Exhibit 4
Resignation and Termination Agreement
(KAM Trust)
TERMINATION OF CUSTODIANSHIP,
IRREVOCABLE PROXY AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, Xxxxxxxx X. Make, as trustee for the Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx Trust
dated December 16, 1986 (the "Trust") signed a Custodianship, Irrevocable Proxy
and Power of Attorney (the "Power of Attorney") on July 27, 1998 appointing
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx as the Trust's Custodian, Proxy and Attorney-in-fact with respect
to all shares of Xxxxxxxx Alco Stores, Inc. common stock owned or subsequently
acquired by the Trust;
WHEREAS, the Durable Power of Attorney, by its terms, is irrevocable
and may only be terminated or modified by the written agreement between the
Trust and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx;
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned do hereby agree that the appointment
of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx as the Trust's Custodian, Proxy and Attorney-in-fact is
terminated as of April 7, 2005.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to
be executed on the date indicated below.
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx Trust dated
December 16, 1986
Date: April 6, 2005 /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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By: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Trustee
Date: April 7, 2005 /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
STATE OF California )
) SS.
COUNTY OF Napa )
On this 6th day of April 2005, before me, a Notary Public in and for
said state, personally appeared Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Trustee for Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Trust dated December 16, 1986 known to me to be the person who executed the
within Termination of Custodianship, Irrevocable Proxy and Power of Attorney and
acknowledged to me that she executed the same for the purposes therein stated.
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Re
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Notary Public
My commission expires: 3/1/2006
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STATE OF California )
) SS.
COUNTY OF Marin )
On this 7th day of April 2005, before me, a Notary Public in and for
said state, personally appeared Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, known to me to be the person who
executed the within Termination of Custodianship, Irrevocable Proxy and Power of
Attorney and acknowledged to me that she executed the same for the purposes
therein stated.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
notarial seal on the day and year last above written.
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Notary Public in and for
California
County, Marin
My commission expires: 11/4/05
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