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Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee, in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions herein, and such further written and signed directions as the appropriate party or parties may, under the conditions herein provided, deliver to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to enforce the Grantor’s obligations under this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or directed pursuant hereto. The Trustee shall be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting the Assets comprising the Trust Account and the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in this Trust Agreement and to the conservation and protection of such Assets and the administration thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ Agent, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement of all Assets held in the Trust Account. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement that only Eligible Investments may be held in the Trust Account, and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereof.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (American International Group Inc), Aggregate Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreement (American International Group Inc)

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Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee, in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions herein, and such further written and signed directions as the appropriate party or parties may, under the conditions herein provided, deliver to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to enforce the Grantor’s obligations under this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or directed pursuant hereto. The Trustee shall be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting the Assets comprising the Trust Account and the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in this Trust Agreement and to the conservation and protection of such Assets and the administration thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided faith. The Trustee further agrees to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon forward upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ Agent, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party Grantor or any Insurance Commissioner a statement and valuation of all Assets held in the under this Trust AccountAgreement. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement requirements that only Eligible Permitted Investments may be held in the Trust Account, Account and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by the Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereof.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (American International Group Inc), Aggregate Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreement (American International Group Inc)

Responsibilities of the Trustee. The Trustee accepts the trusts imposed upon it by this Master Indenture, and agrees to observe and perform those trusts, but only upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Article, to all of which the parties hereto and the Owners agree. (a) The Trustee, in Prior to the administration occurrence of an Event of Default of which the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions hereinTrustee has been notified, and such further written after the cure or waiver of all defaults or Events of Default which may have occurred, (1) the Trustee undertakes to perform only those duties and signed directions as the appropriate party obligations which are set forth specifically in this Master Indenture, and no duties or parties may, under the conditions herein provided, deliver obligations shall be implied to the Trustee. The ; and (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may rely conclusively, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Master Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are required specifically to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under no obligation a duty to enforce examine the Grantor’s obligations same to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements of this Master Indenture. (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing hereunder (of which the Trustee has been notified in writing, or is deemed to have notice pursuant to subparagraph (k) below), the Trustee shall, subject to the rights and limitations of liabilities contained herein, exercise those rights and powers vested in it by this Master Indenture and shall, subject to the rights and limitations of liabilities contained herein, use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. (c) No provision of this Trust AgreementMaster Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: (1) this subparagraph shall not be construed to affect the limitation of the Trustee’s duties and obligations provided in subparagraph (a)(1) of this Section or the Trustee’s right to rely on the truth of statements and the correctness of opinions as otherwise expressly provided or directed pursuant hereto. The in subparagraph (a)(2) of this Section; (2) the Trustee shall not be restricted liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by any one of its officers, unless it shall be established that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to holding title to, operating and collecting the Assets comprising the Trust Account and the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in this Trust Agreement and to the conservation and protection of such Assets and the administration thereof good faith in accordance with the direction of the controlling Owners relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Master Indenture; (4) no provision of this Master Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it; and (5) this subparagraph shall not be construed to affect Trustee’s immunities and protections from liability and its right to indemnification in connection with the performance of its duties provided in Section 8.5 or subparagraphs (d)-(s) of this Section, or otherwise provided for in this Master Indenture. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Master Indenture or any other Bond Document relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Trust AgreementArticle 7. (d) The recitals contained in this Master Indenture and in the Bonds shall be taken as the statements of the City and the Trustee assumes no responsibility and undertakes no duty to verify the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Master Indenture or the Improvement Area #3 Bonds or with respect to the security afforded by this Master Indenture, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach of the Trustee’s obligations under incur no liability with respect thereto. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ AgentMaster Indenture, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement of all Assets held in the Trust Account. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement that only Eligible Investments may be held in the Trust Account, and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, shall have no responsibility or duty with respect to: (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects issuance of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible Improvement Area #3 Bonds for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereof.value;

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Master Indenture of Trust, Master Indenture of Trust

Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee, in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions herein, and such further written and signed directions as the appropriate party or parties may, under the conditions herein provided, deliver to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to enforce the Grantor’s obligations under this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or directed pursuant hereto. The Trustee shall be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting the Assets comprising the Trust Account and the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in this Trust Agreement and to the conservation and protection of such Assets and the administration thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ Agent, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement and valuation of all Assets held in the Trust Account. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement that only Eligible Investments may be held in the Trust Account, and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account Account, including, but not limited to, directing the Trustee to enter into one or more investment management, advisory, custodial, depository or other agreements of form and substance specified by the Grantor, with any other person, including any affiliate of the Grantor, selected by the Grantor and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent Beneficiaries each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereof.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Cna Financial Corp), Master Transaction Agreement (Cna Financial Corp)

Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee, in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions herein, and such further written and signed directions as the appropriate party or parties may, under the conditions herein provided, deliver to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to enforce the Grantor’s obligations under this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or directed pursuant hereto. The Trustee shall be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting the Assets comprising the Trust Account and the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in this Trust Agreement and to the conservation and protection of such Assets and the administration thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach faith. The Trustee further agrees to forward upon request of the Trustee’s obligations Beneficiary, the Grantor or any Insurance Commissioner a statement and valuation of all Assets held under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ Agent, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement of all Assets held in the Trust Account. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement requirements that only Eligible Permitted Investments may be held in the Trust Account, Account and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account Account, including, but not limited to, directing the Trustee to enter into one or more investment management, advisory, custodial, depository or other agreements of form and substance specified by the Grantor, with any other person, including any affiliate of the Grantor, selected by the Grantor and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent Beneficiary each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereof.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Trust Agreement (Cna Financial Corp), Master Transaction Agreement (Cna Financial Corp)

Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee, in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions herein, and such further written and signed directions as the appropriate party or parties may, under the conditions herein provided, deliver to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to enforce the Grantor’s obligations under this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or directed pursuant hereto. The Trustee shall be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting the Assets comprising the Trust Account and the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in this Trust Agreement and to the conservation and protection of such Assets and the administration thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach faith. The Trustee further agrees to forward upon request of the Trustee’s obligations Beneficiary, the Grantor or any Insurance Commissioner a statement and valuation of all Assets held under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ Agent, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement of all Assets held in the Trust Account. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement requirements that only Eligible Permitted Investments may be held in the Trust Account, Account and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by the Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent Beneficiary each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereof.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Master Transaction Agreement (American International Group Inc)

Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee, in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions herein, and such further written and signed directions as the appropriate party or parties may, under the conditions herein provided, deliver to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to enforce the Grantor’s obligations under this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or directed pursuant hereto. The Trustee shall be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting the Assets comprising the Trust Account and the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in this Trust Agreement and to the conservation and protection of such Assets and the administration thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach faith. The Trustee further agrees to forward upon request of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement; providedBeneficiary, however, that the Grantor or any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute Insurance Commissioner a breach statement and valuation of the Trustee’s obligations all Assets held under this Trust Agreement. Upon request The Trustee may rely on the instructions provided to it by either BHLN or NICO as the instructions of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ Agent, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement of all Assets held in the Trust AccountGrantor. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement requirements that only RCE Eligible Investments Assets may be held in the Trust Account, Account and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account Account, including, but not limited to, directing the Trustee to enter into one or more investment management, advisory, custodial, depository or other agreements of form and substance specified by the Grantor, with any other person, including any affiliate of the Grantor, selected by the Grantor and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent Beneficiary each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed direction given to the Trustee by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible InvestmentsAssets. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible InvestmentAssets. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereof.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Master Transaction Agreement (Cigna Corp)

