| I, WALTER E.
DISNEY, a resident of Los Angeles County, California, declare this
to be my Last Will and revoke all former Wills and Codicils.
FIRST: I declare
that I am married to LILLIAN B. DISNEY and that I have only two
children, namely, DIANE DISNEY MILLER and SHARON DISNEY BROWN.
SECOND: It is
my intention to dispose by this Will of my one-half (1/2) of the
community property of my wife and myself and of all my separate
property, if any. I do not undertake to dispose of my wife's one-half
(1/2) of our community property.
THIRD: In the
event that there shall be included in my estate any interest in
any residential real properties (i.e., properties occupied by my
wife and myself as our residence at the date of my death or as one
of several of our residences) I hereby grant to my wife, LILLIAN
B. DISNEY, if she survives me, an option to purchase any one or
more of such residential real properties. The purchase price for
the residential real property purchased shall be its appraised value
as shown in the Inventory and Appraisement for my estate, less the
amount of any encumbrance on such residential real property. If
my wife exercises this option to purchase she shall take such residential
real property subject to any encumbrance existing against it at
the date of my death and my estate shall not pay any such encumbrance.
The purchase price for the residential real property pur- chased
by my wife pursuant to the exercise of this option may be payable
by her either in cash or in stock of Walt Disney Productions (or
any successor corporation) at her option. In the event that my wife
elects to pay for such residential real property in stock, the value
of such stock for such purpose shall be the closing price for the
stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the day preceding the day
on which my wife obtains title to my interest in such resi- dence
pursuant to the provisions of this Article. The option granted hereunder
must be exercised by my wife within six months of the date of my
death. Any residential real property which is not purchased by my
wife pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall augment the
residue of my estate provided for under the terms of Article SIXTH
below. In the event that any such residential real property is so
purchased, the proceeds from the sale shall also augment the residue
of my estate and be disposed of as provided in Article SIXTH below.
FOURTH: I give
and bequeath to my wife, LILLIAN B. DISNEY, if she survives me by
sixty (60) days, all of my tangible personal property and personal
effects, including without limitation, all my household furniture,
furnishings, silverware, books, paintings, works of art, automobiles,
clothing, jewelry, miniatures, awards and all other similar items
including all policies of insurance on such property. In the event
that my wife does not so survive me I give and bequeath all of the
property disposed of by this Article FOURTH in equal shares to my
children if they both so survive me, or all to the survivor if only
one of my children survive me. In the event that my wife and my
children do not so sur- vive me, the gift provided for in this Article
FOURTH shall lapse and the properties disposed of under this Article
FOURTH shall augment the residue of my estate.
FIFTH: I give,
devise and bequeath the rest and residue of my property, real and
personal, wherever located, including all failed an lapsed gifts,
as follows:
1. Forty-five
percent (45%) of such residue shall be distributed to LILLIAN B.
DISNEY, HERBERT F. STURDY and UNITED CALIFORNIA BANK as Trustees,
IN TRUST. Such Trust shall be known as the Disney Family Trust and
shall be held and distributed as provided for in Article SIXTH below.
2. Forty-five
percent (45%) of such residue shall be distributed to Disney Foundation
as Trustee, IN TRUST. Such Trust shall be known as the Charitable
Trust and shall be held and distributed as provided for in Article
SEVENTH below. If all or any portion of the gift provided for in
this Paragraph 2 shall be invalid by reason of Probate Code Section
41, or any other pro- vision of law limiting, restricting or invalidating
gifts to charity, such bequest shall be carried out to the extent
permitted by law, and to the extent not so permitted shall go instead
to the University of California.
3. Two and one-half
percent (2-1/2%) thereof shall be distributed to LILLIAN B. DISNEY,
HERBERT F. STURDY and UNITED CALIFORNIA BANK as Trustees, IN TRUST,
for the benefit of MARJORIE DAVIS (hereby designated a life income
beneficiary) and NANETTE DAVIS, GEOFFREY DAVIS and MELINDA DAVIS
(hereby designated as remaindermen) to be held and distributed as
a Residuary Trust as provided for in Article EIGHTH below.
