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Last Will and Testament of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
I, JACQUELINE K. ONASSIS, of the City, County and State of New
York, do make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and
Testament, hereby revoking all wills and codicils at any time
heretofore made by me.
FIRST: A. I give and bequeath to my friend RACHEL (BUNNY) L.
MELLON, if she survives me, in appreciation of her designing the
Rose Garden in the White House my Indian miniature "Lovers
watching rain clouds," Kangra, about 1780, if owned by me at the
time of my death, and my large Indian miniature with giltwood
frame "Gardens of the Palace of the Rajh," a panoramic view of a
pink walled garden blooming with orange flowers, with the Rajh
being entertained in a pavilion by musicians and dancers, if
owned by me at the time of my death.
B. I give and bequeath to my friend MAURICE TEMPELSMAN, if he
survives me, my Greek alabaster head of a woman if owned by me
at the time of my death.
C. I give and bequeath to my friend ALEXANDER D. FORGER, if he
survives me, my copy of John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
signed by Robert Frost if owned by me at the time of my death.
D. Except as hereinabove otherwise effectively bequeathed, I
give and bequeath all my tangible personal property, including,
without limitation, my collection of letters, papers and
documents, my personal effects, my furniture, furnishings, rugs,
pictures, books, silver, plate, linen, china, glassware, objects
of art, wearing apparel, jewelry, automobiles and their
accessories, and all other household goods owned by me at the
time of my death to my children who survive me, to be divided
between them by my Executors, in the exercise of sole and
absolute discretion, in as nearly equal portions as may be
practicable, having due regard for the personal preferences of
my children.
I authorize and empower my children, within a period of nine (9)
months from the date of my death, to renounce and disclaim all
interest in any part or all of the tangible personal property
bequeathed to them pursuant to this Paragraph D of Article
FIRST. Any such disclaimer shall be by instrument in writing,
duly executed and filed in the court in which this Will has been
admitted to original probate.
E. Any interests in my tangible personal property which are
disclaimed by my children shall be disposed of as follows:
1. I give and bequeath such items of said tangible personal
property and interests therein which relate to the life and work
of my late husband, John F. Kennedy, to JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
LIBRARY INCORPORATED, Boston, Massachusetts, or if said library
shall not be a qualified charitable beneficiary, as defined in
Paragraph A of Article SECOND hereof, at the time of my death,
to such one or more qualified charitable beneficiaries with
similar purposes as my Executors, in the exercise of sole and
absolute discretion, shall select.
2. I direct that the balance of said tangible personal property
shall be sold and the net proceeds of sale shall be added to my
residuary estate, thereafter to be held, administered and
disposed of as a part thereof.
F. I give and bequeath all copyright interests owned by me at
the time of my death in my personal papers, letters or other
writings by me, including any royalty or other rights with
respect thereto, to my children who survive me, in equal shares.
I request, but do not direct, my children to respect my wish for
privacy with respect to such paper, letters and writings and,
consistent with that wish, to take whatever action is warranted
to prevent the display, publication or distribution, in whole or
in part, of these papers, letters and writings.
SECOND: A. I have made no provision in this my Will for my
sister, Lee B. Radziwill, for whom I have great affection
because I have already done so during my lifetime. I do wish,
however, to remember her children and, thus, I direct my
Executors to set aside the amount of Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000) for each child surviving me of my sister, Lee
B. Radziwill, and I give and bequeath the sum so set aside to
the Trustees hereinafter named, IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, to hold
the same, and to manage, invest and reinvest the same, to
collect the income thereof and to dispose of the net income and
principal for the following uses and purposes and subject to the
following terms and conditions:
1. Payment of Annuity Amount. The Trustees shall hold and manage
the trust property for a term (the "trust term") which shall
commence with the date of my death and shall end on the tenth
(lOth) anniversary thereof. At the end of each taxable year of
the trust during the trust term (other than any short taxable
year thereof for which specific provisions are hereinafter
made), the Trustees shall pay over to such organization or
organizations, to be selected by the Trustees, in the exercise
of sole and absolute discretion, and only-to such organization
or organizations as are described in and satisfy the
requirements of both of sections 170© and 2055(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (hereinafter sometimes
referred to as the "Code"), at the time any such payment or
payments to such organization or organizations are maybe (such
organization or organizations shall herein be referred to
collectively as the "qualified charitable beneficiaries") in
such amounts or proportions, equal or unequal, as the
Trustees,'in the exercise of sole and absolute discretion, shall
determine, such amount or amounts as shall, in the aggregate,
equal ten percent (10%) of the initial net fair market value of
the trust assets as finally determined for federal estate tax
purposes. Such aggregate amount shall hereinafter be referred to
as the "annuity amount." The annuity amount shall be paid first
from the ordinary taxable income of the trust (including short
term capital gains) which is not unrelated business income and,
to the extent not so satisfied, the annuity amount shall be paid
from the long term capital gains, the unrelated business income,
the tax exempt income and finally out of the principal of the
trust, in that order. In any taxable year of the trust in which
the net income exceeds the annuity amount, the excess, at the
end of such taxable year, shall be added to trust principal and
thereafter shall be held, administered and disposed of as a part
thereof. Should the initial net fair market value of the assets
comprising the trust, and hence the annuity amount, be
incorrectly determined, then within a reasonable period after
the value of such assets is finally determined for federal tax
purposes, the Trustees shall pay over to the qualified
charitable beneficiaries, in the case of an undervaluation, or,
in the case of an overvaluation, shall receive from such
beneficiaries to which amounts from the trust were paid, in
proportion to the payments made to each, an aggregate amount
equal to the difference between the annuity amount properly
payable and the annuity amount actually paid during such taxable
year.
2. Distribution at End of Trust Term. Upon the exploration of
the trust term, the trust created under this Paragraph A shall
terminate, and the Trustees shall thereupon transfer, convey and
pay over the trust assets, as they are then constituted (other
than any amount due to the qualified charitable beneficiaries),
to the then living descendants of my sister, Lee B. Radziwill,
per stripes.
3. Proration of Annuity Amount. To determine the proper
aggregate amount payable from the trust to the qualified
charitable beneficiaries in any short taxable year of the
trust's existence, the Trustees shall prorate the annuity
amount, on a daily basis, in accordance with the applicable
provisions of Treas. Dept. Reg. Sect. 1.664-2.
4. Deferral Provision. The obligation to pay the annuity amount
to the qualified charitable beneficiaries shall commence with
the date of my death, but payment of the annuity amount may be
deferred from the date of my death until the end of the taxable
year of the trust in which occurs the complete funding of the
trust. Within a reasonable time after the end of the taxable
year in which complete funding of the trust occurs, the Trustees
shall pay to the qualified charitable beneficiaries, in the case
of an underpayment, or shall receive from the qualified
charitable beneficiaries, in the case of an overpayment, in
proportion to the payments made to each, the difference between:
(1) any annuity amounts actually paid, plus interest, compounded
annually, computed for any period at the rate of interest that
the Treasury Regulations under section 664 of the Code prescribe
for the trust for such computation for such period, and (2) the
annuity amounts properly payable, plus interest, compounded
annually, computed for any period at the rate of interest that
the Treasury Regulations under section 664 of the Code prescribe
for the trust for such computation for such period.
5. Additional Contributions. No additional contribution shall be
made to the trust after the initial contribution which shall
consist of all property passing to the trust by reason of my
death.
