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BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall hold the assets of, and collect the income and make payments from the Fund, all as hereinafter provided. Except to the extent that assets of the Fund have been deposited in a collective investment fund maintained by the Trustee, the Trustee shall not be responsible, directly or indirectly, for the investment or reinvestment of the assets of the Fund, which shall be the sole responsibility of the Named Fiduciary. The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Agreement. As to the responsibilities of the Trustee, in any case in which a provision of this Agreement conflicts with any provision in the Plan, this Agreement shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior trustee. The Trustee shall have no authority or duty to determine the adequacy of or enforce the collection of contributions under the Plan, shall not be responsible for the adequacy of the Trust to meet and discharge any liabilities under the Plan and shall have no responsibility for any property until such cash or property is received and accepted by the Trustee. The Employer and the Named Fiduciary shall have the sole duty and responsibility for ensuring the adequacy of the Trust to discharge the liabilities under the Plan, determining the adequacy of the contributions to be made under the Plan, transmitting the contributions to the Trustee and ensuring compliance with any statute, regulation or rule applicable to contributions. Except as may be permitted by law or by the terms of the Plan or this Agreement, at no time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to Members and their Beneficiaries under the Plan shall any part of the Trust be used for or diverted to any purpose other than for the exclusive benefit of the Members and their Beneficiaries. The assets of the Trust shall be held for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to Members of the Plan and their Beneficiaries and defraying the reasonable expenses of administering the Plan and the Trust. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement: (i) if a contribution is conditioned upon a favorable determination as to the qualified status of the Plan under Code Section 401 and the Plan receives an adverse determination with respect to its initial qualification, then any such contribution may be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of determination; (ii) a contribution made by the Employer based upon mistake of fact may be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of such contribution; and (iii) if a contribution to the Plan is conditioned upon its deductibility under the Code and a deduction for such a contribution is disallowed, such contribution may be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of the disallowance of such deduction. The Trustee shall make distributions and payments out of the Fund as directed by the Named Fiduciary and amounts distributed or paid pursuant to such direction thereafter no longer shall constitute a part of the Fund. The Named Fiduciary may direct such distributions and payments to be made to any person, including the Named Fiduciary or an Employer, or to any paying agent designated by the Named Fiduciary, in such amounts and in such form and for such purposes as the Named Fiduciary shall direct. Any such order shall constitute a certification that the payment is one the Named Fiduciary is authorized to direct. The Named Fiduciary shall have the exclusive responsibility, and the Trustee shall not have any responsibility or duty under this Agreement, for ensuring that any payment made from the Fund at the direction of the Named Fiduciary does not constitute a diversion of the assets of the Fund and for determining that any such distribution is in accordance with the terms of the Plan and applicable law, including, without limitation, determining the amount, timing or method of payment and the identity of each person to whom such payments shall be made. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or duty to determine the tax effect of any payment or to see to the application of any payment. The Trustee shall not be required to make any payment from the Fund in excess of the net realizable value of the assets of the Fund or to make any payment in cash unless there is sufficient cash in the Fund or the Named Fiduciary has provided written instructions as to the assets to be converted to cash for the purpose of making the distribution. If a dispute arises as to who is entitled to or should receive any benefit or payment, the Trustee may withhold or cause to be withheld such payment until the dispute is resolved. The Employer shall identify the Named Fiduciary to the Trustee and shall furnish the Trustee with a written list of the names, signatures and extent of authority of all persons authorized to direct the Trustee and otherwise act on behalf of the Employer under the terms of this Agreement. The Named Fiduciary will provide the Trustee with a written list of the names, signatures and extent of authority of all persons authorized to act on behalf of the Named Fiduciary. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on and shall be fully protected in acting upon direction from an authorized party until notified in writing by the Employer or the Named Fiduciary, as appropriate, of a change of the identity of an authorized party. All directions and instructions to the Trustee from a party who has been authorized to act on behalf of the Employer or the Named Fiduciary shall be in writing, transmitted by mail or by facsimile or shall be an electronic transmission, provided the Trustee may, in its discretion, accept oral directions and instructions and may require confirmation in writing of any such oral directions and instructions. