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THIS AGREEMENT made as of the 4th day of March, 2015, between
LEON D. BLACK of the State of New York (hereinafter called the "Grantor") and
LEON D. BLACK (hereinafter, along with any other person hereinafter qualifying as an
additional or successor trustee, called the "Trustees").
WITNESSETH:
The Grantor hereby transfers to the Trustees the Property (as defined in
Clause SEVENTH), which Property shall be held by the Trustees IN TRUST subject to
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this Agreement. This trust shall be
known as the APO] GRAT No. 7.
FIRST:
ANNUITY TRUST
The Property shall be held by the Trustees IN TRUST for the Trust Term
(as defined in Clause SEVENTH).
(A)
In each year of the Trust Term, the Trustees shall pay to the
Grantor, or the Grantor's estate if the Grantor is not then living, the annuity amount set
forth in the succeeding paragraph (B) of this Clause FIRST. The annuity amount shall be
paid in quarterly installments, on the Annuity Date (as defined in Clause SEVENTH),
with the first such installment due upon the expiration of the three-month period
following the Beginning Date (as defined in Clause SEVENTH). Payments shall be
made out of the income of the trust and to the extent that income is not sufficient, then
from principal. Any income for a taxable year in excess of the annuity amount that is not
distributed pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall be accumulated and added to the
principal of the trust, except as otherwise required by applicable Treasury Regulations;
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provided, however, that if the Grantor is not then living, any income for a taxable year in
excess of the annuity amount shall be paid to the Grantor's estate.
(B)
The annuity amount for the trust created under Clause
FIRST of this Agreement shall be a fixed percentage (the "Fixed Percentage") of the
initial fair market value of the Property on the Funding Date, as such value is finally
determined for Federal gift tax purposes. The Fixed Percentage shall be as follows:
Period
Fixed Percentage
First I2-Month Period
46.41146%
Second 12-Month Period
55.68865%
(C)
Upon the expiration of the Trust Term, the Trustees shall
distribute all of the remaining principal and, except as otherwise required by applicable
Treasury Regulations, all income of the trust accrued or on hand (other than any amount
due to the Grantor or the Grantor's estate, as the case may be, pursuant to the provisions
of paragraphs (A) and (E) of this Clause FIRST) as follows:
(1)
If the Grantor is living upon the expiration of the
Trust Term, or if the Grantor is not living upon the expiration of the Trust Term and the
Grantor's wife DEBRA predeceases the Grantor, such remaining principal and income
shall be paid to the Trustees of the APOI Agreement (as defined in Clause SEVENTH),
to be held and administered in accordance with the provisions of Clause FIRST thereof.
(2)
If the Grantor is not living at the expiration of the
Trust Term and DEBRA survives him:
(a)
Such portion of the remaining principal and
income that is the Includible Portion (as defined in Clause SEVENTH) shall be paid to
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the Trustees of the APOI Agreement, to be held and administered in accordance with the
provisions of Clause THIRD thereof.
(b)
The balance of the remaining principal and
income shall be paid to the Trustees of the APOI Agreement, to be held and administered
in accordance with the provisions of Clause FIRST thereof.
(D)
In determining the annuity amount payable to the Grantor
(or to the Grantor's estate), the Trustees shall prorate the same, on a daily basis, for a
short year and for the year in which the Grantor's interest (or the estate's interest)
terminates.
(E)
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, if the fair market
value of the trust assets or an annuity payment is incorrectly determined, then within a
reasonable period after the value or annuity payment is finally determined for Federal gift
tax purposes, the Trustees (or the trust's successor) in the case of an undervaluation or
underpayment shall pay to the Grantor or to the Grantor's estate, as the case may be, or in
the case of an overvaluation or overpayment shall receive from the Grantor or the
Grantor's estate, as the case may be, an amount equal to the difference between the
annuity amount properly payable and the annuity amount actually paid, in accordance
with Treas. Reg. §25.2702-3(b)(2), plus interest, if any, to the extent required under the
Code or the regulations thereunder.
(F)
The interests of the Grantor and the Grantor's estate in the
trust under this Clause FIRST (or in any GRAT (as defined in Clause SEVENTH)) shall
not be commuted.
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(G)
No additional contributions shall be made to the trust
created by this Clause FIRST (or to any GRAT).
(H)
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, during the
Trust Term, the Trustees shall be prohibited from distributing any assets from the trust
held under this Clause FIRST (or from any GRAT) to any persons, other than the
distribution to the Grantor or the Grantor's estate, as the case may be, of the annuity
amount in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Clause FIRST.