4. Two and one-half
percent (2-1/2%) thereof shall be distributed to LILLIAN B. DISNEY,
HERBERT F. STURDY and UNITED CALIFORNIA BANK as Trustees, IN TRUST,
for the benefit of DOROTHY DISNEY PUDER (hereby designated a life
income beneficiary) and LINDA PUDER, DAVID PUDER and PAUL PUDER
(hereby designated as remaindermen), to be held and distributed
as a Residuary Trust as provided for in Article EIGHTH below.
5. Two and one-half
percent (2-1/2%) thereof shall be distributed to LILLIAN B. DISNEY,
HERBERT F. STURDY and UNITED CALIFORNIA BANK as Trustees, IN TRUST,
for the benefit of RUTH FLORA BEECHER (hereby designated a life
income beneficiary) and THEODORE BEECHER (hereby designated a remainderman)
to be held and distributed as a Residuary Trust as provided for
in Article EIGHTH below.
6. Two and one-half
percent (2-1/2%) thereof shall be distributed to LILLIAN B. DISNEY,
HERBERT F. STURDY and UNITED CALIFORNIA BANK, as Trustees, IN TRUST,
for the benefit of PHYLLIS BOUNDS (hereby designated a life income
beneficiary) and ALEXANDRA DETIEGE, VICTORIA DETIEGE and CLANCY
DETIEGE (hereby designated as remaindermen) to be held and distributed
as a Residuary Trust as provided for in Article EIGHTH below.
SIXTH: DISNEY
FAMILY TRUST:
1. In the event
that my wife, LILLIAN B. DISNEY, shall survive me, the Trustees
may pay to her or apply for her benefit so much of the net income
and principal of the trust estate as the Trustees (other than LILLIAN
B. DISNEY who shall not participate in the exercise of this discretion)
deem necessary or proper for her health, support and main- tenance.
In the exercise of such discretion the Trustees shall take into
consideration other income available to her for such purposes and
held free of this trust. Any income which is not so applied or paid
to LILLIAN B. DISNEY may be paid to or applied for the benefit of
a group of persons consisting solely of my daughters, my grandchildren
and any other issue of mine who are living at the time of my death,
or who may be born afterwards, in such proportions and amounts as
the Trustees, in their sole discretion, deem to be necessary or
appropriate. The balance of the income which is not paid to or applied
for the benefit of LILLIAN B. DISNEY or such group of persons shall
be accumulated by the Trustees and added to the principal of the
trust estate.
2. Upon the
death of LILLIAN B. DISNEY (or upon my death in the event that she
shall fail to survive me), the Trustees shall divide the trust estate
into two equal shares. One-half (1/2) of the income from each share
of the trust shall be paid to or applied for the benefit of each
daughter of mine, in monthly or other convenient instalments [sic],
but no less often than quarterly, throughout their lifetimes. The
other one-half (1/2) of the income from such share of the trust
estate may be paid or applied for the benefit of a group of persons
consisting solely of the daughter receiving the one-half (1/2) of
the income of such share, my grand- children and any other such
issue of mine who are living at the date of my death, or who may
be born afterwards, in such proportions and amounts as the Trustees,
in their sole discretion, determine to be necessary or appropriate.
In making the payments from such other one-half (1/2) of this income
the Trustees may pay more to or apply more for the benefit of one
or more persons included in such group than the others, and distributions
may be made to one or more persons included in such group and not
to the others, if the Trustees deem such to be necessary or appropriate.
The balance of such other one-half (1/2) of the income from a share
which is not paid to or applied for the benefit of such group of
persons shall be accumulated by the Trustees and added to the principal
of such share of the trust estate. Upon the death of a daughter
of mine the one-half (1/2) of the income of a share required to
be distributed to such daughter dur- ing her lifetime under the
provisions of this Paragraph 2 shall augment the other one-half
(1/2) of the income with respect to such share distributable among
such group of persons under the provisions of this Paragraph 2.
3. Upon the
death of the last to survive of myself, LILLIAN B. DISNEY, DIANE
DISNEY MILLER and SHARON DISNEY BROWN, the entire principal and
accrued and undistributed income of the trust estate shall be divided
into equal shares, one (1) share for each grand- child of mine who
is then living and one (1) share for the then living issue, taken
collectively, of each grand- child of mine who may then be deceased.
