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<br />5 <br /> <br /> <br />doubt, any entity acquired, or joint venture entered into, by Janssen after the <br />Effective Date is not a Released Entity. <br /> <br />24. “Releasors” means (1) the State; (2) each Participating Subdivision; and (3) without <br />limitation and to the maximum extent of the power of the State’s Attorney General <br />and/or Participating Subdivision to release the Claims, (a) the State’s and <br />Participating Subdivision’s departments, agencies, divisions, boards, commissions, <br />Subdivisions, districts, instrumentalities of any kind and attorneys, including its <br />Attorney General, and any person in their official capacity whether elected or <br />appointed to serve any of the foregoing and any agency, person, or other entity <br />claiming by or through any of the foregoing, (b) any public entities, public <br />instrumentalities, public educational institutions, unincorporated districts, fire <br />districts, irrigation districts, water districts, law enforcement districts, emergency <br />services districts, school districts, hospital districts and other Subdivisions in the <br />State, and (c) any person or entity acting in a parens patriae, sovereign, quasi- <br />sovereign, private attorney general, qui tam, taxpayer, or other capacity seeking <br />relief on behalf of or generally applicable to the general public with respect to the <br />State or Subdivision in the State, whether or not any of them participate in the <br />Agreement. The inclusion of a specific reference to a type of entity in this definition <br />shall not be construed as meaning that the entity is not a Subdivision. In addition to <br />being a Releasor as provided herein, a Participating Subdivision shall also provide <br />the Settlement Participation Form referenced in Section VII providing for a release <br />to the fullest extent of the Participating Subdivision’s authority, which shall be <br />attached as an exhibit to the Agreement. The State’s Attorney General represents that <br />he or she has or has obtained the authority set forth in the Representation and <br />Warranty subsection of Section IV. <br />25. “Settlement Fund” means the interest-bearing fund established under the Agreement <br />into which all Net Settlement Amount payments by Janssen are made. <br />26. “Settlement Fund Administrator” means the entity that calculates the allocation of <br />payments under Section VI of this Agreement, and administers and distributes <br />amounts from the Settlement Fund. A detailed description of the Settlement Fund <br />Administrator’s duties, including a detailed mechanism for paying the Settlement <br />Fund Administrator’s fees and costs, shall be appended to the Agreement as Exhibit <br />I. <br />27. “Settlement Participation Form” means the form attached as Exhibit B that <br />Participating Subdivisions must execute and return to Janssen and the State of <br />Washington, and which shall (1) make such Participating Subdivisions signatories to <br />this Agreement, (2) include a full and complete release of any and of such <br />Subdivision’s claims, and (3) require the prompt dismissal with prejudice of any <br />Released Claims that have been filed by any such Participating Subdivision. <br />28. “Special District” means a formal and legally recognized sub-entity of the State that <br />is authorized by State law to provide one or a limited number of designated