending technical and business meetings, professional activities, and customer entertainment, such reimbursement to be made in accordance with regular Company policy and within a reasonable period following Employee’s presentation of the details of, and proof of, such expenses.

  

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8.           FRINGE BENEFITS

 

          (i)  During the term of this Agreement, Employer shall provide to Employee, at Employee’s sole expense, health insurance and other fringe benefits on the same terms and conditions as it shall afford other senior management employees.

 

          (ii)  During the term of this Agreement, Employer shall provide paid vacation to Employee which accrues monthly from the date that this Agreement became effective. The annual paid vacation earned for each Contract Year is three (3) weeks per Contract Year.

9.           SUBSIDIARIES

For the purposes of this Agreement all references to business products, services and sales of Employer shall include those of Employer’s affiliates.

10.           INVENTIONS

All systems, inventions, discoveries, apparatus, techniques, methods, know-how, formulae or improvements made, developed or conceived by Employee during Employee’s employment by Employer, whenever or wherever made, developed or conceived, and whether or not during business hours, which constitute an improvement, on those heretofore, now or at any time during Employee’s employment, developed, manufactured or used by Employer in connection with the manufacture, process or marketing of any product heretofore or now or hereafter developed or distributed by Employer, or any services to be performed by Employer or of any product which shall or could reasonably be manufactured or developed or marketed in the reasonable expansion of Employer’s business, shall be and continue to remain Employer’s exclusive property, without any added compensation or any reimbursement for expenses to Employee, and upon the conception of any and every such invention, process, discovery or improvement and without waiting to perfect or complete it, Employee promises and agrees that Employee will immediately disclose it to Employer and to no one else and thenceforth will treat it as the property and secret of Employer.

Employee will also execute any instruments requested from time to time by Employer to vest in it complete title and ownership to such invention, discovery or improvement and will, at the request of Employer, do such acts and execute such instruments as Employer may require, but at Employer’s expense to obtain Letters of Patent, trademarks or copyrights in the United States and foreign countries, for such invention, discovery or improvement and for the purpose of vesting title thereto in Employer, all without any reimbursement for expenses (except as provided in Section 7 or otherwise) and without any additional compensation of any kind to Employee.

Any assignment of Inventions required by this Agreement does not apply to an Invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility, intellectual property or trade secret information of Employer was used and which was developed entirely on the Employee’s own time, unless (a) the Invention relates (i) directly to the business of Employer or (ii) to Employer’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development or (b) the Invention results from any work performed by Employee for Employer.

  

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11.           CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and TRADE SECRETS

(i) All Confidential Information shall be the sole property of Employer.  Employee will not disclose to any person or entity or use or otherwise exploit for Employee’s own benefit or for the benefit of any other person or entity any Confidential Information which is disclosed to Employee or which becomes known to Employee in the course of his employment with Employer without the prior written consent of an officer of Employer except as may be necessary and appropriate in the ordinary course of performing his duties to Employer during the period of his employment with Employer. For purposes of this Section 11(i), “Confidential Information” shall mean  any data or information belonging to Employer, other than Trade Secrets, that is of value to Employer and is not generally known to competitors of Employer or to the public, and is maintained as confidential by Employer, including but not limited to non-public information about Employer’s clients, executives, key contractors and other contractors and information with respect to its products, designs, services, strategies, pricing, processes, procedures, research, development, inventions, improvements, purchasing, accounting, engineering and marketing (including any discussions or negotiations with any third parties).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no information will be deemed to be Confidential Information unless such information is treated by Employer as confidential and shall not include any data or information of Employer that has been voluntarily disclosed to the public by Employer (except where such public disclosure has been made without the authorization of Employer), or that has been independently developed and disclosed by others, or that otherwise enters the public domain through lawful means.