The share set aside for each grandchild of mine who has then attained
age thirty (30) shall be distributed outright to such grandchild.
The share set aside for each grandchild who has not then attained
age thirty (30) shall continue to be held in trust, subject to the
provisions of Paragraph 4 of this Article SIXTH. The share set aside
for the issue of a deceased grandchild of mine shall be distri-
buted outright to such issue upon the principle of repre- sentation,
subject however, to the provisions of Paragraph 5 of this Article
SIXTH.
4. In the event
that under the provisions of the preceding paragraph a share shall
continue to be held in trust for a grandchild of mine, the Trustees
shall pay to or apply for the benefit of such grandchild all of
the net income of such share in monthly or other conven- ient instalments
[sic], but not less often than quarterly, pro- vided, however, that
until such time as such grandchild attains age twenty-one (21) the
Trustees shall only pay to or apply for the benefit of such grandchild
so much of the net income of such share as the Trustees deem necessary
or proper to provide for the grandchild's health, educa- tion, support
and maintenance, and the balance of such income shall be accumulated
and added to the principal of such share. At such time as a grandchild
for whom a share is held in trust under the provisions of this Paragraph
4 attains age thirty (30) the Trustees shall distribute out- right
to the grandchild the entire remaining balance of such share. Should
any grandchild for whom a share is held in trust under the provisions
of this Paragraph 4 die prior to obtaining full distribution of
such share, the Trustees shall distribute outright the then remaining
balance of such grandchild's share to the lawful issue of such grandchild
living at the date of the grandchild's death, upon the principle
of representation, subject however, to the pro- visions of Paragraph
5 of this Article SIXTH, and should no such issue be then living
such remaining balance shall go to augment equally the shares then
held for the benefit of, and those previously distributed to, my
other grand- children, excluding each grandchild theretofore deceased
leaving no issue living at the time of such augmentation, but including,
upon the principle of representation, the then living lawful issue
of any deceased grandchild of mine.
5. In the event
that under the foregoing pro- visions a portion of the trust estate
becomes distributable to the issue of any deceased grandchild of
mine and any such issue has not then attained age twenty-one (21),
the Trustees shall hold, administer, invest and reinvest such issue's
part of the trust estate for his or her benefit and shall apply
so much of the net income and such por- tion of the principal thereof
as the Trustees, in their discretion shall deem necessary for such
issue's health, education, support and maintenance, or in the discretion
of the Trustees, shall make such payments to the legal guardian
of such issue or to the person with whom such issue may reside or
directory to such issue, or otherwise, as the Trustees may from
time to time deem advisable, and shall accumulate for the benefit
of such issue any income not so applied or paid. When an issue for
whom a portion shall have been retained under this provision attains
age twenty-one (21), any of such portion then held for the benefit
of such issue shall be distributed out- right to the issue, and
in the case of such issue's death prior thereto, shall forthwith
be distributed to the issue's estate.
6. If the payment
of income from this trust to which any child or grandchild of mine
is entitled, should be insufficient, in the discretion of the Trustees,
to provide for the health, education, support and mainten- ance
of such child or grandchild, the Trustees may pay to or apply for
the benefit of such child or grandchild so much of the principal
of the trust estate as the Trustees may deem proper or necessary
for such purposes; provided, however, that from and after the time
that the trust estate is divided into separate shares for each grandchild
of mine, payments of such principal for the benefit of a grandchild
shall only be made from the principal of the share set aside for
the grandchild, shall not exceed the principal of the share set
aside for the grandchild and shall be deducted from it. In the exercise
of discretion hereunder the Trustees shall take into consideration
other income available to such child or grandchild for these purposes
and held free of this trust.
7. In the event
that under the foregoing pro- visions a portion of the trust estate
shall be undisposed of, such undisposed of portion shall be distributed
out- right to my heirs. As used herein the word "heirs"
shall mean those persons, other than creditors, who would take my
separate personal property under the laws of the State of California
if I had died on the date stipulated for distribution and domiciled
in such state.
