EFTA00619462.pdf
Extracted Text (OCR)
Draft 5.9.16
THIS AGREEMENT made the
day of
2016,
between PEGGY SIEGAL, residing at
Ile (hereinafter called the "Grantor"), and
PEGGY SIEGAL, residing at
and her successor(s) IN TRUST (hereinafter called
the "Trustees").
WITELaSETH
:
Contemporaneously herewith, Grantor has transferred to
the Trustees One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars in cash. The Trustees,
for themselves and their successors in trust hereunder, hereby
acknowledge the transfer to them of said property and accept and
agree to administer the property which may hereafter be held
hereunder subject to the following protisions.
This trust shall be known as:
THE PEGGY SIEGAL 2016 LIVING TRUST.
FIRST:
During the life of Grantor, the
Trustees shall administer the trust as follows:
(A) The Trustees shall dispose of
the income and principal of this trust as Grantor shall direct from
time to time. Any income not directed to be paid before the close
of any year of this trust pursuant to the direction of Grantor
shall be accumulated by being added to the principal of this trust.
(B) In the event that Grantor shall
be unable to give directions to the Trustees in respect to the
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disposition of income and principal of this trust by reason of
incapacity, the Trustees (other than Grantor) shall thereafter
during the period of incapacity:
(1) Pay to Grantor, or for
Grantor's benefit, so much of the income of this trust as the
Trustees may deem advisable from time to time, in their sole and
absolute discretion. Any income not directed to be paid before the
close of any year of the trust shall be accumulated by being added
to the principal of this trust.
(2) Pay to Grantor, or for
Grantor's benefit, so much of the principal of this trust as the
Trustees may, in their sole and absolute discretion, deem
advisable.
(C) For
the
purposes
of this
Agreement, Grantor shall be deemed incapacitated upon the delivery
to the Trustees (other than Grantor if Grantor is serving as
Trustee) of (x) an instrument in writing signed by Grantor in which
Grantor admits that Grantor is unable to give directions to the
Trustees as provided in paragraph (A) by reason of a physical or
mental disability or (y) instruments in
writing signed,
respectively, by two physicians, certifying that Grantor lacks the
capacity to give such directions by reason of illness, age or other
cause. If Grantor shall be deemed incapacitated, Grantor shall no
longer serve hereunder as Trustee during the period of incapacity.
If Grantor shall be deemed incapacitated, the period of incapacity
shall continue until the delivery to the Trustees of instruments in
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writing signed, respectively, by two physicians, certifying that
Grantor once again possesses the capacity to give directions to the
Trustees as provided in paragraph (A).
SECOND:
Upon the death of Grantor, the
principal of this trust shall be disposed of as Grantor may appoint
by Grantor's Last Will in favor of Grantor's estate or any other
appointee or appointees. If the principal of this trust shall not
have been effectively appointed by Grantor, the Trustees shall
dispose of such principal as directed in Clause THIRD.
THIRD:
The principal of this trust directed
to be disposed of pursuant to this Clause upon the death of Grantor
shall be disposed of as follows:
(A) The Trustees shall make the
following payments when directed to do so by the Executors or
Administrators of Grantor's estate by written instrument delivered
to the Trustees; provided, however, that none of the payments shall
be made from property which is not included in Grantor's gross
estate for Federal estate tax purposes:
(1) All
inheritance,
succession, transfer and estate taxes and generation-skipping
transfer tax on direct skips (other than a direct skip (x)
resulting from a disclaimer made by any person or (y) from a trust
other than any trust created under this Agreement or Grantor's
Will) as defined by the Internal Revenue Code as amended at
Grantor's death (the "Code"), including any foreign taxes, interest
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and penalties, payable by reason of Grantor's death in respect of
all items included in the computation of such taxes and passing
under this Agreement.
All taxes in respect of all other items
included in the computation of such taxes shall be apportioned
against and paid by the person or persons who receive such items or
are benefitted thereby as provided by law.
(2) All
funeral
expenses,
claims against Grantor's estate and debts, and expenses of
administration of Grantor's estate.
