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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Employment Agreement”) is made this 21st day of June, 2017, by and between L. John Lewis, a resident of the State of Utah (the “Employee”), and Ga-Du Corporation a Nevada corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eco Science Solutions Inc. a Nevada corporation, or its assignee (the “Company”), both parties hereafter sometimes referred to together as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party”.

 

AGREEMENTS

 

In consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations contained herein, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, agree as follows:

 

1.           Employment and Term. The Company hereby employs Employee and Employee hereby accepts employment with the Company as Chief Executive Officer of the Ga Du subsidiary (hereafter, the “Position”) for a period commencing upon the date hereof (the “Effective Date”) and continuing thereafter for two (2) years unless it is terminated earlier in accordance with this Agreement (the “Term”).

 

2.           Duties.  During the term of his employment, Employee shall serve the Company faithfully and to the best of his/her ability and shall devote full business time during ordinary business hours and such additional time as is required for an executive position, attention, skill and efforts (except for permitted vacations, reasonable periods of illness or other incapacity) to the performance of the duties required by or appropriate for his Position.  Employee agrees to assume such duties and responsibilities as may be commensurate to such Position, and as may be reasonably assigned by the senior officer to whom the Employee reports and/or Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to Employee from time to time.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Employee may participate in civic and charitable activities; provided that, in each case, such activities, either alone or in combination, do not adversely affect in any material respect his ability to carry out his responsibilities hereunder.

 

3.           Compensation.

 

(a)  During his period of employment hereunder, the Company shall pay Employee, and Employee hereby agrees to accept, as compensation for all services rendered hereunder and for Employee’s covenants as provided for in Section 8 hereof, a base salary at the annual rate of $120,000 (the “Salary”), provided that such Base Salary may be supplemented as set forth in Subparagaph (b) below.  The Board shall review the Base Salary on an annual basis and may, but is not required to, make upward adjustments from time to time.  

 

(b)  Employee shall also be entitled to purchase 2,500,000 of common stock in the Company at a price of $2.00/share.  Said options will vest over a 24 month period.

 

 

                               4.           Benefits.  Employee shall be entitled to participate in the standard package of benefit plans including, any employee stock option plan which Company may adopt from time to time, for senior management, at such time as Employee shall have fulfilled the eligibility requirements for participation therein (the “Benefit(s)”), subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plan, which will include three (3) weeks of paid vacation per year; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed so as to prevent the Company from modifying or terminating any employee benefit plans or programs, or employee benefits it may sponsor or adopt from time to time.

 

5.           Reimbursement of Expenses.  Subject to compliance with any applicable policies of the Company, as amended from time to time, Employee shall be entitled to receive reimbursement, within ten (10) days of submission to the Company of all reasonable supporting documentation, for all reasonable business expenses incurred by him in connection with the performance of his duties under this Agreement.

 

  

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6.           Confidentiality.  Employee recognizes and acknowledges that the Proprietary Information (as hereinafter defined) is a valuable, special and unique asset of the Company and its affiliates.  As a result, both during the Term and thereafter, Employee shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, for any reason either directly or indirectly divulge to any third-party or use for his own benefit, or for any purpose other than the exclusive benefit of the Company and its affiliates, any confidential, proprietary, business and technical information or trade secrets of the Company or of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company (“Proprietary Information”) revealed, obtained or developed in the course of his employment with the Company, unless and to the extent the Proprietary Information becomes generally known to and available for use by the public other than as a result of Employee’s acts or omissions.  In the event that the Employee is requested or required (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for Proprietary Information or documents in a court or administrative proceeding, subpoena, civil investigative demand or other similar process) to disclose any Proprietary Information, the Employee will provide the Company prompt notice of any such request or requirement so that the Company may, at the Company’s expense, seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement.  If, in the absence of a protective order or other similar remedy or the receipt of a waiver from the Company, the Employee reasonably determines that disclosure of Proprietary Information is required to comply with such process or applicable law, the Employee may, without liability under this Agreement, disclose to the appropriate authority only that portion of the Proprietary Information which, on advice of counsel, he reasonably believes he is required to disclose.

