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Exhibit 10.13

 

(Form Of INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT)

 

This Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of
                
      , 200    , by and
between Leopard Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and
                            
(“Indemnitee”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, highly
competent persons have become more reluctant to serve publicly-held
corporations as [directors] [officers] or in other capacities unless they are
provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification
against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of
their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation;

 

WHEREAS, the Board
of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that, in order
to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to
maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to
protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries, if any, from certain
liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and
widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business
enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and
trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher
premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, directors, officers, and
other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are being
increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to,
among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only
against the Company or business enterprise itself. The Bylaws and Certificate
of Incorporation of the Company require indemnification of the officers and
directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification
pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).
The Certificate of Incorporation expressly provides for the Company to
indemnify its officers and directors to the full extent permitted by Section 145
of the DGCL, and thereby contemplates that contracts may be entered into
between the Company and members of the Board and officers with respect to
indemnification;

 

WHEREAS, the
uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased
the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;

 

WHEREAS, the Board
has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such
persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s stockholders and
that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased
certainty of such protection in the future;

 

WHEREAS, it is
reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate
itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue
to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so
indemnified;

 

WHEREAS, this
Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Bylaws of the Company
and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a
substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee
thereunder;

 

WHEREAS, Indemnitee
does not regard the protection available under the Company’s Bylaws and
insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to
serve as a [director] [officer] without adequate protection, and the Company
desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing to serve,
continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the
Company on the condition that he be so indemnified; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company
and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Services to the Company.
Indemnitee agrees to serve as a [director] [officer] of the Company. Indemnitee
may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any
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contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law),
in which event the Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to
continue to engage Indemnitee in such position. This Agreement shall not be
deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries
or any Enterprise (as defined below)) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically
acknowledges that Indemnitee’s employment with the Company (or any of its
subsidiaries or any Enterprise), if any, is at will, and the Indemnitee may be
discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, except as may be
otherwise provided in any written employment contract between Indemnitee and
the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), other applicable
formal severance policies duly adopted by the Board, or, with respect to
service as a director or officer of the Company, by the Company’s Certificate
of Incorporation, the Company’s Bylaws, and the DGCL. The foregoing
notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in force after Indemnitee has
ceased to serve as an [officer] [director] of the Company.

 

Section 2. Definitions.
As used in this Agreement:

 

(a) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the
earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following
events:

 

i. Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person (as defined
below) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company representing forty percent (40%) or
more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding securities;

 

ii. Change in Board. During any period of two (2) consecutive
years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement),
individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any
new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into
an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections
2(a)(i) or 2(a)(iii)) whose election by the Board or nomination for
election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at
the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
of the members of the Board; and

 

iii. Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or
consolidation that would result in the voting securities of the Company
outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to
represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting
securities of the surviving entity) more than 51% of the combined voting power
of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after
such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of
the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity.

 

For purposes of this Section 2(a), the following terms shall have
the following meanings:

 

(A) “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”); provided,
however, that Person shall exclude (i) the Company, (ii) any trustee
or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the
Company, and (iii) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the
stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of stock of the Company.

 

(B) “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning given to such
term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Beneficial Owner shall exclude any
Person otherwise becoming a Beneficial Owner by reason of the stockholders of
the Company approving a merger of the Company with another entity.

 

(b) “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or of any
Enterprise.

 

(c) “Disinterested Director” means a director of the
Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding (as defined below) in
respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

 

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(d) “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving
at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or
fiduciary.

 

(e) “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’
fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees,
travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone
charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or
expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting,
defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing
to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding. Expenses also
shall include (i) Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal
resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium,
security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or
other appeal bond or its equivalent, and (ii) for purposes of Section 13(d) only,
Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation,
enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, by
litigation or otherwise. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in
settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against
Indemnitee.

 

(f) “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of
a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither
presently is, nor in the past five (5) years has been, retained to
represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either
such party (other than with respect to matters concerning the Indemnitee under
this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification
agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a
claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent
Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards
of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in
representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine
Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the
reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and
to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims,
liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its
engagement pursuant hereto.

 

(g) The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution
mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual,
threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company
or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative legislative, or
investigative nature, including any appeal therefrom, in which Indemnitee was,
is or will be involved as a party, potential party, non-party witness or
otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer
of the Company, by reason of any action taken by him or of any action on his
part while acting as director or officer of the Company, or by reason of the
fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in each case whether or
not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred
for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be
provided under this Agreement; except one initiated by an Indemnitee to enforce
his rights under this Agreement.

 

(h) Reference to “other enterprise” shall include employee
benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise tax
assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “serving
at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company that imposes duties on, or involves
services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an
employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best
interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan
shall be deemed to have acted in manner “not opposed to the best interests
of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.

 

Section 3. Indemnity in Third-Party
Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify
Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if
Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any
Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to
procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee
shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against
all Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his behalf in connection with such
Proceeding or any claim, 

 

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issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company and, in the case of a criminal proceeding had no reasonable cause to
believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 4. Indemnity in Proceedings
by or in the Right of the Company. The Company
shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4
if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in
any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its
favor. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding
or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Company. No indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been
finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the
extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or any court in which the Proceeding
was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.

 

Section 5. Indemnification for
Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to (or
a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any
Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in
part, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly
successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as
to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding,
the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with each
successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. If the Indemnitee is not wholly
successful in such Proceeding, the Company also shall indemnify Indemnitee
against all Expenses reasonably incurred in connection with a claim, issue or
matter related to any claim, issue, or matter on which the Indemnitee was
successful. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the
termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal,
with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such
claim, issue or matter.

 

Section 6. Indemnification For
Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
and to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a
witness in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he shall be
indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on
his behalf in connection therewith.

 

Section 7. Additional Indemnification.

 

(a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5, the
Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to
any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to
procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in
connection with the Proceeding.

 

(b) For purposes of Section 7(a), the meaning of the phrase “to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law” shall include, but not be
limited to:

 

i. to the fullest extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that
authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the
corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL, and

 

ii. to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to
or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that
increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its officers and
directors.