SEVENTH: CHARITABLE
TRUST:
1. The Trustee
shall divide the trust estate into two shares as follows: One share
equal to five percent (5%) thereof shall be set aside for DISNEY
FOUNDATION, and one share equal to ninety-five percent (95%) thereof
shall be set aside for CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS. Notwith-
standing such division into shares, each share shall not constitute
a separate trust, but rather, the entire trust estate provided for
under this Article SEVENTH shall be held as one trust for the benefit
of both organizations.
2. In the event
the Trustee shall determine that either of the above mentioned organizations
shall be in further need of funds in order to carry out the purposes
for which such organizations were formed, the Trustee may distribute
to such organization so much of the principal of the share of the
trust estate set aside for the benefit of such organization, up
to the whole thereof, as the Trustee, in its sole and absolute discretion
shall deem necessary or proper for such purposes. Distributions
of principal of the trust estate may be made to one organiza- tion
and not to the other, in the sole and absolute dis- cretion of the
Trustee. Any payment of principal, however, shall not exceed the
principal of the share of the trust estate set aside for such organization
and, in order that such organization will thereafter receive only
that part of income of the trust estate which is proportionate to
the undistributed share of such organization in such trust estate,
such principal distribution shall be deducted from the share set
aside for such organization. For example, if two percent (2%) of
the principal of the entire trust estate were distributed to Disney
Foundation, thereafter the share of the total income of the trust
estate to be distributed to Disney Foundation would be three percent
(3%). Likewise, if two percent (2%) of the principal of the entire
trust estate were thereafter distributed to California Institute
of the Arts, would be ninety-three percent (93%).
4. In the event
that the principal of the trust estate consists of shares of stock
of Walt Disney Productions, or any other securities of such corporation
or any other corporation, and the Trustee has decided to make a
distribu- tion of principal in accordance with the provisions of
the preceding paragraph, the Trustee, in its sole and absolute discretion,
may accomplish such principal distribution in any one or more of
the following ways, either alone or in combination:
(a) Distribute
the securities
(b) Sell the
securities (which would otherwise have been distributed) to one
or more third parties and distribute the net proceeds, or
(c) Purchase
such securities in its individual capacity (at the closing price
for such securities on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of
purchase) and distri- bute the proceeds.
5. If the entire
principal of the share of the trust estate set aside for California
Institute of the Arts is distributed to it under the provisions
of the foregoing paragraphs, the Trustee may terminate the trust
and distri- bute outright to Disney Foundation the entire remaining
bal- ance of the trust estate. However, if the entire principal
of the share of the trust estate set aside for Disney Founda- tion
is distributed outright to it, the trust shall not ter- minate,
but rather, the entire remaining balance of the trust estate shall
then continue to be held in trust solely for the benefit of California
Institute for the Arts, subject to all of the terms and conditions
of this Article SEVENTH.
EIGHTH: RESIDUARY
TRUST:
1. The entire
net income of each of the four Residuary Trusts created under the
provisions of Paragraphs 3 through 6 of Article FIFTH above shall
be paid to or applied for the benefit of the person designated as
a life income beneficiary in monthly or other convenient instalments
[sic], but no less often than quarterly, during the entire lifetime
of such life income beneficiary.
2. Upon the
death of such life income benefici- ary (or upon my death in the
event that such life income beneficiary does not survive me) the
Trustee shall divide the particular Residuary Trust into equal shares
as fol- lows: One share for each then living person designated as
a remainderman of such Residuary Trust and one share for the then
living issue of each such remainderman who may then be deceased.
The share set aside for each remainder- man who has then attained
age thirty (30) shall be distri- buted outright to him or her. The
share set aside for each remainderman who has not then attained
age thirty (30) shall continue to be held in trust, subject to the
provisions of Paragraph 3 of this Article EIGHTH below. The share
set aside for the issue of a deceased remainderman shall be distributed
outright to such issue upon the principle of representation, subject
however, to the provisions of Paragraph 4 of this Article EIGHTH
below.
