SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2016-05-10

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<div><a name="sa506cdae72d042539223b814e9cf7f46"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&#160;10.33</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This Employment Agreement (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) is made and entered into effective as of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Feb.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">18</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, 2016 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Effective Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), by and between Mark Erlander (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Executive</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) and Trovagene, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">R E C I T A L S</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">WHEREAS, Executive serves as the Chief Scientific Officer of the Company; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">WHEREAS, in order to provide Executive with financial security, the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Board</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) believes that it is in the best interests of the Company to provide Executive with certain engagement terms and severance benefits as set forth herein.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and the employment of Executive by the Company, the parties agree as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Definition of Terms</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The following terms referred to in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;"><font style="text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Cause</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221; shall mean any of the following: (i) the commission of a material act of fraud, embezzlement or misappropriation, which is intended to result in substantial personal enrichment of Executive in connection with Executive&#8217;s employment with the Company; (ii)&#160;Executive&#8217;s conviction of, or plea of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">nolo contendere</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, to a crime constituting a felony (other than traffic-related offenses); (iii)&#160;a material breach of Executive&#8217;s proprietary information agreement that is materially injurious to the Company; or (iv)&#160;Executive&#8217;s (1)&#160;material failure to perform his duties as set forth in this Agreement, and (2)&#160;failure to &#8220;cure&#8221; any such failure within thirty (30)&#160;days after receipt of written notice from the Company delineating the specific acts that constituted such material failure and the specific actions necessary, if any, to &#8220;cure&#8221; such failure.<