Does the release provided by a Sonesta Simply Suites franchisee cover unknown claims?

ng to take the action or | | agree to the request specified above if you (and, if applicable, your owners) give us the release and | | covenant not to sue provided below in this document. You (and, if applicable, your owners) are willing to | | give us the release and covenant not to sue provided below as partial consideration for our willingness to | | take the action or agree to the request described above. |

Consistent with the previous introduction, you, on your own behalf and on behalf of your current and former parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries, and your and each of the foregoing person's or entity's respective agents, spouses, heirs, executors, administrators, principals, attorneys, partners, owners, officers, directors, employees, representatives, predecessors, successors, and assigns (collectively, the "Releasing Parties"), hereby fully and forever unconditionally release and discharge us and our current and former parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and our and each of such foregoing entity's respective current and former owners, officers, directors, employees, managers, agents, representatives, predecessors, successors, and assigns (collectively, the "Sonesta RL Parties") of and from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, suits, duties, obligations, actions, liabilities, defenses or damages of every kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, "Claims") whether at law or in equity, and known or unknown, that any of the Releasing Parties now has, ever had, or, but for this document, hereafter would or could have against any of the Sonesta RL Parties, including, without limitation, Claims arising out of or relating to any relationship or transaction with any of the Sonesta RL Parties, however characterized or described, from the beginning of time until the date of your signature below, including, without limitation, any and all Claims in any way arising out of or relating to the Franchise Agreement, the relationship created by the Franchise Agreement, or the development, ownership, or operation of your Hotel that you operate under the Franchise Agreement. You, on behalf of yourself and the other Releasing Parties, further covenant not to sue any of the Sonesta RL Parties on any of the Claims released by this paragraph, and warrant and represent that the Releasing Parties have not assigned or otherwise transferred any Claims released by this paragraph.

We also are entitled to a release and covenant not to sue from your owners. By his, her or their separate signatures below, your owners likewise grant to us the release and covenant not to sue provided above.

IF YOUR HOTEL YOU OPERATE UNDER THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT IS LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA OR IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA, THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY:

SECTION 1542 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. IT IS YOUR INTENTION, ON YOUR OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF THE RELEASING PARTIES, IN EXECUTING THIS RELEASE THAT THIS INSTRUMENT BE AND IS A GENERAL RELEASE WHICH SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AS A BAR TO EACH AND EVERY CLAIM, DEMAND, OR CAUSE OF ACTION RELEASED BY YOU OR THE RELEASING PARTIES. YOU RECOGNIZE THAT YOU OR THE RELEASING PARTIES MAY HAVE SOME CLAIM, DEMAND, OR CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST THE SONESTA RL PARTIES OF WHICH YOU, HE, SHE, OR IT IS TOTALLY UNAWARE AND UNSUSPECTING, WHICH YOU, HE, SHE, OR IT IS GIVING UP BY EXECUTING THIS RELEASE. IT IS YOUR INTENTION, ON YOUR OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF THE RELEASING PARTIES, IN EXECUTING THIS INSTRUMENT THAT IT WILL DEPRIVE YOU, HIM,

HER, OR IT OF EACH SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, OR CAUSE OF ACTION AND PREVENT YOU, HIM, HER, OR IT FROM ASSERTING IT AGAINST THE SONESTA RL PARTIES. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS INTENTION, YOU, ON YOUR OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF THE RELEASING PARTIES, EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS OR BENEFITS CONFERRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1542 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE, WHICH PROVIDES AS FOLLOWS:

"A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS THAT THE CREDITOR OR RELEASING PARTY DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE AND THAT, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER, WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR OR RELEASED PARTY."

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE CONSULTED WITH LEGAL COUNSEL BEFORE EXECUTING THIS RELEASE AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND ITS MEANING, INCLUDING THE EFFECT OF SECTION 1542 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE, AND EXPRESSLY CONSENT THAT THIS RELEASE SHALL BE GIVEN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT ACCORDING TO EACH AND ALL OF ITS EXPRESS TERMS AND PROVISIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RELATING TO THE RELEASE OF UNKNOWN AND UNSUSPECTED CLAIMS, DEMANDS, AND CAUSES OF ACTION.

If your Hotel is located in Maryland or if you are a resident of Maryland, the following shall apply:

Any general release provided for hereunder shall not apply to any liability under the Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law.

If the Minnesota Franchise Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 80C.01 et seq, governs the parties' franchise relationship, the following shall apply:

Any general release provided for hereunder shall not apply to any liability under the Minnesota Franchise Act.

If your Hotel is located in Washington or if you are a resident of Washington, the following shall apply:

Any general release provided for hereunder shall not apply with respect to claims arising under the Washington Franchise Investment Protection Act, RCW 19.100, and the rules adopted thereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this release on the date set forth next to their respective signatures.

Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 80–246)