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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND STIPULATION

THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT and STIPULATION is dated as of February ___, 2017 by and between Simlatus Corporation (“SIML” or the “Company”), a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Nevada, and Rockwell Capital Partners, Inc., (“RCP”), a Delaware Corporation.

 

BACKGROUND:

WHEREAS, there are bona fide outstanding liabilities of the Company in the principal amount of not less than $81,163.25 and

 

WHEREAS, these liabilities are past due; and

WHEREAS, RCP acquired such liabilities on the terms and conditions set forth in the annexed Claim Purchase Agreement(s), subject however to the agreement of the Company and compliance with the provisions hereof; and

 

WHEREAS, RCP and SIML desire to resolve, settle, and compromise among other things the liabilities as more particularly set forth on Schedule A and the Claims Purchase Agreements and debt instruments attached and annexed thereto and incorporated herein (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Claims”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings specified or indicated (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

 

"AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

 

“CLAIM AMOUNT” shall mean $81,163.25.

"COMMON STOCK" shall mean the Company's common stock, $.00001 par value per share, and any shares of any other class of common stock whether now or hereafter authorized, having the right to participate in the distribution of dividends (as and when declared) and assets (upon liquidation of the Company).

 

“COURT” shall mean Circuit Courts within the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Florida.

 

"DISCOUNT" shall mean fifty (50%) percent.

 

  

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“SALE PRICE” shall mean the Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Principal Market.

 

"MARKET PRICE" on any given date shall mean the lowest Sale Price during the Valuation Period.

 

"PRINCIPAL MARKET" shall mean the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Over the Counter Bulletin Board, QB marketplace, the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange, whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common Stock.

 

"PURCHASE PRICE" shall mean the Market Price during the Valuation Period (or such other date on which the Purchase Price is calculated in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement) less the product of the Discount and the Market Price.

 

“SELLER” shall mean any individual or entity listed on Schedule A, who originally owned the Claims.

 

"TRADING DAY" shall mean any day during which the Principal Market shall be open for business.

 

“TRADING PERIOD” shall mean Trading Days during the Valuation Period.

 

"TRANSFER AGENT" shall mean the transfer agent for the Common Stock (and to any substitute or replacement transfer agent for the Common Stock upon the Company's appointment of any such substitute or replacement transfer agent).

 

"VALUATION PERIOD" shall mean the fifteen (15) day trading period preceding the share request inclusive of the day of any Share Request pursuant to this agreement (the “trading period”); provided that the Valuation Period shall be extended as necessary in the event that (1) the Initial Issuance is delivered in more than one tranche pursuant to Sections 3(a) and 3(e), and/or (2) one or more Additional Issuances is required to be made pursuant to Section 3(d)below, in which case the Valuation Period for each issuance shall be extended to include additional trading days pursuant to such issuance. The Valuation Period shall begin on the date of any Share Request pursuant to this Agreement, but shall be suspended to the extent that any subsequent Initial Issuance tranche and/or Additional Issuance is due to be made until such date as such Initial Issuance tranche and/or Additional Issuance is delivered to RCP pursuant to Section 3(b)(iii). Any period of suspension of the Valuation Period shall be established by means of a written notice from RCP to the Company.

 

  

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2. Fairness Hearing. Upon the execution hereof, Company and RCP agree, pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), to immediately submit the terms and conditions of this Agreement to the Court for a hearing on the fairness of such terms and conditions, and the issuance exempt from registration of the Settlement Shares. This Agreement shall become binding upon the parties only upon entry of an order by the Court substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the “Order”).

3. Settlement Shares. Following entry of an Order by the Court in accordance with Paragraph 2 herein and the execution by RCP and Company of the Stipulation and Order of Dismissal (as defined below) subject to paragraph 7 herein, Company shall issue and deliver to RCP shares of its Common Stock (the “Settlement Shares”) as follows:

 

a. In settlement of the Claims, Company shall initially issue and deliver to RCP, in one or more tranches as necessary subject to paragraph 3(f) herein, shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Issuance”), subject to adjustment and ownership limitations as set forth below, sufficient to satisfy the compromised amount at a fifty percent (50%) discount to market (the total amount of the claims divided by 50%) based on the market price during the valuation period as defined herein through the issuance of freely trading securities issued pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act (the “settlement shares”). The Company shall also issue to RCP, on the issuance date(s), Three Hundred Million (300,000,000) freely trading shares pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act in accordance herewith as a settlement fee.

 

b. No later than the first business day following the date that the Court enters the Order, time being of the essence, Company shall: (i) cause its legal counsel to issue an opinion to Company’s transfer agent, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to RCP and such transfer agent, that the shares of Common Stock to be issued as the Initial Issuance and Additional Issuance (as defined below) and shares issued as a settlement fee are legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable, are exempt from registration under the Securities Act, may be issued without restrictive legend, and may be resold by RCP without restriction; (ii) transmit via email, facsimile and overnight delivery an irrevocable and unconditional instruction to Company’s stock transfer agent in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B; and (iii) within three (3) days thereof, issue and deliver to RCP Settlement Shares and settlement fee shares in one or more tranches as necessary, without any legends or restrictions on transfer, sufficient to satisfy the compromised amount along with settlement fee shares, through the issuance of freely trading securities issued pursuant to Section 3(a)10 of the Securities Act. Pursuant to this agreement, RCP may deliver a request to SIML either directly or through Company’s Transfer Agent pursuant to Exhibit “B” which states the dollar amount (designated in U.S. dollars) of Common Stock to be issued to RCP (the “Share Request”). The date upon which the first tranche of the Initial Issuance shares along with any shares issued as a settlement fee have been received into RCP’s account and are available for sale by RCP shall be referred to as the “Issuance Date”. In the event that Company is delinquent on issuance of shares of stock to RCP pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Section 3 within five (5) business days of a request for issuance of shares pursuant to Court Order Granting Approval of this Settlement Agreement, then the Discount shall be increased by five percent (5%), as well as an additional five percent (5%) for each additional delinquency of five (5) Trading Days up to a maximum Discount of ninety percent (90%) until all Settlement Shares and settlement fee shares have been received by RCP and Company has fully complied with all terms and conditions and obligations pursuant to this Settlement Agreement and Stipulation.

