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AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF
THE BLACK 2006 FAMILY TRUST AGREEMENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE PAGE
I : TRUST FUND 3
H : THE BLACK 2006 FAMILY TRUST 4
III : SEPARATE PORTION A TRUSTS FOR ISSUE 5
IV : SEPARATE PORTION B TRUSTS FOR ISSUE 8
V : SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION RULES 15
VI : ADDITIONS 21
VII : TRUSTEES' INVESTMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS 23
VIII : RESTRICTIONS ON POWERS 41
IX : IRREVOCABILITY; MODIFICATION 45
X : ACCOUNTING BY TRUSTEES 49
XI : TRUSTEE DESIGNATIONS, RESIGNATIONS, AND REMOVALS 50
XII : ACTION BY TRUSTEES 59
XIII : LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY OF TRUSTEES 60
XIV : DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION 62
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WHEREAS, by trust agreement dated December 21, 2006 by and among LEON
D. BLACK, as settlor (the "Settlor"), and the Settlor and JOHN J. HANNAN ("JOHN"), as
trustees (the "Original Trust Agreement"), as amended on , 2012, the BLACK
2006 FAMILY TRUST (the "Trust") was created; and
WHEREAS, the Settlor, JOHN and RICHARD RESSLER ("RICHARD")
currently are the trustees, and JOHN and RICHARD currently are the Independent Trustees (as
defined in the Original Trust Agreement) under the Original Trust Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to article VIII of the Original Trust Agreement, the
Independent Trustees (as defined in the Original Trust Agreement) may amend the Original
Trust Agreement at any time while either the Settlor or the Settlor's spouse, DEBRA R. BLACK
("DEBRA") is alive and competent, subject to certain prohibitions set forth in section (B) of
article VIII of the Original Trust Agreement, by written instrument signed by all of the
Independent Trustees then serving, which amendment shall be effective not earlier than thirty
(30) days after the date a copy of the instrument is delivered to the Settlor; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to article VI(B)(14) of the Original Trust Agreement, the
Trustees may change the situs of administration and governing law of any trust held under the
Original Trust Agreement from one jurisdiction to another; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to article X(A)(I) of the Original Trust Agreement, at any
time or from time to time the Settlor may designate additional and/or successor trustees under the
Original Trust Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to article X(B) of the Original Trust Agreement, before
taking office each person other than an original trustee shall accept the terms of the Original
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Trust Agreement and shall agree to act as trustee under the Original Trust Agreement by signing
a written instrument to that effect; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to article X(C) of the Original Trust Agreement, each
trustee under the Trust Agreement may resign as such trustee at any time by written instrument
delivered to (i) each Trustee of the Trust, or if there is none, to the next successor trustee of the
Trust; (ii) the Settlor, if then competent; (iii) DEBRA, if then competent; and
WHEREAS, the Settlor and DEBRA are alive and competent; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees would like to change the situs of administration of the
law governing all trusts under the Original Trust Agreement from New York to Delaware; and
WHEREAS, the Independent Trustees would like to amend the Original Trust
Agreement in certain respects and restate in this one instrument the Original Trust Agreement;
and
WHEREAS, the desired amendments to the Original Trust Agreement are not
prohibited by section (B) of article VIII of the Original Trust Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Settlor would like to designate JOHN SUYDAM and BARRY J.
COHEN as trustees and U.S. TRUST COMPANY OF DELAWARE ("U.S. TRUST") as
directed trustee (hereinafter referred to as "Administrative Trustee"); and
WHEREAS, JOHN SUYDAM and BARRY J. COHEN as trustees, and U.S.
TRUST as Administrative Trustee, would like to accept the terms of the Original Trust
Agreement and agree to act as trustee; and
WHEREAS, the Settlor would like to resign as trustee under the Original Trust
Agreement.
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NOW, THEREFORE,
First, the Trustees hereby change the situs of administration of the law
governing all trusts under the Original Trust Agreement from New York to Delaware.
(2) Second, the Independent Trustees hereby amend and restate the Original
Trust Agreement in its entirety, such amendment and restatement to be effective on the date that
occurs thirty (30) days after a copy of this instrument has been delivered to the Settlor. The
Amendment and Restatement as set forth in this instrument, and as it may be amended in the
future, shall be relied upon by the persons dealing with the trustees and the trusts held hereunder
as the sole governing instrument of the BLACK 2006 FAMILY TRUST.
