Exhibit 10.5
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT TRUST
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THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into at Chicago, Illinois, this 23rd day
of July, 1993, by Chicago Mercantile Exchange, an Illinois not-for-profit
corporation (the "Exchange"), and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, as trustee (the
"Trustee"),
WITNESSETH THAT:
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WHEREAS, the Exchange has established the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the "Plan") to provide key management
employees of the Exchange with an opportunity to receive additional retirement
income from the Exchange; and
WHEREAS, the Exchange wishes to establish a trust (hereinafter called
"Trust") and to contribute to the Trust assets that shall be held therein,
subject to the claims of the Exchange's creditors in the event of its
Insolvency, as herein defined, until paid to Plan participants and their
beneficiaries in such manner and at such times as specified in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the parties that this Trust shall
constitute an unfunded arrangement and shall not affect the status of the Plan
as an unfunded plan maintained for the purpose of providing deferred
compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees
for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974;
and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Exchange to make contributions to the
Trust to provide itself with a source of funds to assist it in meeting its
liabilities under the Plan and for such other corporate purposes as are
consistent with the terms of the Trust;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
herein contained, the Trustee hereby accepts its appointment as such, effective
as of the day and year first above written, and the parties hereto agree that
the Trust shall be comprised, held and disposed of as follows:
ARTICLE I
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The Trust and the Plan
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I-1. Establishment of Trust. The Exchange hereby deposits with Trustee in
trust $71,857, which shall become the principal of the Trust to be held,
administered and disposed of by Trustee as provided in this Trust.
I-2. Irrevocability. The Trust hereby established shall be irrevocable.
I-3. Name. This Agreement and the Trust hereby evidenced shall be known as
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Supplemental Executive Retirement Trust.
I-4. Plan. The Secretary of the Exchange shall deliver to the Trustee a
certified copy of the Plan document and a copy of any amendments thereto for
convenience of reference, but the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee shall
be governed solely by the terms of this Agreement without reference to the
provisions of the Plan.
I-5. Plan Administrator. The Exchange is the Plan Administrator of the
Plan to which this Trust relates and the Secretary of the Exchange will certify
to the Trustee the names of the employees of the Exchange who are, from time to
time, authorized to act on behalf of the Plan Administrator and to receive
notices which the Trustee is required under the terms of this Agreement to
provide to the Plan Administrator.
ARTICLE II
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Management and Control of Trust Fund Assets
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II-1. The Trust Fund. The term "Trust Fund" means all property of every
kind held by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
11-2. Trust Contributions. The Exchange, in its sole discretion, may at
any time, or from time to time, make additional deposits of cash or other
property in trust with the Trustee to be held, invested and distributed in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
11-3. Investment Guidelines. The Plan Administrator may, from time to
time, establish investment guidelines for the Trustee with respect to the
investment, retention, disposition and reinvestment of the assets of the Trust
Fund by writing filed with the Trustee.