 

 

  

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c. During the Valuation Period, the Company shall deliver to RCP, through the Initial Issuance and any required Additional Issuance subject to paragraph 3(f) herein that number of shares (the “Final Amount”) with an aggregate value equal to (A) the sum of the Claim Amount, divided by (B) the Purchase Price. The parties acknowledge that the number of Settlement Shares along with any settlement fee shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement is indeterminable as of the date of its execution, and could well exceed the current existing number of shares outstanding as of the date of its execution.

 

d. If at any time during the Valuation Period the Market Price is below 90% of the Market Price on the day before the Issuance Date, Company will immediately cause to be issued and delivered to RCP in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(b) herein, such additional shares as may be required to effect the purposes of this Settlement Agreement (each, an “Additional Issuance”), subject to the limitation in the paragraph below. At the end of the Valuation Period, if the sum of the Initial Issuance and any Additional Issuance is greater than the Final Amount, RCP shall promptly deliver any remaining shares to Company or its transfer agent for cancellation.

 

e. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, it is the intention of the parties that the Settlement Shares along with settlement fee shares beneficially owned by RCP at any given time shall not exceed the number of such shares that, when aggregated with all other shares of Company then beneficially owned by RCP, or deemed beneficially owned by RCP, would result in RCP owning more than 4.99% of all of such Common Stock as would be outstanding on such date, as determined in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder. In compliance therewith, the Company agrees to deliver the Initial Issuance and any Additional Issuances in one or more tranches.

 

f. For the avoidance of doubt, the price used to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered pursuant to any Share Request shall be rounded up to the nearest decimal place of .00001.

 

4. Necessary Action. At all times after the execution of this Agreement and entry of the Order by the Court, each party hereto agrees to take or cause to be taken all such necessary action including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of such further instruments and documents, as may be reasonably requested by any party for such purposes or otherwise necessary to effect and complete the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

5. Releases. Upon receipt of all of the Settlement Shares and settlement fee shares for and in consideration of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and except for the obligations, representations, indemnifications pursuant to paragraph 15 herein and covenants arising or made hereunder or a breach hereof, the parties hereby release, acquit and forever discharge the other and each, every and all of their current and past officers, directors, shareholders, affiliated corporations, subsidiaries, agents, employees, representatives, attorneys, predecessors, successors and assigns (the “Released Parties”), of and from any and all claims, damages, cause of action, suits and costs, of whatever nature, character or description, whether known or unknown, anticipated or unanticipated, which the parties may now have or may hereafter have or claim to have against each other with respect to the Claims. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to negate or affect RCP’s right and title to any securities heretofore issued to it by Company or any subsidiary of Company.

 

  

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6. Representations. Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to RCP as follows:

 

a. There are Seven Billion (7,000,000,000) shares of Common Stock of the Company authorized as of January 26, 2017, of which approximately Six Hundred Seventy Five Million Seven Hundred Forty Five Thousand Eight Hundred Nineteen (675,745,819) Shares of Common Stock are issued and outstanding as of January 27, 2017; and approximately Six Billion Three Hundred Twenty Four Million Two Hundred Fifty Four Thousand One Hundred Eighty One (6,324,254,181) Shares of Common Stock are available for issuance pursuant hereto;

 

b. The shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Order are duly authorized, and when issued will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities;

 

c. The shares will be exempt from registration under the Securities Act and issuable without any restrictive legend;

 

d. The Company shall reserve from its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the greater of the number of shares that could be issued pursuant to the terms of the Order and that Company shall reserve at its transfer agent, at a minimum, Two Billion (2,000,000,000) shares during the Valuation Period in order to ensure that it can properly carry out the terms of this agreement, which may only be released to Company once all of the Settlement Shares and settlement fee shares have been delivered and converted pursuant to this agreement and Company’s obligations are otherwise fully satisfied or there has otherwise been a default pursuant to the terms of this agreement;

 

e. If at any time it appears reasonably likely that there may be insufficient authorized shares to fully comply with the Order, Company shall promptly increase its authorized shares to ensure its ability to timely comply with the Order;

 

f. The execution of this Agreement and performance of the Order by Company and RCP will not (1) conflict with, violate or cause a breach or default under any agreements between Company and any creditor (or any affiliate thereof) related to the account receivables comprising the Claims, or (2) require any waiver, consent, or other action of the Company or any creditor, or their respective affiliates, that has not already been obtained;

 

g. Without limitation, the Company hereby waives any provision in any agreement related to the account receivables comprising the Claims requiring payments to be applied in a certain order, manner, or fashion, or providing for exclusive jurisdiction in any court other than this Court;

 

  

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h. The Company has all necessary power and authority to execute, deliver and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement;

 

i. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Company has been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of Company and its Board of Directors (including a majority of its independent directors), and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Company;

 

j. Company did not enter into the transaction giving rise to the Claims in contemplation of any sale or distribution of Company’s common stock or other securities;

 

k. There has been no modification, compromise, forbearance, or waiver entered into or given with respect to the Claims. There is no action based on the Claims that is currently pending in any court or other legal venue, and no judgments based upon the Claims have been previously entered in any legal proceeding;

l. There are no taxes due, payable or withholdable as an incident of Seller’s provision of goods and services, and no taxes will be due, payable or withholdable as a result of settlement of the Claims;

 

m. Seller was not and within the past ninety (90) days has not been directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries in control, controlled by, or under common control with, the Company and is not an affiliate of the Company as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the Act;

 

n. Company is operational and is a non-shell company within the meaning of Rule 405 and all applicable Securities Rules and Registration pertaining thereto;

 

o. Company represents that Seller is not, directly or indirectly, utilizing any of the proceeds received from RCP for selling the Claims to provide any consideration to or invest in any manner in the Company or any affiliate of the Company;

 

p. Company has not received any notice (oral or written) from the SEC or Principal Market regarding a halt, limitation or suspension of trading in the Common Stock;

 

q. Seller will not, directly or indirectly, receive any consideration from or be compensated in any manner by, the Company, or any affiliate of the Company, in exchange for or in consideration of selling the Claims;

 

  

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r. Company represents that none of the services provided or to be provided which gave rise to the Claims were or are services related to promoting the Company’s Securities or that may be considered investor relations services;

