THIS AGREEMENT is made as at the [day] day of [month], 2003. BETWEEN:
THIS AGREEMENT is made as at the [day] day of [month], 2003.
BETWEEN:
| (1) | ICOWORKS, INC., ICOWORKS SERVICES LTD., ICOWORKS EASTERN LTD. (collectively referred to as Icoworks) | |
| (2) | [NAME OF JOINT VENTURER] (Joint Venturer) | |
| (3) | [NAME OF JOINT VENTURER] (Joint Venturer) | |
| (4) | [NAME OF JOINT VENTURER] (Joint Venturer) | |
| (5) | __________________ (Joint Venturer) | |
| (6) | __________________ (Joint Venturer) | |
| (7) | ICOWORKS JOINT VENTURES INC. |
JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT
WHEREAS:
“Joint Venture” means the joint venture created by this agreement.
“Joint Venturer” means a Joint Venturer who has agreed to participate in this agreement.
“Joint Venturers” means all Joint Venturers who have agreed to participate in this agreement.
“Inventory” means goods and/or equipment acquired by Icoworks Joint Ventures Inc. for resale to third parties.
“Proportionate Share” means with respect to each Joint Venturer its undivided interest in the Inventory and in the Joint Venture, expressed as a percentage proportionate to each Joint Venturer’s contribution.
IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this agreement, and other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged by each of the parties), the parties agree as follows:
| 1. | The business of the Joint Venture shall be carried on under the name Icoworks Joint Ventures Inc. | |
| 2. | The purpose of the Joint
Venture is to purchase through Icoworks Joint Ventures Inc. various types
of assets being liquidated in Receiverships and Bankruptcies, and resell
same in accordance with the practice of the Auction and Liquidation Industry
using the services of Icoworks. |
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| 3. | The Joint Venturers will
provide financing support in the form of cash to Icoworks Joint Ventures
Inc. for the purchase of such assets upon the recommendation of Icoworks. |
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| 4. |
Icoworks shall arrange for
the purchase and sale of the said assets whether by Auction or otherwise.
It is anticipated that Icoworks will incur specific sale costs for each
transaction relating to the marketing and promotion of the purchased goods
(“Sale Costs”). Icoworks Joint Ventures Inc. shall pay to Icoworks
3.5% of the gross sale price of the assets to compensate for Sale Costs.
It is also anticipated that there may be additional third party direct
costs, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, finder’s
fees, repair, refurbishing, storage and transportation of goods, store
rentals, store staffing, materials, processing costs, direct labor, project
management and lodging (“Additional Costs”). The Additional
Costs shall be paid by Icoworks Joint Ventures Inc. prior to calculation
of the gross profit for distribution to the parties. However, Additional
Costs shall not include Icoworks overhead. |
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| 5. | The gross profit (being
the sale price of each completed sale, less acquisition costs, Sale Costs
and Additional Costs) shall be calculated and distributed quarterly within
60 days of the end of the calendar quarter as follows: |
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| (1) | 65% to Icoworks; | |
| (2) | 35% to be divided proportionately between the Joint Venturers. | |
| 6. | Icoworks hereby guarantees to each Joint
Venturer that each Joint Venturer will earn a minimum of a 15% return
on it’s investment annually prorated for part years and calculated
on an accrual basis. |
| 7. | Icoworks, Icoworks Joint Ventures Inc.
and the Joint Venturers shall each be responsible for their own costs
of operation, assessment, general and administration expenses. |
| 8. | The term of this agreement shall be
for a minimum of one year and maximum of three years. The Joint Venturers
or any of them may terminate their relationship and receive their initial
investment at any time after one year by three months advance notice in
writing. Icoworks may terminate at any time after two years by three months
advance notice in writing. |
| 9. | The Joint Venturers acknowledge that
a Joint Venture exists with respect to the inventory owned by Icoworks
Joint Ventures Inc. from time to time. |
| 10. | No partnership is created by this agreement.
Nothing contained in this agreement shall or shall be deemed to constitute
the Joint Venturers nor any other party to this agreement as partners
nor as agent of the other nor any other relationship whereby either could
be held liable for any act or omission of the other. Neither Joint Venturer
shall have any authority to act for the other or to incur any obligation
on behalf of the other or of the Joint Venture save as specifically provided
by this agreement. Each Joint Venturer covenants to indemnify the other
from all claims, losses, costs, charges, fees, expenses, damages, obligations
and responsibilities incurred by a Joint Venturer by reason of any action
or omission of the other outside the scope of the authority specifically
provided by this agreement. |
| 11. | Except as provided in this agreement
each Joint Venturer may independently engage in any business endeavour
whether or not competitive with the objects of the Joint Ventures, without
consulting the other Joint Venturer and without in any way being accountable
to the Joint Venture. |
| 12. | Icoworks Joint Ventures Inc. acknowledges
that it will hold title to the Inventory as bare trustee and nominee for
and on behalf of the Joint Venturers each as to its Proportionate Share.
