This document is confidential and pursuant to settlement negotiations of disputed claims and is governed by NRS 42.105 and FRE 408 SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.1
This document is confidential and pursuant to settlement negotiations of disputed claims and is governed by NRS 42.105 and FRE 408
SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
This Settlement and Release Agreement (this “Agreement”) shall be effective as of January 28, 2015 (the “Effective Date”) by and between SPIRIT BEAR LIMITED (“Spirit Bear”) and its Assignees, as such term is defined hereinafter in the final recital, and HPEV, INC. (“HPEV”); each of Spirit Bear and HPEV, individually a “Party” or collectively, the “Parties”.
WHEREAS, Spirit Bear and HPEV are parties to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2012 (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, Spirit Bear was issued preferred stock and warrants;
WHEREAS, the Parties are involved in the following lawsuits (collectively, the “Lawsuits”): (i) HPEV, Inc. v. Spirit Bear Limited, Xxxxxx and Olins 14-cv-9175 (PGG) (S.D.N.Y.); (ii) HPEV, Inc. v. Spirit Bear Limited 13-cv-01548 (JAD) (GWF) (D. Nev.), (iii) Xxxxxxx x. Xxxxxx, et al., Index No. 14-004473 (NY Sup. Ct. Nassau Cnty.); (iv) Manhattan Transfer Registrar Company v. HPEV, Inc. and Xxxxxxx Xxxx 14-cv-6418 (ADS) (SIL) (E.D.N.Y.) (the “Interpleader Action”), and (v) Xxxxxx, et al. v. HPEV, Inc. (Xxxxx Cnty. Distr. Ct., NV, Case No. A-14-703641-B, Dept. XXV);
WHEREAS, the HPEV, Inc. v. Spirit Bear Limited 13-cv-01548 (JAD) (GWF) (D. Nev.) lawsuit includes various shareholder derivative claims which Spirit Bear has filed on behalf of HPEV and its shareholders (the “Shareholder Derivative Claims);
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to enter into this Agreement to resolve with finality all issues related to and arising directly and indirectly from said Purchase Agreement as well as any and all disputes, claims and allegations of whatever nature among the Parties and their respective affiliates, specifically including but not limited to the Lawsuits and the Shareholder Derivative Claims (all together, the “Dispute”);
WHEREAS, the Parties have negotiated a settlement agreement applicable to the Shareholder Derivative Claims attached hereto as Exhibit A which requires court approval;
WHEREAS, without any admission of liability or fault, the Parties each desire to memorialize their agreement to settle the Dispute in its entirety and fully and finally release and settle all claims and/or counterclaims which were or could have been asserted in the Lawsuits (providing separately for the Shareholder Derivative Claims as addressed in Exhibit A hereto) as well as any other existing or potential claims among them, and to dismiss the Lawsuits with prejudice (providing separately for the Shareholder Derivative Claims as addressed in Exhibit A hereto), in order to avoid the continued expense, uncertainties and distraction of litigation, and therefore, through their authorized representatives have agreed to settle all matters that were or could have been asserted, all as set forth herein below; and
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WHEREAS, for purposes of this Agreement, the Assignees of Spirit Bear include all holders of any interest in shares (common or preferred), warrants, or any other interest in HPEV obtained from or through Spirit Bear, specifically including Xxxxxxx Xxxx (“Xxxx”), Xxxxxx Xxxxx (“Xxxxx”), Xxxxxx Xxxxx (“Xxxxx”), Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx (“Xxxxx”), and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx (“Xxxxxxx”), and the entities owned or controlled in whole or in part by each or any of them; but specifically excluding Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx and any entities owned or controlled in whole or in part by him, as well as any and all parties that acquired shares that Spirit Bear, Adams, Kahn, and Xxxxxxx sold in the public market for such shares.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
| 1.0 | SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS |
| 1.1 | Purchase of Shares |
| 1.1-1 | Spirit Bear, Kahn, Knoll, Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx hereby agree to irrevocably sell to HPEV, or any assignee or designee of HPEV, all the shares of common and preferred stock (collectively, the “Shares”) each directly or indirectly owns, or has assigned, if any, in HPEV (as enumerated below) for a purchase price of Fifty One and One-Half cents ($0.5150) per share, multiplied by Eight Million Twenty Eight Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Five (8,028,385) shares, being equal in the aggregate to Four Million One Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Eighteen Dollars ($4,134,618.00) (the “Purchase Funds”). The Purchase Funds shall be deposited by HPEV (or its designee) to a trust account administered by HPEV’s counsel; and Eight Million Twenty Eight Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Five (8,028,385) Shares shall be delivered by Spirit Bear (and its assignees) to Spirit Bear’s counsel. Upon confirmation by respective counsels for HPEV and Spirit Bear that the Purchase Funds and Shares all have been received in full, each and both shall deposit the Purchase Funds and the Shares, respectively, into escrow with a common escrow agent agreeable to the Parties (the date of the deposit into escrow of the Purchase Funds and of the Shares being referred to hereinafter as the “Escrow Funding Date”, which date shall be not later than fifty (50) days following the Effective Date, subject to Section 1.5), which escrow agent shall be and hereby is instructed to deliver to Spirit Bear, in care of its counsel Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx to such account as Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx shall designate, Seventy Percent (70.00%) of the Purchase Funds, being equal to Two Million Eight Hundred Ninety-Four Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($2,894,233.00) (the “Initial Purchase Funds”), and to deliver Seventy Percent (70%) of the Shares, being equal to Five Million Six Hundred Nineteen Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy (5,619,870) shares to HPEV, subject to Paragraph 2.5 herein, upon both of the following conditions: |
| (a) | The clearing of the Purchase Funds into the escrow agent’s account; and | |
| (b) | Receipt of the Shares by the escrow agent, signature medallion guaranteed and duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the transfer agent of HPEV. |
