The Employee, for him/herself, his/her heirs, and anyone else who would have the right to sue on his/her behalf or in his/her place (“successors and assigns”), fully and forever releases the Company, all affiliated companies, their shareholders, directors, officers, employees and employee benefit plans (including representatives, agents, administrators and committees of such plans) (collectively, the “Company Releasees”) from all claims, causes of action or obligations of every nature whatsoever that the Employee may have on the date the Employee signs this Agreement, whether known or unknown, including without limitation claims arising out of or relating to the Employee’s employment, termination from employment or any other act, event or failure to act that has occurred before and including the date this Agreement is signed. Examples of the claims which the Employee is giving up by signing this Agreement include, but are not limited to, claims for breach of express or implied contracts, claims of intentional wrongdoing, claims for negligent or reckless wrongdoing, and claims for violation of any federal, state or local law, including laws prohibiting employment discrimination, such as, for example, the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (which is referred to hereafter as the “ADEA”). By signing this Agreement, the Employee does not release or give up his/her right to: (a) file a charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the Securities and Exchange Commission or other federal or state agency; (b) provide assistance or participate in any investigation or hearing conducted by the EEOC, the Securities and Exchange Commission or other agency; (c) file a lawsuit to challenge whether or not the release in this Paragraph 4 is valid and effective as to claims of age discrimination under the ADEA; (d) file a lawsuit to enforce this Agreement; (e) assert claims that by law cannot be released, like workers’ compensation claims; (f) enforce his rights under directors and officers insurance policies or to indemnification in accordance with the Company’s charter, by-laws or otherwise; or (g) enforce his rights to vested or earned compensation and/or benefits including any equity compensation awards. If a charge of discrimination is filed with the EEOC, however, the release in this Paragraph 4 means that the Employee will not be entitled to receive any money or other individual remedy as a result of that charge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee will not give up his or her right to any benefits to which he or she is entitled under any retirement plan of the Company that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or his or her rights, if any, under Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (COBRA), or any monetary recovery under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Employee agrees that he/she has not and will not file a lawsuit in court or become a member of a class in a lawsuit asserting any claims that are released by the Employee in Paragraph 4 of this Agreement and that are not within the stated exceptions.