Common use of Investments and Valuation Clause in Contracts

Investments and Valuation. 2.02-1 The trust fund may be invested in insurance contracts ("Contracts") as directed by the Committee. Such Contracts may be purchased by the Company and transferred to the Trustee as in-kind contributions or may be purchased by the Trustee with the proceeds of cash contributions (or may be purchased upon direction by the Committee pursuant to 2.02-2 or an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4). The Company's contributions to the trust shall Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for the refusal of any Insurer to issue or change any Contract or Contracts or to take any other action requested by the Trustee; nor for the form, genuineness, validity, sufficiency or effect of any Contract or Contracts held in the trust; nor for the act of any person (other than itself) or persons that may render any such Contract or Contracts null and void; nor for failure of any Insurer to pay the proceeds of any such Contract or Contracts as and when the same shall become due and payable; nor for any delay in payment resulting from any provision contained in any such Contract or 2.02-2 Prior to a Change in Control, the Trustee shall invest the trust fund only in accordance with written directions of the Committee, including directions for exercising rights, privileges, options and elections pertaining to Contracts and for borrowing from Contracts or other borrowing by the Trustee. The Trustee shall act only as an administrative agent in carrying out directed investment transactions and shall not be responsible for the investment decision. If a directed investment transaction violates any duty to diversify, to maintain liquidity or to meet any other investment standard under this trust or applicable law, the entire responsibility shall rest upon the Company. The Trustee shall be fully protected in acting upon or complying with any investment objectives, guidelines, restrictions or directions provided in accordance with this paragraph, The Committee may not direct the Trustee to make any investments, and the Company may not make any contributions to the trust fund, which are not permissible investments under 2.02-1 and 2.02-3. After a Change in Control, the Committee shall no longer be entitled to direct the Trustee with respect to the investment of the trust fund, and any appointment of an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4 shall terminate, unless the Written Consent of Participants is obtained for the Committee to continue to have the right to direct the Transfer pursuant to 2.02-2 or to continue Notwithstanding the foregoing, after a Change in Control no new investments shall be made at any time in any securities, instruments, accounts or real property of the Company, and the Trustee may not loan trust fund assets to the Company, or permit the Company to pledge trust fund assets as collateral for loans to the Company without the Written Consent of all of the Participants. 2.02-3 The Trustee shall invest and reinvest the assets of the trust fund as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate, in accordance with applicable law. Permissible investments shall be limited to the following: (a) Insurance or annuity contracts; (b) Preferred or common stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, money market funds, obligations of governmental bodies, or other securities; (c) Interest-bearing savings or deposit accounts with any federally-insured bank or savings and loan association (including the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee); (d) Shares or certificates of participation issued by investment companies, investment trusts, mutual funds, or common or pooled investment funds (including any common or pooled investment fund now or hereafter maintained by the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee); or (e) Real property, mortgages, deeds of trust, or notes secured by mortgages or deeds of trust. 2.02-4 Prior to a Change in Control, the Committee may appoint one or more investment managers ("Investment Manager") subject to the following provisions: (a) The Committee may appoint one or more Investment Managers to manage (including the power to acquire and dispose of) a specified portion of the assets of the trust (hereinafter referred to as that Investment Manager's "Segregated Fund"). Any Investment Manager so appointed must be either (A) an investment adviser registered as such under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, (B) a bank, as defined in that Act, or (C) an insurance company qualified to perform services in the management, acquisition or disposition of the assets of trusts under the laws of more than one state; and any Investment Manager so appointed must acknowledge in writing to the Company and to the Trustee that it is a fiduciary with respect to the Plan. The Trustee, until notified in writing to the contrary, shall be fully protected in relying upon any written notice of the appointment of an Investment Manager furnished to it by the Company. In the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, the (b) Each Investment Manager appointed pursuant to subparagraph (a) above shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the assets of its Segregated Fund and may invest and reinvest the assets of the Segregated Fund in any investments in which the Trustee is authorized to invest under 2.02-3, subject to the terms and limitations of any written instruments pertaining to its appointment as Investment Manager. Copies of any such written instruments shall be furnished to the Trustee. Each Investment Manager shall have the power to vote any corporate stock either in person or by proxy, with or without power of substitution. In addition, each Investment Manager from time to time and at any time may delegate to the Trustee (or in the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, the Trustee, upon seven days prior written notice of the vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, may, until an Investment Manager thereof shall have been duly appointed, exercise in respect of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund) discretionary authority to invest and reinvest otherwise uninvested cash held in its Segregated Fund temporarily in bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued or fully guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in other obligations of a short-term nature, including prime commercial obligations or part interests therein. (c) Unless the Trustee knowingly participates in, or knowingly undertakes to conceal, an act or omission of an Investment Manager, knowing such act or omission to be a breach of the fiduciary responsibility of the Investment Manager with respect to the Plan, the Trustee shall not be liable for any act or omission of any Investment Manager and shall not be under any obligation to invest or otherwise manage the assets of the Plan that are subject to the management of any Investment Manager. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be liable by reason of its taking or refraining from taking at the direction of an Investment Manager any action in respect of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund. The Trustee shall be under no duty to question or to make inquiries as to any direction or order or failure to give direction or order by any Investment Manager; and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any review of investments acquired for the trust at the direction or order of any Investment Manager and shall be under no duty at any time to make any recommendation with respect to disposing of or continuing to retain any such investment. 2.02-5 The values of all assets in the trust fund shall be reasonably determined by the Trustee and may be based on the determination of qualified independent parties or Experts (as described in 2.06-2). At any time before or after a Change in Control, the Trustee shall have the right to secure confirmation of value by a qualified independent party or Expert for all property of the trust fund, as well as any property to be substituted for other property of Any insurance or annuity contracts held in the trust fund shall be valued at their cash surrender value, except for purposes of substituting other property for such Contracts pursuant to 2.05-2. All securities shall be valued net of costs to sell, or register for sale, such securities. All real property shall be valued net of costs to sell such real property. All other assets of the trust fund shall be valued at their fair market value. The Company shall pay all costs incurred in valuing the assets of the trust fund including any assets to be substituted for other assets of the trust fund pursuant to 2.05. If not so paid, these costs shall be paid from the trust fund. The Company shall reimburse the trust fund within 30 days after receipt of a bill xxxm the Trustee for any such costs paid out of the trust fund.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Milacron Inc)