3. In the event
that under the provisions of the preceding paragraph a share of
a Residuary Trust shall continue to be held in trust for a remainderman,
the Trustees shall pay to or apply for the benefit of such remainderman
all of the net income of such share in monthly or other convenient
instalments [sic] but no less often than quarterly; provided, however,
that until such time as a remainderman attains age twenty-one (21)
the Trustees shall only pay to or apply for the benefit of such
remainderman so much of the net income of such share as the Trustees
deem necessary or proper to provide for the remainderman's health,
education, support and maintenance and the balance of such income
shall be accumulated and added to the principal of such share. At
such time as a remainderman for whom a share is held in trust under
the provisions of this Para- graph 3 attains age thirty (30), the
Trustees shall distri- bute outright to the remainderman the entire
remaining balance of such share. Should any remainderman for whom
a share is held in trust under the provisions of this Para- graph
3 die prior to obtaining full distribution of such share, the Trustees
shall distribute outright the then remaining balance of such remainderman's
share to the lawful issue of such remainderman living at the date
of the remainderman's death, upon the principle of representation,
subject however, to the provisions of Paragraph 4 of this Article
EIGHTH below, and should no such issue be then living such remaining
balance shall go to augment equally the shares then held for the
benefit of, and those pre- viously distributed to, the other remainderman
of the particular Residuary Trust, excluding each remainderman theretofore
deceased leaving no issue living at the time of such augmentation,
but including upon the principle of representation the then living
lawful issue of any deceased remainderman of such particular Residuary
Trust.
4. In the event
that under the foregoing pro- visions a portion of a Residuary Trust
becomes distributable to the issue of any deceased remainderman
and any such issue has not then attained age twenty-one (21) the
Trustees shall hold, administer, invest and reinvest such issue's
part of the Residuary Trust for his or her benefit, and shall apply
so much of the net income and such portion of the principal thereof
as the Trustees in their discretion shall deem necessary for such
issue's health, education, support and maintenance, or in the discretion
of the Trustees, shall make such payments to the legal guardian
of such issue or to the person with whom such issue may reside or
directly to such issue, or otherwise, as the Trustees may from time
to time deem advisable, and shall accumulate for the benefit of
such issue any income not so applied or paid. When an issue for
whom a portion shall have been retained in trust under this provision
attains age twenty-one (21), any of such portion then held for the
benefit of such issue shall be distributed outright to the issue,
and in the case of such issue's death prior thereto, shall forthwith
be distributed to the issue's estate.
5. If the payments
of income from a Residuary Trust to which any life income beneficiary
or remainderman is entitled should be insufficient, in the discretion
of the Trustees to provide for the health, education, support and
maintenance of such life income beneficiary or remain- derman, the
Trustees may pay to or apply for the benefit of such life income
beneficiary or remainderman so much of the principal of the Residuary
Trust as the Trustees may deem proper or necessary for such purposes;
provided however, that from and after the time that a Residuary
Trust is divided into separate shares for the remainderman, payments
of such principal for the benefit of a remainderman shall only be
made from the principal of the share set aside for the remainderman,
shall not exceed the principal of the share set aside for the remainderman
and shall be deducted from it. In the exercise of discretion hereunder
the Trustees shall take into consideration other income available
to a life income beneficiary or remainderman for these purposes
and held free of a Residuary Trust.
6. In the event
that under the foregoing pro- visions a portion of a Residuary Trust
shall be undisposed of, such undisposed of portion shall augment
the principal of the Disney Family Trust provided for under the
terms of Article SIXTH above and shall be held, administered and
distributed as provided therein.
NINTH: POWER
OF TRUSTEES:
To carry out
the purposes of the trusts created hereunder and subject to any
limitations set forth else- where in this instrument the Trustees
are vested with the following powers, in addition to any now or
hereafter con- ferred by law:
1. To continue
to hold any property, including stock of a Trustee corporation,
and to operate at the risk of the Trust Estate and not at the risk
of the Trustees, any property or busi- ness received in this Trust,
including specifically any shares of stock of Walt Disney Productions,
Inc. and Retlaw Enterprises, Inc. (or any successor of such corporations),
as long as the Trustees may deem advisable, the profits and losses
therefrom to inure to or be chargeable to the Trust Estate as a
whole and not to the Trustees. The Trustees shall not be required
to sell any of such assets merely for the sake of diversifying trust
invest- ments, or for the sake of obtaining funds to pur- chase
assets that produce more income.