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| 1.1-2 | The date upon which the escrow agent confirms that both of the foregoing conditions are satisfied such that the instruction to the escrow agent to deliver the Initial Purchase Funds and Initial Shares is effective immediately, and upon which same date it shall initiate the delivery of the Initial Purchase Funds and the Initial Shares, shall be the “Initial Payment Date”. |
| 1.1-3 | The amount of Thirty Percent (30.00%) of the Purchase Funds, being equal to One Million Two Hundred Forty Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars ($1,240,385.00) (the “Completion Purchase Funds”), shall be retained in escrow pending dismissal of the Shareholder Derivative Claims; the amount of Thirty Percent (30.00%) of the Shares, being equal to Two Million Four Hundred Eight Thousand Five Hundred Fifteen (2,408,515) shares (the “Completion Shares”), shall be retained in escrow pending dismissal of the Shareholder Derivative Claims; and the Parties shall seek to obtain dismissal of the Shareholder Derivative Claims, as provided for in Paragraph 2.5 hereof. |
| 1.1-4 | If HPEV does not remit the Purchase Funds in full to the escrow agent by the Escrow Funding Date, this Agreement shall terminate, subject to the provisions of only Paragraph 1.5 herein, and Spirit Bear, Xxxx, Knoll, Brown, and Xxxxxxx shall thereafter retain ownership of the Shares, and Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx shall thereafter retain ownership of their respective warrants. |
| 1.1-5 | Spirit Bear, Xxxx, Knoll, Brown, and Xxxxxxx represent that each has no ownership or other interest in any equity of HPEV, directly or indirectly, other than as enumerated in Section 1.0 of this Agreement. The summary in Table 1.1-5 and Table 1.2-1 of this Agreement is an accurate tabulation by each (of Spirit Bear, Xxxx, Knoll, Brown, and Xxxxxxx) of its total interest in HPEV, with which summary HPEV agrees for purposes of this Agreement. The Parties hereby stipulate that such tabulation shall supersede any other summary known or unknown, in existence as of the Effective Date. From and after the Closing Date, Spirit Bear and its Assignees agree that they shall have no right, economic, voting or otherwise, with respect to the Shares except as provided for in this Agreement. |
| Table 1.1-5 |
| Common Shares | ||
| Spirit Bear - Preferred yet to be converted | 7,000,000 | |
| Spirit Bear - Common Shares | 500,000 | |
| Xxxxxxx Xxxx Common Shares | 216,018 | |
| Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Common Shares | 190,871 | |
| Xxxxxx Xxxxx - shares remaining after warrant execution | 81,055 | |
| Xxxxxx Xxxxx - shares remaining after warrant execution | 40,441 | |
| Total: | 8,028,385 |
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| 1.1-6 | Upon the entry of an order of dismissal as to the Shareholder Derivative Claims, the escrow agent shall and hereby is instructed to deliver the Completion Purchase Funds to Spirit Bear, and to deliver the Completion Shares to HPEV. The date upon which the Completion Purchase Funds clear into Spirit Bear’s account shall be the “Closing Date”. In the event that an order of dismissal as to the Shareholder Derivative Claims is not entered within ninety (90) days following the Effective Date (the “Derivative Claim Pending Period”), then, absent agreement by the Parties to further extend the Derivative Claim Pending Period, each Party shall at that time and thereafter have the right, on ten (10) days’ advance written notice to the other, to declare the Closing Date void (the effective date of which shall be the “Closing Void Date”), in which case the escrow agent shall and hereby is instructed to deliver the Completion Purchase Funds to HPEV and to deliver the Completion Shares to Spirit Bear, all other terms of this Agreement remaining in full force and effect. In such event, any dates, deadlines, or conditions defined in this Agreement in reference to the Closing Date shall instead be defined by the Closing Void Date. |
| 1.1-7 | Spirit Bear represents that neither it nor its Assignees have made an assignment of any interest in any of the Shares or in any warrants to Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx, or Xxxxxx Xxxxx, and acknowledges that HPEV is relying upon such representation in entering into this Agreement. |
| 1.2 | Warrants |
| 1.2-1 | Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx will, within three (3) business days following the Effective Date, deliver their respective warrants to Spirit Bear’s counsel, and HPEV will, within three (3) business days following the Effective Date, deliver new warrants (identical to the existing warrants except as to the issue date and expiration date; and, with respect to the Series C warrants only, also except as to the strike price), as set forth hereinafter in Table 1.2-1, to HPEV’s counsel (it being agreed that Spirit Bear does not have a signed original warrant agreement reflecting the 500,000 RRA Penalty Warrants). The Parties’ respective counsels shall then, by the fourth (4th) business day following the Effective Date, exchange warrant documents for delivery to HPEV and to Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx, respectively. The warrant positions of Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx as of the Effective Date shall be as follows, without regard to the existence or possession of earlier-issued warrants (all of which shall be deemed void as of the date new warrants are delivered pursuant to this Section): |
| Table 1.2-1 |
| Warrants | Quantity | Strike Price | Expiration Date |
| Series A – Spirit Bear | 1,800,000 | $0.35 | 1/29/2017 |
| Series B – Spirit Bear | 1,800,000 | $0.50 | 1/29/2017 |
| Series C – Spirit Bear | 1,800,000 | $0.50 | 1/29/2017 |
| Series A – Xxxxxxx | 200,000 | $0.35 | 1/29/2017 |
| Series B – Xxxxxxx | 200,000 | $0.50 | 1/29/2017 |
| Series C – Xxxxxxx | 200,000 | $0.50 | 1/29/2017 |
| Penalty Warrants | 1,091,054 | $0.35 | 12/14/2015 |
| RRA Penalty Warrants | 500,000 | $0.35 | 1/29/2017 |
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| 1.2-2 | In the event that either Party shall not deliver its (or both Parties shall not deliver their) warrants to counsel within three (3) business days following the Effective Date, this Agreement shall terminate, and Spirit Bear (as well as Xxxx, Knoll, Brown, and Xxxxxxx) shall thereafter retain ownership of the Shares, and Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx shall thereafter retain ownership of their respective warrants. |