(I)
The Trustees are prohibited from issuing a note, other debt
instrument, option or other similar financial arrangement in satisfaction of the annuity
obligation.
SECOND
TAX PROVISIONS
(A)
With respect to the trust held under Clause FIRST of this
Agreement and any GRAT created under this Clause SECOND, it is the Grantor's
intention to retain a "qualified interest" and a "qualified annuity interest" within the
meaning of Section 2702(b) of the Code and Treasury Regulation §25.2702-3; and the
provisions of this Agreement shall at all times be construed and administered in such
manner to be consistent with these intentions and in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2702(b)(I) of the Code and Treasury Regulation §25.2702-3. No provision of
this Agreement shall be of any force or effect if such provision would result in the
disqualification of the Grantor's retained interest in any trust created under this
Agreement as a qualified annuity interest; and all provisions of any Regulation required
for qualification of the Grantor's retained interest as a qualified annuity interest
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(including, without limitation, the governing instrument requirements of Treasury
Regulation §25.2702-3) are hereby incorporated by reference.
(B)
In furtherance of the Grantor's intentions, the Grantor
authorizes the Independent Trustees (as defined in Clause SEVENTH), by majority
action, to amend this Agreement at any time and from time to time by written instrument,
but only for the purpose of complying with all of the requirements of Section 2702(bX1)
of the Code and the requirements of a qualified annuity interest as set forth in Treasury
Regulation §25.2702-3 and any other applicable Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (B): Each Independent Trustee may at any
time and from time to time release the right to exercise the powers granted by this
paragraph (B). Such release may be executed at the time of qualification of the
Independent Trustee or at any time thereafter and may be effective for a limited period or
under stated conditions or indefinitely. Each such release may be made by instrument in
writing maintained in the records of the Trustees. If any Independent Trustee releases his
or her right to exercise the powers granted by this paragraph (B), such Independent
Trustee shall not be counted as one of the Independent Trustees in determining the
number of Independent Trustees required to act under this paragraph (B).
(C)
Subject to the preceding provisions of this Clause
SECOND, which shall override this paragraph (C): During the Trust Term, it is the
Grantor's intention that the Independent Trustees who may be saving from time to time
shall have the power (but not the obligation) in their sole and absolute discretion, to pay
to the United States Treasury and any state or local taxing authority, such amounts as the
Grantor or the Grantor's legal representative shall certify as being required to discharge
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the Grantor's tax liability (including but not limited to Federal, state, local or otherwise)
in respect of income realized by the trust created hereunder and not distributed to the
Grantor; provided that this authority shall not be exercised pursuant to this paragraph or
applicable state law if it conflicts with the intent of the Grantor as stated in paragraph (A)
of this Clause SECOND. The Grantor confirms that no payment under this paragraph
shall exceed the difference between (i) the Grantor's Federal, state and other local income
tax liability and (ii) the Grantor's Federal, State and other local income tax liability
computed as if the trust is not a grantor trust under Sections 671, et. seq. of the Code.
The Grantor further confirms that there is no understanding or pre-existing arrangement,
express or implied, between the Grantor and the Independent Trustees regarding the
Independent Trustees' exercise of discretion pursuant to this paragraph. The provisions
of this paragraph are intended to come within the safe harbor provisions of Revenue
Ruling 2004-64. The Independent Trustees may release the power granted under this
paragraph (C) at any time by written instrument signed by all of them. Such release may
be for a limited period or under stated conditions or indefmitely.
(D)
The Trustees shall not reimburse the Grantor from trust
income or principal for the amount of any gift taxes which may be payable by the Grantor
by reason of this transfer.
(E)
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (A) of this Clause
SECOND, the Grantor, in an individual and nonfiduciary capacity, without the approval
or consent of any person in a fiduciary capacity, shall have the power to reacquire
property of any trust hereunder, other than shares of stock of a controlled corporation
(within the meaning of Section 2036(b) of the Code) by substituting other property of an
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equivalent value; provided that the Independent Trustees are satisfied that the substituted
property is of equivalent value. If no Independent Trustee is then serving with respect to
such trust, upon the exercise of this power by the Grantor, the Trustees of such trust shall
appoint an Independent Trustee in accordance with subparagraph (A)(2) of Clause
THIRD. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Grantor may not exercise his power under
this paragraph in such a manner that may shift benefits among the trust beneficiaries
within the meaning of Revenue Ruling 2008-22 and Revenue Ruling 2011-28. The
Grantor may at any time and from time to time release, in whole or in part, the powers
retained by him under this paragraph (E). Such release may be for a limited period or
under stated conditions or indefinitely. Such release shall be made by an instrument in
writing delivered to the Trustees.
