EXHIBIT 10.1
MUTUAL GENERAL RELEASE AND
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
This Mutual General Release and Settlement
Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) is made and
entered into as of April 7, 2009 (the “ Effective Date
”) by and between Pure Play Music, Ltd., a Nevada corporation
(the “ Company ”), on the one hand, and each
person or entity listed on the schedule of shareholders attached
hereto as Schedule I (the “ Shareholders ”), on
the other hand. The Company and the Shareholders are
collectively referred to herein as the “ Parties
” and each is a “ Party ” to this
Agreement.
RECITALS
A. On
July 25, 2007, the Company executed a Convertible Promissory Note
(the “ Note ”) in favor of Cohiba Partners,
Inc., a California corporation (“ Cohiba ”), in
the principal amount of up to Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
($300,000.00), which was convertible into shares of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“ Common Stock ”).
B. On
July 12, 2008, Cohiba converted the Note into Twenty Nine Million
One Hundred One Thousand Two Hundred Twenty One (29,101,221) shares
of the Company’s Common Stock (the “ Shares
”) and the Note was cancelled. At the time of
their purported issuance, the Shares were imprinted with a
“restrictive legend.”
C. In
or about July, 2008, Cohiba and its affiliates obtained a written
legal opinion that the restrictive legend could be removed from the
Shares. Cohiba and its affiliates delivered the
legal opinion to the Company’s Common Stock transfer agent,
which, in turn, caused the restrictive legend to be removed from
the Shares. On February 27, 2009, however, the legal
opinion was formally withdrawn.
D. Certain
disputes have arisen among the Parties with respect to the
Shares.
E. The
Parties desire to avoid litigation and controversy and fully settle
and compromise any and all claims that the Parties have or may have
against each other relating in any way to the Shares.
AGREEMENT
NOW ,
THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the mutual covenants
and promises set forth herein and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1.
Settlement Of The Shares . The Parties
agree to following terms and conditions with respect to the
Shares:
a.
Immediate Cancellation Of Shares; Retention Of Certain Number Of
Shares By Cancelling Shareholders . Upon the
execution of this Agreement, each of the Shareholders listed in
Column A of Schedule II hereto shall immediately deliver the
certificates reflecting the number of Shares set forth opposite the
Shareholder’s name in Column B of Schedule II to the
Company’s common stock transfer agent, Signature Stock
Transfer, Inc. (the “ Transfer Agent ”), located
at 2632 Coachlight Court, Plano, TX 75093, for reissuance with the
legend as specified in section 2(f) below and/or cancellation
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. All Shares
listed in Column C of Schedule II shall be deemed cancelled as of
the Effective Date of this Agreement. Each of the
Shareholders listed in Column A of Schedule II will retain record
ownership of the number of Shares set forth opposite the
Shareholder’s name in Column D of Schedule II, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement. The Shares retained by the
respective Shareholders and set forth in Column D of Schedule II
will be hereinafter referred to as the “ Retained
Shares .”
b.
Immediate Transfer Of Certain Of The Retained Shares
. Upon the execution of this Agreement, each of the
Shareholders listed in Column A of Schedule III hereto shall
transfer the number of Retained Shares set forth opposite the
Shareholder’s name in Column B of Schedule III to the
Shareholders listed in Column C of Schedule III. The
Shares transferred by the respective Shareholders and set forth in
Column B of Schedule II will be hereinafter referred to as the
“ Transferred Shares .” The Retained
Shares and the Transferred Shares, collectively, will be
hereinafter referred to as the “ Lock-Up Shares
.”
c.
