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SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT ("the Agreement"), dated as of August I, 2011, (the "Effective
Date"), is made and entered into among (a) Glenn Dubin; and (b) Jeffrey Epstein, and
Jecpers, Inc., a U.S. Virgin Islands Corporation, (collectively, the "Epstein Parties")
(together with Glenn Dubin, the "Parties").
WHEREAS Glenn Dubin is Chief Executive Officer of Highbridge Capital
Management LI.0 ("Highbridge"), a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect
subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. ("JPMorgan"), and a member of Dubin & Swieca
Asset Management, LLC ("DSAM"), a Delaware limited liability company;
WHEREAS certain of the Epstein Panics have been or are owners of interests (the
"Epstein Interest") in the D.B. Zwim Special Opportunities Fund, L.P. (the "Onshore
Fund") (now known as the Fortress Value Recovery Fund I LLC);
WHEREAS until 2007 DSAM owned a non-controlling interest in D.B. Zwirn &
Co., L.P., which was the investment manager of the Onshore Fund;
WHEREAS beginning in 2006 the Epstein Parties made requests to redeem their
interests in the Onshore Fund which were rejected by the Onshore Fund and/or D.B.
Zwim & Co., L.P.;
WHEREAS the Epstein Parties brought counterclaims and third-party claims
against the Onshore Fund, its former managers, its successor manager, and Daniel B.
Zwim, in an arbitration styled Fortress VRF I LLC et al. v. Jeepers, Inc JAMS
Reference Number 1425006537, in the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service
("JAMS"), before Judge Anthony J. Carpinello (the "Arbitration"), which include
allegations referencing Glenn Dubin, his role in introducing the Epstein Parties to the
Onshore Fund, and his involvement in discussions relating to the Epstein Parties'
redemption requests;
WHEREAS Glenn Dubin is the owner of an interest in the Onshore Fund which
was valued by Fortress VRF I LLC, the successor manager of the Onshore Fund at
approximately $3,228,363 million as of June 30, 2011 (the "Dubin Interest"), Onshore
Fund Entity Identification 00001678;
WHEREAS the Parties desire to resolve any and all potential claims, issues and
disputes relating to the Epstein Interest or the Onshore Fund;
Now, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
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portion thereof) after the Effective Date, and (ii) the fair market value of
any distributions made in kind by the Onshore Fund in respect of the
Dubin Interest, valued at the time of distribution by the Onshore Fund in
accordance with Sections 7.2 and 12.3 of the Limited Liability Company
Agreement of the Onshore Fund).
(ii) Following payment by Glenn Dubin of the Backstop
Payment, Jeepers, Inc., shall pay, deliver, or transfcr to Glenn Dubin,
within five business days of actual receipt of any distribution of any nature
from the Onshore Fund with respect to the Dubin Interest on or after the
Backstop Date (each, a "Retained Distribution"):
(A) if such Retained Distribution is in cash, an amount
equal to (and in the same currency as) such Retained Distribution
actually received by Jeepers, Inc.; or
(B) if such Retained Distribution is of property other
than cash, such assets actually received by Jeepers, Inc., in the
same form as such Retained Distribution was made by the Onshore
Fund;
until the sum of such Retained Distributions (including, the fair market
value of any distributions made in kind by the Onshore Fund in respect of
the Dubin Interest, valued at the time of distribution by the Onshore Fund
in accordance with Sections 7.2 and 12.3 of the Limited Liability
Company Agreement of the Onshore Fund) is equal to the Backstop
Payment. Thereafter, Jeepers, Inc. shall have no obligation to pay, deliver,
or transfer to Glenn Dubin any further distributions from the Onshore
Fund with respect to the Dubin Interest.
(c) In order to allow Glenn Dubin to ascertain the sum of all
distributions (which shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, (X) the value of any
income or withholding taxes withheld by the Onshore Fund in respect of the
Dubin Interest for any tax period (or portion thereof) after the Effective Date, and
(Y) the fair market value of any distributions made in kind by the Onshore Fund
in respect of the Dubin Interest, valued at the time of distribution by the Onshore
Fund in accordance with Sections 7.2 and 12.3 of the Limited Liability Company
Agreement of the Onshore Fund) received by leepers, Inc. as of September 30,
2014 for the purposes of Section 2(b) of this Agreement, Jeepers, Inc. shall
provide notice to Glenn Dubin of all distributions received by it within five
business days; provided, however, Jeepers shall provide notice to Glenn Dubin of
any distributions received by it at any time during the month of September 2014
within twenty-four hours of receipt. With respect to any distributions received by
Jeepers, Inc. after September 30, 2014, Jeepers, Inc. shall provide notice to Glenn
Dubin of all distributions received by it within five business days; provided,
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