Employee hereby represents and warrants that (a) Employee has not filed, caused or permitted to be filed any pending proceeding (nor has Employee lodged a complaint with any governmental or quasi-governmental authority) against the Released Parties, nor has Employee agreed to do any of the foregoing, (b) Employee has not assigned, transferred, sold, encumbered, pledged, hypothecated, mortgaged, distributed, or otherwise disposed of or conveyed to any third party any right or claim against any of the Released Parties that has been released in this Separation Agreement, and (c) Employee has not directly or indirectly assisted any third party in filing, causing or assisting to be filed, any claim against any of the Released Parties. Except as set forth in Section 15 below, Employee covenants and agrees that Employee shall not encourage or solicit or voluntarily assist or participate in any way in the filing, reporting or prosecution by himself or any third party of a proceeding or claim against any of the Released Parties. Employee acknowledges that, except as set forth in Section 15 below, any encouragement, solicitation, voluntary assistance, or participation by Employee in any way in third party claims against any of the Released Parties would constitute a material breach of this Separation Agreement.