Investment Powers of the Trustee. The Trustee shall have and exercise the following powers and authority (i) over Investment Accounts for which it has express investment management discretion as provided in Section 3.4 or (ii) upon direction of the Investment Manager of an Investment Account or (iii) upon direction of the Administrator: (x) for a Client Managed Account; or (y) for lending to participants in the Plans: (a) To purchase, receive, or subscribe for any securities or other property and to retain in trust such securities or other property. (b) To sell for cash or on credit, to grant options, convert, redeem, exchange for other securities or other property, to enter into standby agreements for future investment, either with or without a standby fee, or otherwise to dispose of any securities or other property at any time held by it. (c) To settle, compromise or submit to arbitration any claims, debts, or damages, due or owing to or from the trust, to commence or defend suits or legal proceedings and to represent the trust in all suits or legal proceedings in any court of law or before any other body or tribunal. (d) To trade in financial options and futures, including index options and options on futures and to execute in connection therewith such account agreements and other agreements including contracts for the exchange of interest rates, or investment performance, currencies or other notional principal contracts in such form and upon such terms as the Investment Manager or the Administrator shall direct. (e) Subject to Section 4.1(g), to exercise all voting rights, tender or exchange rights, any conversion privileges, subscription rights and other rights and powers available in connection with any securities or other property at any time held by it; to oppose or to consent to the reorganization, consolidation, merger, or readjustment of the finances of any corporation, company or association, or to the sale, mortgage, pledge or lease of the property of any corporation, company or association any of the securities which may at any time be held by it and to do any act with reference thereto, including the exercise of options, the making of agreements or subscriptions and the payment of expenses, assessments or subscriptions, which may be deemed necessary or advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator in connection therewith, and to hold and retain any securities or other property which it may so acquire; and to deposit any property with any protective, reorganization or similar committee, and to pay and agree to pay part of the expenses and compensation of any such committee and any assessments levied with respect to property so deposited. (f) To lend to participants in the Plans such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Administrator or Recordkeeper may direct. Any such direction shall be deemed to include a certification by the Administrator or Recordkeeper that such lending is in accordance with the provisions of ERISA and the Plans. (g) To borrow money in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed advisable or proper by the Administrator or Investment Manager to carry out the purposes of the trust and to pledge any securities or other property for the repayment of any such loan. (h) To invest all or a portion of the Trust Fund in contracts issued by insurance companies, including contracts under which the insurance company holds Plan assets in a separate account or commingled separate account managed by the insurance company. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon any written directions of the Administrator or the Investment Manager under this Section 4.1, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the terms of any insurance contract that it is directed to purchase and hold or for the selection of the issuer thereof or for performing any functions under such contract (other than the execution of any documents incidental thereto on the instructions of the Administrator or the Investment Manager). (i) To manage, administer, operate, lease for any number of years, develop, improve, repair, alter, demolish, mortgage, pledge, grant options with respect to, or otherwise deal with any real property or interest therein at any time held by it, and to hold any such real property in its own name or in the name of a nominee, with or without the addition of words indicating that such property is held in a fiduciary capacity, all upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator. (j) To renew, extend or participate in the renewal or extension of any mortgage, upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator, and to agree to a reduction in the rate of interest on any mortgage or of any guarantee pertaining thereto in any manner and to any extent that may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator for the protection of the Trust Fund or the preservation of the value of the investment; to waive any default, whether in the performance of any covenant or condition of any mortgage or in the performance of any guarantee, or to enforce any such default in such manner and to such extent as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator; to exercise and enforce any and all rights of foreclosure, to bid on property in foreclosure, to take a deed in lieu of foreclosure with or without paying consideration therefore, and in connection therewith to release the obligation on the bond secured by such mortgage, and to exercise and enforce in any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity any rights or remedies in respect to any such mortgage or guarantee. (k) To hold part of the Trust Fund uninvested, provided that the Trust Fund remains uninvested for no longer than a reasonable period of time up to forty-eight (48) hours unless the Administrator first consented in writing to such failure to invest. (l) To employ suitable agents and counsel and to pay their reasonable and proper expenses and compensation. (m) To purchase and sell foreign exchange and contracts for foreign exchange, including transactions entered into with State Street Bank and Trust Company, its agents or subcustodians. (n) To form corporations and to create trusts to hold title to any securities or other property, all upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator. (o) To register any securities held by it hereunder in its own name, in the name of its nominee, in the name of its agent, or in the name of its agent’s nominee with or without the addition of words indicating that such securities are held in a fiduciary capacity, and to hold any securities in bearer form and to deposit any securities or other property in a depository or clearing corporation. (p) To make, execute and deliver, as Trustee, any and all deeds, leases, mortgages, conveyances, waivers, releases, or other instruments in writing necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing powers. (q) To invest at any bank including State Street Bank and Trust Company (i) in any type of interest bearing investments (including, but not limited to savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit and repurchase agreements) and (ii) in noninterest bearing accounts (including but not limited to checking accounts). (r) To invest in collective investment funds maintained by State Street Bank and Trust Company or by other banks for the investment of the assets of employee benefit plans qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, whereupon the instruments establishing such funds, as amended, shall be deemed a part of this Trust Agreement and incorporated by reference herein. (s) To invest in open-end and closed-end investment companies, regardless of the purposes for which such funds were created, including those managed, serviced or advised by the Trustee, an affiliate of the Trustee, and any partnership, limited or unlimited, joint venture and other forms of joint enterprise created for any lawful purpose. The Trustee shall transmit promptly to the Administrator or the Investment Manager, as the case may be, all notices of conversion, redemption, tender, exchange, subscription, class action, claim in insolvency proceedings or other rights or powers relating to any of the securities in the Trust Fund, which notices are received by the Trustee from its agents or custodians, from issuers of the securities in question and from the party (or its agents) extending such rights. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine the existence of any conversion, redemption, tender, exchange, subscription, class action, claim in insolvency proceedings or other right or power relating to any of the securities in the Trust Fund of which notice was given prior to the purchase of such securities by the Trust Fund, and shall have no obligation to exercise any such right or power unless the Trustee is informed of the existence of the right or power. The Trustee shall not be liable for any untimely exercise or assertion of such rights or powers described in the paragraph immediately above in connection with securities or other property of the Trust Fund at any time held by it unless (i) it or its agents or custodians are in actual possession of such securities or property and (ii) it receives directions to exercise any such rights or powers from the Administrator or the Investment Manager, as the case may be, and both (i) and (ii) occur at least three business days prior to the date on which such rights or powers are to be exercised. If the Trustee is directed by the Administrator or an Investment Manager to purchase securities issued by any foreign government or agency thereof, or by any corporation or other entity domiciled outside of the United States, it shall be the responsibility of the Administrator or Investment Manager, as the case may be, to advise the Trustee in writing with respect to any laws or regulations of any foreign countries or any United States territory or possession which shall apply in any manner whatsoever to such securities, including, without limitation, receipt by the Trustee of dividends, interest or other distributions on such securities. All Investment Company shares shall be registered in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Subject to any requirement of applicable law, the Trustee will transmit to the Recordkeeper or the Administrator, as the case may be, copies of any notices of shareholders’ meetings, proxies and proxy-soliciting materials, prospectuses and the annual or other reports to shareholders, with respect to Investment Company shares held in the Trust Fund. The Trustee shall act in accordance with appropriate directions received from the Recordkeeper or the Administrator, as the case may be, with respect to matters to be voted upon by the shareholders of the Investment Company. Such directions must be in writing on a form approved by the Trustee, signed by the addressee and delivered to the Trustee within the time prescribed by it. The Trustee will not vote Investment Company shares as to which it receives no written directions. For the purposes of this Section, Investment Company means a registered investment company provided that its prospectus offers its shares under the Plan.
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Samples: Defined Contribution Plans Master Trust Agreement, Master Trust Agreement (Publix Super Markets Inc), Master Trust Agreement (Publix Super Markets Inc)
Investment Powers of the Trustee. The Trustee shall have and exercise the following powers and authority (i) over Investment Accounts for which where it has express investment management discretion as provided in Section 3.4 or 6(d), and (ii) upon direction of the an Investment Manager of an Investment Account or (iii) upon direction of the Administrator: (x) Committee, as the case may be, for a Client Managed Account; or (y) for lending to participants in the Plansall other Accounts:
(a) To purchase, receive, receive or subscribe for any securities Securities or other property Property and to retain in trust such securities Securities or other property.Property;
(b) To acquire and hold qualifying employer securities and qualifying employer real property, as such investments are defined in Section 407(d) of ERISA;
(c) To sell for cash or on credit, to grant options, convert, redeem, exchange for other securities Securities or other propertyProperty, to enter into standby agreements for future investment, either with or without a standby fee, or otherwise to dispose of any securities Securities or other property Property at any time held by it.;
(cd) To settle, compromise or submit to arbitration any claims, debts, or damages, due or owing to or from the trust, to commence or defend suits or legal proceedings and to represent the trust in all suits or legal proceedings in any court of law or before any other body or tribunal.;
(de) To trade in financial options and futures, (including index options and options on futures futures); to enter into repurchase agreements, reverse, repurchase agreements, swaps, caps, floors, straddles, collars and other derivative arrangements; and to execute in connection therewith such account agreements and other agreements including contracts for the exchange of interest rates, or investment performance, currencies or other notional principal contracts in such form and upon such terms as the Investment Manager or the Administrator Committee shall direct.;
(ef) Subject to Section 4.1(g)4, to exercise all voting rights, tender or exchange rights, any conversion privileges, subscription rights and other rights and powers available in connection with any securities Securities or other property Property at any time held by it; to oppose or to consent to the reorganization, consolidation, merger, merger or readjustment of the finances of any corporation, company or association, or to the sale, mortgage, pledge or lease of the property of any corporation, company or association any of the securities Securities or other Property which may at any time be held by it and to do any act with reference thereto, including the exercise of options, the making of agreements or subscriptions and the payment of expenses, assessments or subscriptions, which may be deemed necessary or advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator Committee in connection therewith, and to hold and retain any securities Securities or other property Property which it may so acquire; and to deposit any property with any protective, reorganization or similar committee, and to pay and agree to pay part of the expenses and compensation of any such committee and any assessments levied with respect to property so deposited.
(f) To lend to participants in the Plans such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Administrator or Recordkeeper may direct. Any such direction shall be deemed to include a certification by the Administrator or Recordkeeper that such lending is in accordance with the provisions of ERISA and the Plans.;
(g) To borrow money in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed advisable or proper by the Administrator or Investment Manager to carry out the purposes of the trust and to pledge any securities or other property for the repayment of any such loan.