6. Prohibited Transactions. Notwithstanding any other provision
in this my Will, during the trust term, the Trustees are
expressly prohibited (a) from engaging in any act of self
-dealing as defined in section 4941(d) of the Code, (b) from
retaining any business holdings as defined in section 4943© of
the Code which would subject the trust to tax under section 4943
of the Code, © from making any investments which would subject
the trust to tax under section 4944 of the Code, and (d) from
making any taxable expenditures as defined in section 4945(d) of
the Code. The Trustees ~hall make distributions at such time and
in such manner as not to subject the trust to tax under section
4942 of said Code.
7. Taxable Year; Code References. As used in this Paragraph A,
the term "taxable year" of the trust shall mean the calendar
year and the term "initial net fair market value" of the trust
assets shall mean the initial net fair market value of those
assets as the term is used in Section 664(d)(1) of the Code. All
references to sections of the Code and the regulations and
rulings issued thereunder in this Paragraph A shall be deemed to
include future amendments to such sections, regulations and
rulings as well a6 corresponding provisions of future Internal
Revenue laws, regulations and rulings.
8. Intention. It is my intention to insure that the interest
committed to the qualified charitable beneficiaries by this
Paragraph A shall be deductible for income and estate tax
purposes under the provlslons-of the Code. Further, I intend
that payments of gross income made by the Trustees to qualified
charitable beneflclaries qualify as income tax charitable
deductions. Accordingly, I direct that all provisions of this
Paragraph A and this my Will shall be construed to effectuate
this intention, that all provisions of this Paragraph A and this
my Will shall be construed, and the trust be administered,
solely in a manner consistent with sections 170©, 642©, and
2055 of the Code, and with regulations and rulings which may be
promulgated from time to time with respect to trusts creating
charitable interests, that none of the powers granted to the
Trustees by this my Will shall be exercised in a manner as to
disqualify the trust for such deductions and specifically, but
without limiting the foregoing, that nothing in this my Will
shall be construed to restrict the Trustees from . investing
the trust assets in a manner which could result in the annual
realization of a reasonable amount of income or gain from the
sale or disposition of trust assets. I hereby grant to my
Executors and the Trustees all the administrative powers
necessary to act in compliance with the requirements of the
Code, as in effect at the time of my death and from time to time
thereafter, so as to qualify the interest committed to the
qualified charitable beneficiaries hereunder for the estate and
income tax charitable deductions. Should any provisions of this
my Will be inconsistent or in conflict with the sections of the
Code and the regulations and rulings governing charitable lead
trusts as in effect from time to time, then such sections,
regulations and rulings shall be deemed to override and
supersede such inconsistent or conflicting provisions. If such
sections, regulations and rulings at any time require that
instruments creating charitable lead trusts contain provisions
which are not expressly set forth in this my Will, then such
provisions shall be incorporated herein by reference and shall
be deemed to be part of this my Will to the same extent as
though they had been expressly set forth herein.
9. Trustees' Limited Power of Amendment. The Trustees shall have
the power, acting alone, to amend the provisions governing this
trust contained in this my Will in any manner required for the
sole purpose of ensuring that the trust qualifies and continues
to qualify as a charitable lead annuity trust.
B. I give and bequeath the amount of Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($250,000) to each child of mine who survives
me.
C. I give and bequeath to NANCY L. TUCKERMAN, if she survived
me, the amount of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
($250,000).
D. I give and bequeath to MARTA SQUBIN, if she survives me, the
amount of One Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
($125,000).
E. I give and bequeath to my niece ALEXANDRA RUTHERFURD, if she
survives me, the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000).
F. I give and bequeath to PROVIDENCIA PAREDES, if she survives
me, the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000).
G. I give and bequeath to LEE NASSO, if she survives me, the
amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000).
H. I give and bequeath to MARIE AMARAL, if she survives me, the
amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000).
I. I give and bequeath to EFIGENIO PINHEIRO, if he survives me,
the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000).
THIRD: A. I give and devise any and all interest owned by me at
the time of my death in the real property located in the City of
Newport, State of Rhode Island, which I inherited from my
mother, Janet Lee Auchinclosss, and which is known as
"Hammersmith Farm," including all buildings thereon and all
rights and easements appurtenant thereto and all policies of
insurance relating thereto, to HUGH D. AUCHINCLOSS, JR., if he
survives me, or, if he does not survive me, to his children who
survive me, in equal shares as tenants-in-common.
B. I give and devise all real property owned by me at the time
of my death and located in the Town of Gay Head and Chilmark,
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, including all buildings
thereon and all rights and easements appurtenant thereto and all
policies of insurance relating thereto, to my children who
survive me, in equal shares as tenants-in-common, or, if only
one of my children survive me, to such survivor, or, if none of
my children survive me, I authorize, but do not direct, my
Executors to sell such real property and I direct that the net
proceeds of sale together with any such real property not so
sold be added to my residuary estate to be held, administered
and disposed of as a part thereof.
I authorize and empower my children, within a period of nine (9)
months from the date of my death, to renounce and disclaim all
interest in any part or all of said real property devised to
them pursuant to this Paragraph B of Article THIRD. Any such
disclaimer shall be by instrument in writing, duly executed and
filed in the court in which this Will has been admitted to
original probate.
I direct that any such interest in my real property in Martha's
Vineyard, Massachusetts which is disclaimed by my children shall
be sold, and the net proceeds of sale shall be added to my
residuary estate, thereafter to be held, administered and
disposed of as a part thereof.
C. Except as hereinbefore otherwise effectively devised, give
and devise all real property owned by me at the time of my
death, including all buildings thereon and all rights and
easements appurtenant thereto and all policies of insurance
relating thereto, to my children who survive me, in equal shares
as tenants-in-common, or, if only one of my children survive me,
to such survivor, or, if none of my children survive me, I
authorize, but do not direct, my Executors to sell any such real
property and I direct that the net proceeds of sale together
with any such property not so sold be added to my residuary
estate and thereafter held, administered and disposed of as a
part thereof.
I authorize and empower my children, within a period of nine (9)
months from the date of my death, to renounce and disclaim all
interest in any part or all of said real property devised to
them pursuant to this Paragraph C of Article THIRD. Any such
disclaimer shall be by instrument in writing, duly executed and
filed in the court in which this Will has been admitted to
original probate.
I direct that any such interest in my real property which is
disclaimed by my children shall be sold, and the net proceeds of
sale ~hall be added to my residuary estate, thereafter to be
held, administered and disposed of as a part thereof.
D. I give, devise and bequeath all stock owned by me at the time
of my death in any corporation which is the owner of any
building in which I have a cooperative apartment, together with
any lease to such apartment and all right, title and interest
owned by me at the time of my death in and to any agreements
relating to said building and the real property on which it is
located, to my children who survive me, in equal shares as
tenants in common, or, if only one of my children survive me, to
such survivor, or, if none of my children survive me, I
authorize, but do not direct, my Executors to sell any such
stock and I direct that the net proceeds of sale together with
any such stock not so sold be added to my residuary estate and
thereafter held, administered and disposed of as a part thereof.
I authorize and empower my children, within a period of nine (9)
months from the date of my death, to renounce and disclaim all
interest in any part or all of said stock devised to them
pursuant to this Paragraph D of Article THIRD. Any such
disclaimer shall be by instrument in writing, duly executed and
filed in the court in which this Will has been admitted to
original probate.
