Waiver and Release means the Waiver and Release attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Release Agreement means an agreement, substantially in a form approved by the Company, pursuant to which Executive releases all current or future claims, known or unknown, arising on or before the date of the release against the Company, its subsidiaries and its officers.
Severance Agreement means the Amended and Restated Key Executive Severance Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the parties, as it may be amended from time to time, that provides for certain benefits related to termination of the Executive’s employment that are unrelated to a Change of Control.
General Release has the meaning stated in Section 6.03.
Release of Claims means the Release of Claims in substantially the same form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as the same may be revised from time to time by the Company upon the advice of counsel).
Employment Agreement means any employment, severance, retention, termination, indemnification, change in control or similar agreement between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any current or former employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand.
Separation Agreement has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Earned release means earned release from confinement as
Severance Benefits means the payment of severance compensation as provided in Section 3.3 herein.
Separation Benefits has the meaning accorded such term in Section 3.04.
Severance Compensation means the compensation set forth in (i), (ii), and (iv) above.
Conditional release means a revocable modification of a
Severance Payments shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 hereof.
Executive Severance Plan means the Company’s Senior Executive Employee Severance Pay Plan, as in effect from time to time.
Consulting Agreement means any written or oral agreement to retain the services, for a fee, of a consultant for the purposes of (A) providing counsel to a contractor, vendor, consultant or other entity seeking to conduct, or conducting, business with the State, (B) contracting, whether in writing or orally, any executive, judicial, or administrative office of the State, including any department, institution, bureau, board, commission, authority, official or employee for the purpose of solicitation, dispute resolution, introduction or requests for information or (C) any other similar activity related to such contracts.
Severance Plan means any severance plan maintained by the Company that is applicable to the Participant.
Prior Employment Agreement has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Severance Term means the twenty-four (24) month period following Executive’s termination by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability) or by Executive for Good Reason.
Severance Payment means any amount paid by a board to or in behalf of a superintendent on early termination of the superinten- dent’s contract that exceeds the amount earned by the superinten- dent under the contract as of the date of termination, including any amount that exceeds the amount of earned standard salary and benefits that is paid as a condition of early termination of the con- tract. Payments to a former superintendent who remains employed by a district in another capacity or contracts with a district to pro- vide the district services may be severance payments in whole or in part if the payments are compensation for the early termination of a prior employment agreement. Severance payments include any payment for actual or threatened litigation involving or related to the employment contract. Education Code 11.201(c); 19 TAC 105.1021(a)(1)
Pre-Release shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.
Mutual Release means the General Mutual Release substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B in all material respects.
Noncompetition Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.9 of this Agreement.
Severance Pay means any amount that is payable in cash and is identified by a Participating Company as severance pay, or any amount which is payable on account of periods beginning after the last date on which an employee (or former employee) is required to report for work for a Participating Company.
Non-Competition Agreement has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
Proof of Claim and Release means the Proof of Claim and Release form for submitting a Claim, which, subject to approval of the Court, shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2, that a Class Member must complete and submit should that Class Member seek to share in a distribution of the Net Settlement Fund.
Employment Agreements has the meaning set forth in Section 7.05.