(3) Third, the Settlor hereby designates JOHN SUYDAM and BARRY J.
COHEN as trustees and U.S. TRUST COMPANY OF DELAWARE as directed trustee
(hereinafter referred to as "Administrative Trustee").
(4) Fourth, JOHN SUYDAM and BARRY J. COHEN, as trustees, and U.S.
TRUST COMPANY OF DELAWARE, as Administrative Trustee, hereby accept the terms of
the Original Trust Agreement and agree to act as trustee.
(5) Fifth, the Settlor hereby resigns as trustee under the Original Trust
Agreement.
I: TRUST FUND
The Trustees agree to continue to hold the Trust Fund in trust and to manage and
dispose of it in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The Trust may be
identified as the "BLACK 2006 FAMILY TRUST," the dispositive provisions of which are set
forth in Article II. This Trust Agreement shall be identified as the "BLACK 2006 FAMILY
TRUST AGREEMENT." The Beneficiaries under this Trust Agreement at any particular time
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are those of the Settlor's spouse and the Settlor's issue who are then living. The definitions of
the other terms used in this Trust Agreement are set forth in Article XIV or where they first
appear.
II: THE BLACK 2006 FAMILY TRUST
Following are the dispositive provisions of the "BLACK 2006 FAMILY
TRUST':
(A) Distributions. (1) The Trustees shall pay to DEBRA or apply for
DEBRA's benefit so long as DEBRA is a Beneficiary, as much of the Trust Fund as the
Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall determine is necessary for DEBRA's health, education,
support and maintenance, taking into consideration DEBRA's fmancial resources apart from the
Trust.
(2) The Trustees shall pay or apply as much of the Trust Fund as the
Independent Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall determine, to or for the benefit of such one or
more of the Beneficiaries (to the exclusion of any one or more of them) and in such amounts or
proportions as the Independent Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall determine. Payments or
applications pursuant to this subsection may be made at any time or from time to time, for any
reason or purpose whatsoever. In exercising the discretion granted in this subsection, the
Independent Trustees need not, but may, consider such of the financial resources apart from the
Trust as they deem appropriate of the Beneficiaries, or any one or more of them.
(3) At the end of each year, the Trustees shall add to principal any net income
not paid or applied pursuant to the previous provisions of this section. The Settlor confirms that
the entire Trust Fund may be distributed at any time to or for the benefit of any one or more of
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the Beneficiaries pursuant to this section, even though such distribution terminates the 'Trust,
without regard to the interest of any remainderman of the Trust.
(B) Trust Termination. (1) Unless sooner terminated by the distribution of
the entire Trust Fund, the Trust shall terminate upon the death of the Settlor, or, if the Settlor is
survived by the Settlor's spouse, upon the earlier to occur of the death of the Senior's spouse and
the Perpetuities Date. The date on which the Trust is to terminate is referred to as the
"Termination Date." Upon such termination, the Trustees shall pay seventy-five (75%) percent
of the Trust Fund ("Portion A") to the Settlor's issue living on the Termination Date, subject to
provisions of Article III. The Trustees shall pay the remaining twenty-five (25%) percent of the
Trust Fund ("Portion B") to the Settlor's issue living on the Termination Date, subject to the
provisions of Article IV.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), at any time or from time to time within
one year following the Termination Date, and before actual distribution of the Trust Fund in
accordance with subsection (1), the Trustees shall have the power to make loans to and to
purchase assets from any estate or any trust, as described in Article VII, and to delay the actual
distribution of the Trust Fund for that purpose. The authority granted by the preceding sentence
shall not affect the vesting of the Trust Fund, which shall be determined as of the date of the
Trust's termination as described in the first sentence of subsection (1).
III: SEPARATE PORTION A TRUSTS FOR ISSUE
If at the termination of the Trust under Article II any share of Portion A of such
Trust is payable to an issue of the Settlor subject to the provisions of this Article or if at the
termination of any held Trust under this Article any share of such Trust is payable to an issue of
the Settlor subject to the provisions of this Article each such share shall not be paid outright to
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such issue (referred to in this Article as the "Primary Beneficiary"), but shall instead be held in
as many separate Trusts for the benefit of the Primary Beneficiary upon the terms set forth in this
Article as the Trustees of such terminated Trust, in their sole discretion, shall direct.
(A) Distributions. (1) The Trustees shall pay to the Primary Beneficiary, or
apply for his or her benefit, as much of the Trust Fund as the Trustees, in their sole discretion,
shall determine is necessary for the Primary Beneficiary's health, education, support and
maintenance, taking into consideration the Primary Beneficiary's financial resources apart from
the Trust.
