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Exhibit 10.35

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement is made effective as of the 1st day of January
2006.

BETWEEN:

MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION

(hereinafter referred to as the “Employer” or “Mitel)

- and -

STEVEN SPOONER

(hereinafter referred to as the “Employee”)

WHEREAS, the Employer and the Employee wish to enter into an agreement pursuant to which the
Employee will provide the Employee’s services to the Employer as hereinafter set forth, and the
Employer will hire and retain the services of the Employee as an employee of the Employer.

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter
contained, the parties hereto hereby mutually covenant and agree as follows:

	1.	 	EMPLOYMENT

	 	a.	 	The Employee is employed on a full-time basis as the Chief Financial Officer. As
Chief Financial Officer, the Employee shall report directly to the Chief Executive
Officer of the Employer.
	 
	 	b.	 	The Employee is employed on a full-time basis for the Employer and it is
understood that the hours of work involved will vary and may be irregular. The
Employee acknowledges that this subparagraph (b) constitutes agreement to
work such hours.
	 
	 	c.	 	The Employee acknowledges and hereby agrees to carry out
all lawful instructions given to the Employee by the Employer.
	 
	 	d.	 	The Employee acknowledges and hereby agrees to observe all policies of the
Employer as the Employer may in its absolute discretion create from time to time
and to perform all services associated with the position herein.
	 
	 	e.	 	The Employee acknowledges and agrees that, during the currency of this
agreement, the Employee shall devote the Employee’s full-time and skill to the
duties and responsibilities contemplated herein and shall not be engaged in any
other employment in any other capacity or any other activity that interferes with
the provision of the services contemplated herein or that is for the benefit of any
person, corporation or enterprise whose business interests are either competitive
or in conflict with those of the Employer.
	 
	 	f.	 	The Employee represents and warrants to the Employer that the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Employee and the performance by the
Employee of the services hereunder will not (with or without the giving of notice

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	 		 	or lapse of time, or both) violate or breach any term or condition of, or
constitute a default under, any agreement, document or instrument to which the
Employee is a party or by which the Employee is bound including any non-competition
or non-solicitation agreement.

	2.	 	EMPLOYMENT TERM
	 
	 	 	Subject to being terminated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 6 hereof, the
term of this agreement shall be indefinite commencing on January 1, 2006.
	 
	3.	 	BASE SALARY AND BENEFITS

	 	a.	 	For all services rendered by the Employee in the course of the employment
hereunder, the Employee shall receive an annual base salary of $275,000 until
April 30, 2006, increasing to $300,000 effective as of May 1, 2006 (subject to
statutory withholdings and deductions). The said salary shall be paid at such
times and in such fashion as is in keeping with the ordinary practices and policies
of the Employer. Such salary may be reviewed periodically by the Employer and
may be increased from time to time by the Employer as the Employer may in its
absolute discretion decide without the necessity of an amendment hereto.
	 
	 	b.	 	The Employee shall be eligible to receive an annual bonus (up to a maximum of
50% of the Employee’s annual base salary) in an amount determined by the
compensation committee of the board of directors of the Employer in its sole
discretion.
	 
	 	c.	 	The Employee shall be entitled to an automobile allowance in the amount of
$1,000 per month.
	 
	 	d.	 	The Employee shall be entitled to participate in any and all such additional
benefits as are enjoyed from time to time by other employees, including senior
executive employees, in accordance with the established practices and policies
of the Employer as the Employer may in its absolute discretion create from time
to time. The Employee shall be entitled to all perquisites offered to senior
executives of the Employer.
	 
	 	e.	 	The Employee shall be entitled to reimbursement for all ordinary and
reasonable
out-of-pocket business expenses that are incurred by the Employee in
furtherance of the Employer’s business in accordance with the policies adopted
from time to time by the Employer and subject to receipt of appropriate
documentation by the Employer.
	 
	 	f.	 	Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Employee shall be
entitled to
six (6) days of sick leave per annum which sick leave shall not accumulate from
year to year and which sick leave shall have no cash surrender value.