2. To manage,
control, sell, convey, exchange, partition, divide, subdivide, improve,
repair; to grant options and to sell upon deferred payments; to
lease for terms within or extending beyond the duration of the Trust
for any purpose, including exploration for and removal of gas, oil
and other minerals; to compromise, arbitrate or otherwise adjust
claims in favor of or against the Trust; to create restrictions,
easements and other servi- tudes; to carry such insurance as the
Trustees may deem advisable.
3. To invest
and reinvest the principal, and income if accumulated, and to purchase
or acquire therewith every kind of property, real, personal or mixed,
and every kind of investment specifically including, but not by
way of limita- tion, corporate obligations of every kind and stocks,
preferred or common; to invest in any common trust fund now or hereafter
established by a corporate Trustee.
4. To advance
funds to said Trust for any trust purpose, such advances with interest
at cur- rent rates to be a first lien on and to be repaid out of
principal or income; to reimburse Trustees from principal or income
for any loss or expense incurred by reason of Trustees' ownership
or hold- ing of any property in this Trust.
5. To borrow
money for any trust purpose upon such terms and conditions as the
Trustees may deem proper, and to obligate the Trust Estate for repay-
ment; to encumber the Trust Estate or any of its property by mortgage,
deed of trust, pledge or other- wise, using such procedure to consummate
the trans- action as the Trustees may deem advisable.
6. To have respecting
securities all the rights, powers and privileges of an owner, including,
without limiting the foregoing, the power to give proxies, pay calls,
assessments and other sums deemed by the Trustees necessary for
the protection of the Trust Estate; to participate in voting trusts,
pooling arrangements, fore- closures, reorganizations, consolidations,
mergers and liquidations, and in connection therewith to deposit
securities with and transfer title to any protective or other committee
under such terms as the Trustees may deem advisable; to exercise
or sell stock subscription or conversion rights; to accept and retain
as an invest- ment hereunder any securities received through the
exercise of any of the foregoing powers.
7. Upon any
division or partial or final distri- bution of the Trust Estate,
to partition, allot and distribute the Trust Estate in undivided
interests or in kind or partly in money and partly in kind, at such
valuation and according to such method or pro- cedure as the Trustees
may deem necessary to make such division or distribution.
8. To budget
the estimated annual income and expenses of the Trust in such manner
as to equalize, as far as practicable, periodical income payments
to beneficiaries.
9. In the determination
of what is income or principal of the Trust Estate the Trustees
shall be governed by the provisions of the California Principal
and Income Act from time to time existing; provided however, that
nay stock dividends of five percent (5%) or less paid by Walt Disney
Productions (or any successor corporation) shall be considered income
rather than principal.
10. The enumeration
of certain powers of the Trustees shall not limit their general
or implied powers, and the Trustees, subject always to the dis-
charge of their fiduciary obligations, are vested with and shall
have all the rights, powers and privileges which an absolute owner
of the same property would have; provided however, that none of
the foregoing powers shall be construed to allow the Trustees to
transfer trust pro- perty to any person other than the designated
Trust bene- ficiaries without receiving fair and adequate considera-
tion.
11. In the event
that there shall be included as an asset of the trust estate one
or more parcels of residential real property (or a fractional interest
therein) the Trustees are authorized to hold such pro- perties as
an asset of the trust estate so long as my wife, Lillian B. Disney,
is living and shall desire to occupy such residential real property.
If my wife does occupy such residence or residences she shall be
able to do so without payment of rent and shall generally manage,
care for and protect it, but the Trustees may pay a pro- portionate
amount of any taxes, assessments, liens and insurance on such properties
and a similar proportion of the expenses and repair and replacements
to any buildings thereon. The Trustees shall have no other responsibilities
as to such properties while they are being occupied by my wife but
the Trustees may carry insurance for the protection of the trust
estate at the expense of the trust estate. At such residence, or
upon her death, the Trustees shall sell the residences and the proceeds
shall become part of the trust estate.
TENTH: GENERAL
PROVISIONS.