 

                      7.           Property. All right, title and interest in and to Proprietary Information and intellectual property developed by the Company or its affiliates prior to, or during, the Term of Employment shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company.  During the Term, Employee shall not remove from the Company’s offices or premises any documents, records, notebooks, files, correspondence, reports, memoranda or similar materials of or containing Proprietary Information, or other materials or property of any kind belonging to the Company unless reasonably necessary or appropriate in accordance with the duties and responsibilities required by or appropriate for his Position and, in the event that such materials or property are removed, all of the foregoing shall be returned to their proper files or places of safekeeping as promptly as possible after the removal shall serve its specific purpose.  Employee shall not make, retain, remove and/or distribute any copies of any of the foregoing for any reason whatsoever except as may be necessary in the discharge of his assigned duties and shall not divulge to any third person the nature of and/or contents of any of the foregoing or of any other oral or written information to which he may have access or with which for any reason he may become familiar, except as disclosure shall be necessary in the performance of his duties; and immediately following the termination of his employment with the Company, he shall return to the Company, or destroy at the Company’s direction, all originals and copies of the foregoing then in his possession, whether prepared by Employee or by others.

 

8.           Non-Solicit. The Employee shall not, for his own purposes or gain, or for the purposes of any third party, during his employment and the 24 month period immediately following any cessation thereof (without regard to the reason for that cessation or whether that cessation is initiated by the Company or by the Employee) (the “Restricted Period”), do any of the following directly or indirectly without the prior written consent of the Company:

 

(a)           solicit or call on, for competitive purposes, either directly or indirectly, either any (i) client or prospective client with whom the Company or its affiliates shall have sold or offered to sell its services or products at any time during the two (2) year period immediately preceding the termination of Employee’s employment hereunder; or (ii) any supplier or prospective supplier with whom the Company or its affiliates shall have purchased, been solicited to or offered to purchase products or services from at any time during the two (2) year period immediately preceding the termination of Employee’s employment hereunder;

 

(b)           influence or attempt to influence any consultant, agent, supplier, potential supplier, or client  or potential client of the Company or its affiliates to terminate or modify any written or oral agreement or course of dealing with the Company or its affiliates; or

 

              (c)           directly or indirectly influence  or attempt to influence any person to terminate or modify his employment, consulting, agency, distributorship or other arrangement with the Company or its affiliates., or (ii) employ or retain, or arrange to have any other person or entity employ or retain, any person who has been employed or retained by the Company or its affiliates as an employee, consultant, agent or distributor of the Company or its affiliates at any time during the two (2) year period immediately preceding the termination of Employee’s employment hereunder.

 

  

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(d)           Notwithstanding anything else herein, the Parties acknowledge that Employee is engaged in the activities set forth on Exhibit A (the “Activities”) and the Employee shall be free to pursue the Activities.

 

9.           Termination of Employment.  Either Party may terminate this Agreement for any reason, with or without Cause, hereinafter defined, as the case may be, at any time upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the other party of its decision to terminate (except in the event of a termination for Cause, whereupon Employee’s termination shall be effective immediately upon written notice thereof).

 

“Cause” shall mean termination for any of the following:

 

(a) Employee’s conviction of a felony or a crime involving commission of an act of or omission involving dishonesty in the performance of his duties to the Company or fraud against the Company; (b) Employee’s substantial and repeated failure to perform the duties of the office held by the Employee as reasonably directed by the Board; (c) Employee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Company; (d) Employee’s failure to achieve mutually agreed upon performance metrics; (e) Employee’s harassment of or discrimination against the Company’s employees, customers or vendors in violation of the Company’s policies with respect to such matters; and (f) Employee’s misappropriation of funds or assets of the Company for personal use or willful violation of Company policies or standards of business conduct as determined in good faith by the Board.

 

If during the Term, Employee’s employment is terminated by the Company with Cause then the Company’s obligation to Employee will be limited solely to the payment of accrued and unpaid Salary though the date of such termination and reimbursement for expenses, in accordance with Section 5, incurred prior to the termination of employment.  All compensation and benefits will cease at the time of such termination and the Company will have no further liability or obligation by reason of such termination.