Responsibilities of the Trustee. 5.1 The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims (the "Prudent Man Standard of Care"); 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 PPL which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan or this Trust and is given in writing by PPL. In the event of a dispute between PPL and another party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the title, validity or genuineness of any property or evidence of title thereto received by it or delivered by it pursuant to this Trust Agreement and shall be held harmless in acting upon any notice, request, direction, instruction, consent, certification or other instrument believed by it to be genuine and delivered by the proper party or parties. Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable for consequential, special, or speculative damages under the Trust Agreement even if the Trustee is advised as to the possibility thereof. It is understood and agreed that the Trustee shall be under no duty to take any action other than herein specified with respect to any securities or other property at any time deposited hereunder unless specifically agreed to by the Trustee in writing or as otherwise provided in this Trust Agreement. Subject to PPL's power of investment direction under Article X, the Trustee shall have exclusive authority and discretion to hold, manage, care for and protect the Trust Fund and shall have the following powers and discretions in addition to those conferred by law: (a) To invest and reinvest the Trust Fund in such equities (of any classification, including common and preferred stocks), fixed income, cash, cash equivalents or other property (real, personal or mixed) and interests in investment companies and investment trusts as the Trustee shall deem advisable, excluding any obligations or security, or other property of PPL, whether or not such investments and reinvestments be authorized by any state law for the investment of Trust Funds generally; (b) To sell, exchange, convey, transfer or dispose of, and also to grant options with respect to, any property, whether real or personal, at any time held by it by private contract or by public auction, for cash or upon credit, or partly for cash and partly upon credit, as the Trustee may deem best, and no person dealing with the Trustee shall be bound to see to the application of the purchase money or to inquire into the validity, expediency or propriety of any such sale or other disposition; (c) To compromise, compound and settle any debt or obligation due to or from it as the Trustee and to reduce the rate of interest thereon, to extend or otherwise modify, or to foreclose upon default or otherwise enforce or act with respect to any such obligation; (d) If directed by PPL, the Trustee shall vote as instructed by PPL, in person or by general or limited proxy, any stocks or other securities at any time held in the Trust Fund, at any meeting of stockholders or security holders, in respect to any business which may come before the meeting. (e) To vote, in person or by general or limited proxy, any stocks or other securities at any time held in the Trust Fund, at any meeting of stockholders or security holders, in respect to any business which may come before the meeting; to exercise any options appurtenant to any stocks, bonds or other securities for the conversion thereof into other stocks, bonds or securities; to exercise or sell any conversion or subscription rights appurtenant to any stocks, bonds or other securities at any time held in the Trust Fund, and to make any and all necessary payments therefor; to join in, and to approve, or to dissent from and to oppose, any corporate act or proceeding, including any reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation, sale of assets or other action by or plan in respect of corporations or properties, the stocks or securities of which may at any time be held in the Trust Fund; to deposit with any committee or depository, pursuant to any plan or agreement of protection, reorganization, consolidation, sale, merger, or other readjustment, any property held in the Trust Fund; and to make payment from the Trust Fund of any charges or assessments imposed by the terms of any such plan or agreement; (f) To accept and hold any securities or other property received by it under the provisions of any of the subdivisions of this Article whether or not the Trustee would be authorized hereunder then to invest therein; (g) To borrow money on behalf of the Trust upon such terms and conditions as the Trustee shall deem advisable to carry out the purposes of the Trust and to pledge securities or other property of the Trust Fund in repayment of any such loan; (h) To enforce any right, obligation or claim in its discretion and in general to protect in any way the interests of the Trust Fund, either before or after default, and in case the Trustee shall, in its discretion, consider such action for the best interest of the Trust Fund, to abstain from the enforcement of any right, obligation or claim and to abandon any property, whether real or personal, which at any time may be held by the Trustee; (i) To make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all deeds, leases, assignments, transfers, conveyances and any and all other instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out any powers herein granted; (j) To cause any investments from time to time held by it hereunder to be registered in, or transferred into, its name as the Trustee or the name of its nominee or nominees, and with or without designation of fiduciary capacity, or to retain any investments unregistered or in form permitting transfer by delivery, but the books and records of the Trustee shall at all times show that all such investments are part of the Trust Fund; (k) To hold any part or all of the Trust Fund uninvested; (l) The Trustee may not invest in securities (including stock and the rights to acquire stock) or obligations issued by PPL or an Employer as that term is defined in the Plan, except by reason of the inclusion of such securities in a broadly inclusive index, mutual fund, or collective investment medium. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, including, without limitation, any specific or general power granted to the Trustee, including the power to invest in real property, no portion of the Trust Fund shall be invested in real estate. For this purpose, “real estate” includes, but is not limited to, any direct or indirect interest in real property, leaseholds or mineral interests. 5.2 If the Trustee undertakes or defends any litigation arising in connection with this Trust, the Trustee shall act only under the Prudent Man Standard of Care, and PPL agrees to indemnify the Trustee against the Trustee’s costs, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and expenses) relating thereto and to be primarily liable for such payments if the following conditions are met: (a) the Trustee shall notify PPL as soon as practicable after it has received actual notice of litigation, or when the Trustee has reached a decision to undertake litigation but prior to filing a complaint or other written notice to any party or agency, and (b) the Trustee shall at all times afford PPL the reasonable opportunity to approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) the hiring or discharge of legal counsel and the settlement or other conclusion of any such litigation. If PPL does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust. In no event shall the Trustee have any liability or responsibility to undertake or defend any litigation unless the Trustee is reasonably assured of receiving payment of related fees and expenses. The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on trustees by applicable law, unless expressly provided otherwise herein; provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall have no power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor Trustee, or to loan to any person other than PPL the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy. 5.3 The Trustee, at the expense of the Trust or PPL, may consult with legal counsel (who prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control may also be counsel for PPL generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder. The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the Trustee shall not be deemed imprudent by reason of its taking or refraining from taking any action, prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control, in accordance with the opinion of counsel for PPL. PPL agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee harmless from and against any loss, costs and expenses including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incident to any suit, action, investigation, claim or proceeding that the Trustee may incur in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions hereinFund, and such further written this provision shall survive termination of this Trust Agreement and signed directions as the appropriate party or parties mayTrust, provided the following conditions are met: (a) the Trustee shall act at all times under the conditions herein providedPrudent Man Standard of Care, deliver (b) the Trustee shall notify PPL as soon as practicable after it has received actual notice of the suit, action, investigation, claim or proceeding, and (c) the Trustee shall at all times afford PPL the reasonable opportunity to approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) the Trusteehiring or discharge of legal counsel and the settlement or other conclusion of any such matter. The Trustee shall not be under no obligation required to enforce give any bond or any other security for the Grantor’s obligations faithful performance of its duties under this Trust Agreement, except such as otherwise expressly provided may be required by any law which prohibits the waiver thereof. 5.4 The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for the correctness of the recitals of fact herein (other than recitals of fact relating solely to the Trustee and its power and authority to enter into and perform this Trust Agreement) all of which have been made by PPL solely; and the Trustee shall not be responsible or directed pursuant heretoaccountable in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to the validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement and makes no representation with respect thereto. The Trustee shall not be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting responsible for the Assets comprising sufficiency of the Trust Account and to pay the payment and distribution thereof benefits contemplated by the Plans or for the purposes set forth use or application by PPL of any monies held in the Trust when disbursed in conformity with this Trust Agreement. 5.5 During the term of this Trust, all of the income received by the Trust, net of expenses and taxes, shall be accumulated and reinvested. 5.6 Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or to applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the conservation Internal Revenue Code. 5.7 The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or amage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Plan or Participant arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, unforseeable circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; government, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and protection inability to obtain materials, equipment, or transportation, provided, in all cases, the Trustee has acted under the Prudent Man Standard of Care to mitigate, control, and prevent losses and expenses due to such Assets and circumstances. 5.8 The Trustee shall have no responsibility with respect to: (i) the administration thereof selection or monitoring of any insurance policies or insurance contracts held in accordance the Trust or the insurers issuing such policies or contracts; or (ii) the payment of any premiums with respect to such policies or contracts. 5.9 The duties of the provisions of this Trust AgreementTrustee shall be limited to the assets held in the Trust, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ Agent, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement of all Assets held in the Trust Account. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement that only Eligible Investments may be held in the Trust Account, and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, no duties with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activitiesassets held by any other person including, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each casewithout limitation, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary trustee for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereofPlan.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (PPL Electric Utilities Corp)

