Company Release. Each of the Company, PubCo, Acquiror and their respective Subsidiaries (if any) and each of its and their successors, assigns and executors (each, a “Company Releasor”), effective as at the Acquisition Effective Time, shall be deemed to have, and hereby does, irrevocably, unconditionally, knowingly and voluntarily release, waive, relinquish and forever discharge Sponsor, its Affiliates (other than Acquiror and its Subsidiaries (if any)) and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, officers, directors, partners, managers and employees (in each case in their capacity as such) (each, a “Company Releasee”), from (a) any and all obligations or duties such Company Releasee has prior to or as of the Acquisition Effective Time to such Company Releasor, (b) all claims, demands, liabilities, defenses, affirmative defenses, setoffs, counterclaims, actions and causes of action of whatever kind or nature, whether known or unknown, which any Company Releasor has, may have or might have or may assert now or in the future, against any Company Releasee arising out of, based upon or resulting from any Contract, transaction, event, circumstance, action, failure to act or occurrence of any sort or type, whether known or unknown, and which occurred, existed, was taken, permitted or begun prior to the Acquisition Effective Time (except in the event of fraud on the part of a Company Releasee); provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 8.4 shall release, waive, relinquish, discharge or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of any party (i) arising under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, or (ii) for any claim for fraud.
Company Release. The Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries and its and their respective officers, directors, affiliates, investors and other related Persons (the Company and all of the foregoing Persons referred to above in this Section 2 are referred to herein as “Company Releasors”), hereby irrevocably, fully and unconditionally releases and forever discharges (x) each Buyer and (y) each of the present and former directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, investment managers, investment advisers, partners, employees, agents, advisors, consultants and representatives of each Buyer, (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding the lack of such title or any other title) and each Person, if any, who controls each Buyer, within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, and each of the present and former directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, investment managers, investment advisers, partners, employees, agents, advisors, consultants and representatives (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding the lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling Persons and each of their direct and indirect related Persons (each Buyer and all such other Persons referred to above in clause (y) in this Section 2 are referred to herein collectively as the “Buyer Releasees”) from all claims, actions, obligations, causes of action, suits, losses, omissions, damages, contingencies, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs (including, without limitation, court costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of defense and investigation), expenses and liabilities, of every name and nature, whether known or unknown, absolute or contingent, suspected or unsuspected, matured or unmatured, both at law and in equity, (collectively, the “Claims”) which any Company Releasor may now own, hold, have or claim to have against any of the Buyer Releasees for, upon, or by reason of any nature, cause, action or inaction or thing whatsoever which arises from the beginning of the world to the date and time of this Agreement relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Claims”). The Company, on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns and other legal representatives and all of the other Company Releasors, covenants that it will not (and that it will cause all other Persons who may seek to claim...
Company Release. As a condition to the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement, the Executive agrees to execute a release of claims against the Company (the “Release”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, by the sixtieth (60th) day following the Executive’s Termination Date. If the Company has not received an irrevocable Release by the sixtieth (60th) day following the Termination Date, the Company shall be under no obligation to make payments or provide benefits under this Agreement; provided such sixty (60) day period shall be tolled during the pendancy of any arbitration proceeding under this Agreement. In the event one or more of the provisions of the Release should, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of the Release, and the Release shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained therein.
Company Release. The Company for itself and on behalf of the Company Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release and forever discharge the Executive Parties from any and all Claims, including, without limitation, any Claims under any federal, state, local or foreign law, that the Company Parties may have, or in the future may possess, arising out of (i) the Executive’s employment relationship with and service as an employee, officer or director of the Company, and the termination of such relationship or service, and (ii) any event, condition, circumstance or obligation that occurred, existed or arose on or prior to the date hereof, excepting any Claim which would constitute or result from conduct by the Executive that would constitute a crime under applicable state or federal law; provided, however, notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to release the Executive Parties from (A) any rights or claims of the Company arising out of or attributable to (i) the Executive’s actions or omissions involving or arising from fraud, deceit, theft or intentional or grossly negligent violations of law, rule or statute while employed by the Company and (ii) the Executive’s actions or omissions taken or not taken in bad faith with respect to the Company; and (B) the Executive or any other Executive Party’s obligations under this Release or the Employment Agreement.