(2) The Trustees shall pay to the Primary Beneficiary or apply for his or her
benefit, as much of the Trust Fund as the Independent Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall
determine. Payments or applications pursuant to this subsection may be made at any time or
from time to time, for any reason or purpose whatsoever. In exercising the discretion granted in
this subsection, the Independent Trustees need not, but may, consider such of the Primary
Beneficiary's financial resources apart from the Trust as they deem appropriate.
(3) Without limiting the scope of the Independent's power to direct payments
to or applications for the benefit of the Primary Beneficiary, it is suggested that the Independent
Trustees direct distributions from the Trust to finance the Primary Beneficiary's education, to
cover any of the Primary Beneficiary's medical expenditures, or to help the Primary Beneficiary
purchase or finance a home, pay for a wedding or start a business, provided, however, that such
business has a solid business plan that has been approved by the Trustees.
(4) At the end of each year, the Trustees shall add to principal any net income
not so paid or applied. The Settlor confirms that the entire Trust Fund may be distributed at any
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time to or for the benefit of the Primary Beneficiary pursuant to this section, even though such
distribution terminates the Trust, without regard to the interest of any remainderman of the Trust.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Trust Agreement to the
contrary, no distributions shall be made to the Primary Beneficiary in accordance with this
section without the consent of the Corporate Trustee.
(B) Power of Appointment. (1) The Independent Trustees, at any time, may
grant to the Primary Beneficiary a general power of appointment (as defined in § 2041 of the
Code) or a limited power of appointment, either of which may be subject to such restrictions as
the Independent Trustees set forth in the instrument by which the power is granted. The grant of
this power shall be effected by written instrument signed by a majority of the Independent
Trustees and delivered to the Primary Beneficiary, and may be revoked at any time during the
Primary Beneficiary's lifetime by written instrument of revocation signed by a majority of the
Independent Trustees and delivered to the Primary Beneficiary. If revoked, a new power of
appointment may be granted as provided in the preceding provisions of this subsection.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this section to the contrary, the Trustees shall not grant to
the Primary Beneficiary a power of appointment without the consent of the Corporate Trustee.
(2) In considering whether to grant a general power of appointment to the
Primary Beneficiary, the Settlor requests that the Independent Trustees give particular
consideration to the likelihood that generation-skipping transfer taxes imposed on the Trust at the
Primary Beneficiary's death would exceed the estate taxes otherwise payable with respect to the
Trust if the Trust Fund were included in the Primary Beneficiary's gross estate for estate tax
purposes. For this purpose, the Independent Trustees may rely without further investigation on a
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statement provided by or on behalf of the Primary Beneficiary as to the potential value of the
Primary Beneficiary's gross estate.
(C) Trust Termination. Unless sooner terminated by the distribution of the
entire Trust Fund, the Trust shall terminate on the date of the Primary Beneficiary's death. Upon
such termination, the Trustees shall pay the Trust Fund, if and to the extent not effectively
appointed pursuant to a power granted under this Article, to the Primary Beneficiary's issue who
survive the Primary Beneficiary, or, if no issue of the Primary Beneficiary survives the Primary
Beneficiary, to the issue who survive the Primary Beneficiary of the Primary Beneficiary's
nearest ancestor who was an issue of the Settlor and who has issue who survive the Primary
Beneficiary, or, if there is no such ancestor or issue, to the Settlor's issue who survive the
Primary Beneficiary, subject, in each case, to the provisions of this Article.
(D) Termination on Perpetuities Date. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Trust Agreement, the Trust shall terminate, unless it terminates sooner, on the Perpetuities
Date. If the Trust terminates pursuant to this section, the Trustees shall pay the Trust Fund to the
Primary Beneficiary, outright and not in trust.
IV: SEPARATE PORTION B TRUSTS FOR ISSUE
If at the termination of the Trust under Article II any share of Portion B of such
Trust is payable to an issue of the Settlor subject to the provisions of this Article or if at the
termination of any held Trust under this Article any share of such Trust is payable to an issue of
the Settlor subject to the provisions of this Article each such share shall not be paid outright to
such issue (referred to in this Article as the "Primary Beneficiary"), but shall instead be held in
as many separate Trusts for the benefit of the Primary Beneficiary upon the terms set forth in this
Article as the Trustees of such terminated Trust, in their sole discretion, shall direct.