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Investments and Valuation. 2.02-1 The trust fund may shall be invested primarily in insurance contracts ("Contracts") as directed by the Committee). Such Contracts may be purchased by the Company and transferred to the Trustee as in-kind contributions or may be purchased by the Trustee with the proceeds of cash contributions (or may be purchased upon direction by the Committee pursuant to 2.02-2 or an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4). The Company's contributions to the trust shall include sufficient cash to make projected premium payments on such Contracts and payments of interest due on loans secured by the cash value of such Contracts, unless the Company makes these payments directly. The Trustee shall have the power to exercise all rights, privileges, options and elections granted by or permitted under any Contract or under the rules of the insurance company issuing the Contract ("Insurer"), including the right to obtain policy loans against the cash value of the Contract. Prior to a Special Circumstance, the exercise by the Trustee of any incidents of ownership under any Contract shall be subject to the direction of the Committee. The Committee may from time to time direct the Trustee in writing as to the designation of the beneficiary of a Participant under a Contract for any part of the death benefits payable to such beneficiary thereunder, and the Trustee shall file such designation with the Insurer. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for the refusal of any Insurer to issue or change any Contract or Contracts or to take any other action requested by the Trustee; nor for the form, genuineness, validity, sufficiency or effect of any Contract or Contracts held in the trust; nor for the act of any person (other than itself) or persons that may render any such Contract or Contracts null and void; nor for failure of any Insurer to pay the proceeds of any such Contract or Contracts as and when the same shall become due and payable; nor for any delay in payment resulting from any provision contained in any such Contract oror Contracts; nor for the fact that for any reason whatsoever (other than its own negligence or willful misconduct) any Contracts shall lapse or otherwise become uncollectible. 2.02-2 Prior to a Change in ControlSpecial Circumstance, the Trustee shall invest the trust fund only in accordance with written directions of by the Committee, including directions for exercising rights, privileges, options and elections pertaining to Contracts and for borrowing from Contracts or other borrowing by the Trustee. The Trustee shall act only as an administrative agent in carrying out directed investment transactions and shall not be responsible for the investment decision. If a directed investment transaction violates any duty to diversify, to maintain liquidity or to meet any other investment standard under this trust or applicable law, the entire responsibility shall rest upon the Company. The Trustee shall be fully protected in acting upon or complying with any investment objectives, guidelines, restrictions or directions provided in accordance with this paragraph, The Committee may not direct the Trustee to make any investments, and the Company may not make any contributions to the trust fund, which are not permissible investments under 2.02-1 and 2.02-3. After a Change in Control, Special Circumstance the Committee shall no longer be entitled to direct the Trustee with respect to the investment of the trust fund, and any appointment of an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4 shall terminate, unless the Written Consent of Participants is obtained for the Committee to continue to have the this right to direct the Transfer pursuant to 2.02-2 2. If such Written Consent of Participants is not obtained, the trust fund shall be invested by the Trustee pursuant to 2.02-3 or by an Investment Manager pursuant to continue 2.02-4. The Trustee or Investment Manager shall have the right to invest the Trust Fund primarily in insurance contracts pursuant to 2.02-1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after a Change in Control no new investments shall be made at any time in any securities, instruments, accounts or real property of the Company, and the Trustee may not loan trust fund assets to the Company, or permit the Company to pledge trust fund assets as collateral for loans to the Company. The Committee may not direct the Trustee to make any investments, and the Company without may not make any contributions to the Written Consent of all of the Participantstrust fund, which are not permissible investments under 2.02-2 and 2.02-3. 2.02-3 The If the Trustee does not receive instructions from the Committee for the investment of part or all of the trust fund for a period of at least sixty (60) days, the Trustee shall invest and reinvest the assets of the trust fund as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate, in accordance with applicable law. Permissible investments shall be limited to the following: (a) Insurance or annuity contracts; (b) Preferred or common stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, money market funds, obligations of governmental bodies, or other securities; (c) Interest-bearing savings or deposit accounts with any federally-insured bank or savings and loan association (including the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee);; or (d) Shares or certificates of participation issued by investment companies, investment trusts, mutual funds, or common or pooled investment funds (including any common or pooled investment fund now or hereafter maintained by the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee); or (e) Real property, mortgages, deeds of trust, or notes secured by mortgages or deeds of trust. 2.02-4 Prior to a Change in Control, the Committee The Company may appoint one (1) or more investment managers ("Investment Manager") subject to the following provisions: (a) The Committee Company may appoint one (1) or more Investment Managers to manage (including the power to acquire and dispose of) a specified portion of the assets of the trust (hereinafter referred to as that Investment Manager's "Segregated Fund"). Any Investment Manager so appointed must be either (A) an investment adviser registered as such under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, (B) a bank, as defined in that Act, or (C) an insurance company qualified to perform services in the management, acquisition or disposition of the assets of trusts under the laws of more than one (1) state; and any Investment Manager so appointed must acknowledge in writing to the Company and to the Trustee that it is a fiduciary with respect to the PlanPlans. The Trustee, until notified in writing to the contrary, shall be fully protected in relying upon any written notice of the appointment of an Investment Manager furnished to it by the Company. In the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, thethe Trustee shall be deemed to be the Investment Manager of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund until an Investment Manager thereof shall have been duly appointed; and in such event, until an Investment Manager shall have been so appointed and qualified, references herein to the Trustee's acting in respect of that Segregated Fund pursuant to direction from the Investment Manager shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to act in its own discretion in managing and controlling the assets of that Segregated Fund, and subparagraphs (c) and (d) below shall have no effect with respect thereto and shall be disregarded. (b) Each Investment Manager appointed pursuant to subparagraph (a) above shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the assets of its Segregated Fund and may invest and reinvest the assets of the Segregated Fund in any investments in which the Trustee is authorized to invest under 2.02-3, subject to the terms and limitations of any written instruments pertaining to its appointment as Investment Manager. Copies of any such written instruments shall be furnished to the Trustee. Each Investment Manager shall have the power to vote any corporate stock either in person or by proxy, with or without power of substitution. In addition, each Investment Manager from time to time and at any time may delegate to the Trustee (or in the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, the Trustee, upon seven days prior written notice of the vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, may, until an Investment Manager thereof shall have been duly appointed, Trustee may exercise in respect of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund) discretionary authority to invest and reinvest otherwise uninvested cash held in its Segregated Fund temporarily in bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued or fully guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in other obligations of a short-term nature, including prime commercial obligations or part interests therein. (c) Unless the Trustee knowingly participates in, or knowingly undertakes to conceal, an act or omission of an Investment Manager, knowing such act or omission to be a breach of the fiduciary responsibility of the Investment Manager with respect to the PlanPlans, the Trustee shall not be liable for any act or omission of any Investment Manager and shall not be under any obligation to invest or otherwise manage the assets of the Plan Plans that are subject to the management of any Investment Manager. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforego- ing, the Trustee shall not be liable by reason of its taking or refraining from taking at the direction of an Investment Manager any action in respect of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund. The Trustee shall be under no duty to question or to make inquiries as to any direction or order or failure to give direction or order by any Investment Manager; and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any review of investments acquired for the trust at the direction or order of any Investment Manager and shall be under no duty at any time to make any recommendation with respect to disposing of or continuing to retain any such investment. 2.02-5 The values of all assets in the trust fund shall be reasonably determined by the Trustee and may be based on the determination of qualified independent parties or Experts (as described in 2.06-2). At any time before or after a Change in ControlSpecial Circumstance, the Trustee shall have the right to secure confirmation of value by a qualified independent party or Expert for all property of the trust fund, as well as any property to be substituted for other property of the trust fund pursuant to 2.05. Before a Special Circumstance the Company may designate one (1) or more independent parties, who are acceptable to the Trustee, to determine the fair market value of any notes, securities, real property or other assets. Any insurance or annuity contracts held in the trust fund shall be valued at their cash surrender value, except for purposes of substituting other property for such Contracts pursuant to 2.05-2. All securities shall be valued net of costs to sell, or register for sale, such securities. All real property shall be valued net of costs to sell such real property. All other assets of the trust fund shall be valued at their fair market value. The Company shall pay all costs incurred in valuing the assets of the trust fund fund, including any assets to be substituted for other assets of the trust fund pursuant to 2.05. If not so paid, these costs shall be paid from the trust fund. The Company shall reimburse the trust fund within 30 thirty (30) days after receipt of a bill xxxm from the Trustee for any such xxxh costs paid out of the trust fund.

