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or all such interests in the name or names of a nominee or nominees; (j) to delegate, to the extent permitted by law, any or all of the powers set forth herein to the operator of such property; and (k) to employ personnel, rent office space, buy or lease office equipment, contract and pay for geological surveys and studies, procure appraisals, and generally to conduct and engage in any and all activities incident to the foregoing powers, with fill power to borrow and pledge in order to finance such activities; together with the power to allocate between principal and income any net proceeds received as consideration, whether as royalties or otherwise, for the pennanent severance from lands of oil, natural gas, minerals, and all other natural resources; 6. To hold all or any part of the assets of such trust in cash or in bank accounts without the necessity of investing the same; of such trust; 7. To improve, repair, partition, plat, or subdivide all or any part of the assets of such trust; 8. To litigate, defend, compromise, settle, abandon, or submit to mediation or arbitration on such terms and conditions as my Trustee determines any claims in favor of or against such trust or the assets of such trust; 9. To loan or borrow money in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as my Trustee determines, assume such obligations or give such guarantees as my Trustees determine, for the purpose of the acquisition, improvement, protection, retention, or preservation of the assets of such trust, or for the benefit of any of the beneficiaries who arc entitled or permitted to receive income from such trust; 10. To create or invest in any entity with all or part of the assets of such trust and to carry on for as long and in such manner as my Trustee determines any business enterprise held or created by my Trustee or in which I owned any interest at my death, either individually or as a partner, joint venturer, stockholder, trust beneficiary, or member; to sell such business enterprise as an ongoing business; to consolidate, tnerge, encumber, dissolve, liquidate or undertake any other extraordinary corporate uansaction relating to such business enterprise; II. To vote in person or by proxy any and all stock or securities and to become a party to any voting trusts, reorganization, consolidation, or other capital or debt readjustment of any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or individual with respect to stocks, securities, or debts held by such trust; 12. Except as provided in Sections 4.38, C. and D of this Article lV, to enter into any good faith transactions with my Trustee individually or with any corporation, partnership, limited liability• partnership, limited liability company, or other entity in which my Trustee has an ownership interest; 13. To purchase from my estate any stocks, bonds, siwurithn, real or personal property, or other assets, or make loans to my estate even though the same person or persons occupy the office of my Trustee and the office of the Executor of my estate: 6 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. GRIM. P. 6(e) DB-SDNY-0060772 CONFIDENTIAL SDNY_GM_00206956 EFTA01368835