 

 If during the Term, Employee’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause then the Company shall pay to Employee:

 

(i) the accrued and unpaid Salary through the date of such termination and reimbursement for expenses, in accordance with Section 5, incurred prior to the termination of employment; and

 

(ii) a lump sum in cash equal to the total remaining Salary of the full Employment Term due under this agreement; and

 

(iii) the continued payment of any bonus payments employee would be eligible to receive assuming the Company met its annual objectives and milestones, paid at the time such bonus would be calculated and paid to other employees, if such bonus falls within the Employment Term specified in Section 1.

 

(iv) in addition, the Company shall immediately vest the remaining outstanding, non-vested shares as specified in Section 3(b)

 

10.           Other Agreements.  Employee represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

(a)           There are no restrictions, agreements or understandings whatsoever to which Employee is a party which would prevent or make unlawful Employee’s execution of this Agreement or Employee’s employment hereunder, or which is or would be inconsistent or in conflict with this Agreement or Employee’s employment hereunder, or would prevent, limit or impair in any way the performance by Employee of his obligations hereunder;

 

(b)           Employee’s execution of this Agreement and Employee’s employment hereunder shall not constitute a breach of any contract, agreement or understanding, oral or written, to which Employee is a party or by which Employee is bound;

 

(c)           Employee is free to execute this Agreement and to enter into the employ of the Company pursuant to the provisions set forth herein; and

 

(d)           Employee shall disclose the existence and terms of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Agreement to any employer that the Employee may work for during the term of this Agreement (which employment is not hereby authorized) or after the termination of the Employee’s employment at the Company if such restrictive covenants are then in full force and effect.

  

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11.           Survival of Provisions.  Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 19) shall survive the cessation of Employee’s employment as set forth herein.

 

12.           Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and Employee and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and/or permitted assigns; provided, however, that neither Employee nor the Company may make any assignments of this Agreement or any interest herein, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, except that, without such consent, the Company may assign this Agreement to any successor to all or substantially all of its assets and business by means of liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, transfer of assets, or otherwise, provided that such successor assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement.

 

13.           Notice.  Any notice or communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be made in writing and delivered in person, sent by recognized overnight courier or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the last known address of the party or to such other address as either party may from time to time duly specify by notice given to the other party in the manner specified above.

 

14.           Entire Agreement; Amendments.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof, and merges and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous discussions, agreements and understandings of every nature between the parties hereto relating to the employment of Employee with the Company.  This Agreement may not be changed or modified, except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.

 

15.           Waiver.  The waiver of the breach of any term or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach of this Agreement.

 

16.           Governing Law.

 

(a) This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the substantive  laws of the State of Nevada without reference to its conflicts of law principles.

 

(b)  Notwithstanding the substantive laws to be applied and the residence of the Parties, in the event of any dispute hereunder, the jurisdiction for resolution of such dispute shall be the State of Washington.

 

17.           Invalidity.  In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the validity of any other provision of this Agreement, and such provision(s) shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.

 

18.           Section Headings.  The section headings in this Agreement are for convenience only; they form no part of this Agreement and shall not affect its interpretation.

 

19.           Specific Enforcement; Extension of Period.

 

(a)           Employee acknowledges that the restrictions contained in Sections 6, 7, and 8 hereof are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Company and its affiliates, that the duration of the restrictions are reasonable given the nature of this Agreement and the position Employee holds within the Company, and that the Company would not enter into this Agreement unless Employee agrees to be bound by the restrictions set forth in Sections 6, 7 and 8 hereof.

 

(b)           Employee acknowledges that any breach by of Sections 6, 7, and 8 hereof will cause continuing and irreparable injury to the Company for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy.  Employee shall not, in any action or proceeding to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, assert the claim or defense that an adequate remedy at law exists.  In the event of any such breach by Employee, the Company shall have the right to enforce the provisions of Sections 6, 7, and 8 of this Agreement by seeking injunctive or other similar equitable relief in any court, and this Agreement shall not in any way limit remedies of law or in equity otherwise available to the Company.  If an action at law or equity is necessary by the Company to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to recover, in addition to any other relief, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and disbursements.  In the event that the provisions of Sections 6, 7 or 8 hereof should ever be adjudicated to exceed the time, geographic, or other limitations permitted by applicable law in any applicable jurisdiction, then such provisions shall be deemed reformed in such jurisdiction to the maximum time, geographic, or other limitations permitted by applicable law.

