Effect of Removal, Resignation, etc of the Trustee. The declination to serve, resignation, removal of the Trustee, or all of them, shall not operate to annul the Trust or to revoke any existing agency created pursuant to the terms of this Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust. As evidence of such vacancy, an instrument certifying the existence of such vacancy may be executed by an officer of the Sponsor, acting on behalf of the Trust, or by the Trustee. In the event of the declination, resignation, or removal of the Trustee within a short period of time and without the opportunity for the Sponsor being able to appoint a new Trustee, the Trust’s Sponsor is empowered to appoint a new Trustee subject to Section 4.1 and this ARTICLE IX.