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11-4. General Powers. Subject to the provisions of paragraph II-3, with
respect to the Trust Fund, the Trustee shall have the following powers, rights
and duties in addition to those provided elsewhere in this Agreement or by law:
(a) to receive and hold all contributions paid to it by the Exchange;
provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no duty to require any
contributions to be made, or to determine that any of the
contributions received comply with the conditions and limitations of
the Plan;
(b) to invest and reinvest the Trust Fund in property of any kind, real or
personal, other than securities of the Exchange or any subsidiary or
affiliate thereof;
(c) to manage, operate, sell, contract to sell, convey, exchange,
partition, transfer, abandon, and otherwise deal with all property,
real or personal, in such manner, for such consideration, and on such
terms and conditions as the Trustee shall decide;
(d) to retain in cash (pending investment, reinvestment or payment of
benefits) any reasonable portion of the Trust Fund and to deposit cash
in any depository selected by the Trustee;
(e) to make payments from the Trust Fund in accordance with paragraph
III-2;
(f) to compromise, contest, arbitrate, settle or abandon claims and
demands;
(g) to begin, maintain or defend any litigation necessary in connection
with the administration of the Trust;
(h) to have all rights of an individual owner, including the power to give
proxies, to vote stocks, to join in or oppose (alone or jointly with
others) voting trusts, mergers, consolidations, foreclosures,
reorganizations, recapitalizations or liquidations, and to exercise or
sell stock subscription or conversion rights; 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 the Exchange) the proceeds of any borrowing
against such policy;
(i) to hold securities or other property in the name of the Trustee or any
nominee or nominees of the Trustee, or
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in such other form as the Trustee shall determine, with or without
disclosing the Trust relationship, provided that the records of the
Trustee shall indicate the actual ownership of such securities or
other property;
(j) to deposit securities with a corporate depository, in which event, the
certificates representing securities, including those in bearer form,
may be held in bulk form with, and may be merged into, certificates of
the same class of the same issuer which constitute assets of other
accounts or owners, without certification as to the ownership attached
and to participate in and use a book-entry system for the transfer or
pledge of securities held by the Trustee or by a corporate depository;
provided, however, that the Trustee shall at all times maintain a
separate and distinct record of the securities owned by the Trust
Fund;
(k) to retain any funds or property subject to any dispute without
liability for the payment of interest, or to decline to make payment
or delivery thereof until final adjudication is made by a court of
competent jurisdiction;
(1) to employ agents, attorneys, investment counsel, accountants or other
persons (who also may be employed by or represent the Exchange) for
such purposes as the Trustee considers desirable;
(m) to furnish the Exchange with such information in the Trustee's
possession as the Exchange may need for tax or other purposes; and
(n) to perform any and all other acts which are, in the Trustee's
judgment, necessary or appropriate for the proper and advantageous
management, investment and distribution of the Trust Fund; provided,
however, the Trustee will not commit or omit any action or permit any
status to exist which would result in the Trustee engaging in, or
carrying on, or otherwise operating 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 of 1986, as amended (the "Code").
ARTICLE III
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Accounting and Distribution of Trust Assets
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III-1. Statement of Account. Within 60 days after the last day of each
fiscal year, the Trustee shall furnish to the Plan
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Administrator a written report showing the fair market value of the Trust Fund
as of that date, and all investments of the Trust Fund, and receipts and
disbursements and other transactions made by the Trustee during that fiscal
year, with respect to the Trust Fund. The records of the Trust may be audited at
any time and from time to time by the Plan Administrator.
III-2. Benefit Payments. Subject to the provisions of paragraph V-2, the
Trustee shall make payments to Participants in such amounts and at such times as
the Plan Administrator may certify to the Trustee are then payable under the
Plan, subject to the following:
(a) The Trustee shall have no responsibility to inquire as to whether a
payee is entitled to the payment, or as to whether a payment is
proper, and shall have no liability for a payment made in good faith
without actual notice or knowledge of the changed condition or status
of the payee.
(b) If any check for any payment directed to be made from the Trust Fund
has been mailed by the Trustee, by regular United States mail, to the
last address of the payee furnished to the Trustee and is returned
unclaimed, the Trustee shall notify the Plan Administrator.
(c) The Trustee may reserve such reasonable amount from any payment as it
shall deem necessary to pay any estate, inheritance, income or other
tax, charge or assessment attributable to any payment or may require
such release or other document from any taxing authority and such
indemnity from the intended payee as the Trustee shall deem necessary
for its protection.
(d) If a Participant is no longer entitled to participate in the Plan
pursuant to subsection 2.1 thereof, the Trustee shall distribute to
such Participant an amount equal to his interest in the Plan, or shall
transfer Trust assets equal in value to such Participant's Plan
interest, to any successor trustee for the benefit of such
Participant, as directed by the Exchange.
III-3. Participant Subaccounts. If directed by the Plan Administrator,
the Trustee shall establish and maintain a subaccount for each Participant in
the Plan to reflect each Participant's interest in the Trust assets. The Plan
Administrator shall furnish such information as the Trustee requires (such as
the amount credited to the Participant's account under the plan and the assumed
investment alternatives applicable to such Participant's account) in order to
permit the Trustee to establish and maintain subaccounts under the Trust.