Responsibilities of the Trustee. 5.1 The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims (the "Prudent Man Standard of Care"); provided, however, that Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction, request or approval given by PPL or the Accounting Party which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan or this Trust and is given in writing by PPL or the Accounting Party. In the event of a dispute between PPL and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the title, validity or genuineness of any property or evidence of title thereto received by it or delivered by it pursuant to this Trust Agreement and shall be held harmless in acting upon any notice, request, direction, instruction, consent, certification or other instrument believed by it to be genuine and delivered by the proper party or parties. Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable for consequential, special, or speculative damages under the Trust Agreement even if the Trustee is advised as to the possibility thereof. It is understood and agreed that the Trustee shall be under no duty to take any action other than herein specified with respect to any securities or other property at any time deposited hereunder unless specifically agreed to by the Trustee in writing or as otherwise provided in this Trust Agreement. Subject to the Accounting Party's power of investment direction under Article X, the Trustee shall have exclusive authority and discretion to hold, manage, care for and protect the Trust Fund and shall have the following powers and discretions in addition to those conferred by law: (a) To invest and reinvest the Trust Fund in such equities (of any classification, including common and preferred stocks), fixed income, cash, cash equivalents or other property (real, personal or mixed) and interests in investment companies and investment trusts as the Trustee shall deem advisable, excluding any obligations or security, or other property of PPL, whether or not such investments and reinvestments be authorized by any state law for the investment of Trust Funds generally; (b) To sell, exchange, convey, transfer or dispose of, and also to grant options with respect to, any property, whether real or personal, at any time held by it by private contract or by public auction, for cash or upon credit, or partly for cash and partly upon credit, as the Trustee may deem best, and no person dealing with the Trustee shall be bound to see to the application of the purchase money or to inquire into the validity, expediency or propriety of any such sale or other disposition; (c) To compromise, compound and settle any debt or obligation due to or from it as the Trustee and to reduce the rate of interest thereon, to extend or otherwise modify, or to foreclose upon default or otherwise enforce or act with respect to any such obligation; (d) If directed by the Accounting Party, Trustee shall vote as instructed by Accounting Party, in person or by general or limited proxy, any stocks or other securities at any time held in the Trust Fund, at any meeting of stockholders or security holders, in respect to any business which may come before the meeting. (e) To vote, in person or by general or limited proxy, any stocks or other securities at any time held in the Trust Fund, at any meeting of stockholders or security holders, in respect to any business which may come before the meeting; to exercise any options appurtenant to any stocks, bonds or other securities for the conversion thereof into other stocks, bonds or securities; to exercise or sell any conversion or subscription rights appurtenant to any stocks, bonds or other securities at any time held in the Trust Fund, and to make any and all necessary payments therefor; to join in, and to approve, or to dissent from and to oppose, any corporate act or proceeding, including any reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation, sale of assets or other action by or plan in respect of corporations or properties, the stocks or securities of which may at any time be held in the Trust Fund; to deposit with any committee or depository, pursuant to any plan or agreement of protection, reorganization, consolidation, sale, merger, or other readjustment, any property held in the Trust Fund; and to make payment from the Trust Fund of any charges or assessments imposed by the terms of any such plan or agreement; (f) To accept and hold any securities or other property received by it under the provisions of any of the subdivisions of this Article whether or not the Trustee would be authorized hereunder then to invest therein; (g) To borrow money on behalf of the Trust upon such terms and conditions as the Trustee shall deem advisable to carry out the purposes of the Trust and to pledge securities or other property of the Trust Fund in repayment of any such loan; (h) To enforce any right, obligation or claim in its discretion and in general to protect in any way the interests of the Trust Fund, either before or after default, and in case the Trustee shall, in its discretion, consider such action for the best interest of the Trust Fund, to abstain from the enforcement of any right, obligation or claim and to abandon any property, whether real or personal, which at any time may be held by the Trustee; (i) To make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all deeds, leases, assignments, transfers, conveyances and any and all other instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out any powers herein granted; (j) To cause any investments from time to time held by it hereunder to be registered in, or transferred into, its name as the Trustee or the name of its nominee or nominees, and with or without designation of fiduciary capacity, or to retain any investments unregistered or in form permitting transfer by delivery, but the books and records of the Trustee shall at all times show that all such investments are part of the Trust Fund; (k) To hold any part or all of the Trust Fund uninvested; (l) The Trustee may not invest in securities (including stock and the rights to acquire stock) or obligations issued by PPL or an Employer as that term is defined in the Plan, except by reason of the inclusion of such securities in a broadly inclusive index, mutual fund, or collective investment medium. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, including, without limitation, any specific or general power granted to the Trustee, including the power to invest in real property, no portion of the Trust Fund shall be invested in real estate. For this purpose, “real estate” includes, but is not limited to, any direct or indirect interest in real property, leaseholds or mineral interests. 