F. | Releases by Holders of Claims and Interests |
As of the Effective Date, each Releasing Party hereby releases and discharges each Debtor, Estate, Reorganized Debtor, and Released Party from any and all Claims, Causes of Action, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, losses, liabilities, and remedies whatsoever (including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or their Estates), whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, in law, equity, contract, tort, or otherwise, that such Releasing Party or its estate, affiliates, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, managers, accountants, attorneys, representatives, consultants, agents, and any other persons claiming under or through them would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively or on behalf of the Holder of any Claim or Interest or other Person), 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), the Reorganized Debtors, their Estates, the Debtors’ in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, the Debtors’ intercompany transactions, the RBL Facility Documents, the Indenture, the DIP Orders (and any payments or transfers in connection therewith), any Avoidance Actions, the purchase, sale, or rescission of the purchase or sale of any Security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in the Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between any Debtor and any Released Party, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or Filing of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the restructuring of any Claim or Interest before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, or any Restructuring, contract, instrument, document, release, or other agreement or document (including any legal opinion regarding any such transaction, contract, instrument, document, release, or other agreement or the reliance by any Released Party on the Plan or the Confirmation Order in lieu of such legal opinion) created or entered into in connection with the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the DIP Facility, the DIP Facility Documents, the Exit Facility, the Exit Facility Documents, the related agreements, instruments, and other documents (including the Definitive Documentation), the Chapter 11 Cases, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the solicitation of votes with respect to the Plan, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance or distribution of Securities or other property pursuant to the Plan, the Definitive Documentation, or upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date related or relating to the foregoing; provided, however, that except as expressly provided under the Plan, the foregoing releases shall not release obligations arising under agreements among any of the non-Debtor Releasing Parties and the non-Debtor Released Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, (i) the releases set forth in this Article IX.F do not release any post-Effective Date obligations of any party or Entity under the Plan, including any such obligations created in connection with the Restructuring; and (ii) nothing in this Article IX.F shall, nor shall it be deemed to, release any Released Party from any Claims or Causes of Action that are found, pursuant to a Final Order, to be the result of such Released Party’s gross negligence, knowing and intentional fraud, or willful misconduct. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, no provision of the Plan or the
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