 

Section 8. Exclusions.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be
obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any
claim:

 

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(a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of
Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with
respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under such insurance policy or
other indemnity provision, or

 

(b) for (i) an accounting of profits made from the purchase
and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company
within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (as defined
in Section 2(a) hereof) or similar provisions of state statutory law
or common law, or (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee
of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any
profits realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company,
as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such
reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company
pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley
Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase
and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act), or

 

(c) except as provided in Section 13(d) of this
Agreement, in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding)
initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any
Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors,
officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized
the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation or (ii) the
Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the
powers vested in the Company under applicable law.

 

Section 9. Advances of Expenses.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company
shall advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, the Expenses incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding, and such advancement shall be
made within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or
statements requesting such advances from time to time, whether prior to or after
final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest
free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay
the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to
indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall
include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce
this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding
statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. The Indemnitee shall
qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this
Agreement, which shall constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee
undertakes to repay the advance to the extent that it is ultimately determined
that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. This Section 9
shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded
pursuant to Section 8.

 

Section 10. Procedure for Notification
and Defense of Claim.

 

(a) Indemnitee shall notify the Company in writing of any matter
with respect to which Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement
of Expenses hereunder as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt
by Indemnitee of written notice thereof. The written notification to the
Company shall include a description of the nature of the Proceeding and the
facts underlying the Proceeding. To obtain indemnification under this
Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including
therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably
available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to
what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final
disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. The omission by Indemnitee to
notify the Company hereunder will not relieve the Company from any liability
that it may have to Indemnitee hereunder or otherwise than under this
Agreement, and any delay in so notifying the Company shall not constitute a
waiver by Indemnitee of any rights under this Agreement. The Secretary of the
Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification,
advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.

 

(b) The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding
at its own expense.

 

Section 11. Procedure Upon Application
for Indemnification.

 

(a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification
pursuant to Section 10(a), a determination, if required by applicable law,
with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made 

 

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in the specific case: (i) if a Change in Control shall have
occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of
which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or (ii) if a Change in Control
shall not have occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested
Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (B) by a committee
of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested
Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (C) if there are
no such Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors so direct,
by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall
be delivered to Indemnitee or (D) if so directed by the Board, by the
stockholders of the Company; and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee is
entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten (10) days
after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons
or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to
indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon
reasonable advance request any documentation or information that is not
privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and that is reasonably
available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any
costs or Expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by
Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such
determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination
as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby
indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.

 

(b) In the event the determination of entitlement to
indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof,
the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 11(b).
If a Change in Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall
be selected by the Board, and the Company shall give written notice to
Indemnitee advising him of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected.
If a Change in Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be
selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be
made by the Board, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and
Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity
of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the
Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written
notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to
Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may
be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does
not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2
of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the
factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the
person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection
is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve
as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court
has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20)
days after the later of submission by Indemnitee of a written request for
indemnification pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof and the final
disposition of the Proceeding, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected
and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition a court of
competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection that shall have been
made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent
Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected
by the Court or by such other person as the Court shall designate, and the
person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so
appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 11(a) hereof.
Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to
Section 13(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be
discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject
to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

 

Section 12. Presumptions and Effect of
Certain Proceedings.

 

(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to
indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such
determination shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, presume that
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee
has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 10(a) of
this Agreement, and the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law,
have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the
making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that
presumption. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or
Independent Counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of
any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the
circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of 

 

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conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its
directors or Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable
standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption
that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

(b) Subject to Section 13(e), if the person, persons or
entity empowered or selected under Section 11 of this Agreement to
determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made
a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the
request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification
shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be deemed to have been made
and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a
misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material
fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in
connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of
such indemnification under applicable law; provided,
however, that such 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to
exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making
the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith
requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation
and/or information relating thereto; and provided,
further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 12(b) shall
not apply (i) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to
be made by the stockholders pursuant to Section 11(a) of this
Agreement and if (A) within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Company
of the request for such determination the Board has resolved to submit such
determination to the stockholders for their consideration at an annual meeting
thereof to be held within seventy-five (75) days after such receipt and such
determination is made thereat, or (B) a special meeting of stockholders is
called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt for the purpose of making
such determination, such meeting is held for such purpose within sixty (60)
days after having been so called and such determination is made thereat, or (ii) if
the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by
Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement.

 

(c) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or
matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of
nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee
to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good
faith and in a manner that he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding,
that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

(d) Reliance as Safe Harbor. For purposes of any determination
of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if
Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the
Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to
Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or
on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records
given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public
accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with the reasonable care
by the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 12(d) shall not be
deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which
the Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in this Agreement.

 

(e) Actions of Others. The knowledge and/or actions, or
failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Enterprise
shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to
indemnification under this Agreement.

 

Section 13. Remedies of Indemnitee.

 

(a) Subject to Section 13(e), in the event that (i) a
determination is made pursuant to Section 11 of this Agreement that
Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement
of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 9 of this Agreement, (iii) no
determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant
to Section 11(a) of this Agreement within ninety (90) days after
receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of
indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5 or 6 or the last
sentence of Section 11(a) of this Agreement within ten (10) days
after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (v) payment of
indemnification pursuant to Section 3, 4 or 7 of this Agreement is not
made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vi) in the event that the 

 

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Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to
declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or
other action or Proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, the Indemnitee
the benefits provided or intended to be provided to the Indemnitee hereunder,
Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of his entitlement
to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee,
at his option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single
arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American
Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an
adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on
which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to
this Section 13(a); provided,
however, that the foregoing clause shall not apply in respect of a proceeding
brought by Indemnitee to enforce his rights under Section 5 of this
Agreement. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such
adjudication or award in arbitration.

 

(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made
pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not
entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced
pursuant to this Section 13 shall be conducted in all respects as a de
novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be
prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding
or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 13, the Company shall
have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or
advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.

 

(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 11(a) of
this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company
shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration
commenced pursuant to this Section 13, absent (i) a misstatement by
Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to
make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the
request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification
under applicable law.