(3) All such payments shall be
made without requiring reimbursement from any person and without
apportionment.
The Trustees shall be completely protected in
relying upon the certification of the Executors or Administrators
of Grantor's estate as to the payments to be made, even though such
Executors or Administrators may be beneficially interested in
Grantor's estate and the trusts hereunder.
(B) The remaining principal of this
trust shall be disposed of as hereinafter directed.
FOURTH:
(A) All
articles
of
tangible
personal property that are a part of the principal of this trust at
Grantor's death, including (without limitation) automobiles,
articles of personal and household use or ornament, household
furniture and furnishings and all insurance in respect thereof
shall be distributed to Grantor's niece, MATTIE MICHELE SIEGAL
("MATTIE"), if MATTIE survives Grantor.
(B) Grantor
directs
that
all
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expenses incurred in connection with the distribution of such
articles be paid as expenses of administration of Grantor's estate.
(C) Notwithstanding
any
other
provision herein to the contrary, the Trustees, in their sole and
absolute discretion, may sell all or any of such articles and add
the proceeds to the principal of this trust.
FIFTH:
All trust principal not disposed of
upon Grantor's death pursuant to the preceding provisions of this
Agreement shall be disposed of as follows upon Grantor's death:
(A) If MATTIE survives Grantor, all
such principal shall be held by the Trustees IN TRUST, subject to
the following provisions:
(1) During the life of MATTIE,
the Trustees may pay so much of the income of this trust as they
may deem advisable, in their sole and absolute discretion, to or
for the benefit of any one or more of the persons within a group
consisting of MATTIE and MATTIE's issue who are living from time to
time. Any income not directed to be paid before the close of any
year of the trust shall be accumulated by being added to the
principal of this trust.
(2) During the life of MATTIE,
the Trustees may pay so much of the principal of this trust as they
may deem advisable, in their sole and absolute discretion, to or
for the benefit of any one or more of the persons within a group
consisting of MATTIE and MATTIE's issue who are living from time to
time.
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(3) Upon MATTIE's death, this
trust shall terminate whereupon the remaining principal of this
trust shall be disposed of as MATTIE may appoint by MATTIE's Last
Will in favor of any one or more appointees (other than MATTIE,
MATTIE's creditors, MATTIE's estate and the creditors of MATTIE's
estate). Any principal which is not effectively appointed by
MATTIE shall be distributed to MATTIE's then living issue, per
stirpes.
(4) For
purposes
of
this
Clause, the term "issue" shall include any child, grandchild or
more remote issue of MATTIE whether natural or adopted but
specifically shall not include any step-issue.
(B) If MATTIE does not survive
Grantor, all such principal shall be distributed to MATTIE's issue
who survive Grantor, per stirpes.
SIXTH:
Any trust property not effectively
disposed of upon Grantor's death under the preceding provisions of
this Agreement, or the property of any trust not effectively
disposed of upon the termination of such trust under such
provisions, shall be distributed to Grantor's cousin, BRUCE SIEGAL,
if he is then living, or, if not, to his then living issue, per
stirpes.
SEVENTH:
(A) In exercising the discretionary
powers granted to the Trustees to pay income and/or principal from
a trust under this Agreement, the Trustees shall have absolute
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discretion and plenary power to pay income and/or principal to any
one of the eligible beneficiaries, exclusively, or to any two or
more of such beneficiaries in equal or unequal shares, without
regard to any prior payment that may have been made by the
Trustees, to enable a beneficiary to maintain the beneficiary's
accustomed manner of living and for the support and maintenance in
health and reasonable comfort of the beneficiary, including
(without
limitation) expenses of medical, dental, hospital and
nursing care and to enable the beneficiary to obtain an education
(including graduate and professional school). The Trustees need
not consider the other resources that may be available from any
source to a beneficiary and may pay income and/or principal for
such purposes even to the extent of terminating such trust by
paying all of the principal at any one time. Grantor wishes to
stress that the interest of the trust remaindermen shall be
secondary and subordinate to the well-being of the income
beneficiaries. It is Grantor's intention that no court have power
under any statute to direct payment of income and/or principal to
any beneficiary.
