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Agreements to which the Participating Subdivisions agree. As stated in the
<br /> Participation Form,to the extent the executed version of the Participation Form
<br /> differs from the Global Agreement in any respect,the Global Agreement controls.
<br /> d. Pursuant to Section VIII.B of the Global Agreement, each Participating
<br /> Subdivision in the State is dismissing with prejudice any Released Claims that it
<br /> has filed against the Settling Distributors and the Released Entities.
<br /> 11. Release. The Parties acknowledge that the AG Release, which is incorporated by
<br /> reference herein, is an integral part of this Judgment. Pursuant to the Agreements and the AG
<br /> Release and without limitation and to the maximum extent of the power of the State's Attorney
<br /> General, the Settling Distributors and the other Released Entities are, as of the Effective Date,
<br /> hereby released from any and all Released Claims of(a)the State and its Participating Subdivisions
<br /> and any of their departments, agencies, divisions, boards, commissions, Subdivisions, districts,
<br /> instrumentalities of any kind and attorneys, including the State's Attorney General,and any person
<br /> in his or her official capacity whether elected or appointed to serve any of the foregoing, and any
<br /> agency,person,or other entity claiming by or through any of the foregoing, (b)any public entities,
<br /> public instrumentalities, public educational institutions, unincorporated districts, fire districts,
<br /> irrigation districts, and other Special Districts in the State, and (c) any person or entity acting in a
<br /> parens patriae, sovereign, quasi-sovereign, private attorney general, qui tam, taxpayer, or other
<br /> capacity seeking relief on behalf of or generally applicable to the general public with respect to
<br /> the State or any Subdivision in the State,whether or not any of them participate in the Agreements.
<br /> Pursuant to the Agreements and the AG Release and to the maximum extent of the State's power,
<br /> the Settling Distributors and the other Released Entities are, as of the Effective Date, hereby
<br /> released from any and all Released Claims of(1) the State, (2) all past and present executive
<br /> departments, state agencies, divisions, boards, commissions and instrumentalities with the
<br /> regulatory authority to enforce state and federal controlled substances acts, and (3) any of the
<br /> State's past and present executive departments, agencies, divisions, boards, commissions and
<br /> instrumentalities that have the authority to bring Claims related to Covered Conduct seeking
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