 

  

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(c)           In the event that Employee shall be in breach of any of the restrictions contained in Section 8 hereof, then the Restricted Period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period of time that Employee is in breach of such restriction.

 

20.           Withholding.  All payments made by the Company to the Employee, or to his estate, shall be subject to the withholding of such amounts including, without limitation, FICA and other payroll taxes and any other assessments, as the Company determines should be withheld or paid pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

 

21.           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF AND INTENDING TO BE LEGALLY BOUND, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed on the day and year first written above by and between:

 

	
“Company”

	
“Employee”

	
 

Eco Science Solutions Inc.

 

/s/Jeffery Taylor

___________________________________

By: Jeffery Taylor

Its: President

 

 

 

 

	
 

 

 

/s/L. John Lewis 

___________________________________

By: L. John Lewis

 

	
Ga Du Corporation

 

/s/S. Randall Oveson

___________________________________

By: S. Randall Oveson

Its: Chief Operating Officer

 

	  

 

  

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EXHIBIT A

 

(L. JOHN LEWIS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT)

 

 

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CONSULTING AGREEMENT

This CONSULTING AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), is made this 21st day of June, 2017, by and between Andy Tucker,  (the “Consultant”), and Ga-Du Corporation a Nevada corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eco Science Solutions Inc. a Nevada corporation, or its assignee (the “Company”), both parties hereafter sometimes referred to together as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party”.

 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Consultant has been involved with, assisted, and owned various businesses providing services to the Cannabis industry, as well as acting as an advisor to various State regulators concerning the Cannabis industry;

WHEREAS, the Company has purchased various enterprises relating to the Cannabis industry and the services required by that industry, as well as operating a business that is now providing various enterprise solutions and services to the industry (the “Businesses”);

WHEREAS, the Company and/or its affiliates require various advisory services and assistance with business development and marketing (hereafter “Services”) and desires to retain Consultant to provide the Services;

WHEREAS, Consultant desires to be retained and to provide the Services and to engage with the Company upon the terms hereafter set forth.

AGREEMENTS

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and of the mutual benefits to be derived hereunder, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

1.           Recitals.  The above recitals are hereby incorporated in the body of this Agreement and made a mandatory part thereof.

2.           Employment. The Company or hereby retains the Consultant to perform the Services as generally described in Paragraph 3 of this Agreement, and Consultant hereby accepts and agrees to such engagement on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

3.           Term.  The term of this Agreement shall commence on the 21st day of June 2017, and terminate upon the terms set forth hereafter two years thereafter (the “Term”), as follows:

(a)           Consultant shall devote substantial effort to performing the Services during the Term of this Agreement; and,

(b)           Consultant shall not be required to devote full-time efforts but shall put forth necessary efforts as determined between himself and the Board of Directors of the Company.

  

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4.           Services & Duties.  During the term of this Agreement, Consultant shall:

(a)           Be engaged by the Company as a Special Consultant to carry out whatever duties that will most effectively assist the Company and under direction of the Company’s board of directors and/or the executives of ESSI (the “Board’);

(b)           Consultant shall undertake the Duties as assigned to substantially meet the goals and objectives of the Board, and the management of the Company.  Furthermore, the Consultant shall work in accordance with standard practices and work schedule(s) substantially similar to those of others similarly situated; and,

(c)            Consultant shall be involved in training, business development, sales and marketing, and during his engagement with the Company, he shall not, during the term of this Agreement, be engaged in any other business activities which will significantly interfere or conflict with the reasonable performance of his Duties hereunder.

5.           Compensation.  For all services rendered by Consultant, the Company shall pay to Consultant the following compensation (the “Compensation”):

(a)           During the Initial Term, Compensation of $120,000 USD per year; and

 (b)           Compensation payments shall be divided into twelve (12) equal monthly payments, payable in arrears on the last day of each month following the commencement of this Agreement, provided that any partial month worked shall be payable on the last day of such partial month.