(h) To invest all or a portion of the Trust Fund in contracts issued by insurance companies, including contracts under which the insurance company holds Plan assets in a separate account or commingled separate account managed by the insurance company. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon any written directions of the Administrator Committee or the Investment Manager under this Section 4.110, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the terms of any insurance contract that it is directed to purchase and hold or for the selection of the issuer thereof or for performing any functions under such contract (other than the execution of any documents incidental thereto on the instructions of the Administrator Committee or the Investment Manager).;
(ih) To manage, administer, operate, lease for any number of years, develop, improve, repair, alter, demolish, mortgage, pledge, grant options with respect to, or otherwise deal with any real property or interest therein at any time held by it, and to hold any such real property in its own name or in the name of a nominee, with or without the addition of words indicating that such property is held in a fiduciary capacity, all upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator.Committee;
(ji) To renew, extend or participate in the renewal or extension of any mortgage, upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or AdministratorCommittee, and to agree to a reduction in the rate of interest on any mortgage or of any guarantee pertaining thereto in any manner and to any extent that may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator Committee for the protection of the Trust Fund or the preservation of the value of the investment; to waive any default, whether in the performance of any covenant or condition of any mortgage or in the performance of any guarantee, or to enforce any such default in such manner and to such extent as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or AdministratorCommittee; to exercise and enforce any and all rights of foreclosure, to bid on property in on foreclosure, to take a deed in lieu of foreclosure with or without paying consideration thereforetherefor, and in connection therewith to release the obligation on the bond secured by such mortgage, and to exercise and enforce in any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity any rights or remedies in respect to any such mortgage or guarantee.;
(j) To loan pursuant to separate agreement as may be agreed upon any securities to brokers or dealers and to secure the same in any manner, and during the term of any such loan to permit the loaned securities to be transferred into the name of and voted by the borrower or others;
(k) To purchase, enter, sell, hold, and generally deal in any manner in and with contracts for the immediate or future delivery of financial instruments of any issuer or of any other property; to grant, purchase, sell, exercise, permit to expire, permit to be held in escrow, and otherwise to acquire, dispose of, hold and generally deal in any manner with and in all forms of options in any combination; to sell Securities or other Property short and, in connection with its exercise of the powers granted in this Trust Agreement, to deposit any Securities or other Property as collateral with any broker-dealer or other person, to permit Securities or other Property to be held by or in the name of others or in transferable form, to retain any form of Securities or other Property received as a result of the exercise of any of the foregoing powers whether or not investment in such Securities or other Property is otherwise authorized under this Trust Agreement and to hold and administer any Securities or other Property with respect to which the foregoing powers have or may be exercised, including any securities or collateral acquired by it or in any property received as a result of its exercise of such powers, as a part of the Trust Fund uninvestedaccount subject to the foregoing powers, provided or in any sub-account, which property may be invested in Securities or other Property of different types that the Trust Fund remains uninvested for no longer than a reasonable period of time up to forty-eight (48) hours unless Securities or other Property otherwise held in the Administrator first consented in writing to such failure to invest.account;
(l) To borrow money on a secured or unsecured basis and to enter into, execute, and deliver notes, agreements, mortgages, and other instruments in that regard;
(m) To employ suitable agents and counsel and to pay their reasonable and proper expenses and compensation.;
(mn) To purchase and sell foreign exchange and contracts for foreign exchange, including transactions entered into with State Street Bank and Trust Companythe Trustee, its agents or subcustodians.Subcustodians;
(no) To form corporations and to create trusts to hold title to any securities Securities or other propertyProperty, all upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator.
(o) To register any securities held by it hereunder in its own name, in the name of its nominee, in the name of its agent, or in the name of its agent’s nominee with or without the addition of words indicating that such securities are held in a fiduciary capacity, and to hold any securities in bearer form and to deposit any securities or other property in a depository or clearing corporation.Committee; and
(p) To make, execute and deliver, as Trustee, any and all deeds, leases, mortgages, conveyances, waivers, releases, or other instruments in writing necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing powers.
(q) To invest at any bank including State Street Bank and Trust Company the Trustee (i) in any type of interest bearing investments (including, but not limited to savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit and repurchase agreements) and (ii) in noninterest non-interest bearing accounts (including including, but not limited to checking accounts).
(r) To invest in collective investment funds maintained by State Street Bank and Trust Company or by other banks for the investment of the assets of employee benefit plans qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, whereupon the instruments establishing such funds, as amended, shall be deemed a part of this Trust Agreement and incorporated by reference herein.
(s) To invest in open-end and closed-end investment companies, regardless of the purposes for which such funds were created, including those managed, serviced or advised by the Trustee, an affiliate of the Trustee, and any partnership, limited or unlimited, joint venture and other forms of joint enterprise created for any lawful purpose. The Trustee shall transmit promptly to the Administrator or the Investment Manager, as the case may be, all notices of conversion, redemption, tender, exchange, subscription, class action, claim in insolvency proceedings or other rights or powers relating to any of the securities in the Trust Fund, which notices are received by the Trustee from its agents or custodians, from issuers of the securities in question and from the party (or its agents) extending such rights. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine the existence of any conversion, redemption, tender, exchange, subscription, class action, claim in insolvency proceedings or other right or power relating to any of the securities in the Trust Fund of which notice was given prior to the purchase of such securities by the Trust Fund, and shall have no obligation to exercise any such right or power unless the Trustee is informed of the existence of the right or power. The Trustee shall not be liable for any untimely exercise or assertion of such rights or powers described in the paragraph immediately above in connection with securities or other property of the Trust Fund at any time held by it unless (i) it or its agents or custodians are in actual possession of such securities or property and (ii) it receives directions to exercise any such rights or powers from the Administrator or the Investment Manager, as the case may be, and both (i) and (ii) occur at least three business days prior to the date on which such rights or powers are to be exercised. If the Trustee is directed by the Administrator or an Investment Manager to purchase securities issued by any foreign government or agency thereof, or by any corporation or other entity domiciled outside of the United States, it shall be the responsibility of the Administrator or Investment Manager, as the case may be, to advise the Trustee in writing with respect to any laws or regulations of any foreign countries or any United States territory or possession which shall apply in any manner whatsoever to such securities, including, without limitation, receipt by the Trustee of dividends, interest or other distributions on such securities. All Investment Company shares shall be registered in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Subject to any requirement of applicable law, the Trustee will transmit to the Recordkeeper or the Administrator, as the case may be, copies of any notices of shareholders’ meetings, proxies and proxy-soliciting materials, prospectuses and the annual or other reports to shareholders, with respect to Investment Company shares held in the Trust Fund. The Trustee shall act in accordance with appropriate directions received from the Recordkeeper or the Administrator, as the case may be, with respect to matters to be voted upon by the shareholders of the Investment Company. Such directions must be in writing on a form approved by the Trustee, signed by the addressee and delivered to the Trustee within the time prescribed by it. The Trustee will not vote Investment Company shares as to which it receives no written directions. For the purposes of this Section, Investment Company means a registered investment company provided that its prospectus offers its shares under the Plan.