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(A) Distributions. (1) The Trustees shall pay to the Primary Beneficiary, or
apply for his or her benefit, as much of the Trust Fund as the Trustees, in their sole discretion,
shall determine is necessary for the Primary Beneficiary's health, education, support and
maintenance, taking into consideration the Primary Beneficiary's financial resources apart from
the Trust.
(2) The Trustees shall pay to the Primary Beneficiary or apply for his or her
benefit, as much of the Trust Fund as the Independent Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall
determine. Payments or applications pursuant to this subsection may be made at any time or
from time to time, for any reason or purpose whatsoever. In exercising the discretion granted in
this subsection, the Independent Trustees need not, but may, consider such of the Primary
Beneficiary's financial resources apart from the Trust as they deem appropriate.
(3) Without limiting the scope of the Independent's power to direct payments
to or applications for the benefit of the Primary Beneficiary, it is suggested that the Independent
Trustees direct distributions from the Trust to finance the Primary Beneficiary's education, to
cover any of the Primary Beneficiary's medical expenditures, or to help the Primary Beneficiary
purchase or finance a home, pay for a wedding or start a business, provided, however, that such
business has a solid business plan that has been approved by the Trustees.
(4) At the end of each year, the Trustees shall add to principal any net income
not so paid or applied. The Settlor confirms that the entire Trust Fund may be distributed at any
time to or for the benefit of the Primary Beneficiary pursuant to this section, even though such
distribution terminates the Trust, without regard to the interest of any remainderman of the Trust.
(B) Primary Beneficiary's Right to Direct Payment (I) In each calendar
year prior to the year of the Primary Beneficiary's death, if the Primary Beneficiary is competent
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and at least thirty-five (35) years of age at the beginning of such year, the Primary Beneficiary
shall have the absolute right, from time to time, to direct the Trustees to pay to the Primary
Beneficiary out of the Trust Fund an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount (the "Annual
Amount"), if any, by which (i) an amount equal to the lesser of (a) FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
($5,000,000), adjusted as provided in subsection (5) (as so adjusted, the "Limitation Amount"),
and (b) three percent (3%) of the Trust Fund valued on the Withdrawal Valuation Date as
hereinafter defined of the calendar year in which the Primary Beneficiary submits such direction
exceeds (ii) the sum of all amounts paid or applied pursuant to section (A) to or for the benefit of
the Primary Beneficiary during the calendar year, provided that such Primary Beneficiary's right
to direct such payment has not been postponed, suspended or terminated pursuant to Article
V(H). For purposes of this section, the term "calendar year" shall include the portion of the
calendar year following the Trust Commencement Date, but shall not include the portion of the
calendar year of the Primary Beneficiary's death that precedes the Primary Beneficiary's death.
The right to direct payment shall be noncumulative and shall be exercised by a written
instrument signed by the Primary Beneficiary alone (and not by any guardian, conservator,
committee, attorney-in-fact or other legal representative purporting to act on the Primary
Beneficiary's behalf) and delivered to the Trustees prior to the close of such year.
(2) In any particular calendar year, the Trustees are authorized to make
payments to the Primary Beneficiary on account of the Annual Amount based upon the lesser of
(a) the value of the Trust Fund at the time of such direction and (b) the value of the Trust Fund
on the first day of such calendar year, notwithstanding that (i) the Annual Amount cannot be
precisely determined until the end of such year and (ii) the Primary Beneficiary may not be
living at the end of such year. At the end of such year, in determining the Annual Amount, any
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such payment shall be treated as an asset, in the form of a loan from the Trust, valued at the
amount distributed, until the moment immediately following the time of determination of the
Annual Amount. If it is determined, after the end of such year, that there has been an
overpayment, then the Primary Beneficiary (or the Primary Beneficiary's Personal
Representatives, if the Primary Beneficiary is not then living) shall repay to the Trustees the
amount by which the aggregate payments made in such year on account of the Annual Amount
exceed the Annual Amount. The Primary Beneficiary's Personal Representatives shall repay to
the Trustees an amount equal to the aggregate payments, if any, made to the Primary Beneficiary
during the year of the Primary Beneficiary's death on account of the Annual Amount.
(3) For purposes of this section, the "Withdrawal Valuation Date" for any
particular calendar year shall be the first day of such calendar year, unless the value of the Trust
Fund on the last day of such calendar year is less than the value of the Trust Fund on the first day
of such calendar year, in which case the "Withdrawal Valuation Date" for such calendar year
shall be the last day of such calendar year.
