Separation Agreement and General Release The Company’s obligation to make the Severance Payment or the Enhanced Severance Payment is conditioned on Executive’s or Executive’s legal representative’s executing a separation agreement and general release of claims related to or arising from Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination of employment, against the Company and its affiliates (and their respective officers and directors) in a form reasonably determined by the Company, which shall be provided by the Company to Executive within five (5) days following the Date of Termination; provided, that, if Executive should fail to execute (or revokes) such release within sixty (60) days following the Date of Termination, the Company shall not have any obligation to provide the Severance Payment or the Enhanced Severance Payment. If Executive executes the release within such sixty (60) day period and does not revoke the release within seven (7) days following the execution of the release, the Severance Payment or the Enhanced Severance Payment will be made in accordance with Section 4(a)(ii) or Section 4(b)(ii), as applicable.
General Release of Claims Employee knowingly and voluntarily releases and forever discharges the Company from any and all claims, rights, causes of action, demands, fees costs, expenses, including attorneys’ fees, and liabilities of any kind whatsoever, whether known or unknown, against the Company, that Employee has, has ever had or may have as of the date of execution of this Agreement and General Release, including, but not limited to, any alleged violation of: ● The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended; ● The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990; ● The National Labor Relations Act, as amended; ● Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; ● The Civil Rights Act of 1991; ● Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended; ● The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended; ● The Immigration Reform and Control Act, as amended; ● The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended; ● The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, as amended; ● The Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended; ● The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; ● All other federal, state or local civil or human rights laws, whistleblower laws, or any other local, state or federal law, regulations and ordinances; ● All public policy, contract, tort, or common laws; and ● All allegations for costs, fees, and other expenses including attorneys’ fees incurred in these matters. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the sole matters to which the Agreement and General Release do not apply are: (i) Employee’s rights of indemnification and directors and officers liability insurance coverage to which the Executive was entitled immediately prior to __________ __, 20__ with regard to the Executive’s service as an officer and director of the Company (including, without limitation, under Article 15 of the Severance Agreement); (ii) Employee’s rights under any tax-qualified pension plan or claims for accrued vested benefits under any other employee benefit plan, policy or arrangement maintained by the Company or under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended; (iii) Employee’s rights under Article 7 or Article 11 of the Severance Agreement, as the case may be; and (iv) Employee’s rights as a stockholder of the Company.
General Release and Waiver of Claims (a) In exchange for the severance payments and benefits provided to you under this Agreement, to which you would not otherwise be entitled, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which you hereby acknowledge, on your own behalf and that of your heirs, executors, administrators, beneficiaries, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and all others connected with or claiming through you, you agree that this Agreement shall be in complete and final settlement of any and all causes of action, suits, rights and claims, demands, damages and compensation, whether at law or in equity, whether now known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, accrued or unaccrued, contingent or otherwise, which you have had in the past, now have, or might now have, against the Company or any of its Affiliates of any nature whatsoever, including but not limited to those in any way related to, connected with or arising out of your employment, its termination, or your other association with the Company or any of its Affiliates, whether pursuant to the Severance Plan or pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the wage and hour, wage payment and/or fair employment practices laws and statutes (each as amended from time to time) of the State of Arizona and any other states in which you have provided services to the Company or any of its Affiliates, and/or any other federal, state or local law, regulation or other requirement or otherwise (collectively, the “Claims”), and you hereby release and forever discharge the Company, its Affiliates and all of their respective past, present and future directors, shareholders, officers, members, managers, general and limited partners, employees, employee benefit plans, administrators, trustees, agents, representatives, predecessors, successors and assigns, and all others connected with any of them, both individually and in their official capacities (collectively, the “Released Parties”), from, and you hereby waive, any and all such Claims.
Exclusions from General Release Excluded from the Release and Waiver are any claims or rights arising pursuant to this Agreement and any claims or rights that cannot be waived by law, as well as Executive’s right to file a charge with an administrative agency or participate in any agency investigation, including with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Executive is, however, waiving the right to recover any money in connection with a charge or investigation and the right to recover any money in connection with a charge filed by any other individual or by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any other federal or state agency, except where such waivers are prohibited by law.
