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AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF
THE BLACK FAMILY 1997 TRUST AGREEMENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE PAGE
I : TRUST FUND 4
H : THE BLACK FAMILY 1997 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 19
VII : TRUSTEES' INVESTMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS 20
VIII : RESTRICTIONS ON POWERS 39
IX : IRREVOCABILITY; MODIFICATION 42
X : ACCOUNTING BY TRUSTEES 46
XI : TRUSTEE DESIGNATIONS, RESIGNATIONS, AND REMOVALS 48
XII : ACTION BY TRUSTEES 56
XIII : LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY OF TRUSTEES 57
XIV : ORIGINAL DEFINITIONS 59
XV : 2012 DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION 62
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WHEREAS, by trust agreement dated July 30, 1997 by and among LEON D.
BLACK, as settlor (the "Settlor"), and DEBRA R. BLACK ("DEBRA"), BARRY J. COHEN
("BARRY"), JOHN J. HANNAN ("JOHN") and RICHARD RESSLER ("RICHARD"), as
trustees (the "Original Trust Agreement"), the BLACK FAMILY 1997 TRUST (the "Family
Trust") was created; and
WHEREAS, by an instrument dated December 28, 2009, the trustees of the
Family Trust (1) divided the Family Trust into two separate trusts, one which continues to be
known as the BLACK FAMILY 1997 TRUST (the "Non-GST Exempt Trust") and one of which
is known as the LEON D. BLACK 2007 GST EXEMPT FAMILY TRUST (the "GST Exempt
Trust"), and (2) allocated to (a) the GST Exempt Trust a fraction of the assets held in the Family
Trust on the date of this Instrument of Division the numerator of which is TWO MILLION
NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND EIGHTY-FIVE (2,952,085) and the denominator
of which is the fair market value of the assets held in the Family Trust as of the date of this
Instrument of Division and (b) the Non-GST Exempt Trust the balance of the assets of the
Family Trust.
WHEREAS, DEBRA, BARRY, JOHN and RICHARD are currently the trustees
under the Original Trust Agreement, and BARRY, JOHN and RICHARD are currently the
Independent Trustees (as defined in the Original Trust Agreement) under the Original Trust
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to article III 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 DEBRA is alive and not under a
disability, subject to certain prohibitions set forth in section (B) of article III of the Original Trust
Agreement, by written instrument signed by all of the Independent Trustees then serving, which
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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 VII(B) 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 XII(A) 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 XII(H) of the Original Trust Agreement, before
taking office each person other than an original trustee shall accept the terms of the Original
Trust Agreement and shall agree to act as trustee under the Original Trust Agreement by signing
a written instrument to that effect; and
WHEREAS, the Settlor and DEBRA are alive and not under a disability; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees would like to change the situs of administration of the
law governing all trusts under the Original Trust Agreement other than the GST Exempt Trust
from New York to Delaware; and
WHEREAS, the Independent Trustees now would like to amend the Original
Trust Agreement in certain respects as it pertains to the Non-GST Exempt Trust and restate in
this one instrument the Original Trust Agreement as it pertains to the Non-GST Exempt Trust;
and
WHEREAS, the desired amendments to the Original Trust Agreement are not
prohibited by section (B) of article III of the Original Trust Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Settlor would like to designate U.S. TRUST COMPANY OF
DELAWARE ("U.S. TRUST") as directed trustee (hereinafter referred to as "Administrative
Trustee") of all trusts under the Original Trust Agreement other than the GST Exempt Trust; and
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WHEREAS, U.S. TRUST, as Administrative Trustee, would like to accept the
terms of the Original Trust Agreement and agrees to act as trustee.
NOW, THEREFORE,
(1) First, the Trustees hereby change the situs of administration of the law
governing all trusts under the Original Trust Agreement other than the GST Exempt Trust from
New York to Delaware.
(2) Second, the Independent Trustees hereby amend and restate the Original
Trust Agreement in its entirety as it pertains to the Non-GST Exempt Trust, 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
FAMILY 1997 TRUST.
(3) Third, the Settlor hereby designates U.S. TRUST COMPANY OF
DELAWARE as Administrative Trustee of all trusts under the Original Trust Agreement other
than the GST Exempt Trust.
(4) Fourth, U.S. TRUST COMPANY OF DELAWARE, as Administrative
Trustee, hereby accepts the terms of the Original Trust Agreement and agrees to act as trustee of
all trusts under the Original Trust Agreement other than the GST Exempt Trust.
(5) Fifth, the Original Trust Agreement shall continue to govern the GST
Exempt Trust and DEBRA, BARRY, JOHN and RICHARD shall continue to serve as Trustee of
such trust and U.S. TRUST COMPANY OF DELAWARE shall not serve as Administrative
Trustee of such trust.
