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“National Settlement Agreements”means thenational opioid settlement agreementswith the Parties and one or all ofthe Settling Defendants concerning alleged misconduct in manufacture, marketing, promotion, distribution, or dispensing of an opioid analgesic. “Opioid Settlement Funds” shall mean all funds allocated by the National Settlement Agreements and any Bankruptcy Resolutions to the State and Local Governments for purposes of opioid remediation activities or restitution, as well as any repayment of those funds and any interest or investment earnings that may accrue as those funds are temporarily held before being expended on opioid remediation strategies. “Opioid Supply Chain Participants” means entities that engage in or have engaged in the manufacture, marketing, promotion, distribution, or dispensing of an opioid analgesic, including their officers, directors, employees, or agents, acting in their capacity as such. “Parties” means the State and the Participating Local Governments. “Participating Local Government” means a county or city within the geographic boundaries of the State of Minnesota that has signed this Memorandum of Agreement and has executed a release of claims with the Settling Defendants by signing on to the National Settlement Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, a Local Government must sign this MOA to become a “Participating Local Government.” “Region” is defined in Section II.H below. “Settling Defendants” means Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson, as well as their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, and directors named in a National Settlement Agreement. “State” means the State of Minnesota by and through its Attorney General, Keith Ellison. “State Abatement Fund” is defined in Section II.B below. II. Allocation of Settlement Proceeds A. Method of distribution. Pursuant to the National Settlement Agreementsand any Bankruptcy Resolutions, Opioid Settlement Funds shall be distributed directly to the State and directly to Participating Local Governments in such proportions and for such uses as set forth in this MOA, provided Opioid Settlement Funds shall not be considered funds of the State or anyParticipatingLocal Government unless and until such time as each annual distribution is made. B.Overall allocation of funds. Opioid Settlement Funds will be initially allocated as follows: (i) 25% directly to the State (“State Abatement Fund”), and (ii) 75% directly to abatement funds established by Participating Local Governments (“Local Abatement Funds”). This initial allocation is subject to modification by Sections II.F, II.G,and II.H, below. 3