Document:

Exhibit
10.64

 

CONTRACTOR
AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement (“Agreement”), effective as of September 1, 2002
(“Effective Date”), covers the provision of goods and services by David Limp,
with a principal place of business at                          (“you”) and Liberate Technologies, a
Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 2 Circle Star Way,
San Carlos, California 94070-6200, and its subsidiaries, (collectively,
“Liberate,” “we,” or “us”).

 

1.             Services.  The parties may agree on projects in the
form attached as Exhibit A (“Project Description”).  You will provide the services set forth in
each Project Description by the stated completion dates, unless we agree to
modify or extend them, in accordance with our specifications and requirements
and to professional standards.

 

2.             Work Product.  The work that you create under this
Agreement will be wholly original, will not violate any third-party rights
(including any rights of privacy, publicity, or copyright), and will not libel
or slander any person or entity.  Such
work will belong to us, and you hereby assign and transfer all exclusive,
perpetual, and worldwide right, title and interest to it, including any moral
rights.  You will help us obtain and
enforce patents, copyrights, and other property rights and to take any steps
necessary for to perfect, register, and enforce our ownership rights.  If you do not, you hereby irrevocably
appoint us as your attorney-in-fact to do so on your behalf.

 

3.             Compensation.  We will pay you the fee set forth in each
Project Description as full compensation for your services and undertakings in
this Agreement.  We will also reimburse
you for documented travel and “out-of-pocket” expenses incurred in accordance
with our then-current travel policy (available upon request) and submitted for
reimbursement within 30 days of the end of the month in which they were
incurred.

 

4.             Taxes.  You are an independent contractor.  You will pay all taxes, withholding,
worker’s compensation insurance, self-employment and payroll taxes, and similar
obligations related to performance or payment under this Agreement, will file
all required tax returns and statements, and will maintain adequate records of
expenses that we may review or audit upon request.  We will not withhold any amounts for the payment of any taxes or
fees.

 

5.             Confidentiality.  You may have access to confidential or
proprietary information relating to our business, methods, plans, or
projects.  You will keep this
information confidential, may use it only as necessary to accomplish the work
set forth in Project Descriptions, and may disclose it only as we may authorize
in writing.  You will immediately notify
us of, and help us remedy, any unauthorized use or disclosure.  At our request or upon expiration or
termination of this Agreement, you will promptly return all originals and
copies of all documents and materials containing or derived from our
information.  These provisions will not
apply to any information that was in the public domain when we provided it to
you.

 

6.             Relationship of
the Parties.  Nothing in this
Agreement makes the parties partners, agents, or joint ventures and neither
party may obligate the other.  You are
acting as an independent contractor under this Agreement and are not entitled
to any benefits or insurance that we may provide to our employees other than as
separately agreed.  You will maintain,
and will make available for inspection at our request, proof of insurance and
Forms W-9 and 1099 for you and any of your employees.

 

7.             Assignment.  You may not subcontract or otherwise
delegate obligations under this Agreement without our written consent.

 

8.             Indemnification.  Each party will defend and indemnify the
other from any claims arising out of any breach of or delay in meeting its
obligations hereunder.

 

 

 

9.             Termination.  This Agreement is effective as of the
Effective Date and will continue through February 28, 2003.

 

10.           Notices.  Any notice under this Agreement will be
given in writing via a recognized overnight courier for next-business-day
delivery to the following addressees (or any other addressees as the parties
may designate) at the addresses set forth above.   Notices will be deemed given when received as evidenced by a
courier receipt.

 

11.           Governing Law /
Arbitration.  The laws of the State
of California without regard to its conflict-of-laws provisions govern this
Agreement.  The parties will submit any
dispute related to this Agreement or performance hereunder (except for those
related to the ownership of intellectual property) to mandatory, final, and
binding arbitration with JAMS in San Francisco, San Mateo, or Santa Clara
County, California.  The parties will
initially share the costs of the arbitration, and the prevailing party in any dispute
will be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, as well as recovery
of its share of arbitration costs.  The
arbiter may order any form of equitable relief available to a court.