(ii) All Trade Secrets shall be the sole property of Employer. Employee agrees that during his employment with Employer and after its termination, Employee will keep in confidence and trust and will not use or disclose any Trade Secret or anything relating to any Trade Secret, or deliver any Trade Secret, to any person or entity outside Employer without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors.  For purposes of this Section 11(ii), “Trade Secrets” shall mean any scientific, technical and non-technical data, information, formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, drawing, process, financial data, financial plan, product plan or list of actual or potential customers or vendors and suppliers of Employer or any portion or part thereof, whether or not copyrightable or patentable, that is of value to Employer and is not generally known to competitors of Employer or to the public, and whose confidentiality is maintained, including unpatented and un-copyrighted information relating to Employer’s products, information concerning proposed new products or services, market feasibility studies, proposed or existing marketing techniques or plans and customer consumption data, usage or load data, and any other information that constitutes a trade secret, as such term as defined under New York law, in each case to the extent that Employer, as the context requires, derives economic value, actual or potential, from such information not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons or entities who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use.

12.           NON-SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES

During the term of Employee’s employment and for one year thereafter, Employee will not cause or attempt to cause any employee of Employer to cease working for Employer.  However, this obligation shall not affect any responsibility Employee may have as an employee of Employer with respect to the bona fide hiring and firing of Employer’s personnel.

	
  

	
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NON-SOLICITATION OF CUSTOMERS

Employee will not, during the period of his employment and for a period ending one year after the termination of his employment for any reason, directly or indirectly, solicit the business of any customer for the purpose of, or with the intention of, selling or providing to such customer any product or service in competition with any product or service sold or provided by Employer during the 12 months immediately preceding the termination of Employee’s employment with Employer.

  

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14.           NON-COMPETITION

Employee agrees that during his employment with Employer, Employee will not engage in any employment, business, or activity that is in any way competitive with the business of Employer, and Employee will not assist any other person or organization in competing with Employer or in preparing to engage in competition with the business of Employer. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply both during normal working hours and at all other times including, without limitation, nights, weekends and vacation time, while Employee is employed with Employer.

 

        15.           TERMINATION

Employee’s employment with Employer may be terminated as follows:

 

(a) Termination Without Just Cause.

 

(i) Employer, in its sole discretion, may terminate Employee’s employment hereunder for any reason without Just Cause (as defined below), at any time, by giving written notice to Employee of such intent at least 30 days in advance of the effective date of termination; provided, during that 30 day notice period, Employer, in its sole discretion, may modify, reduce or eliminate Employee’s duties hereunder.

 

(ii) If Employer terminates Employee’s employment hereunder without Just Cause Employer shall continue to pay to Employee his then-current base salary, in accordance with customary payroll practices, plus accrued but unpaid vacation time, accrued but unpaid benefits (as described in Section 8(i) above) and reimbursement of all unpaid business expenses (in each case, as of the date of termination) (collectively the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of the greater of (a) three months; or (b) the remainder of the Initial Term or Subsequent Term, whichever the case may be (the “Continuation Period”).  Employee shall be entitled to continued participation in all medical and disability plans, to the extent such plans are provided by Employer, on the same terms and conditions as if his employment had not terminated until the expiration of the Continuation Period.

 

(b) Termination With Just Cause.

 

(i) Employer may immediately terminate Employee’s employment hereunder for Just Cause (as defined below) at any time upon delivery of written notice to Employee.

 

(ii) For purposes of this Agreement, the phrase “Just Cause” means: (A) Employee’s material fraud, gross malfeasance, gross negligence, or willful misconduct done in bad faith, with respect to Employer’s business affairs; (B) Employee’s refusal or repeated failure to follow Employer’s established reasonable and lawful policies; (C) Employee’s material breach of this Agreement; or (D) Employee’s conviction of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude.  A termination of Employee for Just Cause based on clause (A), (B) or (C) of the preceding sentence will take effect 30 days after Employer gives written notice of its intent to terminate Employee’s employment and Employer’s description of the alleged cause, unless Employee, in the good-faith opinion of Employer, during such 30-day period, remedies the events or circumstances constituting Just Cause.