| 1.2-3 | With respect to the 1,091,054 Penalty Warrants owned by Spirit Bear, HPEV agrees that said warrants shall expire on December 14, 2015; with respect to the 500,000 RRA Penalty Warrants owned by Spirit Bear, HPEV agrees that said warrants shall expire on January 29, 2017. |
| 1.2-4 | Subject to Section 1.3 herein and the quantities, strike prices, and expriation dates specified above in this Section 1.2, Spirit Bear shall be entitled to exercise at its discretion the 1,091,054 Penalty Warrants and/or the 500,000 RRA Penalty Warrants in accordance with the terms of said warrants, and to sell the shares issuable upon the due exercise of the 1,091,054 Penalty Warrants and/or the 500,000 RRA Penalty Warrants in an amount not to exceed (i) the volume restrictions under Rule 144 on a quarterly basis, and with the further limitation of (ii) not more than Twenty Thousand (20,000) shares per day. |
| 1.2-5A | In the event that HPEV shall not electronically deliver to Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx any or all shares in connection with a warrant exercise within three (3) trading days (as provided for in the warrant agreements), subject to only the exceptions in 1.2-5A(i) through 1.2-5A(iii) of this Section 1.2-5A, HPEV shall weekly pay to Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx damages per day equal to the product of (1) the quantity of warrants that Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx shall have elected to exercise, multiplied by (2) Two Cents ($0.02). Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx shall be entitled to enforce these obligations of HPEV by injunctive relief and/or specific performance without posting a bond. The obligation to pay the foregoing damages to Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx as provided in this Section is expressly conditioned on the absence of an impediment to HPEV’s strict compliance with this Section resulting from either (i) regulatory action (whether a formal action or any written letter of instruction) by an entity of competent jurisdiction, evidenced in writing and delivered to Spirit Bear’s counsel; (ii) force majeure; or (iii) the failure by Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx to provide a completed Notice of Exercise form (as included in the warrant agreements, a copy of which is annexed hereto as Exhibit B) containing the information required therein. | |
| 1.2-5B. | Force Majeure |
| (i) | HPEV shall have the burden of proof with respect to any claim of force majeure and HPEV shall notify counsel for Spirit Bear by telephone, or such other method as shall be most practicable (using the contact information in Section 3.6 hereof), within twelve (12) hours following the beginning of an occurrence of force majeure. |
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| (ii) | In the event that electronic delivery of shares in connection with the exercise of warrants under this agreement shall not be possible due to an event of force majeure, Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx may direct HPEV and/or its transfer agent that certificates for the shares due to them be physically delivered, to such address or addresses as Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx shall at that date provide, by overnight courier. In the event that Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx shall direct next-day physical delivery of share certificates and the certificates shall not be received on the first (1st) business day following the date upon which such instructions were given, HPEV shall begin to pay damages (as provided in paragraph 1.2-5A hereof) to Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx commencing on the third (3rd) business day following the date upon which Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx shall direct HPEV to make overnight delivery and shall continue to be incurred and paid until the date upon which the certificates shall be received by Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx. |
| 1.2-6 | Series A, B, and C Warrants |
| 1.2-6A | The Parties and Xxxxxxx expressly acknowledge and agree that the Series A, B, and C warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”) shall not be exercised until after December 31, 2015, nor shall Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx be entitled to sell, transfer, dispose of or otherwise encumber the Warrants until after December 31, 2015. From January 1, 2016, until December 31, 2016, (the “Warrant Exercise Period”) Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx shall (subject to the provisions of Section 1.3 hereof) be entitled to exercise the Warrants at their discretion (provided, however, that neither Spirit Bear nor Xxxxxxx (including their assignees) shall each submit more than one exercise notice in any calendar week) with the following restrictions, to sell the shares issuable upon the due exercise of the Warrants in an amount not to exceed (i) the volume restrictions under Rule 144 on a quarterly basis and the further limitation of (ii) not more than Thirty Thousand (30,000) shares per day. |
| 1.2-6B | From and after January 1, 2017, Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx, if either or both still owns any of the Warrants or underlying shares resulting from the exercise of the Warrants, will not be limited in exercising such Warrants or selling such resulting shares, subject to applicable securities laws and regulations. |
| 1.3 | Right of First Offer |
| 1.3-1 | Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx hereby each grants to OLP Holdings, Inc. (including its successors and assignees, hereinafter “OLP”) an irrevocable right of first offer, effective throughout the Warrant Exercise Period, to purchase, subject to the exercise and sale rights of Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx under Sections 1.2 and 1.3 hereof, any and all A, B, and C Warrants then still owned by Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx, at the Values and during the time periods set forth below in Table 1.3. |