(F)
The Grantor confirms that, in accordance with paragraph
(G) of Clause FIRST, no additions may be made to the trust created under Clause FIRST.
Nevertheless, if, and only if, the Grantor transfers, or is deemed to transfer, a Separate
Addition (as defined in Clause SEVENTH) to the Trustees:
(I)
The Trustees are directed to create a separate GRAT
to hold each Separate Addition, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
(2)
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
s'ubparagraph (F)(1), with respect to each GRAT:
(a)
The Anniversary Date for such GRAT shall
be the Anniversary Date described in Clause SEVENTH.
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(b)
The provisions of Clause FIRST shall apply
to each GRAT except that each of the Fixed Percentages set forth in paragraph (B) of
Clause FIRST shall be revised as follows: The Fixed Percentage for the First 12-Month
Period of the GRAT shall be such fixed percentage of the fair market value of the
Separate Addition on the Funding Date as finally determined for Federal gift tax purposes
(the "Initial GRAT Value"), that, when increased by twenty percent (20%) each
subsequent 12-Month Period of the GRAT, results in the Grantor's right to receive the
annuity amount having a value equal to Ninety-Nine and Nine Hundred Ninety-Five
Thousandths Percent (99.995%) of the Initial GRAT Value. The Fixed Percentage for
the Second 12-Month Period of the GRAT shall be such percentage that is twenty percent
(20%) higher than the Fixed Percentage for the preceding 12-Month Period.
(G)
If any portion of an annuity amount has not been paid to
the Grantor by the Annuity Date, the Terminated Portion (as defined in Clause
SEVENTH) of the trust from which such annuity amount was required to have been
made shall terminate and shall vest absolutely in the Grantor, or the Grantor's estate if the
Grantor dies during the Trust Term. The Trustees shall have no further duties, power,
authority or discretion to administer the Terminated Portion, notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement or applicable law to the contrary. If the Terminated Portion
shall remain in the hands of the Trustees after the Annuity Date, the Trustees shall hold
such property exclusively as nominees and agents for the Grantor or the Grantor's estate,
as the case may be. The Grantor hereby authorizes the Trustees, but only as nominees
and agents for the Grantor or the Grantor's estate, as the case may be, to invest the
Terminated Portion on behalf of the Grantor or the Grantor's estate, as the case may be,
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with the same authority as the Grantor or the Grantor's Executors, as the case may be,
could individually.
THIRD:
TRUSTEES
(A)
(1)
If LEON D. BLACK ceases to serve as Trustee
hereunder, and a vacancy in the office of Trustee occurs which is not filled in accordance
with the provisions of subparagraph (AX2) of this Clause, BARRY J. COHEN,
RICHARD RESSLER, and JOHN J. HANNAN shall become the Trustees hereunder in
his place.
(2)
Each individual serving from time to time as a
Trustee (including each individual who may be appointed pursuant to this paragraph)
may appoint any person or bank or trust company to serve as his or her successor as
Trustee. In addition, the individual or individuals serving at any time as Trustee or
Trustees, acting unanimously if more than one is serving, may appoint any person or
bank or trust company to serve as an additional Trustee or Trustees. Appointments shall
be by instrument filed with the Trustees then in office. Any such appointment of a
successor may be revoked by instrument in writing so filed by the person who made the
appointment at any time before the successor qualifies and any revoked appointment may
be superseded by a new appointment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no appointment of
a bank or trust company shall be effective if a corporate fiduciary is already serving, and
no more than three (3) Trustees shall serve at any time.
(3)
If a vacancy in the office of Trustee occurs, and no
successor is appointed in accordance with the preceding subparagraphs of this paragraph
(A) or in accordance with following paragraph (B) of this Clause, such individual, or
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bank, or trust company as shall be designated by the Grantor, or, if he is not then living or
if he is Incapacitated (as defined in Clause SEVENTH), by a majority of the then living
adult children of the Grantor, shall serve as Trustee. Any such designation shall be made
by signed, acknowledged written instrument signed by the designators, and may be
conditioned on such terms as to compensation (subject to paragraph P of this Clause
THIRD) and otherwise as the designators, in their discretion deem suitable.
(B)
The Grantor shall have the power to remove a Trustee, with
or without cause, by delivering notice to the Trustee and appointing a successor Trustee;
provided, however, that such authority to remove a Trustee shall be effective if, and only
if, the Grantor (i) appoints a successor Trustee (other than himself) who is not related or
subordinate to the Grantor within the meaning of Section 672(c) of the Code, and
(ii) such designated successor so qualifies as Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph, the Grantor may not exercise the power to remove a Trustee
because of such Trustee's exercise or failure to exercise a power which, if held by the
Grantor, by itself would result in any portion of the trust being included in his gross
estate for Federal estate tax purposes. The Grantor, at any time, may release the powers
granted under this paragraph (B).
