Release and Indemnity Please read carefully. This Release and Indemnity section contains a surrender of certain legal rights. I hereby acknowledge and assume all of the risks of participating in the Event and agree as follows: • To the extent permitted by law, to release and not to xxx Operator, WTC, Triathlon Australia, any applicable federation, Event sponsors, Event organizers, Event promoters, Event producers, race directors, Event officials, Event staff, advertisers, administrators, contractors, vendors, volunteers, and all property owners and state, city, town, county, and other governmental bodies, and/or municipal agencies whose property and/or personnel are used and/or in any way assist in locations where the activities take place, and each of their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, assignees, licensees, owners, officers, directors, partners, board members, shareholders, members, supervisors, insurers, agents, employees, volunteers, contractors and representatives and all other persons or entities associated or involved with the activities (individually and collectively referred to in this Form as the “Released Parties”), with respect to any and all claims, liabilities, suits or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs) (collectively referred to in this Form as “claim” or “claim/s”) for any injury, damage, death, lost property, stolen property, disposed property, or other loss in any way connected with my enrollment or participation in the activities, including use of any equipment, facilities or premises, howsoever caused; negligence, whether passive or active, of the Released Parties; and/or any breach by the Released Parties of statutory duty. I understand I agree here to waive all claim/s I may have against the Released Parties and agree that neither I, nor my estate, heirs, assigns or beneficiaries nor anyone else acting on my behalf, will make a claim against the Released Parties for any injury, damage, death or other loss I may suffer. The aforementioned exclusion of liability shall not apply to damages caused by willful misconduct and gross negligence by Operator and to injuries to life, body or health due to intentional or gross negligent breach of duty by Operator or a person used to perform an obligation of Operator; and • To defend and indemnify (“indemnify” meaning protect by reimbursement or payment) the Released Parties with respect to any and all claim/s brought by or on behalf of me, my spouse, a family member, a co-participant or any other person, for any injury, damage, death, lost property, stolen property, disposed property, or other loss in any way connected with my enrollment or participation in the activities, including without limitation use of any equipment, facilities, or premises, howsoever caused; negligence, whether passive or active, of the Released Parties; and/or any breach by the Released Parties of statutory duty. This Release and Indemnity section includes but is not limited to claim/s for personal injury or wrongful death (including claim/s related to emergency, medical, drug and/or health issues, response, assessment or treatment), property damage, loss of consortium, breach of contract or any other claim, including claim/s resulting from the negligence of Released Parties, whether passive or active.
General Release a. In consideration of the payments and benefits required to be provided to the Executive under the agreement between the Employer and the Executive, dated August 14, 2009, (the “Letter Agreement”) and after consultation with counsel, the Executive, for himself and on behalf of each of the Executive’s heirs, executors, administrators, representatives, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Releasors”), hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases and forever discharges the Employer, its majority owned subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and each of its officers, employees, directors, shareholders, and agents (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, rights, judgments, obligations, damages, demands, accountings, or liabilities of whatever kind or character (collectively, “Claims”), including, without limitation, any Claims under any federal, state, local, or foreign law, that the Releasors 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 Employer and any of its majority-owned subsidiaries and affiliates, or the termination of the Executive’s service in any and all of such relevant capacities, (ii) the Letter Agreement, or (iii) any event, condition, circumstance, or obligation that occurred, existed, or arose on or prior to the date hereof; provided, however, that the release set forth in this Section shall not apply to (iv) the payment and/or benefit obligations of the Employer or any of its affiliates, (collectively, the “Employer Group”) under the Letter Agreement, (v) any Claims the Executive may have under any plans or programs not covered by the Letter Agreement in which the Executive participated and under which the Executive has accrued and become entitled to a benefit, and (vi) any indemnification or other rights the Executive may have under the Letter Agreement or in accordance with the governing instruments of any member of the Employer Group or under any director and officer liability insurance maintained by the Employer or any such group member with respect to liabilities arising as a result of the Executive’s service as an officer and employee of any member of the Employer Group or any predecessor thereof. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, the Releasors further agree that the payments and benefits as required by the Letter Agreement shall be in full satisfaction of any and all Claims for payments or benefits, whether express or implied, that the Releasors may have against the Employer or any member of the Employer Group arising out of the Executive’s employment relationship under the Letter Agreement and the Executive’s service as an employee, officer or director of the Employer or a member of the Employer Group under the Letter Agreement or the termination thereof, as applicable.