5.2 If the Trustee undertakes or defends any litigation arising in connection with this Trust, the Trustee shall act only under the Prudent Man Standard of Care, and PPL agrees to indemnify the Trustee against the Trustee’s costs, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and expenses) relating thereto and to be primarily liable for such payments if the following conditions are met: (a) theTrustee shall notify the Accounting Party as soon as practicable after it has received actual notice of litigation, or when the Trustee has reached a decision to undertake litigation but prior to filing a complaint or other written notice to any party or agency, and (b) the Trustee shall at all times afford the Accounting Party the reasonable opportunity to approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) the hiring or discharge of legal counsel and the settlement or other conclusion of any such litigation. If PPL does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust. In no event shall the Trustee have any liability or responsibility to undertake or defend any litigation unless the Trustee is reasonably assured of receiving payment of related fees and expenses. The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on trustees by applicable law, unless expressly provided otherwise herein; provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall have no power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor Trustee, or to loan to any person other than PPL the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy. Subject to the foregoing, the Trustee shall have the exclusive authority: (a) to retain an actuary to calculate the amount of any benefit payments due pursuant to Paragraph 1.4 of Article I; and (b) to do all acts which the Trustee may deem necessary or proper and to exercise any and all of the powers of the Trustee under this Trust Agreement upon such terms and conditions as to the Trustee may seem in the best interests of the Trust Fund. 5.3 The Trustee, at the expense of the Trust or PPL, may consult with legal counsel (who prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control may also be counsel for PPL generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder. The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the Trustee shall not be deemed imprudent by reason of its taking or refraining from taking any action, prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control, in accordance with the opinion of counsel for PPL. PPL agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee harmless from and against any loss, costs and expenses including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incident to any suit, action, investigation, claim or proceeding that the Trustee may incur in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions hereinFund, and such further written this provision shall survive termination of this Trust Agreement and signed directions as the appropriate party or parties mayTrust, provided the following conditions are met: (a) the Trustee shall act at all times under the conditions herein providedPrudent Man Standard of Care, deliver (b) the Trustee shall notify the Accounting Party as soon as practicable after it has received actual notice of the suit, action, investigation, claim or proceeding, and (c) the Trustee shall at all times afford the Accounting Party the reasonable opportunity to approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) the Trusteehiring or discharge of legal counsel and the settlement or other conclusion of any such matter. The Trustee shall not be under no obligation required to enforce give any bond or any other security for the Grantor’s obligations faithful performance of its duties under this Trust Agreement, except such as otherwise expressly provided may be required by any law which prohibits the waiver thereof. 5.4 Trustee, at the reasonable and prudent expense of the Trust or directed pursuant heretoPPL, may hire agents, accountant, actuaries, investment advisors, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder. The Trustee shall be restricted entitled, as it may deem appropriate from time to holding title totime, operating to require of PPL such certifications and collecting proofs of facts or other information and/or cooperation as shall permit the Assets comprising Trustee to perform its duties or to exercise the Trust Account and powers granted the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in Trustee under this Trust Agreement and shall be entitled to rely thereon. 5.5 The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for the correctness of the recitals of fact herein (other than recitals of fact relating solely to the conservation Trustee and protection its power and authority to enter into and perform this Trust Agreement) all of such Assets which have been made by PPL solely; and the administration thereof Trustee shall not be responsible or accountable in accordance any manner whatsoever for or with respect to the provisions validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement and makes no representation with respect thereto. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the sufficiency of the Trust to pay the benefits contemplated by the Plans or for the use or application by PPL of any monies held in the Trust when disbursed in conformity with this Trust Agreement. 5.6 During the term of this Trust, all of the income received by the Trust, net of expenses and taxes, shall be accumulated and reinvested. 5.7 Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or to applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. 5.8 The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Plan or Participant arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, unforseeable circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; government, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and inability to obtain materials, equipment, or transportation, provided, in all cases, Trustee has acted under the Prudent Man Standard of Care to mitigate, control, and prevent losses and expenses due to such circumstances. 5.9 The Trustee is not a party to, and has no duties or responsibilities under, the Plan other than those that may be expressly contained in this Trust Agreement. In any case in which a provision of this Trust Agreement conflicts with any provision in the Plan, this Trust Agreement shall control. The Trustee shall have no duties, responsibilities or liability with respect to the acts or omissions of any prior or successor trustee. 5.10 The Trustee shall have no responsibility with respect to: (i) the selection or monitoring of any insurance policies or insurance contracts held in the Trust or the insurers issuing such policies or contracts; or (ii) the payment of any premiums with respect to such policies or contracts. 5.11 The duties of the Trustee shall be limited to the assets held in the Trust, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligencehave no duties with respect to assets held by any other person including, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and without limitation, any other trustee for the breach of Plan. The Accounting Party may request the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance Trustee to perform a recordkeeping service with written instructions provided respect to property held by others and not otherwise subject to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach terms of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of To the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ Agent, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement of all Assets held in the Trust Account. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement that only Eligible Investments may be held in the Trust Account, and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases extent the Trustee shall have the duty agree to act as a payor or withholding agentperform this service, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the its sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee responsibility shall be entitled to withhold accurately reflect information on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereofits books which it has received from an authorized party.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (PPL Electric Utilities Corp)

Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee, in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions herein, and such further written and signed directions as the appropriate party Party or parties Parties may, under the conditions herein provided, deliver to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to enforce the Grantor’s obligations under this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or directed pursuant hereto. The Trustee shall be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting the Assets comprising the Trust Account and the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in this Trust Agreement and to the conservation and protection of such Assets and the administration thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach faith. The Trustee further agrees to forward upon request of the Trustee’s obligations Beneficiary, the Grantor or any Insurance Commissioner a statement and valuation of all Assets held under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ Agent, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement of all Assets held in the Trust Account. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement requirements that only Eligible Permitted Investments may be held in the Trust Account, Account and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account Account, including, but not limited to, directing the Trustee to enter into one or more investment management, advisory, custodial, depository or other agreements of form and substance specified by the Grantor, with any other Person, including any Affiliate of the Grantor, selected by the Grantor and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent Beneficiary each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereof.

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Samples: Aggregate Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreement (Hartford Financial Services Group Inc/De)

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Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee, in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions herein, and such further written and signed directions as the appropriate party or parties may, under the conditions herein provided, deliver to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to enforce the Grantor’s obligations under this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or directed pursuant hereto. The Trustee shall be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting the Assets comprising the Trust Account and the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in this Trust Agreement and to the conservation and protection of such Assets and the administration thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ AgentBeneficiary, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement and valuation of all Assets held in the Trust Account. The Trustee may rely on the instructions provided to it by either BHLN or NICO as the instructions of the Grantor. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement that only Eligible Investments Assets may be held in the Trust Account, and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account Account, including, but not limited to, directing the Trustee to enter into one or more investment management, advisory, custodial, depository or other agreements of form and substance specified by the Grantor, with any other person, including any affiliate of the Grantor, selected by the Grantor and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent Beneficiary each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed direction given to the Trustee by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible InvestmentsAssets. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible InvestmentAssets. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereof.

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Samples: Master Transaction Agreement (Cigna Corp)