 

(iii) If Employee’s employment hereunder is terminated by Employer for Just Cause: (a) Employer will be required to pay to Employee only that portion of his Base Salary, accrued but unused vacation pay, and to the extent required under the terms of any benefit plan or this Agreement, the vested portion of any benefit under such plan, all as earned through the date of termination; and (b) Employee shall have the right to exercise any stock option rights and stock purchase rights granted to him that have vested and are outstanding at the date of termination and shall forfeit any such unvested stock option and stock purchase rights.

  

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(c) For Good Reason.

 

(i) Employee may terminate employment hereunder For Good Reason (as defined below), at any time, by giving written notice to Employer of such intent at least 30 days in advance of the effective date of termination.

 

(ii) For purposes of this Agreement, the phrase “For Good Reason” means (A) any material reduction in Employee’s duties, responsibility, position or compensation, without the consent of Employee; (B) relocation of the Employee’s position from the New York City metropolitan area; (C) Employer’s material breach of this Agreement; or (D) Employer’s refusal or failure to establish and follow lawful policies and practices that are material to Employee’s position or job responsibilities.

 

(iii) If Employee terminates employment hereunder For Good Reason, Employer shall continue to pay to Employee the Continued Benefits for the Continuation Period.  Employee shall be entitled to continued participation in all medical and disability plans, to the extent such plans are provided by Employer, at the same benefit level at which he was participating on the date of termination of the Employee’s employment until the expiration of the Continuation Period.

 

(d) Without Good Reason.

 

(i) Employee may terminate employment hereunder without Good Reason, at any time, by giving written notice to Employer of such intent at least 30 days in advance of the effective date of termination.

 

(ii) If Employee terminates employment hereunder without Good Reason: (a) Employer will be required to pay to Employee only that portion of his Base Salary, accrued but unused vacation pay, and to the extent required under the terms of any benefit plan or this Agreement, the vested portion of any benefit under such plan, all as earned through the date of termination; and (b) Employee shall retain the right to exercise any vested stock option rights and stock purchase rights granted to him and that are vested and outstanding at the effective date of the termination of employment and shall forfeit any such unvested stock option and stock purchase rights.

 

(e) Disability and Death.

 

Employee’s employment hereunder will be terminated immediately upon his Disability (as defined below) or his death.  If Employee’s employment is terminated due to such Disability or death, Employer will be required to pay to Employee or Employee’s estate, as the case may be, unrelated to any amounts that Employee may receive pursuant to Employer’s short-term and long-term disability plans or life insurance plans (as applicable), only his base salary and accrued but unpaid vacation pay, earned through the date of termination, and to the extent required under the terms of any benefit plan or this Agreement, the vested portion of any benefit under such plan.  Employee or Employee’s estate, as the case may be, will not by operation of this provision forfeit any rights in which Employee is vested at the time of Employee’s disability or death, including, without limitation, the right to exercise any vested stock option rights and stock purchase rights granted to him and outstanding at the effective date of the termination of this Agreement.

The term “Disability” means Employee’s inability, due to physical or mental ill health, to perform the essential functions of his job, with or without a reasonable accommodation, for a period in excess of 120 consecutive days or in excess of 180 days in any consecutive 12 month period. In the event of any dispute under this paragraph, Employee shall submit to a physical and/or psychological examination by a licensed physician mutually satisfactory to Employer and Employee, the cost of such examination to be paid by Employer, and the determination of such physician shall be determinative.

  

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16.           INJUNCTION

(i) Should Employee at any time reveal any Confidential Information or Trade Secret of Employer, or during any restricted period engage in any business in competition with that of Employer, or perform, or threaten to perform, any services for anyone engaged in such competitive business, or in any way violate any of the provisions of this Agreement, Employer shall be entitled to an injunction restraining Employee from doing, or continuing to do, or performing any such acts; and Employee hereby consents to the issuance of such an injunction without any requirement that Employer post a bond.

(ii) In the event that a proceeding is brought in equity to enforce the provisions of this Paragraph, Employee shall not argue as a defense that there is an adequate remedy at law, nor shall Employer be prevented from seeking any other remedies which may be available.