 

s. Company represents that each Claim being purchased pursuant hereto is a bona-fide Claim against the Company and that the invoices or written contract(s)/promissory notes underlying each Claim are accurate representations of the nature of the debt and the amounts owed by the Company to Seller and that the goods or services which are the subject of the Claims being purchased have been received or rendered;

 

t. Company acknowledges that RCP or its affiliates may from time to time, hold outstanding securities of the Company which may be convertible in shares of the Company’s common stock at a floating conversion rate tied to the current market price for the stock. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement may increase substantially in certain circumstances, including, but not necessarily limited to the circumstance wherein the trading price of the Common Stock declines during the Valuation Period. The Company’s executive officers and directors have studied and fully understand the nature of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and recognize that they have a potential dilutive effect. The board of directors of the Company has concluded in its good faith business judgment that such transaction is in the best interests of the Company. The Company specifically acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Settlement Shares along with settlement fee shares is binding upon the Company and enforceable regardless of the dilution such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other shareholders of the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company has further given its consent for each conversion of shares of stock pursuant to this agreement and agrees and consents that same may occur below the par value of the Company’s Common Stock if applicable.

 

u. None of the transactions agreements or proceedings described above is part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and SIML and RCP are acting and has acted in an arms length capacity.

 

7. Continuing Jurisdiction. Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the attorneys representing the parties hereto will execute a stipulation of dismissal substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C (the “Stipulation of Dismissal”). The parties hereto expressly agree that said Stipulation of Dismissal shall not be filed, but shall be held in escrow by counsel for RCP, until such time that Company has fully complied with all of its obligations pursuant to this Settlement Agreement and Stipulation. In order to enable the Court to grant specific enforcement or other equitable relief in connection with this Agreement, (a) the parties consent to the jurisdiction of the Court for purposes of enforcing this Agreement, and (b) each party to this Agreement expressly waives any contention that there is an adequate remedy at law or any like doctrine that might otherwise preclude injunctive relief to enforce this Agreement.

 

  

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8. Conditions Precedent/ Default.

 

a. If Company shall default in promptly delivering the Settlement Shares to RCP in the form and mode of delivery as required by Paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 6 herein or otherwise fail in any way to fully comply with the provisions thereof;

 

b. If the Order shall not have been entered by the Court on or prior to ninety (90) days after execution of this agreement;

 

c. If the Company shall fail to comply with the Covenants set forth in Paragraph 14 hereof;

 

d. If Bankruptcy, dissolution, receivership, reorganization, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors or other legal proceedings for any reason shall be instituted by or against the Company; or if the trading of the Common Stock shall have been halted, limited, or suspended by the SEC or on the Principal Market; or trading in securities generally on the Principal Market shall have been suspended or limited; or, minimum prices shall been established for securities traded on the Principal Market; or the Common Stock is not eligible or unable to be deposited for trade on the Principal Market; or the Company is delinquent or has not made its required Securities and Exchange Commission filings; or if any time, the Market Price for the Company’s Common Stock drops to at or below .0003; or there shall have been any material adverse change (i) in the Company’s finances or operations, or (ii) in the financial markets such that, in the reasonable judgment of the RCP, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to trade the Settlement Shares along with any settlement fee shares; and such suspension, limitation or other action is not cured within five (5) trading days; then the Company shall be deemed in default of the Agreement and Order and this Agreement and/or any remaining obligations of RCP pursuant to this Agreement shall be voidable in the sole discretion of RCP, unless otherwise agreed by written agreement of the parties;

 

           e. In the event that the Company fails to fully comply with the conditions precedent as specified in paragraph 8 a. through d. herein, then the Company shall be deemed in default of the agreement and RCP, at its option and in its sole discretion, may declare Company to be in default of the Agreement and Order, and this Agreement and/or any remaining obligations of RCP pursuant to this Agreement shall be voidable in the sole discretion of RCP, unless otherwise agreed by written agreement of the parties. In said event, RCP shall have no further obligation to comply with the terms of this agreement and can thus opt out of making any remaining payments, if applicable, not previously made to creditors as contemplated by the Claims Purchase Agreement as referenced in schedule A. In the event Company is declared to be in default, Company shall remain fully obligated to comply with the terms of this Settlement Agreement and Stipulation for issuance of shares of stock to RCP for any amount of debt previously purchased and paid for by RCP pursuant to the terms of this Settlement Agreement and Stipulation, Schedule A, as well as Order Approving same along with all settlement fee shares required hereby. In the event that Company is declared to be in default of this Agreement prior to successful deposit and clearance of the Settlement Shares and/or settlement fee shares, Company shall further remain fully obligated for issuance of all settlement fee shares pursuant to paragraph 3(a) herein.

 

  

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9. Information. Company and RCP each represent that prior to the execution of this Agreement, they have fully informed themselves of its terms, contents, conditions and effects, and that no promise or representation of any kind has been made to them except as expressly stated in this Agreement.

 

10. Ownership and Authority. Company and RCP represent and warrant that they have not sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of any or all of any claim, demand, right, or cause of action, relating to any matter which is covered by this Agreement, that each is the sole owner of such claim, demand, right or cause of action, and each has the power and authority and has been duly authorized to enter into and perform this Agreement and that this Agreement is the binding obligation of each, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

11. No Admission. This Agreement is contractual and it has been entered into in order to compromise disputed claims and to avoid the uncertainty and expense of the litigation. This Agreement and each of its provisions in any orders of the Court relating to it shall not be offered or received in evidence in any action, proceeding or otherwise used as an admission or concession as to the merits of the Action or the liability of any nature on the part of any of the parties hereto except to enforce its terms.

 

12. Binding Nature. This Agreement shall be binding on all parties executing this Agreement and their respective successors, assigns and heirs.

13. Authority to Bind. Each party to this Agreement represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions provided in this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action of the respective entity and that the person executing this Agreement on its behalf has the full capacity to bind that entity. Each party further represents and warrants that it has been represented by independent counsel of its choice in connection with the negotiation and execution of this Agreement, and that counsel has reviewed this Agreement. Company further represents and warrants that they have had corporate legal counsel review and agree to the terms of this Agreement independent of counsel of their choosing to represent Company at any fairness hearing or hearings to approve this Agreement.