Responsibilities of the Trustee. 5.1 The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims (the "Prudent Man Standard of Care"); 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 PPL which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan or this Trust and is given in writing by PPL. In the event of a dispute between PPL and another party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the dispute. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the title, validity or genuineness of any property or evidence of title thereto received by it or delivered by it pursuant to this Trust Agreement and shall be held harmless in acting upon any notice, request, direction, instruction, consent, certification or other instrument believed by it to be genuine and delivered by the proper party or parties. Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable for consequential, special, or speculative damages under the Trust Agreement even if the Trustee is advised as to the possibility thereof. It is understood and agreed that the Trustee shall be under no duty to take any action other than herein specified with respect to any securities or other property at any time deposited hereunder unless specifically agreed to by the Trustee in writing or as otherwise provided in this Trust Agreement. Subject to PPL's power of investment direction under Article X, the Trustee shall have exclusive authority and discretion to hold, manage, care for and protect the Trust Fund and shall have the following powers and discretions in addition to those conferred by law: (a) To invest and reinvest the Trust Fund in such equities (of any classification, including common and preferred stocks), fixed income, cash, cash equivalents or other property (real, personal or mixed) and interests in investment companies and investment trusts as the Trustee shall deem advisable, excluding any obligations or security, or other property of PPL, whether or not such investments and reinvestments be authorized by any state law for the investment of Trust Funds generally; (b) To sell, exchange, convey, transfer or dispose of, and also to grant options with respect to, any property, whether real or personal, at any time held by it by private contract or by public auction, for cash or upon credit, or partly for cash and partly upon credit, as the Trustee may deem best, and no person dealing with the Trustee shall be bound to see to the application of the purchase money or to inquire into the validity, expediency or propriety of any such sale or other disposition; (c) To compromise, compound and settle any debt or obligation due to or from it as the Trustee and to reduce the rate of interest thereon, to extend or otherwise modify, or to foreclose upon default or otherwise enforce or act with respect to any such obligation; (d) If directed by PPL, the Trustee shall vote as instructed by PPL, in person or by general or limited proxy, any stocks or other securities at any time held in the Trust Fund, at any meeting of stockholders or security holders, in respect to any business which may come before the meeting. (e) To vote, in person or by general or limited proxy, any stocks or other securities at any time held in the Trust Fund, at any meeting of stockholders or security holders, in respect to any business which may come before the meeting; to exercise any options appurtenant to any stocks, bonds or other securities for the conversion thereof into other stocks, bonds or securities; to exercise or sell any conversion or subscription rights appurtenant to any stocks, bonds or other securities at any time held in the Trust Fund, and to make any and all necessary payments therefor; to join in, and to approve, or to dissent from and to oppose, any corporate act or proceeding, including any reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation, sale of assets or other action by or plan in respect of corporations or properties, the stocks or securities of which may at any time be held in the Trust Fund; to deposit with any committee or depository, pursuant to any plan or agreement of protection, reorganization, consolidation, sale, merger, or other readjustment, any property held in the Trust Fund; and to make payment from the Trust Fund of any charges or assessments imposed by the terms of any such plan or agreement; (f) To accept and hold any securities or other property received by it under the provisions of any of the subdivisions of this Article whether or not the Trustee would be authorized hereunder then to invest therein; (g) To borrow money on behalf of the Trust upon such terms and conditions as the Trustee shall deem advisable to carry out the purposes of the Trust and to pledge securities or other property of the Trust Fund in repayment of any such loan; (h) To enforce any right, obligation or claim in its discretion and in general to protect in any way the interests of the Trust Fund, either before or after default, and in case the Trustee shall, in its discretion, consider such action for the best interest of the Trust Fund, to abstain from the enforcement of any right, obligation or claim and to abandon any property, whether real or personal, which at any time may be held by the Trustee; (i) To make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all deeds, leases, assignments, transfers, conveyances and any and all other instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out any powers herein granted; (j) To cause any investments from time to time held by it hereunder to be registered in, or transferred into, its name as the Trustee or the name of its nominee or nominees, and with or without designation of fiduciary capacity, or to retain any investments unregistered or in form permitting transfer by delivery, but the books and records of the Trustee shall at all times show that all such investments are part of the Trust Fund; (k) To hold any part or all of the Trust Fund uninvested; (l) The Trustee may not invest in securities (including stock and the rights to acquire stock) or obligations issued by PPL [or an Employer as that term is defined in the Plan], except by reason of the inclusion of such securities in a broadly inclusive index, mutual fund, or collective investment medium. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, including, without limitation, any specific or general power granted to the Trustee, including the power to invest in real property, no portion of the Trust Fund shall be invested in real estate. For this purpose, “real estate” includes, but is not limited to, any direct or indirect interest in real property, leaseholds or mineral interests. 5.2 If the Trustee undertakes or defends any litigation arising in connection with this Trust, the Trustee shall act only under the Prudent Man Standard of Care, and PPL agrees to indemnify the Trustee against the Trustee’s costs, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and expenses) relating thereto and to be primarily liable for such payments if the following conditions are met: (a) the Trustee shall notify PPL as soon as practicable after it has received actual notice of litigation, or when the Trustee has reached a decision to undertake litigation but prior to filing a complaint or other written notice to any party or agency, and (b) the Trustee shall at all times afford PPL the reasonable opportunity to approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) the hiring or discharge of legal counsel and the settlement or other conclusion of any such litigation. If PPL does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust. In no event shall the Trustee have any liability or responsibility to undertake or defend any litigation unless the Trustee is reasonably assured of receiving payment of related fees and expenses. The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on trustees by applicable law, unless expressly provided otherwise herein; provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall have no power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other than to a successor Trustee, or to loan to any person other than PPL the proceeds of any borrowing against such policy. 5.3 The Trustee, at the expense of the Trust or PPL, may consult with legal counsel (who prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control may also be counsel for PPL generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder. The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the Trustee shall not be deemed imprudent by reason of its taking or refraining from taking any action, prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control, in accordance with the opinion of counsel for PPL. PPL agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee harmless from and against any loss, costs and expenses including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incident to any suit, action, investigation, claim or proceeding that the Trustee may incur in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions hereinFund, and such further written this provision shall survive termination of this Trust Agreement and signed directions as the appropriate party or parties mayTrust, provided the following conditions are met: (a) the Trustee shall act at all times under the conditions herein providedPrudent Man Standard of Care, deliver (b) the Trustee shall notify PPL as soon as practicable after it has received actual notice of the suit, action, investigation, claim or proceeding, and (c) the Trustee shall at all times afford PPL the reasonable opportunity to approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) the Trusteehiring or discharge of legal counsel and the settlement or other conclusion of any such matter. The Trustee shall not be under no obligation required to enforce give any bond or any other security for the Grantor’s obligations faithful performance of its duties under this Trust Agreement, except such as otherwise expressly provided may be required by any law which prohibits the waiver thereof. 5.4 The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for the correctness of the recitals of fact herein (other than recitals of fact relating solely to the Trustee and its power and authority to enter into and perform this Trust Agreement) all of which have been made by PPL solely; and the Trustee shall not be responsible or directed pursuant heretoaccountable in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to the validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement and makes no representation with respect thereto. The Trustee shall not be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting responsible for the Assets comprising sufficiency of the Trust Account and to pay the payment and distribution thereof benefits contemplated by the Plans or for the purposes set forth use or application by PPL of any monies held in the Trust when disbursed in conformity with this Trust Agreement. 5.5 During the term of this Trust, all of the income received by the Trust, net of expenses and taxes, shall be accumulated and reinvested. 5.6 Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement or to applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the conservation Internal Revenue Code. 5.7 The Trustee shall not be liable for any expense, loss, claim or damage (including counsel fees) suffered by the Plan or Participant arising out of or caused by any delay in, or failure of, performance by the Trustee, in whole or in part, arising out of, or caused by, unforseeable circumstances beyond the Trustee’s control, including without limitation: acts of God, interruption, delay in, or loss (partial or complete) of electrical power or external computer (hardware or software) or communication services (including access to book-entry securities systems maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or any clearing corporation); act of civil or military authority; sabotage; natural emergency; epidemic; war or other government actions; civil disturbance; flood, earthquake, fire, other catastrophe; strike or other labor disturbance by employees of nonaffiliates; government, judicial, or self regulatory organization order, rule or regulation; riot; energy or natural resource difficulty or shortage; and protection inability to obtain materials, equipment, or transportation, provided, in all cases, the Trustee has acted under the Prudent Man Standard of Care to mitigate, control, and prevent losses and expenses due to such Assets and circumstances. 5.8 The Trustee shall have no responsibility with respect to: (i) the administration thereof selection or monitoring of any insurance policies or insurance contracts held in accordance the Trust or the insurers issuing such policies or contracts; or (ii) the payment of any premiums with respect to such policies or contracts. 5.9 The duties of the provisions of this Trust AgreementTrustee shall be limited to the assets held in the Trust, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ Agent, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement of all Assets held in the Trust Account. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement that only Eligible Investments may be held in the Trust Account, and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, no duties with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activitiesassets held by any other person including, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each casewithout limitation, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary trustee for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereofPlan.