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Samples: Umbrella Trust Agreement (North Valley Bancorp)

Investments and Valuation. 2.02-1 The trust fund may shall be invested primarily in insurance contracts ("Contracts") as directed by the Committee”). Such Contracts may be purchased by the Company and transferred to the Trustee as in-kind contributions or may be purchased by the Trustee with the proceeds of cash contributions (or may be purchased upon direction by the Committee pursuant to 2.02-2 or an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4). The Company's ’s contributions to the trust shall include sufficient cash to make projected premium payments on such Contracts and payments of interest due on loans secured by the cash value of such Contracts, unless the Company makes these payments directly. The Trustee shall have the power to exercise all rights, privileges, options and elections granted by or permitted under any Contract or under the rules of the insurance PAGE 12 — UMBRELLA TRUST™ FOR EXECUTIVES company issuing the Contract (“Insurer”), including the right to obtain policy loans against the cash value of the Contract. Prior to a Special Circumstance, the exercise by the Trustee of any incidents of ownership under any Contract shall be subject to the direction of the Committee. The Committee may from time to time direct the Trustee in writing as to the designation of the beneficiary of a Participant under a Contract for any part of the death benefits payable to such beneficiary thereunder, and the Trustee shall file such designation with the Insurer. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for the refusal of any Insurer to issue or change any Contract or Contracts or to take any other action requested by the Trustee; nor for the form, genuineness, validity, sufficiency or effect of any Contract or Contracts held in the trust; nor for the act of any person (other than itself) or persons that may render any such Contract or Contracts null and void; nor for failure of any Insurer to pay the proceeds of any such Contract or Contracts as and when the same shall become due and payable; nor for any delay in payment resulting from any provision contained in any such Contract oror Contracts; nor for the fact that for any reason whatsoever (other than its own negligence or willful misconduct) any Contracts shall lapse or otherwise become uncollectible. 2.02-2 Prior to a Change in ControlSpecial Circumstance, the Trustee shall invest the trust fund only in accordance with written directions of by the Committee, including directions for exercising rights, privileges, options and elections pertaining to Contracts and for borrowing from Contracts or other borrowing by the Trustee. The Trustee shall act only as an administrative agent in carrying out directed investment transactions and shall not be responsible for the investment decision. If a directed investment transaction violates any duty to diversify, to maintain liquidity or to meet any other investment standard under this trust or applicable law, the entire responsibility shall rest upon the Company. The Trustee shall be fully protected in acting upon or complying with any investment objectives, guidelines, restrictions or directions provided in accordance with this paragraph, The Committee may not direct the Trustee to make any investments, and the Company may not make any contributions to the trust fund, which are not permissible investments under 2.02-1 and 2.02-3. After a Change in Control, Special Circumstance the Committee shall no longer be entitled to direct the Trustee with respect to the investment of the trust fund, and any appointment of an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4 shall terminate, unless the Written Consent of Participants is obtained for the Committee to continue to have the this right to direct the Transfer pursuant to 2.02-2 2. If such Written Consent of Participants is not obtained, the trust fund shall be invested by the Trustee pursuant to 2.02-3 or by an Investment Manager pursuant to continue 2.02-4. The Trustee or PAGE 13 — UMBRELLA TRUST™ FOR EXECUTIVES Investment Manager shall have the right to invest the Trust Fund primarily in insurance contracts pursuant to 2.02-1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after a Change in Control no new investments shall be made at any time in any securities, instruments, accounts or real property of the Company, and the Trustee may not loan trust fund assets to the Company, or permit the Company to pledge trust fund assets as collateral for loans to the Company. The Committee may not direct the Trustee to make any investments, and the Company without may not make any contributions to the Written Consent of all of the Participantstrust fund, which are not permissible investments under 2.02-2 and 2.02-3. 2.02-3 The If the Trustee does not receive instructions from the Committee for the investment of part or all of the trust fund for a period of at least sixty (60) days, the Trustee shall invest and reinvest the assets of the trust fund as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate, in accordance with applicable law. Permissible investments shall be limited to the following: (a) Insurance or annuity contracts; (b) Preferred or common stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, money market funds, obligations of governmental bodies, or other securities; (c) Interest-bearing savings or deposit accounts with any federally-insured bank or savings and loan association (including the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee);; or (d) Shares or certificates of participation issued by investment companies, investment trusts, mutual funds, or common or pooled investment funds (including any common or pooled investment fund now or hereafter maintained by the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee); or (e) Real property, mortgages, deeds of trust, or notes secured by mortgages or deeds of trust. 2.02-4 Prior to a Change in Control, the Committee The Company may appoint one or more investment managers ("Investment Manager") subject to the following provisions: (a) The Committee Company may appoint one or more Investment Managers to manage (including the power to acquire and dispose of) a specified portion of the assets of the trust (hereinafter referred to as that Investment Manager's "’s “Segregated Fund"). Any Investment Manager so appointed must be either (A) PAGE 14 — UMBRELLA TRUST™ FOR EXECUTIVES an investment adviser registered as such under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, (B) a bank, as defined in that Act, or (C) an insurance company qualified to perform services in the management, acquisition or disposition of the assets of trusts under the laws of more than one state; and any Investment Manager so appointed must acknowledge in writing to the Company and to the Trustee that it is a fiduciary with respect to the PlanPlans. The Trustee, until notified in writing to the contrary, shall be fully protected in relying upon any written notice of the appointment of an Investment Manager furnished to it by the Company. In the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, thethe Trustee shall be deemed to be the Investment Manager of that Investment Manager’s Segregated Fund until an Investment Manager thereof shall have been duly appointed; and in such event, until an Investment Manager shall have been so appointed and qualified, references herein to the Trustee’s acting in respect of that Segregated Fund pursuant to direction from the Investment Manager shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to act in its own discretion in managing and controlling the assets of that Segregated Fund, and subparagraphs (b) and (c) below shall have no effect with respect thereto and shall be disregarded. (b) Each Investment Manager appointed pursuant to subparagraph (a) above shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the assets of its Segregated Fund and may invest and reinvest the assets of the Segregated Fund in any investments in which the Trustee is authorized to invest under 2.02-3, subject to the terms and limitations of any written instruments pertaining to its appointment as Investment Manager. Copies of any such written instruments shall be furnished to the Trustee. Each Investment Manager shall have the power to vote any corporate stock either in person or by proxy, with or without power of substitution. In addition, each Investment Manager from time to time and at any time may delegate to the Trustee (or in the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, the Trustee, upon seven days prior written notice of the vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, may, until an Investment Manager thereof shall have been duly appointed, Trustee may exercise in respect of that Investment Manager's ’s Segregated Fund) discretionary authority to invest and reinvest otherwise uninvested cash held in its Segregated Fund temporarily in bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued or fully guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality PAGE 15 — UMBRELLA TRUST™ FOR EXECUTIVES thereof, or in other obligations of a short-term nature, including prime commercial paper obligations or part interests therein. (c) Unless the Trustee knowingly participates in, or knowingly undertakes to conceal, an act or omission of an Investment Manager, knowing such act or omission to be a breach of the fiduciary responsibility of the Investment Manager with respect to the PlanPlans, the Trustee shall not be liable for any act or omission of any Investment Manager and shall not be under any obligation to invest or otherwise manage the assets of the Plan Plans that are subject to the management of any Investment Manager. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be liable by reason of its taking or refraining from taking at the direction of an Investment Manager any action in respect of that Investment Manager's ’s Segregated Fund. The Trustee shall be under no duty to question or to make inquiries as to any direction or order or failure to give direction or order by any Investment Manager; and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any review of investments acquired for the trust at the direction or order of any Investment Manager and shall be under no duty at any time to make any recommendation with respect to disposing of or continuing to retain any such investment. 2.02-5 The values of all assets in the trust fund shall be reasonably determined by the Trustee and may be based on the determination of qualified independent parties or Experts (as described in 2.06-2). At any time before or after a Change in ControlSpecial Circumstance, the Trustee shall have the right to secure confirmation of value by a qualified independent party or Expert for all property of the trust fund, as well as any property to be substituted for other property of the trust fund pursuant to 2.05. Before a Special Circumstance the Company may designate one or more independent parties, who are acceptable to the Trustee, to determine the fair market value of any notes, securities, real property or other assets. Any insurance or annuity contracts held in the trust fund shall be valued at their cash surrender value, except for purposes of substituting other property for such Contracts pursuant to 2.05-2. All securities shall be valued net of costs to sell, or register for sale, such securities. All real property shall be valued net of costs to sell such real property. All other assets of the trust fund shall be valued at their fair market value. The Company shall pay all costs incurred in valuing the assets of the trust fund including any assets to be substituted for other assets of the trust fund pursuant to 2.05. If not so paid, these costs shall be paid from the trust fund. The Company shall reimburse the trust fund within 30 days after receipt of a bill xxxm the Trustee for any such costs paid out of the trust fund.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Keycorp /New/)

Investments and Valuation. 2.02-1 The trust fund may shall be invested primarily in insurance contracts ("Contracts") as directed by the Committee). Such Contracts may be purchased by the Company and transferred to the Trustee as in-kind contributions or may be purchased by the Trustee with the proceeds of cash contributions (or may be purchased upon direction by the Committee pursuant to 2.02-2 or an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4). The Company's contributions to the trust shall include sufficient cash to make projected premium payments on such Contracts and payments of interest due on loans secured by the cash value of such Contracts, unless the Company makes these payments directly. The Trustee shall have the power to exercise all rights, privileges, options and elections granted by or permitted under any Contract or under the rules of the insurance company issuing the Contract ("Insurer"), including the right to obtain policy loans against the cash value of the Contract. Prior to a Special Circumstance, the exercise by the Trustee of any incidents of ownership under any Contract shall be subject to the direction of the Committee. The Committee may from time to time direct the Trustee in writing as to the designation of the beneficiary of a Participant under a Contract for any part of the death benefits payable to such beneficiary thereunder, and the Trustee shall file such designation with the Insurer. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for the refusal of any Insurer to issue or change any Contract or Contracts or to take any other action requested by the Trustee; nor for the form, genuineness, validity, sufficiency or effect of any Contract or Contracts held in the trust; nor for the act of any person (other than itself) or persons that may render any such Contract or Contracts null and void; nor for failure of any Insurer to pay the proceeds of any such Contract or Contracts as and when the same shall become due and payable; nor for any delay in payment resulting from any provision contained in any such Contract oror Contracts; nor for the fact that for any reason whatsoever (other than its own negligence or willful misconduct) any Contracts shall lapse or otherwise become uncollectible. 2.02-2 Prior to a Change in ControlSpecial Circumstance, the Trustee shall invest the trust fund only in accordance with written directions of by the Committee, including directions for exercising rights, privileges, options and elections pertaining to Contracts and for borrowing from Contracts or other borrowing by the Trustee. The Trustee shall act only as an administrative agent in carrying out directed investment transactions and shall not be responsible for the investment decision. If a directed investment transaction violates any duty to diversify, to maintain liquidity or to meet any other investment standard under this trust or applicable law, the entire responsibility shall rest upon the Company. The Trustee shall be fully protected in acting upon or complying with any investment objectives, guidelines, restrictions or directions provided in accordance with this paragraph, The Committee may not direct the Trustee to make any investments, and the Company may not make any contributions to the trust fund, which are not permissible investments under 2.02-1 and 2.02-3. After a Change in Control, Special Circumstance the Committee shall no longer be entitled to direct the Trustee with respect to the investment of the trust fund, and any appointment of an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4 shall terminate, unless the Written Consent of Participants is obtained for the Committee to continue to have the this right to direct the Transfer pursuant to 2.02-2 2. If such Written Consent of Participants is not obtained, the trust fund shall be invested by the Trustee pursuant to 2.02-3 or by an Investment Manager pursuant to continue 2.02-4. The Trustee or Investment Manager shall have the right to invest the Trust Fund primarily in insurance contracts pursuant to 2.02-1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after a Change in Control no new investments shall be made at any time in any securities, instruments, accounts or real property of the Company, and the Trustee may not loan trust fund assets to the Company, or permit the Company to pledge trust fund assets as collateral for loans to the Company. The Committee may not direct the Trustee to make any investments, and the Company without may not make any contributions to the Written Consent of all of the Participantstrust fund, which are not permissible investments under 2.02-2 and 2.02-3. 2.02-3 The If the Trustee does not receive instructions from the Committee for the investment of part or all of the trust fund for a period of at least sixty (60) days, the Trustee shall invest and reinvest the assets of the trust fund as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate, in accordance with applicable law. Permissible investments shall be limited to the following: (a) Insurance or annuity contracts; (b) Preferred or common stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, money market funds, obligations of governmental bodies, or other securities; (c) Interest-bearing savings or deposit accounts with any federally-insured bank or savings and loan association (including the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee);; or (d) Shares or certificates of participation issued by investment companies, investment trusts, mutual funds, or common or pooled investment funds (including any common or pooled investment fund now or hereafter maintained by the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee); or (e) Real property, mortgages, deeds of trust, or notes secured by mortgages or deeds of trust. 