 

14. Covenants.

 

a. For so long as RCP or any of its affiliates holds any shares of Common Stock, neither Company nor any of its affiliates shall vote any shares of Common Stock owned or controlled by it (unless voting in favor of a proposal approved by a majority of Company’s Board of Directors), or solicit any proxies or seek to advise or influence any person with respect to any voting securities of Company; in favor of (1) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a reorganization, reverse stock split or liquidation, involving Company or any of its subsidiaries, (2) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of Company or any of its subsidiaries, (3) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of Company, (4) any other material change in Company’s business or corporate structure, (5) a change in Company’s charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto (6) causing a class of securities of Defendant to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association, (7) causing a class of equity securities of Company to become eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (8) terminating its Transfer Agent (9) taking any action which would impede the purposes and objects of this Settlement Agreement or (10) taking any action, intention, plan or arrangement similar to any of those enumerated above. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to exclude strategic decisions by Company made in an effort to expand the Company except as expressly stated herein. The provisions of this paragraph may not be modified or waived without further order of the Court.

 

  

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b. Immediately upon the signing of the Settlement Order by the Court, the Company shall cause to be filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing the settlement. Furthermore, in the event that the Company raises their issued and outstanding Common Stock by an additional ten percent (10%) or more, Company shall file a form 8k with the Securities and Exchange Commission each and every time. The Company shall further immediately file such additional SEC filings as may be or are required in respect of the transactions. In the event that the Company fails to fully comply with this provision, then the Discount pursuant to this agreement shall be increased by five percent (5%), as well as an additional five percent (5%) for each additional delinquency of five (5) Trading Days up to a maximum Discount of ninety percent (90%) until all Settlement Shares and settlement fee shares have been received by RCP and Company has fully complied with all terms and conditions and obligations pursuant to this Settlement Agreement and Stipulation.

 

c. RCP hereby covenants that they have not provided any funds or other consideration to the Company and have no intent to do so. In no event shall any of the funds received from the sale of shares of the Company in reliance upon the Court Order be used to provide any consideration to the Company or any affiliate of the Company.

 

d. RCP has utilized the services of Windsor Street Capital, L.P. as a placement agent in this transaction and RCP has not and is not acting as a broker dealer in such capacity in this transaction pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Windsor Street Capital, L.P. has performed due diligence on the debts associated with this transaction, negotiated the terms hereof and arranged for RCP to place their capital in this transaction. Rockwell Capital Partners, Inc., through the transactions, agreements or proceedings above are not a part of a plan or scheme or evade the registration requirements of Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any other applicable provisions.

 

15. Indemnification. Company covenants and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold RCP and its agents, employees, representatives, officers, directors, stockholders, controlling persons and affiliates harmless arising from or incident or related to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any claim or action brought derivatively or by the Seller or Shareholders of the Company and further, harmless against any charges, claims, suits, losses, expenses, damages, obligations, fines, judgments, liabilities, costs and expenses (including actual costs of investigation and reasonable attorney’s fees) whether brought by an individual or entity or imposed by a court of law or by administrative action of any Federal, State or Local governmental body or agency, administrative agency or regulatory authority related to arising in any manner out of, based upon or in connection with (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact made by the Company or any omission or alleged omission of the Company to state a material fact required to be stated herein or in any seller document or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (b) the inaccuracy or breach of any covenant, representation or warranty made by the Company contained herein or in any seller document or (c) any transaction, proposal or any other matter contemplated herein. The Company will promptly reimburse the indemnified parties for all expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel) as incurred in connection with the investigation of, preparation for or defense of any pending or threatened claim related to or arising in any manner out of any matter contemplated by this Agreement, or any action or proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such indemnified party is a formal party to any such proceeding. This Agreement specifically includes, but is not limited to the foregoing concerning any claim that Rockwell Capital Partners is in violation of or has violated Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for unlawful or unauthorized sale of securities based upon Rockwell Capital Partners, Inc.’s reliance on representations of Company or misrepresentations of Company pursuant to (a), (b) or (c) herein and/or that any payments made by RCP to Creditors were fraudulent, based upon false instruments provided to RCP or not bona fide claims within the meaning of Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be liable in respect of any claims that a court of competent jurisdiction has judicially determined by final judgment (and the time to appeal has expired or the last right of appeal of has been denied) which resulted solely or in part from the willful misconduct of an indemnified party or the willful violation of any securities law or regulations by the indemnified party. The Company further agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of Rockwell Capital Partners, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not Rockwell Capital Partners or any indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such proceeding), unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of Rockwell Capital Partners and each other indemnified party hereunder from all liability arising out of such proceeding. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in any case in which (i) an Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Indemnification Agreement but it is judicially determined by the entry of a final judgment decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and (the time to appeal has expired or the last right of appeal has been denied) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case, or (ii) contribution may be required by 

 

  

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the Company in circumstances for which an Indemnified Party is otherwise entitled to indemnification under the Agreement, then, and in each such case, the Company shall contribute to the aggregate losses, Claims and damages and/or liabilities in an amount equal to the amount for which indemnification was held unavailable. The Company further agrees that no Indemnified Party shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise) to the Company for or in connection with Rockwell’s agreement hereunder except for Claims that a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by final judgment (and the time to appeal has expired or the last right of appeal has been denied) resulted solely or in part from the willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party or the willful violation of any securities laws or regulations by an Indemnified Party. The indemnity, reimbursement and contribution obligations of the Company set forth herein shall be in addiction to any liability which the Company may otherwise have an shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the Company or an Indemnified Party.

 

16. Legal Effect. The parties to this Agreement represent that each of them has been advised as to the terms and legal effect of this Agreement and the Order provided for herein, and that the settlement and compromise stated herein is final and conclusive forthwith, shall supersede all prior written or oral between the parties, subject to the conditions stated herein, and each attorney represents that his or her client has freely consented to and authorized this Agreement after having been so advised.

