Case 20-12522-JTD Doc 6660-1 Filed 03/02/22 Page 15 of 194
79. “Co-Defendant Defensive Rights” means any and all direct, or indirect, rights, remedies, protections, immunities, objections, defenses, assertions, Claims, Causes of Action, and, in each case, of any kind, character, or nature, whether legal, equitable, or contractual, contingent or non-contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, disputed or undisputed, including, without limitation, all rights, remedies, defenses, assertions, and Claims against liability, rights to setoff, offset, recoupment, counter-claims, cross-claims, rights to allocation or apportionment of fault and judgment reduction, apportionment of damages, any other defenses, affirmative defenses, or judgment reduction mechanisms or rights similar to the foregoing, and any steps necessary to assert the foregoing, in each case, solely to reduce the liability, judgment, obligation or fault of the applicable Holder of a Co-Defendant Claim to any Person that asserts any Cause of Action or Claim against the Holder of any Co-Defendant Claim based in whole or in part on Opioid-Related Activities. Co-Defendant Defensive Rights (i) may be used to offset, set-off, recoup, allocate or apportion fault, liability, or damages, or seek judgment reduction or otherwise to defend against any Cause of Action or Claim brought by any Person against the Holder of any Co-Defendant Claim based in whole or in part on Opioid-Related Activities; and (ii) shall in no case be used to seek any affirmative monetary recovery from any Protected Party or any Asset of any Protected Party (including from any Opioid Insurance Policy or any other insurance policy of a Protected Party) on account of any Claim or Cause of Action released pursuant to Article IX.D, and shall in no case be used to seek an affirmative recovery from the Opioid MDT II or any Asset of the Opioid MDT II or any Opioid Creditor Trust or any Asset of any Opioid Creditor Trust. Any verdicts in any litigation shall not be binding on the Opioid MDT II, the Opioid Creditor Trusts, or the Ratepayer Account if the Opioid MDT II, the Opioid Creditor Trusts, or the Ratepayer Account do not participate in such litigation (and the Opioid MDT II, the Opioid Creditor Trusts, or the Ratepayer Account are not required to participate in such litigation).
80. “Co-Defendant Related Parties” means, with respect to a Released Co-Defendant, (i) such Person’s predecessors, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, Affiliates, or managed accounts or funds, in each case in their respective capacities as such; (ii) its and their respective past, present and future officers, board members, directors, principals, agents, servants, independent contractors, co-promoters, third-party sales representatives, medical liaisons, members, partners (general or limited), managers, employees, subcontractors, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, attorneys and legal representatives, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, management companies, fund advisors and other professionals and advisors, trusts (including trusts established for the benefit of such Person), trustees, protectors, beneficiaries, direct or indirect owners and/or equityholders, parents, transferees, heirs, executors, estates, nominees, administrators, and legatees, in each case in their respective capacities as such; and (iii) any insurer of any Released Co-Defendant solely in its capacity as such and specifically excluding any Opioid Insurer, solely in its capacity as an Opioid Insurer. For the avoidance of doubt, the citizens and residents of a State shall not be deemed to be Related Parties of such State solely as a result of being citizens or residents of such State.
81. “Co-Defendant Surviving Pre-Effective Date Claim” means any Cause of Action held by a Co-Defendant against any of the Debtors that (i) arose in the ordinary course of business, (ii) is not related to a Co-Defendant Action, and (iii) concerns conduct occurring before the Effective Date.
82. “Compensation and Benefits Programs” means all employment, confidentiality, and non-competition agreements, bonus, gainshare, and incentive programs (other than awards of Equity Interests, stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, warrants, rights, convertible, exercisable, or exchangeable securities, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights, redemption rights, profits interests, equity-based awards, or contractual rights to purchase or acquire equity interest at any time and all rights arising with respect thereto), vacation, holiday pay, severance, retirement, savings, supplemental retirement, executive retirement, pension, deferred compensation, medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, flexible spending account, and other health and welfare benefit plans, employee expense reimbursement, and other compensation and benefit obligations of the Debtors, and all amendments and modifications thereto, applicable to the Debtors’ employees, former employees, retirees, and non-employee directors and the employees, former employees, and retirees of their subsidiaries.
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