Does the Annex Brands General Release require me to conduct an independent investigation?

FRANCHISE(S)}.

You expressly assume the risk of any mistake of fact or fact of which you may be unaware or that the true facts may be other than any facts now known or believed to exist by you, and it is your intention to forever settle, adjust and compromise any and all present and/or future disputes with respect to all matters from the beginning of time to the date of this document finally and forever and without regard to who may or may not have been correct in their understanding of the facts, law or otherwise. All releases given by you are intended to constitute a full, complete, unconditional and immediate substitution for any and all rights, claims, demands and causes of action whatsoever which exist, or might have existed, on the date of this document. You represent and warrant that you have made such independent investigation of the facts, law and otherwise pertaining to all matters discussed, referred to or released in or by this document as you, in your independent judgment, believe necessary or appropriate. You have not relied on any statement, promise, representation or otherwise, whether of fact, law or otherwise, or lack of disclosure of any fact, law or otherwise, by the Franchisor-Related Persons/Entities or anyone else, not expressly set forth herein, in executi

Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 110–299)