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ARTICLE IV
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Compensation, Expenses and Liability
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IV-1. Compensation and Expenses. The Exchange shall pay all of the
Trustee's expenses, taxes and charges (including fees of persons employed by the
Trustee in accordance with subparagraph II-4(l)) incurred in connection with the
collection, administration, management, investment, protection and distribution
of the Trust Fund. The Trustee is authorized to make any such payments from the
Trust Fund to the extent that the Exchange fails to make such payments.
IV-2. Liability of Trustee. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action
taken, or omitted to be taken, in good faith under this Trust Agreement
including, without limitation, following in good faith any direction of the Plan
Administrator given in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Exchange
hereby agrees to indemnify the Trustee for and to hold it harmless against any
and all liabilities, losses, costs or expenses (including legal fees and
expenses) of whatsoever kind and nature which may be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against the Trustee at any time by reason of the Trustee's service
under this Agreement and the Plan or in defense of any litigation arising in
connection with this Trust if the Trustee did not act dishonestly or in willful
violation of the law or regulation under which such liability, loss, cost or
expense arose.
ARTICLE V
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Trust Fund Assets
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V-1. Use of Trust Assets. Subject to the provisions of paragraph V-2 and
the provisions of paragraphs X-1 and X-2, the assets of the Trust shall be used
solely for the purpose of providing benefits under the Plan.
V-2. Claims of Creditors.
(a) The Trustee shall cease payment of benefits to Plan participants and
their beneficiaries if the Exchange is Insolvent. The Exchange shall
be considered "Insolvent" for purposes of this Agreement if (i) the
Exchange is unable to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) the
Exchange is subject to a pending proceeding as a debtor under the
United States Bankruptcy Code.
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(b) At all times during the continuance of this Trust, the principal and
income of the Trust shall be subject to claims of general creditors of
the Exchange under federal and state law as set forth below.
(i) The Board of Governors and the President and Chief Executive
Officer of Exchange shall have the duty to inform the Trustee
in writing of the Exchange's Insolvency. If a person claiming
to be a creditor of Exchange alleges in writing to the Trustee
that the Exchange has become Insolvent, the Trustee shall
determine whether the Exchange is Insolvent and, pending such
determination, the Trustee shall discontinue payment of
benefits to Plan participants or their beneficiaries.
(ii) Unless the Trustee has actual knowledge of the Exchange's
Insolvency, or has received notice from the Exchange or a
person claiming to be a creditor alleging that the Exchange is
Insolvent, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire whether
the Exchange is Insolvent. The Trustee may in all events rely
on such evidence concerning the Exchange's solvency as may be
furnished to the Trustee and that provides the Trustee with a
reasonable basis for making a determination concerning the
Exchange's solvency.
(iii) If at any time the Trustee has determined that the Exchange is
Insolvent, the Trustee shall discontinue payments to Plan
participants or their beneficiaries and shall hold the assets
of the Trust for the benefit of the Exchange's general
creditors. Nothing in this Agreement shall in any way diminish
any rights as general creditors of the Exchange with respect to
benefits due under the Plan or otherwise.
(iv) The Trustee shall resume the payment of benefits to Plan
participants or their beneficiaries in accordance with
paragraph III-2 of this Trust Agreement only after the Trustee
has determined that the Exchange is not Insolvent (or is no
longer Insolvent).
(c) Provided that there are sufficient assets, if the Trustee discontinues
the payment of benefits from the Trust pursuant to subparagraph V-2(b)
hereof and subsequently resumes such payments, the first payment
following such discontinuance shall include the aggregate amount of
all payments due to Plan participants or their beneficiaries under the
terms of
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the Plan for the period of such discontinuance, less the aggregate
amount of any payments made to Plan participants or their
beneficiaries by the Exchange in lieu of the payments provided for
hereunder during any such period of discontinuance.
