| 4. | Releases by the Releasing Parties |
As of the Effective Date, each Releasing Party is deemed conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably and forever to have released each Released Party from any and all claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, remedies, actions, and Causes of Action, whether known or unknown, liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, foreseen or unforeseen, accrued or unaccrued, existing or hereinafter arising, whether in law or in equity, whether sounding in tort or contract, whether arising under federal or state statutory or common law, or any other applicable international, foreign or domestic law, rule, statute, regulation, treaty, right, duty, requirements or otherwise, that such Entity would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of anyone claiming by or through the Releasing Parties, 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 purchase, sale or rescission of any security of the Debtors, the business or contractual arrangements between any Debtor and any other entity, the Debtors’ in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, any intercompany transactions, the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, solicitation, negotiation, entry into, or filing of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the DIP Facility, the Revolving Exit Facility, the TL Exit Facility, the New Common Stock, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Exit Facility Backstop Agreement, the DIP Facility, the Revolving Exit Facility, the TL Exit Facility, the Exit Facility Backstop Agreement, the New Common Stock, the Chapter 11 Cases, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance or distribution of securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, or in all cases upon any other related act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Third-Party Release does not release: (1) claims or liabilities arising from any act or omission of a Released Party that constitutes actual fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence each solely to the extent as determined by a Final Order; (2) any obligations arising on or after the Effective Date of any party or Entity under the Plan, the Confirmation Order, or any post-Effective Date transaction contemplated by the Restructuring Transactions (including under the Revolving Exit Facility and TL Exit Facility), or any document, instrument, or agreement (including those set forth in the Plan Supplement and the Revolving Exit Facility and TL Exit Facility) executed to implement the Plan or the Restructuring Transactions; or (3) the rights of any Holder of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests to receive distributions under the Plan.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur any liability for, and each Exculpated Party shall be exculpated from any Cause of Action for any claim related to any act or omission occurring between the Petition Date and the Effective Date in connection with, relating to or arising out of (i) the Chapter 11 Cases and (ii) and other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date in connection with the Plan, including the formulation, preparation, dissemination, solicitation, negotiation, or filing of the Restructuring Support Agreement and related prepetition transactions, the Disclosure Statement, the Solicitation Materials, the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the DIP Facility, the Revolving Exit Facility, the TL Exit Facility, the New Common
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