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on and shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with all such directions and instructions which the Trustee reasonably believes to have been given by a party who has been authorized to act on behalf of the Employer or the Named Fiduciary. All fiduciaries (within the meaning of Section 3(21)(A) of ERISA) under the Plan shall discharge their fiduciary duties with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Adoption Agreement (Sugar Creek Financial Corp./Md/), Adoption Agreement (Cape Bancorp, Inc.), Adoption Agreement (First Savings Financial Group Inc)

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BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall hold the assets of, and collect the income and make payments from the Fund, all as hereinafter provided. Except to the extent that assets of the Fund have been deposited in a collective investment fund maintained by the Trustee, the Trustee shall not be responsible, directly or indirectly, for the investment or reinvestment of the assets of the Fund, which shall be the sole responsibility of the Named Fiduciary. The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Agreement. As to the responsibilities of the Trustee, in any case in which a provision of this Agreement conflicts with any provision in the Plan, this Agreement shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior trustee. The Trustee shall have no authority or duty to determine the adequacy of or enforce the collection of contributions under the Plan, shall not be responsible for the adequacy of the Trust to meet and discharge any liabilities under the Plan and shall have no responsibility for any property until such cash or property is received and accepted by the Trustee. The Employer and the Named Fiduciary shall have the sole duty and responsibility for ensuring the adequacy of the Trust to discharge the liabilities under the Plan, determining the adequacy of the contributions to be made under the Plan, transmitting the contributions to the Trustee and ensuring compliance with any statute, regulation or rule applicable to contributions. Except as may be permitted by law or by the terms of the Plan or this Agreement, at no time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to Members participants and their Beneficiaries beneficiaries under the Plan shall any part of the Trust be used for or diverted to any purpose other than for the exclusive benefit of the Members participants and their Beneficiariesbeneficiaries. The assets of the Trust shall be held for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to Members participants of the Plan and their Beneficiaries beneficiaries and defraying the reasonable expenses of administering the Plan and the Trust. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement: (i) if a contribution is conditioned upon a favorable determination as to the qualified status of the Plan under Code Section 401 and the Plan receives an adverse determination with respect to its initial qualification, then any such contribution may be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of determination; (ii) a contribution made by the Employer based upon mistake of fact may be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of such contribution; and (iii) if a contribution to the Plan is conditioned upon its deductibility under the Code and a deduction for such a contribution is disallowed, such contribution may be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of the disallowance of such deduction. The Trustee shall make distributions and payments out of the Fund as directed by the Named Fiduciary and amounts distributed or paid pursuant to such direction thereafter no longer shall constitute a part of the Fund. The Named Fiduciary may direct such distributions and payments to be made to any person, including the Named Fiduciary or an Employer, or to any paying agent designated by the Named Fiduciary, in such amounts and in such form and for such purposes as the Named Fiduciary shall direct. Any such order shall constitute a certification that the payment is one the Named Fiduciary is authorized to direct. The Named Fiduciary shall have the exclusive responsibility, and the Trustee shall not have any responsibility or duty under this Agreement, for ensuring that any payment made from the Fund at the direction of the Named Fiduciary does not constitute a diversion of the assets of the Fund and for determining that any such distribution is in accordance with the terms of the Plan and applicable law, including, without limitation, determining the amount, timing or method of payment and the identity of each person to whom such payments shall be made. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or duty to determine the tax effect of any payment or to see to the application of any payment. The Trustee shall not be required to make any payment from the Fund in excess of the net realizable value of the assets of the Fund or to make any payment in cash unless there is sufficient cash in the Fund or the Named Fiduciary has provided written instructions as to the assets to be converted to cash for the purpose of making the distribution. If a dispute arises as to who is entitled to or should receive any benefit or payment, the Trustee may withhold or cause to be withheld such payment until the dispute is resolved. The Employer shall identify the Named Fiduciary to the Trustee and shall furnish the Trustee with a written list of the names, signatures and extent of authority of all persons authorized to direct the Trustee and otherwise act on behalf of the Employer under the terms of this Agreement. The Named Fiduciary will provide the Trustee with a written list of the names, signatures and extent of authority of all persons authorized to act on behalf of the Named Fiduciary. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on and shall be fully protected in acting upon direction from an authorized party until notified in writing by the Employer or the Named Fiduciary, as appropriate, of a change of the identity of an authorized party. All directions and instructions to the Trustee from a party who has been authorized to act on behalf of the Employer or the Named Fiduciary shall be in writing, transmitted by mail or by facsimile or shall be an electronic transmission, provided the Trustee may, in its discretion, accept oral directions and instructions and may require confirmation in writing of any such oral directions and instructions. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on and shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with all such directions and instructions which the Trustee reasonably believes to have been given by a party who has been authorized to act on behalf of the Employer or the Named Fiduciary. All fiduciaries (within the meaning of Section 3(21)(A) of ERISA) under the Plan shall discharge their fiduciary duties with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Adoption Agreement (Newport Bancorp Inc), Adoption Agreement (Northeast Community Bancorp Inc), Adoption Agreement (Sugar Creek Financial Corp)

BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The provisions of this Article, other than Section 7.6 shall not apply to this Plan if a separate trust agreement is being used as specified in the Adoption Agreement. (b) The Trustee shall hold the assets of, and collect the income and make payments from the Fund, all as hereinafter provided. Except is accountable to the extent Employer for the funds contributed to the Trust Fund by the Employer, but the Trustee does not have any duty to see that assets the contributions received comply with the provisions of the Fund have been deposited in a collective investment fund maintained by the Trustee, the Trustee shall not be responsible, directly or indirectly, for the investment or reinvestment of the assets of the Fund, which shall be the sole responsibility of the Named FiduciaryPlan. The Trustee is not obligated to collect any contributions from the Employer, nor is it under a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, duty to see that funds deposited with it are deposited in accordance with the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Agreement. As to the responsibilities provisions of the Trustee, in any case in which a provision of this Agreement conflicts with any provision in the Plan, this Agreement shall control. . (c) The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior trustee. The Trustee shall have no authority or duty to determine the adequacy of or enforce the collection of contributions under the Plan, shall not be responsible for the adequacy of will credit and distribute the Trust to meet and discharge any liabilities under the Plan and shall have no responsibility for any property until such cash or property is received and accepted by the Trustee. The Employer and the Named Fiduciary shall have the sole duty and responsibility for ensuring the adequacy of the Trust to discharge the liabilities under the Plan, determining the adequacy of the contributions to be made under the Plan, transmitting the contributions to the Trustee and ensuring compliance with any statute, regulation or rule applicable to contributions. Except as may be permitted by law or by the terms of the Plan or this Agreement, at no time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to Members and their Beneficiaries under the Plan shall any part of the Trust be used for or diverted to any purpose other than for the exclusive benefit of the Members and their Beneficiaries. The assets of the Trust shall be held for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to Members of the Plan and their Beneficiaries and defraying the reasonable expenses of administering the Plan and the Trust. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement: (i) if a contribution is conditioned upon a favorable determination as to the qualified status of the Plan under Code Section 401 and the Plan receives an adverse determination with respect to its initial qualification, then any such contribution may be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of determination; (ii) a contribution made by the Employer based upon mistake of fact may be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of such contribution; and (iii) if a contribution to the Plan is conditioned upon its deductibility under the Code and a deduction for such a contribution is disallowed, such contribution may be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of the disallowance of such deduction. The Trustee shall make distributions and payments out of the Fund as directed by the Named Fiduciary and amounts distributed or