 

17. Mutual Drafting. Each party has participated jointly in the drafting of this Agreement which each party acknowledges is the result of negotiation between the parties and through placement agent Windsor Street Capital, L.P., and the language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent. If ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, then this Agreement will accordingly be construed as drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party to this Agreement by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

18. Waiver of Defense. Each party hereto waives a statement of decision, and the right to appeal from the Order after its entry. Company further waives any defense based on the rule against splitting causes of action. The prevailing party in any motion to enforce the Order shall be awarded its reasonably attorney fees and expenses in connection with such motion. Except as expressly set forth herein, each party shall bear its own attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs.

 

19. Signatures. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts and the Agreement, together with its counterpart signature pages, shall be deemed valid and binding on each party when duly executed by all parties. Facsimile and electronically scanned signatures shall be deemed valid and binding for all purposes. This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement thereof. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

20. Choice of Law, Etc. Notwithstanding the place where this Agreement may be executed by either of the parties, or any other factor, all terms and provisions hereof shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, applicable to agreements made and to be fully performed in that State and without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof. Any action brought to enforce, or otherwise arising out of this Agreement shall be brought only in State Court sitting in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida.

  

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21. Exclusivity. For a period of the later of one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the execution of this Agreement or upon RCP’s final sale of all shares of stock issued pursuant hereto subsequent to final adjustment; (a) Company and its representatives shall not enter into any exchange transaction under Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act nor directly or indirectly discuss, negotiate or consider any proposal, plan or offer from any other party relating to any liabilities, or any financial transaction having an effect or result similar to the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) RCP shall have the exclusive right to negotiate and execute definitive documentation embodying the terms set forth herein and other mutually acceptable terms.

 

22. Inconsistency. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and any other document executed in connection herewith, the terms of this Agreement shall control to the extent necessary to resolve such inconsistency.

 

23. NOTICES. Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing (unless otherwise specified herein) and shall be deemed effectively given on the earliest of

 

(a) the date delivered, if delivered by personal delivery as against written receipt therefore or by confirmed facsimile transmission,

 

(b) the fifth business day after deposit, postage prepaid, in the United States Postal Service by registered or certified mail, or

 

(c) the second business day after mailing by domestic or international express courier, with delivery costs and fees prepaid,

 

(d) delivery by email upon delivery, in each case, addressed to each of the other parties thereunto entitled at the following addresses (or at such other addresses as such party may designate by ten (10) days’ advance written notice similarly given to each of the other parties hereto):

Company:

Simlatus Corporation

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________________________________

Attn: _____________________

Telephone No.: ____________________

E-mail: ____________________

  

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with a copy to:

Michael G. Brown, Esq.

P.O. Box 19702

Sarasota, Florida 34237

941-780-1300 (phone)

941-296-7500 (fax)

Florida Bar No. 0148709

Rockwell Capital Partners, Inc.

Attn: Samuel Oshana

1221 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1160

Miami, Florida 33131

Telephone: 786-218-4651

Email: sam@RCPfunds.com

And

Charles N. Cleland, Jr., P.A.

2127 Ringling Boulevard, Suite 104

Sarasota, Florida 34237

(941) 955-1595 phone

(941) 953-7185 facsimile

Florida Bar No. 0896195

ccleland@clelandpa.com email

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Settlement Agreement and Stipulation as of the date first indicated above.

Rockwell Capital Partners, Inc.

By: ___________________________

Name: __________________

Title: ___________________

Simlatus Corporation

By: /s/Gary B. Tilden 

Name: Gary B. Tilden

Title: President, CEO

 

  

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Affiliates

  

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EXHIBIT A

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR SARASOTO COUNTY, FLORIDA

Rockwell Capital Partners, LLC,

 a Delaware Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.                                                                                                           Case No.

Simlatus Corporation,

 a Nevada Corporation,

Defendant.

_______________________________/

ORDER GRANTING APPROVAL OF

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND STIPULATION

This matter having come on for a hearing on the ___ day of _________, 2017, to approve the Settlement Agreement entered into as of ________ ___, 2017 between Plaintiff, RCP (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant, Simlatus Corporation (“Defendant” and collectively with Plaintiff, the “Parties”), and the Court having held a hearing as to the fairness of the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement and Stipulation and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, the Court hereby finds as follows:

 

1. The Court has been advised that the Parties intend that the sale of the Shares (as defined by the Settlement Agreement and, hereinafter, the “Shares”) to and the resale of the Shares by Plaintiff in the United States, assuming satisfaction of all other applicable securities laws and regulations, will be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) in reliance upon Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act based upon this Court’s finding herein that the terms and conditions of the issuance of the Shares by Defendant to Plaintiff are fair to Plaintiff;

  

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2. The hearing having been scheduled upon the consent of Plaintiff and Defendant, Plaintiff has had adequate notice of the hearing and Plaintiff is the only party to whom Shares will be issued pursuant to the Settlement Agreement;

 

3. The terms and conditions of the issuance of the Shares in exchange for the release of certain claims as set forth in the Settlement Agreement are fair to Plaintiff, the only party to whom the Shares will be issued;

 

4. The fairness hearing was open to Plaintiff. Plaintiff was represented by counsel at the hearing who acknowledged that adequate notice of the hearing was given and consented to the entry of this Order.

 

It is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Settlement Agreement and Stipulation is hereby approved as fair to the party to whom the Shares will be issued, within the meaning of Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act and that the sale of the Shares to Plaintiff and the resale of the Shares in the United States by Plaintiff, assuming satisfaction of all other applicable securities laws and regulations, will be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. The Settlement Agreement and Stipulation entered into between the parties is hereby approved and the parties are ordered to comply with same. The Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit in and for Sarasota County, Florida reserves jurisdiction over the parties to this action as well as the subject matter herein for purposes of contempt and enforcement of the Settlement Agreement and Stipulation as well as for such other purposes as allowed by law.

 

SO ORDERED, this ___ day of ___________, 2017.

____________________________________

Conformed copies to:                                                                           The Honorable _________________

Charles N. Cleland, Jr., Esq.

Michael G. Brown, Esq.

 

 

  

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EXHIBIT B

[To be reprinted on Company letterhead]

Date

Presidents Stock Transfer

215-515 West Pender Street

Vancouver, BC V6B 6H5

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Simlatus Corporation (the "Company") and Rockwell Capital Partners Inc (the "Investor") have entered into a 3(a)(10) Settlement (the "Agreement") in the principal amount of $81,163.25 (the "Settlement").

