SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASES (the “agreement”)
SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASES (the “agreement”)
THIS
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE
is made
this 7th day of December, 2005 by and among XXXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX,
XXXXX XXXXXX, XXXXX XXXX, XXX X. XXXX, XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX, XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX,
XX.
XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX, GAMI, LLC, AND CROWN IV HOLDINGS, INC. (collectively, the
“Named Plaintiffs”), SINOFRESH HEALTHCARE, INC. (the “Corporation”), the XXXX
LAW GROUP, PLLC (the “Xxxx Law Group”), XXXXXXX XXXX, XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXX,
XXXXXX XXXXXX (the “Individual Defendants”), DON FEE, XXX XXXX, XXXXX XXXXXX,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX, CINCO HABANEROS, INC., DIESPITER LTDA, BOSTON MEDICAL INVESTORS
LLC, SPARTACUS HEALTHCARE PARTNERS IV, BIG GAMES HOLDINGS INC. (the “Absent
Named Plaintiffs”), and XXXXXXXX XXXXXX, XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX P.A. (together, “GT”)
(collectively, the “Parties”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the
Named Plaintiffs and the Absent Named Plaintiffs brought a derivative
shareholder suit against the Corporation and GT, and the Individual Defendants,
which is pending in the Middle District of Florida under Case No.
8:04-CV-490-T-30MSS (the “Litigation”), and
WHEREAS,
the
Parties desire to cease incurring any further costs and fees and/or time in
connection with the Litigation and to settle the Litigation with finality and
without any admission of wrongdoing;
NOW,
THEREFORE,
for and
in consideration of the foregoing premises, the mutual covenants and agreements
herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted, the parties state
as
follows:
1. GT
has
agreed to forgive all legal fees, costs, and expenses that it contends are
owed
to it by the Corporation, and the Named Plaintiffs and the Absent Named
Plaintiffs (together, the “Plaintiffs”), the Individual Defendants, and/or the
Xxxx Law Group as of December 7, 2005.
2. GT
agrees
to pay to the Corporation within 20 days of the Court’s approval of this
Agreement the amount of two hundred thousand dollars and no cents ($200,000.00).
3. Upon
the
execution of this Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release, the parties, through
their counsel of record, will file a joint motion for court approval of this
Agreement, and this Agreement shall be attached to said motion as an exhibit.
4. The
Corporation shall issue to the Plaintiffs who are individuals each the sum
of
2500 restricted shares of Rule 144 stock in the Corporation, which shall be
restricted from trading for a period of one year from today’s date. The
Corporation shall issue to the Plaintiffs who are corporate entities each the
sum of 1250 restricted shares of 144 Rule stock in the Corporation, which shall
be restricted from trading for a period of one year from today’s date. Said Rule
144 stock shall be issued to the Plaintiffs within twenty days of the Court’s
approval of this Agreement. The parties to this agreement acknowledge that
the
stock of Named Plaintiff Crown IV Holdings Inc. is the stock of Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Family Limited Partnership and Crown IV Holdings Inc. shall not be provided
with
any shares pursuant to this paragraph. The issuance of said Stock to the Absent
Named Plaintiffs is contingent on their being treated as Named Plaintiffs as
provided in Paragraph 16 below. The Corporation, the Named Plaintiffs, the
Absent Named Plaintiffs, and the Individual Defendants agree that the issue
of
attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses, of Plaintiffs are resolved by way of
separate agreement between the Corporation, the Individual Defendants and Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx, P.A., as counsel for Plaintiffs, which agreement must be approved
by
the Court along with this Agreement, and which shall be attached as an exhibit
to the Motion for Court Approval.
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5.
Counsel
for Crown IV Holdings Inc. agrees to file a notice of dropping Crown IV as
a
party plaintiff with prejudice simultaneous with the filing of the motion to
approve this Agreement.
6. GT,
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, a New York Limited Liability Partnership, Xxxxxxxxx
Traurig of New York, P.C., a New York professional corporation, for itself
and
for its legal representatives, present and former partners, shareholders,
representatives, employees, agents, attorneys, predecessors, successors,
insurers, administrators, officers, directors, accountants, executors and
assigns, and all related, affiliated or subsidiary corporations, (all of the
foregoing hereinafter referred to as the “GT Releasors”), completely releases
and forever discharges the Corporation, the Named Plaintiffs, the Absent Named
Plaintiffs, the Individual Defendants, the Xxxx Law Group, and their respective
partners, officers, directors, agents, employees, shareholders, affiliates,
representatives, attorneys, predecessors, successors, insurers, administrators,
heirs, executors and assigns (all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to
as
the “GT Released Parties”), from any and all claims of any kind, nature and
character, rights, demands for arbitration and causes of action of any kind,
nature and character, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected relating to
any
fact or event whatsoever, from the beginning of time to the time this Agreement
is executed, including any and all claims for attorneys fees and costs which
the
GT Releasors may now have, or has ever had against the GT Released Parties
or
any one or more of them.