(C)
No bond or other security shall at any time be required of
any Trustee, including any Trustee who is appointed under the provisions of this Clause,
regardless of the State of residence of such Trustee.
(D)
Any Trustee may at any time resign by written instrument
delivered to the co-Trustees then in office, or if no co-Trustee is then in office, then to the
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Trustee who may succeed such resigning Trustee, pursuant to the foregoing provisions of
this Agreement.
(E)
The account of a resigning Trustee and the account of a
deceased Trustee may be settled by the other Trustees then in office, or if no co-Trustee
is then in office, by the surrecsor Trustee who takes office pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Agreement.
(F)
All management and investment powers shall remain
exercisable until distribution of the trust has been completed.
(G)
No one dealing with the Trustees need inquire concerning
the validity of anything done by them or upon their order.
(H)
Parties dealing with the Trustees may rely upon a copy of
this Agreement which is certified by a Notary Public to be a true copy.
(I)
Any Trustee serving at any time may sign checks or
instruments of transfer or give instructions for the purchase or sale of securities or
perform other ministerial acts on behalf of the trust hereunder. In addition, the Trustees
may from time to time grant authority (by written instrument) to anyone chosen by
unanimous agreement of the Trustees to perform all or any of the acts described in this
paragraph once the Trustees have reached a decision.
(J)
Any Trustee may, by revocable power of attorney, delegate
to the co-Trustees then in office, the full exercise of all or any powers granted by any
provision of this Agreement to the Trustees, provided, however that no discretionary
power may be delegated to a Trustee who is specifically precluded by law or by the
provisions of this Agreement from participating in the exercise of such power.
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(K)
In any proceeding relating to a trust created under this
Agreement, to the extent permitted by applicable law, where a party to such a proceeding
has the same interest as a person under a disability, it shall not be necessary to serve with
process the person who is under a disability.
(L)
The Trustees may maintain an office where they see fit as
long as they deem it advisable and charge the expenses thereof as an administration
expense of the trust.
(M)
No Trustee shall be required to render in court annual or
periodic accounts.
(N)
Except as specifically provided otherwise in this
Agreement, the determination of a majority of the Trustees who are serving and who
have the authority to act with respect to a matter shall be controlling, with no liability on
a dissenting Trustee for anything done or omitted in accordance with the majority's
decision.
(0)
The Trustees hereunder may enter into transactions with the
Executor of an estate or the Trustees of another trust and purchase or in any other manner
acquire property from such estate or such other trust, even though a Trustee hereunder
may also be acting as the Executor of such estate or Trustee of such other trust, provided
that any such purchase is for full fair market value in money or money's worth.
(P)
(1)
No Trustee may receive compensation for his, her
or its services as Trustee hereunder (but shall nevertheless be entitled to reimbursement
for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the administration of any trust
created hereunder).
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(2)
The qualification of any individual as Trustee shall
be deemed an acceptance of the foregoing provisions.
FOURTI-i:
FIDUCIARY POWERS
In addition to the powers granted by law, the Grantor grants to the
Trustees full power to do everything in administering the trust that the Trustees may
deem advisable, to the full extent that an individual owning property would have and
without prior court authority, but all subject to the limitations set forth in Clauses FIRST
and SECOND of this Agreement and subject further to the requirements set forth in
Section 2702(b)(I) of the Code and Treasury Regulation §25.2702-3, including the
power:
(A)
To retain so long as the Trustees deem advisable the
property transferred to the Trustees and to acquire by purchase or in any other manner,
any kind of real property and personal property, or undivided interests therein, whether or
not income producing, including (without limitation) common and preferred stocks (or
stocks of any other class or type), secured and unsecured obligations, subordinated
interests of any kind, interests in investment companies, mutual funds, private equity
funds, investment trusts, discretionary common trust funds and hedge funds, unimproved
real estate, residential property, oil, gas and mineral royalties and other interests,
warrants, puts and calls (and other derivatives), futures, commodities, assets subject to
restrictions, and other kinds of financial instruments, foreign or domestic, including
instruments issued in the currencies of foreign countries, without liability to the Trustees
because of fluctuations in exchange rates, and property which is outside the Grantor's
domicile or the situs of the trust — all without any diversification as to kind or amount,
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and without being limited to investments authorized by law for the investment of trust
funds, provided that if the Grantor is not then living and DEBRA is then living, upon
DEBRA's written request, the Trustees shall convert any property that is not productive
of income to income producing property within a reasonable period of time; and to so
invest as a partner (whether general or limited), a member of a limited liability company
(whether or not as a manager) or co-venturer; with power to retain and make different
investments for any separate trust hereunder and with further power to retain funds of any
separate trust uninvested from time to time, for such period as the Trustees may deem
advisable.
