Exhibit 10.28
AGREEMENT AND RELEASE
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This Agreement
and Release (“Agreement”) is given by Adam A. Kablanian
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”), that my employment is
terminating (or has terminated) on that date, and that the Company
is appointing me as Chairman of the Board. In consideration, the
Company will provide me with the following benefits until the
earlier of the dates provided in the subparagraphs below or the
date I cease being a director:
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a.
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Starting
immediately following my termination date, the Company will pay my
salary, less customary withholdings, through December 31,
2007.
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b.
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Effective
immediately following my termination date, the Company will provide
me with contributory medical coverage as a director. I understand
that this coverage will be offered to me under the same terms and
with the same director-paid premium contribution as is offered to
other directors, and that such coverage will end when I cease being
a director.
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c.
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Any unvested
stock options or equity awards granted to me and outstanding as of
the Termination Date shall continue to vest in accordance with the
terms of the governing documents as long as I continue to serve on
the Company’s board of directors. I will be entitled to
vesting acceleration of any outstanding equity awards at the
closing time of a Change of Control, provided I am providing
services to the Company as a director at such time.
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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, 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 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 stock, stock options, fringe benefits, 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 and 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. This
Agreement does not release claims that cannot be released as a
matter of law, including, but not limited to, claims under Division
3, Article 2 of the California Labor Code (which includes
indemnification rights).
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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
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