(4) If more than one Trust is held under this Article for the benefit of the
Primary Beneficiary, the Primary Beneficiary shall be permitted to exercise the right to direct
payment described in this section with respect to any such Trust only to the extent the amount
paid to the Primary Beneficiary in any particular year does not exceed the amount by which (i)
an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Limitation Amount, and (b) three percent (3%) of the
Trust Fund of all such Trusts valued on the Withdrawal Valuation Date of the calendar year in
which the Primary Beneficiary submits such direction exceeds (ii) the sum of all amounts paid or
applied pursuant to section (A) from all such Trusts to or for the benefit of the Primary
Beneficiary during the calendar year. If one or more trusts held under other trust instruments is
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held for the primary benefit of the Primary Beneficiary and provides the Primary Beneficiary
with a withdrawal power that is substantially similar to the withdrawal power in this Trust
Agreement (a "Similar Trust"), and that power is also subject to a limitation based on the
Limitation Amount, the Primary Beneficiary's withdrawal power from all Trusts and all Similar
Trusts shall be limited to the Limitation Amount in any particular year. If the Primary
Beneficiary in any particular year exercises his or her withdrawal right with respect to one or
more Trusts and one or more Similar Trusts, the Independent Trustees shall confer with the
trustees of all other Similar Trusts with respect to which the Primary Beneficiary has attempted
to exercise his withdrawal rights in such year and shall agree as to which trusts shall satisfy his
or her exercise of the withdrawal right.
(5) Whenever in this Article an amount is required to be adjusted as provided
in this subsection, the Trustees shall multiply such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the Consumer Price Index for January of the calendar year in which such amount is to be
paid and the denominator of which shall be the Consumer Price Index for December 2006, and if
the resulting amount is greater than the original amount, then such prorated amount shall be
substituted for the original amount and shall be paid to the designated recipient in lieu thereof.
(C) Powers of Appointment (1) At any time or from time to time, the
Primary Beneficiary, if he or she is at least thirty-five (35) years of age, shall have the power to
appoint any part or all of the Trust Fund to or for the benefit of such one or more of the Settlor's
issue(other than the Primary Beneficiary and other than those whose deaths preceded the time the
appointment is effective) and such one or more Qualified Charitable Organizations, in such
amounts and proportions, either outright or in further trust, upon such terms and conditions
(including the granting to the appointee of a further and general or limited power of
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appointment), and to the exclusion of any one or more of them, as the Primary Beneficiary shall
determine, provided that such Primary Beneficiary's power of appointment has not been
postponed, suspended or terminated pursuant to Article V(H). The Primary Beneficiary may
exercise this power of appointment either (a) by a written instrument that is signed and
acknowledged by the Primary Beneficiary and delivered to the Trustees, all at a time when the
Primary Beneficiary is competent, and that makes specific reference to this section or (b) by a
provision in his or her Will that makes specific reference to this section. Any appointment made
by such exercise shall be effective on the date of the Primary Beneficiary's death.
(2) (a) The Independent Trustees, at any time, may grant to the Primary
Beneficiary a general power of appointment (as defined in § 2041 of the Code) or a limited
power of appointment, either of which may be subject to such restrictions as the Independent
Trustees set forth in the instrument by which the power is granted. The grant of this power shall
be effected by written instrument signed by a majority of the Independent Trustees and delivered
to the Primary Beneficiary, and may be revoked at any time during the Primary Beneficiary's
lifetime by written instrument of revocation signed by a majority of the Independent Trustees
and delivered to the Primary Beneficiary. If revoked, a new power of appointment may be
granted as provided in the preceding provisions of this subsection.
(b) In considering whether to grant a general power of appointment to the
Primary Beneficiary, the Settlor requests that the Independent Trustees give particular
consideration to the likelihood that generation-skipping transfer taxes imposed on the Trust at the
Primary Beneficiary's death would exceed the estate taxes otherwise payable with respect to the
Trust if the Trust Fund were included in the Primary Beneficiary's gross estate for estate tax
purposes. For this purpose, the Independent Trustees may rely without further investigation on a
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statement provided by or on behalf of the Primary Beneficiary as to the potential value of the
Primary Beneficiary's gross estate.
