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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT This Independent Contractor Agreement ("Agreement") is made and effective as of

Key Takeaway: INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT This Independent Contractor Agreement ("Agreement") is made and effective as of February 11, 2022 between Joseph Crabb ("Consultant") and ImmuCell Corporation, a Delaware corporation Now, therefore, Consultant and Company agree as Resignation;

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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT
This Independent Contractor Agreement ("Agreement")
is made and effective as of February 11, 2022 between Joseph Crabb ("Consultant") and ImmuCell Corporation, a Delaware corporation
Now, therefore, Consultant and Company agree as
Resignation; Engagement.
Consultant hereby resigns, effective
11:59 P.M. on February 11, 2022, from all positions held by Consultant with Company, including without limitation as an employee and an
officer of Company. Company hereby engages Consultant, and Consultant accepts the engagement, to act as a consultant and advisor to the
President of Company and such other Company personnel and agents as the President may from time to time designate with respect to product
development initiatives of Company (including without limitation the regulatory approval processes applicable to Company's Re-Tain
mastitis product) for the term set forth in Section 2 hereof.
2. Term; Termination.
Consultant shall provide consulting services to
Company pursuant to this Agreement for a term commencing on February 12, 2022 and ending on the earlier of (a) April 30, 2023 or (b) the
receipt of the FDA approvals described in Section 4 hereof, unless earlier terminated as provided herein. Company shall be entitled to
terminate this Agreement as provided in Section 3 hereof or in the event that Consultant breaches this Agreement and such breach, if capable
of cure, is not cured within fifteen (15) days after receipt by Consultant of written notice thereof, in which case Company shall have
no further liability to Consultant for compensation pursuant to Section 4 hereof or otherwise.
Consultant's schedule and hours worked under
this Agreement shall be subject to the reasonable discretion of the President of Company, in consultation with the Consultant, subject
to Consultant's reasonable prior personal and other commitments and obligations. Company relies upon Consultant to devote sufficient
time as is reasonably necessary to effectively perform the services contemplated hereby. If Consultant's availability is not sufficient,
in the judgment of the President of Company, Company may provide written notice thereof to Consultant and, if a written schedule and availability
commitment reasonably satisfactory to the President of Company is not achieved within fifteen (15) days of such notice, Company may terminate
this Agreement with no further liability to Consultant for compensation pursuant to Section 4 hereof or otherwise.
pay to Consultant $70,000 when Company receives all FDA approvals needed for the commencement of sales of its Nisin (Re-Tain )
product in the United States (including final NADA approval), provided, however, that such payment shall be due and payable only if Consultant
is a consultant to Company under this Agreement at the time of receipt of all such FDA approvals. The applicable payment shall be made
within thirty days (30) days of receipt of such FDA approvals, and shall be subject to all required tax withholdings.
In addition, if Company undergoes a Change of
Control or sells or licenses all or substantially all of the rights to manufacture and sell its Nisin product, and at the time of such
Change of Control, sale or license Consultant is a consultant to Company under this Agreement, Company will make the payment to Consultant
described in the first paragraph of this Section 4. For purposes hereof, "Change of Control" means (a) the sale of all or
substantially all of Company's assets, or (b) the sale or issuance of capital stock of Company, in a single transaction or series
of related transactions, or a merger, consolidation or similar transaction to which Company is party, the result of which is one or more
persons or entities acting together directly or indirectly acquiring a majority of the outstanding capital stock of Company or of the
surviving or resulting entity in such transaction. For purposes hereof, a license of all or substantially all of the rights to manufacture
and sell Company's Nisin product shall not include a transaction in which Company continues to perform manufacturing services to
or for the benefit of the licensee.
Independent Contractor.
Consultant shall be an independent contractor
and not an employee, partner or agent of Company during the term set forth in Section 2 hereof. During such term, Consultant shall not
be entitled to nor receive any benefit normally provided to Company's employees such as, but not limited to, vacation payment, retirement,
health care or sick pay. Consultant shall be solely responsible for filing all returns and paying any income, social security or other
tax levied upon or determined with respect to any payment made to Consultant pursuant to this Agreement.
6. Confidential Information.
Consultant understands and acknowledges that during
and prior to the term of this Agreement, he has had and will have access to and learn about Confidential Information, as defined below.
