retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims and Interests, including demands, liabilities, and Causes of Action that arose before the Effective Date, any liability (including withdrawal liability) to the extent such Claims or Interests related to service performed by employees of the Debtors before the Effective Date and that arise from a termination of employment, any contingent or non-contingent liability on account of representation or warranties issued on or before the Effective Date, and all debts of the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h), or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, in each case whether or not: (1) a Proof of Claim or Proof of Interest based upon such debt, right, or Interest is Filed or deemed Filed pursuant to section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code; (2) a Claim or Interest based upon such debt, right or Interest is Allowed pursuant to section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code; or (3) the Holder of such Claim or Interest has accepted the Plan.
B. Release of Liens.
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Confirmation Order, or any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to the Plan and, in the case of a Secured Claim or any related claim that may be asserted against a non-Debtor Affiliate, in satisfaction in full of the portion of the Secured Claim that is Allowed as of the Effective Date, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests against any property of the Estates or any non-Debtor Affiliate shall be fully released, settled, and compromised, and all of the right, title, and interest of any Holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests against any property of the Debtors shall automatically revert to the Applicable Debtor or Wind-Down Debtor, as applicable, and their successors and assigns, in each case without any further approval or order of the Bankruptcy Court and without any action of Filing being required to be made by the Debtors or the Wind-Down Debtors. Any Holder of such Secured Claim or claim against a non-Debtor Affiliate (and the applicable agents or trustees for such Holder) shall be authorized and directed, to release any collateral or other property of any Debtor or non-Debtor Affiliate (including any Cash Collateral and possessory collateral) held by such Holder (and the applicable agents or trustees for such Holder) and to take such actions as may be reasonably requested by the Wind-Down Debtors or the Plan Administrator, at the expense of the Wind-Down Debtors or the Plan Administrator, as applicable, to evidence the release of such Lien, including the execution, delivery, and filing or recording of documents evidencing such releases. The presentation or filing of the Confirmation Order to or with any federal, state, provincial, or local agency or department shall constitute good and sufficient evidence of, but shall not be required to effect, the termination of such Liens.
C. Releases by the Debtors.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules, for good and valuable consideration, as of the Effective Date, each Released Party is deemed, hereby conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably and forever released and discharged by the Debtors, the Wind-Down Debtors, and their Estates, in each case on behalf of themselves and their respective successors, assigns, and representatives, and any and all other Entities 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 Claims and Causes of Action, whether known or unknown, including any derivative claims asserted or assertable on behalf of the Debtors, the Wind-Down Debtors, or their Estates (as applicable), whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, existing or hereafter arising, in law, equity, contract, tort, or otherwise, that the Debtors, the Wind-Down Debtors, or their Estates 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 Debtor or other Entity, or that any Holder of any Claim against or Interest in a Debtor or other Entity could have asserted on behalf of the Debtors, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors (including the management, ownership, or operation thereof or otherwise), the Debtors’ in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, intercompany transactions between or among the Debtors or between the Debtors and their non-Debtor Affiliates, the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, entry into, or filing of the TSA, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Sale Transaction, the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Definitive Documents, or any transaction, contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the TSA, the Disclosure Statement, the Sale Transaction, the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Definitive Documents, or the Plan, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the
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