2.02-4 Prior to a Change in Control, the Committee The Company may appoint one or more investment managers ("Investment Manager") subject to the following provisions: (a) The Committee Company may appoint one or more Investment Managers to manage (including the power to acquire and dispose of) a specified portion of the assets of the trust (hereinafter referred to as that Investment Manager's "Segregated Fund"). Any Investment Manager so appointed must be either (A) an investment adviser registered as such under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, (B) a bank, as defined in that Act, or (C) an insurance company qualified to perform services in the management, acquisition or disposition of the assets of trusts under the laws of more than one state; and any Investment Manager so appointed must acknowledge in writing to the Company and to the Trustee that it is a fiduciary with respect to the PlanPlans. The Trustee, until notified in writing to the contrary, shall be fully protected in relying upon any written notice of the appointment of an Investment Manager furnished to it by the Company. In the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, thethe Trustee shall be deemed to be the Investment Manager of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund until an Investment Manager thereof shall have been duly appointed; and in such event, until an Investment Manager shall have been so appointed and qualified, references herein to the Trustee's acting in respect of that Segregated Fund pursuant to direction from the Investment Manager shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to act in its own discretion in managing and controlling the assets of that Segregated Fund, and subparagraphs (b) and (c) below shall have no effect with respect thereto and shall be disregarded. (b) Each Investment Manager appointed pursuant to subparagraph (a) above shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the assets of its Segregated Fund and may invest and reinvest the assets of the Segregated Fund in any investments in which the Trustee is authorized to invest under 2.02-3, subject to the terms and limitations of any written instruments pertaining to its appointment as Investment Manager. Copies of any such written instruments shall be furnished to the Trustee. Each Investment Manager shall have the power to vote any corporate stock either in person or by proxy, with or without power of substitution. In addition, each Investment Manager from time to time and at any time may delegate to the Trustee (or in the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, the Trustee, upon seven days prior written notice of the vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, may, until an Investment Manager thereof shall have been duly appointed, Trustee may exercise in respect of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund) discretionary authority to invest and reinvest otherwise uninvested cash held in its Segregated Fund temporarily in bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued or fully guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in other obligations of a short-term nature, including prime commercial paper obligations or part interests therein. (c) Unless the Trustee knowingly participates in, or knowingly undertakes to conceal, an act or omission of an Investment Manager, knowing such act or omission to be a breach of the fiduciary responsibility of the Investment Manager with respect to the PlanPlans, the Trustee shall not be liable for any act or omission of any Investment Manager and shall not be under any obligation to invest or otherwise manage the assets of the Plan Plans that are subject to the management of any Investment Manager. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be liable by reason of its taking or refraining from taking at the direction of an Investment Manager any action in respect of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund. The Trustee shall be under no duty to question or to make inquiries as to any direction or order or failure to give direction or order by any Investment Manager; and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any review of investments acquired for the trust at the direction or order of any Investment Manager and shall be under no duty at any time to make any recommendation with respect to disposing of or continuing to retain any such investment. 2.02-5 The values of all assets in the trust fund shall be reasonably determined by the Trustee and may be based on the determination of qualified independent parties or Experts (as described in 2.06-2). At any time before or after a Change in ControlSpecial Circumstance, the Trustee shall have the right to secure confirmation of value by a qualified independent party or Expert for all property of the trust fund, as well as any property to be substituted for other property of the trust fund pursuant to 2.05. Before a Special Circumstance the Company may designate one or more independent parties, who are acceptable to the Trustee, to determine the fair market value of any notes, securities, real property or other assets. Any insurance or annuity contracts held in the trust fund shall be valued at their cash surrender value, except for purposes of substituting other property for such Contracts pursuant to 2.05-2. All securities shall be valued net of costs to sell, or register for sale, such securities. All real property shall be valued net of costs to sell such real property. All other assets of the trust fund shall be valued at their fair market value. The Company shall pay all costs incurred in valuing the assets of the trust fund fund, including any assets to be substituted for other assets of the trust fund pursuant to 2.05. If not so paid, these costs shall be paid from the trust fund. The Company shall reimburse the trust fund within 30 thirty (30) days after receipt of a bill xxxm the Trustee for any such costs paid out of the trust fund.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Keycorp /New/)

Investments and Valuation. 2.02-1 The trust fund may be invested in insurance contracts ("Contracts") as directed by the Committee. Such Contracts may be purchased by the Company and transferred to the Trustee as in-kind contributions or may be purchased by the Trustee with the proceeds of cash contributions (or may be purchased upon direction by the Committee pursuant to 2.02-2 or an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4). The Company's contributions to the trust shall include sufficient cash to make projected premium payments on such Contracts and payments of interest due on loans secured by the cash value of such Contracts, unless the Company makes these payments directly. Prior to a Change in Control, the Trustee shall have the power to exercise all rights, privileges, options and elections granted by or permitted under any Contract or under the rules of the insurance company issuing the Contract ("Insurer") as directed by the Committee, including the right to obtain policy loans against the cash value of the Contract. After a Change of Control, except as provided in the following sentence, the Trustee shall exercise all incidents of ownership under any Contract in its sole Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for the refusal of any Insurer to issue or change any Contract or Contracts or to take any other action requested by the Trustee; nor for the form, genuineness, validity, sufficiency or effect of any Contract or Contracts held in the trust; nor for the act of any person (other than itself) or persons that may render any such Contract or Contracts null and void; nor for failure of any Insurer to pay the proceeds of any such Contract or Contracts as and when the same shall become due and payable; nor for any delay in payment resulting from any provision contained in any such Contract or 2.02-2 Prior to a Change in Control, the Trustee shall invest the trust fund only in accordance with written directions of the Committee, including directions for exercising rights, privileges, options and elections pertaining to Contracts and for borrowing from Contracts or other borrowing by the Trustee. The Trustee shall act only as an administrative agent in carrying out directed investment transactions and shall not be responsible Contracts; nor for the investment decision. If a directed investment transaction violates any duty to diversify, to maintain liquidity or to meet any other investment standard under this trust or applicable law, the entire responsibility shall rest upon the Company. The Trustee shall be fully protected in acting upon or complying with any investment objectives, guidelines, restrictions or directions provided in accordance with this paragraph, The Committee may not direct the Trustee to make any investments, and the Company may not make any contributions to the trust fund, which are not permissible investments under 2.02-1 and 2.02-3. After a Change in Control, the Committee shall no longer be entitled to direct the Trustee with respect to the investment of the trust fund, and any appointment of an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4 shall terminate, unless the Written Consent of Participants is obtained for the Committee to continue to have the right to direct the Transfer pursuant to 2.02-2 or to continue Notwithstanding the foregoing, after a Change in Control no new investments shall be made at any time in any securities, instruments, accounts or real property of the Company, and the Trustee may not loan trust fund assets to the Company, or permit the Company to pledge trust fund assets as collateral for loans to the Company without the Written Consent of all of the Participants. 