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Samples: Defined Benefit Master Trust Agreement (Rj Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc)
Investment Powers of the Trustee. The Trustee shall have and exercise the following powers and authority (i) over Investment Accounts for which where it has express investment management discretion as provided in Section 3.4 or 5.4 and (ii) upon direction of the Investment Manager of an or the Company, as the case may be, for all other Investment Account or (iii) upon direction of the Administrator: (x) for a Client Managed Account; or (y) for lending to participants in the PlansAccounts:
(a) To purchase, receive, receive or subscribe for any securities or other property and to retain in trust such securities or other property.;
(b) To acquire and hold employer securities and real property provided that the Trustee shall not dispose of any Shares deposited with the Trust prior to the date on which such Shares are no longer subject to a risk of forfeiture or transferability restrictions pursuant to the Plans or any other compensatory arrangement theretofore established with respect to which the Trust is then holding Shares; provided further that in the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the 1993 Long Term Incentive Plan), the Trustee may elect to surrender to the Company, within the 60-day period immediately following such Change in Control, any Shares then held by the Trust in exchange for a cash payment equal to the Change in Control Stock Value (as defined in the 1993 Long Term Incentive Plan). 15
(c) To sell for cash or on credit, to grant options, convert, redeem, exchange for other securities or other property, to enter into standby agreements for future investment, either with or without a standby fee, or otherwise to dispose of any securities or other property at any time held by it.;
(cd) To settle, compromise or submit to arbitration any claims, debts, or damages, due or owing to or from the trust, trust to commence or defend suits or legal proceedings and to represent the trust in all suits or legal proceedings in any court of law or before any other body or tribunal.;
(de) To trade in financial options and futures, including index options and options on futures and to execute in connection therewith such account agreements and other agreements including contracts for the exchange of interest rates, or investment performance, currencies or other notional principal contracts in such form and upon such terms as the Investment Manager or the Administrator Company shall direct.;
(ef) Subject to Section 4.1(g), to To exercise all voting rights, tender or exchange rights, any conversion privileges, subscription rights and other rights and powers available in connection with any securities or other property at any time anytime held by it; to oppose or to consent to the reorganization, consolidation, merger, merger or readjustment of the finances of any corporation, company or association, or to the sale, mortgage, pledge or lease of the property of any corporation, company or association or any of the securities which may at any time be held by it and to do any act with reference thereto, including the exercise of options, the making of agreements or subscriptions and the payment of expenses, assessments or subscriptions, which may be deemed necessary or advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator Company in connection therewith, and to hold and retain any securities or other property which it may so acquire; and to deposit any property with any protective, reorganization or similar committee, and to pay and agree to pay part of the expenses and compensation of any such committee and any assessments levied with respect to property so deposited.
(f) To lend to participants in the Plans such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Administrator or Recordkeeper may direct. Any such direction shall be deemed to include a certification by the Administrator or Recordkeeper that such lending is in accordance with the provisions of ERISA and the Plans.;
(g) To borrow money exercise in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed advisable or proper accordance with the direction of the Secretary of the Company all tender offer rights with respect to all securities issued by the Administrator or Investment Manager to carry out the purposes of the trust and to pledge any securities or other property for the repayment of any such loan.Company which are held by it;
(h) To invest all or a portion of the Trust Fund in contracts issued by insurance companies, including contracts under which the insurance company holds Plan assets in a separate account or commingled separate account managed by the insurance company. The ; the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon any written directions of the Administrator Company or the Investment Manager under this Section 4.16.1, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the terms of any insurance contract that it is directed to purchase and hold or for the selection of the issuer thereof or for performing any functions under such contract (other than the execution of any documents incidental thereto on the instructions of the Administrator Company or the Investment Manager).;
(i) To manage, administer, operate, lease for any number of years, develop, improve, repair, alter, demolish, mortgage, pledge, grant options with respect to, or otherwise deal with any real property or interest therein at any time held by it, and to hold any such real property in its own name or in the name of a nominee, with or without the addition of words indicating that such property is held in a fiduciary capacity, all upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator.the Company;
(j) To renew, extend or participate in the renewal or extension of any mortgage, upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administratorthe Company, and to agree to a reduction in the rate of interest on any mortgage or of any guarantee pertaining thereto in any manner and to any extent that may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator the Company for the protection of the Trust Fund or the preservation of the value of the investment; to waive any default, whether in the performance of any covenant or condition of any mortgage or in the performance of any guarantee, or to enforce any such default in such manner and to such extent as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administratorthe Company; to exercise and enforce any and all rights of foreclosure, to bid on property in on foreclosure, to take a deed in lieu of foreclosure with or without paying consideration thereforetherefor, and in connection therewith to release the obligation on the bond secured by such mortgage, and to exercise and enforce in any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity any rights or remedies in respect to any such mortgage or guarantee.
; (k) To hold part or all of the Trust Fund uninvested, provided uninvested to the extent that the Trust Fund remains uninvested directing party ascertains as reasonable and necessary for no longer than a reasonable period limited periods of time up to forty-eight (48) hours unless the Administrator first consented in writing to such failure to invest.
time; (l) To employ suitable agents and counsel and loan pursuant to pay their reasonable and proper expenses and compensation.