Company Release. (a) As additional consideration for entering into this Separation Agreement, the Company, for itself and its subsidiaries and their affiliates, and their respective successors and assigns, fully and forever releases Xxxxxxxx, from any and all claims which the Company or its subsidiaries had, may have had, or now have against the Xxxxxxxx through the Effective Date of this Separation Agreement, for or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, whether known or unknown, including any claim relating to, arising out of, or attributable to (i) Xxxxxxxx’x positions with the Company or its subsidiaries or their affiliates or the termination thereof, including but not limited to claims of breach of contract, wrongful termination, unjust dismissal, defamation, libel or slander, or under any federal, state or local law dealing with discrimination based on age, race, sex, national origin, handicap, religion, disability or sexual preference and (ii) the Employment Agreement (other than those covenants and obligations set forth in Employment Agreement which remain in full force and effect following the Resignation Date) or any other agreement or arrangement (whether formal or informal, oral or written) with the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the release in this Separation Agreement does not extend to (A) any claims that the Company ever had, now has or may hereinafter claim to have against Xxxxxxxx which are based upon acts or omissions by Xxxxxxxx that involve willful misconduct, fraud, theft or other illegal conduct by Xxxxxxxx, (B) any rights under this Separation Agreement or the Employment Agreement, or (C) any rights under the Specified Documents.
(b) The Company represents that it has not filed or permitted to be filed any legal action, charge or complaint, in any forum whatsoever, against Xxxxxxxx, and the Company covenants and agrees that it will not file or permit to be filed any lawsuits at any time hereafter with respect to the claims released pursuant to this Separation Agreement, except as may be necessary to enforce this Separation Agreement or the Specified Documents.
Company Release. (a) In consideration of the Employee’s execution and non-revocation of this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Company, on behalf of itself and each of its subsidiaries, hereby releases, forever discharges and covenants not to xxx Employee with respect to and from any Claim which Company or its applicable subsidiary now has or may hereafter have against Employee by reason of any act, omission, matter, cause or thing whatsoever occurring from the beginning of time through the date Employee signs this Agreement; provided, however, that this release excludes (i) any Claims that cannot be waived by law, (ii) Claims with respect to the breach of any covenant to be performed by Employee after the date of this Agreement and (iii) Claims based upon Employee’s willful misconduct.
(b) Company represents and warrants that Company has not assigned or transferred to any third party any interest in any Claim which Company may have against Employee, and Company agrees to indemnify and hold Employee harmless from any liability, claims, demands, damages, costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred by Employee as a result of any such assignment or transfer.
(c) Company represents and warrants that Company has not asserted, filed or otherwise taken actions to initiate any Claim against Employee in any federal, state or local court, administrative agency, arbitral forum, or any other forum.
Company Release. The Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its officers, directors, attorneys, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the "Company Releasors") agrees to release and does hereby release, acquit and forever discharge Claimant and his agents and attorneys and the respective successors, heirs, legal representatives and assigns of each of the foregoing (collectively, the "Company Releasees") from, and extinguishes, any and all claims, demands, debts, damages, costs, losses, expenses, commissions, actions, causes of action, rights, liabilities, obligations and chooses in action of whatever nature or type which any of the Company Releasors have, or may have, or which have been, or could have been, or in the future otherwise might have been asserted, known and unknown, in connection with actions or inactions of the Company Releasees or otherwise, or any of them, occurring on or prior to the date hereof (collectively, the "Company Claims"), except that in no event shall this paragraph operate to release from any claims or liability resulting from a breach of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Claimant contained in this Agreement.
Company Release. Effective upon the receipt by the Company of the full amount of the Settlement Payment, the Company, for itself and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, on behalf of its former, current or future officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, parents, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, shareholders, managers, vendors and any predecessor entities, heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of any said person or entity, and any other person claiming (now or in the future) through or on behalf of any of said person or entities (“Company Releasing Parties” and together with the Purchaser Releasing Parties, the “Releasing Parties”), hereby unequivocally, fully and irrevocably releases and discharges each of Parent, Purchaser, Merger Sub, the Parent Related Parties and their respective former, current or future directors, officers, employees, members, managers, partners, shareholders, agents or Representatives, advisors, attorneys, accountants, insurers, predecessor entities, heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of any said person or entity (collectively, “Purchaser Released Persons” and together with the Company Released Persons, the “Released Persons”), from any and all past, present, direct, indirect and/or derivative liabilities, claims, rights, actions, causes of action, counts, obligations, sums of money due, attorneys’ fees, suits, debts, covenants, agreements, promises, demands, damages and charges of whatever kind or nature, known or unknown, in law or in equity, asserted or that could have been asserted, under federal or state statute, or common law or the laws of any other relevant jurisdiction, arising from or out of, based upon, in connection with or otherwise relating in any way to the Merger Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction Matters), the Equity Commitment Letter, the Limited Guarantee, the Debt Commitment Letter, the Voting Agreements or the transactions or payments contemplated by any of the foregoing, including any claim relating to the termination of the Merger Agreement (the “Company Released Claims,” and, together with the Purchaser Released Claims, the “Released Claims”); provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to release any party hereto from its obligations under (x) this Agreement, the Investment Agreement, the Promissory Note or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (y) the Confidentiality Agreement...
Company Release. 3.1. The Company hereby fully and forever releases and discharges Employee and his executors, administrators and heirs from any and all claims, demands, liens, agreements, contracts, covenants, actions, suits, causes of action, obligations, controversies, debts, costs, expenses, damages, judgments, orders and liabilities, of whatever kind or nature, direct or indirect, in law, equity or otherwise, whether known or unknown, arising through the date of this Release out of Employee’s service to the Company or the termination thereof.
3.2. The Company expressly represents that it has not filed a lawsuit or initiated any other administrative proceeding against Employee and that it has not assigned any claim against Employee. The Company further promises not to initiate a lawsuit or to bring any other claim against Employee arising out of or in any way related to Employee’s service to the Company or the termination thereof.
3.3. The foregoing will not be deemed to release Employee from claims (a) to enforce Section 5 or Section 7 of the Agreement, (b) claims arising from acts or omissions by Employee that would constitute a crime, or (c) claims that are not known to any member of the Company’s Board of Directors (provided that a claim will be deemed known if the basis for each material element of the claim could have been ascertained by the Board of Directors prior to the date hereof upon reasonable inquiry).
Company Release. As additional consideration to Executive, and except as to any obligations provided for or assumed in this Agreement, the Company agrees to waive and release Executive, and each of his attorney’s, agents, predecessors, successors and assigns, and each and all of them (collectively referred to as the “Executive Releasees”), from all claims, damages, agreements, or complaints of any nature whatsoever, whether or not known, suspected or claimed, matured or unmatured, fixed or contingent, which the Company or its successors-in-interest ever had, now has, or may claim to have against the Executive Releasees, or any of them, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any act, event or omission concerning any matter, cause or thing arising prior to the date of execution of this Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any claims relating to or arising out of (i) Executive’s employment or the cessation of that employment; (ii) any agreement between Executive and any of the Company Releasees, including, without limitation, the Employment Agreement; (iii) any tort or tort-type claims; (iv) any claim for fraud, self-dealing, or similar claim; and (v) any federal, state or governmental constitution, statute, regulation or ordinance. This release includes a waiver of any rights the Company may have under Section 1542 of the California Civil Code (the language of which is set forth above in paragraph 6), or any similar statute or law of any other State, regarding the waiver of unknown claims. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1542, and for the purpose of implementing a full and complete release and discharge of all claims, the Company understands and agrees that this Agreement is intended to include in its effect, without limitation, all claims, if any, which the Company may have and which the Company does not now know or suspect to exist in its favor against Executive Releasees, and this Agreement extinguishes any and all of those claims.