(D) Trust Termination. Unless sooner terminated by the distribution of the
entire Trust Fund, the Trust shall terminate on the date of the Primary Beneficiary's death. Upon
such termination, the Trustees shall pay the Trust Fund, if and to the extent not effectively
appointed pursuant to a power granted under this Article, to the Primary Beneficiary's issue who
survive the Primary Beneficiary, or, if no issue of the Primary Beneficiary survives the Primary
Beneficiary, to the issue who survive the Primary Beneficiary of the Primary Beneficiary's
nearest ancestor who was an issue of the Settlor and who has issue who survive the Primary
Beneficiary, or, if there is no such ancestor or issue, to the Settlor's issue who survive the
Primary Beneficiary, subject, in each case, to the provisions of this Article.
(E) Recharacterization of Trust Assets. If a Primary Beneficiary of the
Settlor who is a Child of the Settlor gets married without entering into a prenuptial or postnuptial
agreement with his or her spouse that in the judgment of the Independent Trustees adequately
protects the Primary Beneficiary's assets, the Trust's assets shall cease to be treated as if they
were derived from Portion B and instead shall be treated as if they were derived from Portion A.
The provisions of Article III, and not the provisions of this Article, shall apply to the Trust, and
for all purposes of this Trust Agreement the Primary Beneficiary shall have only those powers
with respect to the Trust granted to him or her under Article III or under any other provision of
the Trust Agreement.
(F) Termination on Perpetuities Date. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Trust Agreement, the Trust shall terminate, unless it shall have sooner terminated, on the
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Perpetuities Date. Upon such termination, the Trustees shall pay the Trust Fund to the Primary
Beneficiary, outright and not in trust.
V: SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION RULES
(A) Per Stirpital Distributions. Except when otherwise provided, mandatory
distributions or payments of property to the issue of a particular individual (including
distributions subject to the provisions of Article III or Article IV) shall be distributed or paid on a
per stirpes basis. The preceding sentence shall not apply to discretionary distributions or
payments, or to payments made pursuant to the exercise of a power of appointment granted
under this Trust Agreement. A per stirpital distribution or payment shall require an initial
division into the number of shares required to provide one share for each then living child of
such individual, if any, and one share for each then deceased child of such individual who has
issue then living. Each then living child shall be allotted one share and the share of each
deceased child shall be divided in the same manner among such deceased child's then living
issue.
(B) Beneficiaries Under a Legal Disability or Under 21. (1) Distribution of
any money or other property from any Trust to an individual who is under a legal disability may,
in the sole discretion of the Trustees, be made directly to that individual, or to any Person
(including a Trustee) who is that individual's parent or that individual's guardian, conservator or
similar fiduciary in whatever jurisdiction appointed and however denominated.
(2) In addition, distribution of any money or other property from any Trust to
an individual who is younger than twenty-one (21) years of age (whether or not he or she is an
"infant" or "minor" under local law and whether or not he or she is under any other legal
disability), may be made to a Person selected by the Trustees (including a Trustee) as custodian
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for such individual's benefit under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or the Uniform Transfers to
Minors Act of any jurisdiction.
(3) Any receipt or release furnished by a Person who receives a distribution
pursuant to this section on behalf of a beneficiary shall fully release and discharge the Trustees
with respect to such distribution, even though the Person furnishing such receipt or release is a
Trustee.
(4) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, no distribution
of property pursuant to this section or pursuant to law may be made to the Settlor in any
capacity.
(C) Adopted, Out-of-Wedlock and Posthumously Conceived Children. (1)
An individual legally adopted on or before his or her nineteenth (19th) birthday shall be deemed
to be a descendant of his or her adoptive parent or parents, and shall be deemed not to be a
descendant of a parent of his or hers who consented to such adoption unless the adoption did not
terminate such parent's rights as a parent, or unless such parent also adopted such individual.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) and Article XIV(A)(26), the adoption
of an individual after his or her nineteenth (19th) birthday by an adoptive parent other than the
Settlor shall be ignored for purposes of determining his or her status as a descendant of any
individual.
(3) An individual who is the genetic child of parents who were not married to
each other at the time of his or her birth shall be deemed not to be a descendant of his or her
genetic father (a) unless the father (i) marries his or her mother or was married to his or her
mother at any time during the period starting at the time of such individual's conception and
ending at the time of his or her birth, (ii) adopts the individual at any time, or (iii) acknowledges
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his paternity of such individual in a signed instrument riled with any court or governmental
agency or delivered to any Trustee during such father's lifetime, or (b) unless subsection (5)
applies.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (5), an individual who is the genetic
child of parents who were not married to each other at the time of his or her birth shall be
deemed to be a descendant of his or her genetic mother unless she has no legal rights as a parent
of such child under local law.