(m) To purchase and sell foreign exchange and contracts for foreign exchange, including transactions entered into with State Street Bank and Trust Company, its agents or subcustodians.
(n) To form corporations and to create trusts to hold title to any securities or other property, all upon such terms and conditions separate agreement as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator.
(o) To register agreed upon any securities held by it hereunder to brokers or dealers and to secure the same in its own nameany manner, in and during the term of any such loan to permit the loaned securities to be transferred into the name of its nomineeand voted by the borrower or others; to purchase, enter, sell, hold, and generally deal in any manner in and with contracts for the immediate or future delivery of financial instruments of any issuer or of any other property; to grant, purchase, sell, exercise, permit to expire, permit to be held in escrow, and otherwise to acquire, dispose of, hold and generally deal in any manner with and in all forms of options in any combination; and, in connection with its exercise of the name of its agentpowers granted in this Trust Agreement, or in the name of its agent’s nominee with or without the addition of words indicating that such securities are held in a fiduciary capacity, and to hold any securities in bearer form and to deposit any securities or other property in a depository or clearing corporation.
(p) To make, execute and deliver, as Trustee, collateral with any and all deeds, leases, mortgages, conveyances, waivers, releases, broker-dealer or other instruments person, to permit securities or other property to be held by or in writing necessary the name of others or desirable for in transferable form, to retain any form of securities or other property received as a result of the accomplishment exercise of any of the foregoing powers.
(q) To invest at any bank including State Street Bank and Trust Company (i) powers whether or not investment in any type of interest bearing investments (including, but not limited to savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit and repurchase agreements) and (ii) in noninterest bearing accounts (including but not limited to checking accounts).
(r) To invest in collective investment funds maintained by State Street Bank and Trust Company such securities or by other banks for the investment of the assets of employee benefit plans qualified property is otherwise authorized under Section 401(a) of the Code, whereupon the instruments establishing such funds, as amended, shall be deemed a part of this Trust Agreement and incorporated to hold and administer any securities or other property with respect to which the foregoing powers have or may be exercised, including any securities or collateral acquired by reference herein.
(s) To invest it or in open-end and closed-end investment companiesany property received as a result of its exercise of such powers, regardless as a part of the purposes for which such funds were created, including those managed, serviced or advised by the Trustee, an affiliate of the Trustee, and any partnership, limited or unlimited, joint venture and other forms of joint enterprise created for any lawful purpose. The Trustee shall transmit promptly account subject to the Administrator foregoing powers, or the Investment Manager, as the case may be, all notices of conversion, redemption, tender, exchange, subscription, class action, claim in insolvency proceedings or other rights or powers relating to any of the securities in the Trust Fundsub-account, which notices are received by the Trustee from its agents or custodians, from issuers of the securities property may be invested in question and from the party (or its agents) extending such rights. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine the existence of any conversion, redemption, tender, exchange, subscription, class action, claim in insolvency proceedings or other right or power relating to any of the securities in the Trust Fund of which notice was given prior to the purchase of such securities by the Trust Fund, and shall have no obligation to exercise any such right or power unless the Trustee is informed of the existence of the right or power. The Trustee shall not be liable for any untimely exercise or assertion of such rights or powers described in the paragraph immediately above in connection with securities or other property of different types than the Trust Fund at any time held by it unless (i) it or its agents or custodians are in actual possession of such securities or other property and (ii) it receives directions to exercise any such rights or powers from the Administrator or the Investment Manager, as the case may be, and both (i) and (ii) occur at least three business days prior to the date on which such rights or powers are to be exercised. If the Trustee is directed by the Administrator or an Investment Manager to purchase securities issued by any foreign government or agency thereof, or by any corporation or other entity domiciled outside of the United States, it shall be the responsibility of the Administrator or Investment Manager, as the case may be, to advise the Trustee in writing with respect to any laws or regulations of any foreign countries or any United States territory or possession which shall apply in any manner whatsoever to such securities, including, without limitation, receipt by the Trustee of dividends, interest or other distributions on such securities. All Investment Company shares shall be registered in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Subject to any requirement of applicable law, the Trustee will transmit to the Recordkeeper or the Administrator, as the case may be, copies of any notices of shareholders’ meetings, proxies and proxy-soliciting materials, prospectuses and the annual or other reports to shareholders, with respect to Investment Company shares otherwise held in the Trust Fund. The Trustee shall act in accordance with appropriate directions received from the Recordkeeper or the Administrator, as the case may be, with respect to matters to be voted upon by the shareholders of the Investment Company. Such directions must be in writing on a form approved by the Trustee, signed by the addressee and delivered to the Trustee within the time prescribed by it. The Trustee will not vote Investment Company shares as to which it receives no written directions. For the purposes of this Section, Investment Company means a registered investment company provided that its prospectus offers its shares under the Plan.account;
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Samples: Grantor Trust Agreement (Alumax Inc)
Investment Powers of the Trustee. The Trustee shall have and exercise the following powers and authority (i) over Investment Accounts for which where it has express investment management discretion as provided in Section 3.4 3.3 or (ii) upon direction of the Investment Manager of an Investment Account or (iii) upon direction of the Administrator: (x) Administrator for a Client Managed Company Directed Account; or (y) for lending to participants in the Plans:
(a) To purchase, receive, or subscribe for any securities or other property and to retain in trust such securities or other property.
(b) To acquire and hold qualifying employer securities and qualifying employer real property, as such investments are defined in Section 407(d) of ERISA.
(c) To sell for cash or on credit, to grant options, convert, redeem, exchange for other securities or other property, to enter into standby agreements for future investment, either with or without a standby fee, or otherwise to dispose of any securities or other property at any time held by it.
(cd) To settle, compromise or submit to arbitration any claims, debts, or damages, due or owing to or from the trust, to commence or defend suits or legal proceedings and to represent the trust in all suits or legal proceedings in any court of law or before any other body or tribunal.
