SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND
RELEASE OF CLAIMS
This Settlement
Agreement and Release of Claims (“Agreement”) is made
and entered into this 15th day of January, 2007, by and between
Plaintiff B-50.com, LLC (“B-50”), and Defendant
XFormity, Inc., a Texas Corporation (“XFormity”). B-50
and XFormity are sometimes collectively referred to in this
Agreement as “the Parties.” B-50 and XFormity are
currently parties to a Lawsuit pending in federal district court
for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, Civil Action
No. 304CV-542-B (“the Lawsuit”).
W-I-T-N-E-S-S-E-T-H
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to settle the Lawsuit,
without any party making any admissions of liability or
wrongdoing;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises
and covenants made herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that
the sole consideration for the covenants and agreements contained
herein, the sufficiency whereof is hereby acknowledged, shall be
(i) the execution and delivery of the License Agreement dated
January 2, 2007 that has already been executed by both parties and
the (ii) execution, delivery and filing of the Stipulation for
Dismissal with Prejudice in the form attached to this Agreement.
The agreements contained herein and in the License Agreement are
subject to and contingent upon the entry of a final Order of
Dismissal with Prejudice by the Court ending the Lawsuit in
accordance with the Stipulation. The execution and delivery of the
License Agreement and this Agreement are not an admission of
liability or wrongdoing by either party.
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2.
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MUTUAL
RELEASES OF ALL CLAIMS OF ANY PARTY .
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A. In exchange for the other Parties’
promises and covenants herein, including the consideration provided
for in Paragraph 1 above, and the promises and covenants contained
in the License Agreement dated January 2, 2007, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, B-50, for itself, and
all of its present and former officers, directors, employees,
agents, insurers, attorneys, parents, affiliates subsidiaries and
successors and assigns, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
releases, acquits and forever discharges Xformity and its parent
corporation, XFormity Technologies, Inc., a Colorado corporation,
and all of their present and former officers, directors, employees,
agents, insurers, benefit plans (and related persons/entities),
attorneys, parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and successors and
assigns, (collectively referred to as the “XFormity Released
Parties”), from any and all charges, complaints, grievances,
actions, suits, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements,
demands, controversies, rights, claims and causes of action of
whatever kind or nature, whether known or unknown, including claims
brought under any federal, state or local statute, ordinance or
under common law, and and all manner of
claims, demands, causes of action, judgments, actions, suits,
levies, executions, and liabilities of whatever nature, known or
unknown, fixed or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, indirect
or direct, foreseen or unforeseen, which B-50 may have had, may
have, or may come to have against the XFormity Released Parties, ,
at any time by reason of, in any way connected with, arising out
of, bearing upon, or in any way relating to any matter, act, fact,
transaction or occurrence or thing occurring prior to the date of
execution of this Agreement, including without limitation, all
claims pertaining to, arising out of, or bearing upon the
Lawsuit.
B. In exchange for the other Parties’
promises and covenants herein, including the consideration provided
for in Paragraph 1 above, and the promises and covenants contained
in the License Agreement dated January 2, 2007, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the XFormity Released
Parties, for themselves, and all of their present and former
officers, directors, employees, agents, insurers, attorneys,
parents, affiliates subsidiaries and successors and assigns, hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally release, acquit and forever
discharge B-50, and all of its present and former officers,
directors, employees, agents, insurers, benefit plans (and related
persons/entities), attorneys, parents, affiliates, subsidiaries,
and successors and assigns, (collectively referred to as the
“B-50 Released Parties”), from any and all charges,
complaints, grievances, actions, suits, liabilities, obligations,
promises, agreements, demands, controversies, rights, claims and
causes of action of whatever kind or nature, whether known or
unknown, including claims brought under any federal, state or local
statute, ordinance or under common law, and
all manner of claims, demands, causes of action, judgments,
actions, suits, levies, executions, and liabilities of whatever
nature, known or unknown, fixed or contingent, liquidated or
unliquidated, indirect or direct, foreseen or unforeseen, which the
XFormity Released Parties may have had, may have, or may come to
have against the B-50 Released Parties, at any time by reason of,
in any way connected with, arising out of, bearing upon, or in any
way relating to any matter, act, fact, transaction or occurrence or
thing occurring prior to the date of execution of this Agreement,
including without limitation, all claims pertaining to, arising out
of, or bearing upon the Lawsuit.
C The parties understand and expressly agree that
the General Mutual Release contained in paragraphs 2A and 2B
above extends to all claims of every nature and kind, known or
unknown, suspected or unsuspected, presently existing or which may
arise in the future, caused by or resulting from or attributable to
any act or omission of each party and each person released under
this Agreement which occurred or failed to occur prior to the
execution of this Agreement. The parties acknowledge that except
for matters expressly represented herein, the facts with respect to
which this Agreement was entered into may turn out to be other than
or different from the facts now known to each party or believed by
each party to be true, and the parties hereto expressly assume the
risks of the facts turning out to be different and agree
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