 

(d) The Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by
law, be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration
commenced pursuant to this Section 13 that the procedures and presumptions
of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in
any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all
the provisions of this Agreement. It is the intent of the Company that the
Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other Expenses associated
with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under
this Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof
would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to the
Indemnitee hereunder. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and
all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days
after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor) advance, to the
extent not prohibited by law, such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred
by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for
indemnification or advance of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or
under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by
the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be
entitled to such indemnification, advancement of Expenses or insurance
recovery, as the case may be.

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no
determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall
be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.

 

Section 14. Non-exclusivity; Survival of
Rights; Insurance; Subrogation.

 

(a) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of
Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable
law, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s Bylaws, any
agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise.
No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof
shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect
of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior
to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in
Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater
indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently
under the Company’s Bylaws, Certificate of Incorporation and this Agreement, it
is the intent of 

 

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the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the
greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein
conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right
and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any
other right or remedy.

 

(b) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy
or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees,
or agents of the Company or of any Enterprise, Indemnitee shall be covered by
such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum
extent of the coverage available for any such director, officer, employee or
agent under such policy or policies. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice
of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has director and officer
liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the
commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter
take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf
of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in
accordance with the terms of such policies.

 

(c) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company
shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of
recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all
action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents
as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

(d) The Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses
hereunder in respect of Indemnitee’s service to an Enterprise shall be reduced
by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or
advancement of Expenses from such Enterprise.

 

Section 15. Duration of Agreement.
This Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the later of: (a) ten
(10) years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a
[director] [officer] of the Company or (b) one (1) year after the
final termination of any Proceeding then pending in respect of which Indemnitee
is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder and
of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 13 of this
Agreement relating thereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company
and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and
his heirs, executors and administrators.

 

Section 16. Severability.
If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement
(including without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement
containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent
permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed
reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the
maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest
extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any
such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself
invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to
the intent manifested thereby.

 

Section 17. Enforcement.

 

(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered
into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order
to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director or officer of the Company, and the
Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving
as a director or officer of the Company.

 

(b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is
a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company, the 

 

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Bylaws of the Company and applicable law, and shall not be deemed a
substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee
thereunder.

 

Section 18. Modification and Waiver.
No supplement, modification or amendment of this
Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties thereto.
No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall
constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any
waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

 

Section 19. Notice by Indemnitee.
Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served
with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or
other document relating to any Proceeding or matter that may be subject to
indemnification or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of
Indemnitee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any
obligation that it may have to the Indemnitee under this Agreement or
otherwise.

 

Section 20. Notices.
All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered
by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other
communication shall have been directed, (b) mailed by certified or
registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date
on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier and
receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall
have been directed or (d) sent by facsimile transmission, with receipt of
oral confirmation that such transmission has been received:

 

(a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of
this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide to the
Company.

 

(b) If to the Company, to

 

Leopard Acquisition Corp.

2500 N. Moose-Wilson Road

Wilson, WY 83014

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the
Company.

 

Section 21. Contribution.
To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification
provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason
whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute
to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties,
excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in
connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this
Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all
of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the
relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the
event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding;
and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors,
officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or
transaction(s).

 

Section 22. Applicable Law and
Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the
legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and
enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard
to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced
by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 13(a) of this Agreement, the
Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree
that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware
(the “Delaware Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the
United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent
to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of
any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) waive
any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the
Delaware Court, and (iv) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any
claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been
brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

 

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Section 23. Identical Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the
party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence
the existence of this Agreement.

 

Section 24. Miscellaneous.
Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine
pronoun where appropriate. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are
inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of
this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first
above written.

 

	
  LEOPARD ACQUISITION CORP.

  	
   

  	
  INDEMNITEE

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Name:

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  
	
  Office:

  	
   

  	
  Address:

  
				

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT]Filed by Automated Filing Services Inc. (604) 609-0244 - Pluris Energy Group Inc. - Exhibit 10.17

 

MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT is made
and dated for reference effective as at February 15, 2008 (the
“Effective Date”). 

AMONG: 

PLURIS ENERGY GROUP INC., a
company incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada, U.S.A., and having
an executive office and an address for notice and delivery located at 2703 – 550
Pacific Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 3G2 Canada; 

(the “Company”) 

AND: 

PLURIS ENERGY GROUP INC., a
company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, and also
having an executive office and an address for notice and delivery located at
2703 – 550 Pacific Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 3G2 Canada; 

(the “Subsidiary Company”, and
together with the Company, the “Companies”) 

AND: 

RAHUL GANDHI, having an address
for notice and delivery located at Suite 2507, 550 Pacific Street, Vancouver,
British Columbia V6Z 3G2 Canada 

(the “Consultant”) 

WHEREAS: 

A. The Company is incorporated under the laws of the State of
Nevada, U.S.A., has a class of securities registered with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and has its common shares (the “Common
Shares”) listed for trading on the NASD Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board;

B. The Subsidiary Company is a subsidiary of the Company and is
incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands; 

C. The Company, the Subsidiary Company, and the Consultant wish
to enter into a Management Consulting Services Agreement pursuant to which the
Consultant will render services to the Company and to the Subsidiary Company
upon certain terms and conditions as set out herein; and 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
provisos herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

ARTICLE 1 
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 

1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this
Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires, the following words and phrases will have the following
meanings: 

	 	(a) 	
      “Agreement” means this Management Consulting
      Services Agreement as from time to time supplemented or amended by one or
      more agreements entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
      together with any Schedules attached hereto;

	 	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors
      of each or either of the Company and the Subsidiary Company as duly
      constituted from time to time;

	 	 	 	 
	 	(c) 	
      “Business” means oil and gas development and
      production;

	 	 	 	 
	 	(d) 	
      “business day” means any day during which Canadian
      Chartered Banks are open for business in the City of Vancouver, Province
      of British Columbia;

	 	 	 	 
	 	(e) 	
      “Change in Control” means, in relation to Section
      4.4 herein, the occurrence of any of the following events:

