Release Given Full Force and Effect. In signing this General Release, I acknowledge and intend that it shall be effective as a bar to each and every one of the Claims hereinabove mentioned or implied. I expressly consent that this General Release shall be given full force and effect according to each and all of its express terms and provisions, including those relating to unknown and unsuspected Claims (notwithstanding any state or local statute that expressly limits the effectiveness of a general release of unknown, unsuspected and unanticipated Claims), if any, as well as those relating to any other Claims hereinabove mentioned or implied. I acknowledge and agree that this waiver is an essential and material term of this General Release and that without such waiver I would not have become a Participant in the Plan. I further agree that in the event I should bring a Claim seeking damages against the Company, or in the event I should seek to recover against the Company in any Claim brought by a governmental agency on my behalf, this General Release shall serve as a complete defense to such Claims to the maximum extent permitted by law. I further agree that I am not aware of any pending claim of the type described herein as of the execution of this General Release.
Release Given Full Force and Effect. In signing this Agreement and Release, except as set forth in paragraph 8, Team Member acknowledges and intends that it shall be effective as a bar to each and every one of the claims mentioned in paragraph 2 that is waived and released therein. The Parties each expressly consents that this Agreement and Release shall be given full force and effect according to each and all of its express terms and provisions, including those relating to unknown and unsuspected claims (notwithstanding any state or local statute that expressly limits the effectiveness of a general release of unknown, unsuspected and unanticipated claims), if any, as well as those relating to any other claims mentioned in paragraph 2 that is waived and released therein. Team Member acknowledges and agrees that this waiver and release are essential and material terms of this Agreement and Release and that without such waiver and release Team Member would not be eligible for Severance Plan benefits. Team Member further agrees that in the event Team Member should bring a claim seeking damages against the Company, or in the event Team Member should seek to recover against the Company in any claim brought by a governmental agency on Team Member’s behalf, this Agreement and Release shall serve as a complete defense to such claims to the maximum extent permitted by law. Team Member further agrees that Team Member is not aware of any pending claim of the type described in paragraph 2 that is waived and released therein as of the execution of this Agreement and Release other than as contemplated by paragraph 3.
