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Exceptions to General Release
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Exceptions to Release. The only claims against Releasees that this release does not include are claims related to:

Exceptions to Release. The foregoing release does not release or impair:

Exceptions to Release. Executive does not waive or release # any Claims under applicable workers' compensation or unemployment laws; # any rights which cannot be waived as a matter of law; # the rights to enforce the terms of this Agreement; # any Claim for indemnification Executive may have under applicable laws, under the applicable constituent documents (including bylaws and certificates of incorporation) of any of the Companies, under any applicable insurance policy any of the Companies may maintain, or any under any other agreement he may have with any of the Companies, with respect to any liability, costs or expenses Executive incurs or has incurred as a director, officer or employee of any of the Companies; # any Claim Executive may have to obtain contribution as permitted by law in the event of entry of judgment against Executive as a result of any act or failure to act for which Executive and any of the Companies are jointly liable; # any Claim to his vested account balance under Income Savings Plan or Supplemental Income Savings Plan or to coverage under the Company's health and welfare plans in accordance with the terms thereof through the Termination Date or # any Claim that arises after the date this Agreement is executed.

In consideration for receiving the severance payments and benefits described above, and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which Employee hereby acknowledges, Employee hereby waives and releases to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law any and all claims or causes of action, whether known or unknown, against the [[Organization A:Organization]] and/or its predecessors, successors, past or present subsidiaries, affiliated companies, investors, branches or related entities (collectively, including the [[Organization A:Organization]], the “Entities”) and/or the Entities’ respective past, present, or future insurers, officers, directors, agents, attorneys, employees, stockholders, assigns and employee benefit plans (collectively with the Entities, the “Released Parties”), with respect to any matter, including, without limitation, any matter related to Employee’s employment with the [[Organization A:Organization]] or the termination of that employment relationship, occurring as of or prior to the latest date opposite Employee’s signature(s) below. This waiver and release includes, without limitation, claims to wages, including overtime or minimum wages, bonuses, incentive compensation, equity compensation, vacation pay or any other compensation or benefits; any claims for failure to provide accurate itemized wage statements, failure to timely pay final pay or failure to provide meal or rest breaks; claims for any loss, cost, damage, or expense arising out of any dispute over the non-withholding or other tax treatment or employment classification, claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); claims for attorneys’ fees or costs; claims for penalties; any and all claims for stock, stock options or other equity securities of the [[Organization A:Organization]]; claims of wrongful discharge, constructive discharge, emotional distress, defamation, invasion of privacy, fraud, breach of contract, and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing; any claims of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation based on sex, age, race, national origin, disability or on any other protected basis, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, or any other federal, state, or local law prohibiting discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation; and claims under the California laws, and all other laws and regulations relating to employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the above stated release and waiver of claims shall not apply to any of the following: # any claims Employee may have under this Agreement, # any rights Employee may have to accrued but unpaid salary or vested benefits, # any COBRA benefits required by law; # any rights to indemnification, exculpation and/or advancement of expenses in Employee’s capacity as a director or officer of the [[Organization A:Organization]] or any of its affiliates, whether under the organizational documents of any such companies or otherwise, and any rights as an additional insured under any D&O insurance or similar policy maintained by the [[Organization A:Organization]]; and # any claim which cannot be released as a matter of law in a private agreement.

General Release. In consideration of the Agent’s agreements contained in this Amendment, each Credit Party hereby irrevocably releases and forever discharge the Lenders, the Holders and the Agent and their affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, attorneys, managers, investment managers, principles and portfolio companies (each, a “Released Person”) of and from any and all claims, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings or demands, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common law of any kind or character, known or unknown, which such Credit Party ever had or now has against Agent, any Lender, any Holder or any other Released Person which relates, directly or indirectly, to any acts or omissions of Agent, any Lender, any Holder or any other Released Person relating to the Loan Agreement, the Guaranty or any other Credit Document on or prior to the date hereof.

General Release. You, and for your heirs, assigns, executors and administrators, release the Releasees from all claims, causes of action, covenants, contracts, agreements, promises, damages, disputes, demands, and all other manner of actions whatsoever, in law or in equity, that you ever had, may have had, now have, or that your heirs, assigns, executors or administrators hereinafter can, shall or may have, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, suspected or unsuspected, as a result of or related to your employment with the Company Group, the termination of that employment, or any act or omission which has occurred at any time up to and including the date of the execution of this Agreement (“Released Claims”), and expressly agree not to file a lawsuit to assert any such Released Claims. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent you from filing a charge (including a challenge to the validity of this Agreement) with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”), the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”), the DC Office of Human Rights (the “DCOHR”), or other similar federal, state or local agency, or from participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by the EEOC, the NLRB, the DCOHR or similar federal, state or local agencies. However, by entering into this Agreement, you understand and agree that you are waiving any and all rights to recover any monetary relief or other personal relief as a result of any such EEOC, NLRB, DCOHR or similar federal, state or local agency proceeding, including any subsequent legal action. The foregoing agencies are meant to be illustrative rather than all-inclusive. The Released Claims released include, but are not limited to, any claim(s) arising under the:

General Release. Employee knowingly and voluntarily waives, terminates, cancels, releases and discharges forever the Released Parties from any and all suits, actions, causes of action, claims, allegations, rights, obligations, liabilities, demands, entitlements or charges (collectively, “Claims”) that Employee (or Employee’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns) has or may have, whether known, unknown or unforeseen, vested or contingent, by reason of any matter, cause or thing occurring at any time before and including the date of this Release arising under or in connection with Employee’s employment or termination of employment with the Company or the Released Parties, including, without limitation: Claims under United States federal, state or local law and the national or local law of any foreign country (statutory or decisional), for wrongful, abusive, constructive or unlawful discharge or dismissal, for breach of any contract, or for discrimination based upon race, color, ethnicity, sex, age, national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other unlawful criterion or circumstance, including rights or Claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”), violations of the Equal Pay Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, including all amendments to any of the aforementioned acts; and violations of any other federal, state, or municipal fair employment statutes or laws, including, without limitation, violations of any other law, rule, regulation, or ordinance pertaining to employment, wages, compensation, hours worked, or any other Claims for compensation or bonuses, whether or not paid under any compensation plan or arrangement; breach of contract; tort and other common law Claims; defamation; libel; slander; impairment of economic opportunity defamation; sexual harassment; retaliation; attorneys’ fees; emotional distress; intentional infliction of emotional distress; assault; battery, pain and suffering; and punitive or exemplary damages. In addition, in consideration of the provisions of this Release, Employee further agrees to waive any and all rights under the laws of any jurisdiction in the United States, or any other country, that limit a general release to those Claims that are known or suspected to exist in Employee’s favor as of the Effective Date (as defined below).

General Release. By signing this Agreement Employee immediately gives up and releases Albany from, and with respect to, any and all rights and claims that Employee may have against Albany (except as expressly state in [subsection 10(c)] below), whether or not Employee presently is aware of such rights or claims or suspects them to exist. In addition, and without limiting the foregoing:

General Release. In consideration for the payments and additional benefits to be paid by the Company as set forth in Section 5, I release the Company and its owners, directors, officers, employees, and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") from all claims or causes of action of whatever nature that I now may have and that I either know about or hereafter may learn about, arising from or during my employment or resulting from the termination of my employment and existing as of the date of this Agreement. I acknowledge and agree that I would not be entitled to the sums and benefits provided herein if not for this Agreement.

General Release. Pursuant to this General Release of Claims (this “Agreement”), Employee, for himself, his heirs, administrators, representatives, executors, successors and assigns (each a “Releasor”) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases, acquits and forever discharges Mattersight Corporation (“Company”) and its direct or indirect subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates and related companies or entities, regardless of its or their form of business organization (the “Company Entities”), any predecessors, successors, joint ventures, and parents of any Company Entity, and any and all of their respective past or present shareholders, partners, directors, officers, employees, consultants, independent contractors, trustees, administrators, insurers, agents, attorneys, representatives and fiduciaries, including without limitation all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with any of them (all, collectively, the “Release Parties”) from any and all manner of actions, causes of actions, demands, claims, agreements, promises, debts, lawsuits, liabilities, rights, dues, controversies, charges, complaints, obligations, remedies, suits, losses, costs, expenses and fees whatever (including without limitation attorneys’ fees and costs), arising out of or relating to his employment relationship with the Company, its predecessors, successors or affiliates and the termination thereof, of any nature whatsoever, whether arising in contract, tort, or any other theory of action, whether arising in law or equity, whether known or unknown, choate or inchoate, mature or unmatured, contingent or fixed, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, asserted or unasserted, whether arising under federal, state or local law and in particular including any claim for discrimination based upon race, color, ethnicity, sex, age (including the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967), national origin, religion, disability, or any other unlawful criterion or circumstance, which Employee and any Releasor had, now have, or may have in the future against each or any of the Released Parties from the beginning of time until the date of this Agreement (individually, “Claim,” and collectively, “Claims”); provided, that this Agreement shall not apply to, nor release the Company from, any obligation of the Company contained in Employee’s Executive Employment Agreement dated as of ​ (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Employment Agreement”) that arises due to Employee’s termination of employment with the Company. The consideration offered in the Employment Agreement is accepted by Employee as being in full accord, satisfaction, compromise and settlement of any and all claims or potential claims, and Employee expressly agrees that he is not entitled to, and shall not receive, any further recovery of any kind from the Company or any of the other Release Parties, and that in the event of any further proceedings whatsoever based upon any matter released herein, neither the Company nor any of the other Release Parties shall have any further monetary or other obligation of any kind to Employee, including any obligation for any costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees incurred by or on behalf of Employee. Employee agrees that he has no present or future right to employment with the Company or any of the other Release Parties and that he will not apply for or otherwise seek employment with any of them.

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