(5) An individual who is the genetic child of a parent who was deceased at the
time of such individual's conception shall be deemed to be a descendant of such parent only if (i)
such individual was born within the two (2) year period after such parent's death and before the
Perpetuities Date, (ii) such parent gave permission for the use of his or her genetic material to the
surviving parent in connection with the conception of such individual by such parents in an
instrument that was signed by the deceased parent, and (iii) such deceased parent (if living)
would have had legal rights as a parent of such child upon his or her birth under local law.
(6) An individual who is deemed to be a descendant of his or her adoptive
parent by reason of adoption shall be deemed to be a descendant of all ancestors of such parent.
An individual who is deemed not to be a descendant of a parent of his or hers who consented to
his or her adoption by another shall be deemed not to be a descendant of any ancestor of such
consenting parent unless such individual is a descendant of such ancestor without regard to his or
her relationship to such consenting parent. An individual who is deemed not to be a descendant
of his or her parent pursuant to subsection (3)or (4) shall be deemed not to be a descendant of
any ancestor of such parent unless such individual is a descendant of such ancestor independent
of his or her relationship to such parent.
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(D) Survivorship. Any beneficiary whose entitlement to property (whether
income or principal and whether outright or in trust) under this Trust Agreement depends upon
his or her surviving the occurrence of some event who dies under such circumstances that it is
difficult or impossible to determine whether or not he or she was alive upon the occurrence of
such event shall be deemed for all purposes of this Trust Agreement to have died prior to the
occurrence of such event.
(E) Undisposed of property. If upon the occurrence of any event any share of
a terminated Trust shall not be completely disposed of by the other provisions of this Trust
Agreement, then such undisposed of share shall be paid to those individuals who would have
inherited it from the Settlor, and in the same proportions in which they would have shared it, had
the Settlor then died intestate, unmarried, the owner of it, and a resident of the State of New
York.
(F) Assignment of Trust Interests. No disposition, charge, or encumbrance of
the income or principal of any Trust, or any part thereof, by way of anticipation, alienation, or
otherwise shall be valid or in any way binding upon the Trustees. No beneficiary of any Trust
may assign, transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of the income or principal of such Trust, or
any part thereof, until it shall be paid to such beneficiary by the Trustees. The preceding
provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of an exercise of a power of appointment.
No income or principal of any Trust, or any part thereof, shall be liable to any claim of any
creditor.
(G) Distributions to Trusts. If the Independent Trustees of a Trust (the
"original Trust") have the discretion to pay a portion (or all) of the Trust Fund of the original
Trust (the "permitted portion") to or for the benefit of any one or more beneficiaries of such
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Trust (the "original discretionary beneficiaries"), such Independent Trustees may exercise such
discretion by directing the payment of any part or all of the permitted portion to the trustee or
trustees of another trust for the benefit of one or more of the original discretionary beneficiaries
(the "recipient trust"), provided, however, that (i) the recipient trust does not direct or permit
payments to or applications by the trustees for the benefit of any Person other than one or more
of the beneficiaries of the original Trust, (ii) the recipient trust does not reduce any fixed income
interest of any income beneficiary of the original Trust, (iii) the recipient trust ends no later than
the Perpetuities Date, and (iv) the Independent Trustees give each beneficiary of the original
Trust written notice of his, her or its intention to make such direction at least thirty (30) days
before making the direction. For purposes of clause (i) of the preceding sentence, the
beneficiaries of the original Trust shall include all beneficiaries of such Trust, whether original
discretionary beneficiaries, income-only beneficiaries or remaindermen, and for purposes of
clause (iv) of the preceding sentence, the beneficiaries of the original Trust shall include only
those persons who are competent and to whom current distributions from such Trust may be
made. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this section, the terms of the recipient trust may
provide any one or more of the original discretionary beneficiaries with a power of appointment
exercisable in favor of one or more individuals, regardless of whether any such individual is a
beneficiary of the original Trust.
(H) Power to Postpone. (1) This Trust Agreement gives each Primary
Beneficiary of a Trust under Article III or Article IV certain powers beginning on the date on
which he or she attains the age of thirty-five (35) years or beginning with the first calendar year
following the calendar year in which the Primary Beneficiary attained the age of thirty-five (35)
years.
