limited partners, general partners, principals, members, management companies, fund advisors or managers, employees, agents, trustees, advisory board members, financial advisors, attorneys
(including any other attorneys or professionals retained by any current or former director or manager in his or her capacity as director or manager of an entity), accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals
and advisors and any such persons or entitys respective heirs, executors, estates, and nominees.
(b) Releases by the
Companies. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, effective on the date that the Exchange Offer is consummated, in exchange for good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby confirmed, each Released Party is hereby
deemed released and discharged by each and all of the Company Releasing Parties, in each case on behalf of themselves and their respective successors, assigns, and representatives, and any and all other entities, including any Related Parties of the
Company Releasing Parties, who may purport to assert any cause of action, directly or derivatively, by, through, for, or because of the foregoing entities, from any and all causes of action, whether known or unknown, including any derivative claims,
asserted or assertable on behalf of any of the Company Releasing Parties would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the holder of any claim against, or interest in, a Company
Releasing Parties, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Companies (including the management, ownership, or operation thereof), the purchase, sale, or rescission of any security of the Companies, the
subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any claim or interest against the Companies, the business or contractual arrangements between any Company and any Released Party, the Companies and Consenting Noteholders
efforts with respect to the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation, this Agreement, the Definitive Documents, or any transaction, contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with this
Agreement, the Definitive Documents, including the issuance or distribution of the New Securities, or any other related agreement, or upon any other act, or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the
Settlement Date.
(c) No Additional Representations and Warranties. Each of the Parties agrees and acknowledges that, except
as expressly provided in this Agreement and the Definitive Documents, no other Party, in any capacity, has warranted or otherwise made any representations concerning any Released Claim (including any representation or warranty concerning the
existence, nonexistence, validity, or invalidity of any Released Claim). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to impair or otherwise derogate from any of the representations, warranties, or covenants
expressly set forth in this Agreement or any of the Definitive Documents.
(d) Releases of Unknown Claims. Each of the
Company Releasing Parties expressly acknowledges that in some circumstances a general release may not extend to Released Claims which the Releasing Party does not know or suspect to exist in its favor, which if known by it may have materially
affected its settlement with the party released, they have carefully considered and taken into account in determining to enter into the above releases the possible existence of such unknown losses or claims. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Company Releasing Party expressly waives and relinquishes any and all rights such Company Releasing Party may have or conferred upon it under any federal, state, or local statute, rule, regulation, or principle of common law or
equity which provides that a release does not extend to claims which the claimant does not know or suspect to exist in its favor at the time of providing the release or which may in any way limit the effect or scope of the releases with respect to
Released Claims which such Company Releasing Party did not know or suspect to exist in such Company Releasing Partys favor at the time of providing the release, which in each case if known by it may have materially affected its settlement with
any Released Party. Each of the Company Releasing Parties expressly acknowledges that the releases and covenants not to sue contained in this Agreement are effective regardless of whether those released matters or Released Claims are presently known
or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, or foreseen or unforeseen.
(e) Turnover of Subsequently Recovered Assets. In the event
that any Company Releasing Party (including any successor or assignee thereof and including through any third party, trustee, debtor in possession,
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