“Claims” means any action, claim, cross-claim, interest, guaranty, sum of money, trespass, cause of action, controversy, third-party claim, demand, debt, right, penalty, covenants, agreement, promises, remedy, lien, indemnity or other payment, contribution, guaranty, suit, obligation, liability, damage (including compensatory, special, exemplary, punitive, incidental, consequential, economic and non-economic), judgment, account, offset, reckoning, specialty, promise, variance, cost, expense, power, privilege, license, and/or franchise of any kind or character whatsoever, whether known or unknown, contingent or non-contingent, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, disputed or undisputed, secured or unsecured, accrued or unaccrued, assertable directly or derivatively, in contract, in tort, in law, or in equity or pursuant to any other theory of law, and whether representing a past, present or future obligation that a Party or any of its respective Mutual Release Parties ever had, now has or hereafter can, shall or may have. For the avoidance of doubt, a “Claim” includes: (a) any right of setoff, counterclaim, or recoupment and any claim for breach of contract or for breach of duties (fiduciary or otherwise) imposed by any state, federal or foreign law, in equity or otherwise; (b) any claim pursuant to chapter 5 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) or any claim similar thereto; (c) any claim or defense including fraud, mistake, duress, and usury, and any other defense set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (d) any claim or cause of action arising under any state, federal or foreign law relating to fraudulent transfers, fraudulent conveyances, preferences or illegal dividends or unlawful distributions or any other claim or cause of action that is similar to any of the foregoing.
“CSSE Group Parties” means the CSSE Parties and each of their former, current and future direct or indirect Subsidiaries and Affiliates and their respective former, current and future officers, directors, managers, employees, representatives, agents, attorneys, successors and assigns.
“Excluded Claims” means (i) any indemnification claims of the Parties’ current or former officers, directors or managers against any such Party or any of such Party’s insurance carriers or any rights as beneficiaries of any insurance policies, (ii) any Claims of any portfolio company of any Apollo Group Party, on the one hand, against Redbox and/or its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, on the other hand, arising out of the Apollo Commercial Arrangements; and (iii) any Claims of any Party for actions or circumstances arising after the Effective Time under (A) that certain Credit, Security, Guaranty and Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified prior to, on or after to the date hereof), by and among Redbox Entertainment, LLC, Redbox Holdings, LLC, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (“May 2021 Credit Agreement”) or (B) that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified prior to, on or after the date hereof), among Redwood Intermediate, Redbox Automated, HPS and the other parties thereto, and that Incremental Assumption and Amendment Agreement No. 6, dated as of April 15, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified prior to, on or after the date hereof), among Redwood Intermediate, Redbox Automated, HPS and the other parties thereto, as applicable (such agreement, as amended, the “October 2017 Credit Agreement”).
“HPS Group Parties” means HPS and its former, current and future direct or indirect Subsidiaries and Affiliates (excluding Redbox and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries) and managed accounts and its and their respective former, current and future officers, directors, managers, employees, representatives, agents, attorneys, successors and assigns.
“Mutual Release Parties” means the Apollo Group Parties, the CSSE Group Parties, the HPS Group Parties, the RDBX Group Parties and the Seaport Group Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, references contained herein to a Party’s respective Mutual Release Parties shall mean (i) with respect to any of the Apollo Parties, the Apollo Group Parties, (ii) with respect to any of the CSSE Parties, the CSSE Group Parties, (iii) with respect to HPS, the HPS Group Parties, (iv) with respect to any of the RDBX Parties, the RDBX Group Parties, and (v) with respect to Seaport, the Seaport Group Parties.
“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership (general or limited), corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other form of business organization (whether or not regarded as a legal entity under applicable law), trust or other entity or organization.
“RDBX Group Parties” means the RDBX Parties and each of their former, current and future direct or indirect Subsidiaries and Affiliates (excluding the Apollo Parties) and its and their respective Subsidiaries,