(de) To trade in financial options and futures, including index options and options on futures and to execute in connection therewith such account agreements and other agreements including contracts for the exchange of interest rates, or investment performance, currencies or other notional principal contracts in such form and upon such terms as the Investment Manager or the Administrator shall direct.other
(ef) Subject to Section 4.1(g), to To exercise all voting rights, tender or exchange rights, any conversion privileges, subscription rights and other rights and powers available in connection with any securities or other property at any time anytime held by it; to oppose or to consent to the reorganization, consolidation, merger, or readjustment of the finances of any corporation, company or association, or to the sale, mortgage, pledge or lease of the property of any corporation, company or association any of the securities which may at any time be held by it and to do any act with reference thereto, including the exercise of options, the making of agreements or subscriptions and the payment of expenses, assessments or subscriptions, which may be deemed necessary or advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator in connection therewith, and to hold and retain any securities or other property which it may so acquire; and to deposit any property with any protective, reorganization or similar committee, and to pay and agree to pay part of the expenses and compensation of any such committee and any assessments levied with respect to property so deposited.
(f) To lend to participants in the Plans such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Administrator or Recordkeeper may direct. Any such direction shall be deemed to include a certification by the Administrator or Recordkeeper that such lending is in accordance with the provisions of ERISA and the Plans.
(g) To borrow money in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed advisable or proper by the Administrator or Investment Manager to carry out the purposes of the trust and to pledge any securities or other property for the repayment of any such loan.
(h) To invest all or a portion of the Trust Fund in contracts issued by insurance companies, including contracts under which the insurance company holds Plan assets in a separate account or commingled separate account managed by the insurance company. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon any written directions of the Administrator or the Investment Manager under this Section 4.1, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the terms of any insurance contract that it is directed to purchase and hold or for the selection of the issuer thereof or for performing any functions under such contract (other than the execution of any documents incidental thereto thereto) on the instructions of the Administrator or the Investment Manager).
(i) To manage, administer, operate, lease for any number of years, develop, improve, repair, alter, demolish, mortgage, pledge, grant options with respect to, or otherwise deal with any real property or interest therein at any time held by it, and to hold any such real property in its own name or in the name of a nominee, with or without the addition of words indicating that such property is held in a fiduciary capacitycapacity (provided that the Trustee's records shall show that such property is part of the Trust Fund), all upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator.
(j) To renew, extend or participate in the renewal or extension of any mortgage, upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator, and to agree to a reduction in the rate of interest on any mortgage or of any guarantee pertaining thereto in any manner and to any extent that may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator for the protection of the Trust Fund or the preservation of the value of the investment; to waive any default, whether in the performance of any covenant or condition of any mortgage or in the performance of any guarantee, or to enforce any such default in such manner and to such extent as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator; to exercise and enforce any and all rights of foreclosure, to bid on property in on foreclosure, to take a deed in lieu of foreclosure with or without paying consideration thereforetherefor, and in connection therewith to release the obligation on the bond secured by such mortgage, and to exercise and enforce in any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity any rights or remedies in respect to any such mortgage or guarantee.
(k) To hold part or all of the Trust Fund uninvested, provided that the Trust Fund remains uninvested for no longer than a reasonable period of time up to forty-eight (48) hours unless the Administrator first consented in writing to such failure to invest.
(l) To employ suitable agents and counsel and to pay their reasonable and proper expenses and compensation.
(m) To purchase and sell foreign exchange and contracts for foreign exchange, including transactions entered into with State Street Bank and Trust Company, its agents or subcustodians.
(n) To form corporations and to create trusts to hold title to any securities or other property, all upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator.
(o) To register any securities held by it hereunder in its own name, in the name of its nominee, in the name of its agent, or in the name of its agent’s a nominee with or without the addition of words indicating that such securities are held in a fiduciary capacity, capacity and to hold any securities in bearer form and to deposit any securities or other property in a depository or clearing corporationcorporation (provided that the Trustee's records shall show that such securities or deposit receipts are part of the Trust Fund).
(p) To make, execute and deliver, as Trustee, any and all deeds, leases, mortgages, conveyances, waivers, releases, or other instruments in writing necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing powers.
(q) To invest at any bank including State Street Bank and Trust Company (i) in any type of interest bearing investments (including, but not limited to savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit and repurchase agreements) and (ii) in noninterest bearing accounts (including but not limited to checking accounts).
(r) To invest in collective investment funds maintained by State Street Bank and Trust Company or by other banks others for the investment of the assets of employee benefit plans qualified under Section 401(a) 401 of the Code, whereupon the instruments establishing such funds, as amended, shall be deemed a part of this Trust Agreement and incorporated by reference herein.