paid pursuant to such direction thereafter no longer shall constitute a part of the Fund. The Named Fiduciary may direct such distributions and payments to be made to any person, including the Named Fiduciary or an Employer, or to any paying agent designated by the Named Fiduciary, in such amounts and in such form and for such purposes as the Named Fiduciary shall direct. Any such order shall constitute a certification that the payment is one the Named Fiduciary is authorized to direct. The Named Fiduciary shall have the exclusive responsibility, and the Trustee shall not have any responsibility or duty under this Agreement, for ensuring that any payment made from the Fund at the direction of the Named Fiduciary does not constitute a diversion of the assets of the Fund and for determining that any such distribution is in accordance with the terms of the Plan and applicable law, including, without limitation, determining the amount, timing or method of payment and the identity of each person to whom such payments shall be made. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or duty to determine the tax effect of any payment or to see to the application of any paymentAdministrator. The Trustee shall not be required responsible in any way to make determine whether any payee or distributee is entitled to any payment from or whether the Fund in excess distribution is proper or within the terms of the net realizable value of the assets of the Fund Plan, or to make any payment in cash unless there is sufficient cash in the Fund or the Named Fiduciary has provided written instructions as to the assets to be converted to cash for the purpose manner of making the any payment or distribution. If The Trustee is accountable only to the Administrator for any payment or distribution made by it in good faith on the order or direction of the Administrator. (d) In the event that the Trustee shall be directed by a dispute arises as Participant (pursuant to who is entitled the Participant Direction Procedures if the Plan permits Participant directed investments), the Employer, or an Investment Manager or other agent appointed by the Employer with respect to the investment of any or should receive any benefit or paymentall Plan assets, the Trustee may withhold or cause to be withheld such payment until the dispute is resolved. The Employer shall identify the Named Fiduciary have no liability with respect to the Trustee and investment of such assets, but shall furnish the Trustee with a written list of the names, signatures and extent of authority of all persons authorized be responsible only to direct the Trustee and otherwise act on behalf of the Employer under the terms of this Agreement. The Named Fiduciary will provide the Trustee with a written list of the names, signatures and extent of authority of all persons authorized to act on behalf of the Named Fiduciary. execute such investment instructions as so directed. (1) The Trustee shall be entitled to rely fully on the written (or other form acceptable to the Administrator and the Trustee, including but not limited to voice recorded) instructions of a Participant (pursuant to the Participant Direction Procedures), the Employer, or any Fiduciary or nonfiduciary agent of the Employer, in the discharge of such duties, and shall not be fully protected in acting upon liable for any loss or other liability, resulting from such direction (or lack of direction) of the investment of any part of the Plan assets. (2) The Trustee may delegate the duty to execute such instructions to any nonfiduciary agent, which may be an affiliate of the Trustee or any Plan representative. (3) The Trustee may refuse to comply with any direction from an authorized party until notified the Participant in writing by the Employer or event the Named Fiduciary, as appropriate, of a change of the identity of an authorized party. All directions and instructions to the Trustee from a party who has been authorized to act on behalf of the Employer or the Named Fiduciary shall be in writing, transmitted by mail or by facsimile or shall be an electronic transmission, provided the Trustee mayTrustee, in its sole and absolute discretion, accept oral deems such directions and instructions and may require confirmation in writing improper by virtue of any such oral directions and instructionsapplicable law. The Trustee shall not be entitled responsible or liable for any loss or expense, which may result from the Trustee's refusal or failure to rely on comply with any directions from the Participant. (4) Any costs and expenses related to compliance with the Participant's directions shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with all such directions borne by the Participant's Directed Account, unless paid by the Employer. (e) The Trustee will maintain records of receipts and instructions disbursements and furnish to the Employer and/or Administrator for each Plan Year a written annual report pursuant to Section 7.9. (f) The Trustee may employ a bank or trust company pursuant to the terms of its usual and customary bank agency agreement, under which the Trustee reasonably believes to have been given by a party who has been authorized to act on behalf duties of the Employer such bank or the Named Fiduciary. All fiduciaries (within the meaning of Section 3(21)(A) of ERISA) under the Plan trust company shall discharge their fiduciary duties with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise be of a like character custodial, clerical and with like aimsrecord-keeping nature.