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Samples: Trust Agreement (PPL Electric Utilities Corp)

Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee, in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions herein, and such further written and signed directions as the appropriate party or parties may, under the conditions herein provided, deliver to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to enforce the Grantor’s obligations under this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or directed pursuant hereto. The Trustee shall be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting the Assets comprising the Trust Account and the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in this Trust Agreement and to the conservation and protection of such Assets and the administration thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or misconduct, lack of good faith or breach of fiduciary duty and for the breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided . The Trustee further agrees to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach forward upon request of the Trustee’s obligations Beneficiary, the Grantor or any Insurance Commissioner a certified list and valuation of all Assets held under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ Agent, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement of all Assets held in the Trust Account. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement requirements that only Eligible Permitted Investments may be held in the Trust Account, Account and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account Account, including, but not limited to, directing the Trustee to enter into one or more investment management, advisory, custodial, depository or other agreements of form and substance specified by the Grantor, with any other person, including any affiliate of the Grantor, selected by the Grantor and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent Beneficiary each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereof.

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Samples: Loss Portfolio Transfer Reinsurance Agreement (Cna Financial Corp)

Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee, in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions herein, and such further written and signed directions as the appropriate party or parties may, under the conditions herein provided, deliver to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to enforce the Grantor’s obligations under this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or directed pursuant hereto. The Trustee shall be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting the Assets comprising the Trust Account and the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in this Trust Agreement and to the conservation and protection of such Assets and the administration thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided to the Trustee from the parties hereto will not constitute a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ AgentBeneficiary, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party a statement of all Assets held in the Trust Account. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement that only Eligible Investments may be held in the Trust Account, and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent Beneficiary each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereof.

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Samples: Master Transaction Agreement (American International Group Inc)

Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee, in the administration of the Trust Account, is to be bound solely by the express provisions herein, and such further written and signed directions as the appropriate party Party or parties Parties may, under the conditions herein provided, deliver to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to enforce the Grantor’s obligations under this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or directed pursuant hereto. The Trustee shall be restricted to holding title to, operating and collecting the Assets comprising the Trust Account and the payment and distribution thereof for the purposes set forth in this Trust Agreement and to the conservation and protection of such Assets and the administration thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, and the Trustee shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith and for the breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that any actions taken in strict accordance with written instructions provided to the Trustee from the parties hereto Parties will not constitute a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Trust Agreement. Upon request of the Grantor or the Beneficiaries’ AgentBeneficiary, the Trustee further agrees promptly to forward to such party Party a statement and valuation of all Assets held in the Trust Account. (b) Subject to the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, including the requirement that only Eligible Investments may be held in the Trust Account, and provisions relating to the substitution of Assets, (i) the Grantor or an asset manager appointed by Grantor shall have the irrevocable authority and sole power to direct the Trustee, in the Grantor’s sole discretion, with respect to all aspects of the management or investment of the Assets contained in the Trust Account Account, including, but not limited to, directing the Trustee to enter into one or more investment management, advisory, custodial, depository or other agreements of form and substance specified by the Grantor, with any other Person, including any Affiliate of the Grantor, selected by the Grantor and (ii) the Trustee and the Beneficiaries’ Agent Beneficiary each acknowledges that it has no authority with respect to such management or investment activities, the Trustee agrees it will not exercise any discretion or take any action with respect to the matters in clause (i) above and the Trustee will take any actions related thereto as directed by the Grantor in writing in accordance therewith. Any deposit or investment directed by the Grantor or its investment advisor shall constitute a certification to the Trustee that the assets deposited or to be purchased pursuant to such directions are Eligible Investments. The Trustee shall be under no duty or responsibility to confirm that such investments constitute or continue to be Eligible Investments. Xxxxx Fargo Government Money Market Fund is deemed to be an Eligible Investment. (c) For certain payments made pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to make a “reportable payment” or “withholding payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All Parties to this Trust Agreement shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to closing, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Trust Agreement, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 7.4(c7.5(c) are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect respect, the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4 or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payment. As of the date hereof, the Grantor is the owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes of funds in the Trust Account until such funds are released in accordance with the terms hereof.

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Samples: Aggregate Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreement (Hartford Financial Services Group Inc/De)

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