Complete Release Executive agrees to release EDS from all claims or demands Executive may have against EDS, including, but not limited to, any claims related to Executive's employment with EDS or separation from that employment and any claims for attorney's fees and costs. This Agreement includes, without limitation, a release of any rights or claims Executive may have under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, which prohibits age discrimination in employment; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, which prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, national origin, religion or sex; the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities; the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, which regulates matters regarding compensation; the Family and Medical Leave Act, as amended, which regulates matters regarding certain types of leaves; or any other federal, state or local laws or regulations that in any way relate to the employment of individuals and/or prohibit employment discrimination of any form. This Agreement also includes, without limitation, a release by Executive of any related or unrelated wrongful discharge claims, contractual claims, tort claims or any other actions. This Agreement covers both claims that Executive knows about and those he/she may not know about. Executive expressly waives any right to assert after signing this Agreement that any claim, demand, obligation, or cause of action has through ignorance, oversight, or for any other reason, been omitted from the scope of Subsection 5 of Section III of this Agreement. Executive further promises never to file a lawsuit, demand, action or otherwise assert any claims that are released in Subsection 5 of Section III of this Agreement (excluding a lawsuit filed by Executive solely for purposes of challenging the validity of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act waiver). This Agreement does not include a release of (i) Executive's right, if any, to benefits Executive may be entitled to under any EDS plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, including the EDS Retirement Plan and EDS 401(k) Plan, and COBRA benefits pursuant to Internal Revenue Code section 4980B, (ii) any rights or claims Executive may have under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act which arise after the date Executive signs this Agreement, (iii) any rights pursuant to this Agreement, (iv) Executive's right, if any, to benefits Executive may be entitled to under the EDS Executive Deferral Plan, (v) any rights pursuant to any indemnification agreements between Executive and EDS, or (vi) Executive's right, if any, to benefits Executive may be entitled to under any applicable directors and officers or other liability insurance policies.
Seller Release (a) Each Seller does hereby, on behalf of itself and its agents, representatives, attorneys, assigns, Affiliates, heirs, executors and administrators (collectively, the “Seller Parties”) RELEASE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE Edgen, each of Edgen’s Subsidiaries, the Purchaser and their respective Affiliates, parents, joint ventures, officers, directors, shareholders, members, managers, employees, consultants, representatives, successors and assigns, heirs, executors and administrators (collectively, the “Company Parties”) from all causes of action, suits, debts, claims and demands whatsoever at law, in equity or otherwise, which such Seller or any of the Seller Parties ever had, now has, or hereafter may have, by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, from the beginning of its initial dealings with Edgen or any of its Subsidiaries to the Closing, and particularly, but without limitation of the foregoing general terms, any claims arising from or relating in any way to such Seller’s status as a stockholder, investor, holder of any equity interests, lender (except as to any such Seller or any of its Affiliates holding Indebtedness of Edgen as set forth on Schedule 4.28 hereto) or debtor of Edgen or any of its Subsidiaries (including any right to indemnification or contribution from Edgen (whether statutory, common law, pursuant to Edgen’s charter documents or otherwise)), any agreement between such Seller, Edgen or any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate of Edgen or any of its Subsidiaries, and, if applicable, such Seller’s employment relationship with Edgen or any of its Subsidiaries, but not including such claims to payments, indemnification, contribution and other rights provided to such Seller under this Agreement and the employment agreements or causes of action, suits, debts, claims and demands whatsoever at law, in equity or otherwise, arising from or relating in any way to such Seller Parties’ status as a director, officer, stockholder, investor or holder of any equity interests in connection with the Senior Notes Offering (other than with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Senior Notes Offering in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to Purchaser by or on behalf of any member of such Seller Party specifically for inclusion therein, but only with respect to such member of the Seller Party specifically for inclusion therein or in connection with any efforts by any Seller Party to engage in the selling of the notes contemplated by the Senior Notes Offering other than at the express direction of the Purchaser). The release contained in this paragraph (a) is effective without regard to the legal nature of the claims raised and without regard to whether any such claims are based upon tort, equity, implied or express contract or discrimination of any sort.
