JOSEPH GUNNAR SHARE ISSUANCE AND
WAIVER AGREEMENT
This Share
Issuance and Waiver Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered
into as of August 20, 2008, by and between you, Joseph Gunnar
& Co., LLC (“Gunnar” or “you”) and
Morlex, Inc. (“Morlex”, and together with Gunnar, the
“Parties”) with reference to the following recitals of
facts:
A. You have acted as a placement agent (the
“Placement Agent”) in connection with the private
placement of common stock, par value .001 per share (the
“Common Stock”) of Morlex pursuant to that certain
Placement Agent Agreement, dated as of April 11, 2008, between
Morlex and Gunnar (the “Placement Agent
Agreement”).
B. On or about April 11, 2008, Morlex acquired
from Iakona, Inc. (“Iakona”) all of the capital stock
of Ad Authority, Inc. (“Ad Authority”) pursuant to that
certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of November 14, 2008, as
amended from time to time, among Morlex, Iakona, Jason Kulpa
(“Kulpa”) and, solely with respect to Section 9.3
thereof, Duncan Capital Partners, LLC (the “Purchase
Agreement”).
C. In connection with the Purchase Agreement:
(i) Iakona received $5.0 million cash, a secured promissory
note which as of the date of the Separation Agreement (as defined
below) had a principal amount of $3.0 million (the
“Note”) and 6,400,000 shares of Common Stock of Morlex
(the “Stock”), (ii) Kulpa was elected to serve on
the Board of Directors of Morlex, and (iii) Kulpa was
appointed as the CEO of Morlex.
D. Subsequent thereto a dispute arose between
Morlex and Kulpa relative to the transactions contemplated by the
Purchase Agreement, Morlex’s fund-raising efforts and the
operation of Morlex and Ad Authority (the
“Dispute”).
E. On June 29, 2008, Kulpa resigned as the CEO
of Morlex and Ad Authority. On July 17, 2008, Kulpa resigned
as a Director of Morlex and Ad Authority (collectively, the
“Resignation”).
F. In settlement of the Dispute, Morlex, Kulpa and
others entered into a Separation and Release agreement dated as of
August 20, 2008 (“Separation Agreement”). Pursuant to
the Separation Agreement, (i) Kulpa surrendered all of his Morlex
Common Stock, (ii) provisions were made to reduce the amount of the
Note to $480,000 and (iii) Morlex and Kulpa each unconditionally
released the other from all claims relating to the
Dispute.
G. In connection with the Separation Agreement,
Morlex desires to issue 1,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock
to you (“Additional Shares”) in consideration of the
Settlement Agreement and your unconditional release of Morlex and
Kulpa from all claims relating to the Dispute, all on terms and
conditions as set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in recognition of the foregoing, and of the conditions, covenants,
representations, warranties, payments, releases and other
obligations contained in this Agreement, the Parties
agree:
1.
Issuance of Shares
. Within two (2) business days
following receipt of your signature to this Agreement by the
Company, the Company shall give notice to the transfer agent to
issue 1,000,000 Additional Shares to you, and shall cause the
transfer agent to issue such Additional Shares to you promptly. The
Additional Shares shall be restricted shares, and shall be subject
to the First Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement of
the Company, dated as of April 15, 2008, and shall be afforded the
same rights and privileges as the shares held by the Morlex
shareholders that purchased Common Stock in the private
placement.
2.
Unconditional General Release of
Kulpa and Morlex Parties . For and in consideration of the Settlement
Agreement, the promises set forth herein and the issuance of the
Additional Shares to you, you, on behalf of yourself, your parents,
affiliates and subsidiaries, trusts and companies, and each of
them, and each of their shareholders, directors, officers,
trustees, members, managers, partners, agents, representatives,
attorneys, insurers, servants, employees, spouses, predecessors,
successors, assignors, assignees, heirs, executors and
representatives, past and present, do hereby absolutely, fully and
forever, release, covenant not to sue, and discharge Morlex, Kulpa,
and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates,
entities under common control, trusts, beneficiaries of the
companies, and related entities, and each of their shareholders,
directors, officers, trustees, members, partners, agents,
investment bankers, advisors, managers, property managers,
representatives, attorneys, insurers, servants, employees, spouses,
predecessors, successors, assignors, and assignees, past and
present, (collectively, the “Releasees”), from any and
all actions, causes of action, arbitrations, debts, guarantees,
warranties, express or implied, balances, liabilities, demands,
claims, agreements, contracts, covenants, suits, controversies,
judgments, administrative or criminal complaints, citations, or
proceedings, orders and liabilities, obligations, costs, expenses,
damages and liens of every kind or nature whatsoever, in law,
equity or otherwise (hereinafter referred to as the
“Claims”), whether known or unknown, suspected or
unsuspected, fixed or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated,
asserted or not asserted, in law or equity, which have existed, or
may have existed, or which do exist, on or prior to the date
hereof, including, but not limited to those based on, arising from,
or related to your role as the Placement Agent, the Placement Agent
Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Dispute, the Resignation,
fundraising by Morlex and/or Iakona and/or Kulpa, and/or operation
of Ad Authority or Morlex.
3.
Release of Unknown Claims and
Binding Nature of Releases .
(a)
Waiver of Civil Code section
1542 . With respect to
all Claims released under Paragraph 2 herein, the Parties hereto
agree that, notwithstanding Section 1542 of the California Civil
Code, which presently provides that
“A
GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES
NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS/HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF
EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM/HER MUST HAVE
MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS/HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE
DEBTOR”
this release
shall constitute a full release in accordance with its terms. With
respect to all Claims released under Paragraph 2 herein the Parties
hereto, and each of them, knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily
waive the provisions of Section 1542, and any successor provision,
and acknowledge and agree that this waiver is an essential and
material term of this Agreement, and that without such waiver the
settlement would not have been entered into. The Parties hereto
acknowledge the significance and consequences of the Release and of
the specific waiver of Section 1542.
(b)
No Change in the Law or Facts
Will Affect the Agreement . It is the intent of the Parties that this
Agreement be binding and effective without regard to future events.
Each of the Parties to this Agreement has made such investigation
of the facts pertaining to this Agreement, and all matters
pertaining thereto, as it deems necessary. Each of the Parties is
aware that it may hereafter discover claims or facts in addition to
or different from those it now knows or believes to be true with
respect to the matters related herein. Nevertheless, it is the
intention of the Parties to fully,
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