Shares Beneficially Owned By Cohiba Group Shareholders
. With respect to any Lock-Up Shares that are retained
by or transferred to Cohiba and any affiliates (as such term is
defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange of
1934, as amended, or the “ Exchange Act ”) of
Cohiba (“ Cohiba Affiliates ”), the Parties
expressly understand and agree that Cohiba and the Cohiba
Affiliates may, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, designate, in addition to itself, one or more person(s)
or entity(ies) (each such person or entity, a “ Cohiba
Designee ”) to have record ownership of such Lock-Up
Shares. All Cohiba Designees shall be listed of Schedule
IV hereto and shall execute this Agreement as a Shareholder
hereunder. Each Cohiba Designee shall be a party to, and
bound by, all of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that:
(i) Cohiba, (ii) the Cohiba Affiliates, (iii) October Funds, (iv)
any affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated
under the Exchange Act) of October Funds (“ October Funds
Affiliates ,” and together with the Cohiba Affiliates,
the “ Cohiba Group Affiliates ”), (v) the Cohiba
Designees, (vi) any future transferee (each a “ Cohiba
Transferee ” and for purposes of clarity, the term
“ Cohiba Transferee ” shall also include any
future transferee of a Cohiba Transferee) of Cohiba, any Cohiba
Affiliate, any Cohiba Designee or any Cohiba Transferee, and (vii)
any future transferee (each an “ October Funds
Transferee ,” and for purposes of clarity, the term
“ October Funds Transferee ” shall also include
any transferee of an October Funds Transferee), of October Funds,
any October Funds Affiliate or any October Funds Transferee, shall
not, as of and at any time after the Effective Date of this
Agreement, beneficially own, whether directly or indirectly, more
than an aggregate of Four Million Fifty Seven Thousand Eight
Hundred Fifty Two (4,057,852) shares of Common
Stock. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “
Cohiba Shareholder ” shall mean Cohiba and the Cohiba
Affiliates, Cohiba Designees and Cohiba Transferees; the term
“ October Funds Shareholders ” shall mean
October Funds, and the October Funds Affiliates and October Funds
Transferees; and the term “ Cohiba Group Shareholders
” shall mean the Cohiba Shareholders and the October Funds
Shareholders.
d.
Shares Pledged to Leon Frenkel . With respect to
the 1,000,000 Shares of the Company’s Common Stock in the
name of Cohiba which have been pledged by Cohiba to Leon Frenkel as
security for certain indebtedness of the Company, upon the payment
by the Company of the full amount of indebtedness, Cohiba shall
cause such Shares to be immediately delivered to the Transfer Agent
for cancellation.
2.
Restrictions On Lock-Up Shares .
a.
Initial Lock-Up Period . Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, and except as each Shareholder may be otherwise
restricted from selling shares of Common Stock under applicable
securities laws, rules and regulations, the Shareholders may not
publicly sell any of their Lock-Up Shares commencing on the
Effective Date of this Agreement and continuing until July 14, 2009
(the “ Initial Lock-Up Period
”). After the expiration of the Initial Lock-Up
Period, the Shareholders, excluding the Cohiba Group Shareholders,
and subject to available exemptions under applicable law, may
publicly sell all or any portion of their Lock-Up Shares;
provided , however , that prior to and as a
condition precedent of any public sale of any Lock-Up Shares, the
Shareholders must provide to the Company’s Transfer Agent at
the address specified in section 1(a) above a written legal opinion
(an “ Opinion ”) from securities counsel (which
Opinion may be a single master opinion covering all of the Lock-Up
Shares) opining that the intended sale of the Lock-Up Shares will
be exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities
Act ”). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, neither the Company nor the
Company’s legal counsel shall be required, obligated or
called upon to render any opinions with respect to any of the
Lock-Up Shares.
b.
Additional Restrictions On Lock-Up Shares Held By The Cohiba
Group Shareholders. Commencing on the expiration of
the Initial Lock-Up Period and continuing until October 14, 2009
(the “ Second Lock-Up Period ”), the Cohiba
Group Shareholders, collectively, on a cumulative basis, and
subject to available exemptions under applicable law, may publicly
sell up to an aggregate of Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) of their
Lock-Up Shares. Commencing on the expiration of the
Second Lock-Up Period and continuing until April 14, 2010 (the
“ Third Lock-Up Period ”), the Cohiba Group
Shareholders, collectively, on a cumulative basis, and subject to
available exemptions under applicable law, may publicly sell up to
an aggregate of Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) of their Lock-Up
Shares. Commencing on the expiration of the Third
Lock-Up Period and continuing until July 14, 2010 (the “
Fourth Lock-Up Period ”), the Cohiba Group
Shareholders may publicly sell only that number of Lock Up Shares
that they could have sold in the Second and Third Lock-Up Periods,
but which they have not yet sold. After the expiration
of the Fourth Lock-Up Period, the Cohiba Group Shareholders,
subject to available exemptions under applicable law, may publicly
sell all or any portion of their remaining Lock-Up
Shares. Provided , however , that
prior to and as a condition precedent of any public sale of any
Lock-Up Shares under this section 2(b), an Opinion covering the
intended sale of the Lock-Up Shares must have been provided to the
Company’s Transfer Agent (which Opinion may be part of the
master opinion referenced above).
c.