	 	 	 	 
	 		(i) 	
      the acquisition, whether direct or indirect, of voting
      shares of the Company in excess of 30% of the issued and outstanding
      voting shares of the Company by a person or group of persons acting in
      concert, other than through any compensation or incentive based plan
      adopted by the Company and other than by persons who are, or who are
      controlled by, the existing shareholders of the
Company;

	 		(ii) 	
      any change or changes in the composition of the Board of
      Directors of the Company from the Effective Date such that less than a
      majority of the Board of Directors continues to consist of Directors who
      are continuing Directors (each a “Continuing Director”). In this
      regard Continuing Director means an individual who is a member of the
      Board of Directors as of the Effective Date, or who becomes a member of
      the Board of Directors subsequent to the Effective Date with the approval
      of a majority of the Directors who were Continuing Directors as of the
      Effective Date;

	 	 	 	 
	 		(iii) 	
      a merger of the voting shares of the Company where the
      voting shares of the resulting merged company are owned or controlled by
      shareholders of whom more than 20% are not the same as the shareholders of
      the Company immediately prior to the merger; or

	 	 	 	 
	 		(iv) 	
      a sale by the Company of substantially all of the assets
      of the Company to an entity that is not controlled by either the
      shareholders of the Company or by the Company;

	 	 	 	 
	 	(f) 	
      “Gross Market Capital Increase” means the number
      of shares issued and outstanding multiplied by the market price on any
      given date less the number of shares issued and outstanding multiplied by
      the market capital price on any given date;

	 	 	 	 
	 	(g) 	
      “Option” means stock options to purchase Common
      Shares;

	 	 	 	 
	 	(h) 	
      “Parties” or “Party” means, individually
      and collectively, the Company, the Subsidiary Company, and/or the
      Consultant hereto, as the context so requires, together with each of their
      respective successors and permitted assigns as the context so
    requires;

	 	 	 	 
	 	(i) 	
      “Regulatory Approval” means the acceptance for
      filing, if required, of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by
      the Regulatory Authorities;

	 	 	 	 
	 	(j) 	
      “Regulatory Authorities” and “Regulatory
      Authority” means, either singularly or collectively as the context so
      requires, such regulatory agencies that have jurisdiction over the affairs
      of either of the Company, the Subsidiary Company. and/or the Consultant
      and including, without limitation, and where applicable, the British
      Columbia Securities Commission, the United States Securities and Exchange
      Commission, NASD and all regulatory authorities from whom any such
      authorization, approval or other action is required to be obtained or to
      be made in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
      Agreement;

	 	 	 	 
	 	(k) 	
      “Stock Appreciation Rights” has the meaning
      ascribed in the Company’s Equity Incentive Plan.

1.2 Interpretation. For the purposes of this
Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires: 

	 	(a) 	
      the words “herein”, “hereof’ and “hereunder” and other
      words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
      particular Article, section or other subdivision of this
  Agreement;

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      any reference to an entity will include and will be
      deemed to be a reference to any entity that is a permitted successor to
      such entity;

	 	 	 
	 	(c) 	
      words in the singular include the plural and words in the
      masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders, and vice versa;
      and

	 	 	 
	 	(d) 	
      the headings appearing in this Agreement have been
      inserted for convenience of reference only and in no way define, limit, or
      enlarge the scope or meaning of the provisions of this
  Agreement.

ARTICLE 2 
GENERAL SERVICES AND DUTIES OF THE
CONSULTANT 

2.1 General Services. During the continuance of
this Agreement the Companies hereby agree to retain the Consultant to provide
the services as the Chief Financial Officer of each of the Companies. The
Consultant hereby agrees to be subject to the direction and supervision of, and
to have the authority as is delegated to the Consultant by, the Board of
Directors of the Company consistent with such positions, and the Consultant also
agrees to provide such related services as the Board of Directors will
reasonably assign to the Consultant from time to time and as may be necessary
for the ongoing maintenance and development of the Companies’ various Business
interests during the continuance of this Agreement, those general services of
which are further defined in Schedule “A” as attached hereto (collectively, the
“General Services”).

2.2 Part-Time Provision of General Services.
The Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that the Consultant will commit
and provide to the Companies the General Services on a generally part-time basis
during the continuance of this Agreement and in consideration for the provision
of the General Services, the Company agrees to pay and provide to the order and
direction of the Consultant each of the proposed Fees, Expenses, applicable
payment reimbursements, Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Bonuses in
accordance with Article 3 and Article 4 herein. The Parties further expressly
acknowledge that the Consultant retains a full-time senior position at a major
accounting firm in Vancouver, Canada (the “Firm”) and must maintain at all
times, those responsibilities of which his role in the Firm requires of him in
priority to those of the General Services; the Consultant at all times, however,
acknowledges and agrees to ensure that all requirements of the Company’s
undertakings pursuant to the Consultant performing the General Services on
behalf of the Company, are being performed timely and in accordance with the
needs and requirements of the Company.

2.3 Additional duties respecting the General
Services. Without in any way limiting the generality of the General
Services as set forth in Section 2.1 herein, the Parties further acknowledge and
agree that Consultant will, during the continuance of this Agreement: 

	 	(a) 	
      devote the required consulting time to the provision of
      the General Services as may be determined and required by the Board of
      Directors;

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      perform the General Services faithfully, diligently, to
      the best of the its abilities and in the best interests of the Companies;
      and

	 	 	 
	 	(c) 	
      at all times prioritize its consulting time for the
      Companies in accordance with this Section 2.3.

2.4 Adherence to rules and policies of the
Companies. The Consultant and agrees to abide by the reasonable rules,
regulations, instructions, personnel practices and policies of the Companies and
any changes thereto which may be adopted from time to time as such rules,
regulations, instructions, personnel practices and policies may be reasonably
applied to the Chief Financial Officer of each of the Companies. 

2.5 Allocation of Time. The Consultant and
the Companies hereby agree that the Consultant will divide its time to the
Company and the Subsidiary Company on an equal basis.

