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3 <br />“Memorandum of Agreement” or “MOA” means this agreement, the Amended <br />Minnesota Opioids State-Subdivision Memorandum of Agreement. <br />“National Settlement Agreements” means a national opioid settlement agreement with the <br />Parties and one or more Opioid Supply Chain Participants concerning alleged misconduct <br />in manufacture, marketing, promotion, distribution, or dispensing of an opioid analgesic, <br />which includes structural or payment provisions requiring or anticipating the participation <br />of both the State and its political subdivisions in the national opioid settlement agreement <br />and allows for the allocation of Opioid Settlement Funds between the State and its <br />political subdivisions to be set through a state-specific agreement. <br />“Opioid Settlement Funds” shall mean all funds allocated by the National Settlement <br />Agreements and any Bankruptcy Resolutions to the State and Local Governments for <br />purposes of opioid remediation activities or restitution, as well as any repayment of those <br />funds and any interest or investment earnings that may accrue as those funds are <br />temporarily held before being expended on opioid remediation strategies. <br />“Opioid Supply Chain Participants” means entities that engage in, have engaged in, or <br />have provided consultation services regarding the manufacture, marketing, promotion, <br />distribution, or dispensing of an opioid analgesic, including, but not limited to, Janssen, <br />AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, McKesson, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Allergan plc, <br />CVS Health Corporation, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., and Walmart Inc. “Opioid <br />Supply Chain Participants” also means all subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, <br />employees, or agents of such entities. <br />“Parties” means the State and the Participating Local Governments. <br />“Participating Local Government” means a political subdivision within the geographic <br />boundaries of the State of Minnesota that has signed this Memorandum of Agreement <br />and has executed a release of claims by signing on to the National Settlement <br />Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, a Local Government must sign this MOA to <br />become a “Participating Local Government.” <br />“Region” is defined in Section II.H below. <br />“State” means the State of Minnesota by and through its Attorney General, Keith Ellison. <br />“State Abatement Fund” is defined in Section II.B below. <br />II.Allocation of Settlement Proceeds <br />A.Method of distribution. Pursuant to the National Settlement Agreements and any Bankruptcy <br />Resolutions, Opioid Settlement Funds shall be distributed directly to the State and directly to <br />Participating Local Governments in such proportions and for such uses as set forth in this <br />MOA, provided Opioid Settlement Funds shall not be considered funds of <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 040056EC-0D41-4D98-9C65-E01AE876A6AB