7. The
Corporation, the Named Plaintiffs, the Absent Named Plaintiffs, the Individual
Defendants, and the Xxxx Law Group, hereby for themselves and for their legal
representatives, present and former partners, shareholders, representatives,
employees, agents, attorneys, predecessors, successors, insurers,
administrators, officers, directors, accountants, executors and assigns, and
all
related, affiliated or subsidiary corporations, (all of the foregoing
hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation/Plaintiff Releasors”), completely
release and forever discharge GT, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, a New York Limited
Liability Partnership, Xxxxxxxxx Traurig of New York, P.C., a New York
professional corporation, and their respective partners, officers, directors,
agents, employees, shareholders, affiliates, representatives, attorneys,
predecessors, successors, insurers, administrators, heirs, executors and assigns
(all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to as the “Plaintiff/Corporation
Released Parties”), from any and all claims of any kind, nature and character,
rights, demands for arbitration and causes of action of any kind, nature and
character, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected relating to any fact
or
event whatsoever, from the beginning of time to the time this Agreement is
executed, including any and all claims for attorneys fees and costs which the
Corporation/Plaintiff Releasors may now have, or has ever had against the
Plaintiff/Corporation Released Parties or any one or more of
them.
8. The
Corporation hereby for itself and for its legal representatives, present and
former partners, shareholders, representatives, employees, agents, attorneys,
predecessors, successors, insurers, administrators, officers, directors,
accountants, executors and assigns, and all related, affiliated or subsidiary
corporations, (all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation
Releasors”), completely release and forever discharge the Named Plaintiffs, the
Individual Defendants, the Xxxx Law Group, and their respective partners,
officers, directors, agents, employees, shareholders, affiliates,
representatives, attorneys, predecessors, successors, insurers, administrators,
heirs, executors and assigns (all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to
as
the “Corporation Released Parties”), from any and all claims of any kind, nature
and character, rights, demands for arbitration and causes of action of any
kind,
nature and character, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected relating to
any
fact or event whatsoever, from the beginning of time to the time this Agreement
is executed, including any and all claims for attorneys fees and costs which
the
Corporation Releasors may now have, or has ever had against the Corporation
Released Parties or any one or more of them.
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9. The
Named
Plaintiffs, the Individual Defendants, and the Xxxx Law Group hereby for
themselves and for their legal representatives, present and former partners,
shareholders, representatives, employees, agents, attorneys, predecessors,
successors, insurers, administrators, officers, directors, accountants,
executors and assigns, and all related, affiliated or subsidiary corporations,
(all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to as the “Named Plaintiff
Releasors”), completely release and forever discharge the Corporation, the
Individual Defendants, and their respective partners, officers, directors,
agents, employees, shareholders, affiliates, representatives, attorneys,
predecessors, successors, insurers, administrators, heirs, executors and assigns
(all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to as the “Named Plaintiff Released
Parties”), from any and all claims of any kind, nature and character, rights,
demands for arbitration and causes of action of any kind, nature and character,
known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected relating to any fact or event
whatsoever, from the beginning of time to the time this Agreement is executed,
including any and all claims for attorneys fees and costs which the Named
Plaintiff Releasors may now have, or has ever had against the Named Plaintiff
Released Parties or any one or more of them.
10. The
Corporation, the Xxxx Law Group, and the Individual Defendants hereby for
themselves and for their legal representatives, present and former partners,
shareholders, representatives, employees, agents, attorneys, predecessors,
successors, insurers, administrators, officers, directors, accountants,
executors and assigns, and all related, affiliated or subsidiary corporations,
(all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation Releasors”),
completely release and forever discharge the Absent Named Plaintiffs, and their
respective partners, officers, directors, agents, employees, shareholders,
affiliates, representatives, attorneys, predecessors, successors, insurers,
administrators, heirs, executors and assigns (all of the foregoing hereinafter
referred to as the “Corporation Released Parties”), from any and all claims of
any kind, nature and character, rights, demands for arbitration and causes
of
action of any kind, nature and character, known or unknown, suspected or
unsuspected relating to any fact or event whatsoever, from the beginning of
time
to the time this Agreement is executed, including any and all claims for
attorneys fees and costs which the Corporation Releasors may now have, or has
ever had against the Corporation Released Parties arising out of, relating
to or
concerning the Litigation.