A copy of the settlement is attached hereto. You should familiarize yourself with your issuance and delivery obligations, as Transfer Agent, contained therein. The shares to be issued are to be registered in the names of the registered holder of the securities submitted for conversion or exercise.

You are hereby irrevocably authorized and instructed to reserve a sufficient number of shares of common stock (“Common Stock”) of the Company (initially, 2,000,000,000 Shares for this specific transaction) for issuance upon full conversion of the Settlement in accordance with the terms thereof.

In the event that the price per share of the Common Stock falls below 50% of the closing price on the date of this letter, the Investor may from time to time provide you with written notice to increase the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved, without any further action or confirmation of the Company, to such number of shares as equals five times the outstanding Note balance at the time of the notice divided by the lowest price traded of the Common Stock for the ten trading days prior to the date of the notice. In the event of a reverse stock split the reserve should remain unchanged unless instructed by the Investor and the Company.

The ability to convert the Settlement in a timely manner is a material obligation of the Company pursuant to the Settlement. Your firm is hereby irrevocably authorized and instructed to first issue shares of Common Stock of the Company (without any restrictive legend) to the Investor from the Company’s authorized and unissued shares to the extent the same are available and not from the Transfer Agent Reserve (unless and until there are no authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance other than those held in the Transfer Agent Reserve) without any further action or confirmation by the Company: (A) upon your receipt from the Investor of: (i) a notice of conversion ("Conversion Notice") executed by the Investor; and (ii) an opinion of counsel of the Investor, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions (and satisfactory to the transfer agent), to the effect that the shares of Common Stock of the Company issued to the Investor pursuant to the Conversion Notice are not "restricted securities" as defined in Rule 144 and should be issued to the Investor without any restrictive legend; and (B) the number of shares to be issued is less than 4.99% of the total issued common stock of the Company confirmed by a representation letter from Rockwell Capital Partners stating that the shares issued will keep Rockwell Capital Partners ownership below 4.99% and no other confirmation will be necessary. The representation letter signed by Rockwell Capital Partners stating they are below 4.99% ownership will be sufficient to issue the requested shares.

  

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The Company hereby requests that your firm act immediately, without delay and without the need for any action or confirmation by the Company with respect to the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to any Conversion Notices received from the Investor. The request shall be honored and shares issued within 24 hours. The Investor understands and acknowledges that in the event that the Company is delinquent in billing with Presidents Stock Transfer, they will honor conversion requests with the additional payment of $200.00 per request.

The Company shall indemnify you and your officers, directors, principals, partners, agents and representatives, and hold each of them harmless from and against any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of its attorneys) incurred by or asserted against you or any of them arising out of or in connection the instructions set forth herein, the performance of your duties hereunder and otherwise in respect hereof, including the costs and expenses of defending yourself or themselves against any claim or liability hereunder, except that the Company shall not be liable hereunder as to matters in respect of which it is determined that you have acted with gross negligence or in bad faith. You shall have no liability to the Company in respect to any action taken or any failure to act in respect of this if such action was taken or omitted to be taken in good faith, and you shall be entitled to rely in this regard on the advice of counsel.

The Board of Directors of the Company has approved the foregoing (irrevocable instructions) and does hereby extend the Company’s irrevocable agreement to indemnify your firm for all loss, liability or expense in carrying out the authority and direction herein contained on the terms herein set forth.

The Company agrees that in the event that the Transfer Agent resigns as the Company’s transfer agent, the Company shall engage a suitable replacement transfer agent that will agree to serve as transfer agent for the Company and be bound by the terms and conditions of these Irrevocable Instructions within five (5) business days. Furthermore, if the company decides to switch or terminate the current Transfer Agent, 30 day notice of termination must be given, and the fee for the irrevocable agreement transfer will be $350.00 per irrevocable agreement payable to the current transfer agent prior to termination.

You are also authorized to release any information you deem necessary towards processing clearing and settlement of the shares arising from this reservation.

The Investor is intended to be and are third party beneficiaries hereof, and no amendment or modification to the instructions set forth herein may be made without the consent of the Investor.

Very truly yours,

_____________________________

Chief Executive Officer

Acknowledged and Agreed:

Presidents Stock Transfer

By:________________________________

Name:

Title

  

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EXHIBIT C

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA

Rockwell Capital Partners, LLC,

a Delaware Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.                                                                                                Case No.

Simlatus Corporation,

a Nevada Corporation,

Defendant.

_______________________________/

STIPULATION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned, the attorneys of record for all the parties to the above-entitled action, pursuant to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, that whereas no party hereto is an infant or incompetent person for whom a committee has been appointed or conservatee and no person not a party has an interest in the subject matter of the action, the above-entitled action be, and the same hereby is, dismissed, each party to bear its own costs.

Dated: _______________________, 2017.

_______________________________                                                                 ___________________________________

Charles N. Cleland, Jr., Esq.                                                                                Michael G. Brown, Esquire

CHARLES N. CLELAND, JR., P.A.                                                                    P.O. Box 19702

Florida Bar No. 0896195                                                                         Sarasota, Florida 34237

2127 Ringling Blvd., Suite 104                                                                                    941-780-1300 (phone)

Sarasota, Florida 34237                                                                                                941-296-7500 (fax)

(941) 955-1595 phone                                                                                                   Florida Bar No. 0148709

(941) 953-7185 facsimile                                                                                              Attorney for Defendant

Attorney for Plaintiff

SO ORDERED: ___________________________________

The Honorable _______________________

  

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SCHEDULE A

CLAIMS

	
Company

	
Nature of Claim

	
Payment to be paid within ten (10) days after Court Order granting approval of settlement agreement pursuant to Claims Purchase Agreements amended hereto

	
Payment to be paid within thirty (30) days and any applicable additional days which could be triggered by a default event after Court order granting approval of settlement agreement pursuant to Claims Purchase Agreements annexed hereto

	
Total Debt Purchased

	
Kim Thomas

	
Invoice

	
$2,759.37

	
$2,759.37

	
$5,518.75

	
Presidents Stock Transfer

	
Invoice

	
$690.00

	
$690.00

	
$1,380.00

	
SD Mitchell & Associates, PLC

	
Invoice

	
$14,000

	
$14,000

	
$28,000.00

	
Ideal Connection

	
Invoice

	
$1,533.25

	
$1,533.25

	
$3,066.50

	
Channel Sales and Consulting

	
Invoice

	
$6,000.00

	
$6,000.00

	
$12,000.00

	
Mac Accounting

	
Invoice

	
$2,500.00

	
$2,500.00

	
$5,000.00

	
Oasis Medical Solutions

	
Invoice

	
$2,500.00

	
$2,500.00

	
$5,000.00

	
WLR Research, Inc.

