ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
On March 29, 2022, Nocopi Technologies, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
“Company”) entered into a Nomination and Standstill Agreement (the “Agreement”) with MSL 18 HOLDINGS
LLC, Michael S. Liebowitz and Matthew C. Winger (collectively, the “MSL18 Holdings Group”), pursuant to which the MSL18
Holdings Group agreed to certain standstill provisions and the Company agreed to appoint and nominate (i) Mr. Matthew C. Winger and (ii)
on or before September 30, 2022, an additional qualified person to be named by the MSL18 Holdings Group (the “Second MSL18
Holdings Designee”, and, collectively with Mr. Winger, the “MSL18 Holdings Designees”, and each a “MSL18
Holdings Designee”) to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). The following is a summary of
the terms of the Agreement, which does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement, a copy
of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Any capitalized terms used in this Item 1.01 but not otherwise
defined in this Item 1.01 shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
Under the terms of the Agreement, the MSL18 Holdings Group has agreed
to certain standstill restrictions during the term of the Agreement (the “Covered Period”), including restrictions
on the MSL18 Holdings Group (i) soliciting or granting proxies to vote shares of the Company’s common stock, (ii) initiating stockholder
proposals for consideration by the Company’s stockholders, (iii) nominating directors for election to the Board, (iv) seeking the
removal of any member of the Board and (v) submitting proposals for or offers of certain extraordinary transactions involving the Company,
in each case, subject to certain exceptions. The Agreement generally defines the “Covered Period” as the period beginning
on March 29, 2022 and ending the earlier of (i) the date immediately following the Company’s 2025 annual
meeting of shareholders or (ii) the date that is nine months after the date both MSL18 Designees cease to be directors, without duly qualified
replacements being appointed. In addition, during the Covered Period, the MSL18 Holdings Group has agreed to vote all of its shares of
the Company’s common stock in favor of (A) the election of all directors nominated by the Board, (B) any shareholder proposals or
advisory resolutions in accordance with the recommendation of the Board, and (C) the ratification of the appointment of the Company’s
auditors, in each case at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”) and future
meetings of stockholders; provided, however, that if any applicable MSL18 Designees are not nominated by the Board as a
candidate for election as a director of the Company at the 2023 Meeting (or any other meeting of the Company’s stockholders taking
place during the term of this Agreement at which an MSL18 Designee is eligible for reelection as a director of the Company), then the
MSL18 Holdings Group and the MSL18 Affiliates may vote the Common Shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or over which control
or direction is exercised by such Person in their discretion at such meeting; provided, further, that subject to compliance by the MSL18 Holdings
Group and the MSL18 Affiliates with the terms and provisions of Section 3.01 of the Agreement, with respect to a proposal related
to an Extraordinary Transaction, the MSL18 Holdings Group and the MSL18 Affiliates may vote their shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned, directly or indirectly, or over which control or direction is exercised by such Person in the discretion of the MSL18 Holdings
Group or such MSL18 Affiliates, as applicable.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, on March 29, 2022, the Company
increased the size of its Board from four (4) to five (5) members and appointed the Mr. Matthew C. Winger (the first MSL18 Holdings Designee)
to the Board, as a Class II director of the Company. In addition, the Company has agreed to further increase the size of its Board from
five (5) to six (6) members on or before September 30, 2022, and to subsequently appoint the Second MSL18 Holdings Designee to the Board
as a Class I director of the Company.
If at any time the MSL18 Holdings Group and its controlled affiliates cease
to beneficially own, in the aggregate, (A) at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Common Shares of
the Company, the MSL18 Holdings Group will cause one MSL18 Holdings Designee to resign from the Board and the Company will only be required
to include one MSL18 Holdings on the Board and (B) at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company, the MSL18
Holdings Group will cause both MSL18 Holdings Designees to resign from the Board and the Company will not be required to include any MSL18
Holdings Designees on the Board.
In addition pursuant to the Agreement MSL18 Holdings Group and its controlled
affiliates agreed not to acquire, agree or seek to acquire or make any proposal or offer to acquire, or announce any intention to acquire,
beneficially or otherwise, directly or indirectly, whether by purchase, tender or exchange offer, through the acquisition of control of
another Person, by joining a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other Group, through swap or hedging transactions or otherwise,
any securities of the Company or any securities convertible or exchangeable into, or exercisable for (whether or not convertible or exchangeable
into, or exercisable for, immediately or only after the passage of time or the occurrence of a specified event), other than purchases
of shares or derivative instruments that would not result in the members of the MSL18 Holdings Group and the MSL18 Affiliates, collectively,
owning, controlling or otherwise having any beneficial or other ownership interest in more than twenty-five percent (25%) in the aggregate
of the outstanding shares at such time, without the Company’s express prior written approval thereof.