MUTUAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS
MUTUAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is
made
and entered into as of this th
day of
January, 2007 by and among Indigo-Energy,
Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), Lionheart
Associates, LLC, a Delaware
corporation dlbla Fairhills Capital ("Fairhils"), and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, an individual with
an
address at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 CBmnson") and
together with
Fairhills (the "Consultant")
and
together with the Company, the "Parties" each
a
"Party"
)..
WHEREAS,
the Company has previously entered into a Strategic Consultant Agreement,
dated as of August, 2005 as amended (the "Consulting
Agreement") with
the
Consultant
attached as Exhibit
A hereto,
for the services set forth in the Consulting Agreement (Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth
in
the Consulting
Agreement); and
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Consulting Agreement, the Company has previously
issued to the Consultant a portion of the Fees, inclusive of cash and shares
of
common
stock of the Company, par value $.001 per share (the "Common
Stock"), pursuant
to the
terms
set forth therein; and
WHEREAS,
on or about April 21, 2006, Consultant was farther issued 6,250
shares
of
the Company's Series A Convertible Super Preferred Stock ;n relation to
consulting services
(the "Convertible
Preferred Stock"); and
WHEREAS,
a dispute has arisen between the Parties relating to performance of the
services as set forth in the Consulting Agreement and
WHEREAS,
the Parties have agreed that it is in their best interests to settle the
dispute
by entering into this Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
each of the Parties deny any liability to the other Party and have agreed
to
settle their differences as described below; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree
as
follows:
Section
1. Termination
of Consulting Agreement Effective
upon the execution
of this Agreement, the Consulting Agreement is hereby terminated in its entirety
and will
be
of no further force or effect. Consultant hereby agrees that all Fees payable
to
the Consultant for any services rendered, have been paid in full and that there
are no further Fees due and
owing
to the Consultant.
Section
2.. Surrender
of the Stock Certificates. Simultaneously
with the execution
of this Agreement, Consultant will immediately effect surrender of the stock
certificates
evidencing ownership of the Company's Common Stock (the "Common Stock
Certificates")
by: (i) (A) surrender of the Common Stock Certificates to Continental Stock
Transfer
& Trust Company (the "Transfer
Agent")
for
cancellation, by delivery of the Common
Stock
Certificates via overnight mail or courier service to the Transfer Agent at
00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 to the attention of Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Vice
President of Compliance, as soon as possible but no later than Wednesday,
January 24, 2007 or (B) in the event that the stock certificates are held in
a
brokerage or other account, provide the Company with
proof of notice or request for release of the shares to Consultant for immediate
tender to the Transfer
Agent; and (ii) promptly surrender the stock certificates representing the
shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock (the "Preferred
Stock Certificates" and
together with the Common Stock
Certificates, the "Certificates") for
cancellation by delivery of the Preferred Stock Certificates
via overnight mail or courier service to the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx,
LLP, 000 Xxxxx
0
Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 to the attention of X.X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Consultant hereby
acknowledges and agrees that effective immediately, Consultant has no further
right, title and interest in the Certificates and no further ownership rights
in
the Company. In the event that the
Consultant fails to effect surrender of the Certificates pursuant to this
Section 2, the Company reserves the right to seek any and all remedies available
in law and equity.
Section
3. Release. (a)
The
Consultant hereby waives, releases and discharges the
Company, its subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors,
stockholders, employees, agents,
attorneys, subsidiaries, servants, successors, insurers, affiliates and their
successors and assigns,
from any and all manner of action, claims, liens, demands, liabilities, causes
of action, charges, complaints, suits (judicial, administrative or otherwise),
damages, debts, obligations of any
nature, past or present, known or unknown, whether in law or in equity, whether
founded upon
contract (expressed or implied), tort (including, but not limited to,
defamation), statute or regulation
(State, Federal or local), common law and/or any other theory or basis, from
the
beginning
of the world to the date hereof, including, but not limited to, any claim that
the Consultant
has asserted, now asserts or could have asserted, but not including any claim
for the enforcement
of this Agreement.
(b)
As a
material inducement to Consultant to enter into this Agreement, the Company
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, releases and discharges the
Consultant, from any and all manner of action, claims, liens, demands,
liabilities, causes of action,
charges, complaints, suits (judicial, administrative or otherwise), damages,
debts, obligations
of any nature, past or present, known or unknown to the Company, whether in
law
or in
equity, whether founded upon contract (expressed or implied), tort (including,
but not limited to, defamation), statute or regulation (State, Federal or
local), common law and/or any other theory
or
basis.