Subject to any
limitations stated elsewhere in this instrument the following additional
provisions shall apply to all trusts and trust estates created hereunder:
1. Each and
every beneficiary shall be without right, power or authority to
sell, assign, pledge, mortgage or in any other manner to encumber,
alienate, or impair his or her beneficial or legal interest in the
Trust, or any part thereof, or in the principal or income thereof,
and the beneficial and legal interest in and the principal and the
income of the Trust and every part thereof shall be free from the
interference or control of creditors of each and every beneficiary
of the Trust and shall not be subject to the claims of any creditor
of any beneficiary, nor liable to attachment, execution, bankruptcy
or any other process of law, and the income and principal of the
Trust shall be paid over to the beneficiary in person, or in the
event of minority or incompetency of the beneficiary, or to or for
the benefit of the beneficiary in such manner as in the Trustees'
discretion seems most advisable, at the time and in the manner herein
provided and not upon any written or verbal order nor upon any assignment
of trans- fer thereof by the beneficiary or by operation of law.
2. Whenever
the Trust Estate hereunder is divided into separate shares, each
such share shall constitute a separate and distinct trust, but the
Trustees shall not be required to make physical segregation of the
trust assets and may hold property in undivided interests in each
of such trusts. The Trustees may, however, make physical segregation
if that seems necessary or advisable in their discretion.
3. Income accrued
or unpaid on trust property when received into the Trust shall be
treated as any other income.
4. Upon the
death of any beneficiary, any accrued or undistributed income which
would have been payable to such beneficiary had such beneficiary
continued to live, shall be paid to the person or persons who may
be entitled to the payment of income on the day on which income
next is payable or who may be entitled to the trans- fer of principal
upon such beneficiary's death.
5. The Trustees
may make payments to any beneficiary under disability by making
them to the guardian of the person of the beneficiary, or directly
to the beneficiary, or may apply them for the beneficiary's benefit.
In the case of a minor, payments may also be made to either parent,
or may be made directly to any minor who, in the judgment of the
Trustees, is sufficiently mature to judiciously use the same.
6. The terms
"child," "grandchildren," "issue,"
and "heirs" whenever used in this instrument shall include
legally adopted children.
7. Any Trustee
shall have the right to resign the trusteeship at any time. Upon
resignation or inability to act of any Trustee, a successor Trustee
shall be appointed in the manner provided herein with respect to
successor Trustees. No bond shall be required of any Trustee named
herein nor of any successor Trustee who may be appointed hereunder.
8. Until the
Trustees shall receive written notice of any birth, marriage, death
or other event upon which the right to payments from this Trust
may depend, the Trustees shall incur no liability to persons whose
interests may have been affected by that event for dis- bursements
made in good faith.
9. The Trustees
shall be fully protected in any action or nonaction taken, permitted
or suffered in good faith and in accordance with the opinion of
their counsel, and in case of legal proceedings involving the Trustees
or the principal or income of the trust estates, the Trustees may
defend such proceedings, or may, upon being advised by counsel that
such action is necessary or advisable for the protection of the
interests of the Trustees or of the beneficiaries, institute any
legal proceedings.
10. Anything
to the contrary notwithstanding, no trust created hereunder (except
the Charitable Trust provided for in Article SEVENTH above which
shall con- tinue indefinitely as provided for therein) shall continue
for a period longer than twenty-one (21) years after the death of
the last to die of all of the beneficiaries thereof living at the
date of my death, and any trust which does not otherwise terminate
prior to that date shall terminate on that date and thereupon the
Trustees shall distribute and deliver free and clear of any trust
the then remaining balance of principal and undis- tributed net
income to the persons who are at that time entitled to income from
each trust or portion of a trust on such termination date, and in
the same proportions as they are entitled to receive the income
at such time.
ELEVENTH: SUCCESSOR
TRUSTEES:
In the event
of the death, resignation or incapa- city of LILLIAN B. DISNEY,
she shall be succeeded as a Co- Trustee by DIANE DISNEY MILLER,
and in the event of the death, resignation or incapacity of DIANE
DISNEY MILLER, she shall be succeeded as a Co-Trustee by SHARON
DISNEY BROWN and in the event of the death, resignation, or incapacity
of SHARON DISNEY BROWN, a successor Co-Trustee shall be appointed
by the remaining two Co-Trustees. In the event of the death, resignation
or incapacity of HERBERT F. STURDY, a successor Co-Trustee shall
be appointed by the remaining two Co-Trustees; provided however,
that such Co-Trustees shall give consideration to appointing another
partner in the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to serve
as each successor Co-Trustee. All rights, powers, duties and discretions
herein conferred upon the original Trustees shall vest in all successor
Trustees.