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| 1.3-2 | During the Warrant Exercise Period, Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx shall, at least three (3) business days prior to exercising any of the Series A, B and/or C warrants as provided for in Section 1.2 hereof, deliver a Notice of Intent to exercise Warrants (“Intent Notice”) to OLP. The Intent Notice shall set forth the specific series and quantity of warrants which Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx intends to exercise. OLP may elect to purchase the Warrants so designated, in full or in part, during the three (3) business days following its receipt of the Intent Notice (the “Election Period”), at a price equal to the Value stated below in Table 1.3, calculated on a pro-rata basis for the number of warrants to be purchased. Upon (i) written notice by OLP that it will not elect to purchase some or any portion of said designated Warrants, or (ii) the expiration of the Election Period without an affirmative written notice from OLP and the payment in full by OLP of the purchase price within the three (3) business days next following the Election Period, Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx shall have the right to exercise the Warrants outlined in the Intent Notice and to sell the underlying shares consistent with the quantity limitations specified in this Agreement. Any effort by Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx to exercise warrants without first providing to OLP the right of first offer specified in this paragraph shall be null, void, and of no legal effect, with any associated costs borne by Spirit Bear. |
| 1.3-3 | It is the intent of the Parties that any attempt by Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx to transfer or encumber any A, B, and C Warrants other than as specifically permitted by Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of this Agreement (including the foregoing limitations on volume, timing, and right of first offer) be void and ineffective, without regard to the knowledge or good faith of the transferee or beneficiary thereof; Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx agree to indemnify HPEV as against any person or entity claiming any right or interest pursuant to an action not permitted by this Agreement. Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx further each acknowledges that HPEV is authorized to deny the exercise of warrants and/or to place "stop orders" on its books to prevent any transfer of shares by Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx inconsistent with this Agreement. |
| 1.3-4 | Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx hereby grant to OLP an irrevocable call option during the Warrant Exercise Period to purchase any and all Warrants owned by Spirit Bear and/or Xxxxxxx at a price equal to the Value and under the time scenarios stated below in Table 1.3, calculated on a pro-rata basis for the number of warrants to be purchased. |
Table 1.3
| Number of Warrants | Exercise Price |
Agreed Premium |
Value | ||
| If called by: | 3/31/2016 | ||||
| Series A Warrants | 2,000,000 | $0.35 | 1.00 | $2,000,000 | |
| Series B & C Warrants | 4,000,000 | $0.50 | 0.85 | $3,400,000 | |
| Total Purchase Price: | $5,400,000 | ||||
| If called by: | 6/30/2016 | ||||
| Series A Warrants | 2,000,000 | $0.35 | 1.25 | $2,500,000 | |
| Series B & C Warrants | 4,000,000 | $0.50 | 1.10 | $4,400,000 | |
| Total Purchase Price: | $6,900,000 | ||||
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| Number of Warrants | Exercise Price |
Agreed Premium |
Value | ||
| If called by: | 9/30/2016 | ||||
| Series A Warrants | 2,000,000 | $0.35 | 1.50 | $3,000,000 | |
| Series B & C Warrants | 4,000,000 | $0.50 | 1.35 | $5,400,000 | |
| Total Purchase Price: | $8,400,000 | ||||
| If called by: | 12/31/2016 | ||||
| Series A Warrants | 2,000,000 | $0.35 | 1.75 | $3,500,000 | |
| Series B & C Warrants | 4,000,000 | $0.50 | 1.60 | $6,400,000 | |
| Total Purchase Price: | $9,900,000 | ||||
| 1.4 | Spirit Bear agrees that, as of the Initial Payment Date, it shall have no further rights to appoint nominees to the Board of Directors of HPEV under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Bylaws of HPEV, or otherwise. |
| 1.5 | Cure |
| If the deposit into escrow of the total amount of the Purchase Funds is not completed by fifty (50) days following the Effective Date, for reasons not attributable to a lack of diligence on the part of HPEV, then HPEV shall have the right to postpone the Escrow Funding Date by a period not to exceed ten (10) business days (the “Escrow Funding Extension Period”), to enable completion of the payment of the total amount of the Purchase Funds contemplated by Section 1.1, in which case the Escrow Funding Date shall be postponed to the date upon which the Purchase Funds shall be deposited into escrow (the “Postponed Escrow Funding Date”), provided such date be not later than ten (10) business days following the Escrow Funding Date originally anticipated hereunder. In the event that the total amount of the Purchase Funds shall not be deposited into escrow (as provided for in Section 1.1 hereof) by the Postponed Escrow Funding Date, this Agreement shall terminate, and Spirit Bear, Xxxx, Knoll, Brown, and Xxxxxxx shall thereafter retain ownership of the Shares, and Spirit Bear and Xxxxxxx shall thereafter retain ownership of their warrants. |
| 1.6 | Registration |
| 1.6-1 | HPEV shall, by not later than ten (10) business days following the Initial Payment Date, file (and do all that it can to perfect as necessary or appropriate) a new S-1 Registration Statement covering only the Completion Shares and the Warrant Shares [as hereinafter defined below in subparagraph 1.6-1(i)], and shall take all such actions consistent with this Agreement as shall be required of it to have such registration statement declared effective by the SEC (recognizing that the SEC is not subject to the control of HPEV) as soon as possible (including, but not limited to, submitting a request for acceleration of effectiveness at the earliest possible date) and thereafter to maintain the same in effect continuously and at all times subject to the approval of the SEC, recognizing that the SEC is not subject to the control of HPEV, for so long as: |
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(i) Spirit Bear shall own any (a) Completion Shares, (b) Warrants, Penalty Warrants and/or RRA Penalty Warrants or (c) shares derived from Warrants, Penalty Warrants and/or RRA Penalty Warrants (all such warrants and underlying shares identified in (b) and (c) being referred to herein, irrespective of the holder, as “Warrant Shares”);
(ii) Xxxxxxx shall own any Completion Shares, Warrants or Warrant Shares; and/or
(iii) Kahn, Knoll, or Xxxxx shall own any Completion Shares.
