Common use of MANAGEMENT OF TRUST ASSETS Clause in Contracts

MANAGEMENT OF TRUST ASSETS. (a) Prior to a Change of Control, the Trust Fund shall be held, invested and reinvested by the Trustee as directed in writing by the Corporation from time to time. (b) After a Change of Control, the Trustee shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the Trust Fund and may employ investment managers (including affiliates of the Trustee) to manage the investment of the Trust Fund. In exercising such authority and discretion, the Trustee shall be guided by the investment policy guidelines established by the Corporation for this purpose. The Trustee shall discharge its investment duties with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims. (c) In no event shall assets of the Trust Fund be invested in debt obligations of the Corporation. (d) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Trustee is expressly authorized to: (i) retain the services of a registered broker-dealer organization hereafter affiliated with U.S. Bank National Association, and any future successors in interest thereto (collectively for the purposes of this paragraph referred to as the “Affiliated Entities”), to provide services to assist in or facilitate the purchase or sale of investment securities in the Trust, (ii) acquire as assets of the Trust shares of mutual funds to which Affiliated Entities provides, for a fee, services in any capacity and (iii) acquire in the Trust any other services or products of any kind or nature from the Affiliated Entities regardless of whether the same or similar services or products are available from other institutions. The Trust may directly or indirectly (through mutual funds fees and charges, for example) pay management fees, transaction fees and other commissions to the Affiliated Entities for the services or products provided to the Trust and such mutual funds at such Affiliated Entities’ standard or published rates without offset (unless required by law) from any fees charged by the Trustee for its services as Trustee. The Trustee may also deal directly with the Affiliated Entities regardless of the capacity in which it is then acting, to purchase, sell, exchange or transfer assets of the Trust even though the Affiliated Entities are receiving compensation or otherwise profiting from such transaction or are acting as a principal in such transaction. (e) Each of the Affiliated Entities is authorized to (i) effect transactions on national securities exchanges for the Trust as directed by the Trustee, and (ii) retain any transactional fees related thereto, consistent with Section 11(a)(1) of the Exchange Act, as amended, and related Rule 11a2-2(T). (iii) Included specifically, but not by way of limitation, in the transactions authorized by this provision are transactions in which any of the Affiliated Entities are serving as an underwriter or member of an underwriting syndicate for a security being purchased or are purchasing or selling a security for its own account. In the event the Trustee is directed by the Corporation or any designated investment manager, as applicable hereunder (collectively referred to for purposes of this paragraph as the “Directing Party”), the Directing Party shall be authorized, and expressly retains the right hereunder, to direct the Trustee to retain the services of, and conduct transactions with, Affiliated Entities fully in the manner described above.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Benefits Protection Trust Agreement (Clearwater Paper Corp), Benefits Protection Trust Agreement (Potlatch Corp), Benefits Protection Trust Agreement (Potlatch Corp)