	4.	 	STOCK OPTION GRANTS

	 	a.	 	For services rendered by the Employee in the course of the employment
hereunder, the Employer shall from time to time grant to the Employee an option to
purchase shares of common stock of Mitel. Such options shall be granted and shall
vest in accordance with Mitel’s standard stock option plan and shall have an
exercise price as established in the most recent share valuation prior to the
grant.

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	 	b.	 	Subject to the provisions of paragraph 6, any such options shall vest in 25%
increments on the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date
of the grant of such options.
	 
	 	c.	 	All options shall become 100% fully vested upon:

	 	i.	 	the closing of a merger or consolidation of such company with or into
another entity or other transaction or series of related transactions in
which the holders of voting securities of such party, immediately prior to
such transaction(s), will hold less than 50% of the voting securities of
the surviving entity, immediately after such transaction(s);
	 
	 	ii.	 	the closing of the sale of all or substantially all
of the assets of such company in one or a series of transactions; or
	 
	 	iii.	 	the complete liquidation or dissolution of such company.

	 	d.	 	All such options shall expire on the fifth anniversary of the date of
the grant of such options to the Employee.

	5.	 	VACATION
	 
	 	 	The Employee shall be entitled to four (4) weeks vacation annually in accordance with
the Employer’s policies. The Employee shall take the Employee’s vacation entitlement in each
12-month period and shall not accrue vacation entitlement from one 12-month period to the
next. Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to compliance
with the Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 41 as amended, any vacation
entitlement not taken in the appropriate 12 month period shall be lost unless specific
arrangements are made between the parties, which arrangements are to be confirmed in writing
and signed by each of the parties hereto prior to the expiration of the said 12-month
period.

	6.	 	TERMINATION
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, this agreement may
be terminated in the following manner:

	 	a.	 	Termination by the Employer

	 	i.	 	For Cause. The Employer may terminate this agreement effective at any time
for cause by giving notice in writing of such termination to the Employee. If
this agreement and the employment of the Employee hereunder is so terminated
pursuant to this subparagraph (a)(i), the Employee shall receive any statutory
benefits to which the Employee shall be entitled and shall continue to accrue
and receive the Employee’s said annual salary and benefits through to the date
of termination indicated in the termination notice and no more. Upon any
termination under this subparagraph (a)(i), any stock options granted to the
Employee hereunder that are fully vested as of the date of the Employee’s
termination shall remain exercisable for the lesser of sixty (60) days from the
date of termination or the balance of such options’ term. Any stock options
that have not vested as of the date of termination shall expire. In no event
shall any stock options vest following any termination hereunder.

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	 	ii.	 	Without Cause. This agreement and the employment of the Employee
hereunder may be terminated at any time by the Employer giving to the Employee the
following (inclusive of any statutory notice or statutory severance entitlements
the Employee may have under the Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O.
2000, c. 41 as amended):

	 	(1)	 	The Employee will receive a termination payment (the
“Severance Payment”) equal to the greater of: (A) eighteen (18)
months’ compensation calculated in accordance with
subparagraph (a)(ii)(3) below; or, (B) the minimum notice and
minimum severance (if any) to which the Employee is then
entitled in accordance with the minimum requirements of
Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O, 2000, c. 41
as amended. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the
Severance Payment will be deemed to be a retiring allowance.
	 
	 	(2)	 	Subject to the provisions of subparagraph 7(h), the Severance
Payment will be paid by the Employer in a series of equal
installments according to the Employer’s regular payroll
schedule, over a period of eighteen (18) months commencing
with the first payroll after the date designated by the Employer as
the date of termination in written termination notice delivered to
the Employee (the “Designated Termination Date”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject always to the provisions
of subparagraph 7(h), the Employer may in its absolute
discretion elect to pay all or any part of the Severance Payment
in one or more lump sum amounts, in which case the amount of
any further monthly installments will be adjusted accordingly.
	 
	 	(3)	 	For the purposes of subparagraph (a)(ii)(1), a month’s
compensation will be equal to: (A) the Employee’s then current
monthly base salary, plus (B) monthly bonus equal to 1/36th of
the total of all bonuses paid to the Employee during the three (3)
most recently completed fiscal years. If the Employee has
completed less than three (3) years of service with the Employer,
then monthly bonus will instead be calculated based on the total
bonus paid to the Employee prior to the Designated Termination
Date, divided by the number of months of service completed as
of the Designated Termination Date.
	 
