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DISTRIBUTORS _ WASHINGTON SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT L Overview This Distributors Washington Settlement Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the terms and conditions of a settlement agreement between and among the State of Washington, McKesson Corp oratio n (" M c K e s s o n" ), C ar dinal Health, lnc . (" C ar di n a l") and AmerisourceBergen Corporation ("Amerisource") (collectively, the "Agreement Parties") to resolve opioid-related Claims against McKesson, Cardinal, and/or Amerisource (collectively, " Settling Distributors"). By entering into this Agreement, the State of Washington and its Participating Subdivisions agree to be bound by all tems and conditions of the Distributor Global Settlement Agreement dated July 21,2021(including its exhibits) ("Global Settlement"), which (including its exhibits) is incorporated into this Agreement as Exhibit H.l By entering this Agreement, and upon execution of an Agreement Regarding the State of Washington and the Distributor Global Settlement Agreement ("Enforcement Committee Agreement"), unless otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the Settling Distributors agree to treat the State of Washington for all purposes as if it were a Settling State under the Global Settlement and its Participating Subdivisions for all purposes as if they were Participating Subdivisions under the Global Settlement. Unless stated otherwise in this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement are intended to be consistent with the terms of the Global Settlement and shall be construed accordingly. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, all capitalized terms in this Agreement shall be defined as they are in the Global Settlement. The Settling Distributors have agreed to the below terms for the sole purpose of settlement, and nothing herein, including in any exhibit to this Agreement , may be taken as or construed to be an admission or concession of any violation of law, rule, or regulation, or of any other matter of fact or law, or of any liability or wrongdoing, or any misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance, all of which the Settling Distributors expressly deny. No part of this Agreement, including its statements and commitments, and its exhibits, shall constitute or be used as evidence of any liability, fault, or wrongdoing by the Settling Distributors. Unless the contrary is expressly stated, this Agreement is not intended for use by any third party for any purpose, including submission to any couft for any pu{pose. II. Conditions to Effectiveness of Agreement A. Global Settlement Conditions to Effectiveness L The Agreement Parties acknowledge that certain deadlines set forth in Section VIII of the Global Settlement passed before the execution of this Agreement. For 'The version of the Global Settlement as updated on March 25,2022 is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit H. Further updates to the Global Settlement shall be deemed incorporated into this Agreement and shall supersede all earlier versions of the updated provisions. 1