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I: TRUST FUND
The Trustees of the Non-GST Exempt Trust agree to continue to hold the Trust
Fund of the Non-GST Exempt Trust in trust and to manage and dispose of such assets in
accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement. This Trust shall be identified as the
"BLACK FAMILY 1997 TRUST," the dispositive provisions of which are set forth in Article II.
The Beneficiaries under this Trust Agreement at any particular time are those of the Settlor's
spouse and the Settlor's issue who are then living. This Trust Agreement shall be identified as
the "BLACK FAMILY 1997 TRUST AGREEMENT." The defmitions of the other terms used
in this Trust Agreement are set forth in Article XIV or in Article XV or where they first appear.
II: THE BLACK FAMILY 1997 TRUST
Following are the dispositive provisions of the "BLACK FAMILY 1997
TRUST':
(A) Distributions. (1) 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.
(2) 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 Settlor'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
the 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 terns 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 the
provisions of 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(F). 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) 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 appointment), and to the exclusion of any one or more of them, as the
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Primary Beneficiary shall determine, provided that such Primary Beneficiary's power of
appointment has not been postponed, suspended or terminated pursuant to Article V(F). 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) 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.
(D) [Indisposed ofProperty. 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.
(E) 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
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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.
(F) 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.
(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
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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,
potential or pending creditor claims, potential tax disadvantage to such Primary Beneficiary or
his or her family, or similar substantial cause.
(G) 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
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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.
(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
otherwise 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.
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(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 Settlor during the Settlor's lifetime or under the Settlor's
Will, or (ii) a trust held under any successor instrument amending or restating one or more trusts
described in clause (i).
VII: TRUSTEES' INVESTMENT AND
ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS
(A) Overriding Limitation on Powers. The provisions of this Article are
expressly subordinate to the overriding provisions of Article VIII.
(B) General Powers. The Trustees shall have all powers and discretion
conferred generally upon fiduciaries by the laws of the State of Delaware and by other provisions
of law. Without limiting the foregoing, the Trustees shall also have the following powers and
discretion as to all property of whatever kind at any time held by them, including income held by
them, until final distribution, which they may exercise as they deem advisable:
(1) To sell, purchase, exchange, invest and reinvest in bonds, preferred
or common stocks, mortgages, mutual funds or money market funds, interests in
any kind of investment trust, partnership or limited liability company, or other
evidences of rights, interests or obligations, secured or unsecured, foreign or
domestic, or any other property, real or personal and whether or not in the nature
of a wasting asset, without any duty to diversify investments, and fully free of any
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and all restrictions imposed by law upon the investment of funds held by a
fiduciary; and to retain the same for any period of time without liability therefor;
(2) To employ such one or more agents, accountants, custodians,
experts and counsel, legal or investment (including any firm with which any of
the Trustees may be affiliated), as the Trustees shall determine, to delegate
discretionary powers to them, to rely upon information or advice furnished by
them, and to compensate them out of the Trust Fund of the Trust or Trusts on
behalf of which the engagement was made (and not out of the Trustees'
commissions);
(3) To improve, lease for any term (whether or not such term is
beyond the term of the administration of the Trust which is the lessor or the term
fixed by any law) to any Person including the Senior, partition or otherwise deal
with or dispose of any real or personal property or any interest therein; to
demolish or to make alterations in and extraordinary improvements to any
building now or hereafter located on any such property; to construct new
buildings; and to enter into contracts or grant options (for any period) as to any of
the foregoing;
(4) To consent to the modification, renewal or extension of any note,
whether or not secured, or any bond or mortgage, or any term or provision
thereof, or any guarantee thereof, or to the release of such guarantee; to release
obligors on bonds secured by mortgages or to refrain from instituting suits or
actions against such obligors for deficiencies; to use property held under this
Trust Agreement for the protection of any investment in real property or in any
mortgage on real property;
(5) To abandon any property, real or personal, that they deem to be
worthless or not of enough value to warrant keeping or protecting; to abstain from
the repairs, maintenance and upkeep of such property, and from the payment of
taxes, water rents, and assessments regarding such property; to permit such
property to be lost by tax sale or other proceeding, or to convey it for nominal or
no consideration;
(6) To exercise or dispose of any or all options, privileges or rights of
any nature appurtenant or incident to the ownership of any property, including but
not limited to rights to vote, assent, subscribe or convert; to become a party to, or
deposit securities or other property under, or accept securities issued under, any
voting trust agreement;
(7) To assent to or participate in any reorganization, readjustment,
recapitalization, liquidation, partial liquidation, consolidation, merger, dissolution,
sale or purchase of assets, lease, mortgage, contract or other action or proceeding
by any corporation and, in that connection, to subscribe to new securities, to
exchange any property for any other property, and to pay any assessments or other
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expenses; to delegate discretionary powers to any reorganization, protective or
similar committee;
(8) To borrow money from any party, including the Settlor or any of
the Trustees, for any purpose
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