I direct that any such interest in said stock which is
disclaimed by my children shall be sold, and the net proceeds of
sale shall be added to my residuary estate, thereafter to be
held, administered and disposed of as a part thereof.
[Handwritten Note: Children Are Takers in Default of Exercise;
Both Waive]
FOURTH: Under the Will of my late husband, John Fitzgerald
Kennedy, a marital deduction trust was created for my benefit
over which I was accorded a general power of appointment. I
hereby exercise such power of appointment and direct that, upon
my death, all property subject to such power be transferred,
conveyed and paid over to my descendants who survive me, per
stripes.
FIFTH: All the rest, residue and remainder of my property and
estate, both real and personal, of whatsoever kind and
wheresoever situated, of which I shall die seized or possessed
or of which I shall be entitled to dispose at the time of my
death (my "residuary estate"), after the payment therefrom of
the taxes directed in Article NINTH hereof to be paid from my
residuary estate (my "net residuary estate"), I give, devise and
bequeath to the Trustees hereinafter named, IN TRUST,
NEVERTHELESS, to hold as THE J FOUNDATION (sometimes hereinafter
referred to as the "Foundation") and to manage, invest and
reinvest the same, to collect the income thereof and to dispose
of the net income and principal thereof for the following uses
and purposes subject to the following terms and condltlons:
A. 1. Payment of Annuity Amount. The Trustees shall hold and
manage the Foundation property for a primary term which shall
commence with the date of my death and shall end on the 24th
anniversary thereof. In no event, however, shall the
Foundation's primary term extend beyond a period of twenty-one
(21) years after the death of the last to die of those
descendants of my former father-in-law Joseph P. Kennedy who
were in being at the time of my death.] At the end of each
taxable year of the Foundation during the primary term (other
than any short taxable year thereof for which specific
provisions are hereinafter made), the independent Trustees
(l.e., the Trustees of the Foundation other than any Trustee who
has disclaimed any property of my Estate which becomes a part of
the Foundation) shall pay over to such organization or
organizations, to be selected by the independent Trustees, in
the exercise of sole and absolute discretion, and only to such
organization or organizations as are described in and satisfy
the requirements of both of Sections 170© and 2055(a) of the
Code, at the time any such payment or payments to such
organization or organizations are made (such organization or
organizations shall herein be referred to collectively as the
"qualified charitable beneficiaries") in such amounts or
proportions, equal or unequal, as the independent Trustees, in
the exercise of sole and absolute discretion, shall determine,
such amount or amounts as shall, in the aggregate, equal eight
percent (8%) of the initial net fair market value of the assets
of the Foundation as finally determined for federal estate tax
purposes. Such aggregate amount shall hereinafter be referred to
as the "annuity amount."
The annuity amount shall be paid first from the ordinary taxable
income of the Foundation (including short term capital gains)
which is not unrelated business income and, to the extent not so
satisfied, the annuity amount shall be paid from the long term
capital gains, the unrelated business income, the tax exempt
income and finally out of the principal of the trust, in that
order. In any taxable year of the Foundation in which the net
income exceeds the annuity amount, the excess, at the end of
such taxable year, shall be added to the principal of the
Foundation and thereafter shall be held, administered and
disposed of as a part thereof. Should the initial net fair
market value of the assets comprising the Foundation, and hence
the annuity amount, be incorrectly determined, then wlthln a
reasonable period after the value of such assets is finally
determined for federal tax purposes, the Trustees shall pay over
to the qualified charitable beneflclaries, in the case of an
undervaluation, or, in the case of an overvaluation, shall
receive from such beneficiaries to which amounts from the
Foundation were paid, in proportion to the payments made to
each, an aggregate amount equal to the difference between the
annuity amount properly payable and the annuity amount actually
paid during such taxable year.
I have accorded the independent Trustees sole and absolute
discretion in selecting the qualified charitable beneficiaries
to receive all or any portion of the annuity amount referred to
in this Paragraph A of Article FIFTH, stipulating only that at
the time any payment from the Foundation is made to a qualified
charitable beneficiary so selected it be an organization
described in sections 170© and 2055(a) of the Code. It is my
wish, however, that in selecting the particular qualified
charitable beneficiaries which shall be the recipients of
benefits from the Foundation the independent Trustees give
preferential consideration to such eligible organization or
organizations the purposes and endeavors of which the
independent Trustees feel are committed to making a significant
difference in the cultural or social betterment of mankind or
the relief of human suffering. To assist the independent
Trustees I authorize, but do not direct, that they retain my
close friend and confidante Nancy L. Tuckerman to assist them in
the administration of the Foundation. Should the independent
Trustees deem it advisable to retain Nancy L. Tuckerman, they
shall pay to her from the assets of the Foundation reasonable
compensation for the services she shall render. But such
compensation shall not be charged against the annuity amount in
any full taxable year of the Foundation nor against the
appropriate fraction of said amount, determined as herein
provided, payable to the qualified charitable beneficiaries in
any short taxable year of the Foundation but shall rather be
paid from the assets of the Foundation at large.2. Proration of
the Annuity Amount. To determine the proper aggregate amount
payable from the Foundation to the qualified charitable
beneficiaries in any short taxable year of the Foundation's
existence, the independent Trustees shall prorate the annuity
amount, on a daily basis, in accordance with the applicable
provisions of Treas. Dept. Reg. Sect. 1.664-2.
3. Deferral Provision. The obligation to pay the annuity amount
to the qualified charitable beneficiaries shall commence with
the date of my death, but payment of the annuity amount may be
deferred from the date of my death until the end of the taxable
year of the Foundation in which occurs the complete funding of
the Foundation. Within a reasonable time after the end of the
taxable year in which complete funding of the Foundation occurs,
the independent Trustees shall pay to the qualified charitable
beneficiaries, in the case of an underpayment, or shall receive
from the qualified charitable beneficiaries, in the case of an
overpayment, in proportion to the payments made to each, the
difference between (1) any annuity amounts actually paid, plus
interest, compounded annually, computed for any period at the
rate of interest that the Treasury Regulations under section 664
of the Code prescribe for the Foundation for such computation
during such period, and (2) the annuity amounts properly
payable, plus interest, compounded annually, computed for any
period at the rate of interest that the Treasury Regulations
under section 664 of the Code prescribe for the Foundation for
such computation during such period.
4. Additional Contributions. No additional contributions shall
be made to the Foundation after the initial contribution which
shall consist of all property passing to the Foundation by
reason of my death.
5. Prohibited Transactions. Notwithstanding any other provision
in this my Will, during the primary term, the Trustees are
expressly prohibited (a) from engaging in any act of self
-dealing as defined in section 4941(d) of the Code, (b) from
retaining any excess business holdings as defined in Section
4943© of the Code which would subject the Foundation to tax
under section 4943 of the Code, © from making any investments
which would subject the Foundation to tax under section 4944 of
the Code, and (d) from making any taxable expenditures as
defined in section 4945(d) of the Code. The Trustees shall make
distributions at such time and in such manner as not to subject
the Foundation to tax under section 4942 of the Code.
6. Taxable Year: Code References. As used in this Paragraph A,
the term "taxable year" of the Foundation shall mean the
calendar year and the term "initial net fair market value" of
the assets of the Foundation shall mean the initial net fair
market value of those assets as the term is used in section
664(d)(1) of the Code. All references to sections of the Code
and the regulations and rulings issued thereunder in this
Paragraph A shall be deemed to include future amendments to such
sections, regulations and rulings as well as corresponding
provlslons of future Internal Revenue laws, regulations and
rulings.