Private Sales . At any time, and from time to
time, after the Effective Date of this Agreement, any Shareholder
may make any sale, exchange, assignment or gift of the granting of
any security interest, pledge or other encumbrance in, or of the
creation of, any voting trust or other agreement or arrangement
with respect to the transfer of voting rights in, their Lock-Up
Shares, or the creation of any other claim thereto or any other
transfer or disposition whatsoever (including, but not limited to,
an involuntary transfer), whether directly or indirectly, or
voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law, affecting the right,
title or interest or possession in or to their Lock-Up Shares
(“ Transfer ”) of any of their Lock-Up Shares to
any person or entity (the “ Prospective Transferees
”) in a private transaction pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act;
provided , however , that any Prospective
Transferee of Lock-Up Shares who receives Lock-Up Shares without
violation of this Agreement shall (i) take and hold such Lock-Up
Shares subject to this Agreement and to all the obligations and
restrictions upon the transferor, (ii) observe and comply with this
Agreement and with such obligations and restrictions, and (iii) as
a condition of Transfer, execute and deliver to the Company a
Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, and if applicable, the Spousal
Consent of such person’s spouse substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B . Upon the Transfer
of any Lock-Up Shares to a Prospective Transferee, such Prospective
Transferee shall be a Shareholder (or a Cohiba Group Transferee, if
applicable) for purposes of this Agreement.
d.
Failure to Comply . Any purported Transfer of
Shares in violation of this Agreement shall be void and of no force
or effect, and no such Transfer shall be made or recorded on the
books of the Company.
e.
Transfer Agent . The Parties expressly understand
and agree that a copy of this Agreement will provided to the
Company’s Transfer Agent. The Parties further
understand and agree that this Agreement constitutes joint
instructions to the Transfer Agent not to effect any transfer of
any of the Retained or Transferred Shares except in accordance with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
f.
Legend. All of the certificates evidencing the
Lock-Up Shares shall, unless otherwise permitted by this Agreement,
be stamped or imprinted with a legend substantially as
follows:
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THAT CERTAIN MUTUAL GENERAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT, DATED APRIL 7, 2009, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SAID AGREEMENT.
3.
Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Certifications of
the Shareholders . Each Shareholder represents,
warrants, covenants, certifies and/or acknowledges the
following:
a. The
Shares were issued by the Company to Cohiba on July 12, 2008 in
exchange for the cancellation of the indebtedness represented by
the Note;
b. That
as of the Effective Date of this Agreement, the Company does not
meet the current public information requirements under Rule
144(c)(1) as promulgated under the Securities Act;
c. Schedule
V hereto sets forth a complete and accurate list of all shares of
the Company’s Common stock that each Shareholder and any
“affiliate” of each such Shareholder (as such term is
defined under Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act),
either directly or indirectly, is the “beneficial
owner” of, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder (collectively, “ Section 13(d)
”). Neither the Shareholder nor any of his/her/its
affiliates directly or indirectly beneficially own, in accordance
with the provisions of Section 13(d), any other shares of the
Company’s Common Stock other than the shares listed of
Schedule V. Neither the Shareholder nor any of
his/her/its affiliates is/are a member of a group of persons which
are subject to the provisions of Section 13(d). After the Effective
Date of this Agreement, each Shareholder and any affiliate of each
such Shareholder shall file, if required, any and all required
reports or forms pertaining to the shares listed of Schedule V with
applicable federal and state governmental authorities, including,
any forms or reports as required by Section 13(d) and Section 16 of
the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder;
d. He/she/it
has received no oral representations or warranties on which
he/she/it has relied in connection with entering into this
Agreement and has received no representations or warranties other
than those expressly set forth in this Agreement; and
e. The
Cohiba Group Shareholders represent and warrant that as of and at
any time after the Effective Date of this Agreement, they shall not
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than an aggregate of
Four Million Fifty Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Two
(4,057,852) shares.
