Separate Retiree Accounts. At all times, the Trustee shall maintain each of the Separate Retiree Accounts as a separate account under the Trust for the assets deposited by each Company, or transferred at each Company’s direction, to the Separate Retiree Account in accordance with the terms of each Company’s Settlement. Each Separate Retiree Account may be used only to provide Benefits for the Participants and Beneficiaries in the Plan funded by such Separate Retiree Account. Under no circumstances may a Separate Retiree Account be liable or responsible for the obligations of the Trust to any Participant or Beneficiary other than a Participant or Beneficiary in the Plan that is attributable to the same Eligible Group as that Separate Retiree Account. The Trustee shall separately account for the assets and liabilities of each Separate Retiree Account; including, without limitation: (a) deposits, contributions, remittances, subsidies, investment and other income from whatever source to each Separate Retiree Account; and (b) Benefits to Participants and Beneficiaries from each respective Separate Retiree Account, and the investment, administrative, and other expenses attributable to the maintenance of each such Separate Retiree Account. In no event shall the assets of one Separate Retiree Account be used to offset the liabilities or defray the expenses attributable to another Separate Retiree Account. Notwithstanding the proscriptions in this Section 7.1, unless the Committee expressly decides to establish segregated investment vehicles for specific Separate Retiree Accounts, the assets of the Separate Retiree Accounts, other than Employer Security Sub-Accounts, shall be invested on a pooled basis within the Trust Fund; provided that the interest of each Separate Retiree Account in such pooled Trust Fund is separately accounted for at all times.
