草原春来早Consulting_Agreement 顾问协议书 英文版

2020年12月17日发(作者：郭献瑞)
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APPENDIX E

CONSULTING AGREEMENT


THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT (the


day of , 200_ (the Dateby and between XYZ Corporation, a
______________ corporation duly organized under law and having an usual place of business at
_______________________(hereinafter
___________________ of
the

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to engage the Consultant to provide the services

referred

to

as the “Companyand
(hereinafter referred to as
described herein and Consultant agrees to provide the services for the compensation and
otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement,

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, accepted and
agreed to, the Company and the Consultant, intending to be legally bound, agree to the terms
set forth below.

1. TERM. Commencing as of the Effective Date, and continuing for a period of ____ (__)
years (the “Term”), unless earlier terminated pursuant to Article 4 hereof, the Consultant
agrees that heshe will serve as a consultant to the Company. This Agreement may be
renewed or extended for any period as may be agreed by the parties.

2.


DUTIES AND SERVICES.
(a) Consultant's duties and responsibilities shall be
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(collectively,
the “Duties” or “Services”).

(b) Consultant agrees that during the Term heshe will devote up to ____ (__) days
per month to hisher Duties. The Company will periodically provide the Consultant with a
schedule of the requested hours, responsibilities and deliverables for the applicable period of
time. The Duties will be scheduled on an as-needed basis.

(c) The Consultant represents and warrants to the Company that heshe is under no
contractual or other restrictions or obligations which are inconsistent with the execution of this
Agreement, or which will interfere with the performance of hisher Duties. Consultant
represents and warrants that the execution and performance of this Agreement will not violate
any policies or procedures of any other person or entity for which heshe performs Services
concurrently with those performed herein.

(d) In performing the Services, Consultant shall comply, to the best of hisher
knowledge, with all business conduct, regulatory and health and safety guidelines established
by the Company for any governmental authority with respect to the Company’s business.

3.


CONSULTING FEE.
(a) Subject to the provisions hereof, the Company shall pay Consultant a consulting
($$______) Dollars for each hour of Services provided to the Company fee of
(the Fee The Consultant shall submit monthly, on the Company’s standard
reporting form, a listing of hisher hours, the Duties performed and a summary of hisher
activities. The Consulting Fee shall be paid within fifteen (15) days of the Company’s receipt of
the report and invoice.

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(b) Consultant shall be entitled to prompt reimbursement for all pre- approved
expenses incurred in the performance of hisher Duties, upon submission and approval of
written statements and receipts in accordance with the then regular procedures of the
Company.



(c) The Consultant agrees that all Services will be rendered by himher as an
independent contractor and that this Agreement does not create an employer- employee
relationship between the Consultant and the Company. The Consultant shall have no right to
receive any employee benefits including, but not limited to, health and accident insurance, life
insurance, sick leave andor vacation. Consultant agrees to pay all taxes including, self-
employment taxes due in respect of the Consulting Fee and to indemnify the Company in the
event the Company is required to pay any such taxes on behalf of the Consultant.

4.

(a) If the Consultant voluntarily ceases performing hisher Duties, becomes
physically or mentally unable to perform hisher Duties, or is terminated for cause, then, in
each instance, the Consulting Fee shall cease and terminate as of such date. Any termination
“For Cause” shall be made in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.

(b) This Agreement may be terminated without cause by either party upon not less
EARLY TERMINATION OF THE TERM.
than thirty (30) days prior written notice by either party to the other.

(c) Upon termination under Sections 4(a) or 4(b), neither party shall have any
further obligations under this Agreement, except for the obligations which by their terms
survive this termination as noted in Section 16 hereof. Upon termination and, in any case,
upon the Company’s request, the Consultant shall return immediately to the Company all
Confidential Information, as hereinafter defined, and copies thereof.

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5. RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES. During the Term and for a period of one (1) year thereafter,
Consultant will not, directly or indirectly:

(i) solicit or request any employee of or consultant to the Company to leave
the employ of or cease consulting for the Company;

(ii) solicit or request any employee of or consultant to the Company to join
the employ of, or begin consulting for, any individual or entity that researches,
develops, markets or sells products that compete with those of the Company;

(iii) solicit or request any individual or entity that researches, develops,
markets or sells products that compete with those of the Company, to employ
or retain as a consultant any employee or consultant of the Company; or

(iv) induce or attempt to induce any supplier or vendor of the Company to
terminate or breach any written or oral agreement or understanding with the
Company.

6.


PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.
(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Article 6, the terms set forth below shall
have the following meanings:

(i) Concept and Ideas. Those concepts and ideas disclosed by the Company
to Consultant or which are first developed by Consultant during the course of the
performance of Services hereunder and which relate to the Company' present, past or
prospective business activities, services, and products, all of which shall remain the sole
and exclusive property of the Company. The Consultant shall have no publication rights
and all of the same shall belong exclusively to the Company.

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(ii) Confidential Information. For the purposes of this Agreement,
Confidential Information shall mean and collectively include: all information relating to
the business, plans andor technology of the Company including, but not limited to
technical information including inventions, methods, plans, processes, specifications,
characteristics, assays, raw data, scientific preclinical or clinical data, records,
databases, formulations, clinical protocols, equipment design, know-how, experience,
and trade secrets; developmental, marketing, sales, customer, supplier, consulting
relationship information, operating, performance, and cost information; computer
programming techniques whether in tangible or intangible form, and all record bearing
media containing or disclosing the foregoing information and techniques including,
written business plans, patents and patent applications, grant applications, notes, and
memoranda, whether in writing or presented, stored or maintained in or by electronic,
magnetic, or other means.


Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Confidential Information” shall not
include any information which: (a) can be demonstrated to have been in the public
domain or was publicly known or available prior to the date of the disclosure to
Consultant; (b) can be demonstrated in writing to have been rightfully in the possession
of Consultant prior to the disclosure of such information to Consultant by the Company;
(c) becomes part of the public domain or publicly known or available by publication or
otherwise, not due to any unauthorized act or omission on the part of Consultant; or (d)
is supplied to Consultant by a third party without binder of secrecy, so long as that such
third party has no obligation to the Company or any of its affiliated companies to
maintain such information in confidence.

(b) Non-Disclosure to Third Parties. Except as required by Consultant's Duties,
Consultant shall not, at any time now or in the future, directly or indirectly, use, publish,
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disseminate or otherwise disclose any Confidential Information, Concepts, or Ideas to any third
party without the prior written consent of the Company which consent may be denied in each
instance and all of the same, together with publication rights, shall belong exclusively to the
Company.

(c) Documents, etc. All documents, diskettes, tapes, procedural manuals, guides,
specifications, plans, drawings, designs and similar materials, lists of present, past or
prospective customers, customer proposals, invitations to submit proposals, price lists and
data relating to the pricing of the Company' products and services, records, notebooks and all
other materials containing Confidential Information or information about Concepts or Ideas
(including all copies and reproductions thereof), that come into Consultant's possession or
control by reason of Consultant's performance of the relationship, whether prepared by
Consultant or others: (a) are the property of the Company, (b) will not be used by Consultant in
any way other than in connection with the performance of hisher Duties, (c) will not be
provided or shown to any third party by Consultant, (d) will not be removed from the
Company's or Consultant’s premises (except as Consultant's Duties require), and (e) at the
termination (for whatever reason), of Consultant's relationship with the Company, will be left
with, or forthwith returned by Consultant to the Company.

(d) Patents, etc. The Consultant agrees that the Company is and shall remain the
exclusive owner of the Confidential Information and Concepts and Ideas. Any interest in
patents, patent applications, inventions, technological innovations, trade names, trademarks,
service marks, copyrights, copyrightable works, developments, discoveries, designs, processes,
formulas, know-how, data and analysis, whether registrable or not (which
Consultant, as a result of rendering Services to the Company under this Agreement, may
conceive or develop, shall: (i) forthwith be brought to the attention of the Company by
Consultant and (ii) belong exclusively to the Company. No license or conveyance of any such
rights to the Consultant is granted or implied under this Agreement.
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(e) Assignment. The Consultant hereby assigns and, to the extent any such
assignment cannot be made at present, hereby agrees to assign to the Company, without
further compensation, all of hisher right, title and interest in and to all Concepts, Ideas, and
Developments. The Consultant will execute all documents and perform all lawful acts which
the Company considers necessary or advisable to secure its rights hereunder and to carry out
the intent of this Agreement.

7. EQUITABLE RELIEF. Consultant agrees that any breach of Articles 5 and 6 above by
himher would cause irreparable damage to the Company and that, in the event of such breach,
the Company shall have, in addition to any and all remedies of law, the right to an injunction,
specific performance or other equitable relief to prevent the violation or threatened violation
of Consultant's obligations hereunder.

8. WAIVER. Any waiver by the Company of a breach of any provision of this Agreement
shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any
other provision hereof. All waivers by the Company shall be in writing.

9. SEVERABILITY; REFORMATION. In case any one or more of the provisions or parts of
a provision contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any
other provision or part of a provision of this Agreement; and this Agreement shall, to the
fullest extent lawful, be reformed and construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable
provision, or part of a provision, had never been contained herein, and such provision or part
reformed so that it would be valid, legal and enforceable to the maximum extent possible.
Without limiting the foregoing, if any provision (or part of provision) contained in this
Agreement shall for any reason be held to be excessively broad as to duration, activity or
subject, it shall be construed by limiting and reducing it, so as to be enforceable to the fullest
extent compatible with then existing applicable law.
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10. ASSIGNMENT. The Company shall have the right to assign its rights and obligations
under this Agreement to a party which assumes the Company' obligations hereunder.
Consultant shall not have the right to assign hisher rights or obligations under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of the Company. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Consultant's heirs and legal representatives in the event of hisher
death or disability.

11. HEADINGS. Headings and subheadings are for convenience only and shall not be
deemed to be a part of this Agreement.

12. AMENDMENTS. This Agreement may be amended or modified, in whole or in part,
only by an instrument in writing signed by all parties hereto. Any amendment, consent,
decision, waiver or other action to be made, taken or given by the Company with respect to
the Agreement shall be made, taken or given on behalf of the Company only by authority of
the Company’s Board of Directors.

13. NOTICES. Any notices or other communications required hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed given when delivered in person or when mailed, by certified or registered
first class mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed to the parties at their
addresses specified in the preamble to this Agreement or to such other addresses of which a
party shall have notified the others in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.

14. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
each of which shall constitute an original and all of which shall be deemed a single agreement.

15. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and
applicable to contracts governed for all purposes by the laws of
executed and wholly performed within such jurisdiction. Any dispute arising hereunder shall be
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referred to and heard in only a court located in

16.
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SURVIVAL. The provisions of Sections 5 to 9 and 15 to 16 of this Agreement shall
survive the expiration of the Term or the termination of this Agreement. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, between the Company and the Consultant
relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.

EXECUTED, under seal, effective as of the Effective Date.


XYZ CORPORATION




By:
CONSULTANT









[Name] [Title]
Hereunto Duly Authorized











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