a. | The Former Director, for and on behalf of himself and his heirs, beneficiaries, executors, administrators, attorneys, successors and assigns, hereby releases and waives all claims, causes of action and demands of any kind against the Company, any of its affiliates (including each stockholder of the Company), or any creditors of the Company, any of their respective employee plans and any of their respective stockholders, Directors, officers, trustees, employees, attorneys and agents, in their individual and official capacities, and all of their predecessors, heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”), which the Former Director had, has or may have through the date the Former Director executes this Agreement, whether known or unknown, arising out of or relating to: (i) the Former Director’s employment with the Company or the termination thereof, (ii) the Former Director’s service as a Director or officer of the Company or his resignation as a Director or officer, (iii) the Former Director’s ownership of capital stock of the Company, or of options, warrants, rights or other securities or instruments exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of the capital stock of the Company, or the sale and assignment of such capital stock or other securities to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, (iv) any notes, indebtedness, obligations, liabilities of the Company, including, without limitation, the amounts described in Schedule 1, or (v) to matters otherwise arising up to and including the Resignation Date, including any wages, bonuses or commissions, or on account of any alleged conduct of the Released Parties which might be alleged by the Former Director to constitute race, color, sex, religious, age, national origin, ancestry, genetic information or disability discrimination, or any claim or right under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the laws amended thereby, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, the Texas Persons with Mental Retardation Act, the Texas Tests for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Related Disorders law, Texas wage and hour laws, or any other provision of federal, state or local statutory or common law or regulation. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of any right that Former Director may have in any stock, options, or warrants that currently exist and that are held by Former Director, the terms of which are in full force and effect and shall not be modified hereby. In the event anyone claiming to be released hereby files any claim against the Former Director, this release will become null and void and of no effect for that party making the claim against the Former Director. |