FORM OF RELEASE Reference is hereby made to the Employment Agreement, dated as of __________, 200_ (the “Employment Agreement”), by and between ____________ (the “Executive”) and Selective Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Employment Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement and in consideration of the payments to be made to the Executive by the Company, which Executive acknowledges are in excess of what Executive would otherwise be entitled to receive, the Executive hereby releases and forever discharges and holds the Company, the Company’s Parent and their subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Parties” and each a “Company Party”), and the respective officers, directors, employees, partners, stockholders, members, agents, affiliates, successors and assigns and insurers of each Company Party, and any legal and personal representatives of each of the foregoing, harmless from all claims or suits, of any nature whatsoever (whether known or unknown), past, present or future, including those arising from the law, being directly or indirectly related to the Executive’s employment by or the termination of such employment by any Company Party, including, without limiting the foregoing, any claims for notice, pay in lieu of notice, wrongful dismissal, severance pay, bonus, overtime pay, incentive compensation, interest or vacation pay for the Executive’s service as an officer or director to any Company Party through the date hereof. The Executive also hereby agrees not to file a lawsuit asserting any such claims. This release (this “Release”) includes, but is not limited to, claims growing out of any legal restriction on any Company Party’s right to terminate its employees and claims or rights under federal, state, and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination (including, but not limited to, claims or rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, and the laws of the State of New Jersey against discrimination, or any other federal or state statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, color, handicap, religion, national origin, and sexual orientation, or any other federal, state or local employment law, regulation or other requirement) which arose before the date this Release is signed, excepting only claims in the nature of workers’ compensation, claims for vested benefits, and claims to enforce this agreement. The Executive acknowledges that because this Release contains a release of claims and is an important legal document, he has been advised to consult with counsel before executing it, that he may take up to [twenty-one
Your Release of Claims You hereby agree and acknowledge that, by signing this Agreement and accepting the Severance Pay, and for other good and valuable consideration, you are waiving your right to assert any and all forms of legal claims against the Company1 of any kind whatsoever, whether known or unknown, arising from the beginning of time through the date you execute this Agreement (the “Execution Date”). You acknowledge that as of Execution Date, you have not filed any complaints, claims, charges, actions, grievances or arbitrations against the Company or otherwise contacted any U.S. federal, state or local governmental agency or commission that has applicable jurisdiction to regulate the Company (each a “Government Agency”) regarding the Company, except to the extent you (i) have already informed the Company in writing prior to the Execution Date, or (ii) are permitted by law to opt against such disclosure; and further, you are not aware of any unlawful conduct in relation to the business of the Company, except to the extent you have already informed the Company in writing prior to the Execution Date. Except as set forth below, your waiver and release herein is intended to bar any form of legal claim, complaint or any other form of action (jointly referred to as “Claims”) against the Company seeking any form of relief including, without limitation, equitable relief (whether declaratory, injunctive or otherwise), the recovery of any damages, or any other form of monetary recovery whatsoever (including, without limitation, back pay, front pay, compensatory damages, emotional distress damages, punitive damages, attorneys’ fees and any other costs) against the Company, for any alleged action, inaction or circumstance existing or arising through the Execution Date. 1 For purposes of this Agreement, the Company includes Sera Prognostics, Inc. and any of its divisions, affiliates (which means all persons and entities directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company), parents, subsidiaries and all other related entities, and its and their former and current directors, officers, employees, trustees, agents, successors and assigns.
Release of Company Receipt of severance and health benefits pursuant to this Section 10 shall be in lieu of all other amounts payable by the Company to Employee and in settlement and complete release of all claims Employee may have against the Company or its directors, officers, or shareholders, other than those arising out of the severance benefits due and payable under this Agreement and Employee’s rights under this Agreement. Employee acknowledges and agrees that execution of a general release of claims by Employee in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company shall be a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation to pay severance benefits hereunder.
