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During the year ended December 31, 2010 a consulting agreement was entered into with an existing shareholder of CTel Canada, the former parent of CommerceTel, Inc., totaling payments of $80,000 and concluded in September 2010. The Company and stockholder agreed in October 2010 that the amount would be settled with 200,000 shares of CommerceTel, Inc., which were subsequently exchanged for 145,359 shares of CommerceTel Corporation as part of the Merger.
During the year ended December 31, 2010 a consulting agreement was entered into with an existing shareholder of CTel Canada, the former parent of CommerceTel, Inc., totaling payments of $15,000 and concluded on September 30, 2010. The consulting agreement was paid in full.
Prior to the reverse merger on November 2, 2010, Optimal Payments Corporation converted $570,534 of debt into $370,534 worth of Commercetel Inc common stock and $200,000 of prepaid services to be rendered by CommerceTel. These services remain owed to Optimal Payments Corporation at December 31, 2011. A member of CommerceTel’s Board of Directors is currently President of Sterling Card Solutions, which has a minority ownership position in Optimal Payments Corporation.
Hidden River Ventures I, LLC is an existing shareholder in CommerceTel Corporation as a result of converting $229,000 of payables in exchange for 415,937 shares of CommerceTel Corporation common stock. On October 26, 2010, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with a related company under common control, Hidden River, LLC, pursuant to which Hidden River, LLC would lead the Company’s acquisition strategy. The consulting agreement calls for monthly payments of $10,000, along with periodic bonus payments associated with the success of the acquisition strategy, as well as options to purchase 700,000 shares granted on December 24, 2010 priced at $.32 per share. Of the options granted, 349,997 options were vested as of December 24, 2011. Hidden River was paid $140,000 in 2011.
During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Managing Director of Hidden River, LLC, became an investor in the company’s private placement with an investment of $25,000.
During the year ended December 31, 2011, a consulting agreement was entered into with Premier Capital Partners for investor relations services in exchange for 200,000 common shares. Subsequently the Managing Director for Premier Capital Partners became an investor in the company’s private placement with an investment of $225,000.
During the year ended December 31, 2011, the company entered into an employment agreement with the primary owner and shareholder of Digimark LLC, holder of 519,540 common shares, to serve as Executive Vice President of Business Development. He was paid $40,000 in 2011.
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