(B) Notwithstanding
any
other
provision of this Agreement: Grantor directs that no person who
may be serving at any time as a Trustee and who has a present
beneficial interest in income or principal of any trust under this
Agreement or who has the legal obligation to support any person who
has a present beneficial interest therein, may participate in the
exercise of any discretionary power to pay income and/or principal
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from such trust.
FTGHTH:
(A) The
testamentary
power
of
appointment granted under this Agreement shall not be deemed to
have been exercised unless the donee specifically identifies the
power in the donee's Will and expressly exercises the power. In
the absence of such identification of the power and express
exercise, the power of appointment shall not be deemed to be
exercised.
The donee of a power may appoint in favor of one
beneficiary exclusively, or in favor of two or more beneficiaries
in equal or unequal shares. In exercising a power, the donee may
appoint outright or in trust and may grant further powers to
appoint, but no such further power of appointment may be exercised
to postpone the vesting of any interest or to suspend the power of
alienation for a period ascertainable without reference to the date
of Grantor's death. Appointments in trust shall be administered by
such Trustee or Trustees as the donee may designate, subject to the
management and investment powers that the donee may grant; and the
donee may direct that an appointed trust shall have a situs outside
of Grantor's domicile and shall be governed by the law of the
appointed situs.
(B) Notwithstanding any of the
foregoing provisions of this Agreement: If a share of principal
becomes distributable to a beneficiary who shall not have attained
twenty-one (21) years at the termination of any trust created by
the preceding provisions of this Agreement, the Trustees may, in
the Trustees' sole and absolute discretion, retain the share for as
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long as the Trustees may deem advisable until such beneficiary
attains such age for the beneficiary's benefit, in trust for such
beneficiary. The donees of this power to retain property in trust
may pay, apply and/or accumulate so much of the income of such
trust and may pay or apply so much of the principal of such trust
as the donees may deem advisable from time to time for the
beneficiary. The donees of this power shall have all the powers
granted by law and all the powers granted under this Agreement to
the Trustees. When such beneficiary attains the age of twenty-one
(21) years, the then remaining principal (including accumulated
income) of such trust shall be delivered to such beneficiary or if
such beneficiary dies before attaining such age, such principal
shall be delivered on the beneficiary's death to his or her
Executor or Administrator. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph, the donees of this power may, at any
time and from time to time, distribute income or any part or all of
the principal of the trust on behalf of the beneficiary, to any
person with whom the beneficiary may reside, or a parent of the
beneficiary, or a custodian for any minor beneficiary under the
applicable Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, all without requiring
bond, without the intervention of a guardian, and without having to
see to the application of the distribution, and the receipt of the
person to whom distribution is so made shall be a complete
discharge of the donees of the power in respect to such property so
distributed.
If the donees of this power determine to make
distribution to a custodian for any minor beneficiary, the donees
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may select any eligible person or trust company to serve as such
custodian, including one or more of the donees. The donees of this
power to retain property in trust shall not exercise this power so
as to defer the vesting of property or suspend the power of
alienation beyond any period specified by law and any such
attempted exercise shall be null and void.
NINTH:
(A) If, during Grantor's lifetime,
Grantor ceases to serve as Trustee of the trust under Clause FIRST,
FRANK SELVAGGI and JOSHUA SCHMELL and the survivor of them shall
become Trustees in Grantor's place and stead.
(B) FRANK
SELVAGGI
and
JOSHUA
SCHMELL and the survivor of them shall become Trustees of the trust
under Clause FIFTH.
(C) Each individual serving from
time to time as a Trustee, including any Trustee who is appointed
pursuant to this paragraph, may appoint any person or bank or trust
company to serve as such Trustee's successor Trustee of the trust.
Grantor also empowers the Trustees serving from time to time
(acting by a majority thereof) to appoint an additional Trustee of
the trust in existence at any time under this Agreement; provided,
however, that such Trustee shall have no present or future
beneficial
interest
in
the
trust
under
this
Agreement.