(B)
To sell for cash or on credit (at public or private sale),
exchange, mortgage, lease for any period (either as landlord or tenant and including
renewals of the term) and modify, extend or cancel leases, grant options (and other
derivatives), or otherwise dispose of or deal with any real or personal property, all
regardless of statutory restrictions or the probable duration of any trust, in such manner
and upon such terms and conditions as they deem advisable and without first obtaining a
court order; to erect, renovate or alter buildings or otherwise improve and manage
buildings and property; demolish buildings; make ordinary and extraordinary repairs;
grant easements and make party wall contracts; dedicate roads; subdivide; adjust
boundary lines and partition; and to do everything with respect to interests in any
property that any individual owner may do.
(C)
To distribute in kind or in money, or partly in each, even if
distributed shares be composed differently, and for such purposes their allocations and
determinations shall be given effect if reasonably made.
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(D)
To engage accountants, appraisers and other experts and
legal counsel; to employ agents, custodians of the assets, bookkeepers, clerks and other
assistants; to engage and rely upon investment counsel, and in the discretion of the
Trustees, to grant discretionary investment authority to investment counsel; and to
remunerate any or all of such persons and pay their expenses.
(E)
To renew, assign, modify, extend, compromise, abandon or
release, with or without consideration, or submit to arbitration, obligations or claims held
by or asserted against the Trustees or which affect trust assets, all as the Trustees may
deem advisable.
(F)
To hold property in the name of nominees, or so that it will
pass by delivery, or in the name of a corporate fiduciary without disclosing any fiduciary
capacity; and to leave property in the custody of a firm of stockbrokers and have such
property registered in the name of the nominee of such stockbrokers; and to leave
property in the custody of partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures or
other entities and have such property registered in the name of such partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture or other entity as nominee.
(G)
Except as provided in paragraph (I) of Clause FIRST: To
borrow money to pay taxes or expenses or to satisfy encumbrances against property, or to
make investments in any real or personal property, or for any other purpose which in the
opinion of the Trustees will benefit the beneficiaries or facilitate the administration of
any trust hereunder, and pledge or mortgage property as security for such loans; to
subordinate the Trustees' interest in any property to the interest of a lender; to guarantee
trust obligations and those of entities in which a trust hereunder has an interest; and to
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pay interest on borrowed funds. The Trustees are specifically empowered to purchase
securities and other assets on margin, and to do everything necessary to make such
purchases.
(H)
To invest, maintain and continue an interest or investment
in any business or venture or entity for such period as the Trustees may deem advisable,
in the most advantageous form, as the Trustees may determine from time to time.
Without limiting the scope of their authority and only by way of illustration, the Grantor
directs that: The Trustees are authorized to invest additional trust assets in, and lend trust
assets to, and to guarantee the obligations of, and to pledge trust assets to secure the
obligations of, any such business or venture or entity, upon such terms as the Trustees
deem advisable. The Trustees are authorized to incorporate any business or venture, to
reorganize and recapitalize any incorporated business and issue new shares of stock, upon
such terms and conditions as the Trustees deem advisable; to liquidate any such
corporation in whole or in part; to organize subsidiaries and parent holding companies of
any such corporation; and to merge or consolidate any such corporation with any other
corporation. The Trustees are authorized to conduct any such business or venture in
partnership form (as general or limited partners) or as a limited liability company (as
managers or members), upon such terms and conditions as they may deem advisable.
The Trustees are authorized to serve as officers, directors, employees or agents of any
such business or venture or entity and to receive compensation for their services. The
Trustees are authorized to engage others to serve as officers, directors, employees and
agents of any such business, venture or entity upon such terms as the Trustees may deem
advisable. In general the Trustees are authorized to do everything in respect of the
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conduct of any such business or venture or entity that any individual could do. If any
such Trustee is personally interested in the business or venture or entity, such Trustee
shall not be bound or responsible under the usual rules concerning divided loyalty and
self-dealing. In their accounting the Trustees need not show in detail the transactions of
any such business or venture or entity but may merely show the investment which any
trust has in any such business or venture or entity at relevant times and dates.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Grantor is not then living and DEBRA is then
living, upon Debra's written request, the Trustees shall convert any property that is not
productive of income into income producing property, within a reasonable period of time.
