Exhibit 99.2
AGREEMENT AND RELEASE
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This Agreement
and Release (“Agreement”) is given by James J. Ensell
to Virage Logic Corporation (the “Company”), and its
parents, subsidiaries, affiliated and related companies, and their
respective shareholders, officers, directors, employees, agents,
representatives, attorneys, predecessors, successors and assigns
(collectively referred to herein as the
“Releasees”).
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I understand
and agree that my last day of employment will be January 4,
2007 (the “Termination Date”), and that my employment
is terminating on that date. In consideration the Company will
provide for:
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a.
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On the
Effective Date (as defined below), the Company will pay a lump sum
severance in the amount of $107,499.48. This is based on six months
of pay at my final base salary.
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b.
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To the extent
provided by the federal “COBRA” and similar California
employer health care continuation laws, I may elect to continue for
18 months such group health insurance coverage as is in place on
Termination Date. If I timely elect continued health care coverage
under COBRA, the Company will pay the premiums necessary to
continue my current health care coverage for up to six months;
provided, however, that this payment obligation will cease if I
become eligible for comparable benefits under another
employer’s medical benefit plan. After such time I understand
I am responsible for the payment of any remaining health care
continuation, to the extent available under applicable law. After
my COBRA continuation benefits expire, I may be able to convert to
an individual policy at my own expense, if I so elect and provided
I comply with such rules as are applied by the insurance carriers
under applicable law.
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The Company’s commitments in
this paragraph are collectively referred to as the
“Separation Package.”
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I understand
and agree that the Separation Package provided to me is in excess
of any earned wages, accrued PTO hours, commissions, bonuses, or
any other amounts due and owing to me by the Company and is good
and valuable consideration in excess of and in addition to what I
am already entitled to receive from the Company. I acknowledge
that, I am entitled to receive no additional compensation, wages,
stock, options, commissions (with the exception of sales commission
earned through the Termination Date), money, benefits, or bonuses
other than those described herein, and that all earned wages and
accrued but unused PTO will be paid to me no later than my last day
of employment.
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In exchange for
the above, and in consideration of the Separation Package, I hereby
release, acquit, and forever discharge Releasees from any and all
claims, liabilities, demands, causes of action, costs, expenses,
attorneys fees, damages, and obligations of every kind and nature,
whether statutory or other, of any jurisdiction, foreign or
domestic, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected,
disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to
agreements, acts or conduct occurring at any time prior to the date
I sign this Agreement. I understand that this release
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includes, but is not limited to, all
claims and demands directly or indirectly arising out of or in any
way connected with my employment with the Company or the
termination of that employment, and claims and demands related to
salary, bonuses, commissions, severance, stock, stock options, PTO,
fringe benefits or expense reimbursements, wrongful discharge,
breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith
and fair dealing, fraud, defamation, intentional or negligent
infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and false
imprisonment. I also understand that I am releasing any and all
rights and claims arising from any federal, state or local laws or
statutes, including but not limited to any claim for
discrimination, harassment or retaliation based on sex, age, race,
religion, national origin, disability or on any other basis under
the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967, as amended (“ADEA”), the
Americans With Disabilities Act, the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor
Standards Act, the California Labor Code, the California Family
Rights Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Occupational Safety and Health
Act, and the California Occupational Safety and Health
Act.
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I specifically
understand that the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act
prohibits employment discrimination based on age, and that I have
the right to file a claim of age discrimination with the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission. This understanding
notwithstanding, I hereby specifically release Releasees from any
claims of employment discrimination based on age arising up to and
including the date of the execution of this Agreement. I further
acknowledge that the consideration given for the waiver and release
provided in this Agreement is in addition to anything of value to
which I am already entitled. I also acknowledge that I have been
advised, as required by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act,
that: (a) the waiver and release does not apply to any rights
or claims that may arise after the date I sign this Agreement;
(b) that the Act requires that I be advised to consult with an
attorney prior to executing this Agreement; (c) that I have
twenty-one (21) days to consider this Agreement, which
includes any proposed revisions or modifications to it;
(d) that I have seven (7) days following the execution of
this Agreement to revoke it; and (e) that this Agreement shall
not be effective until the Effective Date. I acknowledge that I
have been provided with the opportunity to consult with
counsel.
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I understand
and agree that if I choose not to use the full twenty-one
(21) days the Company has provided to consider and review this
Agreement, that I do so knowingly and voluntarily, and I waive any
claim that I was not given the entire twenty-one (21) days or
did not use the entire period of time to consider this Agreement or
consult with an attorney.
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I will
immediately withdraw any pending claims, complaints, or
administrative charges I have made against Releasees and will
authorize any administrative agency to dismiss those charges. I
will not file or assist in the filing of any administrative
charges, complaints, or claims against Releasees. In the event any
charge is filed and/or is not withdrawn, I agree that I will be
entitled to no monetary compensation as a result of the outcome of
any such charge or related lawsuit.
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I understand
that this release fully and finally extinguishes and discharges all
claims whether known to me or not as provided by California Civil
Code section 1542. This statute provides that unless I specifically
agree to release claims I do not know about, they are not released
by a general release. ("A general release does not extend to claims
which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor
at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must
have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.") By this
agreement, I agree to waive that right and affirm my intention to
release not only claims known to me, but also those unknown to me
which arose or may arise out of any matter described in paragraph 5
above, including but not limited to my employment or its
termination, and I hereby do release all such known and unknown
claims.
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I agree to
return, on the Termination Date, all Company property, including
but not limited to Company documents (and all copies thereof) and
other Company property in your possession or control, including,
but not limited to: Company files, notes, memoranda,
correspondence, agreements, draft documents, notebooks, logs,
drawings, records, plans, proposals, reports, forecasts, financial
information, sales and marketing information, research and
development information, personnel information, specifications,
computer-recorded information, tangible property and equipment,
credit cards, entry cards, identification badges and keys; pagers,
personal computers and related equipment and any materials of any
kind that contain or embody any proprietary or confidential
information of the Company (and all reproductions thereof in whole
or in part). I agree to make a diligent search to ensure that you
have returned all such property, wherever it is located. I agree
that the timely return of all such Company documents and other
property is a condition precedent to my receipt of the severance
benefits provided under this Agreement.
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I hereby
acknowledge and agree to abide by my continuing obligations under
my Employee Invention and Confidential Information Agreement, a
copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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I understand
and agree that the provisions of this Agreement and Release will be
held in strictest confidence by you and the Company and will not be
publicized or disclosed in any manner whatsoever; provided,
however, that: (a) you may disclose this Agreement and
Release to your immediate family; (b) the parties may disclose
this Agreement and Release in
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confidence to
their respective attorneys, accountants, auditors, tax preparers,
and financial advisors; (c) the Company may disclose this
Agreement and Release as necessary to fulfill standard or legally
required corporate reporting or disclosure requirements; and
(d) the parties may disclose this Agreement and Release
insofar as such disclosure may be necessary to enforce its terms or
as otherwise required by law. By way of example, and without
limitation, you agree not to disclose the terms of this Agreement
and Release to any current or former Company employee.
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You agree not
to disparage the Company and its officers, directors, employees,
shareholders and agents, in any manner likely to be harmful to them
or their business, business reputation or personal reputation;
provided that you may respond accurately and fully to any question,
inquiry or request for information when required by legal
process.
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The Company and
I agree that this Agreement does not constitute an admission of
wrongdoing or liability on the part of the Company or
Releasees.
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