| (b) | Effective as of the Effective Time, subject to the limitations set forth inSection 8(d), Shareholder, on behalf of itself and, except for the Company and its subsidiaries, for each of its direct and indirect Affiliates, subsidiaries, subdivisions, successors, predecessors, shareholders, partners, members, managers and assigns, and their present and former officers, directors, legal representatives, employees, agents, and attorneys and other professionals, and their heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Shareholder Releasing Parties”), hereby irrevocably releases and forever discharges and covenants not to sue: (w) the Company, (x) each of the present and former directors and officers of each of Company and the direct or indirect subsidiaries or Affiliates thereof, (y) each of the Related Entities of the Persons identified inclause (w), and (z) each of the present and former Related Entities, officers, directors, managing and executive directors, managers or members of the boards of managers, partners, legal representatives, managers, employees, agents, professional and financial advisors andsub-advisors, investment bankers, accountants, attorneys and other professionals of the Persons identified inclauses (x) and(y) immediately above, and the family members, estates, assets, trusts, heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, successors and assigns of the Persons identified inclauses (w),(x),(y) and(z) immediately above (collectively all of the foregoing released Persons in thisSection 8(b), the “Company Released Parties”) of and from any and all claims, causes of action, suits, remedies, debts, liabilities, losses, demands, rights, obligations, damages, expenses, attorneys’ or other professionals’ fees whatsoever then existing or thereafter arising, whether based on or sounding in or alleging (in whole or in part) tort, contract, negligence, strict liability, contribution, subrogation,respondeat superior, violations of federal or state securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty, any other legal theory or otherwise, whether individual, class, direct or derivative in nature, liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, whether at law or in equity, whether based on federal, state or foreign law or right of action, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, disputed or undisputed, accrued or not accrued, or otherwise (collectively, “Shareholder Claims” and, together with Company Claims, “Claims”), that the Company Releasing Parties have, had, or can, shall or may now or hereafter have against the Company Released Parties, from the beginning of time up to and through the Effective Time, that arise out of, relate to, or are in any way connected with the Company. |