General Release In consideration of the promises of the Company set forth in the Agreement, which includes compensation to which I would not otherwise be entitled, I, on behalf of myself, and my heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, dependents, descendants and attorneys hereby knowingly, voluntarily, and willingly fully and forever release, discharge, and covenant not to sxx the Company and its direct and indirect parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and related companies, past and present, as well as each of its and their directors, officers, employees, agents of the foregoing, representatives, advisers, trustees, insurers, assigns, successors, and agents, past and present (collectively, hereinafter referred to as the "Released Parties"), of, from, and with respect to any claim, duty, obligation, or cause of action relating to any matters of any kind, whether presently known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, that any of them may possess arising from any omissions, acts, or facts that have occurred up until and including the date of this Release of Claims including: · any and all claims relating to or arising from my employment relationship with the Company and the termination of either such relationship; · any and all claims for wrongful discharge of employment; breach of contract, both express and implied; breach of a covenant of good faith and fair dealing, both express and implied; negligent or intentional infliction of emotional distress; negligent or intentional misrepresentation; negligent or intentional interference with contract or prospective economic advantage; and defamation; · any and all claims arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1867, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Civil Rights and Women's Equity Act of 1991, Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, any other federal or state anti-discrimination law, or any local or municipal ordinance relating to discrimination in employment or human rights and the common law; · any and all claims for salary, bonus, severance pay, pension, paid time off pay, life insurance, health or medical insurance, or any other fringe benefits, other than the payments and benefits provided for in the Agreement; · any and all claims arising out of any other laws and regulations relating to employment or employment discrimination; and · any and all claims for attorneys' fees and costs.
General Release and Covenant Not to Xxx (a) Release by Stockholder Parties. EFFECTIVE AS OF THE EFFECTIVE TIME, STOCKHOLDER, ON BEHALF OF STOCKHOLDER, STOCKHOLDER'S ATTORNEYS, HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, ASSIGNS, AND TRUSTS, PARTNERSHIPS AND OTHER ENTITIES UNDER STOCKHOLDER'S CONTROL (TOGETHER THE "STOCKHOLDER PARTIES"), HEREBY GENERALLY RELEASES AND FOREVER DISCHARGES COMPANY AND ITS PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES AND FAMILY MEMBERS (AS DEFINED BELOW), OFFICERS (OTHER THAN XXXX XXXXX AND XXXXXX XXXXX), EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, PRINCIPALS AND ATTORNEYS, AND, SUBJECT TO SECTION 14 HEREOF, DIRECTORS, XXXX XXXXX AND XXXXXX XXXXX (TOGETHER THE "COMPANY PARTIES") FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LIABILITIES, SUITS, DAMAGES, LOSSES, EXPENSES, ATTORNEYS' FEES, OBLIGATIONS OR CAUSES OF ACTION, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN OF ANY KIND AND EVERY NATURE WHATSOEVER, AND WHETHER OR NOT ACCRUED OR MATURED (COLLECTIVELY, "CLAIMS"), WHICH ANY OF THEM MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY OMISSION, ACTS OR FACTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED UP AND UNTIL AND INCLUDING THE EFFECTIVE TIME, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION:
General Releases The General Releases referred to in Section 5.3, duly executed by the persons referred to in such Section.
Mutual Release of Claims a. In exchange for entering this Agreement and for the benefits provided herein, and except as provided in this Agreement, Employee and Employee’s heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, hereby forever release, remise and discharge the Company and each of its past, present, and future officers, directors, shareholders, members, employees, trustees, agents, representatives, affiliates, successors and assigns (collectively the “Company Released Parties”) from any and all claims, claims for relief, demands, actions and causes of action of any kind or description whatsoever, known or unknown, whether arising out of contract, tort, statute, treaty or otherwise, in law or in equity, which Employee now has, has had, or may hereafter have against any of the Company Released Parties from the beginning of Employee’s employment with Company to the date of this release, arising from, connected with, or in any way growing out of, or related to, directly or indirectly, (i) Employee’s employment with Company, (ii) Employee’s service as an officer or key employee, as the case may be, of Company, (iii) any transaction prior to the date of this release and all effects, consequences, losses and damages relating thereto, (iv) the services provided by Employee to Company, or (v) Employee’s termination of employment with Company under the common law or any federal or state statute, including, but not limited to, all claims arising under the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1964, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”), Title 4112 and 4113 of the Ohio Revised Code, the statutory and common laws of Michigan and any and all jurisdictions in which the Company or its affiliates maintain a place of business, and all other foreign, federal, state and local laws governing employers and employees, all as amended.