V-3. Claims of Participants. Neither the Plan participants nor the Plan
shall have any preferred claim on, or any beneficial ownership in, any assets of
the Trust, or be entitled to any payment from the Trust, and all rights of a
participant created under the Plan shall constitute unsecured contractual rights
of the participant and each participant shall be an unsecured creditor of the
Exchange with respect to such rights created under the Plan.
V-4. Spendthrift Clause. No Plan participant or beneficiary shall have any
voluntary or involuntary right to commute, sell, assign, pledge, anticipate,
mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate or convey in advance of
actual receipt the amounts, if any, payable from this Trust, or any part hereof,
which are expressly declared to be unassignable and nontransferable. No part of
the amounts payable from this Trust shall be, prior to actual payment, subject
to seizure or sequestration for payment of any debts, judgements, alimony or
separate maintenance owed by the Participant or beneficiary, or be transferred
by operation of law in the event of the Participant's or beneficiary's
bankruptcy or insolvency.
V-5. No Funding Requirement. It is intended that neither the Plan nor the
Trust shall be subject to the provisions of Part 4 of Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and neither the participants
nor the Plan shall have any right to require the Exchange to make any
contribution to the Trust.
ARTICLE VI
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Tax Matters
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VI-1. Nature of Trust. The Trust is intended to be a grantor trust, of
which the Exchange is the grantor, within the meaning of subpart E, part I,
subchapter J, chapter 1, subtitle A of the Code, and shall be construed
accordingly.
VI-2. Federal and State Reporting Requirements. The Trustee shall withhold
federal, state and local taxes which are assessable on amounts paid to Plan
participants at the direction of the Plan Administrator at such rate, if any, as
may be certified by the Plan Administrator as the appropriate rate under
applicable laws and shall transmit the amount withheld to the applicable taxing
authority at the direction of the Plan
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Administrator. The Trustee shall furnish to the Plan participants all
withholding and benefit payment information with respect to amounts transmitted
by the Trustee to the applicable taxing authorities as soon as practicable after
the end of each calendar year.
ARTICLE VII
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Miscellaneous
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VII-1. Disagreement as to Acts. If there is a disagreement between the
Trustee and anyone as to any act or transaction reported in any accounting, the
Trustee shall have the right to have its account settled by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
VII-2. Persons Dealing With Trustee. No person dealing with the Trustee
shall be required to see to the application of all money paid or property
delivered to the Trustee, or to determine whether or not the Trustee is acting
pursuant to any authority granted under this Trust Agreement.
VII-3. Evidence. Evidence required of anyone under this Trust Agreement
may be by certificate, affidavit, document or other instrument which the person
acting in reliance thereon considers pertinent and reliable, and signed, made or
presented by the proper party.
VII-4. Waiver of Notice. Any notice required under this Trust Agreement
may be waived by the person entitled thereto.
VII-5. Counterparts. This Trust Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and no other
counterpart need be produced.
VII-6. Governing Laws. This Agreement shall be construed and administered
according to the internal laws of the State of Illinois.
VII-7. Successors, Etc. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding
on the Exchange and the Trustee and their successors and the Plan participants
and their respective heirs and legal representatives.
VII-8. Service of Legal Process. If the Trustee receives service of
summons, subpoena or other legal process of any court with respect to any action
relating to the Plan or this Agreement, it shall, as soon as practicable, inform
the Plan Administrator of such service and the Trustee shall promptly provide
the Plan Administrator with a copy of the document served.
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ARTICLE VIII
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Changes of Trustee
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VIII-1. Resignation. The Trustee may resign at any time by giving ninety
days' advance written notice to the Exchange.