(I)
To sell any securities held by the Trustees, to register the
same under the Securities Act of 1933 or any other United States Federal securities law
or to register or qualify any such securities for sale under any state securities law, and to
do all acts which they may deem advisable for that purpose, including (without
limitation) to enter into any agreements with underwriters, and with the corporation
securities of which are being sold, which they shall deem advisable, to make such
representations and warranties, assume such obligations and engage in such undertakings
of indemnity as they may deem proper (or to make such other arrangements concerning
the same, including without limitation the purchase of an insurance policy or policies,
charging the cost thereof to the principal of the trust holding such securities), to create
escrows, to enter into custody agreements, and in any case in which it becomes advisable
for them to enter into any agreement containing representations or undertakings which,
but for qualifying terms of the agreement, would render them personally liable therefor,
at their option, to enter into and execute any such agreement in their official capacities
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only and not individually, in which case, if the terms of the applicable agreement so
provide, the representations and undertakings shall be binding upon the trust, but shall
not be binding upon them personally.
(J)
To remove, transfer or deposit any of the personal property
forming part of any of the trusts to any place in the world as the Trustees may deem
advisable for safekeeping thereof, for the investment thereof, or for any other reason that
the Trustees may deem advisable, without bond and without prior court approval,
including the power to shift the situs of any trust to another state or country (or a
sub-division thereof) in accordance with the provisions of Clause SIXTH of this
Agreement, if, in the judgment of the Trustees, such shift in situs would benefit the
beneficiaries.
(K)
To acquire and exercise any options, privileges or rights of
any nature which may be granted to or exercisable by the holders of any property which
forms a part of the trust or sell any subscription or other rights or allow any such rights to
expire or lapse.
(L)
To enter into voting trusts and use and rely on proxies and
committees in respect of corporate matters; to assent to or participate in any
reorganization, readjustment, consolidation, merger, dissolution, sale or purchase of
assets, or similar proceedings, by any corporation whose securities or obligations or
rights shall be held hereunder; to consent to any contract, mortgage or other action by any
corporation; to deposit securities or evidences of rights or interests or obligations under
any agreement or plan for the protection of holders of securities and become a party to
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any such agreement or plan; and to participate in the reorganization of any corporation
and pay any assessment or other expenses.
(M)
To receive a substantial number of shares of one or more
corporations or a substantial interest in one or more limited liability companies or
partnerships or other unincorporated enterprises from the Grantor or any other source.
The Grantor intends that the Trustees may retain such stock or interest for such period as
they deem advisable — all in their sole and absolute discretion and without regard to
rules concerning diversification of investments or theories or principles of investment for
fiduciaries. In exercising their discretion, the Trustees shall be free to act without regard
to any personal holdings they may have in said corporation, limited liability company,
partnership or enterprise or the affiliation or association of any nature which they may
have to said corporation, limited liability company, partnership or enterprise. It is the
Grantor's intention that the Trustees shall be free to exercise their judgment without
regard to the usual rules concerning divided loyalty or self-dealing.
(N)
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (A) of Clause
SECOND, the Grantor hereby confirms that if any trust owns an interest in a limited
liability company, partnership, corporation or other business arrangement, the Trustees
shall be bound by the provisions of any operating agreement, transfer restriction
agreement, partnership agreement, shareholders agreement or other agreement governing
or otherwise affecting the interests in such limited liability company, partnership,
corporation or other business arrangement held by the trust.
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FIFTH:
IRREVOCABILITY
The Grantor declares that this Trust Agreement is irrevocable and neither
this Trust Agreement nor the trust hereby created may be amended, except as provided in
Clause SECOND.
SIXTH:
SITUS/GOVERNING LAW
The validity and construction of this Agreement and any trust hereby
created shall be governed by the law of the State of New York. The Trustees, however,
are prohibited from exercising any power or discretion granted under said laws that
would be inconsistent with the qualification of the annuity amount retained by the
Grantor as a "qualified interest" and a "qualified annuity interest" within the meaning of
Section 2702(b) of the Code and Treasury Regulation §25.2702-3. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a majority of the Trustees may, at any time and from time to time, by written
instrument, declare that any trust hereunder shall from the date of such declaration, or
from a date stated in such declaration, take effect in accordance with the law of such
other jurisdiction as they, in their sole and absolute discretion, determine, and thereafter
the law of such other jurisdiction shall govern the validity and construction of such trust
hereunder; provided, however, that if the Trustees exercise the discretionary power under
this Clause SIXTH to change the situs and governing jurisdiction of any trust under this
Agreement, they may initiate such judicial proceedings (if any) as they deem necessary or
desirable to accomplish such change, whether or not such proceeding is required by the
law of the new governing jurisdiction. However, nothing in this Clause shall be
construed as allowing a Trustee to exercise this power in a manner that will result in the
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annuity amount retained by the Grantor to fail to qualify as a "qualified interest" and a
"qualified annuity interest" within the meaning of Section 2702(b) of the Code and
Treasury Regulation §25.2702-3.