7. Intention. It is my intention to insure that the interest
committed to the qualified charitable beneficiaries by this
Paragraph A shall be deductible for income and estate tax
purposes under the provisions of the Code. Further, I intend
that payments of gross income made by the independent Trustees
to qualified charitable beneficiaries qualify as income tax
charitable deductions. Accordingly, I direct that all provisions
of this Paragraph A and this my Will shall be construed to
effectuate this intention, that all provisions of this Paragraph
A and this my Will shall be construed, and the Foundation be
administered, solely in a manner consistent with Sections
170©, 642©, and 2055 of the Code, and with regulations and
rulings which may be promulgated from time to time with respect
to trusts creating charitable interests, that none of the powers
granted to the Trustees by this my Will shall be exercised in a
manner as to disqualify the Foundation for such deductions, and
specifically, but without limiting the foregoing, that nothing
in this my Will shall be construed to restrict the Trustees from
investing the assets of the Foundation in a manner which could
result in the annual realization of a reasonable amount of
income or gain from the sale or disposition of the assets of the
Foundation. I hereby grant to my Executors and the Trustees all
the administrative powers necessary to act in compliance with
the requirements of the Code, as in effect at the time of my
death and from time to time thereafter, 50 as to qualify the
interest committed to the qualified charitable beneficiaries
hereunder for the estate and income tax charitable deductions.
Should any provisions of this my Will be inconsistent or in
conflict with the sections of the Code and the regulations and
rulings governing charitable lead trusts as in effect from time
to time, then such sections, regulations and rulings shall be
deemed to override and supersede such inconsistent or
conflicting provlslons. If such sections, regulations and
rulings at any time require that instruments creating charitable
lead trusts contain provisions which are not expressly set
forth in this my Will, then such provisions shall be
incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed to be a
part of this my Will to the same extent as though they had been
expressly set forth herein.
8. Trustees' Limited Power of Amendment. The Trustees shall have
the power, acting alone, to amend the provisions governing this
Foundation contained in this my Will in any manner required for
the sole purpose of ensuring that the Foundation qualifies and
continues to qualify as a charitable lead annuity trust.B. Upon
the expiration of the Foundation' 5 primary term the assets of
the Foundation (other than any amount due to the qualified
charitable beneficiaries) shall be disposed of in the following
manner:
1. If no descendant of any child of mine is then living, the
assets of the Foundation shall be transferred, conveyed and paid
over as follows: (a) one-half (1/2) thereof (or the entire
amount thereof if neither my sister, Lee B. Radziwill, nor any
descendant of hers is then living) to the then living
descendants of my cousin Mlchel Bouvier, per stirpes; and (b)
the other one-half (1/2) thereof (or the entire amount thereof
if no descendant of my cousin Mlchel Bouvier is then living) to
the then living descendants of my sister, Lee B. Radziwlll, per
stirpes, or, if no such descendant of hers is then living, to my
said sister, if she shall then be living.
2. If one or more descendants of any child of mine is then
living but no such descendant was in being at the time of my
death, the assets of the Foundation shall be transferred,
conveyed and paid over as follows: (a) one-half (1/2) thereof
(or the entire amount if no descendant of my son, John F.
Kennedy, Jr., is then living) to the then living descendants of
my daughter, Caroline B. Kennedy, Per stirpes; and (b) one-half
(1/2) thereof (or the entire amount if no descendant of my
daughter, Caroline B. Kennedy, is then living) to the then
living descendants of my son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., per stirpes.
3. If any descendant of any child of mine is then living and if
at least one of those then living descendants was in being at
the time of my death, the assets of the Foundation shall be
divided into a sufficient number of equal shares so that there
shall be set aside one (1) such share for the collective
descendants who are then living of my daughter, Caroline B.
Kennedy, if any such descendant is then living, and one (1) such
share for the collective descendants who are then living of my
son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., if any such descendant is then
living, such shares to be disposed of as follows: Each such
share shall be transferred, conveyed and paid over to the
Trustees hereinafter named to be held in separate trust for a
secondary trust term for the benefit of the descendants living
from time to time of the child of mine for whose benefit the
share has been set aside (such descendants shall hereinafter be
referred to as the "beneficiaries"). The secondary term for any
particular trust created hereunder shall terminate upon the
death of the last to die of the beneficiaries, except that the
secondary terms of all trusts created pursuant to this
subparagraph 3 shall in all events terminate simultaneously no
later than twenty-one (21) years after the death of the last to
die of the descendants of my former father-in-law Joseph P.
Kennedy who were in being at the time of my death. The Trustees
shall manage, invest and reinvest the principal of each trust
created hereunder, shall collect the income thereof and shall
pay over or apply the net income, to such extent and at such
time or times as the independent Trustees (i.e., the Trustees of
each particular trust created hereunder other than any Trustee
who is also a beneficiary of that trust or of any other trust
hereunder and other than any Trustee who has disclaimed any
property of my Estate which becomes a part of this trust), in
the exercise of sole and absolute discretion, deem advisable, to
or for the use of such one or more of the beneficiaries, as the
independent Trustees, in the exercise of sole and absolute
discretion, determine. Any net income not so paid over or
applied shall be accumulated and added to the principal of the
trust at least annually and thereafter shall be held,
administered and disposed of as a part thereof. I authorize and
empower the independent Trustees of each trust created hereunder
at any time and from time to time to pay over to any one or more
of the beneficiaries, or to apply for his, her or their benefit,
out of the principal of such trust, such amount or amounts,
including the whole thereof, as the independent Trustees, in the
exercise of sole and absolute discretion, deem advisable. Each
trust established under this subparagraph 3 shall terminate upon
the death of the last to die of the beneficiaries thereof, and,
notwithstanding the foregoing, each trust established under this
subparagraph 3 shall terminate no later than twenty-one (21)
years after the death of the last to die of the descendants of
my former father-in-law Joseph P. Kennedy who were in being at
the time of my death.
The principal of any trust created hereunder which has
terminated by reason of the death of the last to die of the
beneficiaries thereof, as such principal is then constituted,
shall be transferred, conveyed and paid over to the Trustees of
the other trust or trusts created hereunder, if any such trust
is still in existence, to be held, administered and disposed of
as a part thereof. If no other trust created hereunder is then
in existence upon the occurrence of such termination, the
principal of the last trust created hereunder to terminate, as
then constituted, shall be transferred, conveyed and paid over
as follows:
(a) If any descendant of any child of mine is then living, (i)
one-half (1/2) thereof (or the entire amount if no descendant of
my son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., is then living) to the then living
descendants of my daughter, Caroline B. Kennedy, per stirpes;
and (ii) one-half (1/2) thereof (or the entire amount if no
descendant my daughter, Caroline B. Kennedy, is then living) to
the then living descendants of my son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., per
stirpes.
(b) If no descendant of any child of mine is then living (i)
one-half (1/2) thereof (or the entire amount thereof if neither
my sister, Lee B. Radziwill, nor any descendant of hers is then
living) to the then living descendants of my cousin Michel
Bouvier per stirpes; and (ii) the other one-half (1/2) thereof
(or the entire amount thereof if no descendant of my cousin
Michel Bouvier is then living) to the then living descendants of
my sister, Lee B. Radziwill, per stirpes, or, if no such
descendant of hers is then living, to my said sister, if she
shall then be living.