| 1.6-2 | In the event that HPEV shall fail to maintain in effect a registration statement covering the Completion Shares and the Warrant Shares at all times insofar as required by Section 1.6-1 (recognizing that the SEC is not subject to the control of HPEV), HPEV shall daily pay to Spirit Bear, Xxxx, Knoll, Brown, and Xxxxxxx damages per day equal to the product of (1) the sum of the quantity of Completion Shares plus the quantity of Warrant Shares owned by Spirit Bear, Xxxx, Knoll, Brown, and Xxxxxxx multiplied by (2) Two Cents ($0.02). In addition, Spirit Bear, Xxxx, Knoll, Brown, and Xxxxxxx shall be entitled to enforce this obligation of HPEV by injunctive relief and/or specific performance without posting a bond. |
| 2.0 | FURTHER OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES AND ASSIGNEES |
| 2.1 | Holdover Directors |
| 2.1-1 | Holdover Board of Directors members Xxxxxx, Xxxx and Xxxxx (the “SBL Holdover Directors”) shall each tender his or her written resignation from the HPEV Board of Directors within ten (10) days following the Effective Date, which resignation shall state that it is effective as of the Initial Payment Date. The SBL Holdover Directors shall deliver their resignations to Spirit Bear’s counsel to be held in escrow until the Initial Payment Date, at which time they shall be delivered to HPEV through its counsel or as otherwise directed. The obligations of this paragraph shall be enforceable by injunctive relief or specific performance without bond as against the SBL Holdover Directors. |
| 2.2 | No Admission |
| 2.2-1 | Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute (1) an admission of liability, wrongdoing or responsibility by either Party, or (2) any agreement by either Party as to the validity of any of the positions advanced by the other Party in connection with the Dispute. Rather, each Party expressly denies such liability, wrongdoing or responsibility. |
| 2.2-2 | Neither this Agreement nor any part of it may be used in any way against either Party except in an action to enforce, or seek damages for the breach of, this Agreement. |
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| 2.3 | Releases |
| 2.3-1 | Release of Spirit Bear. As of the Initial Payment Date, HPEV and its officers, directors, members, managers, equity owners, agents, representatives, heirs and direct and indirect affiliates and their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the “HPEV Releasors”) irrevocably and unconditionally release, forever discharge, covenant not to xxx, indemnify and hold harmless Spirit Bear and its employees, stockholders, officers, directors, agents, counsel, representatives and direct and indirect affiliates and respective successors and assigns, and all persons, firms, corporations, and organizations acting on their behalf (collectively referred to as the “Spirit Bear Related Persons”) of and from any and all actions, causes of actions, suits, debts, charges, demands, complaints, claims, administrative proceedings, liabilities, obligations, promises, judgments, agreements, controversies, collection efforts, damages and expenses (including but not limited to compensatory, punitive or liquidated damages, attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred), of any kind or nature whatsoever, in law or equity, whether presently known or unknown (collectively, the “Claims”), solely excepting any action to enforce this Agreement and/or seek damages under this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.2, which HPEV and/or any of the HPEV Releasors ever had for, upon, or by reason of any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever from the beginning of time against Spirit Bear or any of the Spirit Bear Related Persons. Without limiting the foregoing, HPEV and the HPEV Releasors each jointly and severally expressly acknowledge that its release provided for in this Section 2.3 is intended to include in its effect, without limitation, all Claims which have arisen and of which it knows, does not know, should have known, had reason to know, suspects to exist or might exist in its favor at the time of the signing, including, without limitation, any Claims relating directly or indirectly to Spirit Bear, including, without limitation any and all actions which have been or could have been brought against Spirit Bear or any Spirit Bear Related Person as a result of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Dispute, the Lawsuits or any other matter directly or indirectly among HPEV or any HPEV Related Person and Spirit Bear or any Spirit Bear Related Person, and that this release shall extinguish all such Claims. This release shall be binding upon each of HPEV and each HPEV Releasor and their respective partners, officers, directors, stockholders, employees, agents, representatives, personal representatives, heirs, assigns, successors and affiliates, and shall inure to the benefit of Spirit Bear and each of the respective Spirit Bear Related Persons. |
| 2.3-2 | Release of HPEV. As of the Initial Payment Date, Spirit Bear and its officers, directors, members, managers, equity owners, agents, representatives, heirs and direct and indirect affiliates, including its Assignees, and their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the “Spirit Bear Releasors”) irrevocably and unconditionally release, forever discharge, covenant not to xxx, indemnify and hold harmless HPEV and its employees, stockholders, officers, directors, agents, counsel, representatives and direct and indirect affiliates and respective successors and assigns, and all persons, firms, corporations, and organizations acting on their behalf (collectively referred to as the “HPEV Related Persons”) of and from any and all Claims, solely excepting any action to enforce this Agreement and/or seek damages under this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.2, which Spirit Bear and/or any of the Spirit Bear Releasors ever had for, upon, or by reason of any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever from the beginning of time against HPEV or any of the HPEV Related Persons, specifically including but not limited to the following: |
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(a) any and all derivative claims and to the extent permissible by law the Shareholder Derivative Claims addressed in Exhibit A hereto;
(b) any claims associated with the negative pledge held by Spirit Bear assignee Xxxxxx; and
(c) any actual or threatened claims for indemnification.
