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ARTICLE 14
THE TRUST
14.1
Establishment of Trust
. The Company may establish a grantor trust (the
“
Trust
”), of
which the Company is the grantor,
within the meaning of subpart E, part I, subchapter J,
subtitle A of
the Code, to pay benefits under this Plan. To
the extent such benefits are not paid from the Trust,
the
benefits shall
be paid
from the
general
assets of
the Company.
The Trust
(if any)
shall be
a grantor
trust
similar
to
the
terms
of
the
model
trust
as
described
in
IRS
Revenue
Procedure
92-64,
I.R.B.
1992-33, as same
may be amended
or modified from
time to time.
If the Company
establishes a Trust,
the
assets
of
the
Trust
will
be
subject
to
the
claims
of
the
Company’s
creditors
in
the
event
of
its
insolvency. Except
as may otherwise be provided under the Trust, the Company shall not be obligated
to set
aside, earmark,
or escrow
any funds
or other
assets to
satisfy its
obligations under
this Plan,
and a Participant and/or his or her
designated Beneficiaries shall not have any property interest in any
specific assets of
the Company other
than the unsecured
right to receive
payments from the
Company,
as provided in this Plan.
14.2
Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust
. The provisions of this Plan shall govern
the rights of a Participant
to receive distributions pursuant
to this Plan. The provisions
of the Trust
(if
established)
shall
govern
the rights
of a
Participant
and the
creditors
of the
Company
to the
assets
transferred to the Trust. The Company and each Participant shall at all times
remain liable to carry out
its obligations under this
Plan. The Company’s
obligations under this Plan
may be satisfied with
Trust
assets distributed pursuant to the terms of the
Trust.
14.3
Contribution to the Trust
. Amounts may be contributed by the Company to the Trust
at the sole discretion of the Company.
ARTICLE 15
MISCELLANEOUS
15.1
Validity
. In case any provision of this
Plan shall be illegal or invalid for any reason,
said
illegality or invalidity
shall not affect
the remaining parts
hereof,
but this Plan
shall be construed
and
enforced as if such illegal or invalid
provision had never been inserted
herein.
15.2
Nonassignability
. Neither
a Participant
nor any
other
person
shall
have
any
right
to
commute,
sell,
assign,
transfer,
pledge,
anticipate,
mortgage,
or
otherwise
encumber,
transfer,
hypothecate, alienate, or convey in advance of
actual receipt, the amounts, if
any, payable hereunder,
or any part
hereof,
which are, and
all rights to
which are expressly
declared to be,
unassignable and
non-transferable. No part of the amounts
payable shall, prior to actual payment,
be subject to seizure,
attachment,
garnishment
or
sequestration
for
the
payment
of
any
debts,
judgments,
alimony,
or
separate maintenance owed
by a Participant
or any other person,
be transferable by
operation of law
in the event of
a Participant’s
or any other
person’s bankruptcy
or insolvency,
or be transferable
to a
spouse as a result
of a property
settlement or otherwise.
If any Participant,
Beneficiary,
or successor
in interest
is adjudicated
bankrupt or
purports to
commute, sell,
assign, transfer,
pledge, anticipate,
mortgage
or
otherwise
encumber
transfer,
hypothecate,
alienate,
or
convey
in
advance
of
actual
receipt,
the
amount,
if
any,
payable
hereunder,
or
any
part
thereof,
the
Plan
Administrator,
in
its
discretion, may cancel such distribution
or payment (or any part
thereof) to or for the benefit of such
Participant, Beneficiary,
or successor in interest in such manner as the Plan Administrator shall direct.
15.3
Not
a
Contract
of
Employment
.
The
terms
and
conditions
of
this
Plan
shall
not
be
deemed to constitute a contract of employment between the Company and any Participant. Nothing in
this Plan shall be
deemed to give
a Participant
the right to be
retained in the
service of the Company
as an Employee
or otherwise, or
to interfere with
the right of
the Company
to discipline
or discharge
the Participant at any time.