(a.) Definition. For
purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" means confidential, secret and proprietary documents,
materials, data and other information, in tangible and intangible form, of and relating to Company and its business and existing and
prospective customers, suppliers, investors and other associated third parties.
Confidential Information shall not include information that is generally
available to and known by the public at the time of disclosure to Consultant or becomes publicly known or available thereafter; provided
that such disclosure is through no direct or indirect fault of Consultant or person(s) acting on Consultant's behalf.
(b.) Company Creation
and Use of Confidential Information. Consultant understands and acknowledges that Company has invested, and continues to invest,
substantial time, money and specialized knowledge into designing, manufacturing and selling products and maintaining and expanding
its customer base. Consultant understands and acknowledges that as a result of these efforts, Company has created, and continues to
use and create, Confidential Information. This Confidential Information provides Company with a competitive advantage over others in
Disclosure and Use Restrictions. Consultant agrees and covenants: (i) to treat all Confidential Information as strictly
confidential; (ii) not to directly or indirectly disclose, publish, communicate or make available Confidential Information, or allow it
to be disclosed, published, communicated or made available, in whole or part, to any entity or person whatsoever (including employees
or consultants of Company) not having a need to know and authority to know and use the Confidential Information in connection with the
business of Company and, in any event, not to anyone outside of the direct employ of Company except as required in the performance of
Consultant's authorized duties to Company (and then, such disclosure shall be made only within the limits and to the extent of such
duties); and (iii) not to access or use any Confidential Information, and not to copy any documents, records, files, media or other resources
containing any Confidential Information, or remove any such documents, records, files, media or other resources from the premises or control
of Company, except as required in the performance of Consultant's authorized duties to Company (and then, such disclosure shall
be made only within the limits and to the extent of such duties). Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent disclosure of Confidential
Information as may be required by applicable law or regulation, or pursuant to the valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or
an authorized government agency, provided that the disclosure does not exceed the extent of disclosure required by such law, regulation
or order. Consultant shall promptly provide written notice of any such order to the President of Company.
Consultant understands and acknowledges that his obligations under
this Agreement with regard to any particular Confidential Information shall commence immediately upon Consultant first having access to
such Confidential Information (whether before or after he begins to provide services under this Agreement to Company) and shall continue
during and after his service to Company until such time as such Confidential Information has become public knowledge other than as a result
of Consultant's breach of this Agreement or breach by those acting in concert with Consultant or on Consultant's behalf.
7. Restrictive Covenants.
(a.) Non-solicitation
of Employees. Consultant agrees and covenants not to directly or indirectly solicit, hire, recruit, attempt to hire or recruit,
or induce the termination of employment of any employee of Company during the twelve-month period, to run consecutively, beginning
on the last day of Consultant's consulting services to Company.
(b.) Non-disparagement.
Each party agrees and covenants that he or it will not at any time make, publish or communicate to any person or entity or in any
public forum any defamatory or disparaging remarks, comments or statements concerning the other party or his or its businesses, or
any of his or its employees, officers, and existing and prospective customers, suppliers, investors and other associated third
In the event of a breach or threatened breach by Consultant of Section 6 or 7 of this Agreement, Consultant hereby consents
and agrees that Company shall be entitled to seek, in addition to other available remedies, a temporary or permanent injunction or
other equitable relief against such breach or threatened breach from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the necessity of
showing any actual damages or that money damages would not afford an adequate remedy, and without the necessity of posting any bond
or other security. The aforementioned equitable relief shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, legal remedies, monetary damages or
other available forms of relief.
9. Proprietary Rights.
Product. Consultant acknowledges and agrees that all writings, works of authorship, technology, inventions, discoveries, ideas
and other work product of any nature whatsoever, that are created, prepared, produced, authored, edited, amended, conceived or
reduced to practice by Consultant individually or jointly with others during the period of his employment by or his provision of
consulting services to Company and relating in any way to the business or contemplated business of Company (regardless of when or
where the Work Product is prepared or whose equipment or other resources is used in preparing the same) and all printed, physical
and electronic copies, all improvements, rights and claims related to the foregoing, and other tangible embodiments thereof
Last updated: Feb 11, 2022