Appointments shall be made 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
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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 as a Trustee of any trust; and no appointment of a
successor Trustee by a Trustee herein shall be effective if a
successor Trustee named herein qualifies as Trustee pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Clause.
(D) No bond or other security shall
at any time be required of any Trustee, including any Trustee who
is appointed pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Clause,
regardless of the State of residence of such Trustee.
(E) The Trustees hereunder may enter
into transactions with the Executors of Grantor's Will or the
Administrator of Grantor's estate, including (but not limited to)
making loans to the same upon such terms and conditions (including
whether there should be interest and security) as they shall
determine and purchase or in any other manner acquire principal
from Grantor's estate, even though a Trustee hereunder may also be
an Executor of Grantor's Will or Administrator of Grantor's estate.
(F) Any Trustee may, by revocable
power of attorney, delegate to any co-Trustee 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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(G) Any Trustee may at any time
resign by written instrument delivered to the Trustees then in
office, or, if none be in office, to the Trustee who is to succeed
such resigning Trustee hereunder.
(H) The account of a resigning
Trustee and the account of a deceased Trustee may be settled by the
other Trustees then in office.
(I) All management and investment
powers shall remain exercisable until distribution of every trust
has been completed.
(J) 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 all of the Trustees.
(K) No one dealing with the Trustees
need inquire concerning the validity of anything done by the
Trustees or upon the Trustees' order.
(L) 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.
(M) Grantor
directs
that
the
Trustees shall not have any obligation to file an accounting with
respect to any trust, and Grantor does not intend that the Trustees
thereof shall have any obligation to file an annual or periodic
account in New York.
TENTH:
In addition to the powers granted by
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law, the Trustees shall have full power to do everything in
administering the trusts that they deem advisable, to the full
extent that an individual owning property has, and without prior
court authority, including power:
(A) To retain so long as they deem
advisable, and to acquire by purchase or in any other manner, any
kind of real property and personal property, or undivided interests
therein, including (without limitation) common and preferred
stocks, secured and unsecured obligations, interests in investment
companies and discretionary common trust funds, any interest in a
partnership (whether as a general or limited partner) or joint
ventures, options, oil and gas and mineral interests, and property
which is outside of Grantor's domicile or the United States--all
without diversification as to kind or amount, and without being
limited to investments authorized by law for the investment of
estate or trust funds.
Grantor wishes to record Grantor's
intention that if more than one trust is in existence at any time
under this Agreement the Trustees may, in their sole and absolute
discretion, retain and make different investments for such trusts.
(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, all
regardless of statutory restrictions or the probable duration of
any trust, refinance mortgages on property and subordinate their
interest to the interest of a lender, or otherwise dispose of or
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deal with any real or personal property, in such manner and upon
such terms and conditions as they may 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 pay any legacies provided for
hereunder and distribute (including distributions to the Trustees)
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.
(D) To apply any income or principal
that is payable to a beneficiary who shall be under the age of
twenty-one (21) years or who in the judgment of the Trustees is
incapable of making proper disposition thereof, by payments on
behalf of the beneficiary to anyone with whom the beneficiary
resides and/or by payments in discharge of the beneficiary's bills-
-all without regard to other resources of the beneficiary, without
the intervention of any guardian, conservator or committee or like
fiduciary, and without obligation to see to the further application
thereof.
(E) To
engage
accountants,
appraisers and other experts and legal counsel; to employ agents,
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clerks and other assistants; if no corporate fiduciary is serving,
the Trustees are authorized to employ custodians of the assets and
to engage and rely on investment counsel, and in the discretion of
the Trustees, to grant discretionary investment authority to
investment counsel; and to remunerate and pay the expenses of such
persons.
(F) 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 estate or trust
assets, all as the Trustees may deem advisable.
(G) To hold property in the names of
nominees, or so that it will pass by delivery, or in the name of.
any corporate fiduciary which may be serving hereunder 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.