	 	(4)	 	The Employee shall also be entitled to participate in all
employee
benefit programs and receive all benefits and perquisites of
employment described in subparagraph 3(d) above during such
eighteen (18) month period to the extent that the Employer can
continue such benefits, failing which the Employee’s Severance
Payment will be grossed up by the premium cost to the Employer
of any benefits which cannot be so continued.
	 
	 	(5)	 	Upon any termination under this subparagraph (a)(ii), any stock
options granted to the Employee hereunder that are fully vested
as of the Designated Termination Date shall remain exercisable
for the lesser of (i) the balance of such options’ term, or (ii)
eighteen (18) months from the Designated Termination Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the stock option plan
or in any grant of options, any stock options that have not vested

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	 	 	 	as of the Designated Termination Date shall continue to vest and remain
exercisable until the lesser of (i) the balance of such options’ term,
or (ii) eighteen (18) months from the Designated Termination Date. In no
event shall any stock options continue to vest after the expiry of such
eighteen (18) month period.

	 	iii.	 	The Employee acknowledges that the foregoing provisions are in satisfaction
of and substitution for any and all statutory and common law rights, including without
limitation, any right to reasonable notice of termination of employment with the
Employer.

	 	b.	 	Termination by the Employee
	 
	 	 	 	This agreement and employment of the Employee hereunder may be terminated at any time by the
Employee giving to the Employer three (3) months written notice of termination. The Employee
shall continue to accrue and receive the Employee’s said annual salary and benefits through to
the date of termination indicated in the termination notice and no more. Upon any termination
under this subparagraph (b), any stock options granted to the Employee hereunder that are fully
vested as of the date of the Employee’s termination shall remain exercisable for the lesser of
sixty (60) days from the date of termination or the balance of such options’ term. Any stock
options that have not vested as of the date of termination shall expire. In no event shall any
stock options continue to vest following any termination hereunder.
	 
	 	c.	 	Termination by Mutual Agreement
	 
	 	 	 	This agreement and the employment of the Employee hereunder may be terminated by mutual
agreement of the parties hereto in writing, in which event the Employee shall continue to
accrue and receive the Employee’s said annual salary and benefits through to the date of
termination reached pursuant to such mutual agreement. Upon any termination under this
subparagraph (c) any stock options granted to the Employee hereunder that are fully vested as
of the date of the Employee’s termination shall remain exercisable for the lesser of sixty (60)
days from the date of termination or the balance of such options’ term. Any stock options that
have not vested as of the date of termination shall expire. In no event shall any stock options
continue to vest following any termination hereunder.
	 
	 	d.	 	Termination by Death or Disability
	 
	 	 	 	This agreement and the employment of the Employee hereunder shall be automatically terminated
upon the death of the Employee or upon such date as the board of directors of the Employer
shall determine (in accordance with the procedures established by the Board) that the Employee
has a permanent or long-term disability. Upon any termination under this subparagraph (d), the
Employer shall pay the Employee or his estate, as the case may be, a lump-sum payment
equivalent to: (i) all amounts due and owing as of the date of the Employee’s death or as of
the date the disability is determined and (ii) one year’s salary (at the rate or rates which
would have been in effect over the following 12 months) and bonuses equal to the bonuses
payable for the preceding 12 months. All stock options granted to the Employee hereunder or
under any other agreement with the Employer that are fully vested as of the date of the
Employee’s termination accordance with this subparagraph (d) shall remain exercisable for the
lesser of sixty (60) days from the date of termination or the balance of such options’ term.
Any stock options that have not vested as of the date of termination shall expire. In no event
shall any stock options continue to vest following any termination hereunder. Notwithstanding
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	 	 	 	foregoing, upon any termination under this subparagraph (d), an additional
twenty-five (25%) of the Employee’s remaining unvested stock options at the date of
termination shall be deemed to vest immediately.
	 
	 	e.	 	Payment of Accrued Vacation
	 
	 	 	 	Upon the cessation for any reason whatsoever of the Employee’s employment with the
Employer, the Employee will receive a payout of any accrued unused vacation pay,
calculated in accordance with the minimum requirements of Ontario’s Employment
Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 41 as amended.

