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Agreements to which the Participating Subdivisions agree. As stated in the
<br />Participation Fonn, 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 Judgrnent. 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 />inigation 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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