(H) To borrow money, from others or
from the Trustees or any of them individually, for the payment of
taxes, debts or expenses, or in purchasing real or personal
property, or for any other purpose which in the opinion of the
Trustees will benefit the beneficiaries or will facilitate the
administration of any trust hereunder and pledge or mortgage
property as security for such loans; and to subordinate their
interest in any property to the interest of a lender; and if money
is borrowed, from others or from any Trustee individually, to pay
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interest thereon; to continue any debt of Grantor, including any
debt owed to any of the Trustees individually, and any pledge or
mortgage securing it.
(I) To exercise (or refrain from
exercising) all elections provided by law for tax purposes and to
make all allocations so provided (including, without limitation,
the election to claim expenses as income or estate tax deductions,
elections pertaining to the generation-skipping transfer tax and
allocation of all credits and exemptions available to Grantor's
estate) as they may deem advisable, in their sole and absolute
discretion, and without making equitable adjustments between income
and principal or among the interests of the beneficiaries of
Grantor's estate or any trust.
(J) To continue an interest or
investment in any business or venture or entity for such period as
they may deem advisable. The Trustees are authorized to invest
additional trust assets in, and lend trust assets to, any such
business or venture or entity, upon such terms as the Trustees deem
advisable.
The Trustees are authorized to reorganize any
incorporated business and issue new shares of stock (including,
without limitation, voting or non-voting preferred stock) in
addition to or in exchange for all or any shares then outstanding,
upon such terms and conditions as they deem advisable; to liquidate
any such corporation in whole or in part; to organize subsidiaries
and parent holding companies of any such corporation; to effectuate
a redemption of all or any shares of stock outstanding (including,
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without limitation, one or more redemptions under §303 of the Code)
and accept cash, notes or other property as consideration therefor;
and to merge or consolidate any such corporation with any other
corporation.
The Trustees are authorized to conduct any such
business or venture in limited liability company or partnership
form, as general or limited partners, upon such terms and
conditions as they may deem advisable. The Trustees are authorized
to serve as officers, directors, managers, employees or agents of
any such business or venture or entity and to receive compensation
for their services, in addition to their commissions as fiduciaries
under this Agreement. The Trustees are authorized to engage others
to serve as officers, directors, managers, 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 conduct of any such
business, venture or entity that Grantor could do if Grantor were
living.
If any such fiduciary is personally interested in the
business or venture or entity, such fiduciary shall not be bound or
responsible under the usual rules concerning divided loyalty and
self-dealing. In their accountings 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 hereunder has in
any such business or venture or entity at relevant times and dates.
(K) To remove, transfer or deposit
any of the personal property forming part of Grantor's estate or
any trust hereunder, to any place in the world as the Trustees may
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deem advisable for the safekeeping thereof, without bond.
(L) In their discretion, to compound
any transfer, inheritance or estate taxes or death duties payable
by reason of Grantor's death, upon such terms as they may deem
equitable and expedient, and any such composition so made shall be
binding and conclusive upon all persons interested in Grantor's
estate and trust.
(M) To
lend
money from
trust
principal to any person to whom income of any trust hereunder may
be paid, upon the terms and conditions (including whether there
should be interest and security) as the Trustees may deem advisable
in their sole and absolute discretion.
(N) To
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
Grantor's estate or any trust hereunder or sell any subscription or
other rights or allow any such rights to expire or lapse.
(0) To transfer the situs of the
assets of any trust to any other jurisdiction as often as the
Trustees deem advisable by appointing a person or bank or trust
company as substitute Trustee, and to delegate to the substitute
Trustee all or part of the powers given hereunder to the Trustees,
and to remove any substitute Trustee and appoint a successor
thereto or to reappoint themselves as Trustee.
(P) To enter into voting trusts and
use and rely on proxies and committees in respect of corporate
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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 agreement or plan for the protection
of holders of securities and become a party to any such agreement
or plan; and to participate in the reorganization of any
corporation and pay any assessment or other expenses.
(Q) If the property of any trust
under this Agreement has an Inclusion Ratio (as defined in
52642(a)(1) of the Code) other than zero or one, Grantor authorizes
(but does not direct) the Trustees, as they deem advisable from
time to time, in their sole and absolute discretion, to subdivide
such trust into two separate trusts of equal or unequal fractional
values, one having an Inclusion Ratio of zero and the other having
an Inclusion Ratio of one.