f. Upon
the execution of this Agreement, the Cohiba Shareholders will
deliver to the Company any and all of the Company’s data,
documents, files, books, records, financial statements, financial
records, ledgers, business information, including business plans,
operating plans, compensation data, sales data, customer lists,
customer preferences, leads lists, financial information, credit
information, and similar items, information relating to future
plans of the Company or its affiliates, including marketing
strategies, new materials research, pending projects and proposals,
proprietary production processes, research and development
strategies, and similar items, and technical information, including
computer programs, software, databases, models, algorithms
writings, drawings, images, text, graphics, illustrations,
notebooks, documents, photographs, methods, know-how, formulae,
compositions, technological data, code, technological prototypes,
processes, discoveries, machines, inventions, and similar items,
whether in electronic format or otherwise, that the Cohiba
Shareholders have in their possession.
g. He/she/it
has all requisite corporate or individual power and authority to
enter into, execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under
this Agreement. He/she/it has taken all action required
by law, its charter document(s) or otherwise to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein. This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by him/her/it and is the valid and binding
legal obligation of him/her/it, enforceable against him/her/it in
accordance with its terms.
h. All
of the Shares that have been deposited with the Depository Trust
Company (“ DTC )” are beneficially owned by bona
fide third party purchasers for value without notice (“
BFPs ”) who are not “affiliates” (as such
term is defined under Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange
Act) of any of the Shareholders, except for the Shares listed on
Schedule VI hereto, which are held in the name of the person or
entity set forth opposite such Shares on Schedule VI.
4.
No Reverse Stock Split . The Company will
not effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s Common
Stock at any time prior to April 6, 2011. In the event
the Company effects a reverse stock split prior to April 6, 2011,
the Cohiba Shareholders will be provided with anti-dilution
protections with respect to their Lock-Up Shares, such that after
any such reverse stock split, they will own the same number of
Lock-Up Shares as they owned prior to any such reverse stock
split. The Company will not transfer corporate assets or
corporate opportunities to another company without fair
consideration in accordance with applicable Nevada
law. The Company will use its best efforts to acquire
all right, title and interest in and to the ownership of an entity
or the assets of an entity known as “Pure Play Music,
Ltd.”, an entity formed under the laws of the United
Kingdom.
5.
Termination Of Prior Agreements . The
Company and the Shareholders agree that all written or oral
agreements, contracts or understandings entered into by and between
the Company, on the one hand, and the Shareholders, on the other
hand, prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement are terminated
as of the Effective Date of this Agreement.
6.
General Mutual Release Of All Known And Unknown Claims
. In consideration of the cancellation, transfer
and retention of the Shares as specified in section 1 above and
other consideration, the Company, on the one hand, and the
Shareholders that are the original signatories to this Agreement
and listed on Schedule I of this Agreement, on the other hand, on
behalf of themselves and their respective current and former
affiliates, agents, insurers, employees, officers, directors,
partners, managers, members, shareholders, representatives,
consultants, fiduciaries, accountants, attorneys, guarantors,
related or affiliated companies, predecessors and all other persons
or entities acting by, through, or in concert with them, hereby
knowingly, voluntarily and expressly release, remit and forever
discharge each other and their respective current and former
affiliates, agents, insurers, employees, officers, directors,
partners, managers, members, shareholders, representatives,
consultants, fiduciaries, accountants, attorneys, guarantors,
related or affiliated companies, predecessors and all other persons
or entities acting by, through, or in concert with them, of and
from any and all claims, demands, liens, agreements, contracts,
covenants, promises, actions, suits, causes of action, obligations,
controversies, debts, costs, charges, losses, expenses, damages,
judgments, attorneys’ fees or expenses, orders and
liabilities of whatever kind or nature, in law or equity, in tort
or in contract, by statute, pursuant to case law or otherwise
(collectively, “ Claims ”), whether now known or
unknown, vested or contingent, suspected or unsuspected, and which
have existed or may have existed, which do exist or may in the
future exist arising out of or relating to facts, events,
occurrences, or omissions up to and including the date this
Agreement is fully executed by the Parties; save and except for the
obligations created by, and breaches of, this
Agreement. The releases set forth in this paragraph are
and shall be complete, irrevocable and unconditional releases with
respect to the matters being released, including both known and
unknown Claims, and the Company and the Shareholders hereby release
all rights reserved to them under statutes of any jurisdiction that
might restrict or limit the release of unknown
Claims. The Company and the Shareholders expressly agree
that they will not institute, allow to be instituted on their
behalf, and/or continue any legal, administrative, or
griev
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