attorneys, assignees, agents, advisors, and Representatives, and Representatives and controlled Affiliates of any of the foregoing, and any former, current or future estates, heirs, executors, administrators trustees, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing, on the other hand, unrelated to the Transactions. Sequoia shall, and shall cause the Transferred Subsidiaries to, and Juniper shall refrain from, directly or indirectly, asserting any claim or demand, or commencing, instituting or causing to be commenced any legal proceeding of any kind against a Sequoia Releasee based upon any matter released pursuant to this Section 9.16(a). Each Sequoia Releasee to whom this Section 9.16(a) applies shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Section 9.16(a).
(b)Effective as of the Closing, Evergreen, for itself and each other member of the Evergreen Group and its and their respective former, current and future directors, officers, employees, general and limited partners, managers, members, direct and indirect equityholders, controlling persons, controlled Affiliates, attorneys, assignees, agents, advisors, and Representatives, and Representatives and controlled Affiliates of any of the foregoing, and any former, current or future estates, heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (each, an “Evergreen Releasor”), hereby irrevocably, knowingly and voluntarily releases, discharges and forever waives and relinquishes all claims, demands, obligations, liabilities, defenses, affirmative defenses, setoffs, counterclaims, Actions and causes of action of whatever kind or nature, whether known or unknown, which any Evergreen Releasor has, may have, or might have, against Juniper, Sequoia, the Transferred Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates or any of its or their respective former, current or future directors, officers, employees, general or limited partners, managers, attorneys, assignees, agents, advisors, or Representatives, or Representatives or Affiliates of any of the foregoing, or any former, current or future estates, heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, successors or assigns of any of the foregoing (each, an “Evergreen Releasee”) arising out of, based upon or resulting from any Contract, transaction, event, circumstance, action, failure to act or occurrence of any sort or type, whether known or unknown, and which occurred, existed or was taken or permitted at or prior to the Closing, but in each case, solely to the extent relating to the ownership of the Transferred Subsidiary Interests, the Elm Business or the operation, management, use or control of the Elm Business; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 9.16(b) shall release, waive, discharge, relinquish or otherwise affect rights, claims, demands, obligations, liabilities, defenses, affirmative defenses, setoffs or counterclaims of any Person arising under or related to (a) this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (b) claims for Fraud or (c) the EPS Agreement or any commercial Contract between Evergreen or any of its Affiliates and its and their respective former, current and future directors, officers, employees, general and limited partners, manager, members, direct and indirect equityholders, controlling persons, controlled Affiliates, attorneys, assignees, agents, advisors, and Representatives, and Representatives and controlled Affiliates of any of the foregoing, and any former, current or future estates, heirs, executors, administrators trustees, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing, on the one hand, and Juniper, Sequoia or any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Transferred Subsidiaries) and its and their respective former, current and future directors, officers, employees, general and limited partners, manager, members, direct and indirect equityholders, controlling persons, controlled Affiliates, attorneys, assignees, agents, advisors, and Representatives, and Representatives and controlled Affiliates of any of the foregoing, and any former, current or future estates, heirs, executors, administrators trustees, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing, on the other hand, unrelated to the Transactions. Evergreen shall, and shall cause Expedia Group, Inc. to, refrain from, directly or indirectly, asserting any claim or demand, or commencing, instituting or causing to be commenced any legal proceeding of any kind