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(a) The Independent Trustees of a Trust under Article III or Article IV may
postpone the age or ages at or after which the Primary Beneficiary of such Trust may acquire
such powers, taking into account any prior postponements pursuant to this section. A
postponement pursuant to this paragraph shall be effected by a written instrument signed by the
Independent Trustees of such Trust and delivered to the Primary Beneficiary at any time prior to
the Primary Beneficiary's acquisition of such power.
(b) The Independent Trustees of a terminating Trust under Article II, III or IV
may, prior to funding a Trust under Article III or Article IV, as the case may be, postpone the age
or ages at or after which the Primary Beneficiary of such Trust would acquire such powers. A
postponement pursuant to this paragraph shall be effected by a written instrument signed by the
Independent Trustees of the terminating Trust and delivered to such Primary Beneficiary no later
than thirty (30) days after the occurrence of the event upon which the terminating Trust
terminates.
(c) The Independent Trustees of a Trust under Article III or Article IV may
suspend or terminate the Primary Beneficiary's right to direct payment (in the case of a Trust
held under Article IV) and/or the Primary Beneficiary's power of appointment under such
Article, notwithstanding that either or both powers may have been previously exercised by the
Primary Beneficiary. A suspension or termination pursuant to this paragraph shall be effected by
a written instrument signed by the Independent Trustees of such Trust and delivered to the
Primary Beneficiary prior to the Trust's termination.
(2) A postponement, suspension or termination pursuant to this section may
be made by the Independent Trustees only if they determine that there is a compelling reason
therefor, such as a serious illness or disability of such Primary Beneficiary, a pending divorce,
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potential or pending creditor claims, potential tax disadvantage to such Primary Beneficiary or
his or her family, or similar substantial cause.
(I) Exercise of Powers of Appointment. With regard to any power of
appointment granted under this Trust Agreement that may be exercised by the Will of the holder
of the power, the Trustees may rely on any instrument purporting to be a certified copy of the
Will of the holder of the power. Commencing six (6) months after the death of the holder of the
power, the Trustees (if they have no actual notice of the existence of a purported will of the
holder that exercises such power) shall incur no personal liability for administering the Trust as
though the holder had not exercised the power. If the Will that exercises the power is
subsequently discovered, any disposition of the Trust property by the Trustees shall be without
prejudice to the rights of any appointee to recover the property from any Person to whom the
Trustees have paid assets of the Trust or from the Trustees (in their capacities as Trustees) to the
extent of any remaining Trust property.
VI: ADDITIONS
(A) General Provisions Regarding Additions. The Settlor or any other Person
may add property to any Trust (i) by lifetime transfers of additional property; (ii) by Will; (iii) by
naming the Trustees as beneficiaries of one or more life insurance policies; or (iv) by any other
means; provided that, except as otherwise provided in section (B), the Trustees, in their sole
discretion, may decline to accept all or any portion of the additions, and may, in their sole
discretion, accept conditional transfers or additions. If the Trustees agree to accept any
additions, they need not retain any property in the form received. The Trustees shall add any
property that they accept to the Trust designated by the donor, or failing such designation, this
property shall be allocated ratably to all Trusts then held under this Trust Agreement.
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(B) Pour-Over Additions From Related Trusts. (1) Notwithstanding the
provisions of section (A), the Trustees of a Trust shall accept any property that is directed to be
paid to such Trust under the provisions of the Settlor's Will or any Related Trust (a "Pour-
Over").
(2) If a Pour-Over is directed to be made to a Trust under a particular Article
of this Trust Agreement to or for the benefit of an issue of the Settlor and more than one such
Trust is then in existence, and the instrument or instructions governing the Pour-Over do not
othenvise specify, such Pour-Over shall be allocated among such Trusts in such amounts or
proportions, and to the exclusion of any one or more of them, as the Independent Trustees, in
their sole discretion, shall direct.
(3) For purposes of this section, a Pour-Over to a trust for the primary benefit
of an issue of the Settlor under this Trust Agreement shall be given effect even though such Trust
has yet to be created under this Trust Agreement or has previously terminated. In that event, the
Trustees shall accept such Pour-Over and administer it under the terms of this Trust Agreement
as though such Trust had previously been created or had never previously terminated, as the case
may be.
(4) As used in this section, the term "Related Trust" means (i) a trust held
under a trust agreement created by the Senior during the Settlor's lifetime or under the Settlor's
Will, or (ii) a trust held under any successor instrum
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