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3 <br />and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and <br />with like aims. <br />ARTICLE III <br />ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST <br />EXHIBIT A <br />3.1 Establishment of Trust. Upon execution of this Trust document, the Employer <br />shall contribute no less than $100.00 to the Trust, and the Trustee shall establish and maintain <br />the Trust to hold that contribution and all future contributions made under the Trust, together <br />with any income, gains, or profits and taking account of any losses. All custodial accounts and <br />annuity contracts and other investments held under the Trust will be titled in the name of the <br />Trust and deemed part of the Trust. The Trust and all amounts held under the Trust, including <br />but not limited to contributions and transfers to, and earnings under, the Trust, are intended to <br />be tax exempt to the maximum extent permitted under section 115 of the Code and other <br />applicable tax law. <br />3.2 Exclusive Benefit of Participants. Trust assets will be maintained for the <br />exclusive benefit of Participants and in accordance with the terms of the Trust and governing <br />law. Except as provided in Section 5.3, no part of the Trust will be used for, or diverted to, <br />purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants and for payment of (i) administrative <br />expenses of the Trust and (ii) taxes due and payable with respect to any portion of the Trust. <br />3.3 No Reversion to the Employer. Except as provided in Section 5.3, it will be <br />impossible, at any time, for any part of the Trust assets, except as required to pay taxes and <br />administrative expenses, to be returned to, or revert to, the Employer, to be recoverable by the <br />Employer, or to be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of <br />Participants. <br />3.4 Contributions. All contributions to the Trust will be made solely by the <br />Employer, and once made, will be irrevocable. No Participant or other person or entity may <br />make contributions to the Trust through salary reductions or otherwise. The Trustee shall <br />receive all contributions made under the Trust. <br />3.5 Distributions. Trust assets will be used solely for the purposes of payment of <br />OPEBs for the benefit of eligible retirees, spouses, domestic partners, and dependents, and for <br />the payment of any taxes imposed on the Trust and reasonable expenses of administering the <br />Trust. The Trustee will make distributions from the Trust only to such persons, in such manner, <br />at such times, and in such amounts as the Committee shall direct in writing from time to time. <br />3.6 Transfers. The Employer may at any time direct that all or any portion of the <br />Trust assets be transferred to another Employer- sponsored trust that meets the requirements of <br />section 115 of the Code, or a similar vehicle. The Trustee must follow any such Employer <br />direction to transfer Trust assets, and will not have any discretion to do otherwise. <br />3.7 Pooled Fund. All assets under the Trust will be held in a pooled fund. The <br />Trust's segregated for investment purposes, and also may be segregated in subaccounts under <br />the Trust; however, all Trust assets will at all times be held under the Trust's name. No <br />individual account for any Participant will be maintained at any time under the Trust, and no <br />Participant will have any right or title with respect to any specific assets of the Trust. <br />