SEVENTH
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Trust Agreement:
(A)
The words "Anniversary Date" shall mean (1) the date
upon which the one-year period beginning on the Funding Date expires and (2) each
anniversary of the date described in subparagraph (1).
(B)
The words "Annuity Date" shall mean the date upon which
the quarterly installment of the annuity amount is to be paid to the Grantor. In each year
of the Trust Term, the Annuity Date for the first quarterly payment of the annuity amount
shall be the expiration of the three-month period following the Beginning Date; the
Annuity Date for the second quarterly payment of the annuity amount shall be the
expiration of the six-month period following the Beginning Date; the Annuity Date for
the third quarterly payment of the annuity amount shall be the expiration of the nine-
month period following the Beginning Date; and the Annuity Date for the fourth
quarterly payment of the annuity amount shall be the expiration of the twelve-month
period following the Beginning Date.
(C)
The words "APO1 Agreement" shall mean the trust created
under the agreement dated October 25, 2013 between Leon D. Black, as grantor, and
Barry J. Cohen, John J. Hannan and Richard Ressler, as trustees.
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(D)
The words "Beginning Date" shall mean (I) the Funding
Date for the First I2-Month Period of the Trust Term, and (2) the anniversary of the
Funding Date for the Second I2-Month Period of the Trust Term.
(E)
The words 'The Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended from time to time and any successor thereto.
(F)
The name "DEBRA" shall mean the Grantor's wife Debra
R. Black.
(G)
The words "Funding Date" shall mean (1) with respect to
the trust created under Clause FIRST of this Agreement, the date upon which the
Property is transferred to the Trustees hereunder, and (2) with respect to a GRAT, the
date upon which the Separate Addition is transferred to the Trustees hereunder.
(H)
The word "GRAT" shall mean each separate and distinct
trust that is directed to be created to hold a Separate Addition under paragraph (F) of
Clause SECOND.
(I)
The word "Incapacitated" with respect to any person shall
mean a person with respect to whom the Trustees have received a certificate signed by
two (2) qualified physicians, including, if any, the physician then primarily responsible
for such person's medical care, stating that such person is unable to act prudently with
respect to financial matters because of accident, physical or mental illness, deterioration,
injury or otherwise.
(J)
The words "Includible Portion" shall mean a fractional
share of the property passing under paragraph (C) of Clause FIRST having a numerator
equal to the value of such property includible in the Grantor's gross estate for Federal
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estate tax purposes and a denominator equal to the value of the trust property, as
determined in the Grantor's Federal estate tax proceedings, whether the Grantor's
Executors choose the date of death or alternate valuation date.
(K)
The words "Independent Trustees" shall mean the Trustees
then acting, other than the Grantor, DEBRA, those individuals consisting of adverse
parties within the meaning of Section 672(a) of the Code, those individuals deemed to be
related or subordinate to the Grantor within the meaning 672(c) of the Code and any
beneficiary with a present or future beneficial interest in the income or principal of the
trust.
(L)
The words "Marital Discord" shall mean significant tension
or strife between spouses in their marriage that, in the determination of the Trustees
(other than the potentially affected beneficiary), may lead to divorce, separation or
annulment.
(M)
the annexed Schedule A.
(N)
The word "Property" shall mean the property described in
The words "Separate Addition" shall mean each transfer, or
deemed transfer, by the Grantor to the Trustees other than the transfer of the Property (as
described in paragraph (M) of this Clause).
(0)
The words "Terminated Portion" shall mean trust property
having a value equal to the annuity amount required to have been made (if any portion of
the annuity amount has not been paid to the Grantor on the Annuity Date). The
Terminated Amount first shall be comprised of cash on hand in the trust. The balance of
Terminated Amount shall be a fractional portion of the trust, which fraction shall have a
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numerator equal to the balance of the unpaid annuity amount, and a denominator equal to
the fair market value of the trust fund (less any cash on hand used to satisfy the
Terminated Amount), as finally determined for Federal gift tax purposes on the Annuity
Date.
(P)
The words "Treasury Regulations" shall mean the
Regulations issued under the Code by the U.S. Treasury Department, as they may be
amended from time to time.