	
Invoice

	
$3,900.00

	
$3,900.00

	
$7,800.00

	
PublicEase, Inc.

	
Invoice

	
$1,199.00

	
$1,199.00

	
$2,398.00

	
Alondra McClendon

	
Invoice

	
$1,500.00

	
$1,500.00

	
$3,000,00

	
Windsor Street Capital

	
Invoice

	
$4,000.00

	
$4,000.00

	
$8,000.00

	
TOTALS

	  	
$41,766.62

	
$41,766.63

	
$81,163.25

  

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Exhibit 10ag

FORM OF Performance STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

This Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of the _____ day of __________, _______ between Myers Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), and __________________, an employee (the “Employee”) of the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries.

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore adopted the 2017 Incentive Stock Plan of Myers Industries, Inc., as amended and restated (the “Plan”); and

WHEREAS, it is a requirement of the Plan that a Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement be executed to evidence the Performance Stock Units awarded to the Employee.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto have agreed, and do hereby agree as follows:

1. Grant of Performance Stock Units.  The Company hereby grants to the Employee an Award of Performance Stock Units (such number to be determined as set forth in Section 4(b) based on a target award of ____________  Performance Stock Units) on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.  Each Performance Stock Unit represents the right of the Employee to receive the payment of one Share on the date that payment is made.

2. Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Free Cash Flow as a Percentage of Sales” means the total Free Cash Flow over the Performance Period compared against total Sales over the Performance Period, with such adjustments as may be approved by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, in its discretion.

(b) “Adjusted EBITDA” means the Company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in each case as set forth on the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year with such adjustments as may be approved by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, in its discretion.

(c) “Cause” means:

	
 
	
(i)
	
The commission by the Employee (evidenced by a conviction or written, voluntary and freely given confession) of a criminal act constituting a felony or involving fraud or moral turpitude;

	
 
	
(ii)
	
The repeated failure of the Employee to follow the reasonable directives of the Employee’s superiors after having been given written notice thereof; or

	
 
	
(iii)
	
Commission by the Employee of any act, which both (A) constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct and (B) has a materially adverse effect on the Company’s operations, properties or business relationships.

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(d) “Cumulative EBITDA” means the sum of Adjusted EBITDA for each year of the Performance Period.

(e) “Disability” means a physical or mental incapacity that prevents the Executive from performing his duties for a total of one hundred eighty (180) days in any twenty four (24) month period.

(f) “Free Cash Flow” means  cash from continuing operations less capital expenditures.

(g) “Good Reason” means the occurrence of one or more of the following conditions arising without the consent of the Employee:

(i) A material diminution in the Employee’s annual base salary;

(ii) A material diminution in the Employee’s duties and responsibilities; or

(iii) A material change in the geographic location at which the Employee must perform his duties.

In order for a condition to constitute Good Reason, the Employee must provide written notice to the Company of the existence of the condition within forty-five (45) days of the initial existence of the condition (or within forty-five (45) days following the Employee actually becoming aware of such condition, if later), upon receipt of such notice, the Company shall have a period of thirty (30) days during which it may remedy the condition.  Furthermore, to constitute Good Reason, the Employee must voluntarily terminate employment with the Company within one hundred eighty (180) days following the initial existence of the condition (or within one hundred eighty (180) days following the Employee actually becoming aware of such condition, if later).  The parties agree that “Good Reason” will not be deemed to have occurred merely because the Company becomes a subsidiary or division of another entity following a Change of Control.

(a) “Performance Goals” mean Cumulative EBITDA and Free Cash Flow as a Percentage of Sales established by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors within ninety (90) days after the commencement of the Performance Period. 

(b) “Performance Period” means the period commencing on ____________ and ending on ____________.

(c) “Sales”  means net sales.

3. Rights with Respect to Performance Stock Units.  The Performance Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company, and the Employee shall have no rights with respect to the Performance Stock Units other than those of a general creditor of the Company.  Prior to the issuance of Shares as payment with respect to the Performance Stock Units, the Employee shall have no voting, dividend or other rights of ownership in or to the Shares underlying the Performance Stock Units and shall not be deemed the beneficial owner of such Shares.

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4. Restrictions on Number and Vesting of the Performance Stock Units.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, none of the Performance Stock Units may be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of; provided, however, the right to receive payment with respect to the Performance Stock Units may be transferred upon the death of the Employee to the Employee’s Successor.

(b) The number of Performance Stock Units earned shall be determined, and shall vest, as of ____________ based on the relative level of achievement of the Performance Goals as set forth in Exhibit A or earlier, upon an Acceleration Event (as defined in Section 5).  The number of Performance Stock Units earned shall be determined by providing equal weight to the Performance Goals (such number of Performance Stock Units, the “Vested Performance Stock Units”).  The determination of the Vested Performance Stock Units shall be made by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in its sole discretion as soon as administratively possible after the Company’s audited financial statements are available for the final fiscal year of the Performance Period.  Any Performance Stock Units or rights to Performance Stock Units that do not become Vested Performance Stock Units as of ____________, or earlier upon an Acceleration Event, shall be immediately and automatically forfeited to the Company without notice and without consideration.

(c) In the event of the complete termination of the Employee’s employment by the Company for Cause (as defined herein unless defined in any written agreement between the Company and the Employee in effect at the time of such termination of employment) or by the Employee without Good Reason (as defined herein unless defined in any written agreement between the Company and the Employee in effect at the time of such termination of employment) prior to the earlier of ____________ or an Acceleration Event, the Employee’s right to any Stock Units subject to this Agreement shall be immediately and automatically forfeited to the Company without notice for no consideration.  For the avoidance of doubt, a termination by the Employee without Good Reason will not include a termination by reason of the Employee’s death, disability, retirement on or after the Employee’s sixty-fifth birthday or a termination by the Employee for Good Reason.

