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 giltwod frame "Gardens of the Palace of the Rajh," a
panoramic view of a pink waled 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 robate.
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 papers, 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 name, 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 (10th)
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 17(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 made (such organization or organizations hall 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 expiration 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 stirpes.
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. S 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 excess 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 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 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 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 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 tim 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 a 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 survives 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
Auchincloss, 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 Towns 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 self such real property and I direct that the net proceeds
of sale together with any such real property net 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, I 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 of 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.
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 stirpes.
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 C & 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 conditions.
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 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 beneficiaries,
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. S 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
provisions 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) 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, 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 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's
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;
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 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
rustees, 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 of 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 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 fully 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 beneficiary 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 survivorship 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 Executors 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
so 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 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 cceptance 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 loss
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
and income, and generally to perform the duties and services incident
to a o-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 so 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
risks 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 conditions
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, conditions 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 jurisdiction
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 giving 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 D. FORGER 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 on 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 is 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 fail 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 ubparagraph
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 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. 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. In addition,
I 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 authorize 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.
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 Trustees 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. 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 415(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 section 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 day of ,
in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Four.
Subscribed and sealed by the Testatrix 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
day of 1994.
NOTE: ATTESTING WITNESSES SHOULD READ CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING THIS
AFFIDAVIT -- NOTARY SHOULD NOT BE A PARTY OR WITNESS STATE OF NEW YORK
) : ss.: COUNTY OF )
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 day of , 1994, at 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 this 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 witnessed
by each of the undersigned affiants under the supervision of,
an attorney-at-law.
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