Should any trust created hereunder terminate by reason of
expiration of a period of twenty-one (21) years after the death
of the last to die of the descendants of my former father-in-law
Joseph P. Kennedy in being at the time of my death, the
principal of each such terminating trust, as then constituted,
shall be transferred, conveyed and paid over to the then living
beneficiaries of that trust in equal shares.
SIXTH: A. Unless it shall not be permissible under the
applicable rules of law to create a trust of the property
described in this Paragraph A, if any individual under the age
of twenty-one (21) years becomes entitled to any property from
my estate upon my death or any property from any trust created
hereunder upon the termination thereof, such property shall be
held by, and I give, devise and bequeath the same to, the
Trustees hereinafter named, IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, for the
following uses and purposes: To manage, invest and reinvest the
same, to collect the income and to apply the net income and
principal to such extent (including the whole thereof) for such
individual's general use and at such time or times as the
independent Trustees (i.e., the Trustees of each particular
trust created hereunder other than any Trustee who is also a
beneficiary of that trust or of any other trust hereunder and
other than any Trustee who has disclaimed any property of my
Estate which becomes a part of this trust), in the exercise of
sole and absolute discretion, shall determine, until such
individual reaches the age of twenty-one (21) years, and
thereupon to transfer, convey and pay over the principalof the
trust, as it is then constituted, to such individual. Any net
income not so applied shall be accumulated and added to the
principal of the trust at least annually and thereafter shall be
held, administered and disposed of as a part thereof. Upon the
death of such individual before reaching the age of twenty-one
(21) years, the Trustees shall transfer, convey and pay over the
principal of the trust, as it is then constituted, to such
individual's executors or administrators.
If my Executors or the independent Trustees, as the case may be,
in the exercise of sole and absolute discretion, determine at
any time not to transfer in trust or not to continue to hold in
trust any part or all of such property, as the case may be, they
shall have full power and authority to transfer and pay over
such property, or any part thereof, without bond, to such
individual, if an adult under the law of the state of his or her
domicile at the time of such payment, or to his or her parent,
the guardian of his or her person or property, or to a custodian
for such individual under any Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
pursuant to which a custodian is acting or may be appointed.
The receipt of such individual, if an adult, or the parent, the
guardian or custodian to whom any principal or income is
transferred and paid over pursuant to any of the above
provisions shall be a full discharge to my Executors or the
Trustees, as the case may be, from all liability with respect
thereto.
B. If it shall not be permissible under the applicable rules of
law to create a trust of the property hereinabove described in
Paragraph A, and if such individual is a minor as hereinafter
defined, in that event such property shall vest absolutely in
such minor, subject to the following: I hereby authorize and
empower the Trustees hereinafter named to retain such minor's
property without bond, as donees of a power in trust for the
following uses and purposes: To manage, invest and reinvest the
same, to collect the income and to apply the net income and
principal to such extent (including the whole thereof) for such
minor's general use and at such time or times as the independent
Trustees, in the exercise of sole and absolute discretion, shall
determine, until such minor reaches the age of majority, and
thereupon to transfer, convey and pay over the property, as it
is then constituted, to such minor. Any net income not so
applied shall be accumulated and added to principal at least
annually and thereafter shall be held, administered and disposed
of as a part thereof. Upon the death of such minor before
reaching his or her majority, the Trustees shall transfer,
convey and pay over the property, as it is then constituted, to
such minor's executors or administrators.
If my Executors or the independent Trustees, as the case may be,
in the exercise of sole and absolute discretion, determine at
any time not to transfer to the Trustees as such donees of a
power in trust or not to continue to hold any part or all of
such property as hereinabove provided, as the case may be, they
shall have full power and authority to transfer and pay over
such property or any part thereof, without bond, to such minor's
parent or to the guardian of such minor's person or property, or
to a custodian for such minor under any Uniform Gift to Minors
Act pursuant to which a custodian is acting or may be appointed.
The receipt of the parent, guardian or custodian to whom any
property is transferred and paid over pursuant to any of the
above provisions shall be a full discharge to my Executors or
the Trustees, as the case may be, from all liability with
respect thereto.
As compensation for their services under this Paragraph B the
Trustees shall be entitled to commissions at the rates and in
the manner allowed to trustees of testamentary trusts under the
laws of the State of New York in effect from time to time.
In administering any property pursuant to this Paragraph B, the
Trustees shall have all of the powers conferred upon them under
this Will.
The term "minor" as used in this Paragraph B shall be deemed to
refer to an individual under the age at which such individual
may execute a binding contract to dispose of real or personal
property under the laws of the State of his or her domicile.
SEVENTH: Any application of the net income or principal of any
trust herein created may be by the payment of bills rendered for
the support, maintenance, education or general welfare of the
beneficiary for whose use the application is to be made or by
the payment of net income or principal to such person or
persons, including, in the case of a minor, his or her parent,
the guardian of his or her person or property or the person with
whom such minor resides, as the Trustees, in the exercise of
sole and absolute discretion, deem appropriate. Any such payment
or application may be made without bond, without intervention of
any guardian or committee, without order of court, without
regard to the duty of any person to support the beneflclary and
without regard to any other funds which may be available for the
purpose. The receipt of the person or persons to whom any net
income or principal is paid pursuant to this Article shall be a
full discharge to the Trustees from all liability with respect
thereto.
EIGHTH: In the event that any beneficiary or beneficiaries
hereunder upon whose survivorshlp any gift, legacy or devise is
conditioned and the person or persons, including myself, upon
whose prior death such gift, legacy or devise takes effect shall
die simultaneously or under such circumstances as to render it
impossible or difficult to determine who survived the other, I
hereby declare it to be my will that such beneficiary or
beneficiaries shall be deemed not to have survived but to have
predeceased such person or persons, and that this my Will and
any and all of its provisions shall be construed on such
assumption and basis.
NINTH: A. All estate, inheritance, legacy, succession or
transfer or other death taxes (including any interest and
penalties thereon) imposed by any domestic or foreign taxing
authority with respect to all property owned by me at the time
of my death and passing under this my Will (other than any
generation-skipping transfer tax imposed by Chapter 13 of the
Code, or any successor section or statute of like import, and
any comparable tax imposed by any other taxing authority) shall
be paid without apportionment out of my residuary estate and
without apportionment within my residuary estate and with no
right of reimbursement from any recipient of any such property.
By directing payment of the aforesaid taxes from my residuary
estate only in so far as those taxes are generated by property
passing under this my Will, it is my express intention that the
property over which I possess a general power of appointment and
to which I refer in Article FOURTH of this my Will shall bear
its own share of such taxes.
B. Should my Estate, after payment of all of my debts and
funeral expenses, the expenses of estate administration and the
taxes referred to in this Article NINTH, be insufficient to
satisfy in full all of the preresiduary bequests and devises
which I make under Articles FIRST through THIRD hereof, I direct
that the bequests and devises in (1) Paragraphs A, B and C of
Article FIRST, (2) Article SECOND and (3) Paragraph A of Article
THIRD shall abate last after the abatement of the bequests and
devises in Paragraphs D and E of Article FIRST and Paragraphs B,
C and D of Article THIRD.
TENTH: A. My Executors may make such elections under the tax
laws (including, but without limitation, any election under
Chapter 13 of the Code) as my Executors, in the exercise of sole
and absolute discretion, deem advisable, regardless of the
effect thereof on any of the interests under this Will, and I
direct that there shall be no adjustment of such interests by
reason of any action taken by my Executors pursuant hereto.