2.02-3 The Trustee shall invest and reinvest the assets of the trust fund as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate, in accordance with applicable law. Permissible investments shall be limited to the following: (a) Insurance or annuity contracts; (b) Preferred or common stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, money market funds, obligations of governmental bodies, or other securities; (c) Interest-bearing savings or deposit accounts with any federally-insured bank or savings and loan association (including the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee); (d) Shares or certificates of participation issued by investment companies, investment trusts, mutual funds, or common or pooled investment funds (including any common or pooled investment fund now or hereafter maintained by the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee); or (e) Real property, mortgages, deeds of trust, or notes secured by mortgages or deeds of trust. 2.02-4 Prior to a Change in Control, the Committee may appoint one or more investment managers ("Investment Manager") subject to the following provisions: (a) The Committee may appoint one or more Investment Managers to manage (including the power to acquire and dispose of) a specified portion of the assets of the trust (hereinafter referred to as fact that Investment Manager's "Segregated Fund"). Any Investment Manager so appointed must be either (A) an investment adviser registered as such under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, (B) a bank, as defined in that Act, or (C) an insurance company qualified to perform services in the management, acquisition or disposition of the assets of trusts under the laws of more than one state; and any Investment Manager so appointed must acknowledge in writing to the Company and to the Trustee that it is a fiduciary with respect to the Plan. The Trustee, until notified in writing to the contrary, shall be fully protected in relying upon any written notice of the appointment of an Investment Manager furnished to it by the Company. In the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, the (b) Each Investment Manager appointed pursuant to subparagraph (a) above shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the assets of its Segregated Fund and may invest and reinvest the assets of the Segregated Fund in any investments in which the Trustee is authorized to invest under 2.02-3, subject to the terms and limitations of any written instruments pertaining to its appointment as Investment Manager. Copies of any such written instruments shall be furnished to the Trustee. Each Investment Manager shall have the power to vote any corporate stock either in person or by proxy, with or without power of substitution. In addition, each Investment Manager from time to time and at any time may delegate to the Trustee (or in the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, the Trustee, upon seven days prior written notice of the vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, may, until an Investment Manager thereof shall have been duly appointed, exercise in respect of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund) discretionary authority to invest and reinvest otherwise uninvested cash held in its Segregated Fund temporarily in bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued or fully guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in other obligations of a short-term nature, including prime commercial obligations or part interests therein. (c) Unless the Trustee knowingly participates in, or knowingly undertakes to conceal, an act or omission of an Investment Manager, knowing such act or omission to be a breach of the fiduciary responsibility of the Investment Manager with respect to the Plan, the Trustee shall not be liable for any act reason whatsoever (other than its own negligence or omission of willful misconduct) any Investment Manager and Contracts shall not be under any obligation to invest lapse or otherwise manage the assets of the Plan that are subject to the management of any Investment Manager. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be liable by reason of its taking or refraining from taking at the direction of an Investment Manager any action in respect of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund. The Trustee shall be under no duty to question or to make inquiries as to any direction or order or failure to give direction or order by any Investment Manager; and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any review of investments acquired for the trust at the direction or order of any Investment Manager and shall be under no duty at any time to make any recommendation with respect to disposing of or continuing to retain any such investmentbecome uncollectable. 2.02-5 The values of all assets in the trust fund shall be reasonably determined by the Trustee and may be based on the determination of qualified independent parties or Experts (as described in 2.06-2). At any time before or after a Change in Control, the Trustee shall have the right to secure confirmation of value by a qualified independent party or Expert for all property of the trust fund, as well as any property to be substituted for other property of Any insurance or annuity contracts held in the trust fund shall be valued at their cash surrender value, except for purposes of substituting other property for such Contracts pursuant to 2.05-2. All securities shall be valued net of costs to sell, or register for sale, such securities. All real property shall be valued net of costs to sell such real property. All other assets of the trust fund shall be valued at their fair market value. The Company shall pay all costs incurred in valuing the assets of the trust fund including any assets to be substituted for other assets of the trust fund pursuant to 2.05. If not so paid, these costs shall be paid from the trust fund. The Company shall reimburse the trust fund within 30 days after receipt of a bill xxxm the Trustee for any such costs paid out of the trust fund.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Milacron Inc)

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Investments and Valuation. 2.02-1 The trust fund may shall be invested primarily in insurance contracts ("Contracts") as directed by the Committee). Such Contracts may be purchased by the Company and transferred to the Trustee as in-kind contributions or may be purchased by the Trustee with the proceeds of cash contributions (or may be purchased upon direction by the Committee pursuant to 2.02-2 or an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4). The Company's contributions to the trust shall include sufficient cash to make projected premium payments on such Contracts and payments of interest due on loans secured by the cash value of such Contracts, unless the Company makes these payments directly. The Trustee shall have the power to exercise all rights, privileges, options and elections granted by or permitted under any Contract or under the rules of the insurance company issuing the Contract ("Insurer"), including the right to obtain policy loans against the cash value of the Contract. Prior to a Special Circumstance, the exercise by the Trustee of any incidents of ownership under any Contract shall be subject to the direction of the Committee. The Committee may from time to time direct the Trustee in writing as to the designation of the beneficiary of a Participant under a Contract for any part of the death benefits payable to such beneficiary thereunder, and the Trustee shall file such designation with the Insurer. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for the refusal of any Insurer to issue or change any Contract or Contracts or to take any other action requested by the Trustee; nor for the form, genuineness, validity, sufficiency or effect of any Contract or Contracts held in the trust; nor for the act of any person (other than itself) or persons that may render any such Contract or Contracts null and void; nor for failure of any Insurer to pay the proceeds of any such Contract or Contracts as and when the same shall become due and payable; nor for any delay in payment resulting from any provision contained in any such Contract or 2.02-2 Prior to a Change in Control, the Trustee shall invest the trust fund only in accordance with written directions of the Committee, including directions for exercising rights, privileges, options and elections pertaining to Contracts and for borrowing from Contracts or other borrowing by the Trustee. The Trustee shall act only as an administrative agent in carrying out directed investment transactions and shall not be responsible for the investment decision. If a directed investment transaction violates any duty to diversify, to maintain liquidity or to meet any other investment standard under this trust or applicable law, the entire responsibility shall rest upon the Company. The Trustee shall be fully protected in acting upon or complying with any investment objectives, guidelines, restrictions or directions provided in accordance with this paragraph, The Committee may not direct the Trustee to make any investments, and the Company may not make any contributions to the trust fund, which are not permissible investments under 2.02-1 and 2.02-3. After a Change in Control, the Committee shall no longer be entitled to direct the Trustee with respect to the investment of the trust fund, and any appointment of an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4 shall terminate, unless the Written Consent of Participants is obtained for the Committee to continue to have the right to direct the Transfer pursuant to 2.02-2 or to continue Notwithstanding the foregoing, after a Change in Control no new investments shall be made at any time in any securities, instruments, accounts or real property of the Company, and the Trustee may not loan trust fund assets to the Company, or permit the Company to pledge trust fund assets as collateral for loans to the Company without the Written Consent of all of the Participants. 