If the Settlement is approved, the Court will enter a judgment (the “Judgment”). Pursuant to the Judgment, the claims asserted against the Settling Defendants in the Action will be dismissed with prejudice and the following releases will occur:
Release of Claims by Lead Plaintiffs and the Class: Upon the Effective Date, Lead Plaintiffs and each of the other Class Members, on behalf of themselves, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, predecessors, successors, and assigns in their capacities as such, will be deemed to have, and by operation of law and of the Judgment will have, fully, finally, and forever compromised, settled, released, resolved, relinquished, waived, and discharged any and all Released Plaintiffs’ Claims (defined below) against Settling Defendants and the other Released Settling Defendants’ Persons (defined below), whether known or unknown, and will forever be barred and enjoined from prosecuting any and all Released Plaintiffs’ Claims against any of the Released Settling Defendants’ Persons. This Release will not apply to any of the Excluded Plaintiffs’ Claims (defined below).
“Released Plaintiffs’ Claims” means all claims, including known claims and Unknown Claims (defined below), that are, have been, could have been, could now be, or in the future could, can, or might be asserted in the Action or in any other court, tribunal, or proceeding by Lead Plaintiffs or any other member of the Class, individually, or as a member of the Class directly (in their capacities as former Mindbody stockholders) that both: (1) relate to the ownership of Mindbody common stock as of the Closing of the Merger and (2) arise out of or relate to the allegations, transactions, facts, matters, representations, or omissions involved, set forth, or referred to in the Second Amended Complaint, including all such allegations in the Complaint relating to the acquisition of Mindbody by Vista or any alternative transaction (including any disclosures related thereto). Released Plaintiffs’ Claims do not cover, include, or release: (i) claims against Non-Settling Defendants, their affiliates and/or agents, or their insurance carriers, including, without limitation, any dissenter rights (including appraisal under Section 262 of the DGCL) asserted in the Action; (ii) claims that are the subject of the pending settlement in the related federal action, In re Mindbody Inc. Securities Litigation, 1:2019-cv-08331 (S.D.N.Y.); (iii) claims by any governmental entity that arise out of any governmental investigation of Defendants relating to the conduct alleged in the Action; (iv) claims relating to the enforcement of the Settlement; or (v) claims based on conduct after the Effective Date (“Excluded Plaintiffs’ Claims”).
“Released Settling Defendants’ Persons” means Settling Defendants and their current and former parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, agents, successors, predecessors, assigns, assignees, partnerships, partners, trustees, trusts, employees, immediate family members, insurers, and attorneys. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Settling Defendants’ Released Persons do not include any of the Non-Settling Defendants.
Release of Claims by Defendants: Upon the Effective Date, Settling Defendants, on behalf of themselves, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, predecessors, successors, and assigns in their capacities as such, will be deemed to have, and by operation of law and of the Judgment will have, fully, finally, and forever compromised, settled, released, resolved, relinquished, waived, and discharged any and all Released Settling Defendants’ Claims (defined below) against Lead Plaintiffs and the other Released Plaintiffs’ Persons (defined below), whether known or unknown, and will forever be barred and enjoined from prosecuting any and all Released Settling Defendants’ Claims against any of the Released Plaintiffs’ Persons. This Release will not apply to any of the Excluded Settling Defendants’ Claims (defined below).
“Released Settling Defendants’ Claims” means all claims, including known claims and Unknown Claims, that arise out of or relate to the institution, prosecution, or settlement of the claims against Settling Defendants. Released Settling Defendants’ Claims do not cover, include, or release: (i) claims against Non-Settling Defendants, their affiliates and/or agents, or their insurance carriers; (ii) claims relating to the enforcement of the Settlement; or (iii) claims based on conduct after the Effective Date (“Excluded Settling Defendants’ Claims”).
“Released Plaintiffs’ Persons” means Lead Plaintiffs, all other Class Members, and Plaintiffs’ Counsel, and their respective current and former parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, agents, successors, predecessors, assigns, assignees, partnerships, partners, trustees, trusts, employees, immediate family members, insurers, and attorneys.
“Unknown Claims” means any Released Plaintiffs’ Claims which any Lead Plaintiff or any other Class Member does not know or suspect to exist in his, her, or its favor at the time of the release of such claims, and any Released Settling Defendants’ Claims which any Settling Defendant does not know or suspect to exist in his or its favor at the time of the release of such claims, which, if known by him, her, or it, might have affected his, her, or its decision(s) with respect to this Settlement. With respect to any and all Released Claims, the Settling Parties stipulate and agree that, upon the Effective Date of the Settlement, Lead Plaintiffs and Settling Defendants shall expressly waive, and each of the other Class Members shall be deemed to have waived, and by operation of the Judgment shall have expressly waived, any and all provisions, rights, and benefits conferred by any law of any state or territory of the United States, or principle of common law or foreign law, which is similar, comparable, or equivalent to California Civil Code §1542, which provides:
A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.
Lead Plaintiffs and Settling Defendants acknowledge, and each of the other Class Members shall be deemed by operation of law to have acknowledged, that the foregoing waiver was separately bargained for and a key element of the Settlement.
By Order of the Court, all proceedings against the Settling Defendants in the Action, except for those related to the Settlement, have been stayed, and, pending the Effective Date, Lead Plaintiffs and all other Class Members are barred and enjoined from commencing, maintaining, prosecuting, instigating, or in any way participating in the commencement, continuation, or prosecution of any action asserting any Released Plaintiffs’ Claims against the Released Settling Defendants’ Persons.
If the Settlement is approved and the Effective Date occurs, no Class Member will be able to bring another action asserting the Released Plaintiffs’ Claims against any of the Released Settling Defendants’ Persons.