6.           Benefits.  Consultant shall be entitled to 3,000,000 options of ESSI Company’s common stock at a price of $2.00 per share with vesting over 2 year period.

7.           Working Facilities. The Company shall provide to Consultant such office space at the Company, as Consultant deems necessary.

8.           Expenses. The Company will reimburse Consultant for expenses incurred in connection with Employer's business, including expenses for travel, lodging, meals, beverages, entertainment, and other items on Employee's periodic presentation of an account of such expenses.

9.           Nondisclosure of Information & Non-Competition.    ESSI, or its affiliates, has spent a great deal of time and money acquiring its own customers, and intellectual property related to the Services as well as technological advances in the Businesses, and both the Company and its affiliates have invested a great deal of time and effort in developing contacts as well as prospective customers and customers with respect to which the Company is currently performing service of has performed services (all as hereafter together described as the “Intellectual Property”). The Company will expend additional time and effort in the Business.  Therefore, in further consideration of this Consulting Agreement being provided to Consultant and the continuation of the engagement for Consulting, Consultant shall not:

(a)           Directly or indirectly during the Term, or for four (4) years thereafter, disclose to any person not authorized by the Company or the Board to receive or use such information, except for the sole benefit of the Company, or the Company’s confidential or proprietary data, information, or techniques, and/or Company’s Contacts or business relationships.  Furthermore, Consultant shall not give to any person not authorized by them to receive it any information that is not generally known to anyone other than Consultant or that is designated by DS or the Board as "Limited," "Private," or "Confidential," or similarly designated; and,

  

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(b)           During the Term of and for four (4) years thereafter, either directly or through an entity in which she has an ownership interest or is an officer or employee, engage in any work or business that is related to the Services, the Business or any other business of the Company either during her non-work hours or at any other time, for any party or person not directed by the Company, or assigned by either of them.

10.           Disability.  If Consultant is unable to perform the Duties:

(a)           By reason of illness or incapacity for a period of more than four (4) consecutive weeks (the “First Incapacity Period”), the compensation thereafter payable to her shall not be reduced;

(b)           If Consultant continues to be incapacitated after the First Incapacity Period, her compensation for such any such period of incapacity shall be one-half of the compensation provided for in paragraph 5 hereof;

(c)           If Consultant shall continue to be incapacitated for more than a second four (4) week period (the “Second Incapacity Period”), Consultant shall receive one-fourth of the salary provided for in paragraph 5 for any incapacity beyond the Second Incapacity Period, provided, however, that no such compensation shall be payable in the event of a lawful “Termination” of this Agreement as set forth in Subparagraph (d) hereof;

11.           Termination for Cause and Damages.  Except as set forth in the foregoing Paragraph 10, neither Consultant nor the Company may terminate this Agreement during the Term without cause (“Cause”).  For purposes of this Agreement in the case of the Company Cause shall mean: (i) a showing that Consultant has materially breached its terms; or (ii) that he has engaged in material, or willful or gross misconduct (all described hereafter as “Misconduct”) in the performance of her duties hereunder; or (iii) that Consultant falls within the provisions of Paragraph 10 above.  In the event that the Employer shall be entitled to terminate for cause hereunder, the Parties agree that the following shall apply:

(a)           Damages will be difficult, if not impossible to assess; therefore, the Parties agree that, except in the event of termination for a simple failure to perform, the Company shall be entitled to enforce Paragraph 9 and to enjoin Employee from any further actions regarding the Company or any of its Intellectual Property as well as from any competition as set forth in Paragraph 9;

(b)           In the event of a termination for Cause whether involving Misconduct, the Second Term of Employment may at the Board’s option be canceled; and,

(c)           In the event of a termination for Cause whether involving Misconduct or not, all other and further Compensation payments, as described in Paragraph 5 above, shall thereafter cease and no Compensation for the Duties hereunder, of any kind or nature, shall thereafter be payable.

