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containing any information concerning his job or any other information
concerning OPC which he acquired during his employment with OPC. Consultant
agrees that he will forever keep in strictest confidence (and will not deliver
to anyone else) any and all notes, notebooks, memoranda, documents computer
discs, manuals, files, and phone lists and, in general, any and all information
and material in his possession or control affecting or concerning OPC's business
or operations without the prior written consent of OPC (which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld to the extent any disclosure by Employee is required by
applicable law or regulation or applicable order of any court or governmental
agency).
6. Non-Disclosure of Terms, etc. Consultant shall not, unless directed by
lawful court order, disclose the terms and conditions of this Agreement to
anyone other than his immediate family and any person deemed to be necessary to
effectuate the terms and conditions of this Agreement, such as his attorney or
accountant.
7. Termination. OPC may terminate this Agreement for cause (as defined in
the Employment Agreement, between OPC and Consultant, dated December 13, 2001),
and Consultant may terminate this Agreement at any time upon thirty (30) days'
notice to OPC.
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8. Release and Discharge. Except for obligations created by this
Agreement, and obligations to indemnify and defend Consultant for his acts or
omissions as an employee, officer or director of either OPC or its subsidiaries
pursuant to either OPC's by-laws, its Directors and Officers Liability Insurance
or any other of its insurance applicable thereto, Consultant absolutely and
forever releases and discharges Occidental Petroleum Corporation and its past
and present subsidiaries, affiliated corporations and each of their
shareholders, officers, directors, employees, insurance carriers, predecessors
and successors, assigns, agents, attorneys, representatives, heirs,
administrators (collectively "OPC Releasees") from any and all claims, demands,
damages, losses, liabilities, debts, liens, judgments, obligations, accounts,
actions, and causes of action, whether past, present, or future, known or
unknown, at law, in arbitration or in equity, arising out of or in connection
with any act or omission occurring at any time heretofore, including without
limitation any act or omission related to or arising out of Consultant's
employment, or the termination of benefits or other terms of employment by OPC
or any California or other state, municipal, or Federal constitution, statute,
regulation, ordinance, order, or common law, including without limitation, Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 2000e et
seq.; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Civil Rights Act of 1866, as amended, 42
U.S.C. Section 1981 et seq.; the Equal Pay Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section
206(d) et seq.; Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29
U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.; The Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C.
Section 12101 et seq.; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C.
Section 2601 et seq.; United States Executive Orders 11246 and 11375; the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section 621 et
seq.; California Government Code Section 12900 et seq.; the UNRUH Civil Rights
Act, as amended, California Civil Code Section 51 et seq.; the Regulations of
the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, as amended, 41 C.F.R.
Section 60 et seq.; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C.
Section 701 et seq.; or any claims based on misrepresentation, fraud, contract,
an accounting, wrongful or constructive discharge, breach of privacy,
retaliation, breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, violation of
public policy, defamation, negligent or intentional infliction of emotional
distress, discrimination on any basis prohibited by statute, common law,
ordinance or public policy, loss of consortium, negligence, interference with
business opportunity or with contracts, breach of fiduciary duty, or unfair
insurance practices arising out of or related to any act or omission occurring
before this Agreement is executed by Consultant, except that Consultant does not
waive any claim for vested pension benefits or other welfare benefits to which