ARTICLE 3 
INITIAL TERM, EFFECTIVENESS, TERMINATION
AND SEVERANCE 

3.1 Initial Term. The initial term of this
Agreement (the “Initial Term”) is for a period of one year commencing on
the Effective Date as set forth hereinabove, however, is subject, at all times,
to the Company’s prior receipt, if required, of approval from each of the
Regulatory Authorities to the terms and conditions of and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement shall automatically renew for
additional one-year terms after the expiration of the Initial Term for four
subsequent one year terms, unless otherwise modified in writing by either of the
Parties prior to the end of the Initial Term or any other term thereafter
pursuant to this clause 3.1.

3.2 Effectiveness of the Agreement. This
Agreement commences on the Effective Date but is subject at all times to the
Companies’ prior receipt, if required, of Regulatory Approval from each of the
Regulatory Authorities to the terms and conditions of and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. 

3.3 Termination without cause by the Companies.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Companies may terminate this
Agreement without cause at any time after the Effective Date upon their delivery
to the Consultant of prior written notice of their intention to do so (the
“Notice of Termination”) at least 30 calendar days prior to the effective
date of any such termination (the “Effective Termination Date”).

3.4 Ongoing Obligations of Consultant. If
the Companies terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.3 above, the
Consultant’s ongoing obligation to provide the General Services will continue
only until the Effective Termination Date and the Companies will continue to pay
to the Consultant all amounts otherwise payable to the Consultant under Article
4 herein until the Effective Termination Date (including, but without limiting
any of the amounts payable under Article 4 herein, a pro rata portion of any
Fees, bonuses, Vacation pay and Benefits). 

3.5 Termination without cause by the Consultant.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, this Agreement may be
terminated by the Consultant without cause at any time after the Effective Date
and during the continuance of this Agreement upon the Consultant’s delivery to
the Companies of prior written notice of its intention to do so at least 30
calendar days prior to the effective date of any such termination (herein also
the “Effective Termination Date”).

	 	(a) 	
      all of the amounts due and payable to the Consultant by
      the Companies pursuant to Article 4 herein until the Effective Termination
      Date.

3.6 Termination for cause by any Party.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, this Agreement may be
terminated by any Party hereto at any time upon written notice to the other
Parties of such Party’s intention to do so at least 30 calendar days prior to
the effective date of any such termination (herein also the “Effective
Termination Date”), and damages sought, if: 

	 	(a) 	
      the defaulting Party fails to cure a material breach of
      any provision of this Agreement within 30 calendar days from its receipt
      of written notice from said Party (unless such material breach cannot be
      reasonably cured within said 30 calendar days and the defaulting Party is
      actively pursuing to sure said material breach);

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      the defaulting Party is willfully non-compliant in the
      performance of its respective duties under this Agreement within 30
      calendar days from its receipt of written notice from said Party (unless
      such willful non-compliance cannot be reasonably corrected within said 30
      calendar days and the defaulting Party is actively pursuing to cure said
      willful non-compliance);

	 	 	 
	 	(c) 	
      the defaulting Party commits fraud or serious neglect or
      misconduct in the discharge of its respective duties hereunder or under
      the law; or

	 	 	 
	 	(d) 	
      the defaulting Party becomes adjudged bankrupt or a
      petition for reorganization or arrangement under any law relating to
      bankruptcy, and where any such involuntary petition is not dismissed
      within 30 calendar days.

3.7 Disability or death and Advance.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, this Agreement may be
terminated at any time by any Party within 30 calendar days after the death or
disability of the Consultant, as a without fault termination (the resulting
effective date of any such termination being herein also the “Effective
Termination Date”). For the purposes of this Agreement the term “disability”
will mean the Consultant will have been unable to provide the General Services
contemplated under this Agreement for a period of 60 calendar days, whether or
not consecutive, during any 360 calendar day period, due to a physical or mental
disability. A determination of disability will be made by a physician
satisfactory to both the Consultant and the Company; provided that if the
Consultant and the Company do not agree on a physician, the Consultant and the
Company will each select a physician and these two together will select a third
physician whose determination as to disability will be binding on all Parties.
In the event that the Consultant’s employment is terminated by death or because
of disability pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will pay to the estate of
the Consultant or to the Consultant, as the case may be: 

	 	(a) 	
      all amounts to which the Consultant would otherwise be
      entitled under Article 4 herein until the Effective Termination
    Date.

3.8 Effect of termination. Terms of this
Agreement relating to accounting, payments, confidentiality non-compete,
accountability for damages or claims, and all other matters reasonably extending
beyond the terms of this Agreement and to the benefit of the Parties hereto or
for the protection of the Business of the Companies will survive the termination
of this Agreement, and any matter of interpretation thereto will be given a wide
latitude in this regard. In addition, and without limiting the foregoing, each
of Sections 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7 herein will survive the termination of this
Agreement. 

ARTICLE 4 
GENERAL SERVICES COMPENSATION OF THE
CONSULTANT 

4.1 Fees. It is hereby acknowledged and agreed
that the Consultant will render the General Services during the continuance of
this Agreement and will thus be compensated by the Company and the Subsidiary
Company from the effective date of this Agreement to the termination of the same
as follows:. 

	 	(a) 	
      by way of the payment by the Company to the Consultant,
      or to the further order or direction of the Consultant as the Consultant
      may determine, in the Consultant’s sole and absolute discretion, and
      advise the Company of prior to such payment, of the gross monthly fee of
      US$3,000 (the “Fees”) all such Fees will be due and payable by the
      Company to the Consultant, or to the further order or direction of the
      Consultant, and advise the Company of prior to any such fee payment, on
      the final business day of the month of the monthly period of service
      during the continuance of this Agreement. In the event that the Subsidiary
      Company becomes a public company and acquires the assets of the Company
      then all obligations of the Company pursuant to this Article will be
      assumed by the Subsidiary Company;

	 	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      a minimum earn-in award for the initial term as
      follows:

	 	 	 	 
	 		A. 	
      50,000 Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price
      equal to the closing price of the Common Shares on the date of
    grant;

	 	 	 	 
	 		B. 	
      100,000 Options with an exercise price equal to the
      closing price of the Common Shares on the date of
grant;

(collectively, the “Equity
Awards”). 