 

12.           Entire Agreement
/ Survival.  This Agreement
represents the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Project
Description.  The terms of this
Agreement will govern all services undertaken by you for us, and if any terms
in a Project Description conflict with this Agreement, the terms of this
Agreement will prevail.  This Agreement
may be modified only as agreed in writing by both parties.  If one or more of the provisions in this
Agreement are deemed unenforceable by law, then the remaining provisions will
continue in full force and effect.  All
sections of this Agreement except for Sections 1 (“Services”), 3
(“Compensation”), and 9 (“Termination”) will remain in effect following the
termination or expiration of this Agreement.

 

 

	
  Liberate Technologies

  	
   

  	
  Dave Limp

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Kent Walker

  	
   

  	
  /s/ David Limp

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Print Name:

  	
  Kent Walker

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
  EVP

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 

2

 

 

EXHIBIT
A

 

PROJECT
DESCRIPTION # 1

 

This Project Description, effective as of September 1, 2002, is an
exhibit to the Contractor Agreement, effective as of September 1, 2002, between
David Limp, with its principal place of business at                                 and any subsidiaries, employees,
and agents, and Liberate Technologies, a Delaware corporation with its
principal place of business at 2 Circle Star Way, San Carlos, California 94070-6200,
and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and is governed by its terms.

 

1.             Project Details

 

Project Description:  Strategic
Consulting

 

 

Services to be Provided: 
Overall strategic consulting to executive management team.

 

 

2.             Consultant Information

 

Individual(s) Performing Services: 
David Limp

 

Start Date:  9/1/02

 

End Date:  2/28/02

 

Monthly Rate(s):  $10,000

 

 

	
  Liberate Technologies

  	
   

  	
  Dave Limp

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Kent Walker

  	
   

  	
  /s/ David Limp

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Print Name:

  	
  Kent Walker

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
  EVP

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 

 

3

 

 

AMENDMENT

to the

CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT

 

 

This Amendment (“Amendment”) to
the Contractor Agreement dated September 1, 2002 (“Agreement”), covers the
provision of services by David Limp (“you”) to Liberate Technologies and its
subsidiaries (collectively, “Liberate,” “we,” or “us”), entered into as of this
19th day of December, 2002 (the “Amendment Effective Date”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                   You have
provided Liberate services set forth in the Project Description attached to the
Agreement in accordance with its terms; and

 

B.                                     The parties
desire to amend the Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Exhibit A, Section 2, subheading “Monthly
Rate(s)” is hereby changed from “$10,000” to “An hourly rate of $312.50, with a
minimum monthly amount of $10,000.”

2.                                       All capitalized
terms not defined in this Amendment have the meanings given them in the
Agreement. This Amendment is incorporated into the Agreement and made a part
thereof.  All references to the
Agreement in any other document will refer to the Agreement as modified by this
Amendment.  Except as modified by this
Amendment, the Agreement remains in full force and effect and is enforceable in
accordance with its terms.  If the terms
of this Amendment conflict with the terms of the Agreement, or its exhibits, as
amended, the terms of this Amendment govern. 
This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which are deemed
an original, but all of which constitute one and the same document.

 

 

	
  LIBERATE TECHNOLOGIES

  	
   

  	
  DAVE LIMP

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Kent Walker

  	
   

  	
  /s/ David Limp

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Print Name:

  	
  Kent Walker

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
  EVPExhibit 10.65

 

	
   

  	
  Liberate
  Technologies

  
	
   

  	
  2
  Circle Star Way

  
	
   

  	
  San
  Carlos, CA 94070-6200 USA

  
	
   

  	
  tel:
  +1 650 701.4100  fax: +1 650 701.4680

  
	
   

  	
  www.liberate.com

  

 

November 20, 2002

 

Philip A. Vachon

 

 

 

Dear Philip,

 

We are pleased to offer you temporary
employment with Liberate Technologies. 
Your responsibilities will be to oversee and manage Liberate’s worldwide
sales operation, reporting directly to Coleman Sisson.  You will be paid a monthly salary of  $56,500, less applicable withholding.  Your starting date will be November 22, 2002
and your last day will be February 28, 2003, unless Liberate and you agree in
writing to extend such period.