(1) Grantor authorizes (but
does not direct) the Trustees, as they may deem advisable from time
to time, in their sole and absolute discretion, by instrument filed
with the Trustees then in office, and without being required to
give notice to or obtain the consent of any beneficiary and without
court approval, with respect to all or any part of the principal of
any trust (including a pecuniary amount) to (w) give any beneficia-
ry designated under this Agreement a general power of appointment
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within the meaning of §2041 of the Code (including, without
limitation, a power that requires the consent to its exercise of
the Trustees (other than any Trustee who has a present beneficial
interest in such trust)), pursuant to which such beneficiary may
dispose of such principal upon the beneficiary's death, (x) revoke
such power for all or any part of the principal of the trust in
respect of which it was granted, (y) irrevocably release the right
to grant or revoke all such powers or any such power which could be
granted or revoked hereunder and (z) subdivide the principal of the
trust in respect of which a power was granted under this paragraph
into two fractional shares based upon the portion thereof that
would be includible in the gross estate of the beneficiary holding
a power so granted if such beneficiary were to die immediately
before such subdivision (in which case, the power so granted shall
be in respect of the entire principal of one such share and in
respect of no part of the other share), and each such share shall
be administered as a separate trust unless the Trustees, in their
sole and absolute discretion, combine separate trusts into a single
trust which Grantor empowers the Trustees to do. It is Grantor's
expectation that the Trustees will use these powers to keep a
general power of appointment in effect when they believe that the
inclusion of the property subject to such power in the gross estate
of a beneficiary will achieve a substantial savings in transfer tax
for the benefit of issue of the beneficiary by subjecting such
property to the estate tax rather than the generation-skipping
transfer tax.
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(2) No Trustee referred to in
paragraph (B) of Clause SEVENTH and no Trustee who is specifically
precluded by law from doing so, may participate in the exercise of
any power granted under this paragraph.
(3) The Trustees shall not be
liable to any beneficiary by reason of their exercise or non-
exercise of the powers granted to the Trustees under this
paragraph, provided they shall have acted in good faith.
(R) To
make
discretionary
allocations of receipts between income and principal, or to income
or principal exclusively, as the Trustees may deem advisable from
time to time in their sole and absolute discretion--and to make
discretionary charges of expenses between income and principal, or
to income or principal exclusively, as the Trustees may deem
advisable from time to time, in their sole and absolute discretion-
-all without regard to any prior allocations which may have been
made at any time, and without regard to any statutory rules or case
law which may otherwise have applied; provided, however, that no
Trustee who is specifically precluded by law or by the provisions
of paragraph (B) of Clause SEVENTH of this Agreement may
participate in the making of any such allocations.
(S) To comply with all the terms and
provisions of every real estate partnership and joint venture
agreement to which Grantor may be a party at the time of Grantor's
death and which becomes a part of Grantor's estate or any trust
hereunder. Grantor authorizes the Trustees to succeed Grantor as
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a member of any such partnership or joint venture and, in
connection therewith, to execute any consents and to take such
other action as they, in their sole and absolute discretion, shall
deem advisable.
Grantor further authorizes the Trustees to
maintain reasonable reserves for depreciation and amortization.
(T) The Trustees are authorized in
their sole and absolute discretion to make any election or
allocation to adjust the federal income tax cost basis of assets
passing as a result of Grantor's death to the extent authorized by
law, whether or not those assets pass hereunder or under Grantor's
Will, by allocating any amount by which the basis of assets may be
increased. The Trustees shall be under no duty to allocate basis
increase exclusively, primarily or at all to assets passing under
this Agreement as opposed to other property passing as a result of
Grantor's death, or to allocate basis equally or pro rata among
various recipients of those assets. Neither any such allocation
nor any failure to make such an allocation shall cause the Trustees
to be liable to any person.
(U) To divide the property of any
trust into separate trusts of equal or unequal value.
(V) (1) To access, use, and control
Grantor's digital devices, including but not limited to, desktop
computers, laptop computers, tablets, peripherals, storage devices,
mobile telephones, smart phones, and any similar devices which
currently exist or may exist as technology develops for the
purposes of accessing, modifying, deleting, controlling, or
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transferring Grantor's digital assets.