	7.	 	CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-DISCLOSURE AND NON-COMPETITION

	 	a.	 	The Employee agrees to hold in strict confidence the business and affairs of the
Employer and each of its customers/clients. The Employee agrees that, during the
term of this agreement or any renewal thereof or at any time thereafter, the Employee
will not directly or indirectly disclose to any third party or use for any other
purpose
than that of the Employer:

	 	i.	 	Information disclosed to the Employer by or on behalf of a customer/client or
prospective customer/client;
	 
	 	ii.	 	Information respecting the identity of any customer/client of the Employer;
	 
	 	iii.	 	Information otherwise disclosed to the Employer on a
confidential basis by third parties; and
	 
	 	iv.	 	Information otherwise identified to the Employee as
confidential information of the Employer.

	 	b.	 	The Employee’s obligations of confidence described above include, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing:

	 	i.	 	Taking every reasonable step to prevent third parties from examining and/or
making copies of any documents or paper (whether in electronic or hard copy
form) prepared by the Employee or that come into the Employee’s possession or
under the Employee’s control by reason of the Employee’s employment hereunder;
and
	 
	 	ii.	 	Upon termination of this agreement, turning over to the Employer all
documents or papers (whether in electronic or hard copy form) and any other
materials in the Employee’s possession or under the Employee’s control that
relate to the business of the Employer or its customers/clients.

	 	c.	 	The Employee’s obligations of confidence described above do not
apply to information, which is:

	 	i.	 	Available to the public other than by breach of obligations of confidence owed
by the Employee;
	 
	 	ii.	 	Rightfully received by the Employee, outside of the course of the Employee’s
employment, from a third party without confidentiality limitations;

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	 	iii.	 	Independently developed by the Employee without
recourse to any confidential information of the Employer or its
customers/clients; or
	 
	 	iv.	 	Known to the Employee prior to first receipt of the same in
the course of the Employee’s employment.

The mingling of confidential information with information that falls within one or more
of the exceptions above shall not impair the status of, or obligations of confidence
and non-use respecting the confidential parts.

	 	d.	 	The Employee acknowledges that the Employee has a fiduciary obligation to the
Employer.
	 
	 	e.	 	The Employee agrees that without the express prior written consent of the Employer,
during the Employee’s employment with the Employer or within the Restricted Period
as defined in subparagraph 7(f), the Employee will not either alone or in conjunction
with any individual, partnership, firm, association, syndicate, company or other
entity,
either as an individual or as a partner or joint venture or as an employee, principal,
consultant, agent, lender, shareholder (other than a passive holding of shares listed
on a recognized North American stock exchange that does not exceed two percent of
the outstanding shares so listed), officer, director, or as a salesman, or in any other
manner, whatsoever, directly or indirectly:

	 	(i)	 	attempt to obtain the withdrawal from the Employer
or any of its affiliates of any of their respective employees, contractors or
consultants (provided, however, that any general public recruitment responded
to by such employees, contractors or consultants will not breach this
subparagraph 7(e)(i);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	approach, solicit or attempt to solicit any
customer/client or potential customer/client, wherever situated, of the
Employer or any of its affiliates, with whom the Employee had dealings on
behalf of the Employer within the twelve (12) months prior to the cessation
of the Employee’s employment with the Employer, in order to attempt to direct
any such customer/client or potential customer/client away from the Employer
or any of its affiliates;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	be concerned with, engaged by, interested in, advise, lend money to,
guarantee the debts or obligations of, or permit the Employee’s name or
any part thereof to be used or employed in any business which is the same
as or directly competitive with the business of the Employer or any of its
affiliates;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	divert, attempt to divert, derive a benefit from or
otherwise profit from any maturing business opportunities in North America
which to the knowledge of the Employee were pursued or advanced by or to the
Employer or any of its affiliates at any time within the twelve (12) months
prior to the cessation of the Employee’s employment with the Employer.

	 	f.	 	For the purposes of this paragraph 7, the Restricted Period means:

	 	(i)	 	eighteen (18) months from the Designated Termination Date, where the
Employee’s employment with the Employer is terminated under
subparagraph 6(a)(ii); or,
	 
	 	(ii)	 	twelve (12) months, where the
Employee’s employment with the
Employer ceases for any other reason whatsoever.

