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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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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
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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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14.
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In the event that any provision hereof becomes or
is declared to be illegal, u
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