Icoworks Joint Ventures Inc. will execute a General Security Agreement
for the benefit of the Joint Venturers. |
| 13. | The Financial records shall be accounted
for as a Joint Venture and not as a limited company or partnership in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. |
| 14. | The business affairs of the Joint Venture
and Icoworks Joint Ventures Inc. shall be managed by Icoworks with the
intention to maximize gross profit. Icoworks shall report quarterly to
the Joint Venturers. Distributions will be made on a quarterly cash received
basis and the Joint Venturers may elect to receive the distribution or
to reinvest the distribution in the Joint Venture and the Joint Venture
percentages will be amded to reflect any such reinvestments. |
| 15. | It is contemplated that additional Joint
Venturers may be admitted to the Joint Venture from time to time to a
maximum fund of $5,000,000.00. Therefore, upon receipt by Icoworks Joint
Ventures Inc. of an investment in the Joint Venture from a proposed Joint
Venturer deemed acceptable to Icoworks Services Ltd. and completion and
execution of a copy of this agreement and such other instruments as Icoworks
may request, the proposed Joint Venturer shall automatically be deemed
to have been admitted to the Joint Venture as a Joint Venturer. However,
a Joint Venturer who becomes a party to the Joint Venture at a time when
the Joint Venture is between a purchase and sale and the funds contributed
are not used in that particular transaction, shall not participate in
the profits of that transaction. |
| 16. | No Joint Venturer shall sell, transfer,
assign, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, or in any other manner encumber
its interest in the Joint Venture without the written consent of the other. |
| 17. | The head office of the Joint Venture shall be at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xx. X.X., Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0. |
| 18. | The bank of the Joint Venture shall
be the Royal Bank of Canada. All cheques, bills, notes, drafts or other
instruments made or accepted by the Joint Venture, and all contracts of
any nature by the Joint Venture shall be signed by a representative of
the Joint Venturers and Icoworks. Proper books of accounts shall be kept
by the Joint Venture and each Joint Venturer shall have access thereto
at all reasonable times. The auditors of the Joint Venture shall be the
auditors of Icoworks and its accounting period shall be on a calendar
basis. |
| 19. | Each of the parties hereto shall from
time to time, at the request of any other party, execute and deliver such
further documents, conveyances and assurances as may be reasonably be
required to carry out in full the terms and intent of this Agreement. |
| 20. |
The Joint Venturers shall have the option
to convert their investment in Icoworks Joint Ventures Inc. to common
shares of Icoworks, Inc. at any time within one year of their investment.
The conversion price shall be calculated on the average closing price
of Icoworks, Inc. stock for five days immediately prior to the date of
the investment. Icoworks, Inc. shall |
| advise the Joint Venturers of the optional conversion price at the time of their investment. | |
| 21. | The Joint Venturers shall have the Right
of First Refusal, on 14 days notice, to participate in future joint venture
funds with Icoworks and Icoworks Joint Ventures Inc., the terms of which
may or may not be similar to the terms of this agreement. |
| 22. | Each provision of this agreement is
intended to be severable and if any provision is found to be illegal,
invalid or unenforceable, the finding shall not affect the validity of
the other provisions. |
| 23. | The rights and remedies provided by
this agreement are cumulative, are given in addition to any other rights
and remedies available by law, statute, ordinance, in equity or otherwise
and the use of any one right or remedy shall not preclude the use of others. |
| 24. |
Any notice required or permitted under this agreement shall be in writing. Unless a particular provision of this agreement requires delivery in a specified manner, any notice shall be given by prepaid mail, or delivered personally or by facsimile transmission to the following: ICOWORKS, INC. and ICOWORKS SERVICES LTD. and ICOWORKS EASTERN LTD. and ICOWORKS SERVICES LTD. x/x 0000 Xxxxxxx Xx. X.X. Name: [NAME OF JOINT VENTURER] Address: [ADDRESS OF JOINT VENTURER] Fax Number: [FAX NUMBER OF JOINT VENTURER] |
Name: [NAME OF JOINT VENTURER] Address: [ADDRESS OF JOINT VENTURER] Fax Number: [FAX NUMBER OF JOINT VENTURER]
Name: [NAME OF JOINT VENTURER] Address: [ADDRESS OF JOINT VENTURER] Fax Number: [FAX NUMBER OF JOINT VENTURER] |
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| 25. | Where given by prepaid mail, any notice
shall be deemed to have been given on the third postal delivery day next
following mailing. During any period of disruption of postal service,
notices shall be delivered personally or by facsimile transmission. |
| 26. | This agreement shall be governed by
the laws of the Province of Alberta and shall enure to the benefit of
and be binding on the parties to it and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this agreement the day, month and year first written above.
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED in the presence of:
ICOWORKS, INC. Per: ICOWORKS, INC. Per: ICOWORKS SERVICES LTD. Per: ICOWORKS EASTERN INC. |
Per: ICOWORKS JOINT VENTURES INC. Per: _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ |
