General Release and Waiver of All Claims. (a) In consideration of the compensation and other benefits provided for in this Agreement, which Executive acknowledges he would not otherwise be entitled to receive, Executive hereby fully, forever, irrevocably and unconditionally releases, remises and discharges Cimpress USA Incorporated, its corporate affiliates (including, without limitation, Cimpress N.V.) and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders, subsidiaries, parent companies, agents and representatives (each in their individual and corporate capacities) (hereinafter, the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, charges, complaints, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, debts, sums of money, costs, accounts, reckonings, covenants, contracts, agreements, promises, doings, omissions, damages, executions, obligations, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs), in each case of every kind and nature which Executive has ever had or now has against the Released Parties in any way arising out of or relating to his employment with Cimpress, the termination of his employment with Cimpress and/or any other dealings Executive has had with Cimpress, including, but not limited to, all claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; the Immigration Reform Control Act; the Fair Credit Reporting Act; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”); the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Fair Labor Standards Act; the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Massachusetts Law Against Discrimination, M.G.L. c. 151B; the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act, M.G.L. c. 12, §§ 11H and 11I; the Massachusetts Privacy Statute, M.G.L. c. 214, §1B; the Massachusetts Wage Act (Massachusetts law regarding payment of wages and overtime), M.G.L. c. 149, §§ 148 and 150; Massachusetts Equal Rights Act, Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 93, § 102 and Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 214, § 1C; the Massachusetts Labor and Industries Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 1 et seq.; the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 105D; and the Massachusetts Small Necessities Leave Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 52D (each of the foregoing statutes and regulations as amended); any other federal, state or local civil or human rights law or any other local, state or federal law, regulation or ordinance; any public policy, contract, tort, or common law; and any allegation for costs, fees or other expenses including attorneys’ fees incurred in these matters. This General Release and Waiver of All Claims specifically includes, but is not limited to: any and all back pay, front pay, compensatory, exemplary, punitive and liquidated damages; all common law claims including, but not limited to, actions in tort, defamation and breach of contract; all claims to any non-vested ownership interest in Cimpress, contractual or otherwise, including, but not limited to, claims to shares, restricted share units, performance share units, share options or any other equity rights; and any claim or damage arising out of Executive’s employment with or separation from Cimpress (including a claim for retaliation) under any common law theory or any federal, state or local statute or ordinance not expressly referenced above; provided, however, that this General Release and Waiver of All Claims does not cover claims that cannot be waived as a matter of law, including claims under the unemployment compensation and workers’ compensation statutes and as set forth in Section 8 below. This General Release and Waiver of All Claims shall not affect any of Executive’s vested rights in Cimpress’ 401(k) plan, or employee equity plan, all of which shall be governed by the terms of said plans. (b) Executive understands and agrees that the claims released in this Section 7 include not only claims presently known to him, but also all unknown or unanticipated claims, rights, demands, actions, obligations, liabilities and causes of action of every kind and character that would otherwise come within the scope of the released claims as described in this Section 7. Executive understands that he may hereafter discover facts different from what Executive now believes to be true that, if known, could have materially affected this Agreement, but Executive nevertheless waives and releases any claims or rights based on different or additional facts. (c) The amounts described in Sections 1 and 2 above shall be complete and unconditional payment, accord and/or satisfaction with respect to all obligations and liabilities of the Released Parties to Executive, including, without limitation, all claims for back wages, salary, vacation pay, incentive pay, bonuses, equity awards, commissions, severance pay, reimbursement of expenses, any and all other forms of compensation or benefits, attorney's fees and other costs or sums. (d) Cimpress agrees that Executive is not releasing any claims or rights Executive may have for indemnification under applicable law or any governing document of Cimpress or any Cimpress affiliate, or under any indemnification agreement with Cimpress or under any insurance policy providing directors’ and officers’ coverage for any lawsuit or claim relating to the period when Executive was a director, officer, or Executive of Cimpress or any Cimpress affiliate; provided, however, that (i) this acknowledgement is not a concession, acknowledgment, or guaranty that Executive has any such rights to indemnification or coverage, (ii) this Agreement does not create any additional rights for Executive to indemnification or coverage, and (iii) Cimpress retains any defenses it may have to such indemnification or coverage.
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Samples: Separation Agreement (Cimpress N.V.), Separation Agreement (Cimpress N.V.)
General Release and Waiver of All Claims. (a) In consideration of the compensation and other benefits provided for in this Agreement, which Agreement that Executive acknowledges he would is not otherwise be entitled to receivereceive unless she signs and does not timely rescind acceptance of this Agreement, Executive hereby fully, forever, irrevocably and unconditionally releases, remises and discharges Cimpress USA Incorporated, its corporate affiliates (including, without limitation, Cimpress N.V.) and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders, subsidiaries, parent companies, agents and representatives (each in their individual and corporate capacities) (hereinafter, the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, charges, complaints, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, debts, sums of money, costs, accounts, reckonings, covenants, contracts, agreements, promises, doings, omissions, damages, executions, obligations, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs), in each case of every kind and nature which Executive has ever had or now has against the Released Parties in any way arising out of or relating to his her employment with Cimpress, the termination of his her employment with Cimpress and/or any other dealings Executive has had with Cimpress, including, but not limited to, all claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; the Immigration Reform Control Act; the Fair Credit Reporting Act; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”); the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Fair Labor Standards Act; the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Massachusetts Law Against Discrimination, M.G.L. c. 151B; the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act, M.G.L. c. 12, §§ 11H and 11I; the Massachusetts Privacy Statute, M.G.L. c. 214, §1B; the Massachusetts Wage Act (Massachusetts law regarding payment of wages and overtime), M.G.L. c. 149, §§ 148 and 150; Massachusetts Equal Rights Act, Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 93, § 102 and Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 214, § 1C; the Massachusetts Labor and Industries Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 1 et seq.; the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 105D; and the Massachusetts Small Necessities Leave Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 52D (each of the foregoing statutes and regulations as amended); any other federal, state or local civil or human rights law or any other local, state or federal law, regulation or ordinance; any public policy, contract, tort, or common law; and any allegation for costs, fees or other expenses including attorneys’ fees incurred in these matters. This General Release and Waiver of All Claims specifically includes, but is not limited to: any and all back pay, front pay, compensatory, exemplary, punitive and liquidated damages; all common law claims including, but not limited to, actions in tort, defamation and breach of contract; all claims to any non-vested ownership interest in Cimpress, contractual or otherwise, including, but not limited to, claims to shares, restricted share units, performance share units, share options or any other equity rights; and any claim or damage arising out of Executive’s employment with or separation from Cimpress (including a claim for retaliation) under any common law theory or any federal, state or local statute or ordinance not expressly referenced above; provided, however, that this General Release and Waiver of All Claims does not cover claims that cannot be waived as a matter of law, including claims under the unemployment compensation and workers’ compensation statutes and as set forth in Section 8 7 below. This General Release and Waiver of All Claims shall not affect any of Executive’s vested rights in Cimpress’ 401(k) plan, or and/or all relevant employee equity planplans, all of which shall be governed by the terms of said plans.
(b) Executive understands and agrees that the claims released in this Section 7 6 include not only claims presently known to himher, but also all unknown or unanticipated claims, rights, demands, actions, obligations, liabilities and causes of action of every kind and character that would otherwise come within the scope of the released claims as described in this Section 76. Executive understands that he she may hereafter discover facts different from what Executive now believes to be true that, if known, could have materially affected this Agreement, but Executive nevertheless waives and releases any claims or rights based on different or additional facts.
(c) The amounts described in Sections 1 and 2 above shall be complete and unconditional payment, accord and/or satisfaction with respect to all obligations and liabilities of the Released Parties to Executive, including, without limitation, all claims for back wages, salary, vacation pay, incentive pay, bonuses, equity awards, commissions, severance pay, reimbursement of expenses, any and all other forms of compensation or benefits, attorney's attorneys’ fees and other costs or sums.
(d) Notwithstanding the above general release, Cimpress agrees that Executive is not releasing any claims or rights Executive may have for indemnification under applicable law or any governing document of Cimpress or any Cimpress affiliate, or under any the indemnification agreement with entered into between Executive and Cimpress on August 28, 2009 (the "Indemnification Agreement") or under any insurance policy providing directors’ and officers’ coverage for any lawsuit or claim relating to the period when Executive was a director, officer, or Executive executive of Cimpress or any Cimpress affiliate; provided, however, that (i) this acknowledgement is not a concession, acknowledgment, or guaranty that Executive has any such rights to indemnification or coverage, (ii) this Agreement does not create any additional rights for Executive to indemnification or coverage, and (iii) Cimpress retains any defenses it may have to such indemnification or coverage.
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Samples: Separation Agreement (Cimpress N.V.)
General Release and Waiver of All Claims. (a) In consideration of the compensation and other benefits provided for in this Agreement, which Agreement that Executive acknowledges he would is not otherwise be entitled to receivereceive unless he signs and does not timely rescind acceptance of this Agreement, Executive hereby fully, forever, irrevocably and unconditionally releases, remises and discharges Cimpress USA Incorporated, its corporate affiliates (including, without limitation, Cimpress N.V.) and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders, subsidiaries, parent companies, agents and representatives (each in their individual and corporate capacities) (hereinafter, the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, charges, complaints, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, debts, sums of money, costs, accounts, reckonings, covenants, contracts, agreements, promises, doings, omissions, damages, executions, obligations, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs), in each case of every kind and nature which Executive has ever had or now has against the Released Parties in any way arising out of or relating to his employment with Cimpress, the termination of his employment with Cimpress and/or any other dealings Executive has had with Cimpress, including, but not limited to, all claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; the Immigration Reform Control Act; the Fair Credit Reporting Act; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”); the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Fair Labor Standards Act; the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Massachusetts Law Against Discrimination, M.G.L. c. 151B; the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act, M.G.L. c. 12, §§ 11H and 11I; the Massachusetts Privacy Statute, M.G.L. c. 214, §1B; the Massachusetts Wage Act (Massachusetts law regarding payment of wages and overtime), M.G.L. c. 149, §§ 148 and 150; Massachusetts Equal Rights Act, Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 93, § 102 and Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 214, § 1C; the Massachusetts Labor and Industries Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 1 et seq.; the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 105D; and the Massachusetts Small Necessities Leave Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 52D (each of the foregoing statutes and regulations as amended); any other federal, state or local civil or human rights law or any other local, state or federal law, regulation or ordinance; any public policy, contract, tort, or common law; and any allegation for costs, fees or other expenses including attorneys’ fees incurred in these matters. This General Release and Waiver of All Claims specifically includes, but is not limited to: any and all back pay, front pay, compensatory, exemplary, punitive and liquidated damages; all common law claims including, but not limited to, actions in tort, defamation and breach of contract; all claims to any non-vested ownership interest in Cimpress, contractual or otherwise, including, but not limited to, claims to shares, restricted share units, performance share units, share options or any other equity rights; and any claim or damage arising out of Executive’s employment with or separation from Cimpress (including a claim for retaliation) under any common law theory or any federal, state or local statute or ordinance not expressly referenced above; provided, however, that this General Release and Waiver of All Claims does not cover claims that cannot be waived as a matter of law, including claims under the unemployment compensation and workers’ compensation statutes and as set forth in Section 8 below. This General Release and Waiver of All Claims shall not affect any of Executive’s vested rights in Cimpress’ 401(k) plan, or and/or all relevant employee equity planplans, all of which shall be governed by the terms of said plans.
(b) Executive understands and agrees that the claims released in this Section 7 include not only claims presently known to him, but also all unknown or unanticipated claims, rights, demands, actions, obligations, liabilities and causes of action of every kind and character that would otherwise come within the scope of the released claims as described in this Section 7. Executive understands that he may hereafter discover facts different from what Executive now believes to be true that, if known, could have materially affected this Agreement, but Executive nevertheless waives and releases any claims or rights based on different or additional facts.
(c) The amounts described in Sections 1 and 2 above shall be complete and unconditional payment, accord and/or satisfaction with respect to all obligations and liabilities of the Released Parties to Executive, including, without limitation, all claims for back wages, salary, vacation pay, incentive pay, bonuses, equity awards, commissions, severance pay, reimbursement of expenses, any and all other forms of compensation or benefits, attorney's attorneys’ fees and other costs or sums.
(d) Notwithstanding the above general release, Cimpress agrees that Executive is not releasing any claims or rights Executive may have for indemnification under applicable law or any governing document of Cimpress or any Cimpress affiliate, or under any the indemnification agreement with entered into between Executive and Cimpress on September 19, 2016 (the "Indemnification Agreement") or under any insurance policy providing directors’ and officers’ coverage for any lawsuit or claim relating to the period when Executive was a director, officer, or Executive executive of Cimpress or any Cimpress affiliate; provided, however, that (i) this acknowledgement is not a concession, acknowledgment, or guaranty that Executive has any such rights to indemnification or coverage, (ii) this Agreement does not create any additional rights for Executive to indemnification or coverage, and (iii) Cimpress retains any defenses it may have to such indemnification or coverage.
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Samples: Separation Agreement (Cimpress N.V.)