4.2 Bonuses and Options. The Company will pay to
the Consultant, at the sole discretion of the Board, such bonuses and will grant
to the Consultant, when available and subject to each of the rules and policies
of the regulatory authorities and applicable securities legislation and the
terms and conditions of the Company’s then existing compensation plan, Options.
The amount and extent of such bonus or grant of Options will be determined after
taking into consideration the Company’s and the Consultant’s performance. 

4.3 Reimbursement of Expenses. It is hereby
acknowledged and agreed that the Consultant will also be reimbursed for all
direct, reasonable expenses actually and properly 

incurred by the Consultant for the benefit of the Companies
(the “Expenses”); and which Expenses, it is hereby acknowledged and
agreed, will be payable by the Companies to the order, direction and account of
the Consultant as the Consultant may designate in writing, from time to time, as
soon as conveniently possible after the prior delivery by the Consultant to such
of the Companies of written substantiation on account of each such reimbursable
Expense. 

4.4 Change in Control In the event of a Change in
Control, all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights which have not yet vested
will immediately vest and become exercisable by the Consultant and the
Consultant will be entitled to receive, in addition to all other compensation
set out in Article 4 hereof, the following: 

	 	(a) 	
      After completion of the initial term, a severance cash
      payment equating to an aggregate of 3 months of the monthly fee then
      payable by the Companies to the Consultant on the Effective Termination
      Date, payable within 10 business days of the Effective Termination
      Date;

4.5 Spin-Off Provision. The Company and the
Subsidiary Company covenant and agree that if the Subsidiary Company is spun-off
by the Company to become a separate company, then: 

	 	(a) 	
      the Company and Subsidiary Company will take all
      necessary steps to ensure that the Subsidiary Company assumes all
      obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation the
      obligation to pay the Fees and to issue the Equity Awards from the date
      that the spin-off of the Subsidiary Company is consummated; and

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      the Subsidiary Company will take all necessary steps to
      ensure that the Consultant is issued such number of Options and Stock
      Appreciation Rights (on an equivalent percentage basis) of the Subsidiary
      Company as the Consultant holds on the date that the spin-off of the
      Subsidiary Company is consummated.

ARTICLE 5 
ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONSULTANT

5.1 Reporting. At such time or times as may be
required by the Board of Directors of each of the Companies, acting reasonably,
the Consultant will provide the Board of Directors with such information
concerning the results of the Consultant’s General Services and activities
hereunder for the previous month as the Board of Directors may reasonably
require. 

5.2 No conflict. During the continuance of this
Agreement, the Consultant will not engage in any business or activity which
reasonably may detract from or conflict with the Consultant’s respective duties
and obligations to the Companies as set forth in this Agreement, except for
those described in section 2.2 of this Agreement, without the prior written
consent of the Board of Directors of the Companies. In addition, the Parties
further acknowledge and agree that all restrictions or obligations in this
Agreement are necessary and fundamental to the protection of the Business
interests and are reasonable and valid, and all defenses to the strict
enforcement thereof by the Consultant are hereby waived. 

5.3 Confidentiality. The Consultant will not, except as authorized or required by the Consultant’s duties hereunder, reveal or divulge to any person or companies any information concerning the organization, business, finances,
transactions or other affairs of the Companies or of any of the Companies’ respective subsidiaries which may come to the Consultant’s knowledge during the continuance of this Agreement, and the Consultant will keep in complete secrecy all
confidential information entrusted to the Consultant and will not use or attempt to use any such information in any manner which may injure or cause loss either directly or indirectly to the Companies’ respective Business interests. This
restriction will continue to apply after the termination of this Agreement without limit in point of time but will cease to apply to information or knowledge which may come into the public domain. 

5.4 Compliance with applicable laws.  The Consultant will comply with all Canadian, U.S. and foreign laws, whether federal, provincial or state, applicable to the Consultant’s duties hereunder and, in addition, hereby represents
and warrants that any information which the Consultant may provide to any person or company hereunder will, to the best of the Consultant’s knowledge, information and belief, be accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading,
and will not omit to state any fact or information which would be material to such person or company. 

5.5 Opinions, reports and advice of the Consultant.  The Consultant acknowledges and agrees that all written and oral opinions, reports, advice and materials provided by the Consultant to the Companies in connection with the
Consultant’s engagement hereunder are intended solely for the Companies’ benefit and for the Companies’ uses only, and that any such written and oral opinions, reports, advice and information are the exclusive property of the
Companies. In this regard the Consultant covenants and agrees that the Companies may utilize any such opinion, report, advice and materials for any other purpose whatsoever and, furthermore, may reproduce, disseminate, quote from and refer to, in
whole or in part, at any time and in any manner, any such opinion, report, advice and materials in the Companies’ sole and absolute discretion.

5.6 Consultant’s business conduct. The Consultant warrants that the Consultant will conduct the business and other activities in a manner which is lawful and reputable and which brings good repute to the Companies, the Business
interests and the Consultant. In particular, and in this regard, the Consultant specifically warrants to provide the General Services in a sound and professional manner such that the same meets superior standards of performance quality within the
standards of the industry or as set by the specifications of the Companies.  In the event that either of the Companies has a reasonable concern that the business as conducted by the Consultant is being conducted in a way contrary to law or is
reasonably likely to bring disrepute to the Business interests or to the Companies’ or the Consultant’s reputation, the Companies may require that the Consultant make such alterations in the Consultant’s business conduct or structure,
whether of management or Board representation or Consultant or sub-licensee representation, as the Board of Directors may reasonably require, in its sole and absolute discretion, failing which the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, may
terminate this Agreement upon 30 calendar days’ prior written notice to the Consultant.  In the event of any debate or dispute as to the reasonableness of the Board of Directors of the Company’s request or requirements, the judgment of the
Board of Directors will be deemed correct until such time as the matter has been determined by arbitration. 

ARTICLE 6 
INDEMNIFICATION, INSURANCE AND LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS 

6.1 Indemnification. The Companies hereby agree
to indemnify and save harmless the Consultant (the “Indemnified Parties”)
from and against any and all losses, claims, actions, suits, proceedings,
damages, liabilities or expenses of whatever nature or kind and to the extent
allowed by law and including, without limitation, any investigation expenses
incurred by the Consultant, to which the Consultant may become subject by reason
only of the performance by the Consultant of the General Services under this
Agreement; provided, however, that this indemnity will only apply if the General
Services are performed faithfully, diligently, to the best of the Consultant’s
abilities and in the best interests of the Companies. This indemnity will not
apply in respect of the Consultant in the event and to the extent that a Court
of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment will determine that the Consultant
was grossly negligent or guilty of willful misconduct. 

