| 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(c) 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(c) of the Code which would subject the trust
to tax under section 4943 of the Code, (c) 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 shall 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 provisions
-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(c), 642(c), 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 shall 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 (i.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(c) 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 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
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(c) 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(c) of the Code which would subject the Foundation
to tax under section 4943 of the Code, (c) 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(c),
642(c), 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 Michel Bouvier, per stirpes;
and (b) 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. 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 principal of 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(c)(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 provisions
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 principal 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 |