Release of the Company Executive, for himself, his successors, assigns, attorneys, and all those entitled to assert his rights, now and forever hereby releases and discharges the Company and its respective officers, directors, stockholders, trustees, employees, agents, parent corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates, estates, successors, assigns and attorneys (the “Released Parties”), from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, sums of money due, suits, debts, liens, covenants, contracts, obligations, costs, expenses, damages, judgments, agreements, promises, demands, claims for attorney’s fees and costs, or liabilities whatsoever, in law or in equity, which Executive ever had or now has against the Released Parties arising by reason of or in any way connected with any employment relationship which existed between the Company or any of its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, or predecessors, and Executive. It is understood and agreed that this Release is intended to cover all actions, causes of action, claims or demands for any damage, loss or injury arising from the aforesaid employment relationship, or the termination of that relationship, that Executive has, had or purports to have, from the beginning of time to the date of this Release, whether known or unknown, that now exists related to the aforesaid employment relationship including but not limited to claims for employment discrimination under federal or state law, except as provided in Paragraph 2; claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2002(e), et seq. or the Americans With Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, 00 X.X.X. § 00000 et seq.; claims for statutory or common law wrongful discharge, including any claims arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.; claims for attorney’s fees, expenses and costs; claims for defamation; claims for wages or vacation pay; claims for benefits, including any claims arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq.; and provided, however, that nothing herein shall release the Company of their obligations to Executive under the Employment Agreement or any other contractual obligations between the Company or its affiliates and Executive, or any indemnification obligations to Executive under the Company’s bylaws, articles of incorporation, Florida law or otherwise.
Pre-Release Subject to the further terms and provisions of this Section 2.10, the Depositary, its Affiliates and their agents, on their own behalf, may own and deal in any class of securities of the Company and its Affiliates and in ADSs. In its capacity as Depositary, the Depositary may (i) issue ADSs prior to the receipt of Shares (each such transaction a "Pre-Release Transaction") as provided below and (ii) Deliver Shares upon the receipt and cancellation of ADSs that were issued in a Pre-Release Transaction, but for which Shares may not yet have been received. The Depositary may receive ADSs in lieu of Shares under (i) above and receive Shares in lieu of ADSs under (ii) above. Each such Pre-Release Transaction will be (a) subject to a written agreement whereby the person or entity (the "Applicant") to whom ADSs or Shares are to be Delivered (1) represents that at the time of the Pre-Release Transaction the Applicant or its customer owns the Shares or ADSs that are to be Delivered by the Applicant under such Pre-Release Transaction, (2) agrees to indicate the Depositary as owner of such Shares or ADSs in its records and to hold such Shares or ADSs in trust for the Depositary until such Shares or ADSs are Delivered to the Depositary or the Custodian, (3) unconditionally guarantees to deliver to the Depositary or the Custodian, as applicable, such Shares or ADSs, and (4) agrees to any additional restrictions or requirements that the Depositary deems appropriate, (b) at all times fully collateralized with cash, United States government securities or such other collateral as the Depositary deems appropriate, (c) terminable by the Depositary on not more than five (5) Business Days' notice and (d) subject to such further indemnities and credit regulations as the Depositary deems appropriate. The Depositary will normally limit the number of ADSs and Shares involved in such Pre-Release Transactions at any one time to thirty percent (30%) of the ADSs outstanding (without giving effect to ADSs outstanding under (i) above), provided, however, that the Depositary reserves the right to disregard such limit from time to time as it deems appropriate. The Depositary may also set limits with respect to the number of ADSs and Shares involved in Pre-Release Transactions with any one person on a case by case basis as it deems appropriate. The Depositary may retain for its own account any compensation received by it in conjunction with the foregoing. Collateral provided pursuant to (b) above, but not the earnings thereon, shall be held for the benefit of the Holders (other than the Applicant).
REMOTE ACCESS SERVICES ADDENDUM The Custodian and each Fund agree to be bound by the terms of the Remote Access Services Addendum hereto.
Executive’s Release of the Company Executive understands that by agreeing to this Release, Executive is agreeing not to xxx, or otherwise file any claim against, the Company or any of its employees or other agents for any reason whatsoever based on anything that has occurred as of the date Executive signs this Release.
LOAN SERVICES ADDENDUM If a Fund directs the Custodian in writing to perform loan services, the Custodian and the Fund will be bound by the terms of the Loan Services Addendum attached hereto. The Fund shall reimburse Custodian for its fees and expenses related thereto as agreed upon from time to time in writing by the Fund and the Custodian.
