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(r) Each of the past, present, or future member or customer financial institutions of Visa
U.S.A. Inc., Visa International Service Association, Visa Inc., Visa Europe, Visa Europe
Limited, MasterCard International Incorporated, or MasterCard Incorporated.
(s) For each of the entities or persons in Paragraphs 67(a)-(r) above, each of their
respective past, present, and future, direct and indirect, parents (including holding
companies), subsidiaries, affiliates, and associates (all as defined in SEC Rule 12b-2
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), or any other entity in
which more than 50% of the equity interests are held.
(t) For each of the entities or persons in Paragraphs 67(a)-(s) above, each of their
respective past, present, and future predecessors, successors, purchasers, and assigns
(including acquirers of all or substantially all of the assets, stock, or other ownership
interests of any of the Defendants to the extent a successor’s, purchaser’s, or acquirer’s
liability is based on the Rule 23(b)(2) Settlement Class Released Parties as defined in
Paragraphs 67(a)-(s) above).
(u) For each of the entities or persons in Paragraphs 67(a)-(t) above, each of their
respective past, present, and future principals, trustees, partners, officers, directors,
employees, agents, attorneys, legal or other representatives, trustees, heirs, executors,
administrators, shareholders, advisors, predecessors, successors, purchasers, and assigns
(including acquirers of all or substantially all of the assets, stock, or other ownership
interests of each of the foregoing entities to the extent a successor’s, purchaser’s, or
acquirer’s liability is based on the Rule 23(b)(2) Settlement Class Released Parties as
defined in Paragraphs 67(a)-(t) above).
68. This release applies solely to the Rule 23(b)(2) Settlement Class Releasing Parties. In addition to
the effect of the Class Settlement Order and Final Judgment entered in accordance with this Class
Settlement Agreement, including but not limited to any res judicata effect, the Rule 23(b)(2)
Settlement Class Releasing Parties hereby expressly and irrevocably waive, and fully, finally, and
forever settle, discharge, and release the Rule 23(b)(2) Settlement Class Released Parties from any
and all manner of claims, demands, actions, suits, and causes of action, whether individual, class,
representative, parens patriae, or otherwise in nature, for any form of declaratory, injunctive, or
equitable relief, or any damages or other monetary relief relating to the period after the date of the
Court’s entry of the Class Settlement Preliminary Approval Order, regardless of when such claims
accrue, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, in law or in equity that any Rule
23(b)(2) Settlement Class Releasing Party now has, or hereafter can, shall, or may in the future have,
arising out of or relating in any way to any conduct, acts, transactions, events, occurrences,
statements, omissions, or failures to act of any Rule 23(b)(2) Settlement Class Released Party that are
alleged or which could have been alleged from the beginning of time until the date of the Court’s
entry of the Class Settlement Preliminary Approval Order in any of the Operative Class Complaints
or Class Action complaints, or in any amendments to the Operative Class Complaints or Class Action
complaints, including but not limited to any claims based on or relating to:
(a) any interchange rules, interchange fees, or interchange rates, or any other Rule of any
Visa Defendant or MasterCard Defendant, or any agreement involving any Visa
Defendant or any MasterCard Defendant and any other Rule 23(b)(2) Settlement Class
Released Party, and/or any merchant arising out of or relating to interchange rules,
interchange fees, or interchange rates, card issuance, or card acceptance with respect to
any Visa-Branded Card transactions in the United States or any MasterCard-Branded
Card transactions in the United States;