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10-K/A
HRG GROUP, INC. filed this Form 10-K/A on 01/27/2017
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8.
Effect of This Agreement on the Employment Agreement
(a)Executive and the Company acknowledge and agree that Section 9 (Return of Property) (as modified pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof), Section 15 (Cooperation), Section 18 (Arbitration), Section 19 (Governing Law), Section 20 (Amendment; No Waiver; Section 409A), Section 21 (Indemnification), Section 22 (Severability), Section 25 (No Construction Against Drafter), Section 27 (Notices), and Section 28 (Headings and References) of the Employment Agreement shall survive following the Effective Date (except to the extent that such Sections reference other provisions of the Employment Agreement that cease to be in effect and terminate as of the Effective Date pursuant to this Agreement), and that all of the other provisions of the Employment Agreement, including for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation Section 4 (Compensation and Related Matters), Section 5 (Termination of the Term), Section 6 (Acknowledgements), Section 7 (Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation), Section 8 (Nondisclosure of Confidential Information), Section 10 (Intellectual Property Rights), Section 11 (Nondisparagement) and Section 12 (Notification of Employment or Service Provider Relationship) shall cease to be in effect as of the Effective Date. No provision of the Employment Agreement that is not expressly preserved by this Agreement shall survive following the Initial Release Date. Accordingly, all provisions of the Employment Agreement that are not expressly preserved by this Agreement shall become null and void as of the Initial Release Date.
(b)Executive and the Company further acknowledge and agree that if there is any conflict between the provisions of the Employment Agreement and similar provisions of this Agreement, then the provisions of this Agreement will be controlling.
9.
Covenant Not to Sue
Executive represents and warrants that Executive has not filed or commenced any complaints, claims, actions or proceedings of any kind against any Company Releasee with any federal, state or local court or any administrative, regulatory or arbitration agency or body. Executive agrees not to commence, maintain, prosecute or participate as a party in any action or proceeding in any court or arbitration forum against the Company or any other Company Releasee with respect to any claim arising from any act, omission, transaction or occurrence up to and including the Initial Release Date and the Final Release (as applicable) that is released and waived by Section 4 of this Agreement. Executive further agrees not to instigate, encourage, assist or participate in any court action or arbitration proceeding commenced by any other person (except a government agency or as required by subpoena or court order) against the Company or any other Company Releasee. In the event any government agency seeks to obtain any relief on behalf of Executive with regard to any claim released and waived by Section 4 of this Agreement, Executive covenants not to accept, recover or receive any monetary relief or award that may arise out of or in connection with any such proceeding.
10.
Company Non-Admission
This Agreement and the Specified Payments made under this Agreement are not intended to be, shall not be construed as and are not an admission or concession by any Company Releasee of any wrongdoing or illegal or actionable acts or omissions, and each Company Releasee expressly denies that any of them engaged in any wrongdoing or illegal or actionable acts or omissions. Executive, as and on behalf of Executive Releasor, hereby represents and agrees that no written or oral statements, suggestions or representations that any Company Releasee has made or implied regarding any such admission or concession have been or shall be made directly or indirectly by or on behalf of Executive.
11.
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure of Company Information; Nonsolicitation; Nondisparagement
(a)Executive hereby acknowledges that during Executive’s employment Executive had access to, and may have acquired, proprietary, private and/or otherwise confidential information (“Confidential Information,” as defined and described in this Section). Confidential Information shall mean all non-public information, whether or not created or maintained in written or electronic form, which constitutes, relates to or refers to, among other things not enumerated:
(i)the Company and/or any other Company Releasee, and/or any aspect of any Company Releasee’s business or activities, including their trade secrets; their business and product development plans; their marketing strategies and plans; their financial information; their manner and method of conducting business; and customers and potential customers;
(ii)any non-public information obtained from any person other than a Company Releasee which is protected and/or governed by a confidentiality agreement or other understanding that the information be treated as confidential;
(iii)any information or documents provided or produced in any litigation involving any Company Releasee, or that are protected and/or governed by a confidentiality agreement or stipulation; and
(iv)     any information protected and/or governed by the attorney-client privilege, work product immunity or any similar privilege or immunity; and provided further that “Confidential Information” shall not include information or data that is or becomes available to the public other than as a result of an act or omission by the Executive in breach of this Agreement.

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