(s) To invest . Except as otherwise provided in open-end this Trust Agreement, the Investment Manager of an Investment Account or the Administrator in the case of a Company Directed Account shall have the power and closed-end investment companiesauthority, regardless to be exercised in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time, to issue orders for the purchase or sale of securities directly to a broker. Written notification of the purposes for which issuance of each such funds were created, including those managed, serviced or advised order shall be given promptly to the Trustee by the TrusteeInvestment Manager or the Administrator and the confirmation of each such order shall be confirmed to the Trustee by the broker. Unless otherwise directed by the Administrator or Investment Manager, an affiliate such notification shall be authority for the Trustee to pay for securities purchased or to deliver securities sold as the case may be. Upon the direction of the TrusteeInvestment Manager or the Administrator, the Trustee will execute and any partnershipdeliver appropriate trading authorizations, limited but no such authorization shall be deemed to increase the liability or unlimited, joint venture and other forms responsibility of joint enterprise created for any lawful purposethe Trustee under this Trust Agreement. The Trustee shall transmit promptly to the Administrator or the Investment Manager, as the case may be, all notices of conversion, redemption, tender, exchange, subscription, class action, claim in insolvency proceedings or other rights or powers relating to any of the securities in the Trust Fund, which notices are received by the Trustee from its agents or custodians, from issuers of the securities in question and from the party (or its agents) extending such rights. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine the existence of any conversion, redemption, tender, exchange, subscription, class action, claim in insolvency proceedings or other right or power relating to any of the securities in the Trust Fund of which notice was given prior to the purchase of such securities by the Trust Fund, and shall have no obligation to exercise any such right or power unless the Trustee is informed of the existence of the right or power. The Trustee shall not be liable for any untimely exercise or assertion of such rights or powers described in the paragraph immediately above in connection with securities or other property of the Trust Fund at any time held by it unless (i) it or its agents or custodians are in actual possession of such securities or property and (ii) it receives directions to exercise any such rights or powers from the Administrator or the Investment Manager, as the case may be, and both (i) and (ii) occur at least three business days prior to the date on which such rights or powers are to be exercised, or unless it failed to transmit such notices or other information or materials properly in accordance with the preceding paragraph. If the Trustee is directed by the Administrator or an Investment Manager to purchase securities issued by any foreign government or agency thereof, or by any corporation or other entity domiciled outside of the United States, it shall be the responsibility of the Administrator or Investment Manager, as the case may be, to advise the Trustee in writing with respect to any laws or regulations of any foreign countries or any United States territory or possession which shall apply in any manner whatsoever to such securities, including, without limitation, receipt by the Trustee of dividends, interest or other distributions on such securities. All Investment Company shares shall be registered in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Subject to any requirement of applicable law, the Trustee will transmit to the Recordkeeper or the Administrator, as the case may be, copies of any notices of shareholders’ meetings, proxies and proxy-soliciting materials, prospectuses and the annual or other reports to shareholders, with respect to Investment Company shares held in the Trust Fund. The Trustee shall act in accordance with appropriate directions received from the Recordkeeper or the Administrator, as the case may be, with respect to matters to be voted upon by the shareholders of the Investment Company. Such directions must be in writing on a form approved by the Trustee, signed by the addressee and delivered to the Trustee within the time prescribed by it. The Trustee will not vote Investment Company shares as to which it receives no written directions. For the purposes of this Section, Investment Company means a registered investment company provided that its prospectus offers its shares under the Plan.
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Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (Houghton Mifflin Co)
Investment Powers of the Trustee. The Trustee shall have and exercise the following powers and authority (i) over Investment Accounts for which where it has express investment management discretion as provided in Section 3.4 or (ii) upon direction of the Investment Manager of an Investment Account or (iii) upon direction of a Participant with respect to a Participant Directed Brokerage Account or (iv) upon direction of the Administrator: (x) for a Client Company Managed Account; or (y) for voting and tendering of qualified employer securities; or (z) for lending to participants in the Plans:
(a) To purchase, receive, or subscribe for any securities or other property and to retain in trust such securities or other property.
(b) To acquire and hold qualifying employer securities and qualifying employer real property, as such investments are defined in Section 407(d) of ERISA.
(c) To sell for cash or on credit, to grant options, convert, redeem, exchange for other securities or other property, to enter into standby agreements for future investment, either with or without a standby fee, or otherwise to dispose of any securities or other property at any time held by it.
(cd) To settle, compromise or submit to arbitration any claims, debts, or damages, due or owing to or from the trust, to commence or defend suits or legal proceedings and to represent the trust in all suits or legal proceedings in any court of law or before any other body or tribunal.
(de) To trade in financial options and futures, including index options and options on futures and to execute in connection therewith such account agreements and other agreements including contracts for the exchange of interest rates, or investment performance, currencies or other notional principal contracts in such form and upon such terms as the Investment Manager or the Administrator shall direct.
(ef) Subject to Section 4.1(g), to exercise all voting rights, tender or exchange rights, any conversion privileges, subscription rights and other rights and powers available in connection with any securities or other property at any time anytime held by it; to oppose or to consent to the reorganization, consolidation, merger, or readjustment of the finances of any corporation, company or association, or to the sale, mortgage, pledge or lease of the property of any corporation, company or association any of the securities which may at any time be held by it and to do any act with reference thereto, including the exercise of options, the making of agreements or subscriptions and the payment of expenses, assessments or subscriptions, which may be deemed necessary or advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator in connection therewith, and to hold and retain any securities or other property which it may so acquire; and to deposit any property with any protective, reorganization or similar committee, and to pay and agree to pay part of the expenses and compensation of any such committee and any assessments levied with respect to property so deposited.
(fg) To exercise all voting or tender or exchange offer rights with respect to all qualifying employer securities held by it except that portion, if any, for which it has received voting or tender or exchange offer instructions from participants in the Plans as provided in this paragraph. If the Plan provides, each participant may direct the Trustee, confidentially, how to vote or whether or not to tender or exchange the qualifying employer securities representing his proportionate interest in the assets of the Plans. The Recordkeeper shall furnish the Trustee with the name of each participant and the number of shares held for the participant's account as near as practicable to the record date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote, tender or exchange, and shall provide the Trustee with all other information and assistance which the Trustee may reasonably request. Shares for which the Trustee has not received timely voting or tender or exchange instructions shall be voted or tendered by the Trustee to the extent permitted by the Plans or, if required by applicable law, in its sole discretion.
(h) To lend to participants in the Plans such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Administrator or Recordkeeper may direct. Any such direction shall be deemed to include a certification by the Administrator or Recordkeeper that such lending is in accordance with the provisions of ERISA and the Plans.
(gi) To borrow money in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed advisable or proper by the Administrator or Investment Manager to carry out the purposes of the trust and to pledge any securities or other property for the repayment of any such loan.
