Investment of Trust Assets. The Trustee shall invest and reinvest the principal and income of the Trust Assets in those investments that are reasonably calculated to preserve the principal value, taking into account the need for the safety and liquidity of principal as may be required to fund Eligible Mitigation Actions and Trust Administration Costs. 3.2.1 Any investment income that is not reinvested shall be deposited into the Trust Account for distribution among the Beneficiaries or Supplemental Funding Eligible Beneficiaries, weighted in accordance with the allocation in place at the time of such deposit. 3.2.2 In investing, reinvesting, exchanging, selling, and managing Trust Assets, the Trustee must perform its duties solely in the interest of the Beneficiaries and with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing which a prudent investor, acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters, would exercise in the conduct of an enterprise of like character and with like aims; except that the right and power of the Trustee to invest and reinvest the Trust Assets shall be limited to: (i) demand and time deposits, such as certificates of deposit, in banks or other savings institutions whose deposits are federally insured; (ii) U.S. Treasury bills, bonds and notes, including, but not limited to, long-term U.S. Treasury bills, bonds and notes; (iii) repurchase agreements for U.S. Treasury bills, bonds and notes; (iv) AA or AAA corporate bonds (with the rating awarded by at least two of the three major rating agencies (Standard & Poor’s, Xxxxx’x, or Fitch)); or (v) open-ended mutual funds owning only assets described in subparts (i) through (iv) of this subsection; provided, however, that the value of bonds of any single company and its affiliates owned by the Trust directly rather than through a mutual fund shall not exceed $10 million when purchased, but may be held, despite increase in value, so long as such amount does not exceed $16 million. Any such investments shall be made consistently with the Uniform Prudent Investor Act. 3.2.3 Nothing in this Section shall be construed as authorizing the Trustee to cause the Mitigation Trust to carry on any business or to divide the gains therefrom. The sole purpose of this Section is to authorize the investment of the Trust Assets or any portion thereof as may be reasonably prudent pending use of the proceeds for the purposes of the Mitigation Trust.
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Investment of Trust Assets. The Trustee shall invest and reinvest the principal and income of the Trust Assets in those investments that are reasonably calculated to preserve the principal value, taking into account the need for the safety and liquidity of principal as may be required to fund Eligible Mitigation Actions and Trust Administration Costs.principal
3.2.1 Any investment income that is not reinvested shall be deposited into the Trust Account for distribution among the Beneficiaries or Supplemental Funding Eligible Beneficiaries, weighted in accordance with the allocation in place at the time of such deposit.
3.2.2 In investing, reinvesting, exchanging, selling, and managing Trust Assets, the Trustee must perform its duties solely in the interest of the Beneficiaries and with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing which a prudent investor, acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters, would exercise in the conduct of an enterprise of like character and with like aims; except that the right and power of the Trustee to invest and reinvest the Trust Assets shall be limited to: (i) demand and time deposits, such as certificates of deposit, in banks or other savings institutions whose deposits are federally insured; (ii) U.S. Treasury bills, bonds and notes, including, but not limited to, long-term U.S. Treasury bills, bonds and notes; (iii) repurchase agreements for U.S. Treasury bills, bonds and notes; (iv) AA or AAA corporate bonds (with the rating awarded by at least two of the three major rating agencies (Standard & Poor’s, Xxxxx’x, or Fitch)); or (v) open-ended mutual funds owning only assets described in subparts (i) through (iv) of this subsection; provided, however, that the value of bonds of any single company and its affiliates owned by the Trust directly rather than through a mutual fund shall not exceed $10 million when purchased, but may be held, despite increase in value, so long as such amount does not exceed $16 million. Any such investments shall be made consistently with the Uniform Prudent Investor Act.
3.2.3 Nothing in this Section shall be construed as authorizing the Trustee to cause the Mitigation Trust to carry on any business or to divide the gains therefrom. The sole purpose of this Section is to authorize the investment of the Trust Assets or any portion thereof as may be reasonably prudent pending use of the proceeds for the purposes of the Mitigation Trust.
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