(Q)
The words "Trust Term" shall mean the period beginning
on the Funding Date and terminating on the second (2nd) Anniversary Date.
(R)
If at any time DEBRA is no longer married to and living
with the Grantor (other than by reason of the Grantor's death during the marriage), she
shall (1) be deemed to be deceased for all purposes of this Agreement and (2) be
disqualified from serving as Trustee with respect to any trust hereunder. For purposes of
this Agreement, the term "living with" shall include periods of separation unrelated to
Marital Discord (as defined in this Clause SEVENTH).
(S)
All references to children and other descendants, when
used with respect to any individual ("Such Individual"), (1) shall mean (a) any child born
of Such Individual's marriage, including any child born by surrogacy, (b) any nonmarital
child born of Such Individual if Such Individual later marries said child's father or
mother, as the case may be, (c) any adopted child of Such Individual, provided said child
was adopted prior to attaining age ten (10), (d) if, and only if, Such Individual is female,
any nonmarital child of Such Individual, whether born naturally or by surrogacy, (e) if
Such Individual is male, any nonmarital child that Such Individual has acknowledged as
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his own and as a permissible beneficiary and/or appointee hereunder, by specific
reference to such nonmarital child's name, in a signed written instrument filed with the
Trustees, and (f) the descendants of any child so defined, provided that, at each
subsequent generational level, the foregoing premises set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d),
and (e) have been satisfied; and (2) shall not mean any nonmarital child that is not
otherwise described in clauses (b),(c),(d), and (e) or such nonmarital child's descendants.
For the purposes of this paragraph (S), no child born by surrogacy shall be considered the
child of Such Individual unless Such Individual has acknowledged said child as his or her
own and as a permissible beneficiary and/or appointee hereunder in a signed written
instrument filed with the Trustees.
EIGHTH:
EXONERATION AND EXCULPATION PROVISIONS
(A)
In the event a legal action is brought against any individual
serving as the Trustee of any trust under this Agreement, all legal fees and related
expenses incurred in connection with the defense of such legal action shall be paid by
such trust without court authorization; provided, however, that (a) no such payment shall
(or shall continue to) be made if a court enters an order prohibiting such payment, and (b)
such Trustee shall refund to the trust any such payments that previously had been made if
a court enters an order directing that such payments be refunded, or if a court concludes
that such Trustee acted fraudulently in fact (as distinguished from any imputed,
constructive or assumed fraud) or in deliberate, willful and intentional disregard of the
interests of the beneficiaries.
(B)
No individual who is serving as Trustee shall be liable for
any loss or damage relating to trust funds (including without limitation, any failure,
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depreciation or loss of investments by reason of any mistake or omission), so long as
such Trustee has not acted fraudulently in fact (as distinguished from any imputed,
constructive or assumed fraud) or in deliberate, willful and intentional disregard of the
interests of the beneficiaries. The individuals who are serving as Trustees and each
individual who is a former Trustee shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the trust
assets against all expenses, liabilities, damages or losses, including (but not limited to)
reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, claims, costs, judgments or any other type
of loss or expenditure which they may incur as a result of their qualification as Trustee,
and for serving as director or officer of any company, partnership or other entity whose
shares or other equity interests are held, directly or indirectly, by the trust created
hereunder, notwithstanding that such expenses, liabilities, damages or losses may result
from a breach of duty by any Trustee, unless such expense, liability, damage or loss was
brought about by the conduct of such Trustee and such Trustee has acted fraudulently in
fact (as distinguished from any imputed, constructive or assumed fraud) or in deliberate,
willful and intentional disregard of the interests of the beneficiaries.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto signed and sealed
this instrument as of the date first above written in this Agreement.
LEON DI'BLACK, Grantor and Trustee
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STATE OF NEW YORK
: ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
On this Et day of March in the year 2015, before me, the undersigned,
a Notary Public in and for said state, personally appeared LEON D. BLACK, personally
known tome or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual
whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the
individual or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the
instrument.
Notary 1Riblic
ELIZABETH IRENE
Notary Public - State of New York
No. 01186224637
Qualified in New York County
My COMMiss;ort ExpfilS ileirertetr
54•0 Y 2Arlf
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SCHEDULE A
Assets
Such portion of the Grantor's interest in Black Family Partners, L.P. as
constitutes the Assigned Interest (as defined in an Assignment and Assumption
Agreement dated March 4, 2015 by and between the Grantor and the Trustee hereunder,
the "Assignment Agreement") assigned to the Trustee hereunder pursuant to the
Assignment Agreement.
Dated: Mardi 4, 2015
LEON 6. BLACK, as Grantor and Trustee
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