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10-K/A
HRG GROUP, INC. filed this Form 10-K/A on 01/27/2017
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(iii)for constructive termination, unfair dismissal and/or wrongful dismissal or termination of employment;
(iv)arising under any applicable federal, state, local or other statutes, orders, laws, ordinances, regulations or the like, or case law, that relate to employment or employment practices and/or, specifically, that prohibit discrimination based upon age, race, religion, sex, national origin, pregnancy, disability or any other unlawful bases, including the United States Constitution, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Workers Adjustment and Relocation Notice Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Sarbanes Oxley Act, and the Dodd Frank Act, and any similar applicable statutes, orders, laws, ordinances, regulations or the like, or case law, of the State of New York or any state in which any Company Releasee is subject to jurisdiction, and/or any political subdivision thereof, including the New York State Human Rights Law (including its prohibitions of age discrimination), the New York City Human Rights Law (including its prohibitions of age discrimination), the New York Labor Law, and the New York Civil Rights Law; or based upon any other federal, state or local statutes, orders, laws, ordinances, regulations or the like, to the fullest extent permitted by such law;
(v)for tortious or harassing conduct, infliction of mental distress, interference with contract, fraud, libel or slander, or on any other common law basis; and/or
(vi)for damages, including punitive or compensatory damages, or for attorneys’ fees, expenses, costs, wages, injunctive or equitable relief.
(c)Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or elsewhere to the contrary, neither Executive nor any other Executive Releasor is waiving or releasing:
(i)any Claim for indemnification or advancement that Executive has under HRG corporate governance documents, under any indemnification agreement between Executive and HRG, or under applicable law ;
(ii)any Claim for vested benefits pursuant to the terms of the employee benefit plans in which Executive was a participant before the Separation Date;
(iii)any Claim with respect to deferred cash awards, stock options, restricted stock awards, or comparable awards that were granted to Executive and that vested on or before the Release Effective Date;
(iv)any Claim that arises after the Release Effective Date;
(v)any right to enforce Claims arising under, or preserved by, this Agreement; or
(vi)any Claim that cannot legally be waived or that is based on willful fraud or criminal misconduct.
5.
Release and Waiver of Claims by the Company
The Company, for and on behalf of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and their respective successors and assigns, to the maximum extent permitted by law, hereby acknowledges full and complete satisfaction of and absolutely and irrevocably and unconditionally fully and forever releases, acquits and discharges, each of the Executive Releasors from any Claim that HRG ever had, now has, or may have as of the date that the Company has executed this Agreement and delivered it to Executive; provided, however, that such release does not waive, release, or otherwise discharge any Claim that arises under or is preserved by this Agreement, that cannot legally be waived or that is based on willful fraud or criminal misconduct.
6.
Acknowledgments
By executing this Agreement, each Party agrees and acknowledges that:
(a)Such Party understands all of the terms of this Agreement, and such terms are fair and reasonable, and are not the result of any fraud, duress, coercion, pressure or undue influence exercised by or on behalf of any Person;
(b)Executive has been provided a reasonable period of time (e.g., at least twenty one (21) days) to review and consider signing this Agreement;
(c)Executive has a period of seven (7) calendar days after the date of delivery of a signed Agreement to the Company (at 450 Park Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel) in which Executive may revoke this Agreement (the “Revocation Period”), and that revocation must be made by delivery of written notice of revocation to the Company at 450 Park Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10022 Attention: Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel prior to the end of the Revocation Period;
(d)Executive has been directed by the Company to consult with, and has consulted with, an attorney of Executive’s choice before signing this Agreement;
(e)In entering into this Agreement, neither Party is relying on any representation or statement

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