TWELFTH: Except
as I may otherwise expressly provide in writing in connection with
any transfer made prior to my death, I direct that all estate, inheritance
and succession taxes imposed by the Federal Government or by any
country, state, district or territory, and occasioned or payable
by reason of my death, whether or not attribu- table to property
subject to probate administration, shall be chargeable to and paid
out of the residue of my estate provided for under the terms of
Article FIFTH above with- out apportionment, deduction or reimbursement
therefor, and without adjustment thereof among the residuary bene-
ficiaries.
THIRTEENTH:
Except as otherwise provided in this Will, I have intentionally
and with full knowledge omitted to provide for my heirs, including
any persons who may claim to be an issue of mine.
FOURTEENTH:
If any devisee, legatee or bene- ficiary under this Will or any
legal heir of mine, or person claiming under any of them, shall
contest this Will or attach or seek to impair or invalidate this
Will, or any part or provision hereof, or conspire with or voluntarily
assist anyone attempting to do any of those things, in that event
I specifically disinherit each such person and all legacies, bequests,
devises and interests given under this Will to that person shall
be forfeited and shall augment proportionately the shares of my
estate going under this Will to or in trust for such of my devisees,
legatees and beneficiaries as hall not have participated in such
acts or proceedings. If all my devisees, legatees and bene- ficiaries
shall participate in such proceedings, I give devise and bequeath
the whole of my estate to my heirs-at- law excluding all of the
aforesaid persons as if they had predeceased me.
FIFTEENTH: I
nominate and appoint my wife, LILLIAN B. DISNEY, HERBERT F. STURDY
and UNITED CALIFORNIA BANK, as Co-Executors of this Will. In the
event that either my wife or HERBERT F. STURDY shall be unable to
act as such or shall fail to complete the administration of my estate,
then the other shall serve as Co-Executor along with UNITED CALIFORNIA
BANK and in the event that both my wife and HERBERT F. STURDY are
unable to act as such or shall fail to complete the administration
of my estate then UNITED CALIFORNIA BANK shall be the sole Executor.
No bond shall be required of any individual while acting as a Co-Executor
hereunder. Such Co-Executors shall have full power and authority
to lease, sell, exchange or encumber the whole or any part of my
estate, without notice, but subject to such confirmation as may
be required by law and may continue to hold, manage and operate
any property, and, subject to court approval, any business belonging
to my estate. I further authorize and empower my Co-Executors, upon
any division of my estate, or upon any partial or final distri-
bution of my estate, to partition, allot and distribute my estate
in undivided interests or in kind or partly in money and partly
in kind according touch method or procedure as my Co-Executors shall
determine; provided however, that in making an allocation of assets
to the various trust created under the provision of Article FIFTH
above, any shares of stock of Retlaw Enterprises, Inc., or any successor
corpora- tion, or any interest in residential real properties which
are included in the residue of my estate shall only be allocated
to the Disney Family Trust provided for thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of March 1966.
WALTER E. DISNEY
[signed Walter
E. Disney] The foregoing instrument consisting of fifteen (15) pages,
including the page upon which this attestation is completed, was
at the date thereof by the said WALTER E. DISNEY signed and sealed
and published as and declared by him to be his Last Will and Testament
in the presence of us, who, at his request and in his presence and
in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses
thereto.
Residing at
[signed Royal Clark]
[Yorba Linda]
Residing at [signed Ronald E. Gother] [San Gabriel, Calif.]
Residing at
[signed William H.D. Cottrell] [North Hollywood Calif.]
FILED DEC 21
1966 19
WILLIAM G. SHARP,
COUNTY CLERK
By Deputy
[signed O. Vines]
ADMITTED TO
PROBATE
Date JAN 6-
1967
Attest: WILLIAM
G. SHARP, County Clerk
By Deputy
[signed T. Lockard] |