| Without limiting the foregoing, Spirit Bear and the Spirit Bear Releasors each jointly and severally expressly acknowledge that its release provided for in this Section 2.3 is intended to include in its effect, without limitation, all Claims which have arisen and of which it knows, does not know, should have known, had reason to know, suspects to exist or might exist in its favor at the time of the signing, including, without limitation, any Claims relating directly or indirectly to HPEV, including, without limitation any and all actions which have been or could have been brought against HPEV or any HPEV Related Person as a result of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Dispute, the Lawsuits or any other matter directly or indirectly among Spirit Bear or any Spirit Bear Releasor and HPEV or any HPEV Related Person, and that this release shall extinguish all such Claims, including the Shareholder Derivative Claims. This release shall be binding upon each of Spirit Bear and each Spirit Bear Releasor and their respective partners, officers, directors, stockholders, employees, agents, representatives, personal representatives, heirs, assigns, successors and Assignees, and shall inure to the benefit of HPEV and each of the respective HPEV Related Persons. |
| 2.4 | Lawsuits |
| Upon the Initial Payment Date, HPEV and Spirit Bear, and the assignees and representatives of each, agree to dismiss (or, as with respect to the Interpleader Action, cause to be dismissed) with prejudice the Lawsuits (including to the extent permissible by law the Shareholder Derivative Claims as addressed in Exhibit A), each Party to bear its own costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees in connection therewith. The Parties hereby stipulate and agree that as of the Effective Date, to the fullest extent of their ability, any and all discovery or other deadlines in or associated with the Lawsuits are and shall be treated as stayed or held in abeyance until such time as the Lawsuits are dismissed, all discovery (including third-party discovery) is and shall be withdrawn, and that they shall make any such court filings as are appropriate in furtherance of effecting a complete standstill of all litigation related to the Lawsuits; and, with the exception that both parties recognize that HPEV has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) Preliminary Proxy Statements dated December 24, 2014, and January 21, 2015, in which notice for a shareholders’ meeting has been provided, no annual meeting or special meeting of the shareholders shall be publicly noticed, scheduled or held, or any action of any nature taken by HPEV (including its management, management directors, advisory board members, and all HPEV Related Persons) with respect to the filing with the SEC of a Definitive Proxy Statement and/or the composition of the HPEV Board of Directors, until, at the earliest, the day after the Initial Payment Date. Further, upon execution of this Agreement, HPEV agrees to suspend the notice and timing of such shareholders’ meeting until the earlier of (i) seventy (70) days after the Effective Date or (ii) the Initial Payment Date, regardless of a demand from any shareholder , specifically including Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, for an earlier meeting. |
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| 2.5 | The Parties agree to seek to obtain a complete dismissal of all Shareholder Derivative Claims. The Parties agree to execute, implement, and submit for court approval the settlement agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A, and to request and do all other acts and things required to obtain dismissal of the Shareholder Derivative Claims. In the event that the settlement agreement attached as Exhibit A is not approved by the court, then the Parties shall work in good faith to obtain a dismissal of the Shareholder Derivative Claims through whatever means are available to them, both Parties to share equally in any resulting additional cost associated with such means. |
| 2.6 | Each of the Parties agrees that (i) it shall not make any public disparaging statements regarding the other; (ii) the text of any press release or other disseminated announcement or explanation of this settlement (other than regulatory filings, which are provided for under (iii) hereof) shall be mutually agreed to in writing prior to its release, dissemination or publication; (iii) and so long as the Spirit Bear Holdover Directors shall be members of the HPEV Board of Directors, any portion of public filings with the SEC addressing this settlement (but no other portion of any public filing with the SEC) shall require the approval of a majority of the voting members of the HPEV Board of Directors; provided, however, that if a majority of the voting members of the HPEV Board of Directors are unable to agree on language in a public filing with the SEC specifically addressing this settlement, then the language below in Section 2.6(a) may be used without separate approval by the HPEV Board of Directors or otherwise, and in any event the.portion of such filing not directly addressing this settlement shall not be impacted or conditioned in any way by this Section 2.6. |
| (a) | Absent approval of settlement-related language by a majority of the HPEV Board of Directors as specified above in this Section 2.6, the Company may, and agrees to, describe the settlement using the following language: “The Company has reached an agreement with Spirit Bear Limited and its affiliates and assignees (“Spirit Bear”) which, upon the purchase by HPEV of certain specified securities held by Spirit Bear on a date and at an amount specified in the agreement, would permanently resolve, settle, dismiss, and release all actual and potential claims among them (except for breaches under the settlement agreement itself, if any were to arise) without liability therefor, including provisions for the orderly separation of Spirit Bear and persons associated with Spirit Bear from influence, control, or oversight as to the operations of the Company.” |
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| 3.0 | MISCELLANEOUS |
| 3.1 | Binding Agreement |
| This Agreement is binding on the Parties, including their respective Releasors, and their respective successors, heirs, legal representatives, and assigns. Each Party represents to the other that the Party is the sole owner of the claims, causes of action, and/or rights released herein by the Party, and no such claims, causes of action, and/or rights, or any part thereof, have been assigned or conveyed. The undersigned representative for each Party certifies that he or it is fully authorized by the Party whom he or it represents and such Party’s Releasors specifically including its affiliates to enter into the terms and conditions of this Agreement and to commit fully and bind such Party and its Releasors (specifically including its affiliates) according to the provisions hereof. |
| 3.2 | Governing Law and Forum |
| This Agreement, including all matters of construction, validity and performance, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of New York without giving effect to the choice of law or conflicts of law provisions thereof. The Parties hereby consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of the State of New York for enforcement of this Agreement, resolution of any dispute, claim, or liability of any sort arising from or related to this Agreement or any matter addressed by this Agreement, including the Lawsuits. |
