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DocuSign Envelope ID:040056EC-0D41-4D98-9C65-E01AE876A6AB <br /> Definitions <br /> As used in this MOA (including the preamble above): <br /> "Approved Uses" shall mean forward-looking strategies, programming, and services to <br /> abate the opioid epidemic that fall within the list of uses on Exhibit A. Consistent with <br /> the terms of the National Settlement Agreements and Bankruptcy Resolutions, <br /> "Approved Uses" shall include the reasonable administrative expenses associated with <br /> overseeing and administering Opioid Settlement Funds. Reimbursement by the State or <br /> Local Governments for past expenses are not Approved Uses. <br /> "Backstop Fund" is defined in Section VI.B below. <br /> "Bankruptcy Defendants" mean any Opioid Supply Chain Participants that have filed for <br /> federal bankruptcy protection, including, but not limited to, Purdue Pharma L.P., <br /> Mallinckrodt plc, and Endo International plc. <br /> "Bankruptcy Resolution(s)" means resolutions of claims concerning alleged misconduct <br /> in manufacture, marketing, promotion, distribution, or dispensing of an opioid analgesic <br /> by the Bankruptcy Defendants entered in bankruptcy court that provide for payments <br /> (including payments through a trust) to both the State and Minnesota counties and <br /> municipalities and allow for the allocation between the state and its political subdivisions <br /> to be set through a state-specific agreement. <br /> "Counsel" is defined in Section VI.B below. <br /> "County Area" shall mean a county in the State of Minnesota plus the Local <br /> Governments, or portion of any Local Government, within that county. <br /> "Governing Body" means (1) for a county, the county commissioners of the county, and <br /> (2) for a municipality, the elected city council or the equivalent legislative body for the <br /> municipality. <br /> "Legislative Modification" is defined in Section II.0 below. <br /> "Litigating Local Governments" mean a Local Government that filed an opioid lawsuit(s) <br /> on or before December 3, 2021, as defined in Section VI.B below. <br /> "Local Abatement Funds" are defined in Section II.B below. <br /> "Local Government" means all Minnesota political subdivisions within the geographic <br /> boundaries of the state of Minnesota. <br /> "MDL Matter" means the matter captioned In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, <br /> MDL 2804,pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. <br /> 2 <br />