General Release and Waiver In consideration of the payments and other consideration provided for in this Agreement, that being good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are acknowledged by Employee, Employee, on Employee’s own behalf and on behalf of Employee’s agents, administrators, representatives, executors, successors, heirs, devisees and assigns (collectively, the “Releasing Parties”) hereby fully releases, remises, acquits and forever discharges Matador and all of its affiliates, and each of their respective past, present and future officers, directors, shareholders, equity holders, members, partners, agents, employees, consultants, independent contractors, attorneys, advisers, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”), jointly and severally, from any and all claims, rights, demands, debts, obligations, losses, causes of action, suits, controversies, setoffs, affirmative defenses, counterclaims, third party actions, damages, penalties, costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees, liabilities and indemnities of any kind or nature whatsoever (collectively, the “Claims”), whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, accrued or unaccrued, whether at law, equity, administrative, statutory or otherwise, and whether for injunctive relief, back pay, fringe benefits, reinstatement, reemployment, or compensatory, punitive or any other kind of damages, which any of the Releasing Parties ever have had in the past or presently have against the Released Parties, and each of them, arising from or relating to Employee’s employment with Matador or its affiliates or the termination of that employment or any circumstances related thereto, or (except as otherwise provided below) any other matter, cause or thing whatsoever, including without limitation all claims arising under or relating to employment, employment contracts, employee benefits or purported employment discrimination or violations of civil rights of whatever kind or nature, including without limitation all claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and/or 1871, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Act, the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, the Texas Payday Law, the Texas Labor Code or any other applicable federal, state or local employment statute, law or ordinance, including, without limitation, any disability claims under any such laws, claims for wrongful discharge, claims arising under state law, contract claims including breach of express or implied contract, alleged tortious conduct, claims relating to alleged fraud, breach of fiduciary duty or reliance, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and any other claims arising under state or federal law, as well as any expenses, costs or attorneys’ fees. Employee further agrees that Employee will not file or permit to be filed on Employee’s behalf any such claim. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence or any other provision of this Agreement, this release is not intended to interfere with Employee’s right to file a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”), or other comparable agency, in connection with any claim Employee believes Employee may have against Matador or its affiliates. However, by executing this Agreement, Employee hereby waives the right to recover in any proceeding Employee may bring before the EEOC or any state human rights commission or in any proceeding brought by the EEOC or any state human rights commission on Employee’s behalf. This release shall not apply to any of Matador’s obligations under this Agreement or post-termination obligations under the Employment Agreement, any vested retirement plan benefits, any vested equity grants or COBRA continuation coverage benefits. [TO BE MODIFIED, IF APPLICABLE, FOR OTHER SURVIVING ARRANGEMENTS.] Employee acknowledges that certain of the payments and benefits provided for in Section 2 of this Agreement constitute good and valuable consideration for the release contained in this Section 3.
General Release of Claim Subject to the full satisfaction by the Employer of its obligations under the Change in Control Agreement, Employee knowingly and voluntarily releases and forever discharges Employer from any and all claims, causes of action, demands, fees and liabilities of any kind whatsoever, whether known and unknown, against Employer, Employee has, has ever had or may have as of the date of execution of this Agreement and General Release, including, but not limited to, any alleged violation of: - Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; - The Civil Rights Act of 1991; - Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended; - The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended; - The Immigration Reform and Control Act, as amended; - The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended; - The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended; - The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990; - The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, as amended; - The Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended; - The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; - Any wage payment and collection, equal pay and other similar laws, acts and statutes of the State of Connecticut; - 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; or - Any allegation for costs, fees, or other expenses including attorneys fees incurred in these matters. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the sole matters to which the Agreement and General Release do not apply are: (i) Employee’s express rights under any pension (including but not limited to any rights under the Kaman Corporation Supplemental Retirement Plan) or claims for accrued vested benefits under any other employee benefit plan, policy or arrangement maintained by Employer or under COBRA; (ii) Employee’s rights under the provisions of the Change in Control Agreement which are intended to survive termination of employment; or (iii) Employee’s rights as a stockholder.