11. The
Absent Named Plaintiffs hereby for themselves and for their legal
representatives, present and former partners, shareholders, representatives,
employees, agents, attorneys, predecessors, successors, insurers,
administrators, officers, directors, accountants, executors and assigns, and
all
related, affiliated or subsidiary corporations, (all of the foregoing
hereinafter referred to as the “Absent Named Plaintiff Releasors”), completely
release and forever discharge the Corporation, the Xxxx Law Group, and the
Individual Defendants, and their respective partners, officers, directors,
agents, employees, shareholders, affiliates, representatives, attorneys,
predecessors, successors, insurers, administrators, heirs, executors and assigns
(all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to as the “Absent Named Plaintiff
Released Parties”), from any and all claims of any kind, nature and character,
rights, demands for arbitration and causes of action of any kind, nature and
character, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected relating to any fact
or
event whatsoever, from the beginning of time to the time this Agreement is
executed, including any and all claims for attorneys fees and costs which the
Absent Named Plaintiff Releasors may now have, or has ever had against the
Absent Named Plaintiff Released Parties arising out of, relating to or
concerning the Litigation.
12. The
undersigned parties each further declare and represent that no promise,
inducement or agreement not expressed herein has been made to the undersigned
parties and that this Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release contains the
entire agreement between the parties hereto, and that the terms of this
Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release are contractual and not a mere
recital.
13. The
parties hereby warrant that none of the claims or causes of action released
herein has been assigned or transferred, in whole or in part, to another person
or entity. The parties agree to indemnify and hold each other harmless from
any
and all claims advanced in contravention of this warranty.
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14. This
Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties and their heirs, representatives, predecessors,
successors, subsidiaries, parent corporations and assigns.
15. If
any
part of this Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release shall be held to be invalid
or unenforceable, the Settlement Agreement shall be construed as if not
containing that part or provision.
16. The
Corporation, GT, the Named Plaintiffs, the Individual Defendants, and the Xxxx
Law Group each represents and warrants to the other that all necessary corporate
or individual authorization has been given by all required persons or entities,
that all other action necessary to the execution of this Settlement Agreement
and Mutual Release has been taken, that entry into this Settlement Agreement
is
a valid and binding agreement of the parties. Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq., counsel
for
the Absent Named Plaintiffs represents and warrants that all said Absent Named
Plaintiffs were noticed for the original Mediation set prior to Hurricane Xxxxx
and this rescheduled mediation for December 7, 2005, provided said Absent named
Plaintiffs with the proper address and time of the Mediation and the option
to
execute duly authorized and notarized Powers of Attorney, which were not sent
back on a timely basis. Should Absent Named Plaintiffs return said Powers of
Attorney within five (5) days of the execution of this Agreement, they shall
be
treated the same as the Named Plaintiffs herein, including all rights and
responsibilities as referenced in this Agreement. Counsel for Absent Named
Plaintiffs, Xxxxx, shall fax, email and/or serve this Agreement on the Absent
named Plaintiffs within twenty-four hours of execution. Should Absent Named
Plaintiffs not return said Powers of Attorney as provided for herein, their
counsel Xxxxx shall file a Notice of Dropping those persons as Named Plaintiffs
with Prejudice in this Derivative Suit upon the expiration of the five (5)
day
period. Xxxxx, as counsel for Named Plaintiffs and Absent Named Plaintiffs,
represents and warrants as the counsel of record in this action that he does
have authority to release claims of Absent Named Plaintiffs as set forth above
in Paragraphs 7 and 11 in this Derivative Shareholder Litigation. Xxxxx agrees
to defend, indemnify and hold harmless any party hereto for any claim of an
Absent Named Plaintiff advanced in contravention of the representation and
warranty contained herein.
17.
The
parties agree to execute any additional documents necessary to consummate this
Agreement.
18. The
parties agree that this Agreement and Release is contingent on Court approval.
In the event that the Court does not approve the this Agreement and Release,
then the parties agree to work in good faith to resolve the matter on similar
terms in a form that will be approved by the Court.
THIS
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE HAS BEEN VOLUNTARILY MADE AND IS FREE
FROM ANY DURESS AND COERCION. THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE
HAS
BEEN EXECUTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES AFTER CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
AS TO ITS PROVISIONS, SCOPE, EFFECT, AND SUFFICIENCY OF CONSIDERATION AND THE
UNDERSIGNED PARTIES REPRESENT THAT IT IS MADE WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ITS
PROVISIONS, SCOPE AND EFFECT, THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE, AND THAT IT IS ENFORCEABLE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS.
WITNESSES:
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SINOFRESH
HEALTHCARE, INC.
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By:____________________________
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WITNESSES:
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XXXXXXXXX
TRAURIG, P.A.
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By:____________________________
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(Signature)
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WITNESSES:
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WITNESSES:
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WITNESSES:
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WITNESSES:
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WITNESSES:
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WITNESSES:
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THE
XXXX LAW GROUP, P.L.L.C
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WITNESSES:
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XXXXX
XXXXX, P.A.
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As
Counsel for and Attorney of Record and Pursuant
To
Powers of Attorney from Named Plaintiffs
And
As Counsel for and Attorney of Record for
Absent
Named Plaintiffs
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