As of the Effective Date, except for the right to enforce the Plan or any right or
obligation arising under the Definitive Documents that remains in effect after the Effective Date, for good and valuable consideration, on and after the Effective Date, the Released Parties shall be deemed released and discharged by the Debtors, the
Post-Emergence Entities, and the Estates, and any Person seeking to exercise the rights of the Estates, and any successors to the Debtors or any Estate representative appointed or selected pursuant to section 1123(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, from
any and all Claims, obligations, rights, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, Liens, Causes of Action, remedies, losses, and liabilities whatsoever, including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of the Debtors, the
Post-Emergence Entities, or the Estates, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, contingent or fixed, existing or hereinafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that the Debtors, the
Post-Emergence Entities, or the Estates would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the holder of any Claim or Interest or other Entity, based on or relating to, or in any
manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Estates, the conduct of the Debtors businesses, the Chapter 11 Cases, the purchase, sale or rescission of the purchase or sale of any Security of the Debtors or the Post-Emergence
Entities, the DIP Facility, the DIP Documents, the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Definitive Documents, the Sale Process, the First Lien Credit Agreements, the Senior Notes Indenture, 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 the Debtors and any Released Party, the Restructuring, the restructuring of any Claim or Interest before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the
Disclosure Statement, the Plan, and the Definitive Documents, or any related agreements, instruments, or other documents, and the negotiation, formulation, or preparation thereof, the solicitation of votes with respect to the Plan, or any other act
or omission, in all cases based upon any act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date; provided, that, nothing in this Section 10.6(a) shall be construed
to release the Released Parties from intentional fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence, in each case as determined by a Final Order.
(b) Releases by Holders of Claims and Interests.
As of the Effective Date, except for the right to enforce the Plan or any right or obligation arising under the Definitive Documents that
remains in effect after the Effective Date, for good and valuable consideration, on and after the Effective Date, for good and valuable consideration, except as specifically set forth elsewhere in the Plan, the Releasing Parties conclusively,
absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably, and forever discharge and release (and each entity so discharged and released shall be deemed discharged and released by the Releasing Parties) the Released Parties and their respective property from any and
all Claims, obligations, rights, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, Liens, Causes of Action, remedies, losses, and liabilities whatsoever (including contract claims, claims under ERISA and all other statutory claims, claims for
contributions, withdrawal liability, reallocation liability, redetermination liability, interest on any amounts, liquidated damages, claims for attorneys fees or any costs or expenses whatsoever), including any derivative claims, asserted or
assertable on behalf of a Debtor, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, contingent or fixed, existing or hereinafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that such Entity would have been
legally entitled to assert in its own right (whether individually or collectively) based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Estates, the Restructuring, the Chapter 11 Cases, the purchase, sale or
rescission of the purchase or sale of any Security of the Debtors or the Post-Emergence Entities, the DIP Facility, the DIP Documents, the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Definitive Documents, the Sale Process, the First Lien Credit Agreements,
the Senior Notes Indenture, 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 (other than
assumed contracts or leases), the restructuring of Claims and Interests before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation, preparation or consummation of the Plan (including the Plan Supplement), the Definitive Documents, or any
related agreements, instruments or other documents, or the solicitation of votes with respect to the Plan, in all cases based upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective
Date.
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