6.2 Insurance. During the continuance of this
Agreement it is hereby acknowledged and agreed that the Company will use its
best efforts to seek and obtain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
(the “Insurance”) for its Board of Directors and Senior Officers which in
no case will be less than the insurance which a reasonable and prudent
businessman carrying on a similar line of business would acquire from time to
time. In connection with the foregoing it is hereby further acknowledged and
agreed that any such Insurance will be placed with a reputable and financially
secure insurance carrier and will include the Company as an additional insured
and will provide primary coverage with respect to the activities contemplated by
this Agreement. Furthermore, it is also intended that any such Insurance
policy(ies) will include severability of interest and cross-liability provisions
and will provide that the policy(ies) will not be canceled or materially altered
except upon at least 30 calendar days’ prior written notice to each of the
relevant parties thereto. 

6.3 No Indemnification. This indemnity will not
apply in respect of an Indemnified Party in the event and to the extent that a
Court of competent Jurisdiction in a final judgment will determine that the
Indemnified Party was grossly negligent or guilty of willful misconduct. 

6.4 Claim of Indemnification. The Parties hereto
agree to waive any right they might have of first requiring the Indemnified
Party to proceed against or enforce any other right, power, remedy, security or
claim payment from any other person before claiming this indemnity. 

6.5 Notice of Claim. In case any action is
brought against an Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought
against either of the Parties hereto, the Indemnified Party will give both
Parties hereto prompt written notice of any such action of which the Indemnified
Party has knowledge and the relevant Party will undertake the investigation and
defense thereof on behalf of the Indemnified Party, including the prompt
employment of counsel acceptable to the Indemnified Party affected and the
relevant Party and the payment of all expenses. Failure by the Indemnified Party
to so notify will not relieve the relevant Party of such relevant Party’s
obligation of indemnification hereunder unless (and only to the extent that)
such failure results in a forfeiture by the relevant Party of substantive rights
or defenses. 

6.6 Settlement. No admission of liability and no
settlement of any action will be made without the consent of each of the Parties
hereto and the consent of the Indemnified Party affected, such consent not to be
unreasonable withheld. 

6.7 Legal Proceedings. Notwithstanding that the
relevant Party will undertake the investigation and defense of any action, an
Indemnified Party will have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel will be at the expense of the Indemnified Party unless: 

	 	(a) 	
      such counsel has been authorized by the relevant
      Party;

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      the relevant Party has not assumed the defense of the
      action within a reasonable period of time after receiving notice of the
      action;

	 	 	 
	 	(c) 	
      the named parties to any such action include that any
      Party hereto and the Indemnified Party will have been advised by counsel
      that there may be a conflict of interest between any Party hereto and the
      Indemnified Party; or

	 	 	 
	 	(d) 	
      there are one or more legal defenses available to the
      Indemnified Party which are different from or in addition to those
      available to any Party hereto.

6.8 Contribution. If for any reason other than
the gross negligence or bad faith of the Indemnified Party being the primary
cause of the loss claim, damage, liability, cost or expense, the foregoing
indemnification is unavailable to the Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold
them harmless, the relevant Party will contribute to the amount paid or payable
by the Indemnified Party as a result of any and all such losses, claim, damages
or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits received by the relevant Party on the one hand and the
Indemnified Party on the other, but also the relative fault of relevant Party
and the Indemnified Party and other equitable considerations which may be
relevant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the relevant Party will in any event
contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party, as a result
of the loss, claim, damage, liability, cost or expense (other than a loss,
claim, damage, liability, cost or expenses, the primary cause of which is the
gross negligence or bad faith of the Indemnified Party), any excess of such
amount over the amount of the fees actually received by the Indemnified Party
hereunder. 

ARTICLE 7 
FORCE MAJEURE 

7.1 Events. If either Party hereto is at any time
either during this Agreement or thereafter prevented or delayed in complying
with any provisions of this Agreement by reason of strikes, walk-outs, labour
shortages, power shortages, fires, wars, acts of God, earthquakes, storms,
floods, explosions, accidents, protests or demonstrations by environmental
lobbyists or native rights groups, delays in transportation, breakdown of
machinery, inability to obtain necessary materials in the open market,
unavailability of equipment, governmental regulations restricting normal
operations, shipping delays or any other reason or reasons beyond the control of
that Party, then the time limited for the performance by that Party of its
respective obligations hereunder will be extended by a period of time equal in
length to the period of each such prevention or delay. 

7.2 Notice. A Party will within three calendar
days give notice to the other Party of each event of force majeure under
Section 7.1 herein, and upon cessation of such event will furnish the other
Party with notice of that event together with particulars of the number of days
by which the obligations of that Party hereunder have been extended by virtue of
such event of force majeure and all preceding events of force
majeure. 

ARTICLE 8 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 

8.1 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes
the entire agreement to date between the Parties hereto and supersedes every
previous agreement, expectation, negotiation, representation or understanding,
whether oral or written, express or implied, statutory or otherwise, between the
Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and including,
without limitation, the terms and conditions of the Underlying Agreement. 

8.2 No Assignment. This Agreement may not be
assigned by any Party hereto except with the prior written consent of the other
Parties. 

8.3 Notice. Each notice, demand or other
communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement will be in
writing and will be sent by prepaid registered mail deposited in a recognized
post office and addressed to the Party entitled to receive the same, or
delivered to such Party, at the address for such Party specified on the front
page of this Agreement. The date of receipt of such notice, demand or other
communication will be the date of delivery thereof if delivered, or, if given by
registered mail as aforesaid, will be deemed conclusively to be the third
business day after the same will have been so mailed, except in the case of
interruption of postal services for any reason whatsoever, in which case the
date of receipt will be the date on which the notice, demand or other
communication is actually received by the addressee. Any Party may at any time
and from time to time notify the other Parties in writing of a change of address
and the new address to which notice will be given to it thereafter until further
change. 