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	 	g.	 	For the purposes of this paragraph 7, a business which is the same as or directly
competitive with the business of the Employer or any affiliate means any business
which engages in or proposes to engage in:

	 	(i)	 	the same core business as that which is carried on by the Employer or
by such affiliate; or,
	 
	 	(ii)	 	that business which is the subject of the
Employer’s or such affiliate’s
actual or demonstrably anticipated research and development;

at any time during the
twelve (12) months prior to the cessation of the Employee’s employment with the Employer.
The board of directors may in its absolute discretion from time to time designate any
partnership, firm, association, syndicate, company or other entity as a directly
competitive business for purposes of this paragraph 7, upon providing written notice of
such designation to the Employee.

	 	h.	 	In the event that the Employee breaches any of the Employee’s ongoing obligations
under this paragraph 7, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the stock option
plan or in any grant of options or in this Agreement, (1) any stock options granted to the
Employee hereunder that are not yet expired, whether or not such stock options have vested
or remain unvested, shall immediately expire; and (2) the Employee will immediately
forfeit, and will not be entitled to receive any portion of, any unpaid remainder of any
Severance Payment referenced in subparagraph 6(a)(ii)(1).
	 
	 	i.	 	Each subparagraph or sub-subparagraph of this paragraph 7 shall be (and shall be
construed as) a separate and distinct covenant, independent of and severable from all other
subparagraphs or sub-subparagraphs of this paragraph 7.
	 
	 	j.	 	The provisions of this paragraph 7 shall survive the cessation for any reason whatsoever
of the employment relationship between the Employer and the Employee and shall be
enforceable not withstanding the existence of any claim or cause of action of the Employee
against the Employer whether predicated upon this agreement or otherwise. Any such claim or
cause of action will not constitute a defense to any injunction action, application or
motion brought against the Employee by the Employer for purposes of enforcing the provisions
of this paragraph 7.

	8.	 	INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS, ETC.

	 	 	If, during the term of this agreement or any renewal hereof, the Employee should:

	 	a.	 	Conceive or make any invention or discovery, where patentable or not;
	 
	 	b.	 	Become the author of any design capable of being protected as an industrial
design, design patent or other design protection;
	 
	 	c.	 	Become the author of any work in which copyright may exist; or
	 
	 	d.	 	Develop any confidential information which may be capable of being
protected as a trade secret;

and if such invention, discovery, design, work or confidential information relates in any
way to the business of the Employer or any affiliated entity, such invention, discovery,
industrial design, work or confidential information shall be the sole and exclusive
property of the Employer or any affiliated entity. The Employee agrees during the term of
his employment with the Employer and thereafter to promptly disclose to the Employer all
details and information related thereto and to execute on demand any applications,
transfers, assignments, moral rights waivers and other documents as the Employer may
consider necessary or advisable for the purpose of vesting in the Employer or its

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designate full title to and enjoyment of such invention, discovery, industrial design,
work or confidential information, and to assist in every way possible in the prosecution
of applications for the registration of intellectual property rights relating thereto. The
Employee hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives all of the Employee’s moral rights
under applicable legislation arising in connection with any such invention, discovery,
design, work, or confidential information.

	9.	 	DISCLOSURE
	 
	 	 	The Employee undertakes and agrees that, for a period of 6 months after the
termination of the Employee’s employment hereunder and prior to entering into any
contractual relationship with any other party to serve as an officer, director, employee,
partner, advisor, joint-venture or in any other capacity with any other business,
undertaking, association, partnership, firm, enterprise or venture, the Employee shall
disclose to such other party the terms of this Agreement.
	 
