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For the valuable consideration
set forth on Schedule A hereto, the adequacy of which is hereby
acknowledged, the undersigned (“Executive”), on his own
behalf and on behalf of his heirs, executors, administrators,
successors, representatives and assigns, does herein knowingly and
voluntarily unconditionally release, waive, and fully discharge Guy
Carpenter & Company, LLC, and its parent and subsidiaries
(specifically including, but not limited to, Marsh &
McLennan Companies, Inc. and its subsidiaries) (including
successors and assigns thereof) (collectively, the
“Company”), and all of their respective past and
present employees, officers, directors, agents, affiliates,
parents, predecessors, administrators, representatives, attorneys,
and shareholders, and employee benefit plans and plan
administrators, from any and all legal claims, liabilities, suits,
causes of action (whether before a court or an administrative
agency), damages, costs, attorneys’ fees, interest injuries,
expenses, debts, or demands of any nature whatsoever, known or
unknown, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute or contingent, at law
or in equity, which were or could have been filed with any Federal,
state, or local court, agency, arbitrator or any other entity,
based directly or indirectly on Executive’s employment with
and separation from Company or based on any other alleged act or
omission by or on behalf of Company prior to Executive’s
signing this General Release. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing terms, this General Release specifically includes all
claims based on the terms, conditions, and privileges of
employment, and those based on breach of contract (express or
implied), tort, harassment, intentional infliction of emotional
distress, defamation, negligence, privacy, employment
discrimination, retaliation, discharge not for just cause,
constructive discharge, wrongful discharge, the Age Discrimination
in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (the “ADEA”), the
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, the Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act, as amended, Executive Order 11,141
(age discrimination), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Civil Rights Act of 1866
and 1871, Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United
States code, as amended, 41 U.S.C. § 1981 (discrimination), 29
U.S.C. §206(d)(1) (equal pay), Executive Order 11,246 (race,
color, religion, sex and national origin discrimination), the
National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Occupational Safety
and Health Act, as amended, the Family Medical Leave Act, the
Immigration Reform and Control Act, as amended, the Vietnam Era
Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act §§503-504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (handicap rehabilitation), the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, any federal,
state or local fair employment, civil or human rights, wage and
hour laws and wage payment laws, and any and all other Federal,
state, local or other governmental statutes, laws, ordinances,
regulations and orders, under common law, and under any Company
policy, procedure, bylaw or rule. This General Release shall not
waive or release any rights or claims that Executive may have which
arise after the date of this General Release (including any rights
of Executive under that certain Employment Agreement entered into
between Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc. and Executive, dated
as of the 1 st day of July 2005 (the “Employment
Agreement”)) and shall not waive post-termination
health-continuation insurance benefits required by state or Federal
law and shall not waive any rights of Executive under the
Employment Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing,
Executive waives all rights in respect of the restricted stock
units granted to him on or about February 26, 2008.
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