8.4 Time of the Essence. Time will be of the
essence of this Agreement. 

8.5 Enurement. This Agreement will enure to the
benefit of and will be binding upon the Parties hereto and their respective
heirs, executors, administrators and assigns. 

8.6 Currency. Unless otherwise stipulated, all
payments required to be made pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and
all money amount references contained herein are in lawful currency of the
United States. 

8.7 Further Assurances. The Parties will from
time to time after the execution of this Agreement make, do, execute or cause or
permit to be made, done or executed, all such further and other acts, deeds,
things, devices and assurances in law whatsoever as may be required to carry out
the true intention and to give full force and effect to this Agreement. 

8.8 Applicable Law. The situs of this Agreement
is Vancouver, British Columbia, and for all purposes this Agreement will be
governed exclusively by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws
and Courts prevailing in the Province of British Columbia. 

8.9 Severability and Construction. Each Article,
section, paragraph, term and provision of this Agreement, and any portion
thereof, will be considered severable, and if, for any reason, any portion of
this Agreement is determined to be invalid, contrary to or in conflict with any
applicable present or future law, rule or regulation in a final unappealable
ruling issued by any court, agency or tribunal with valid jurisdiction in a
proceeding to which any Party hereto is a party, that ruling will not impair the
operation of, or have any other effect upon, such other portions of this
Agreement as may remain otherwise intelligible (all of which will remain binding
on the Parties and continue to be given full force and effect as of the date
upon which the ruling becomes final). 

8.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed
by the Parties hereto in as many counterparts as may be necessary, and via
facsimile if necessary, each of which so signed being deemed to be an original
and such counterparts together constituting one and the same instrument and,
notwithstanding the date of execution, being deemed to bear the Effective Date
as set forth on the front page of this Agreement. 

8.11 No Partnership or Agency. The Parties have
not created a partnership and nothing contained in this Agreement will in any
manner whatsoever constitute any Party the partner, agent or legal
representative of the other Parties, nor create any fiduciary relationship
between them for any purpose whatsoever. 

8.12 Consents and Waivers. No consent or waiver
expressed or implied by either Party in respect of any breach or default by the
other in the performance by such other of its obligations hereunder will: 

	 	(a) 	
      be valid unless it is in writing and stated to be a
      consent or waiver pursuant to this Section 8.12;

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      be relied upon as a consent to or waiver of any other
      breach or default of the same or any other obligation;

	 	 	 
	 	(c) 	
      constitute a general waiver under this Agreement;
    or

	 	 	 
	 	(d) 	
      eliminate or modify the need for a specific consent or
      waiver pursuant to this Section 8.12 in any other or subsequent
      instance.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties
hereto have hereunto set their respective hands and seals as at the Effective
Date as herein determined. 

THE CORPORATE SEAL OF 
PLURIS ENERGY GROUP INC., the

Company herein, was hereunto affixed in the 
presence of: 

	 	 
	Authorized Signatory 	 

THE CORPORATE SEAL OF 
PLURIS ENERGY GROUP INC., the

Subsidiary Company herein, was hereunto 
affixed in the presence of: 

	 	 
	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 
	RAHUL GANDHI 	 
	 	 
	  	 
	  	 
	Rahul Gandhi 	 

Schedule “A” 

This is Schedule “A” to that certain Consulting Services
Agreement respecting the Companies. 

General Services 

Without in any manner limiting the generality of the General
Services to be provided by the Consultant as set forth in section “2.1” of the
Agreement hereinabove, it is hereby also acknowledged and agreed that the
Consultant will provide the following specific consulting services to the
Company, or to any of the Company’s respective subsidiaries, as the case may be
and as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, from time to
time, in their sole and absolute discretion, and in conjunction with the
maintenance and development of the Company’s various Business interests subject,
at all times, to the direction of the Board of Directors: 

The Consultant agrees to provide
certain consulting services as it relates to performing the tasks of Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, as follows: 

	 	(a) 	
      timely perform on a regular basis, all necessary
      accounting functions of the Company pursuant to all of its business,
      financial and corporate undertakings;

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      prepare and timely file all necessary SEC financial
      statements and reports;

	 	 	 
	 	(c) 	
      coordinate and liaison with the Company’s auditors
      regarding the audit procedures required of the Company under the rules and
      regulations promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange
      Commission, and under the Sarbanes Oxley Act;

	 	 	 
	 	(d) 	
      develop the appropriate systems, controls and procedures
      required of the Company to fulfill all regulatory requirements as it
      relates to all aspects of the financial systems and areas generally
      monitored and undertaken on behalf of the Company by a Chief Financial
      Officer;

	 	 	 
	 	(e) 	
      advise the Company, the Board of Directors and the Chief
      Executive Officer of the Consultants requirements, viewpoints, creative
      inputs, business perspectives, etc.;

	 	 	 
	 	(f) 	
      ensure that all Private Placement, Option, Stock
      Appreciation Rights, etc. agreements are properly documented, accounted
      for, recorded and stored in the Company’s filing systems;

	 	 	 
	 	(g) 	
      prepare recommendations to the Company of the Consultants
      insights into measures that will enable the Company to better perform its
      obligations

	 		
      and undertakings as an operating business enterprise and
      as a public reporting corporation;

	 	 	 
	 	(h) 	
      ensure that the Company, its officer and directors are
      regularly apprised of any new information or regulatory
      changes/additions/deletions pursuant to the Business undertakings of the
      Company;

	 	 	 
	 	(i) 	
      participate with other senior management and officers of
      the Company, in the development and implementation of the ongoing business
      strategies and operational mandates required to assist the Company and its
      shareholders in attaining the objectives set out by the Board of Directors
      and the management of the Company;

In this regard it is hereby acknowledged and agreed that the
Consultant shall be entitled to communicate with and rely upon the immediate
advice and instructions of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or upon
the advice or instructions of such other Director or Officer of the Company that
has been designated by the Chief Executive Officer, from time to time, in order
to initiate, coordinate and implement the General Services as contemplated
herein.

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