	10.	 	APPLICABLE LAW
	 
	 	 	The agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be
construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
	 
	11.	 	ENTIRE AGREEMENT
	 
	 	 	This agreement, together with the Mitel Intellectual Property Rights and
Confidentiality Agreement executed by the Employee on July 5, 2004 (the “IPR Agreement),
contains the entire understanding and agreement between the parties hereto with respect to
the employment of the Employee and the subject matter hereof and any and all previous
agreements and representations, written or oral, express or implied, between the parties
hereto or on their behalf, relating to the employment of the Employee by the Employer and
the subject matter hereof, are hereby terminated and cancelled (save and except for the IPR
Agreement, the terms of which continue in full force and effect) and each of the parties
hereto hereby releases and forever discharges the other of and from all manner of actions,
causes of action, claims and demands whatsoever under or in respect of any such prior
agreements and representations. Except as provided herein, no amendment or variation of any
of the provisions of this agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by
each of the parties hereto.
	 
	12.	 	SEVERABILITY
	 
	 	 	In the event that any provision herein or part thereof shall be deemed void,
invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court or other lawful authority of competent
jurisdiction, this agreement shall continue in force with respect to the enforceable
provisions and all rights accrued under the enforceable provisions shall survive any such
declaration, and any non-enforceable provision shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
replaced by a provision which, being valid, comes closest to the intention underlying the
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.
	 
	13.	 	ASSIGNMENT
	 
	 	 	The Employer may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to any successor or
transferee and this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the parties’ respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and
assigns.

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	14.	 	NOTICES
	 
	 	 	Any consent, approval, notice, request, or demand required or permitted to be given
by one party to the other shall be in writing (including, without limitation, telex or
telecopy communications) to be effective and shall be deemed to have been given on the
earlier of receipt or the fifth day after mailing by registered mail as follows:

	 	a.	 	If to the Employer, at:
	 
	 	 	 	Mitel Networks Corporation

350 Legget Drive 
Kanata,
Ontario K2K 2W7
	 
	 	b.	 	If to the Employee, at:
	 
	 	 	 	Steve Spooner

or such other address as may have been designated by written notice.

Any consent, approval, notice, request or demand aforesaid if delivered telexed or
telecopied shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such delivery, telex or
telecopy transmission. Any such delivery shall be sufficient, inter alia, if left with an
adult person at the above address of the Employee in the case of the Employee, and if left
with the receptionist at the above address of the Employer in the case of the Employer. The
Employer or the Employee may change its or the Employee’s address for service, from time to
time, by notice given in accordance with the foregoing.

	15.	 	INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE
	 
	 	 	The Employee acknowledges that the Employee is aware that the Employee has the right to obtain independent legal advice before
signing this agreement. The Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that either such advice
has been obtained or that the Employee does not wish to seek or obtain such independent
legal advice. The Employee further acknowledges and agrees that the Employee has read this
agreement and fully understands the terms of this agreement, and further agrees that all
such terms are reasonable and that the Employee signs this agreement freely, voluntarily
and without duress.
	 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have duly executed this agreement as of the date
first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	)	 	 	MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	Per:
	 	/s/ Don Smith	 	 
	 

	 	 	)

)

)

)	 	 	 	 	 

Don Smith

Chief Executive Officer

I have authority to bind the corporation
	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 
	[ILLEGIBLE]

	 	 	)	 	 	/s/ STEVE SPOONER	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Witness as to the signature of	 	 	 	 	 	STEVE SPOONER	 	 

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Exhibit 10.36

	 	 	 
	

	 	MITEL Telecom Limited

Mitel Business Park, 

Portskewett,

Monmouthshire. NP64YR
	 

	 	Tel: 0870 909 2020
	 

	 	Telex 94011198
	 

	 	Fax: 0870 909 4040
	 

	 	Internet http://www.mitel.com

Our Ref: PL/jle

31 August 1999

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

Mr. G. Bevington

Dear Graham,

Further to your recent interview, we are pleased to offer you the following appointment made on the
terms set out in this letter,

ROLE: Managing Director, VP Mitel Communications Systems EMEAP

DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: Your date of commencement will be the 4th January 2000. Your
period of continuous employment commences on this date. No period of employment with any previous
employer counts towards your continuity of employment. This offer of employment will be valid for 1
calendar month from the date of this letter and will be withdrawn after this date if no acceptance
is received.

