Section 3.7 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance shall be held to be prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision as may be possible.
Section 3.8 Release of Claims. In consideration for the payments and other benefits to be received by the Company Stockholder under the terms of the Merger Agreement, subject to and effective as of the Closing, the Company Stockholder, for and on behalf of himself, herself or itself and each of his, her or its, as applicable, heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, predecessors, parent companies, shareholders and Affiliates and in each case, each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys, and other representatives, hereby acknowledges full and complete satisfaction of and fully and irrevocably releases and forever discharges the Company, dMY (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Trust Account), each of their respective subsidiaries and their predecessors, successors, assignees, parent companies, shareholders and investors (direct and indirect) and, in each case, each of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and other representatives, past and present (collectively, the “Released Entities”), from liability on or for any and all charges, claims, controversies, actions, causes of action, cross claims, counterclaims, demands, debts, duties, sanctions, fines, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, punitive or exemplary damages, other damages, claims for costs, attorney’s fees, sums of money, suits, contracts, covenants, controversies, agreements, promises, responsibilities, obligations and accounts of any kind, nature or description whatsoever in Law or in equity (“Actions”), direct or indirect, past, present and future, and whether or not now or heretofore known, suspected, matured or unmatured, contingent or uncontingent, or claimed against the Released Entities, through and including the Closing, in each case solely to the extent that it arises out of, or is related to, (i) such Company Stockholder’s ownership of equity or debt interests in the Company prior to the Closing (including any and all Actions such Company Stockholder may have against the Released Entities in such Company Stockholder’s capacity as a securityholder or a debtholder of the Company) and (ii) the organization, management or operation of the businesses of the Company relating to any matter, occurrence, action, inaction, omission or activity prior to the Closing, in each case, solely in such Company Stockholder’s capacity as an equity or debt securityholder; provided, that such release shall not release the Released Entities for (i) any liabilities or Actions that such Company Stockholder has pursuant to its right to receive its portion of the Company Equity Value determined in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of, and the steps set forth in, the Merger Agreement, (ii) any Actions arising out of or related to the Released Entities’ respective governing documents to provide indemnification, reimbursement or advancement of expenses to such Company Stockholder in respect of actions taken or omitted in such Company Stockholder’s capacity as an officer and/or director of such Released Entity prior to the Closing, (iii) any Actions arising out of or related to the Released Entities’ contracts with or obligations to any Company Stockholder in respect of compensation arrangements as an officer and/or director of such Released Entity prior to the Closing or (iv) any Actions arising under, or in connection with, any commercial agreements as between any direct or indirect portfolio companies of the Company Stockholder or its Affiliates and any Released Entity.
Section 3.9 Notices. All notices, demands and other communications to be given or delivered under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (a) when personally delivered (or, if delivery is refused, upon presentment) or received by email prior to 6:00 p.m. eastern time on a Business Day and, if otherwise, on the next Business Day, (b) one (1) Business Day following sending by reputable overnight express courier (charges prepaid) or (c) three (3) days following mailing by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested. Unless another address is specified in writing pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8.3, notices, demands and other communications to the Parties shall be sent to the addresses indicated below:
If to dMY:
dMY Technology Group, Inc. III
1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89144
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