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EXHIBIT A
GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS
This General Release of Claims (“Release”) is entered into as of this ___ day of _________________,
201_, between you, and TiVo Inc. (the “Company”) (collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”), effective eight days after
your signature (the “Effective Date”), unless you revoke your acceptance as provided in Paragraph 1(b), below.
1. General Release of the Company. You agree not to sue, or otherwise file any claim against, the Company or any of its
directors, officers, managers, employees or agents for any reason whatsoever based on anything that has occurred as
of the date you sign this agreement.
(a) On behalf of yourself and your executors, administrators, heirs and assigns, you hereby release and forever
discharge the “Releasees” hereunder, consisting of the Company, and each of its owners, directors, officers,
managers, employees, agents and insurers, and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with them, or any
of them, of and from any and all manner of action or actions, cause or causes of action, in law or in equity, suits, debts,
liens, contracts, agreements, promises, liability, claims, demands, damages, loss, cost or expense, of any nature
whatsoever, known or unknown, fixed or contingent (hereinafter called “Claims”), which you now have or may hereafter
have against the Releasees, or any of them, by reason of any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever from the beginning of
time through the date of your signature of this Release, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
Claims arising directly or indirectly out of, relating to, or in any other way involving in any manner whatsoever your
employment by the Company, your resignation of your officer position and your employment separation, including
without limitation any and all claims arising under federal, state, or local laws relating to employment, claims of any
kind that may be brought in any court or administrative agency, any claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1866; the Equal Pay Act; the Fair Labor Standards Act; the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act; the Family Medical Leave Act; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”); the California
Fair Employment and Housing Act; the California Family Rights Act; the California Labor Code; the California
Occupational Safety and Health Act; Section 17200 of the California Business and Professions Code; Claims any other
local, state or federal law governing employment; Claims for breach of contract; Claims arising in tort, including, without
limitation, Claims of wrongful dismissal or discharge, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, fraud, misrepresentation,
defamation, libel, infliction of emotional distress, violation of public policy, and/or breach of the implied covenant of good
faith and fair dealing; and Claims for damages or other remedies of any sort, including, without limitation, compensatory
damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief and attorney’s fees. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, you
do not release any claims that cannot be released as a matter of law, including, without limitation, claims for indemnity
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