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MANAGEMENT OF TRUST ASSETS. (a) Prior to a Change of Control, the Trust Fund shall be held, invested and reinvested by the Trustee only as directed in writing by the Corporation from time to time. To the extent the Corporation has not so directed the Trustee as to the investment of any portion of Trust assets before they are contributed to the Trust, the Corporation hereby directs the investment of such assets in the default investment fund indicated in Schedule 3 attached hereto. If the Corporation delegates its investment authority hereunder to any third party, the Corporation will remain liable hereunder as if the Corporation had acted directly. (b) After a Change of Control, the Trustee shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the Trust Fund and may employ investment managers (including affiliates of the Trustee) to manage the investment of the Trust Fund. In exercising such authority and discretion, the Trustee shall be guided by the investment policy guidelines established by the Corporation for this purpose, a copy of which guidelines shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall discharge its investment duties with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request, or approval given by the Corporation or the Independent Administrator which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plans or this Agreement and is given in writing by the Corporation or the Independent Administrator. In the event of a dispute between the Corporation (or Independent Administrator) and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute. (c) In no event shall assets of the Trust Fund be invested in debt securities (including stock or rights to acquire stock) or obligations of the Corporation, other than a de minimis amount held in common investment vehicles in which the Trustee invests. All rights associated with Trust assets shall be exercised by the Trustee or the person designated by the Trustee and shall in no event be exercisable by or rest with Participants. (d) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Trustee is expressly authorized to: (i) retain the services of a registered broker-dealer organization hereafter affiliated with U.S. Bank National Association, and any future successors in interest thereto (collectively for the purposes of this paragraph referred to as the “Affiliated Entities”), to provide services to assist in or facilitate the purchase or sale of investment securities in the Trust, (ii) acquire as assets of the Trust shares of mutual funds to which Affiliated Entities provides, for a fee, services in any capacity and (iii) acquire in the Trust any other services or products of any kind or nature from the Affiliated Entities regardless of whether the same or similar services or products are available from other institutions. The Trust may directly or indirectly (through mutual funds fees and charges, for example) pay management fees, transaction fees and other commissions to the Affiliated Entities for the services or products provided to the Trust and such mutual funds at such Affiliated Entities’ standard or published rates without offset (unless required by law) from any fees charged by the Trustee for its services as Trustee. The Trustee may also deal directly with the Affiliated Entities regardless of the capacity in which it is then acting, to purchase, sell, exchange or transfer assets of the Trust even though the Affiliated Entities are receiving compensation or otherwise profiting from such transaction or are acting as a principal in such transaction. (e) Each of the Affiliated Entities is authorized to (i) effect transactions on national securities exchanges for the Trust as directed by the Trustee, and (ii) retain any transactional fees related thereto, consistent with Section 11(a)(1) of the Exchange Act, as amended, and related Rule 11a2-2(T). (iii) Included specifically, but not by way of limitation, in the transactions authorized by this provision are transactions in which any of the Affiliated Entities are serving as an underwriter or member of an underwriting syndicate for a security being purchased or are purchasing or selling a security for its own account. In the event the Trustee is directed by the Corporation or any designated investment manager, as applicable hereunder (collectively referred to for purposes of this paragraph as the “Directing Party”), the Directing Party shall be authorized, and expressly retains the right hereunder, to direct the Trustee to retain the services of, and conduct transactions with, Affiliated Entities fully in the manner described above.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Benefits Protection Trust Agreement (Clearwater Paper Corp), Benefits Protection Trust Agreement (Potlatch Corp)

MANAGEMENT OF TRUST ASSETS. (a) Prior to a Change of Control, the Trust Fund shall be held, invested and reinvested by the Trustee as directed in writing by the Corporation Company from time to time. (b) After a Change of Control, the Trustee shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the Trust Fund and may employ investment managers (including affiliates of the Trustee) to manage the investment of the Trust Fund. In exercising such authority and discretion, the Trustee shall be guided by the investment policy guidelines established by the Corporation Company for this purpose. The Trustee shall discharge its investment duties with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims. (c) In no event shall assets of the Trust Fund be invested in debt obligations of the CorporationCompany. (d) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Trustee is expressly authorized to: (i) retain the services of a U.S. Bancorp Pxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc. or any other registered broker-dealer organization hereafter affiliated with U.S. Bank National Association, and any future successors in interest thereto (collectively for the purposes of this paragraph referred to as the “Affiliated Entities”), to provide services to assist in or facilitate the purchase or sale of investment securities in the Trust, (ii) acquire as assets of the Trust shares of mutual funds to which Affiliated Entities provides, for a fee, services in any capacity and (iii) acquire in the Trust any other services or products of any kind or nature from the Affiliated Entities regardless of whether the same or similar services or products are available from other institutions. The Trust may directly or indirectly (through mutual funds fees and charges, for example) pay management fees, transaction fees and other commissions to the Affiliated Entities for the services or products provided to the Trust and such mutual funds at such Affiliated Entities’ standard or published rates without offset (unless required by law) from any fees charged by the Trustee for its services as Trustee. The Trustee may also deal directly with the Affiliated Entities regardless of the capacity in which it is then acting, to purchase, sell, exchange or transfer assets of the Trust even though the Affiliated Entities are receiving compensation or otherwise profiting from such transaction or are acting as a principal in such transaction. (e) Each of the Affiliated Entities is authorized to (i) effect transactions on national securities exchanges for the Trust as directed by the Trustee, and (ii) retain any transactional fees related thereto, consistent with Section 11(a)(1) of the Exchange Act, as amended, and related Rule 11a2-2(T). (iii) Included specifically, but not by way of limitation, in the transactions authorized by this provision are transactions in which any of the Affiliated Entities are serving as an underwriter or member of an underwriting syndicate for a security being purchased or are purchasing or selling a security for its own account. In the event the Trustee is directed by the Corporation Company or any designated investment manager, as applicable hereunder (collectively referred to for purposes of this paragraph as the “Directing Party”), the Directing Party shall be authorized, and expressly retains the right hereunder, to direct the Trustee to retain the services of, and conduct transactions with, Affiliated Entities fully in the manner described above.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Benefits Protection Trust Agreement (Potlatch Corp)