(2) To access, modify, delete,
control, and transfer Grantor's digital assets and the content
thereof, including but not limited to, e-mails received, e-mails
sent, e-mail accounts, digital music, digital photographs, digital
videos, software licenses, social network accounts, file sharing
accounts, financial accounts, domain registrations, DNS service
accounts, web hosting accounts, tax preparation services accounts,
online stores, affiliate programs, other on-line accounts, and
similar digital items which currently exist or may exist as
technology develops.
(3) To obtain, access, modify,
delete, and control Grantor's passwords and other electronic
credentials associated with Grantor's digital devices and digital
assets described in the preceding subparagraphs (V)(1) and (V)(2).
F.LFSVNTH:
The Trustees may, at any time and
from time to time, render an accounting in respect to any trust
hereunder to the then current income beneficiary thereof. Such
accounting (but only if accompanied by notice of the provisions of
this Clause) shall be deemed a final accounting unless within
ninety days from the service of such notice any party to whom the
accounting is rendered shall have mailed by registered mail to the
Trustees a written statement specifying objections to such
accounting. If the Trustees shall comply with the provisions of
this Clause, such accounting shall be binding and conclusive upon
all parties who may be interested in the trust in respect to which
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the accounting was rendered for the period covered by the
accounting, without the necessity of any proceedings in any court
which might have jurisdiction over such trust. If any party who
may be interested in the trust in respect to which an accounting is
rendered is a person under a disability, it shall not be necessary
to make such party a party to such accounting provided that a
person who is not under a disability and who has the same interest
as the person who is under a disability is a party.
OA.
TWELFTH:
(A) The Trustees are empowered to
receive additional real or personal property which is transferred
to the Trustees at any time or bequeathed to the Trustees at any
time by the Grantor or any other person.
The Trustees are
empowered to receive benefits of any insurance policy and under any
employee benefit plan which are made payable to the Trustees at any
time. Unless otherwise specified in any instrument or Will under
which such property is transferred or bequeathed or made payable to
the Trustees, all such property shall be added to the principal of
the trust which then exists under this Agreement and shall be dealt
with and disposed of as part of the principal of such trust.
(B) Any income on property which is
transferred to any trust hereunder and which is accrued at the date
of the transfer but thereafter received by the Trustees shall be
allocated to income. This direction shall apply to the original
assets of the trusts and to all other property which is added
thereto.
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THIRTEENTU:
Grantor reserves the power to revoke
or amend this Agreement, in whole or in part, by instrument in
writing which is signed by the Grantor and acknowledged before a
Notary Public and delivered during the life of the Grantor to the
Trustees; provided,
however, that
no such
amendment may
unreasonably increase the duties of the Trustees without their
written consent.
FOURTEENTH:
The interests of a beneficiary under
this Agreement may not be transferred or encumbered and shall not
be subject to claims of creditors or others, and shall not be
subject to legal process.
FIFTEENTH:
(A) The validity and construction of
this Agreement and the trusts hereby created shall be governed by
the laws of the State of New York.
(B) The Trustees may change the
situs of any trust under this Agreement, and to the extent
necessary or appropriate, move trust assets to a state or country
other than the one in which the trust is then administered if the
Trustees shall determine it to be in the best interest of the trust
or the beneficiaries. The Trustees may elect that the law of such
other jurisdiction shall govern the trust to the extent necessary
or appropriate under the circumstance.
SIXTEENTH:
This
Agreement
is
signed
in
counterparts, any one of which may be treated as the original
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instrument without producing any of the other counterparts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto signed and
sealed this instrument as of the date first above written in this
Agreement.
PEGGY SIEGAL, Grantor and Trustee
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STATE OF NEW YORK
)
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )ss.:
On the
day of
, 2016, before me, the
undersigned, a notary public in and for said state, personally
appeared PEGGY SIEGAL known to me 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 she executed
the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the
instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the
individual acted, executed the instrument.
Notary Public
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