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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT MILWAUKEE COUNTY

THE CITY OF 6287+0,/:$8.(( WK$YHQXH 6RXWK0LOZDXNHH Wisconsin 531

Plaintiff, v.

ACTAVIS PHARMA, INC. f/k/a WATSON PHARMA, INC. c/o Corporate Creations Network, Inc. 4650 West Spencer Street Appleton, Wisconsin 54914

ALLERGAN FINANCE LLC f/k/a , INC. f/k/a WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. c/o C T Corporation System 701 South Carson Street, Suite 200 Carson City, Nevada 89701

ACTAVIS LLC c/o Corporate Creations Network Inc. 3411 Silverside Road Tatnall Building, Suite 104 Wilmington, Delaware 19810

WATSON LABORATORIES, INC. c/o Corporate Creations Network, Inc. 8275 South Eastern Avenue #200 Las Vegas, Nevada 89123

ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. c/o The Corporation Trust Company Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801

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ENDO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC. c/o The Corporation Trust Company Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801

PAR PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. c/o C T Corporation System 28 Liberty Street New York, New York 10005

TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC. c/o Corporate Creations Network, Inc. 3411 Silverside Road Tatnall Building, Suite 104 Wilmington, Delaware 19810

CEPHALON, INC. c/o Corporate Creations Network Inc. 4650 West Spencer Street Appleton, Wisconsin 54914

JOHNSON & JOHNSON One Johnson & Johnson Plaza New Brunswick, New Jersey 08933

JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. f/k/a ORTHO-MCNEIL-JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. f/k/a JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA, INC. c/o C T Corporation System 600 North Second Street, Suite 40 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101

MCKESSON CORPORATION c/o Corporation Service Company 8040 Excelsior Drive, Suite 400 Madison, Wisconsin 53717

AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORPORATION c/o C T Corporation System 301 South Bedford Street, Suite 1 Madison, Wisconsin 53703

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Case 2021CV002934 Document 21 Filed 05-18-2021 Page 3 of 106 FILED 05-18-2021 John Barrett Clerk of Circuit Court CARDINAL HEALTH, INC. 2021CV002934 c/o C T Corporation System Honorable David 301 South Bedford Street, Suite 1 Swanson-11 Madison, Wisconsin 53703 Branch 11

WALGREEN COMPANY c/o Corporation Service Company 8040 Excelsior Drive, Suite 400 Madison, Wisconsin 53717 ROESCHEN’S HEALTHCARE LLC d/b/a OMNICARE OF MILWAUKEE c/o C T Corporation System 301 South Bedford Street, Suite 1 Madison, Wisconsin 53703

MEDPOINT PHARMACY, INC. c/o Alexander Shister 5335 West River Trail Road Mequon, Wisconsin 53092

HAYWARD PHARMACY, INC. d/b/a SWAN SERV-U PHARMACY c/o Randall Dawes 9130 W North Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226

UNION SERV-U PHARMACY, INC. c/o Robert Stresing 709 W Oklahoma Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53215

LAABS, INC. c/o Thomas E. Volkmann 701 Grand Avenue Racine, Wisconsin 53403,

Defendants.

SUMMONS

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN to each person named as a Defendant:

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You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The Complaint, which is attached, states the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within twenty (20) days of receiving this Summons you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in Chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the Complaint. The Court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the Statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the Court whose address is Milwaukee County Courthouse, 901 North

Ninth Street, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, and to plaintiff's attorney whose address is City Attorney,

Christopher R. Smith, 11402 West Church Street, Franklin, WI, 53132. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer within twenty (20) days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated: May 17, 2021 City of 6RXWK0LOZDXNHH

By: ______Atty.Atty. CChristopherhristopher R. Smith Attorney for Plaintiff 11402 W. Church Street SBN: 1049922 Franklin, WI 53132 414-529-8900

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