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MANAGEMENT OF TRUST ASSETS. (a) Prior to a Change of Control, the Trust Fund shall be held, invested and reinvested by the Trustee only as directed in writing by the Corporation Company from time to time. To the extent the Company has not so directed the Trustee as to the investment of any portion of Trust assets before they are contributed to the Trust, the Company hereby directs the investment of such assets in the default investment fund indicated in Schedule 3 attached hereto. If the Company delegates its investment authority hereunder to any third party, the Company will remain liable hereunder as if the Company had acted directly. (b) After a Change of Control, the Trustee shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the Trust Fund and may employ investment managers (including affiliates of the Trustee) to manage the investment of the Trust Fund. In exercising such authority and discretion, the Trustee shall be guided by the investment policy guidelines established by the Corporation Company for this purpose, a copy of which guidelines shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall discharge its investment duties with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request, or approval given by the Company or the Independent Administrator which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plans or this Agreement and is given in writing by the Company or the Independent Administrator. In the event of a dispute between the Company (or Independent Administrator) and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute. (c) In no event shall assets of the Trust Fund be invested in debt securities (including stock or rights to acquire stock) or obligations of the CorporationCompany, other than a de minimis amount held in common investment vehicles in which the Trustee invests. All rights associated with Trust assets shall be exercised by the Trustee or the person designated by the Trustee and shall in no event be exercisable by or rest with Participants. (d) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Trustee is expressly authorized to: (i) retain the services of a registered broker-dealer organization hereafter affiliated with U.S. Bank National Association, and any future successors in interest thereto (collectively for the purposes of this paragraph referred to as the “Affiliated Entities”), to provide services to assist in or facilitate the purchase or sale of investment securities in the Trust, (ii) acquire as assets of the Trust shares of mutual funds to which Affiliated Entities provides, for a fee, services in any capacity and (iii) acquire in the Trust any other services or products of any kind or nature from the Affiliated Entities regardless of whether the same or similar services or products are available from other institutions. The Trust may directly or indirectly (through mutual funds fees and charges, for example) pay management fees, transaction fees and other commissions to the Affiliated Entities for the services or products provided to the Trust and such mutual funds at such Affiliated Entities’ standard or published rates without offset (unless required by law) from any fees charged by the Trustee for its services as Trustee. The Trustee may also deal directly with the Affiliated Entities regardless of the capacity in which it is then acting, to purchase, sell, exchange or transfer assets of the Trust even though the Affiliated Entities are receiving compensation or otherwise profiting from such transaction or are acting as a principal in such transaction. (e) Each of the Affiliated Entities is authorized to (i) effect transactions on national securities exchanges for the Trust as directed by the Trustee, and (ii) retain any transactional fees related thereto, consistent with Section 11(a)(1) of the Exchange Act, as amended, and related Rule 11a2-2(T). (iii) Included specifically, but not by way of limitation, in the transactions authorized by this provision are transactions in which any of the Affiliated Entities are serving as an underwriter or member of an underwriting syndicate for a security being purchased or are purchasing or selling a security for its own account. In the event the Trustee is directed by the Corporation Company or any designated investment manager, as applicable hereunder (collectively referred to for purposes of this paragraph as the “Directing Party”), the Directing Party shall be authorized, and expressly retains the right hereunder, to direct the Trustee to retain the services of, and conduct transactions with, Affiliated Entities fully in the manner described above.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Benefits Protection Trust Agreement (Potlatch Corp)

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