Beneficial Owner Release. (a) Each Beneficial Owner, on behalf of such Beneficial Owner and, to the greatest extent permissible by applicable Law, each of the Beneficial Owner’s agents, trustees, beneficiaries, Affiliates, heirs, successors, legal representatives and assigns to the extent any such Person asserts Claims of, or on behalf of, the Beneficial Owner, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably and forever releases and discharges the Seller, each other Beneficial Owner, Buyer, Parent and their respective successors and assigns, and their respective present and former directors, officers, stockholders, employees, Affiliates, agents and other representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”), of and from, and hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives, any and all claims, damages, actions and causes of action, obligations and liabilities of any kind or character whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, in contract or in tort, at Law or in equity, that such Beneficial Owner ever had, now has or ever may have or claim to have against or with respect to any of the Released Parties, resulting from, arising out of or relating to the amount or form of the consideration to be received by the Beneficial Owner by Seller or the Payments Administrator in connection with this Agreement (without limiting any rights or remedies therein or herein) or any other matter, circumstance, event, action, inaction, omission, cause or thing whatsoever relating to the Seller (including arising out of or relating to the Beneficial Owner’s status as a member of the Seller), in each case arising at any time at or prior to the Closing (collectively, “Claims”); provided, however, that this release does not extend to (i) any Claim to enforce the terms of, or any breach of, this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any document or agreement delivered hereunder or thereunder or any of the provisions set forth herein or therein, (ii) any Claim by such Beneficial Owner, if such Beneficial Owner is an employee of the Seller, with respect to claims for salary, wages, expense reimbursement, or benefits owed to the Beneficial Owner by the Seller in the Beneficial Owner’s capacity as an employee of or service provider to the Seller, (iii) any rights to payments pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to the Payments Administration Agreement, (iv) any Claim by the Beneficial Owner or the Beneficial Owner’s board designee, if the Beneficial Owner or the Beneficial Owner’s board designee is or was...