(hj) To invest all or a portion of the Trust Fund in contracts issued by insurance companies, including contracts under which the insurance company holds Plan assets in a separate account or commingled separate account managed by the insurance company. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon any written directions of the Administrator or the Investment Manager under this Section 4.15.1, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the terms of any insurance contract that it is directed to purchase and hold or for the selection of the issuer thereof or for performing any functions under such contract (other than the execution of any documents incidental thereto on the instructions of the Administrator or the Investment Manager).
(ik) To manage, administer, operate, lease for any number of years, develop, improve, repair, alter, demolish, mortgage, pledge, grant options with respect to, or otherwise deal with any real property or interest therein at any time held by it, and to hold any such real property in its own name or in the name of a nominee, with or without the addition of words indicating that such property is held in a fiduciary capacity, all upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator.
(jl) To renew, extend or participate in the renewal or extension of any mortgage, upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator, and to agree to a reduction in the rate of interest on any mortgage or of any guarantee pertaining thereto in any manner and to any extent that may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator for the protection of the Trust Fund or the preservation of the value of the investment; to waive any default, whether in the performance of any covenant or condition of any mortgage or in the performance of any guarantee, or to enforce any such default in such manner and to such extent as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator; to exercise and enforce any and all rights of foreclosure, to bid on property in on foreclosure, to take a deed in lieu of foreclosure with or without paying consideration thereforetherefor, and in connection therewith to release the obligation on the bond secured by such mortgage, and to exercise and enforce in any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity any rights or remedies in respect to any such mortgage or guarantee.
(km) To hold part or all of the Trust Fund uninvested, provided that the Trust Fund remains uninvested for no longer than a reasonable period of time up to forty-eight (48) hours unless the Administrator first consented in writing to such failure to invest.
(ln) To employ suitable agents and counsel and to pay their reasonable and proper expenses and compensation.
(mo) To purchase and sell foreign exchange and contracts for foreign exchange, including transactions entered into with State Street Bank and Trust Company, its agents or subcustodians.
(np) To form corporations and to create trusts to hold title to any securities or other property, all upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable by the Investment Manager or Administrator.
(oq) To register any securities held by it hereunder in its own name, in the name of its nominee, in the name of its agent, or in the name of its agent’s 's nominee with or without the addition of words indicating that such securities are held in a fiduciary capacity, and to hold any securities in bearer form and to deposit any securities or other property in a depository or clearing corporation.
(pr) To make, execute and deliver, as Trustee, any and all deeds, leases, mortgages, conveyances, waivers, releases, or other instruments in writing necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing powers.
(qs) To invest at any bank including State Street Bank and Trust Company (i) in any type of interest bearing investments (including, but not limited to savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit and repurchase agreements) and (ii) in noninterest bearing accounts (including but not limited to checking accounts).
(rt) To invest in collective investment funds maintained by State Street Bank and Trust Company or by other banks for the investment of the assets of employee benefit plans qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, whereupon the instruments establishing such funds, as amended, shall be deemed a part of this Trust Agreement and incorporated by reference herein.
(s) To invest in open-end and closed-end investment companies, regardless of the purposes for which such funds were created, including those managed, serviced or advised by the Trustee, an affiliate of the Trustee, and any partnership, limited or unlimited, joint venture and other forms of joint enterprise created for any lawful purpose. The Trustee shall transmit promptly to the Administrator or the Investment Manager, as the case may be, all notices of conversion, redemption, tender, exchange, subscription, class action, claim in insolvency proceedings or other rights or powers relating to any of the securities in the Trust Fund, which notices are received by the Trustee from its agents or custodians, from issuers of the securities in question and from the party (or its agents) extending such rights. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine the existence of any conversion, redemption, tender, exchange, subscription, class action, claim in insolvency proceedings or other right or power relating to any of the securities in the Trust Fund of which notice was given prior to the purchase of such securities by the Trust Fund, and shall have no obligation to exercise any such right or power unless the Trustee is informed of the existence of the right or power. The Trustee shall not be liable for any untimely exercise or assertion of such rights or powers described in the paragraph immediately above in connection with securities or other property of the Trust Fund at any time held by it unless (i) it or its agents or custodians are in actual possession of such securities or property and (ii) it receives directions to exercise any such rights or powers from the Administrator or the Investment Manager, as the case may be, and both (i) and (ii) occur at least three business days prior to the date on which such rights or powers are to be exercised. If the Trustee is directed by the Administrator or an Investment Manager to purchase securities issued by any foreign government or agency thereof, or by any corporation or other entity domiciled outside of the United States, it shall be the responsibility of the Administrator or Investment Manager, as the case may be, to advise the Trustee in writing with respect to any laws or regulations of any foreign countries or any United States territory or possession which shall apply in any manner whatsoever to such securities, including, without limitation, receipt by the Trustee of dividends, interest or other distributions on such securities. All Investment Company shares Shares shall be registered in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Subject to any requirement of applicable law, the Trustee will transmit to the Recordkeeper or the Administrator, as the case may be, copies of any notices of shareholders’ ' meetings, proxies and proxy-soliciting materials, prospectuses and the annual or other reports to shareholders, with respect to Investment Company shares Shares held in the Trust FundTrust. The Trustee shall act in accordance with appropriate directions received from the Recordkeeper or the Administrator, as the case may be, with respect to matters to be voted upon by the shareholders of the Investment Company. Such directions must be in writing on a form approved by the Trustee, signed by the addressee and delivered to the Trustee within the time prescribed by it. The Trustee will not vote Investment Company shares as to which it receives no written directions. For the purposes of this Section, Investment Company means a registered investment company provided that its prospectus offers its shares under the Plan.
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Samples: Defined Contribution Plans Master Trust Agreement (Comcast Corp)