VIII-2. Removal of Trustee. The Exchange may remove the Trustee by giving
thirty days' advance written notice to the Trustee, subject to providing the
removed Trustee with satisfactory written evidence of the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
VIII-3. Duties of Resigned or Removed Trustee and of Successor Trustee. If
the Trustee resigns or is removed, such resigned or removed Trustee shall
promptly transfer and deliver the assets of the Trust Fund to the successor
Trustee, after reserving such reasonable amount as it shall deem necessary to
provide for expenses and any sums chargeable against the Trust Fund for which it
may be liable. Within 120 days, the resigned or removed Trustee shall furnish to
the Exchange and the successor Trustee an account of the administration of the
Trust from the date of the last account. Each successor Trustee shall succeed to
the title to the Trust Fund vested in his predecessor without the signing or
filing of any further instrument, but any resigned or removed Trustee shall
execute all documents and do all acts necessary to vest such title of record in
any successor Trustee. Each successor Trustee shall have all the powers, rights
and duties conferred by this agreement as if originally named as Trustee. No
successor Trustee shall be personally liable for any act or failure to act of a
predecessor Trustee.
ARTICLE IX
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Amendment and Termination
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IX-1. Amendment. This Trust Agreement and the Trust created hereby may be
amended by the Exchange at any time, provided that no amendment shall materially
change the rights, duties and responsibilities of the Trustee without its
consent, and further provided that no amendment shall conflict with the terms of
the Plan or shall make the Trust revocable.
IX-2. Termination Upon Satisfaction of Plan Liabilities. Except as
provided in paragraph IX-3, the Trust shall not terminate until the date on
which all Plan participants and their beneficiaries are no longer entitled to
any benefit payments pursuant to the terms of the Plan. Upon satisfaction of all
Plan benefit liabilities this Trust may be terminated by the Exchange and the
Trustee shall, subject to the Trustee's reserving such reasonable amount as it
shall deem necessary to provide for
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expenses and any sums chargeable against the Trust Fund, distribute any assets
remaining in the Trust to the Exchange.
IX-3. Termination With Consent of Participants. With the written consent
of a Participant, the Trust may be terminated as applied to such Participant and
Trust assets equal in value to the amount credited to such Participant's account
under the Plan shall be distributed to the Exchange or otherwise disposed of as
directed by the Exchange.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Exchange has caused these presents to be signed by
its duly authorized officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, and
the Trustee has set his hand and seal, the day and year first above written.
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Its Exec V.P. & CFO
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ATTEST:
By /s/
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Its VP & Controller
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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As Trustee as Aforesaid
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT TRUST
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WHEREAS, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, an Illinois not-for-profit
corporation (the "Exchange"), has established the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Supplemental Executive Retirement Trust (the "Trust"); and
WHEREAS, amendment of the Trust is now considered desirable so that the
amounts held pursuant to the terms of the Trust may include amounts maintained
in connection with any of the nonqualified deferred compensation plans and
agreements of the Exchange, and not just the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the amending power reserved to the Exchange in
paragraph IX-1 of the Trust, and with the consent of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, as
trustee of the Trust (the "Trustee"), the Exchange and the Trustee hereby amend
the Trust, effective as of September 7, 1993, by adding the following paragraph
I-6 to the Trust immediately following paragraph I-5 thereof:
"I-6. Other Plans. Amounts contributed by the Exchange to the Trustee
(as provided in paragraph II-2) and held under the terms of this Trust may
include, in addition to those amounts contributed and maintained in
connection with the Plan, amounts related to one or more other non-
qualified deferred compensation plans or agreements of the Exchange (the
'Other Plans'). At the time of any contribution to the Trust or the payment
of any benefit from the Trust (as provided in paragraph III-2), the
Exchange or the Plan Administrator, as applicable, shall specify to the
Trustee the Plan or Other Plan to which such contribution or distribution
relates. The Trustee shall separately account for the assets of the Trust
Fund attributable to the Plan and each Other Plan. Where the context
admits, references herein to the Plan shall also mean any one or all of the
Other Plans."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Exchange has caused this amendment to be signed by
its duly authorized officer and its corporate
seal to be hereunto affixed, and the Trustee has set his hand and seal, this 7th
day of September, 1993.
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Its Exec. V.P. & CFO
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ATTEST:
By /s/
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Its VP & Controller /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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As Trustee as Aforesaid
