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2.
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Except as
provided in Section 4 below, I knowingly and voluntarily
release and forever discharge the Company and the other Released
Parties from any and all claims, controversies, actions, causes of
action, cross-claims, counter-claims, demands, debts, compensatory
damages, liquidated damages, punitive or exemplary damages, other
damages, claims for costs and attorneys’ fees, or liabilities
of any nature whatsoever in law and in equity, both past and
present (from the beginning of the world through the date of this
General Release) and whether known or unknown, suspected, or
claimed against the Company or any of the Released Parties which I,
my spouse, or any of my heirs, executors, administrators or
assigns, have or may have, which arise out of or are connected with
my employment with, or my separation from, the Company and Holdings
(including, but not limited to, any allegation, claim or violation,
arising under: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967, as amended (including the Older Workers
Benefit Protection Act); the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended; the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993; the Civil Rights Act of 1866, as amended; the
Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act; the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; any applicable Executive
Order Programs; the Fair Labor Standards Act; or their state or
local counterparts; or under any other federal, state or local
civil or human rights law, or under any other local, state, or
federal law, regulation or ordinance; or under any public policy,
contract or tort, or under common law; or arising under any
policies, practices or procedures of the Company or Holdings; or
any claim for wrongful discharge, breach of contract, infliction of
emotional distress, defamation; or any claim for costs, fees, or
other expenses, including attorneys’ fees incurred in these
matters) (an of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as
the “ Claims ”).
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