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Commitments And Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]  
Commitments And Contingencies

10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

Employment and consulting agreements:

Mr. Smith has held the positions of Director, President and General Counsel of Company and its subsidiaries under various agreements and terms since March 2003 and since September 1, 2010 has been paid a monthly salary of $19,000. During July 2011, the Company entered into an extension agreement whereby Mr. Smith will continue to hold his current position in the Company through a date no later than December 31, 2012. Commencing January 1, 2012, Mr. Smith will be paid a monthly salary of $20,000. In addition, Mr. Smith will be issued 90,000 shares of the Company's common stock in two tranches of 45,000 shares on each of January 15, 2013 and 2014, respectively. The Company expensed $240,300 during the nine months ended March 31, 2012 as the future stock issuance was fully vested upon grant date. As part of the extension agreement, Mr. Smith was also granted 200,000 options, which vested immediately, to purchase common shares of the Company at a price of $3.00 per share and which options expire on December 31, 2019. The Company expensed $334,000 during the nine months ended March 31, 2012 as the options were fully vested upon grant date.

Since March 31, 2005, the Company has had various agreements with Brightcap, through which the services of Mr. Bassani are provided. On September 30, 2009 the Company entered into an extension agreement with Brightcap pursuant to which Mr. Bassani will provide services to the Company through September 30, 2012 for $312,000 annually. Due to the resignation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer, the Board appointed Mr. Bassani as the Company's CEO effective May 13, 2011. On July 15, 2011, Mr. Bassani, Brightcap and the Company agreed to an extension/amendment of the existing agreement with Brightcap which provides that Mr. Bassani will continue to provide the services of CEO through June 30, 2013 and will continue to provide full-time services to the Company in other capacities through June 30, 2014 at a salary of $26,000 per month, which salary will be re-evaluated in spring 2012. In addition Mr. Bassani's convertible deferred compensation was extended to July 1, 2012 and Mr. Bassani will be issued 300,000 shares of the Company's common stock issuable in three tranches of 100,000 shares on each of January 15, 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively. During the nine months ended March 31, 2012 the Company expensed $795,000 related to the future stock issuances as the bonus was fully vested upon grant date. Mr. Bassani was also granted 725,000 options, which vested immediately, to purchase shares of the Company's common stock at $3.00 per share which options expire on December 31, 2019. The Company expensed $1,203,500 during the nine months ended March 31, 2012 as the options were fully vested upon grant date.

Effective September 18, 2006, the Company entered into a four-year employment agreement with Jeremy Rowland whereby Mr. Rowland assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer of Projects at an annual salary of $150,000. In June 2008, the employment agreement terms were extended through July 1, 2012. Mr. Rowland now serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Company's Services Group subsidiary.

During January 2012, the Company approved an employment agreement contract extension effective January 1, 2012 with Mr. Scott whereby he will continue to act as Vice President of Capital Markets and Shareholder Relations through December 31, 2012, at an annual salary of $144,000. In consideration for his extension agreement, Mr. Scott was granted 75,000 options to purchase shares of the Company's common shares at $2.75 per share with an expiry date of December 31, 2016, 12,500 contingent stock options that will be issued if the Company's stock price exceeds $10 and $20 per share, respectively, and an extension of the expiry dates all his existing warrants and options as of January 1, 2012 until December 31, 2016.

Effective January 1, 2011, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Edward Schafer pursuant to which for a period of three years, Mr. Schafer will provide senior management services to the Company on an approximately 75% full time basis, initially as Executive Vice Chairman and as a director. Compensation for Mr. Schafer's services will initially be at an annual rate of $250,000, which will consist of $150,000 in cash compensation and $100,000 payable in the Company's common stock. Commencing the month following the first calendar month-end after the Company has completed an equity financing in excess of $3,000,000 (net of commissions and other offering expenses), Mr. Schafer's compensation shall be at an annual rate of $225,000, all of which shall be payable in cash.

Effective February 1, 2011, the Company entered into an employment agreement with James Morris, pursuant to which Mr. Morris will act as Chief Technology Officer of the Company through January 31, 2015 at an annual salary of $150,000 until July 1, 2011, at which time the annual salary was increased to $180,000.

Effective September 27, 2011, the Company entered into an employment agreement with George Bloom, pursuant to which Mr. Bloom, the Company's Chief Engineering Officer, will act as Vice President-Engineering of the Company through January 31, 2016 at an annual salary of $180,000.

In May 2005 the Company declared contingent deferred stock bonuses of 690,000 shares to its key employees and consultants. The stock bonuses of 492,500 and 197,500 shares are contingent upon the Company's stock price exceeding $10.00 and $20.00 per share, respectively, and the grantees still being employed by or providing services to the Company at the time the target prices are reached. As of March 31, 2012, 327,500 and 115,000 of these contingent bonus shares, respectively, remain outstanding, to be issued when and if the Company's stock price exceeds $10.00 and $20.00 per share, respectively.

Effective January 1, 2011 the Company declared a contingent stock bonus of 50,000 shares to Mr. Smith. The stock bonus is contingent upon the Company's stock price exceeding $10.00 and does not require that Mr. Smith remains employed by the Company.

Litigation:

The Company currently is not involved in any material litigation.