17.           ARBITRATION

(i) In the event that there shall be a dispute (a “Dispute”) among the parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, the parties agree that such dispute shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration before a single arbitrator in the metropolitan area in which the Employee was primarily performing services at the time the Dispute arose, administered by the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”), in accordance with AAA’s Employment ADR Rules.  The arbitrator’s decision shall be final and binding upon the parties, and may be entered and enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction by either of the parties.  The arbitrator shall have the power to grant temporary, preliminary and permanent relief, including without limitation, injunctive relief and specific performance.

(ii) The Company will pay the direct costs and expenses of the arbitration, including arbitration and arbitrator fees.  Except as otherwise provided by statute, Employee and the Company are responsible for their respective attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with enforcing this Agreement.  Employee and the Company agree that, to the extent permitted by law, the arbitrator may, in his or her discretion, award reasonable attorneys’ fees to the prevailing party.

18.           SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE

(i) This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") and regulations promulgated thereunder (“Section 409A”).  To the extent that any provision in this Agreement is ambiguous as to its compliance with Section 409A, the provision shall be read in such a manner so that no payments due under this Agreement shall be subject to an "additional tax" as defined in Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code.  For purposes of Section 409A, each payment made under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment.  In no event may Employee, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of payment.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Employee shall not be considered to have terminated employment with Employer for purposes of Section 15 hereof unless he would be considered to have incurred a “termination of employment” from Employer within the meaning of Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h)(1)(ii).

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if necessary to comply with the restriction in Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code concerning payments to “specified employees,” any payment on account of Employee’s separation from service that would otherwise be due hereunder within six months after such separation shall nonetheless be delayed until the first business day of the seventh month following Employee’s date of termination and the first such payment shall include the cumulative amount of any payments that would have been paid prior to such date if not for such restriction, together with interest on such cumulative amount during the period of such restriction at a rate, per annum, equal to the applicable federal short-term rate (compounded monthly) in effect under Section 1274(d) of the Code on the date of termination.  For purposes of Section 15 hereof, Employee shall be a “specified employee” for the 12-month period beginning on the first day of the fourth month following each “Identification Date” if he is a “key employee” (as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code without regard to Section 416(i)(5) thereof) of Employer at any time during the 12-month period ending on the “Identification Date.”  For purposes of the foregoing, the Identification Date shall be December 31.”

  

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(iii) All reimbursements provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A, including, where applicable, the requirement that (i) any reimbursement is for expenses incurred during Employee’s lifetime (or during a shorter period of time specified in this Agreement), (ii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year, (iii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense will be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the expense is incurred, and (iv) the right to reimbursement is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

19.           MISCELLANEOUS

If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared, by a court of competent jurisdiction, to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced in whole or in part, the remaining conditions and provisions or portions thereof shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect and enforceable to the extent they are valid, legal and enforceable, and no provision shall be deemed dependent upon any covenant or provision so expressed herein.

The parties hereto have made no agreements, representations or warranties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement which are not set forth herein. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, supplemented, waived, or changed orally, but only in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of any such amendment, supplement, waiver, or modification is sought and making specific reference to this Agreement.

The rights, benefits, duties and obligations under this Agreement shall inure to, and be binding upon, the Employer, its successors and assigns, and upon the Employee and his legal representatives, heirs and legatees. This Agreement constitutes a personal service agreement, and the performance of the Employee’s obligations hereunder may not be transferred or assigned by the Employee.

The failure of either party to insist upon the strict performance of any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of future compliance therewith, and said terms, conditions and provisions shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement, on the part of either party, shall be effective for any purpose whatsoever unless such waiver is in writing and signed by such party.

This Agreement shall be construed and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this employment agreement executed as of the 16th day of November 2012.

