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Exhibit 99.2
FULL AND COMPLETE RELEASE
AND AGREEMENT ON COMPETITION,
TRADE SECRETS AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Agreement.
I, Deval Patrick, in consideration of discretionary payments
under
performance-based bonus plans and programs of The Coca-Cola
Company, and other
good and valuable consideration, for myself and my heirs,
executors,
administrators and assigns, do hereby knowingly and voluntarily
release and
forever discharge The Coca-Cola Company and its subsidiaries,
affiliates, joint
ventures, joint venture partners, and benefit plans
(collectively the
"Company"), and their respective current and former directors,
officers,
administrators, trustees, employees, agents, and other
representatives, from all
debts, claims, actions, causes of action (including without
limitation those
under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29
U.S.C. [Section]. 201
et seq.; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, 29
U.S.C. [Section] 1001 et seq.; the Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification
Act of 1988, 29 U.S.C. [Section] 2101 et seq.; and those
federal, state, local,
and foreign laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on
age, sex, race,
color, national origin, religion, disability, veteran or marital
status, sexual
orientation, or any other protected trait or characteristic, or
retaliation for
engaging in any protected activity, including without limitation
the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. [Section]
621 et seq., as
amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, P.L.
101-433; the Equal Pay
Act of 1963, 9 U.S.C.[Section] 206, et seq.; Title VII of The
Civil Rights Act
of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. [Section] 2000e et seq.; the
Civil Rights Act of
1866, 42 U.S.C. [Section] 1981; the Civil Rights Act of 1991, 42
U.S.C.
[Section] 1981a; the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C.
[Section] 12101
et seq.; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. [Section] 791
et seq.; the
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 28 U.S.C. [Sections] 2601
and 2611 et
seq.; and comparable state, local, and foreign causes of action,
whether
statutory or
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common law), suits, dues, sums of money, accounts,
reckonings, covenants, contracts, claims for costs or attorneys'
fees,
controversies, agreements, promises, and all liabilities of any
kind or nature
whatsoever, at law, in equity, or otherwise, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN,
fixed or
contingent, which I had before the effective date of this
Agreement, including
without limitation those arising out of or related to my
employment or
separation from employment with the Company (collectively the
"Released
Claims"). Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a release,
discharge or
waiver of any claim that arises on or after the effective date
of this
Agreement.
I fully understand and agree that:
1. this Agreement is in exchange for special compensation to
which
I would otherwise not be entitled;
2. I am hereby advised to consult with an attorney before
signing
this Agreement;
3. I have 21 days from my receipt of this Agreement within
which
to consider whether to sign it;
4. I have seven days following my signature of this Agreement
to
revoke the Agreement; and
5. this Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable
until
the revocation period of seven days has expired.
If I choose to revoke this Agreement, I must do so by notifying
the Company in
writing.
I additionally understand and agree that this Agreement is not
and
shall not be construed to be an admission of liability of any
kind on the part
of the Company or any of the other persons or entities hereby
released.
The Company, in consideration of the agreements set forth
herein, in
the Letter Agreement dated April 1, 2005, and other good and
valuable
consideration, does hereby knowingly and
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voluntarily dismiss and forever discharge Deval Patrick from all
debts, claims,
actions, causes of action, suits, dues, sums of money, accounts,
reckonings,
covenants, contracts, claims for costs or attorneys' fees,
controversies,
agreements, promises , and all liabilities of any kind of nature
whatsoever, at
law, in equity, or otherwise, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, fixed or
contingent, which it
had before the effective date of this Agreement, including
without limitation
those arising out of or related to Mr. Patrick's employment or
separation from
employment with the Company.
Future Cooperation.
I covenant and agree that I shall, to the extent reasonably
requested
in writing, cooperate with the Company in any investigation
and/or threatened or
pending litigation (now or in the future) in which the Company
is a party, and
regarding which I, by virtue of my employment with the Company,
have knowledge
or information relevant to said litigation, including, but not
limited to (i)
meeting with representatives of the Company to provide truthful
information
regarding my knowledge, and (ii) providing, in any jurisdiction
in which the
Company requests, truthful testimony relevant to said
litigation, provided the
Company pays me reasonable compensation and reimburses me for
reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with such cooperation.
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information.
I covenant and agree that I have held and shall continue to hold
in
confidence all Trade Secrets of the Company that came into my
knowledge during
my employment by the Company and shall not disclose, publish or
make use of at
any time such Trade Secrets for as long as the information
remains a Trade
Secret. "Trade Secret" means any technical or non-technical
data, formula,
pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique,
drawing, process,
financial data, financial plan, product plan, list of actual or
potential
customers or suppliers or other information similar to any of
the foregoing,
which (i) derives economic value, actual or potential, from not
being generally
known to and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by,
other persons
who can
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derive economic value from its disclosure or use, and (ii) is
the
subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances
to maintain its
secrecy.
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I also covenant and agree that, for the period beginning on the
date I
sign this Agreement and ending two years after I have signed
this Agreement
("Nondisclosure Period"), I w
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