12.           Termination Upon Transfer of Business.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Consultant may terminate this Agreement, except the covenant not to compete set forth in Paragraph 9 above, upon the happening of any of the following events:

(a)           The transfer by the Company of substantially all of its assets to a single purchaser or to a group of associated purchasers not an affiliate of the Company;

(b)           The decision by the Companyto terminate its business and liquidate its assets;

  

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(c)           The merger or consolidation of the Company in a transaction in which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation receive less than fifty percent (50 %) of the outstanding voting shares of the new or continuing corporation, except as relates to an affiliate of the Company.  For Purposes of this clause and this Agreement, an affiliate is any entity in which the Employer owns an interest or which owns an interest in the Employer as of the date of the execution hereof;

(d)             That the Company has failed to make required compensation as set forth in Paragraph 5 above, the Parties; or,

(e)             In the event Consultant does not elect to terminate this Agreement upon the happening of any of the events noted above, and as a result of such event, Employer is not the surviving entity, then the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the surviving or resulting entity.  If as a result of the merger, consolidation, transfer of assets, or other event listed above, the duties of Employee are increased, then the compensation of Employee provided for in paragraph 4 of this Agreement shall be reasonably adjusted upward to compensate for the additional duties and responsibilities assumed.

13.           Non-transferability. Consultant shall not be entitled to transfer her Duties hereunder to any other person or entity, except that the Consultant may make such transfer for tax planning purposes to: (i) her spouse; (ii) her designated contingent beneficiary; or, (iii) her estate.  Notwithstanding anything else herein, the Consultant’s estate shall not have any right to anticipate, encumber, or dispose of any payment due under this Agreement, and in the event of any Termination hereunder, all payments and other rights shall cease whether assigned or not.

14.           Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify Consultant and hold her harmless from liability for acts or decisions made by her while performing services for the Company to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law. The Company and its Board shall use best efforts to obtain coverage for Consultant under any insurance policy now in force or hereafter obtained during the term of this Agreement insuring officers and directors of the Company against such liability.

15.           Assignment.  This Agreement may not be assigned by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, except that any transfer, sale or merger of the Company to an affiliate of Company shall not be considered an assignment for purposes of this Paragraph.

16.           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, including the exhibits hereto, is and shall be considered to be the only agreement or understanding between the Parties with respect to the substance hereof.  All negotiations, commitments, and understandings acceptable to both Parties have been incorporated herein.  No letter, telegram, or communication passing between the parties hereto covering any matter during this contract period, or any plans or periods thereafter, shall be deemed a part of this Agreement; nor shall it have the effect of modifying or adding to this Agreement unless it is distinctly stated in such letter, telegram, or communication that it is to constitute a part of this Agreement and is to be attached as a rider to this Agreement and is signed by the parties to this Agreement.

17.           Enforcement.  Consultant acknowledges that any remedy at law for breach of paragraph 8 would be inadequate, acknowledges that DS and the Company would irreparably damaged by an actual or threatened breach thereof, and agrees that the Company shall be entitled to an injunction restraining Consultant from any actual or threatened breach of paragraph 8 as well as any further appropriate equitable relief without any bond or other security being required.  In addition to the foregoing, each of the Parties shall be entitled to any remedies available in equity or by statute with respect to the breach of the terms of this Agreement by the other Party.

18.           Governing Law.  This Agreement is made in and shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington and the State of Washington shall be the jurisdiction required for the resolution or adjudication of an dispute hereunder.

  

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19.           Severability.  If and to the extent that any court of competent jurisdiction holds any provision or any part thereof of this Agreement to be invalid or unenforceable, such holding shall in no way affect the validity of the remainder of this Agreement.

20.           Waiver.  No failure by an party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement, or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach hereof shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or of any other covenant, agreement, term, or condition.

 

 21.           Litigation Expenses.  In the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for either Party to retain legal counsel and/or incur other costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of any and all of his/its rights under this Agreement, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of said rights.  Payment shall be made at the time these attorney's fees, costs, and expenses are incurred.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE AND ENTERED INTO AS OF THE DATE FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN, BY AND BETWEEN:

ECO SCIENCE SOLUTIONS, INC.

               

By:  /s/Jeffery Taylor      

Jeffery Taylor, President

CONSULTANT

By:  /s/Andy Tucker        

Andy Tucker

  

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