On Behalf of Employer:

AUGME TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

and its wholly-owned subsidiaries

By:  /s/ Todd Wilson

        Todd Wilson, Director

        By:  /s/ Robert F. Hussey

        Robert F. Hussey, EmployeeUS_ACTIVE_AmendmentNo1toCreditAgreement_44122654_8

AMENDMENT NO. 1
This Amendment No. 1, dated as of November 16, 2012 (this “Amendment”), to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2010 (the “Credit Agreement”), among CCA CLUB OPERATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), CLUBCORP CLUB OPERATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as Sole Arranger and Sole Bookrunner, is entered into by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders party hereto.  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein are used as defined in the Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, Holdings, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and certain other parties hereto are parties to the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested an amendment to the Credit Agreement that (i) would decrease the interest rate floors applicable to Term B Loans and (ii) would decrease the Applicable Rate with respect to Term B Loans; 
WHEREAS, in the event the Amendment is approved by the Required Lenders but not all of the Term B Lenders, the Borrower desires to replace those Term B Lenders that are Non-Consenting Lenders to this Amendment by causing such Non-Consenting Lenders to assign their Term B Loans to certain Eligible Assignees (the “New Term B Lenders”) in accordance with Sections 3.07 and 10.07 of the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in order to effect the foregoing, the Borrower and the other parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in reliance upon the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT
Effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date (as defined in Section 2 below) and subject to the satisfaction (or due waiver) of the conditions set forth in Section 2 below, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
1.1    Clause (a) of the definition of “Applicable Rate” in Section 1.01 is hereby amended and restated in full as follows:
“(a)    with respect to Term B Loans, (i) for Eurodollar Rate Loans, 3.75% and (ii) for Base Rate Loans, 2.75%; and”
1.2    Clause (a) of the definition of Base Rate in Section 1.01 is hereby amended and restated in full as follows:

    

“(a) (i) 2.50% with respect to Revolving Credit Loans or (ii) 2.25% with respect to Term B Loans;”
1.3    Clause (a) of the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” in Section 1.01 is hereby amended and restated in full as follows:
“(a) (i) 1.50% with respect to Revolving Credit Loans or (ii) 1.25% with respect to Term B Loans and”
1.4    Clause (a)(iv) of Section 2.05 is hereby amended and restated in full as follows:
“At the time of the effectiveness of any Repricing Transaction that (A) makes any prepayment of Term Loans in connection with any Repricing Transaction, or (B) effects any amendment of this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction and is consummated prior to November 16, 2013, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each applicable Term Lender, a fee in an amount equal to, (x) in the case of clause (A), a prepayment premium of 1% of the amount of the Term Loans being prepaid and (y) in the case of clause (B), a payment equal to 1% of the aggregate amount of the applicable Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment.  Such fees shall be due and payable upon the date of the effectiveness of such Repricing Transaction.”
SECTION 2.    CONDITIONS PRECEDENT  
This Amendment shall become effective as of the date (the “First Amendment Effective Date”) on which each of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied or duly waived:
2.1    Certain Documents.  The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(a)    this Amendment, duly executed by each of the Borrower, Holdings, the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and each Term B Lender; provided, however, if any Term B Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender then this Amendment shall be duly executed by Term B Lenders and New Term B Lenders holding the aggregate amount of all Term B Loans outstanding on the First Amendment Effective Date;
(b)    an Acknowledgement and Confirmation, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, duly executed by each Loan Party; and
(c)    executed legal opinions of Perkins Coie LLP, counsel to Holdings and Borrower, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
2.2    Assignment and Assumption.  In the event Amendment is not initially approved by all Term B Lenders, the Term B Loans of each Non-Consenting Lender shall have been assigned to New Term B Lenders pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption in accordance with the terms of Sections 3.07 and 10.07 of the Credit Agreement.  Such Assignment and Assumption shall be effective to assign all of the Term B Loans held by the Term B Lenders that are Non-Consenting Lenders in respect of this Amendment to New Term B Lenders.

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2.3    Fees and Expenses. 
(a)All fees and reimbursable expenses that have been invoiced as of the First Amendment Effective Date that are due and payable to any Person under the Credit Agreement or under any engagement letter entered into in connection with this Amendment shall have been paid in full in immediately available funds; and

(b)The Administrative Agent hereby waives any and all assignment fees due to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower under any Assignment and Assumption executed pursuant to Section 3.07(a) of the Credit Agreement.