 

Although your employment with Liberate is for
a specific term, it can be terminated by you or by Liberate at any time for any
reason, with or without cause.  (We do
ask employees, to the extent possible, to give us notice if they intend to
resign.)  This offer is contingent upon
your executing Liberate’s Proprietary Information Agreement, and providing
legally required proof of your identity and eligibility to work in the United
States.

 

We
make every effort to maintain a great and rewarding work environment.  If, however, a dispute arises, you and we
agree to waive trial before a judge or jury and to arbitrate with the JAMS
arbitration service any dispute relating to this agreement or to your
recruitment, employment, or termination, except for claims relating to worker’s
compensation benefits, unemployment insurance, or intellectual property rights.  The arbitrator’s decision will include
written findings of fact and law and will be final and binding except to the
extent that judicial review is required by law.  The American Arbitration Association’s National Rules for the
Resolution of Employment Disputes will govern the arbitration, except that the
arbitrator will allow discovery authorized by the California Arbitration Act
and any additional discovery necessary to vindicate a claim or defense.  The arbitrator may award any remedy that
would be available from a court of law.  
You may choose to hold the arbitration either in San Mateo County,
California or the county where you worked when the arbitrable dispute first
arose.  You and we will share the
arbitration costs equally (except that we will pay the arbitrator’s fee and any
other cost unique to arbitration) and each party will pay its own attorney’s
fees except as required by law.

 

Liberate will defend and indemnify you against claims
and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of
any claim brought against you by a third party arising out of your lawful
performance of your duties undertaken in good faith; subject to the conditions
that you (i) notify Liberate in writing of any such claim within 30 days of
learning of such claim and allow Liberate to have sole control of the defense
and all related settlement negotiations, and (ii) cooperate with Liberate, at
Liberate’s expense, in defending or settling the claim.

 

 

To confirm your acceptance of this employment
agreement, please sign and date this letter in the space provided below and
return it to Temre Jenkins.  A duplicate
original is enclosed for your records. 
This letter and the Proprietary Information Agreement set forth the
terms of your employment with Liberate. 
This agreement supersedes any prior representations or agreements
between us, and it may be modified only by a document signed by the CEO or
President of Liberate and you.  This
offer, if not accepted, will expire on November 25, 2002.

 

Sincerely,

 

/s/ Coleman Sisson

 

Liberate Technologies

By:          Coleman
Sisson

                President

 

 

I agree to and accept employment with
Liberate Technologies on the terms set forth in this agreement.

 

	
  /s/ Philip Vachon

  	
   

  	
  11/20/02

  
	
  Philip A. Vachon

  	
   

  	
  Date

  

 

 

 

 

Amendment to the

November 20, 2002 Letter Agreement

 

 

This Amendment (“Amendment”)
to the November 20, 2002 Letter Agreement (“Agreement”) between Philip Vachon
(“you”) and Liberate Technologies and its subsidiaries (collectively,
“Liberate,” “we,” or “us”) covers your temporary employment with Liberate, and
is effective as of  March 1, 2003 (the
“Amendment Effective Date”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                   You have
performed the responsibilities set forth in the Agreement in accordance with
its terms; and

 

B.                                     The parties
desire to amend the Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       The termination date of the Agreement shall
be extended to April 11, 2003.

2.                                       The fourth
paragraph of the Agreement shall be stricken in its entirety and replaced with
the following: “Liberate will defend and indemnify you in accordance with the
terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit A hereto.”

 

3.                                       All capitalized
terms not defined in this Amendment have the meanings given them in the
Agreement. This Amendment is incorporated into the Agreement and made a part
thereof.  All references to the
Agreement in any other document will refer to the Agreement as modified by this
Amendment.  Except as modified by this
Amendment, the Agreement remains in full force and effect and is enforceable in
accordance with its terms.  If the terms
of this Amendment conflict with the terms of the Agreement, or its exhibits, as
amended, the terms of this Amendment govern. 
This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which are deemed
an original, but all of which constitute one and the same document.

 

 

	
  LIBERATE
  TECHNOLOGIES

  	
   

  	
  PHILIP
  VACHON

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Kent Walker

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Philip Vachon

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Print Name:

  	
  Kent Walker

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
  EVP & CFO

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