EX-9.1 2 v112267_ex9-1.htm Unassociated Document
Exhibit 9.1
 
GENERAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

THIS GENERAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of April 17, 2008, by and between Total Look, BV (“Total Look”), London Finance Group, Ltd., a California corporation (“LFG”), Dojo Enterprises, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“Dojo”), Hyperion Fund, L.P., a Colorado limited partnership (“Hyperion”), The Palisades Capital, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Trust (“Palisades”), The Morpheus 2005 Trust dated December 1, 2005 (“Morpheus”), Burton Partners, LLC (“Burton”), Picasso, LLC (“Picasso”) and Glacier, LLC (“Glacier,” and, together with Total Look, LFG, Dojo, Hyperion, Palisades, Morpheus, Burton and Picasso, the “Preferred Shareholders”), or their respective assignees and GenMed Holding Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”).
 
Recitals

WHEREAS, the Preferred Shareholders collectively hold 2,179,533 shares of the Company’s Class A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”);

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Preferred Shareholders exchange their Preferred Stock for Seventy-Five Million (75,000,000) shares of the Company’s common stock and Thirty-Nine Million (39,000,000) $0.10 warrants to purchase common stock, and the Preferred Shareholders have agreed to such transaction; and

WHEREAS, Total Look, the Preferred Shareholders and the Company now desire to execute this Agreement to settle all accounts and disputes as provided herein to avoid the expense and delay of litigation.
 
Agreement

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1.  
Releases

(a)  Company, for itself and its past, present and future administrators, affiliates, agents, assigns, attorneys, directors, employees, executors, heirs, insurers, officers, managers, parents, partners, predecessors, representatives, servants, shareholders, subpartners, subsidiaries, successors, transferees, underwriters, clients, customers, and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with any of them, and each of them, hereby releases and discharges (i) each Preferred Shareholder and each of their respective past, present and future administrators, affiliates, agents, assigns, attorneys, directors, employees, executors, heirs, insurers, officers, managers, parents, partners, predecessors, representatives, servants, shareholders, subpartners, subsidiaries, successors, transferees, underwriters, clients and customers and each of them; and (ii) each of their respective past, present and future administrators, affiliates, agents, assigns, attorneys, directors, employees, executors, heirs, insurers, officers, managers, parents, partners, predecessors, representatives, servants, shareholders, subpartners, subsidiaries, successors, transferees, underwriters, clients and customers, and each of them; and (iii) all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with any of them, of and from any and all actions, causes of action (including causes of action for tortious conduct, fraud, fraudulent inducement or otherwise), claims, costs, damages, debts, demands, expenses, liabilities, losses and obligations of every nature, character and description, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, actual or contingent, which the releasing party now owns or holds, or has at any time heretofore owned or held, or may at any time hereafter own or hold, by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever incurred, done, omitted or suffered to be done arising out of, or which may hereafter be claimed to arise out of, related to or in any way directly or indirectly connected with any fact, circumstance or event existing on or prior to the date hereof (all such released or discharged items, collectively, “Released Claims”).
 
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2.  
Conversion and Exchange of Preferred Stock.

The Company hereby agrees to cancel all outstanding shares of its Class A Preferred Stock, and shall issue to the Preferred Shareholders Seventy-Five Million (75,000,000) shares of its common stock, and warrants to purchase Thirty-Nine Million (39,000,000) shares of common stock of the Company at a purchase price of $0.10 per share. The common stock and warrants shall be issued pro-rata in proportion to the number of shares of Preferred Stock held by each Preferred Shareholder.

3.  
Representations and Covenants

(a)  Each of the Parties acknowledges that there is a risk that subsequent to the execution of this Agreement, one or more Parties will incur or suffer loss, damages or injuries which are in some way caused by or related to the Released Claims, but which are unknown and unanticipated at the time this Agreement is signed. All parties do hereby assume the above-mentioned risk and understand that this Agreement SHALL APPLY TO ALL UNKNOWN OR UNANTICIPATED RESULTS OF THE TRANSACTIONS AND OCCURRENCES DESCRIBED ABOVE, AS WELL AS THOSE KNOWN AND ANTICIPATED, each of the Parties acknowledges in executing the releases (the “Releases”) contained in this Agreement, that each does so with full knowledge of any and all rights and benefits that each might otherwise have had under California Civil Code Section 1542, and each, upon the advice of counsel, hereby waives and relinquishes any and all such rights and benefits. Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that this waiver is an essential and material term hereof, without which this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Releases) would not have been entered into. Section 1542 reads as follows:
 
“A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him, must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”

Each of the Parties certifies that it has read the foregoing recitation of Section 1542 and understands the meaning of such section and such fact is indicated by the signing of such Party’s initials hereto:
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Each of the Parties further acknowledges that each may hereafter discover facts different from or in addition to those known or believed to be true with respect to the Released Claims. Each of the Parties agrees that the Releases shall be and shall remain effective in all respects, notwithstanding any such different or additional facts, or any facts which are intentionally concealed from either party by the other. In this regard, and without limitation, each of the Parties declares that it realizes that it may have damages it presently knows nothing about and that, as to them, they have been released pursuant to the Releases. Each of the Parties further declares that it understands that the parties being released would not have agreed to compromise their respective claims if the Releases did not cover damages and their results which may not yet have manifested themselves or which may be unknown or not anticipated at the present time.