2.4    Representations and Warranties.  Each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 below shall be true and correct.
SECTION 3.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES  
Each of Holdings and the Borrower, on behalf of itself and each Loan Party, hereby represents and warrants to the Agents and each Lender, with respect to all Loan Parties, as follows:
3.1    Incorporation of Representations and Warranties from Loan Documents.  Immediately before and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article 5 of the Credit Agreement or in any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if qualified by materiality) on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date, except (i) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date and (ii) that for purposes of this Section 3.1, the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.05(a) of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent financial statements furnished pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) and 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement and, in the case of the financial statements furnished pursuant to Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement, the representations contained in Section 5.05(a) of the Credit Agreement, as modified by this clause (ii), shall be qualified by the statement that such financial statements are subject to the absence of footnotes and year-end audit adjustments;
3.2    Corporate Power and Authority.  Each of Holdings and the Borrower has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each of Holdings and the Borrower, and this Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Holdings and the Borrower, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles; and
3.3    Absence of Default.  No Default or Event of Default exists or would result from this Amendment.
SECTION 4.    MISCELLANEOUS
4.1    Costs and Expenses.  The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its costs and expenses in connection with this Amendment (and any other Loan Documents delivered in connection herewith) as provided in Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement.

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4.2    Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.  
(a)    As of the First Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” or words of like import, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, by means of words like “thereunder”, “thereof” and words of like import), shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.  
(b)    Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are and shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
(c)    The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, or constitute a waiver or amendment of any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document (as amended hereby) except as and to the extent expressly set forth herein.
4.3    Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a facsimile copy of an executed signature page hereof shall constitute receipt by the Administrative Agent of an executed counterpart of this Amendment.  
4.4    Governing Law.  This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
4.5    Loan Document and Integration.  This Amendment is a Loan Document, and together with the other Loan Documents, incorporates all negotiations of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and is the final expression and agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
4.6    Headings.  Section headings contained in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purposes.  
4.7    Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers and members thereunto duly authorized, as of the date indicated above.

CCA CLUB OPERATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC
By:  /s/Curtis D. McClellan                   
Name: Curtis D. McClellan    
Title: Treasurer
CLUBCORP CLUB OPERATIONS, INC.
By: /s/Curtis D. McClellan                   
Name: Curtis D. McClellan 
Title: Treasurer

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1]

CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., 
as Administrative Agent, 
By: /s/Stuart G. Dickson          
Name: Stuart G. Dickson
 Title: Vice President

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1]

Exhibit A
FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONFIRMATION
1.    Reference is made to Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2012 (the “First Amendment”), by and between the Borrower, Holdings, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time party thereto.  Terms defined in the First Amendment and used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the First Amendment, unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires.
2.    Certain provisions of the Credit Agreement are being amended pursuant to the First Amendment.  Each of the undersigned is a Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations as defined in and pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and is a Grantor as defined in and pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement and hereby:
(a)    consents to the execution, delivery and performance of the foregoing First Amendment;
(b)    acknowledges that, notwithstanding the execution and delivery of the foregoing First Amendment, the Secured Obligations of such Grantor and the obligations of such Guarantor under the Loan Documents to which it is a party are not impaired or affected and all guaranties made by such Guarantor pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement and all Liens granted by such Grantor as security for the Secured Obligations of such Grantor pursuant to such Loan Documents continue in full force and effect and shall continue to secure such Secured Obligations except to the extent any waiver, release or modification has been granted by or on behalf of Lenders or has otherwise occurred pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents; and 
(c)    confirms and ratifies its obligations under each of the Loan Documents executed by it after giving effect to the First Amendment.  
3.    This Acknowledgement and Confirmation and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
4.    This Acknowledgment and Confirmation may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy or electronic mail), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Acknowledgment and Confirmation to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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