(c)
It is
understood and agreed by the Parties that the facts and respective assumptions
of law in contemplation of which this Agreement is made may hereafter prove
to
be other than or different from those facts and assumptions now known, made
or
believed by them to
be
true, The Parties expressly accept and assume the risk of the facts and
assumptions being different,
and agree that all terms of this agreement shall be in all respects effective
and not subject
to termination or reclusion by any such difference in facts or assumptions
of
law.
Section
4. Successors. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Parties and their respective administrators, representatives, executors,
successors and assigns, by reason of merger, consolidation, and/or purchase
or
acquisition of substantially all
of
the Company's assets or otherwise.
Section
5. Governing
Law. Each
party acknowledges that it has been represented
by counsel in connection with this Mutual Release and Settlement Agreement,
and
has
executed the same with knowledge of its consequences. This Agreement is made
and
entered
into the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and shall be interpreted, enforced and
governed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard
to
its conflicts of laws principles..
Section
6. Paragraph
Headings.. The
paragraph headings used in this Agreement
are intended solely for convenience of reference and shall not in any manner
amplify, limit,
modify or otherwise be used in the interpretation of any of the provisions
hereof.
Section
7. Severability. Should
any of the provisions of this Agreement be declared
or be determined to be illegal or invalid, the validity of the remaining parts,
terms or provisions
shall not be affected thereby and said illegal or invalid part, term or
provision shall be deemed
not to be a part of this Agreement.
Section
8. EntireAgreement.
This
Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between
the Parties, and fully supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings
between the Parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof All other contracts,
agreements or understandings
between the Parties are null and void. Without limiting the foregoing, any
and
all employment
agreements, including all amendment and/or addendums thereto, shall be
terminated and of no further force or effect, whether or not such agreements
state that the same, or portions thereof,
are to survive termination.
Section
9. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts. Each
counterpart shall be deemed an original, and when taken together with the other
signed counterpart,
shall constitute one fully executed Agreement.
Section
10. Further
Assurances. From
and
after the date hereof; the parties hereto
shall take all actions, including the execution and delivery of all documents,
necessary to effectuate
the terms hereof.
Section
11. Survival. All
obligations of the Parties as set forth herein shall survive
thetexecution and delivery hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be entered into
as of
the date first written above.
INDIGO-ENERGY, INC. | ATTEST: | ||
By: \s\ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | By: \s\ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
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Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
President
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Name:
Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxx Title: FSR |
STATE
OF
FLORIDA )
COUNTY
OF
PINELLAS
) ss.:
I
certify
that on February 6, 2007, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx personally came before and
acknowledged under oath, to my satisfaction, that he is an officer of
INDIGO-ENERGY, INC. (the “Corporation”), a corporation of the State of Nevada
and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument was signed and sealed
on
behalf of the Corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and that
he
acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of the
Corporation.
Signed
and sworn to before me on February 6, 2007
\s\ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
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Notary Public of State of Florida |
Xxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
Notary
Public - State of Florida
My
Commission Expires Oct 30, 2009
Commission
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LIONHEART
ASSOCIATES, LLC Share
Amount: ______ shares
d/b/a
Fairhills Capital
By: \s\ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Managing Director
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STATE
OF
NEW YORK
ss:
COUNTY
OF
WESTCHESTER
I
certify
that on January 30, 2007, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, personally came before and
acknowledged under oath, to my satisfaction, that he is (a) an officer of
Lionheart Associates, LLC d/b/a Fairhills Capital, a Delaware, limited liability
company (the “Company”) and that he signed this document with the full authority
of the Company; and (b) signed, sealed and delivered this documents as his
act
and deed.
Signed
and sworn to before me on January 30, 2007
\s\ Shaharzad Xxxxx-Xxxx | |||
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Notary Public of State of |
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx-Xxxx
Notary
Public, State of New York
Registration
No. 01KA6155472
Qualified
In Westchester County
Commission
Expires November 13, 2010
Xxxxxx
XXXXXXX
Share
Amount _____________ shares
\s\ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
STATE
OF
NEW YORK
ss.:
COUNTY
OF
WESTCHESTER
I
certify
that on January 30, 2007, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx personally came before and acknowledged
under oath, to my satisfaction, that (a) he is named in and personally signed
this document and (b) signed, sealed and delivered this document as his act
and
deed.
Signed
and sworn to before me on January 30, 2007
\s\ Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxx | |||
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Notary Public of State of |
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx-Xxxx
Notary
Public, State of New York
Registration
No.: 01KA6155472
Qualified
In Westchester County
Commission
Expires November 13, 2010