“Effective Date” with respect to the Settlement means the first business day after the following events have occurred: (i) the Court has, following notice to the Settlement Class and a hearing, approved the Settlement and entered the Judgment; and (ii) the Judgment has become Final (defined below).
“Final,” when referring to the Judgment or any other court order, means (i) if no appeal is filed, the expiration date of the time provided for filing or noticing any motion for reconsideration, reargument, appeal, or other review of the order; or (ii) if there is an appeal from the Judgment or order, (a) the date of final dismissal of all such appeals, or the final dismissal of any proceeding on certiorari, reconsideration, or otherwise, or (b) the date the judgment or order is finally affirmed on an appeal, the expiration of the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari, reconsideration, reargument, or other form of review of such affirmance, or the denial of a writ of certiorari, reconsideration, reargument, or other form of review of such affirmance, and, if certiorari, reconsideration, or other form of review is granted, the date of final affirmance following review pursuant to that grant. However, any appeal or proceeding seeking subsequent judicial review pertaining solely to an order issued with respect to attorneys’ fees, costs, or expenses shall not in any way delay or preclude the Judgment from becoming Final.
“Released Plaintiffs’ Claims” means, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law in stockholder class action settlements, any and all manner of claims, including Unknown Claims, suits, actions, causes of actions, demands, liabilities, losses, rights, obligations, duties, damages, diminution in value, disgorgement, debts, costs, expenses, interest, penalties, fines, sanctions, fees, attorneys’ fees, expert or consulting fees, agreements, judgments, decrees, matters, allegations, issues, and controversies of any kind, nature, or description whatsoever, whether known or unknown, disclosed or undisclosed, accrued or unaccrued, apparent or unapparent, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, whether based on state, local, federal, foreign, statutory, regulatory, common, or other law or rule, that (i) were alleged, asserted, set forth, or claimed in any of the Consolidated Actions, or (ii) could have been alleged, asserted, set forth, or claimed in the Consolidated
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