Upon the occurrence of a Payment Default with respect to a Continuing Fractional Interest, the Continuing Fractional Holder will be deemed to have made a Position Holder Trust Election as to such Continuing Fractional Interest at a discount of 20%, effective as of the Payment Default Date. Accordingly, upon such Payment Default, the Continuing Fractional Interest automatically will be deemed contributed to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for a Position Holder Trust Interest as so discounted, without any further notice from or other action by the Servicing Company, the Position Holder Trust or any other Person, and the Position Holder Trust Interest will be transferred to the holder. In April 2017, the Bankruptcy Court modified the consequence of Payment Defaults on premiums billed in December 2016, as well as the next premium bill for each Continuing Fractional Interest, by waiving the discount otherwise required for the deemed contribution. The failure to pay any other future premium calls, however, will result in the deemed contribution of the Continuing Fractional Interest at the established discount.
The Plan provides that distributions of the maturity proceeds allocable to outstanding Continuing Fractional Interests in a Policy that matures after the Effective Date be made within a reasonable time of the date that they are deposited in the Maturity Escrow Account, subject to the Maturity Funds Facility, which permits the Trust to borrow the cash proceeds paid under the terms of any Policy that matures. Any such distributions by the Registrants are subject to certain restrictions under the Vida Financing Agreements.
| Item 12. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers |
The Plan provides that the Registrants shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee, the IRA Partnership Manager and their agents, representatives, professionals, and employees from and against and in respect of any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs and expenses, including, but not limited to attorneys’ fees and costs arising out of or due to their actions or omissions, or consequences of such actions or omissions, with respect to the Position Holder Trust or the implementation or administration of this Plan; provided, however, that no such indemnification will be made to such persons or entities for such actions or omissions as a result of willful misconduct, gross negligence, or fraud.
In addition, the Plan provides that the Position Holder Trust or the IRA Partnership, as the case may be, shall indemnify and hold harmless its Governing Trust Board or Advisory Board, and its members, designees, and professionals, and any duly designated agent or representative thereof (in their capacity as such), from and against and in respect to any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs and expenses, including, but not limited to attorneys’ fees and costs arising out of or due to their actions or omissions, or consequences of such actions or omissions with respect to the Position Holder Trust or the IRA Partnership or the implementation or administration of the Plan, including without limitation their actions or omissions as members of the Advisory Committee; provided, however, that no such indemnification will be made to such persons for such actions or omissions as a result of willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud.
The Position Holder Trust Agreement further provides that the Governing Trust Board and its members shall be covered by fiduciary insurance maintained by the Registrant and sufficient to satisfy the Registrant’s obligations to indemnify the Governing Trust Board and its members, including the Position Holder Trust’s obligations to indemnify the Governing Trust Board and its members in their capacity as members of the Advisory Committee. The Registrant shall indemnify, hold harmless and advance expenses to the Governing Trust Board and its members, agents, representatives, professionals, and employees from and against and in respect to any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs and expenses, including, but not limited, to attorneys’ fees and costs arising out of or due to their actions or omissions, or consequences of such actions or omissions, with respect to the Position Holder Trust or the IRA Partnership; provided, however, that no such indemnification will be made to such persons for such actions or omissions as a result of willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud.
The Position Holder Trust Agreement also grants power to the Trustee to purchase, at the expense of the Registrant, errors and omissions insurance with regard to any liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs and expenses it may incur, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, arising out of or due to its actions or omissions or consequences of such actions or omissions, other than as a result of its fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, with respect to the implementation of the Position Holder Trust Agreement.