B. My Executors may, in the exercise of sole and absolute
discretion, disclaim or renounce any interest which I or my
estate may have under any other will, under any trust agreement
or otherwise.
C. The determination of my Executors with respect to all
elections, disclaimers and renunciations referred to in this
Article shall be final and conclusive upon all persons.
D. I authorize my Executors, in the exercise of sole and
absolute discretion, to divide (whether before or after any
trust is funded and whether before or after any allocation of
GST exemption under section 2631 of the Code is made) any trust
or any property used or to be used to fund or augment any trust
created under this Will into two or more fractional shares. The
shares shall be held and administered by the Trustees as
separate trusts, but may be managed and invested in solido. Some
of the purposes for granting this authority are to provide an
inclusion ratio (within the meaning of section 2642(a) of the
Code) of zero for the separate trust receiving the fractional
share to which the allocation of GST exemption is made.
Whenever two trusts created under this Will are directed to be
combined into a single trust (for example, because property of
one trust is to be added to the other trust), whether or not the
trusts have different inclusion ratios with respect to any
common transferor or have different transferors for generation
-skipping transfer tax purposes, the Trustees are authorized, in
the exercise of sole and absolute discretion, instead of
combining said trusts, to administer them as two separate trusts
with identical terms in accordance with the provisions that
would have governed the combined trusts. However, the Trustees
may manage and invest such separate trusts in solido.
The Trustees are authorized, in the exercise of sole and
absolute discretion, to combine any one or more trusts with
identical terms for an identical beneficiary or beneficiaries
created under this Will as a single trust. The Trustees are also
authorized, in the exercise of sole and absolute discretion,
later to divide such trust as provided above in this Paragraph.
Without in any way limiting the sole and absolute discretion of
the Trustees granted by this Paragraph, I envision that the
Trustees will not elect to combine two or more trusts with
different inclusion ratios for generation-skipping transfer tax
purposes.
ELEVENTH: In addition to, and not by way of limitation of, the
powers conferred by law upon fiduciaries, subject, however, to
the directions and prohibitions in Article FIFTH hereof, I
hereby expressly grant to my Executor~ with respect to my estate
and the Trustees with respect to each of the trust estates
herein created, including any accumulated income thereof, the
powers hereinafter enumerated, all of such powers to conferred
or granted to be exercised by them as they may deem advisable in
the exercise of sole and absolute discretion:
(1) To purchase or otherwise acquire, and to retain, whether
originally a part of my estate or subsequently acquired, any and
all stocks, bonds, notes or other securities, or any variety of
real or personal property, including securities of any corporate
fiduciary, or any successor or affiliated corporation, interests
in common trust funds and securities of or other interests in
investment companies and investment trusts, whether or not such
investments be of the character permissible for investments by
fiduciaries; and to make or retain any such investment without
regard to degree of diversification.
(2) To sell (including to any descendant of mine), lease,
pledge, mortgage, transfer, exchange, convert or otherwise
dispose of, or grant options with respect to, any and all
property at any time forming a part of my estate or any trust
estate, in any manner, at any time or times, for any purpose,
for any price and upon any terms, credits and conditions; and to
enter into leases which extend beyond the period fixed by
statute for leases made by fiduciaries and beyond the duration
of any trust.
(3) To borrow money from any lender, including any corporate
fiduciary, for any purpose connected with the protection,
preservation or improvement of my estate or any trust estate,
and as security to mortgage or pledge upon any terms and
conditions any real or personal property of which I may die
seized or possessed or forming a part of any trust estate.
(4) To vote in person or by general or limited proxy with
respect to any shares of stock or other security; directly or
through a committee or other agent, to oppose or consent to the
reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution or
liquidation of any corporation, or to the sale, lease, pledge or
mortgage of any property by or to any such corporation; and to
make any payments and take any steps proper to obtain the
benefits of any such transaction.
(5) To the extent permitted by law, to register any security in
the name of a nominee with or without the addition of words
indicating that such security is held in a fiduciary capacity;
and to hold any security in bearer form.
(6) To complete, extend, modify or renew any loans, notes,
bonds, mortgages, contracts or any other obligations which I may
owe or to which I may be a party or which may be liens or
charges against any of my property, or against my estate,
although I may not be liable thereon; to pay, compromise,
compound, adjust, submit to arbitration, sell or release any
claims or demands of my estate or any trust against others or of
others against my estate or any trust upon any terms and
conditions, including the acceptance of deeds to real property
in satisfaction of bonds and mortgages; and to make any payments
in connection therewith.
(7) To make distributions in kind (including in satisfaction of
pecuniary bequests) and to cause any distribution to be composed
of cash, property or undivided fractional shares in property
different in kind from any other distribution without regard to
the income tax basis of the property distributed to any
beneficiary or any trust.
(8) Whenever no corporate fiduciary is acting hereunder, to
place all or any part of the securities which at any time are
held by my estate or any trust estate in the care and custody of
any bank or trust company with no obligation while such
securities are so deposited to inspect or verify the same and
with no responsibility for any 1088 or misapplication by the
bank or trust company; to have all stocks and registered
securities placed in the name of such bank or trust company or
in the name of its nominee, to appoint such bank or trust
company agent and attorney to collect, receive, receipt for and
disburse any income, and generally to perform the duties and
services incident to a so-called "custodian" account; and to
allocate the charges and expenses of such bank or trust company
to income or to principal or partially to income and partially
to principal.
(9) To appoint, employ and remove, at any time and from time to
time, any accountants, attorneys, investment counselors, expert
advisers, agents, clerks and employees; and to fix and pay their
compensation from income or principal or partially from income
and partially from principal. Nothing herein contained, however,
shall be construed to permit any person or entity to receive
compensation in excess of what is reasonable, as defined for
purposes of sections 4941(d)(2)(E) and 4945(d)(5) of the Code
and under the laws of the State of New York, if such
compensation is a charge, directly or indirectly, against any
charitable lead trust created hereunder.
(10) Whenever permitted by law, to employ a broker-dealer as
custodian for all or any part of the securities at any time held
by my estate or any trust estate and to register such securities
in the name of such broker-dealer.
(11) With respect to securities in any closely-held
corporations, or any interests of my estate or any trust estate
in any unincorporated business enterprises, to retain any such
securities or interests and to allow any assets of my estate or
any trust estate invested in any such corporations or businesses
to remain 90 invested for such time as may appear desirable
without liability for any such retention of any such stock, to
advance money to any such corporations or businesses in order to
aid them in their operations or with the view to maintaining or
increasing the value of the interest therein of my estate or any
trust estate; to provide for the management, operation and
conduct of such businesses, either singly or in conjunction with
others interested therein; to engage and delegate duties and
powers to any employees, managers or other persons, without
liability for any delegation except for negligence in selection;
to borrow money for such corporations or businesses, and to
secure such loans by a pledge or mortgage not only of interests
held in such corporations or businesses but also of any other
assets held in my estate or any trust estate; to vote any stock
so as to effect the election as an officer or director, or both,
of any such corporations of any fiduciary hereunder and also to
provide for reasonable compensation to such officer or director
(which compensation shall be in addition to and not in lieu of
any compensation to which such fiduciary may be entitled for
acting hereunder); to enter into agreements for voting trusts
and to deposit securities with the voting trustees, to delegate
duties to such trustees with all powers of an absolute owner of
such stock, to authorize such trustees to incur and pay expenses
and receive compensation, and to accept and retain any property
received under such agreements; to take business risk in the
management, operation, conduct and disposition of any such
corporations and business enterprises, notwithstanding that my
estate or any trust estate shall have an interest therein; to
sell the securities or assets of any such corporations or
businesses, or to liquidate, dissolve or otherwise dispose of
the same; and to organize, either singly or in conjunction with
others, a corporation or corporations to carry on any business
enterprise, transferring assets or cash thereto for stock .