5. Payment and Issuance of Shares.  As soon as administratively practicable following the determination of the achievement of the Performance Goals for the Performance Period, but in no event later than thirty (30) days following the end of the Performance Period (the “Payment Date”), the Company shall make a payment to the Employee of one Share for every Vested Performance Stock Unit as payment with respect to each such Vested Performance Stock Unit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated prior to ____________ by reason of the Employee’s death or disability (an “Acceleration Event”), then (i) for purposes of determining the number of Vested Performance Stock Units as of such Acceleration Event, the achievement of the Performance Goals shall be deemed to be 100% and the award shall be prorated for the shortened Performance Period (ii) the Company shall make a payment to the Employee of one Share for every Vested Performance Stock Unit as soon as reasonably practicable following such Acceleration Event, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the date of the Acceleration Event, and (iii) the Employee will not be entitled to any further payment pursuant to this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated by reason of retirement on or after the Employee’s sixty-fifth birthday, by the Company without Cause (as defined herein unless defined in any written agreement between the Company and the Employee in effect at the time of such termination of employment) or by the Employee for Good Reason (as defined herein unless defined in any written agreement between the Company and the Employee in effect at the time of such termination of employment), the determination of the number of Vested Performance Stock Units, and any payment to be 

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made to the Employee with respect to any Vested Performance Stock Units, shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable following the determination of the achievement of the  Performance Goals for the Performance Period, but in no event later than March 15 of the calendar year following the end of the Performance Period.  If any dividends are declared on the Company’s Shares while the Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement are outstanding, the Company shall make a payment to the Employee on the Payment Date or the Acceleration Event, as the case may be, with respect to each Performance Stock Unit that became a Vested Performance Stock Unit on the Payment Date or the Acceleration Event, in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of dividends that would have been payable to the Employee with respect to each such Vested Performance Stock Unit had such Vested Stock Performance Unit instead been an issued and outstanding Share on the record date of any such dividends (the “Dividend Equivalent Amount”).  At the Company’s discretion, payment of the Dividend Equivalent Amount may be made in cash or in Shares having a Fair Market Value on the Payment Date or the Acceleration Event, as the case may be, equal to the Dividend Equivalent Amount.  In no event will dividends or any dividend equivalents be paid on unvested Performance Stock Units which are forfeited.  At the Company’s election, the Company shall cause the Shares delivered as payment with respect to the Vested Performance Stock Units to either be evidenced by a book entry account maintained by the Company’s stock transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) or by a certificate issued in the Employee’s name.  Upon the earlier of the date the Shares are evidenced in a book entry account maintained by the Transfer Agent or the date a certificate for the Shares are issued in the Employee’s name, the Employee shall be a shareholder with respect to the Shares and shall have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to the Shares, including the right to vote the Shares and to receive any dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the Shares.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, following a Change of Control of the Company, the Company, at its election, may elect to make any payment required to be made to the Employee pursuant to this Section 5 in cash rather than Shares.

6. Taxes.  The Company shall have the right to satisfy any obligation of the Company to withhold taxes or other amounts with respect to the Vested Performance Stock Units by withholding Shares otherwise deliverable to the Employee with respect to the Vested Performance Stock Units having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such tax or other withholdings, provided that the amount will not result in liability accounting for the Company.  Furthermore, the Company may elect to deduct from any cash payment made to the Employee pursuant to this Agreement the amount of any taxes or other amounts which the Company is or will be required to withhold with respect to such cash payment.

7. No Right to Employment.  Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon the Employee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or interfere with or restrict in any way with the right of the Company or any such Subsidiary to terminate his employment at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause.

8. Acknowledgement and Section 409A Compliance.

(a) Employee acknowledges that neither the Company nor any of the Company’s affiliates, officers, shareholders, employees, agents or representatives has provided or is providing the undersigned with tax advice regarding the Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement or any other matter, and the Company has urged the Employee to consult with his own tax advisor with respect to the income taxation consequences associated with the Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement.

(b) It is intended that this Award of Performance Stock Units comply with Section 409A of the Code, and this Award and the terms of this Agreement shall be interpreted and administered in a manner consistent with such intent, although in no event shall the Company have any liability to the Employee if 

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this Award or the terms of this Agreement are determined not to comply with Section 409A of the Code.  For purposes of this Agreement, termination of employment means a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(h).

(c) Whenever payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days (e.g., payment may be made within thirty (30) days after the Payment Date), the actual date of payment within the specified period will be determined solely by the Company.

(d) If the Employee is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code at the time of his “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then any payment otherwise required to be made to him under this Agreement on account of his separation from service, to the extent such payment (after taking into account all exclusions applicable to such payment under Section 409A of the Code) is properly treated as deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, shall not be made until the first business day after (i) the expiration of six months from the date of the Employee’s separation from service, or (ii) if earlier, the date of the Employee’s death.

9. Incorporation of Provisions of the Plan.  All of the provisions of the Plan pursuant to which the Performance Stock Units are granted are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof as if specifically set forth herein, and to the extent of any conflict between this Agreement and the terms contained in the Plan, the Plan shall control.  To the extent any capitalized terms are not otherwise defined herein, they shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

10. Invalidity of Provisions.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement as a result of a violation of any state or federal law, or of the rules or regulations of any governmental regulatory body, shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement.

11. Waiver and Modification.  The provisions of this Agreement may not be waived or modified unless such waiver or modification is in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

12. Interpretation.  All decisions or interpretations made by the Committee with regard to any question arising under the Plan or this Agreement as provided by Section 4 of the Plan, shall be binding and conclusive on the Company and the Employee.

13. Multiple Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in multiple counterparts, all of which together shall constitute an original agreement.  The execution by one party of any counterpart shall be sufficient execution by that party, whether or not the same counterpart has been executed by any other party.

14. Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Ohio.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed, and the Employee has hereunto set his hand, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
MYERS INDUSTRIES, INC.

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
By:
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Its:
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 

 

	
                                                                 

	
                                    ,
	
Employee

 

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