ANNEX B
RELEASE
, hereinafter referred to as “Releasor,” executes this Release this day of , 2020.
This Release is made in favor of Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc., 35 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois (“Company”) and its current and former officers, directors, employees, partners, benefit plans, benefit plan fiduciaries, benefit plan administrators, successors, assigns, agents, divisions, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, attorneys, and other related entities, (“Released Parties”), on behalf of Releasor and Releasor’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.
For and in consideration of the separation payments and other things of value to be provided pursuant to the transition employment agreement between Company and Releasor dated June , 2020 , Releasor agrees, knowingly and voluntarily, that by executing this Release he/she releases and forever discharges the Released Parties of and from any and all known and unknown claims, liabilities, demands and/or causes of action, arising through the date of Releasor’s execution of this Release including, without limitation, any claims against the Released Parties based upon any of the following:
| i. | the common law, including but not limited to, emotional distress; injury to personal reputation; defamation (including libel or slander); invasion of privacy; denial of employment in contravention of common law or any federal, state, local or public policy, law or regulation; |
| ii. | any alleged written or oral employment agreement, policy, plan (including without limitation, the Executive Severance Plan and/or the Company’s Separation Pay Plan) or procedure of the Released Parties and/or any alleged understanding or arrangement between Releasor and the Released Parties; |
| iii. | any alleged violation(s) of any statute, regulation, or ordinance, whether federal, state or local, or based on any other federal, state or local law, including but not limited to, any and all claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101,et seq.; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (including the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act), as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 621,et seq.; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e,et seq.; the Civil Rights Act of 1991, P.L.102-166, 105 Stat. 1071,et seq.; 42 U.S.C. § 1981; the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201,et seq.; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001,et seq.; the Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d),et seq.; the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2101,et seq.; Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. § 1514,et.seq.; and any other federal, state, or local laws relating to the employment relationship; |
| iv. | the U.S. Constitution or any state constitution; and |
| v. | any theory of alleged equitable entitlement to relief. |
Releasor does not hereby waive any claims that cannot be waived under applicable law. Subject to the following paragraph, Releasor waives the right to receive any damages or other personal relief based on any claim, cause of action, demand or lawsuit that is personal to Releasor relating to or arising from his/her employment at the Company brought by Releasor or on Releasor’s behalf, or by any third party, including as a member of any class or collective action.
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