(12) To manage, insure against loss, subdivide, partition,
develop, improve, mortgage, lease or otherwise deal with any
real property or interests therein which may form at any time a
part of my estate or any trust estate; to satisfy and discharge
or extend the term of any mortgage thereon; to demolish,
rebuild, improve, repair and make alterations from time to time
in any structures upon any such real property; to plat into lots
and prepare any such real property for building purposes; to
construct and equip buildings and other structures upon any such
real property and to make any and all other improvements of any
kind or character whatsoever in connection with the development
and improvement thereof; to execute the necessary instruments
and covenants to effectuate the foregoing powers, including the
granting of options in connection therewith.
(13) To divide any trust created under this Will into one or
more separate trusts for the benefit of one or more of the
beneficiaries of the trust (to the exclusion of the other
beneficiaries) so divided, as the Trustees, in the exercise of
sole and absolute discretion, determine and to allocate to such
divided trust some or all of the assets of the trust estate for
any reason including, but not limited to, enabling any such
trust or trusts to qualify as an eligible shareholder of a
subchapter S corporation as described in sections
1361©(2)(A)(i) or 1361(d)(3) of the Code, as the case may be,
or for any other purpose.
(14) To delegate any duties or powers, discretionary or
otherwise, to a co-fiduciary for such periods and upon such
terms and conditlons as may be designated in a written
instrument acknowledged in such form as would entitle a deed of
real property to be recorded and delivered to such co-fiduciary;
and the fiduciary so delegating any duties or powers hereunder
shall have no further responsibility with respect to the
exercise of such duties or powers so long as such delegation
shall remain in effect; and any such delegation shall be
revocable by a similar instrument so delivered at any time,
provided, however, that no duties or powers described in
Paragraph J of Article TWELFTH hereof may be delegated to a
Trustee who is a beneficiary of any trust created hereunder.
(15) To manage any trust created hereunder in solido with any
other trust created hereunder which has similar terms,
condition~ and beneficiaries.
(16) To execute and deliver any and all instruments to carry out
any of the foregoing powers, no party to any such instrument
being required to inquire into its validity or to see to the
application of any money or other property paid or delivered
pursuant to the terms of any such instrument.
TWELFTH: A. I appoint ALEXANDER D. FORGER and MAURICE TEMPELSMAN
Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. If either oF-them
should fail to qualify or cease to act as Executor hereunder, I
authorize, but do not direct, the other, in the exercise of sole
and absolute discretion, to appoint as a co-Executor such
individual or such bank or trust company as he, in the exercise
of sole and absolute discretion, shall select. Any such
appointment shall be made by an instrument in writing filed with
the clerk of the appropriate court.
If at any time and for any reason there is only one Executor
acting hereunder, I authorize, but do not direct, such Executor
to appoint such individual or such bank or trust company as such
Executor, in the exercise of sole and absolute discretion, shall
select as successor Executor to act in his or her place if he or
she should cease to act. Any such appointment shall be made by
an instrument in writing filed with the clerk of the appropriate
court and may be revoked by such Executor during his or her
lifetime and succeeded by a later appointment, the last such
appointment to control.
B. Should it be necessary for a representative of my estate to
qualify in any jurisdiction wherein any Executor named herein
cannot or may not desire to qualify as such, any other Executor
acting hereunder shall, without giving any security, act as
Executor in such jurisdlctlon and shall have therein all the
rights, powers, privileges, discretions and duties conferred or
imposed upon my Executor by the provisions of this my Will, or,
if no Executor can or wishes to qualify as Executor in such
other jurisdiction, or, if at any time and for any reason there
shall be no Executor in office in such other jurisdiction, I
appoint as Executor therein such person or corporation as may be
designated by the Executors acting hereunder. Such substituted
Executor shall, without glvlng any security, have in such other
jurisdiction all the rights, powers, privileges, discretions and
duties conferred or imposed upon my Executors by the provlslons
of this my Will.
C. I appoint ALEXANDER and MAURICE TEMPELSMAN Trustees of the
trust created under Paragraph A of Article SECOND of this my
Will. If either of them should fail to qualify or cease to act
as a Trustee hereunder, I authorize, but do not direct, the
other, in the exercise of sole and absolute discretion, to
appoint as a co-Trustee such individual or such bank or trust
company as he, in the exercise of sole and absolute discretion,
shall select. Any such appointment shall be made by an
instrument in writing filed with the clerk of the appropriate
court.
If at any time and for any reason there is only one Trustee
acting for said trust, I authorize, but do not direct, such
Trustee to appoint such individual or such bank or trust company
as such Trustee, in the exercise of sole and absolute
discretion, shall select as successor Trustee to act in his or
her place if he or she should cease to act. Any such
appointment shall be made by an instrument in writing filed with
the clerk of the appropriate court and may be revoked by such
Trustee during his or her lifetime and succeeded by a later
appointment, the last such appointment to control.
D. I appoint my daughter, CAROLINE B. KENNEDY, my son, JOHN F.
KENNEDY, JR., ALEXANDER D. FORGER and MAURICE TEMPELSMAN
Trustees of the trust created under Paragraph A of Article FIFTH
of this my Will and therein designated THE C & J FOUNDATION
provided, however, that, if my daughter and/or my son disclaims
any property of my Estate which becomes part of the trust
created under Paragraph A of Article FIFTH, my daughter and/or
my son who has so disclaimed shall only serve as an
Administrative Trustee. An Administrative Trustee 19 only
authorized to take such actions as are necessary to preserve and
maintain the trust property within the meaning of Treas. Reg. S
25.2518-2(d)(2) and, accordingly, is prohibited from
participating in the exercise, or decision not to exercise, any
discretion over payments, distributions, applications or
accumulations of income or prlnclpal by the Trustees, including
the selection of the charitable beneficiaries of the annuity
interest. Should any one or more of the Trustees herein
designated fall to qualify or cease to act as a Trustee of said
Foundation without having designated his or her successor in the
manner authorized by Paragraph H of this Article, I direct the
Trustees or Trustee continuing in office to exercise that right
so that there shall be a minimum of two (2) Trustees in office
for the Foundation at all times.
E. I appoint CAROLINE B. KENNEDY and JOHN F. KENNEDY, JR. or the
survivor of them, Trustees of each trust created under
subparagraph B(3) of Article FIFTH of this my Will provided,
however, that, if my daughter and/or my son disclaims any
property of my Estate which becomes part of the trust created
under Paragraph B(3) of Article FIFTH, my daughter and/or my son
who has so dlsclalmed shall only serve as an Administrative
Trustee. An Administrative Trustee is only authorized to take
such actions as are necessary to preserve and maintain the trust
property within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Sect. 25.2518-2(d)(2)
and, accordingly, is prohibited from participating in the
exercise, or decision not to exercise, any discretion over
payments, distributions, applications or accumulations of income
or principal by the Trustees. In addition, appoint as co-Trustee
or co-Trustees of each such trust such person or persons and/or
bank or trust company as my son and daughter, or the survivor of
them, shall agree upon and designate as co-Trustee or co
-Trustees by an instrument in writing to be filed with the clerk
of the appropriate court. It shall not be necessary to appoint
successors to any individual acting as a Trustee of any trust
created under subparagraph B(3) of Article FIFTH hereof if and
during such time as a bank or trust company shall be acting
hereunder.
