2. | In consideration for the payments under Section 3 of the Transition Agreement, except as specifically provided herein, Executive knowingly and voluntarily (for himself, his family, and his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns) releases and forever discharges the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates and all present and former directors, managers, officers, agents, representatives, employees, successors and assigns of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates and the Company’s direct or indirect owners (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, suits, 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 (through the date this Release becomes effective and enforceable) and whether known or unknown, suspected, or claimed against the Company or any of the Released Parties which Executive or any of his heirs, family members, executors, administrators or assigns, may have, which arise out of or are connected with his employment with, or his separation or termination from, the Company (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 Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; 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 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) (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as the “Claims”); except that he does not waive or release (a) his right to enforce the Transition Agreement, (b) claims for vested benefits under the Company’s 401(k) plan and other broad-based employee benefit plans, or (c) any rights he may have to indemnification by the Company pursuant to the Company’s governing documents. |