Common use of GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE PLAN Clause in Contracts

GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE PLAN. Reorganized Debtor, and Released Party from any and all Causes of Action, whether known or unknown, including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of any of the Debtors, that such Entity would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively), 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 purchase, sale, or rescission 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 Debtors’ in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, intercompany transactions, the DIP Facility, the DIP Order, the Term Loan Facility, the First Lien Notes, the Senior Notes, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Plan Support Agreement, the Secured Creditor Settlement, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, entry into, or filing of, as applicable, the Plan Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the New Debt Documents, the New Corporate Governance Documents, the New Warrants Agreement, the CVR Agreement, the Secured Creditor Settlement, the Plan, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Plan Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the New Debt Documents, the New Corporate Governance Documents, the New Warrants Agreement, the CVR Agreement, the Secured Creditor Settlement, the Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, providing any legal opinion requested by any Entity regarding any transaction, contract, instrument, document, or other agreement contemplated by the Plan or the reliance by any Released Party on the Plan or the Confirmation Order in lieu of such legal opinion), 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 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 releases set forth above do not release any obligations arising on or after the Effective Date of any party or Entity under the Plan, any restructuring transaction, or any document, instrument, or agreement (including those set forth in the Plan Supplement) executed to implement the Plan, including the assumption of the indemnification provisions as set forth in the Plan. Exculpation Effective as of the Effective Date, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law and without affecting or limiting either the Debtor Release or the Third-Party Release, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur, and each Exculpated Party is released and exculpated from any Cause of Action for any Claim related to any act or omission in connection with, relating to, or arising out of, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, entry into, or filing of, as applicable, the Plan Support Agreement, the Chapter 11 Cases, the

GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE PLAN. Releases by Holders of Claims and Interests Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, as of the Plan Effective Date, and to the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, each Releasing Party is deemed to have released and discharged each Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, and Released Party from any and all Claims and Causes of Action, whether known or unknown, including any derivative claims, claims asserted or assertable on behalf of any of the Debtors, or their Estates, that such Entity would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively), 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 purchase, sale, or rescission of any Security of Securities issued by the Debtors or and 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 Partyownership thereof, the Debtors’ in- or in-or-out-of-court restructuring efforts, intercompany transactions, the DIP Facility, the DIP Order, the Term Loan Facility, the First Lien NotesCredit Agreement, the Senior NotesSecond Lien Credit Agreement, any Avoidance Actions (but excluding Avoidance Actions brought as counterclaims or defenses to asserted against the Debtors), any Intercompany Transaction, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Plan Support Agreement, the Secured Creditor Settlement, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, entry into, or filing of, as applicable, of the Plan Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the New Debt DocumentsPlan, the New Corporate Governance Documents, the New Warrants Agreement, the CVR Agreement, the Secured Creditor Settlement, the PlanPlan Supplement, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Plan Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the New Debt First Lien Credit Agreement, the New First Lien Credit Agreement Documents, the New Corporate Governance DocumentsJunior Lien Credit Agreement, the New Warrants AgreementJunior Lien Credit Agreement Documents, solicitation of votes on the Plan, the CVR Agreement, the Secured Creditor Settlement, the Plan (including, for the avoidance prepetition negotiation and settlement of doubt, providing any legal opinion requested by any Entity regarding any transaction, contract, instrument, document, or other agreement contemplated by the Plan or the reliance by any Released Party on the Plan or the Confirmation Order in lieu of such legal opinion), the filing of the Chapter 11 CasesClaims, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummationconsummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance or distribution of debt and/or preferred equity (including the New First Lien Term Loans, New Junior Convertible Term Loans, and the New Revolving Exit Facility), and/or Securities (including the New Xxxxx Equity and the Warrants) pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, or upon any other related act, act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Plan Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the releases Releases set forth above do not release any obligations arising on or after the post-Plan Effective Date obligations of any party Party or Entity entity under the Plan, any restructuring transactionRestructuring Transaction, or any document, instrument, or agreement (including those the New First Lien Credit Agreement Documents, the New Junior Lien Credit Agreement Documents, and other documents, instruments, and agreements set forth in the Plan Supplement) executed to implement the PlanPlan and shall not result in a release, including the assumption waiver, or discharge of any of the Debtors’ or the Reorganized Debtors’ assumed indemnification provisions as set forth in the Plan. Exculpation Effective as Entry of the Effective DateConfirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval, pursuant to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law and without affecting or limiting either the Debtor Release or Bankruptcy Rule 9019, of the Third-Party Release, which includes by reference each of the related provisions and except as otherwise specifically provided definition contained in the Plan, no Exculpated and, further, shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s finding that the Third-Party shall have or incurRelease is: (a) consensual; (b) essential to the Confirmation of the Plan; (c) given in exchange for the good and valuable consideration provided by the Released Parties, including, without limitation, the Released Parties’ contributions to facilitating the Restructuring and implementing the Plan; (d) a good faith settlement and compromise of the Claims released by the Third-Party Release; (e) in the best interests of the Debtors and their Estates; (f) fair, equitable, and each Exculpated Party is released reasonable; (g) given and exculpated from made after due notice and opportunity for hearing; and (h) a bar to any of the Releasing Parties asserting any Claim or Cause of Action for any Claim related action released pursuant to any act or omission in connection with, relating to, or arising out of, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, entry into, or filing of, as applicable, the Plan Support Agreement, the Chapter 11 Cases, theThird-Party Release.

GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE PLAN. based on or relating to or in any manner arising from in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Debtors’ in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, intercompany transactions, the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or filing of the Plan Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the DIP Facility, the Plan, the Rights Offering, the New Exit Facility, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Plan Support Agreement, the Backstop Commitment Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the DIP Facility, the Rights Offering, the New Exit Facility, or the Plan, 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 upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Plan Effective Date. Releases by Holders of Claims and Interests As of the Plan Effective Date, each Releasing Party is deemed to have released and discharged each Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, and Released Party from any and all Causes of Action, whether known or unknown, including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of any of the Debtors, that such Entity would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively), based on or relating to, to or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors (including the management, ownership or operation thereof), the purchase, sale, or rescission 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 Debtors’ in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, intercompany transactions, the DIP Facility, the DIP Order, the Term Loan Facility, the First Lien Notes, the Senior Notes, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Plan Support Agreement, the Secured Creditor Settlement, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, entry into, or filing of, as applicable, of the Plan Support Agreement, the Backstop Commitment Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the New Debt DocumentsDIP Facility, the Plan, the Rights Offering, the New Corporate Governance Documents, the New Warrants Agreement, the CVR Agreement, the Secured Creditor Settlement, the PlanExit Facility, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Plan Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the New Debt DocumentsDIP Facility, the Rights Offering, the New Corporate Governance Documents, the New Warrants Agreement, the CVR Agreement, the Secured Creditor Settlement, the Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, providing any legal opinion requested by any Entity regarding any transaction, contract, instrument, documentExit Facility, or other agreement contemplated by the Plan or the reliance by any Released Party on the Plan or the Confirmation Order in lieu of such legal opinion)Plan, 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 securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, or upon any other related act, act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Plan Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the releases set forth above do not release any obligations arising on or after the Effective Date of any party or Entity under the Plan, any restructuring transaction, or any document, instrument, or agreement (including those set forth in the Plan Supplement) executed to implement the Plan, including the assumption of the indemnification provisions as set forth in the Plan. Exculpation Effective as of the Effective Date, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law and without affecting or limiting either the Debtor Release or the Third-Party Release, and except Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur, and each Exculpated Party is released and exculpated from any Cause of Action for any Claim claim related to any act or omission in connection with, relating to, to or arising out ofof the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, entry into, or filing of, as applicable, of the Plan Support AgreementAgreement and related prepetition transactions, the Chapter 11 CasesDisclosure Statement, thethe Plan, the DIP Facility, the Rights Offering, the New Exit Facility, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Disclosure Statement, the DIP Facility, the Rights Offering, the New Exit

GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE PLAN. Reorganized Debtor, and Released Party from any and all Causes of Action, whether known or unknown, including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of any of the Debtors, that such Entity would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively), 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 purchase, sale, or rescission 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 Debtors’ in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, intercompany transactions, the DIP Facility, the DIP Order, the Term Loan Facility, the First Lien Notes, the Senior Notes, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Plan Support Agreement, the Secured Creditor Settlement, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, entry into, or filing of, as applicable, the Plan Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the New Debt Documents, the New Corporate Governance Documents, the New Warrants Agreement, the CVR Agreement, the Secured Creditor Settlement, the Plan, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Plan Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the New Debt Documents, the New Corporate Governance Documents, the New Warrants Agreement, the CVR Agreement, the Secured Creditor Settlement, the Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, providing any legal opinion requested by any Entity regarding any transaction, contract, instrument, document, or other agreement contemplated by the Plan or the reliance by any Released Party on the Plan or the Confirmation Order in lieu of such legal opinion), 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 upon any other related act, or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date. Exculpation Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the releases set forth above do not release any obligations arising on or after the Effective Date of any party or Entity under the Plan, any restructuring transaction, or any document, instrument, or agreement (including those set forth contained in the Plan Supplement) executed to implement the Plan, including the assumption of the indemnification provisions as set forth in the Plan. Exculpation Effective as of the Effective Date, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law and without affecting or limiting either the Debtor Release or the Third-Party Release, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plancontrary, no Exculpated Party shall have or incurincur liability for, and each Exculpated Party is released and exculpated from from, any Cause of Action for any Claim related to any act or omission in connection with, relating to, or arising out of, the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, entry into, or filing ofof the Restructuring Support Agreement and related prepetition transactions, as applicablethe Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Plan Supplement, 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 Chapter 11 Cases, thethe filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the New First Lien Credit Agreement, the New First Lien Credit Agreement Documents, the New Junior Lien Credit Agreement, the New Junior Lien Credit Agreement Documents, and solicitation of votes on the Plan, the prepetition negotiation and settlement of Claims, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance or distribution of debt and/or preferred equity (including the New First Lien Term Loans, New Junior Convertible Term Loans, and the New Revolving Exit Facility) and/or Securities (including the New Xxxxx Equity and the Warrants) pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, or upon any other related act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Plan Effective Date, except for Claims related to any act or omission that is determined in a Final Order by a court of competent jurisdiction to have constituted actual fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence, but in all respects such entities shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Plan. The Exculpated Parties have, and upon Confirmation of the Plan shall be deemed to have, participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable laws with regard to the solicitation of votes on, and distribution of consideration pursuant to, the Plan and, therefore, are not, and on account of such distributions shall not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan or such distributions made pursuant to the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the exculpation set forth above does not release or exculpate any Claim relating to any post-Plan Effective Date obligations of any Party or Entity under the Plan, any Restructuring Transaction, or any document, instrument, or agreement (including the New First Lien Credit Agreement Documents, the New Junior Lien Credit Agreement Documents, and other documents, instruments and agreements set forth in the Plan Supplement) executed to implement the Plan.