| LAST WILL AND
TESTAMENT OF JOHN WINSTON ONO LENNON
I, JOHN WINSTON
ONO LENNON, a resident of the County of New York, State of New York,
which I declare to be my domicile do hereby make, publish and declare
this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other
Wills, Codicils and Testamentary dispositions by me at any time
heretofore made.
FIRST: The expenses
of my funeral and the administration of my estate, and all inheritance,
estate or succession taxes, including interest and penalties, payable
by reason of my death shall be paid out of and charged generally
against the principal of my residuary estate without apportionment
or proration. My Executor shall not seek contribution or reimbursement
for any such payments.
SECOND: Should
my wife survive me, I give, devise and bequeath to her absolutely,
an amount equal to that portion of my residuary estate, the numerator
and denominator of which shall be determined as follows:
1. The numerator
shall be an amount equal to one-half (1/2) of my adjusted gross
estate less the value of all other property included in my gross
estate for Federal Estate Tax purposes and which pass or shall have
passed to my wife either under any other provision of this Will
or in any manner outside of this Will in such manner as to qualify
for and be allowed as a marital deduction. The words "pass",
"have passed", "marital deduction" and adjusted
gross estate" shall have the same meaning as said words have
under those provisions of the Untied States Internal Revenue Code
applicable to my estate.
2. The denominator
shall be an amount representing the value of my residuary estate.
THIRD: I give,
devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate,
wheresoever situate, to the Trustees under a Trust Agreement dated
November 12, 1979, which I signed with my wife YOKO ONO, and ELI
GARBER as Trustees, to be added to the trust property and held and
distributed in accordance with the terms of that agreement and any
amendments made pursuant to its terms before my death.
FOURTH: In the
event that my wife and I die under such circumstances that there
is not sufficient evidence to determine which of us has predeceased
the other, I hereby declare it to be my will that it shall be deemed
that I shall have predeceased her and that this, my Will, and any
and all of its provisions shall be construed based upon that assumption.
FIFTH: I hereby
nominate, constitute and appoint my beloved wife, YOKO ONO, to act
as the Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. In the event
that my beloved wife YOKO ONO shall predecease me or chooses not
to act for any reason, I nominate and appoint ELI GARBER, DAVID
WARMFLASH and CHARLES PETTIT, in the order named, to act in her
place and stead.
SIXTH: I nominate,
constitute and appoint my wife YOKO ONO, as the Guardian of the
person and property of any children of the marriage who may survive
me. In the event that she predeceases me, or for any reason she
chooses not to act in that capacity, I nominate, constitute and
appoint SAM GREEN to act in her place and stead.
SEVENTH: No
person named herein to serve in any fiduciary capacity shall be
required to file or post any bond for the faithful performance of
his or her duties, in that capacity in this or in any other jurisdiction,
any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
EIGHTH: If any
legatee or beneficiary under this will or the trust agreement between
myself as Grantor and YOKO ONO LENNON and ELI GARBER as Trustees,
dated November 12, 1979 shall interpose objections to the probate
of this Will, or institute or prosecute or be in any way interested
or instrumental in the institution or prosecution of any action
or proceeding for the purpose of setting aside or invalidating this
Will, then and in each such case, I direct that such legatee or
beneficiary shall receive nothing whatsoever under this Will or
the aforementioned Trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
I have subscribed and sealed and do publish and declare these presents
as and for my Last Will and Testament, this 12th day of November,
1979.
/s/
John Winston Ono Lennon
THE FOREGOING
INSTRUMENT consisting of four (4) typewritten pages, including this
page, was on the 12th day of November, 1979, signed, sealed, published
and declared by JOHN WINSTON ONO LENNON, the Testator therein named,
as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the present of us, who
at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each
other, have hereunto set our names as witnesses. |