2.02-3 The Trustee shall invest and reinvest the assets of the trust fund as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate, in accordance with applicable law. Permissible investments shall be limited to the following: (a) Insurance or annuity contracts; (b) Preferred or common stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, money market funds, obligations of governmental bodies, or other securities; (c) Interest-bearing savings or deposit accounts with any federally-insured bank or savings and loan association (including the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee); (d) Shares or certificates of participation issued by investment companies, investment trusts, mutual funds, or common or pooled investment funds (including any common or pooled investment fund now or hereafter maintained by the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee)Contracts; or (e) Real property, mortgages, deeds of trust, or notes secured by mortgages or deeds of trust. 2.02-4 Prior to a Change in Control, the Committee may appoint one or more investment managers ("Investment Manager") subject to the following provisions: (a) The Committee may appoint one or more Investment Managers to manage (including the power to acquire and dispose of) a specified portion of the assets of the trust (hereinafter referred to as that Investment Manager's "Segregated Fund"). Any Investment Manager so appointed must be either (A) an investment adviser registered as such under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, (B) a bank, as defined in that Act, or (C) an insurance company qualified to perform services in the management, acquisition or disposition of the assets of trusts under the laws of more than one state; and any Investment Manager so appointed must acknowledge in writing to the Company and to the Trustee that it is a fiduciary with respect to the Plan. The Trustee, until notified in writing to the contrary, shall be fully protected in relying upon any written notice of the appointment of an Investment Manager furnished to it by the Company. In the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, the (b) Each Investment Manager appointed pursuant to subparagraph (a) above shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the assets of its Segregated Fund and may invest and reinvest the assets of the Segregated Fund in any investments in which the Trustee is authorized to invest under 2.02-3, subject to the terms and limitations of any written instruments pertaining to its appointment as Investment Manager. Copies of any such written instruments shall be furnished to the Trustee. Each Investment Manager shall have the power to vote any corporate stock either in person or by proxy, with or without power of substitution. In addition, each Investment Manager from time to time and at any time may delegate to the Trustee (or in the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, the Trustee, upon seven days prior written notice of the vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, may, until an Investment Manager thereof shall have been duly appointed, exercise in respect of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund) discretionary authority to invest and reinvest otherwise uninvested cash held in its Segregated Fund temporarily in bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued or fully guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in other obligations of a short-term nature, including prime commercial obligations or part interests therein. (c) Unless the Trustee knowingly participates in, or knowingly undertakes to conceal, an act or omission of an Investment Manager, knowing such act or omission to be a breach of the fiduciary responsibility of the Investment Manager with respect to the Plan, the Trustee shall not be liable for any act or omission of any Investment Manager and shall not be under any obligation to invest or otherwise manage the assets of the Plan that are subject to the management of any Investment Manager. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be liable by reason of its taking or refraining from taking at the direction of an Investment Manager any action in respect of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund. The Trustee shall be under no duty to question or to make inquiries as to any direction or order or failure to give direction or order by any Investment Manager; and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any review of investments acquired for the trust at the direction or order of any Investment Manager and shall be under no duty at any time to make any recommendation with respect to disposing of or continuing to retain any such investment. 2.02-5 The values of all assets in the trust fund shall be reasonably determined by the Trustee and may be based on the determination of qualified independent parties or Experts (as described in 2.06-2). At any time before or after a Change in Control, the Trustee shall have the right to secure confirmation of value by a qualified independent party or Expert for all property of the trust fund, as well as any property to be substituted for other property of Any insurance or annuity contracts held in the trust fund shall be valued at their cash surrender value, except for purposes of substituting other property for such Contracts pursuant to 2.05-2. All securities shall be valued net of costs to sell, or register for sale, such securities. All real property shall be valued net of costs to sell such real property. All other assets of the trust fund shall be valued at their fair market value. The Company shall pay all costs incurred in valuing the assets of the trust fund including any assets to be substituted for other assets of the trust fund pursuant to 2.05. If not so paid, these costs shall be paid from the trust fund. The Company shall reimburse the trust fund within 30 days after receipt of a bill xxxm the Trustee for any such costs paid out of the trust fund.nor

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Samples: Umbrella Trust Agreement (North Valley Bancorp)

Investments and Valuation. 2.02-1 The trust fund may be invested in insurance contracts ("Contracts") as directed by the Committee. Such Contracts may be purchased by the Company and transferred to the Trustee as in-kind contributions or may be purchased by the Trustee with the proceeds of cash contributions (or may be purchased upon direction by the Committee pursuant to 2.02-2 or an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4). The Company's contributions to the trust shall include sufficient cash to make projected premium payments on such Contracts and payments of interest due on loans secured by the cash value of such Contracts, unless the Company makes these payments directly. Prior to Change of Control, the Trustee shall have the power to exercise all rights, privileges, options and elections granted by or permitted under any Contract or under the rules of the insurance company issuing the Contract ("Insurer") as directed by the Committee, including the right to obtain policy loans against the cash value of the Contract. After a Change of Control, except as provided in the following sentence, the Trustee shall exercise all incidents of ownership under any Contract in its sole discretion. The Committee may from time to time direct the Trustee in writing as to the designation of the beneficiary of a Participant under a Contract for any part of the death benefits payable to such beneficiary thereunder, and the Trustee shall file such designation with the Insurer. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for the refusal of any Insurer to issue or change any Contract or Contracts or to take any other action requested by the Trustee; nor for the form, genuineness, validity, sufficiency or effect of any Contract or Contracts held in the trust; nor for the act of any person (other than itself) or persons that may render any such Contract or Contracts null and void; nor for failure of any Insurer to pay the proceeds of any such Contract or Contracts as and when the same shall become due and payable; nor for any delay in payment resulting from any provision contained in any such Contract oror Contracts; nor for the fact that for any reason whatsoever (other than its own negligence or willful misconduct) any Contracts shall lapse or otherwise become uncollectable. 2.02-2 Prior to a Change in of Control, the Trustee shall invest the trust fund only in accordance with written directions of the Committee, including directions for exercising rights, privileges, options and elections pertaining to Contracts and for borrowing from Contracts or other borrowing by the Trustee. The Trustee shall act only as an administrative agent in carrying out directed investment transactions and shall not be responsible for the investment decision. If a directed investment transaction violates any duty to diversify, to maintain liquidity or to meet any other investment standard under this trust or applicable law, the entire responsibility shall rest upon the Company. The Trustee shall be fully protected in acting upon or complying with any investment objectives, guidelines, restrictions or directions provided in accordance with this paragraph, The Committee may not direct the Trustee to make any investments, and the Company may not make any contributions to the trust fund, which are not permissible investments under 2.02-1 and 2.02-3. After a Change in of Control, the Committee shall no longer be entitled to direct the Trustee with respect to the investment of the trust fund, and any appointment of an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4 shall terminate, unless the Written Consent of Participants is obtained for the Committee to continue to have the right to direct the Transfer pursuant to 2.02-2 or to continue to appoint an Investment Manager pursuant to 2.02-4. If such Written Consent of Participants is not obtained, the trust fund shall be invested by the Trustee pursuant to 2.02-3. The Trustee shall have the right to invest the Trust Fund primarily in insurance contracts pursuant to 2.02- 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after a Change in of Control no new investments shall be made at any time in any securities, instruments, accounts or real property of the Company, and the Trustee may not loan trust fund assets to the Company, or permit the Company to pledge trust fund assets as collateral for loans to the Company without the Written Consent of all of the Participants. 2.02-3 The Trustee shall invest and reinvest the assets of the trust fund as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate, in accordance with applicable law. Permissible investments shall be limited to the following: (a) Insurance or annuity contracts; (b) Preferred or common stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, money market funds, obligations of governmental bodies, or other securities; (c) Interest-bearing savings or deposit accounts with any federally-insured bank or savings and loan association (including the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee); (d) Shares or certificates of participation issued by investment companies, investment trusts, mutual funds, or common or pooled investment funds (including any common or pooled investment fund now or hereafter maintained by the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee); or (e) Real property, mortgages, deeds of trust, or notes secured by mortgages or deeds of trust. 2.02-4 Prior to a Change in of Control, the Committee may appoint one or more investment managers ("Investment Manager") subject to the following provisions: (a) The Committee may appoint one or more Investment Managers to manage (including the power to acquire and dispose of) a specified portion of the assets of the trust (hereinafter referred to as that Investment Manager's "Segregated Fund"). Any Investment Manager so appointed must be either (A) an investment adviser registered as such under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, (B) a bank, as defined in that Act, or (C) an insurance company qualified to perform services in the management, acquisition or disposition of the assets of trusts under the laws of more than one state; and any Investment Manager so appointed must acknowledge in writing to the Company and to the Trustee that it is a fiduciary with respect to the Plan. The Trustee, until notified in writing to the contrary, shall be fully protected in relying upon any written notice of the appointment of an Investment Manager furnished to it by the Company. In the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, thethe management of the trust shall automatically revert to the Committee pursuant to 2.02-2 unless and until another Investment Manager shall have been duly appointed. (b) Each Investment Manager appointed pursuant to subparagraph (a) above shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the assets of its Segregated Fund and may invest and reinvest the assets of the Segregated Fund in any investments in which the Trustee is authorized to invest under 2.02-3, subject to the terms and limitations of any written instruments pertaining to its appointment as Investment Manager. Copies of any such written instruments shall be furnished to the Trustee. Each Investment Manager shall have the power to vote any corporate stock either in person or by proxy, with or without power of substitution. In addition, each Investment Manager from time to time and at any time may delegate to the Trustee (or in the event of any vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, the Trustee, upon seven days prior written notice of the vacancy in the office of Investment Manager, may, until an Investment Manager thereof shall have been duly appointed, exercise in respect of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund) discretionary authority to invest and reinvest otherwise uninvested cash held in its Segregated Fund temporarily in bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued or fully guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in other obligations of a short-term nature, including prime commercial obligations or part interests therein. (c) Unless the Trustee knowingly participates in, or knowingly undertakes to conceal, an act or omission of an Investment Manager, knowing such act or omission to be a breach of the fiduciary responsibility of the Investment Manager with respect to the Plan, the Trustee shall not be liable for any act or omission of any Investment Manager and shall not be under any obligation to invest or otherwise manage the assets of the Plan that are subject to the management of any Investment Manager. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be liable by reason of its taking or refraining from taking at the direction of an Investment Manager any action in respect of that Investment Manager's Segregated Fund. The Trustee shall be under no duty to question or to make inquiries as to any direction or order or failure to give direction or order by any Investment Manager; and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any review of investments acquired for the trust at the direction or order of any Investment Manager and shall be under no duty at any time to make any recommendation with respect to disposing of or continuing to retain any such investment. 2.02-5 The values of all assets in the trust fund shall be reasonably determined by the Trustee and may be based on the determination of qualified independent parties or Experts (as described in 2.06-2). At any time before or after a Change in of Control, the Trustee shall have the right to secure confirmation of value by a qualified independent party or Expert for all property of the trust fund, as well as any property to be substituted for other property of the trust fund pursuant to 2.05. Before a Change of Control, the Committee may designate one or more independent parties, who are acceptable to the Trustee, to determine the fair market value of any notes, securities, real property or other assets. Any insurance or annuity contracts held in the trust fund shall be valued at their cash surrender value, except for purposes of substituting other property for such Contracts pursuant to 2.05-2. All securities shall be valued net of costs to sell, or register for sale, such securities. All real property shall be valued net of costs to sell such real property. All other assets of the trust fund shall be valued at their fair market value. The Company shall pay all costs incurred in valuing the assets of the trust fund including any assets to be substituted for other assets of the trust fund pursuant to 2.05. If not so paid, these costs shall be paid from the trust fund. The Company shall reimburse the trust fund within 30 days after receipt of a bill xxxm xxxx from the Trustee for any such costs paid out of the trust fund.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (Milacron Inc)

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