EXHIBIT A
FORM OF MUTUAL RELEASE
In exchange for good and valuable consideration set forth in that certain Employment Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) between the undersigned, Labeed S. Diab (“Employee”) and Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”), the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Employee, on behalf of Employee, Employee’s executors, heirs, administrators, assigns and anyone else claiming by, through or under Employee, irrevocably and unconditionally, releases, and forever discharges the Company, its predecessors, successors and related and affiliate entities, including, without limitation, parents and subsidiaries, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys, insurers, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”), from, and with respect to, any and all debts, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, covenants, contracts, wages, bonuses, damages and any and all claims, demands, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs) whatsoever of any name or nature both in law and in equity that Employee now has, ever had or may in the future have against the Released Parties with respect to Employee’s employment with, or service as an officer or director of, the Released Parties (severally and collectively, “Claims”), including but not limited to, any and all Claims in tort or contract, whether by statute or common law, and any Claims relating to salary, wages, bonuses and commissions, the breach of an oral or written contract, unjust enrichment, promissory estoppel, misrepresentation, defamation, and interference with prospective economic advantage, interference with contract, wrongful termination, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and Claims arising out of, based on, or connected with the termination of that Employee’s employment as set forth in the Employment Agreement, including any Claims for unlawful employment discrimination of any kind, whether based on age, race, sex, disability or otherwise, including specifically and without limitation, claims arising under or based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; the Equal Pay Act of 1963; the Illinois Human Rights Act; the Illinois Equal Pay Law; the rules under the Illinois Administrative Code relating to discrimination; the Chicago Ordinance on Human Rights; the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act; and the Cook County Ordinance on Human Rights; and any other local, state or federal equal employment opportunity or anti-discrimination law, statute, policy, order, ordinance or regulation affecting or relating to Claims that Employee ever had, now has, or claims to have against the Released Parties; except, in each case, with respect to Claims arising out of or otherwise relating to the purchase, ownership or sale of any equity securities of the Company or any successor thereof; provided, however, the Employee does not release the Released Parties with respect to claims arising out of or relating to their fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Employee further waives any claims the Employee may have for employment by the Company and agrees not to seek such employment or reemployment by the Company in the future.
Employee warrants and represents that Employee has not assigned or transferred to any person or entity any of the Claims released by this Mutual Release, and Employee agrees to defend (by counsel of the Company’s choosing), and to indemnify and hold harmless, the Released Parties from and against any claims based on, in connection with, or arising out of any such assignment or transfer made, purported or claimed.