| 3.3 | Counterparts |
| This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Electronically scanned signatures (such as PDFs) shall be considered original signatures for all purposes. |
| 3.4 | Integration |
| This Agreement reflects the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties, the HPEV Releasors, and the Spirit Bear Releasors with respect to the settlement contemplated here, and supersedes any and all other prior and contemporaneous negotiations, correspondence, understandings and agreements between the Parties, whether oral or written, regarding such subject matter. No agreements altering or supplementing the terms hereof may be made except by means of a written document, explicitly referencing this Agreement, signed by the duly authorized representatives of the Parties. |
| 3.5 | Construction and Joint Preparation. |
| This Agreement shall be construed to effectuate the mutual intent of the Parties. The Parties and their counsels have cooperated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement, and this Agreement therefore shall not be construed against any Party by virtue of its role as the drafter thereof. No drafts of this Agreement shall be offered by any Party, nor shall any draft be admissible in any proceeding, to explain or construe this Agreement. The headings contained in this Agreement are intended for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. |
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| 3.6 | Notices. | |
| Spirit Bear’s counsel for receipt of notices and other performance as specified in this Agreement shall be:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 Telephone: 0-000-000-0000 Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
HPEV’s counsel for receipt of notices and other performance as specified in this Agreement shall be:
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, PLLC 000 X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000 Telephone: 0-000-000-0000 Email: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
| 3.7 | Further Assurances. From time to time, the Parties agree to do such further acts and things and to execute and deliver such additional agreements and instruments as may be necessary to give effect to the purposes of this Agreement and the Parties’ agreement and understandings hereunder. |
| 3.8 | Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of any Party to exercise any right, remedy, power, or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of that right, remedy, power, or privilege. No waiver of any right, remedy, power, or privilege with respect to any particular occurrence shall be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power, or privilege with respect to any other occurrence. |
| 3.9 | In any action or proceeding to enforce the terms of this Agreement, or to redress any violation of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover as damages (in addition to any damages awarded) its attorney’s fees and costs incurred, whether or not the action is reduced to judgment. For the purposes of this provision, the “prevailing party” shall be that party who has been successful with regard to the main issue, even if that party did not prevail on all the issues. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have each caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized respective representatives.
| SPIRIT BEAR LIMITED | HPEV INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxx Xxxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President | Title: | CEO | |
| SPIRIT BEAR LIMITED Representative |
HPEV INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President | |||
|
XXXXXX XXXX XXXXX Individually |
HPEV INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Title: | CFO | |||
| SPIRIT BEAR LIMITED Representative |
HPEV INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
| Title: | HPEV Director | Title: | Vice President and Secretary | |
| SPIRIT BEAR LIMITED Representative |
XXXX XXXXXXXXX Individually (solely as to § 2.4) | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxx | Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | HPEV Director | |||
| SPIRIT BEAR LIMITED Assignee |
OLP Holdings, Inc. Representative | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
| Title: |
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| SPIRIT BEAR LIMITED Assignee | |
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
| SPIRIT BEAR LIMITED Assignee | |
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
| SPIRIT BEAR LIMITED Assignee | |
| By: | /s/Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
| SPIRIT BEAR LIMITED Assignee | |
| By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx |
| Name: | Xxx Xxxxx |
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EXHIBIT A
DERIVATIVE ACTION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the parties acknowledge that Spirit Bear has filed a Third Party Claim against Third-Party Defendants Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx ("Xxxxxxx"), Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx (“Xxxxxx”), Xxxxxx X. Xxxx III (“Xxxx”), Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (“Xxxxxxx”), Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx ("Xxxxxxxxx"), and nominal Counterdefendant HPEV (“SBL Derivative Action”) (collectively Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx and Xxxx are sometimes hereinafter referred to as “Management Directors”).
WHEREAS, in the SBL Derivative Action, Spirit Bear has filed the action “derivatively on behalf of HPEV against the company's managing officers and directors for issuing equity or debt without authority and for taking unauthorized and excessive compensation.” [See Xxxx 0:00-xx-00000-XXX-XXX, Xxx 000, xxxxxxxxx 5].
WHEREAS Hodowanec has been dismissed from the SBL Derivative Action based upon a lack of personal jurisdiction over him.
WHEREAS it is the intent of the parties through the Settlement and Release Agreement to which this Derivative Action Settlement Agreement is attached as Exhibit A (the “DA Settlement Agreement”) to settle all actions and claims by and among them including but not limited to the SBL Derivative Action.
WHEREAS the parties acknowledge that Fed.R.Civ.P. 23.1(c) provides as follows: “A derivative action may be settled, voluntarily dismissed, or compromised only with the court's approval. Notice of a proposed settlement, voluntary dismissal, or compromise must be given to shareholders or members in the manner that the court orders.”
WHEREAS Spirit Bear’s claims for relief in the SBL Derivative Action allege two principal wrongdoings by HPEV and its management including the Management Directors: i.e. (1) that management took unauthorized and excessive compensation and (2) management issued debt or equity without authority.
WHEREAS HPEV and the Third Party Defendants deny the allegations.
WHEREAS HPEV’s claims for relief against Spirit Bear seek, among other things, a declaratory judgment from the Court that all executive compensation has been duly authorized and all debt or equity issued by HPEV was properly authorized.
