CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

 

 

This Consulting Services Agreement (“Agreement”), dated July 9^th, 2007, is made by and between Donna Hessel , an individual (“Consultant”), whose address is 29 Quai Mountblanc CH 1201,Geneva,Switzerland and FreeStar Technology Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“Client”), having its principal place of business at Torre Empresarial, AIRD, La Julia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

 

             WHEREAS, Consultant has extensive background in the area of business consulting and management advisory services; The Consultant is in the business of providing consultation and  services and the Client is a Payment Service Provider engaged in the business of credit card processing for Merchants. The Consultant has developed and is developing relationships with certain potential Merchants and acquiring Banks, in the credit card processing industry. The parties wish to work together and to share certain information and contacts in confidence in connection with the processing services and the establishment and maintenance of processing relationships between the Client and one or more Merchants and/or Banks.

 

WHEREAS, Consultant desires to be engaged by Client to provide information, evaluation and consulting services to the Client in his area of knowledge and expertise on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

 

WHEREAS, Client is a publicly held corporation with its common stock shares trading on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board under the ticker symbol “FSRT,” and desires to further develop its business and increase the value of its common stock; and

 

WHEREAS, Client desires to engage Consultant to provide information, evaluation and consulting services to the Client in his area of knowledge and expertise on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration for those services Consultant provides to Client, the parties agree as follows:

 

 

Consultant agrees to perform for Client all necessary services required in providing general business consulting and management advisory services for Client.  As such Consultant will provide bona fide services to Client.  The services to be provided by Consultant will not be in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction, and will not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for Client’s securities.

 

 

Client agrees to pay Consultant, as his fee and as consideration for services provided, an option to purchase Seven Million (7,000,000) of free trading common stock in the Client, exercisable at ten cents ($0.10) per share,  under Client’s Amended and Restated  Non-Employee Directors and  Consultants Retainer Stock Plan and Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan. The shares underlying this option have been registered under a post-effective Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1^st, 2007 and declared effective on that date and with any appropriate states securities administrator.

 

 

Each party agrees that during the course of this Agreement, information that is confidential or of a proprietary nature may be disclosed to the other party, including, but not limited to, product and business plans, software, technical processes and formulas, source codes, product designs, sales, costs and other unpublished financial information, advertising revenues, usage rates, advertising relationships, projections, and marketing data (“Confidential Information”). Confidential Information shall not include information that the receiving party can demonstrate (a) is, as of the time of its disclosure, or thereafter becomes part of the public domain through a source other than the receiving party, (b) was known to the receiving party as of the time of its disclosure, (c) is independently developed by the receiving party, or (d) is subsequently learned from a third party not under a confidentiality obligation to the providing party.

 

 

 

 

Consultant agrees to indemnify, defend, and shall hold harmless Client, its directors, employees and agents, and defend any action brought against same with respect to any claim, demand, cause of action, debt or liability, including reasonable attorneys' fees, to the extent that such an action arises out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Consultant.

 

 

In claiming any indemnification hereunder, the indemnified party shall promptly provide the indemnifying party with written notice of any claim, which the indemnified party believes falls within the scope of the foregoing paragraphs. The indemnified party may, at its expense, assist in the defense if it so chooses, provided that the indemnifying party shall control such defense, and all negotiations relative to the settlement of any such claim. Any settlement intended to bind the indemnified party shall not be final without the indemnified party's written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

 

 

Consultant shall have no liability with respect to Consultant’s obligations under this Agreement or otherwise for consequential, exemplary, special, incidental, or punitive damages even if Consultant has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In any event, the liability of Consultant to Client for any reason and upon any cause of action, regardless of the form in which the legal or equitable action may be brought, including, without limitation, any action in tort or contract, shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the fee paid by Client to Consultant for the specific service provided that is in question.

 

 

 

This Agreement shall become effective on the date appearing next to the signatures below and terminate two (2) years thereafter. Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by Consultant and Client, this Agreement shall not automatically be renewed beyond its Term.

 

 

Either party may terminate this Agreement on thirty (30) calendar days written notice, or if prior to such action, the other party materially breaches any of its representations, warranties or obligations under this Agreement. Except as may be otherwise provided in this Agreement, such breach by either party will result in the other party being responsible to reimburse the non-defaulting party for all costs incurred directly as a result of the breach of this Agreement, and shall be subject to such damages as may be allowed by law including all attorneys' fees and costs of enforcing this Agreement.

 

 

Upon any termination or expiration of this Agreement, Client shall pay all unpaid and outstanding fees through the effective date of termination or expiration of this Agreement. And upon such termination, Consultant shall provide and deliver to Client any and all outstanding services due through the effective date of this Agreement.

 

 

 

This Agreement establishes an “independent contractor” relationship between Consultant and Client.

 

 

The rights of each of the parties under this Agreement are cumulative.  The rights of each of the parties hereunder shall not be capable of being waived or varied other than by an express waiver or variation in writing.  Any failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any of such rights shall not operate as a waiver or variation of that or any other such right.  Any defective or partial exercise of any of such rights shall not preclude any other or further exercise of that or any other such right.  No act or course of conduct or negotiation on the part of any party shall in any way preclude such party from exercising any such right or constitute a suspension or any variation of any such right.

 

 

This Agreement and the terms, covenants, conditions, provisions, obligations, undertakings, rights, and benefits hereof, shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the undersigned parties and their heirs, executors, administrators, representatives, successors, and permitted assigns.

 

 

This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.  There are no promises, agreements, conditions, undertakings, understandings, warranties, covenants or representa­tions, oral or written, express or implied, between them with respect to this Agreement or the matters described in this Agreement, except as set forth in this Agreement.  Any such negotiations, promises, or understandings shall not be used to interpret or constitute this Agreement.

 

 

 

Neither this Agreement nor any other benefit to accrue hereunder shall be assigned or transferred by either party, either in whole or in part, without the written consent of the other party, and any purported assignment in violation hereof shall be void.

 

 

This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing executed by all the parties hereto.

 

 

Each part of this Agreement is intended to be severable.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement is found by any court or other authority of competent jurisdiction to be illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed or modified to the extent necessary to render it enforceable and as so severed or modified, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

 

The Section headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein, the singular shall be deemed to include the plural, the plural shall be deemed to include each of the singular, and pronouns of one or no gender shall be deemed to include the equivalent pronoun of the other or no gender.

 

 

In addition to the instruments and documents to be made, executed and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the parties hereto agree to make, execute and deliver or cause to be made, executed and delivered, to the requesting party such other instruments and to take such other actions as the requesting party may reasonably require to carry out the terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

 

Any notice which is required or desired under this Agreement shall be given in writing and may be sent by personal delivery or by mail (either a. United States mail, postage prepaid, or b. Federal Express or similar generally recognized overnight carrier), addressed as follows (subject to the right to designate a different address by notice similarly given):

 

To Client:

 

Freestar Technologies

Torre Empresarial, AIRD, La Julia,

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

 

To Consultant:

 

29 Quai Mountblanc

CH 1201,

Geneva,

Switzerland.

 

 

 

This Agreement shall be governed by the interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada without reference to its conflicts of laws rules or principles.  Each of the parties consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts of the State of California in connection with any dispute arising under this Agreement and hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection, including any objection based on forum non coveniens, to the bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdictions.

 

The person signing this Agreement on behalf of each party hereby represents and warrants that he has the necessary power, consent and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such party.

 

 

The provisions contained in paragraphs 3, 4, 5, and 7 of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and have agreed to and accepted the terms herein on the date written above.

 

 

 

By : /s/ Paul Egan