DUTIES:
You are expected to undertake duties and responsibilities as outlined at your Interview.

SALARY: Your salary will be £100,000 per annum and will be reviewed in line with the FY01 pay plan.
Your salary will be paid fortnightly, in arrears, into a bank account of your choice.

LOCATION: You will be based at the Caldicot office.

The
following Terms and Conditions relate to your specific job role:

HOURS OF WORK: Your normal hours of work will be 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Monday to Friday, with a 30
minute lunch break each day. It should be understood that a position of this nature might
occasionally require you to work additional hours as and when necessary.

HEALTH AND SAFETY: You will be required to take reasonable care with regard to Health and
Safety and to comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and associated
legislation. You must comply with Mitel’s Health and Safety Policies and Procedures.

HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT: You are entitled to 25 days annual paid holidays, plus 8 statutory
days. The holiday year runs in line with the fiscal year April to March. Your holiday entitlement
for the remainder of this fiscal year is 6 days. All holidays should be taken by agreement with your
Team Leader and in line with the Company Holiday Policy.

COMPANY CAR: You are entitled to the use of a Level 10 Company Car under the terms of the Company’s Car Policy, a copy of which is enclosed.

AMERICAN EXPRESS: You will be provided with an AMEX Corporate Card on joining, to enable you to
cover your business expenses. Your Team Leader will give full details to you on your day of
commencement.

PRIVATE PETROL: You will be reimbursed for all fuel used in your Company Car for both business
and private mileage.

 

 

PRESIDENT’S CLUB: You will be eligible to participate in President’s Club.

RELOCATION: Mitel Telecom Limited will assist you with relocation by reimbursement of the cost of
the following expenses through Bradford & Bingley, providing you have commenced relocation within
12 months of commencement.

	•	 	Legal Fees (including Stamp Duty) associated with the sale of your property.
	 
	•	 	Legal Fees (including Stamp Duty and Land Registry fee) associated with the purchase of your
property if you purchase a property within six months of commencing employment with Mitel.
	 
	•	 	Building Society or Bank Survey Fee (not structural survey) on one property, as required for
mortgage purposes.
	 
	•	 	Estate Agent’s fees associated with the sale of your property.
	 
	•	 	Removal expenses for your household goods and, where necessary, storage expenses for a period of
up to three months.
	 
	•	 	Temporary accommodation for a period of up to six calendar months on a bed, breakfast and evening
meal arrangement for the first month, and thereafter on a bed and breakfast only arrangement. If
you do not wish to remain in a hotel/guest house for this period of time, you may, with prior
approval of Human Resources, arrange to rent accommodation in the area and claim reimbursement for
the rent from the Company, in the normal manner. No other expenses, such as running expenses and
telephone charges will be paid, with the exception of any additional council tax incurred as a
result of renting accommodation.
	 
	•	 	Provision will be made for you and your spouse (where applicable) to make two two-day visits
to the appropriate location for the purpose of house hunting. Reimbursement will be in the form of
a second class rail ticket or current rate per mile if travelling by car. The Company will also
reimburse the cost of hotel accommodation, on a bed, breakfast and evening meal arrangement, for
two nights per visit. Accommodation should be booked through the appropriate Mitel process.
	 
	•	 	Reconnection fees associated with the reconnection of telephones and gas or electric cookers.
	 
	•	 	A disturbance allowance of up to £2,000 will be payable against receipts for items such as the
purchase of carpets and curtains.

Reimbursement will only be made against proper receipts.

If
voluntary termination occurs within two years of employment, you will be required to
repay the relocation costs on a pro rata basis.

PENSION SCHEME: The Company operates a Pension Scheme which you are invited to join upon commencing
employment with the Company. A contracting-out certificate in respect of the Social Security
Pensions Act 1975 is in force.

LIFE ASSURANCE: The Company operates a non-contributory Life Assurance scheme which you are invited
to join upon commencing employment with the Company. This is only offered to those employees that
join the Mitel Pension Scheme.

 

 

PRIVATE
MEDICAL SCHEME: Your appointment entitles you to Private Medical Insurance for yourself and
your dependant family. This entitlement is considered to be a Benefit in Kind by the Inland Revenue
and as such is taxable, If you do not wish to take advantage of this benefit, please complete the
enclosed Opt Out form.

SICK PAY SCHEME: The Company operates a sick pay scheme. It is the Company Policy to ensure
employees are at work and therefore minimise the level of sickness absence. The company has a
policy relating to both short-term absence and long term absence.

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE: If you have a grievance, please discuss this with your Team Leader. If the
matter remains unresolved the grievance may be dealt with under the formal procedure.

PERSONAL ACCIDENT SCHEME: The Company operates a personal accident scheme, which provides benefits
for accidental death or injury.

DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE: The Company also has a Disciplinary Policy and Procedure.

The policies detailed above, are HR Policies and copies may be obtained via the Mitel Intranet or
from the Human Resources Team.

CONFIDENTIALITY: You shall neither during your employment (except in the proper performance of your
duties) nor at any time (without limit) subsequent to your employment, directly or indirectly, use
for your own purposes, or those of any other person, company, business entity or other organisation
whatsoever, or disclose to any person, company business entity or other organisation whatsoever,
any trade secrets or confidential information relating or belonging to the Company, or its
Associated Companies, or any information which has been give to the Company or any Associated
company in confidence by customers, suppliers or other persons.

INVENTIONS: You must promptly communicate to the Company every improvement, invention, discovery,
design, trade mark or specification which you may devise during your employment by the Company,
whether capable of legal protection or not and which may be used in connection with or relate to
the business of the Company its products or processes or methods (hereinafter “Inventions”).
Inventions will be kept confidential by Employee and Company until ownership of the Invention is
established or details enter the public domain. Every Invention, except where deemed by statute to
belong to you, shall become the sole and absolute property of the Company and you will, as required
by the Company (both during and after your period of employment) and at the Company’s expense, do
everything and execute all documents which may be required to enable the Company to obtain full
benefit from every such Invention and, In particular, to obtain Patent or Trademark Registration in
the United Kingdom and/or abroad and to assign the same as the Company may require.

MONITORING OF COMMUNICATIONS: You should be aware that email, telephones, mobile phones and other
office equipment and facilities, are provided for work use only and that the use of them may be
monitored.

NOTICE: The minimum period of notice for termination of employment by yourself is six calendar
months. For termination by the Company, the minimum period is six calendar months, or such longer
periods as may be required under the terms of the Employment
Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. Notice by either party must be submitted in writing.

COMPANY RULES: You are required to conform to the Company’s rules and procedures as
communicated to you from time to time.

The Company reserves the right to change, with reasonable notice, any of the above terms and
conditions of employment.

 

 

Employment is subject to the receipt of acceptable references and, if appropriate, a satisfactory
medical. Please compete and return the enclosed Information Release Form.

Should you have any queries on any of the above, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Lastly, we enclose a duplicate of this letter, which we ask you to sign and return to accept the
position offered, on the terms and conditions stated.

	 	 	 
	Yours sincerely

ON BEHALF OF MITEL TELECOM LIMITED
	 
	 
	 	 
	/s/ Paul Lloyd
 

Paul Lloyd

	 	 
	Human
Resources
	 	 

ACCEPTANCE OF OFFER

I accept this offer of employment on the Terms and under the Conditions as outlined above.

I confirm that the information contained within my application for employment and Curriculum
Vitae (if submitted), is true and correct and may be taken as part of any subsequent contract of
employment. I declare that I have disclosed all relevant information relating to any previous
criminal convictions (subject to the terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act) and the reasons
for dismissal or request to resign from any previous employment. I acknowledge and agree that
incorrect or false information could lead to dismissal or the withdrawal of any offer of
employment.

	 	 	 	 	 
	SIGNED:
/s/ Graham Bevington

	 	DATE: 19/9/99
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	PROPOSED START DATE: 4th Jan 2000

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