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Samples: Adoption Agreement (Baldwin Technology Co Inc)

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BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall hold In the assets of, and collect the income and make payments from the Fund, all as hereinafter provided. Except to the extent that assets of the Fund have been deposited in event this is a collective investment fund maintained by the TrusteeTrusteed Plan, the Trustee shall have the responsibilities in this Article V with respect to any assets which are not held in Annuity Contracts subject to the terms of Article X. If a discretionary Trustee is selected in the Adoption Agreement, then the Trustee has full discretion and authority with regard to the investment of the Plan assets, except with respect to assets under the control or direction of an investment manager, the Employer, the Administrator or a Participant. If a nondiscretionary Trustee is selected in the Adoption Agreement, then the Trustee will not have any discretion or authority with regard to the Plan assets, but must act solely as a directed Trustee of funds contributed. A nondiscretionary Trustee is authorized and empowered with the following rights, powers, and duties, each of which the nondiscretionary Trustee exercises solely as directed Trustee in accordance with the written direction of the investment manager, the Employer, the Administrator or a Participant. If the nondiscretionary Trustee should be responsibledirected but is not, directly the Employer is responsible for providing necessary direction. The nondiscretionary Trustee has no duty to review or indirectlyto make recommendations regarding investments made at the written direction of the investment manager, Employer or Participant. The nondiscretionary Trustee must retain any investment obtained at the written direction of the investment manager, Employer or Participant until further directed in writing to dispose of such investment. The nondiscretionary Trustee is not liable in any manner or for any reason for making, retaining or disposing of any investment pursuant to any written direction described in this paragraph. Furthermore, to the extent permitted by law, the Employer agrees to indemnify and to hold the nondiscretionary Trustee harmless from any damages, costs or expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, which the nondiscretionary Trustee may incur as a result of any claim asserted against the nondiscretionary Trustee arising out of the nondiscretionary Trustee’s compliance with any written direction described in this paragraph. (a) The Trustee shall have the power to invest, manage, and control the Plan assets subject, however, to the direction of the Employer, the Administrator, a Participant or any agent of the Employer as to all or a portion of the assets of the Plan as follows: (1) To the extent and in the manner permitted by the Participant Direction Procedures, if permitted in the Adoption Agreement, a Participant may direct the Trustee with respect to the investment or reinvestment of the assets of the Fund, which shall be the sole responsibility of the Named Fiduciary. The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, Participant’s Accounts under the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Agreement. As such pooled investments (including, but not limited to the responsibilities pooled funds of the Trustee) as are made available by agreement between the Trustee and the Employer. (2) The Employer may by written agreement or designation appoint at its option an investment adviser or other agent to provide direction to the Trustee with respect to any or all of the Plan assets. Such appointment shall be given by the Employer in writing in a form acceptable to the Trustee and shall specifically identify the Plan assets with respect to which the agent shall have authority to direct the investment. (3) In the event that the Trustee shall be directed by a Participant (pursuant to the Participant Direction Procedures), in the Employer, or other agent appointed by the Employer with respect to the investment of any case in which a provision of this Agreement conflicts with any provision in or all Plan assets, the Plan, this Agreement shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions investment of any prior trustee. The Trustee such assets, but shall have no authority or duty to determine the adequacy of or enforce the collection of contributions under the Plan, shall not be responsible for the adequacy of the Trust only to meet and discharge any liabilities under the Plan and shall have no responsibility for any property until execute such cash or property is received and accepted by the Trustee. The Employer and the Named Fiduciary shall have the sole duty and responsibility for ensuring the adequacy of the Trust to discharge the liabilities under the Plan, determining the adequacy of the contributions to be made under the Plan, transmitting the contributions to the Trustee and ensuring compliance with any statute, regulation or rule applicable to contributions. Except investment instruction as may be permitted by law or by the terms of the Plan or this Agreement, at no time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to Members and their Beneficiaries under the Plan shall any part of the Trust be used for or diverted to any purpose other than for the exclusive benefit of the Members and their Beneficiaries. The assets of the Trust shall be held for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to Members of the Plan and their Beneficiaries and defraying the reasonable expenses of administering the Plan and the Trust. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement: so directed. (i4) if a contribution is conditioned upon a favorable determination as to the qualified status of the Plan under Code Section 401 and the Plan receives an adverse determination with respect to its initial qualification, then any such contribution may be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of determination; (ii) a contribution made by the Employer based upon mistake of fact may be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of such contribution; and (iii) if a contribution to the Plan is conditioned upon its deductibility under the Code and a deduction for such a contribution is disallowed, such contribution may be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of the disallowance of such deduction. The Trustee shall make distributions and payments out of the Fund as directed by the Named Fiduciary and amounts distributed or paid pursuant to such direction thereafter no longer shall constitute a part of the Fund. The Named Fiduciary may direct such distributions and payments to be made to any person, including the Named Fiduciary or an Employer, or to any paying agent designated by the Named Fiduciary, in such amounts and in such form and for such purposes as the Named Fiduciary shall direct. Any such order shall constitute a certification that the payment is one the Named Fiduciary is authorized to direct. The Named Fiduciary shall have the exclusive responsibility, and the Trustee shall not have any responsibility or duty under this Agreement, for ensuring that any payment made from the Fund at the direction of the Named Fiduciary does not constitute a diversion of the assets of the Fund and for determining that any such distribution is in accordance with the terms of the Plan and applicable law, including, without limitation, determining the amount, timing or method of payment and the identity of each person to whom such payments shall be made. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or duty to determine the tax effect of any payment or to see to the application of any payment. The Trustee shall not be required to make any payment from the Fund in excess of the net realizable value of the assets of the Fund or to make any payment in cash unless there is sufficient cash in the Fund or the Named Fiduciary has provided written instructions as to the assets to be converted to cash for the purpose of making the distribution. If a dispute arises as to who is entitled to or should receive any benefit or payment, the Trustee may withhold or cause to be withheld such payment until the dispute is resolved. The Employer shall identify the Named Fiduciary to the Trustee and shall furnish the Trustee with a written list of the names, signatures and extent of authority of all persons authorized to direct the Trustee and otherwise act on behalf of the Employer under the terms of this Agreement. The Named Fiduciary will provide the Trustee with a written list of the names, signatures and extent of authority of all persons authorized to act on behalf of the Named Fiduciary. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely fully on the written instructions of a Participant pursuant to the Participant Direction Procedures, the Employer, or any fiduciary or nonfiduciary agent of the Employer, in the discharge of such duties, and shall not be fully protected in acting upon liable for any loss or other liability resulting from such direction (or lack of direction) of the investment of any part of the Plan assets. (5) The Trustee may delegate the duty to execute such instructions to any nonfiduciary agent, which may be an affiliate of the Trustee or any Plan representative. (6) The Trustee may refuse to comply with any direction from an authorized party until notified the Participant in writing by the Employer or event the Named Fiduciary, as appropriate, of a change of the identity of an authorized party. All directions and instructions to the Trustee from a party who has been authorized to act on behalf of the Employer or the Named Fiduciary shall be in writing, transmitted by mail or by facsimile or shall be an electronic transmission, provided the Trustee mayTrustee, in its sole and absolute discretion, accept oral directions and deems such instructions and may require confirmation in writing improper by virtue of any such oral directions and instructionsapplicable law. The Trustee shall not be entitled responsible or liable for any loss or expense which may result from the Trustee’s refusal or failure to rely on comply with any directions from the Participant. (7) Any costs and expenses related to compliance with the Participant’s directions shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with all such directions and instructions which borne by the Participant Directed Investment Account, unless paid by the Employer. (i) At the direction of the Administrator, the Trustee reasonably believes shall have the power to have been given by a party who has been authorized to act on behalf of the Employer or the Named Fiduciary. All fiduciaries (within the meaning of Section 3(21)(A) of ERISA) pay benefits required under the Plan shall discharge their fiduciary duties with the careto be paid to Participants, skillor, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct event of an enterprise their death, to their Beneficiaries; (ii) The Trustee shall maintain records of receipts and disbursements and furnish to the Employer and/or Administrator for each Plan Year a like character and with like aimswritten annual report per Section 5.06; and (iii) If there shall be more than one Trustee, they shall act by a majority of their number, but may authorize one or more of them to sign papers on their behalf.

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Samples: 401(a) Temporary Employee Retirement Plan Addendum

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