06. Opioid Litigation Settlement payment

1 ALLOCATION NOTICE Payment Year: 1 Date of Notice: 6/30/2022 Deadline to Dispute Allocation: 7/21/2022 Expiration of 50 Days: 8/19/2022 Settling State North Dakota I. PAYMENT ALLOCATION DETERMINATION This Notice is an official communication from the Directing Administrator of the National Opioid Settlements. A copy of this Notice has been sent to the Enforcement Committee and Settling Distributors pursuant to Section IV.B of the Distributor Settlement Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2021, as amended, between and among the Settling States, the Settling Distributors, and Participating Subdivisions (the “Distributor Settlement Agreement”). All capitalized terms used in this letter have the meanings ascribed to them in the Distributor Settlement Agreement. Pursuant to Section IV.B and Exhibit M of the Distributor Settlement Agreement, North Dakota’s Total Payment Year 1 amount is $1,678,167.94, which is broken down in Table 1 in Attachment 1 to this Allocation Notice. As provided under Section V.C of the Distributor Settlement Agreement, North Dakota has instructed the Directing Administrator to calculate the intrastate allocations pursuant to the national default. Using the default provisions, the Directing Administrator has allocated the Annual Payment as follows: (i) 15% to the State Fund, (ii) 70% to the Abatement Accounts Fund, and (iii) 15% to the Subdivision Fund, to be paid directly to the Subdivisions per the allocation percentages provided in Exhibit G of the Distributor Settlement Agreement. North Dakota has further instructed the Directing Administrator to allocate the Additional Restitution Amount in full to the State Fund. The intrastate allocations are included as Attachment 1 to this Allocation Notice. Undisputed amounts allocated to the State Fund, the Abatement Accounts Fund, and Subdivision Fund for Participating Subdivisions will be paid no later than the date that is 50 days after the date of this Allocation Notice. Amounts allocated to the Subdivision Fund for Non-Participating Subdivisions will be held in Escrow until disbursements for Payment Year 2, provided the Subdivision becomes a Participating Subdivision by July 15, 2022. Any amounts held in Escrow for Non-Participating Subdivisions after that date will be reallocated and paid to the Abatement Accounts Fund. II. YOUR RIGHT TO DISPUTE Section IV.B.4 of the Distributor Settlement Agreement provides that within twenty-one (21) calendar days of receiving notice any party may dispute the calculation of the amount to be received by a Settling State or its Participating Subdivisions listed on Exhibit G as inconsistent with the terms of the Agreement. Written notice must be provided to the Settlement Fund Administrator, the Enforcement Committee, any affected Settling State, and the Settling Distributors identifying the nature of the dispute, the amount of money that is disputed, and the Settling State(s) affected. A party has until the Deadline to Dispute Allocation listed at the top of this Allocation Notice to deliver a written notification of dispute. The amounts listed in this Allocation Notice will be deemed accepted if the Directing Administrator has not received a party’s dispute before midnight Eastern Time on the deadline date. Submit your written request by email to DirectingAdministrator@NationalOpioidOfficialSettlement.com.