Upon the Effective Date (as defined in the Stipulation), the Stockholders (for themselves and derivatively on behalf of Gogo), Current Gogo Stockholders, and all other Releasing Persons (as defined in the Stipulation) shall be deemed to have, and by operation of law and of the Final Order and Judgment shall have fully, finally, and forever compromised, settled, released, relinquished, extinguished, discharged and dismissed with prejudice, and shall be permanently barred and enjoined from initiating, instituting, commencing, maintaining, or prosecuting any of the Released Claims (including Unknown Claims2) against Gogo, the Individual Defendants, and
2 | As defined in the Stipulation, “Unknown Claims” means any claim a Person does not know or suspect to exist in his, her, or its favor at the time of the releases provided for herein, including claims which, if known by him, her, or it, might have affected his, her, or its settlement with and release of the Persons released as described herein, or might have affected his, her, or its decision not to object to this Settlement. With respect to any and all Released Claims, the Settling Parties stipulate and agree that, upon the Effective Date, the Releasing Persons shall expressly waive, and shall be deemed to have, and by operation of the Final Order and Judgment shall have, expressly waived the provisions, rights, and benefits of California Civil Code §1542, which provides: |
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.
The Settling Parties shall expressly waive, and the Releasing Persons shall be deemed to have, and by operation of the Final Order and Judgment shall have expressly waived any and all provisions, rights, and benefits conferred by any United States federal law or any law of any state or territory of the United States, or principle of common law or foreign law, which is similar, comparable, or equivalent in effect to California Civil Code § 1542. The Settling Parties acknowledge that they may discover facts in addition to or different from those now known or believed to be true by them with respect to the Released Claims, but it is the intention of the Settling Parties completely, fully, finally, and forever to compromise, settle, release, discharge, and extinguish any and all of the Released Claims, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, contingent or absolute, accrued or unaccrued, apparent or unapparent, which now exist, or heretofore existed, or may hereafter exist, and without regard to the subsequent discovery of additional or different facts. The Settling Parties acknowledge, and the Releasing Persons shall be deemed by operation of the Final Order and Judgment to have acknowledged that the foregoing waiver was separately bargained for and is a material element of the Settlement.
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