F. I appoint my daughter, CAROLINE B. KENNEDY, and my son, JOHN
F. KENNEDY, JR., Trustees of any trust created under Article
SIXTH of this my Will, and I authorize any one parent of any
individual for whom any such trust is created to qualify as a
co- Trustee of such trust if he or she cares to do so provided,
however, that, if my daughter and/or my son disclaims any
property of my Estate which becomes part of the trust created
under Article SIXTH, my daughter and/or my son who has so
disclaimed shall only serve as an Administrative Trustee. An
Administrative Trustee is only authorized to take such actions
as are necessary to preserve and maintain the trust property
within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Sect. 25.2518-2(d)(2) and,
accordingly, is prohibited from participating in the exercise,
or decision not to exercise, any discretion over payments,
distributions, applications or accumulations of income or
principal by the Trustees.
G. Any Executor or Trustee may resign from office without leave
of court at any time and for any reason by filing a written
instrument of resignation with the clerk of the appropriate
court.
H. I authorize and empower any individual acting as a Trustee of
any one or more of the trusts created hereunder to appoint at
any time and from time to time any individual or bank or trust
company (unless a bank or trust company is then acting as
Trustee of such trust) to act as successor Trustee of any one or
more of such trusts in the event that the person so making the
appointment shall cease to act as a Trustee of such trust or
trusts due to his or her death or resignation. If more than one
Trustee is acting hereunder, and at any time or from time to
time there shall be a vacancy in the office of co-Trustee of any
one or more of the trusts created hereunder due to the death or
resignation of a co-Trustee and no successor Trustee willing and
able to serve shall have been appointed herein or by such co
-Trustee as hereinabove provided, then I authorize and empower
the remaining individual Trustee, if any, of such trust or
trusts to appoint any individual or corporation to act as co
-Trustee of such trust or trusts.
I. In the event that the only acting Trustee or Trustees of any
trust created hereunder are prohibited from taking certain
actions which are necessary or appropriate, I appoint as co
-Trustee such individual or bank or trust company as shall be
selected, in the exercise of sole and absolute discretion, by
the then acting Trustee or Trustees. Any such appointment shall
be made by an instrument in writing filed with the clerk of the
appropriate court.
J. Notwithstanding any other provision of this my Will, no
Trustee who is a beneficiary of any trust created hereunder or
who is under a duty to support a beneficiary shall ever
participate in (i) the exercise, or decision not to exercise,
any discretion over payments, distributions, applications,
accumulations, or uses of income or principal by the Trustees,
(ii) the exercise of discretion to allocate receipts or expenses
between principal and income, or (iii) the exercise of any
general power of appointment described in sections 2041 or 2514
of the Code.
K. Except as provided by law, I direct that my Executors shall
not be required to file any inventory or render any account of
my Estate and that no Executor, Trustee, or donee of a power in
trust shall be required to give any bond. If, notwithstanding
the foregoing direction, any bond is required by any law,
statute or rule of court, no sureties shall be required thereon.
L. I authorize and empower the Trustees or Trustee of each trust
created hereunder to transfer the trust assets to, and to hold
and administer them in, any jurisdiction in the United States
and to account for the same in any court having jurisdiction
over said assets.
M. I direct that any and all powers and discretion conferred by
law and by this my Will upon my Trusteec including, but not by
way of limitation, the right to appoint successor and co-
Trustees, may be exercised by the Trustees from time to time
qualified and acting hereunder.
N. Whenever the terms "Executors" or "Executor" and "Trustees"
or "Trustee" are used in this my Will, they shall be deemed to
refer to the Executors or Executor or the Trustees or Trustee
acting hereunder from time to time.
THIRTEENTH: A. disposition in this Will to the descendants of a
person per stirpes shall be deemed to require a division into a
sufficient number of equal shares to make one share for each
child of such person living at the time such disposition becomes
effective and one share for each then deceased child of such
person having one or more descendants then living, regardless of
whether any child of such person is then living, with the same
principle to be applied in any required further division of a
share at a more remote generation.
B. As used in this Will, the terms "child," "children,"
"descendant" and "descendants" are intended to include adopted
persons and the descendants of adopted persons, whether of the
blood or by adoption.
FOURTEENTH: In accordance with the provisions of section 315(5)
of New York's Surrogate's Court Procedure Act, in any proceeding
involving my estate or any trust estate created hereunder it
shall not be necessary to serve process upon or to make a party
to any such proceeding any person under a disability where
another party to the proceeding has the same interest as the
person under a disability.
FIFTEENTH: No trust created under this my Will shall be subject
to the provisions of section 11-2.1(k) of New York's Estates,
Powers and Trusts Law (the "EPTL"), nor shall the Trustees of
any such trust be obliged to make any allocation to income in
respect of any property held as a part of any trust created
hereunder which at any time is underproductive within the
meaning of sectlon 11-2.1(k)(1) of the EPTL.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, JACQUELINE K. ONASSIS, have to this my
Last Will and Testament subscribed my name and set my seal this
22 day of March , in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Ninety-Four. Jacqueline K. Onassis Subscribed
and sealed by the Testatrlx in the presence of us and of each of
us, and at the same time published, declared and acknowledged by
her to us to be her Last Will and Testament, and thereupon we,
at the request of the said Testatrix, in her presence and in the
presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as
witnesses this 22nd day of March 1994.
ATTESTING WITNESSES SHOULD READ CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING THIS
AFFIDAVIT -- NOTARY SHOULD NOT BE A PARTY OR WITNESS
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
Each of the undersigned, individually and severally being duly
sworn, deposes and says:
The within Will was subscribed in our presence and sight at the
end thereof by JACQUELINE K. ONASSIS, the within-named
Testatrix, on the 22nd day of March, 1994, at 1040 Fifth Avenue
in the State of New York.
Said Testatrix at the time of making such subscription declared
the instrument so subscribed to be her Last Will and Testament.
Each of the undersigned thereupon signed his or her name as a
witness at the end of said Will at the request of said Testatrix
and in her presence and sight and in the presence and sight of
each other .
Said Testatrix was, at the time of so executing said Will, over
the age of 18 years and, in the respective opinions of the
undersigned, of sound mind, memory and understanding and not
under any restraint or in any respect incompetent to make a
will.
The Testatrix, in the respective opinions of the undersigned,
could read, write and converse in the English language and was
suffering from no defect of sight, hearing or speech or from any
other physical or mental impairment which would affect her
capacity to make a valid will. The Will was executed as a
single, original instrument and was not executed in
counterparts. Each of the undersigned was acquainted with said
Testatrix at said time and makes this affidavit at her request.
The within Will was shown to the undersigned at the time
affidavit was made, and was examined by each of them as to the
signature of said Testatrix and of the undersigned. The
foregoing instrument was executed by the Testatrix and witnessed
by each of the undersigned affiants under the supervision of
Georgiana J. Slade, an attorney-at-law.
Severally sworn to before this 22nd day of March, 1994
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