Releases by the State of Missouri. The State of Missouri, acting through the Office of the Missouri Attorney General and the Missouri Commissioner of Securities, respectively, fully and finally release the Released Entities from any civil claim the Attorney General could assert under Section 407.020, RSMo, or any claim the Missouri Commissioner of Securities could assert under Sections 409.5-501, and 409.5-502, RSMo, arising out of (a) the factual allegations in the complaints filed in the State Cases; (b) the Covered Conduct for the period January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2014; and (c) the matters investigated under CID No. JC-20-15, dated June 26, 2015 and CID No. JC-24-16, dated February 18, 2016. The Missouri Attorney General and the Missouri Commissioner of Securities execute this release in their respective official capacities and release only claims, referenced above, that the Missouri Attorney General or Missouri Securities Commissioner has the authority to bring and release. Upon execution of this Settlement Agreement, the investigation encompassed by the aforementioned Civil Investigative Demands shall be deemed terminated.
Releases by the State of Missouri. The Missouri Attorney General and Missouri Commissioner of Securities fully and finally release the Released Entities from any civil claim that was or could have been brought based on: (a) the facts alleged in the Petition dated February 5, 2013, State of Missouri ex rel Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Attorney General, ex rel The Commissioner of Securities v. The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. and Standard and Poor’s Financial Services, LLC, Circuit Court of Xxxxxxx County at Kansas City, Case No. 1316-cv02931 (“Missouri’s State Case”), for the period of January 1, 2001 through February 5, 2013; or (b) the Covered Conduct for the period of January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2012. The Missouri Attorney General and Commissioner of Securities execute this release in their official capacities and release only claims that the Missouri Attorney General or the Commissioner of Securities have the authority to bring and release.