(b)  The Releases shall not be deemed an admission by any of the Parties of any sort. No right shall inure to any third party (other than third parties described in subparagraphs (a) or (b) above) from the obligations, representations and agreements made or reflected herein.
 
(c)  Each of the Parties represents and warrants that it alone is the owner of the Released Claims, that it has not heretofore assigned or transferred, nor purported to assign or transfer to any third party, and is not aware of any third party, who might assert some interest in any of the Released Claims. Each Party further agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other from all liability, claims, demands, damages, costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred by the other Party as a result of any third party asserting any such assignment or transfer of any such interest, right or claim.
 
(d)  Each of the Parties represents and warrants that none of the Released Claims is subject to any purported or actual lien, security interest, encumbrance or other contractual right of any third party. Each Party further agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other from all liability, claims, demands, damages, costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred by the other Party as a result of any third party asserting the existence of any of the foregoing.
 
(e)  Each of the Parties acknowledges that it has read this Agreement, has been, or has had the opportunity to be, represented by independent counsel of their own choice in connection with the circumstances leading up to the execution of the Releases, understands the terms, conditions and consequences of the Releases, and is freely and voluntarily entering into the Releases.
 
4.  By execution of this Release, each releasing party represents and warrants to the released party that no Claim that he, she or it has, had, might have or might have had in the past against any person or entity released hereby, has previously been conveyed, assigned, or in any manner transferred, in whole or in part, to any third party. Each releasing party expressly represents and warrants to the other that he, she or it has full authority to enter into this Release and to release any and all Claims he, she or it now has, had, might have or might have had in the past against each person or entity released hereby.
 
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5.  It is expressly understood and agreed that the terms of this Agreement are contractual and not merely recitations and that the agreements herein contained are to compromise doubtful and disputed Claims, avoid litigation, and buy peace and that no releases or other consideration given shall be construed as an admission of liability, all liability being expressly denied by each released party hereto.

6.  It is further understood and agreed that this Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes any and all prior agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof. No oral understandings, statements, representations, warranties, promises, or inducements contrary to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise not contained in this Agreement exist. This Agreement cannot be changed or terminated except in writing signed by all parties hereto. The rights, duties and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement shall operate independently of any other relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Parties.

7.  This Agreement shall be construed in all respects in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within California. Any dispute which relates to the subject matter hereof, or arises herefrom, shall be resolved in Santa Monica, California.

8.  By execution of this Agreement, each Releasor warrants and represents that he understands that this is a full, final, and complete settlement with each party released hereby of all known and unknown Claims. The Releases are not conditioned upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any event or the granting of any consent or approval or related to or dependent upon any other event or any agreement or business transaction between the Parties.

9.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective heirs, successors, representatives, assigns, affiliates, agents, shareholders, directors, employees and attorneys, past and present, and each of them.

10.  If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable. This Agreement and all transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California. THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTIONS, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY OF THEM MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY AND THAT ANY PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTIONS SHALL INSTEAD BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY. The parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of a court of subject matter jurisdiction located in the State of California, city of Santa Monica.
 
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11.  This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement. If this Agreement is executed in counterparts, then each Party shall execute sufficient counterpart signature pages for each Party, ultimately, to be provided with an originally executed counterpart signature page from each Party.

12.  Each gender shall include the other genders whenever the context may require in this Agreement.

13.  Each of the individuals whose signature appears below hereby represents and warrants that he or she has actual authority to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the entity on whose behalf he or she signs this Agreement and does so to the fullest extent of his or her authority, whether as an individual, officer, director, shareholder, partner, joint venturer or otherwise.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have set their hands hereunto as of the dates set forth beneath the undersigned's respective signatures below.

GenMed Holding Corp.
 
 
By: /s/Roy Piceni
       Name: Roy Piceni
       Title: CEO
 
   
   
TOTAL LOOK BV
 
 
By: /s/ G.M.W. Hibma
       Name: G.M.W. Hibma
London Finance Group, Ltd.
 
 
By: /s/ Signature on file 
Name:
Title:
   
   
London Finance Group, Ltd.
 
 
By: /s/ Signature on file 
Name:
Title:
Dojo Enterprises, LLC
 
 
By: /s/ Signature on file 
Name:
Title:
   
   
Hyperion Fund, L.P.
 
 
By: /s/ Signature on file 
Name:
Title:
Palisades Capital, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Trust
 
 
By: /s/ Signature on file 
Name:
Title:
   
   
Morpheus 2005 Trust dated 12/1/05
 
 
By: /s/ Signature on file 
Name:
Title:
Burton Partners, LLC
 
 
By: /s/ Signature on file 
Name:
Title:
   
   
Picasso, LLC
 
 
By: /s/ Signature on file 
Name:
Title:
Glacier, LLC
 
 
By: /s/ Signature on file 
Name:
Title:

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