WHEREAS Spirit Bear further made a demand upon HPEV to rescind the management compensation and the allegedly unauthorized debt or equity issuances and Spirit Bear alleges that the Management Directors of HPEV wrongfully denied this demand.
WHEREAS upon a proper demand under Article II, Section 3 of HPEV’s bylaws, HPEV intends to hold a Special Meeting of Shareholders to elect successor directors to Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxx.
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WHEREAS Xxxxxx, Xxxxx and Xxxx were Spirit Bear designees to the HPEV Board and the Management Directors have reported that Palmer, Dwyer, and Xxxx failed to receive a majority vote of the shareholders at the Annual Meeting on January 13, 2014, which meeting and election are deemed unauthorized by Spirit Bear.
WHEREAS the United States District Court, District of Nevada has declared that Xxxxxx, Xxxxx and Xxxx serve as “holdover directors” until their successors are elected, until they resign, or until they are removed.
WHEREAS three nominees have been chosen by the Management Directors to run for three director positions on the HPEV Board: Xxxxxxxxxxx XxXxx (“XxXxx”), Xxxxxxx X. “Xxxx” Xxxxx (“Xxxxx”), and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx (“Xxxxxx”).
WHEREAS Spirit Bear on December 19, 2014 submitted its own nominees for the HPEV Board of Directors.
WHEREAS XxXxx, Xxxxx and Xxxxxx, if elected, will constitute “Independent Directors” (for the purposes of this Derivative Settlement Agreement only) who have no stake in the outcome of the litigation between HPEV and Spirit Bear;
WHEREAS the “Independent Directors,” using their sound business judgment, will be able to evaluate the merits of SBL’s allegations set forth in the SBL Derivative Action and to determine HPEV’s proper business response thereto based upon that evaluation.
NOW THEREFORE for good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and the mutual promises, performances, covenants and agreements of the parties, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
| 1. | Stipulation and Order to Dismiss, With Prejudice |
The parties hereby agree to file a Stipulation and Order to Dismiss, With Prejudice, the SBL Derivative Action, subject to the approval of the Court to the terms of this Settlement Agreement.
| 2. | Formation of Independent Directors Committee |
Upon completion of the Special Meeting of Shareholders to be noticed following the Initial Payment Date in the Settlement and Release Agreement, in part, to elect successor directors for Xxxxxx, Xxxxx and Xxxx, the parties agree that the Independent Directors elected thereat shall form an Independent Directors Committee (“IDC”).
| 3. | IDC Review of Spirit Bear’s Derivative Claims |
The IDC shall review the merits of Spirit Bear’s Derivative Claims as set forth in the SBL Derivative Action. Exercising their sound business judgment, the IDC shall determine the appropriate corporate response of HPEV to the claims for relief raised in the SBL Derivative Action. The IDC shall have the sole and absolute discretion to take any appropriate responsive action including but not limited to (a) ratification of any and all actions previously undertaken under the authority of the Board; (b) filing a lawsuit against any and all Management Directors setting forth similar or identical claims as those set forth in the SBL Derivative Action; (c) settling, with or without litigation, any and all claims HPEV may have against any and all Management Directors on terms and conditions they deem in the best interest of HPEV; and/or (d) taking such other action as they determine is in the best interest of HPEV. IDC action shall be deemed valid and enforceable if undertaken pursuant to a majority vote of the Independent Directors although the number of IDC members may not be a quorum of all directors of HPEV.
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| 4. | Unanimous Director Approval of Formation of IDC |
The signatures below of the Management Directors (Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx and Xxxx) and the holdover directors (Xxxxxx, Xxxxx and Xxxx) constitute the unanimous written consent of the current directors of HPEV to establish the IDC and to give them such authority as is set forth herein. To the extent a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any amendment(s) to the bylaws is required to establish the IDC and to give them the authority set forth herein, this consent shall be further construed as a vote to amend the bylaws to so provide.
| 5. | Spirit Bear Release Extends to Derivative Claims |
The release of HPEV by Spirit Bear and its Assignees as set forth in the Settlement and Release Agreement includes any and all claims that Spirit Bear has asserted in a derivative capacity for and on behalf of HPEV in the SBL Derivative Action. Spirit Bear agrees that it has waived and released any and all such claims against the released parties, including but not limited to the Third Party Defendants in the SBL Derivative Action, regardless of what action, if any, the IDC chooses to take as a result of the authority it is granted herein. The intent of this provision is to prevent Spirit Bear from being deemed a proper party to refile a new derivative action based upon the actions of the IDC in the event Spirit Bear disagrees with the actions approved by the IDC in handling the allegations set forth in the SBL Derivative Action and a court should construe this language accordingly.
| 6. | Notice to Shareholders: Cooperation |
The parties agree to cooperate in good faith to obtain court approval of the settlement of the SBL Derivative Action. Such cooperation includes but is not limited to providing such notice to shareholders of this Settlement Agreement as is necessary pursuant to Fed. R. Civ.P. 23.1(c) and/or as the Court directs.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have each caused this DA Settlement Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized respective representatives.
| SPIRIT BEAR LIMITED | HPEV INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxx Xxxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | President | Title: | CEO and Director | |
| HPEV INC. | HPEV INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxx Xxxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Director | Title: | President | |
| HPEV INC. | HPEV INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Title: | Director | Title: | CFO and Director | |
| HPEV INC. | HPEV INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxx | Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
| Title: | Director | Title: | Vice President, Secretary, and Director | |
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