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Option [In the event that the sole trustee of any trust is a beneficiary of the trust, the trustee [shall<br />

appoint an additional trustee as provided in this instrument].<br />

Option [In the event that the sole trustee of any trust is a beneficiary of the trust, the trustee may<br />

appoint, but shall not be required to appoint, an additional trustee as provided in this instrument. A<br />

beneficiary’s interest shall not be merged or converted into a legal life estate or estate for years<br />

because the beneficiary is the sole trustee. If this would still happen under applicable law, then an<br />

additional trustee shall be appointed in preference to such merger or conversion.]<br />

Corporate Fiduciaries<br />

Any corporate fiduciary serving under this agreement as a trustee must be a bank, trust company, or<br />

public charity that is qualified to act as a fiduciary under applicable federal and state law and that is<br />

not related or subordinate to any beneficiary within the meaning of <strong>Section</strong> 672I of the Internal<br />

Revenue Code, and shall not include any trustee that has less than $100,000,000 under its<br />

management.<br />

Incapacity of a <strong>Trust</strong>ee<br />

If any individual trustee becomes incapacitated, it shall not be necessary for the incapacitated trustee<br />

to resign as trustee. For trustees other than me, a written declaration of incapacity by the Cotrustee,<br />

if any, or, if none, by the party designated to succeed the incapacitated trustee, if made in good faith<br />

and if supported by a written opinion of incapacity by a physician who has examined the<br />

incapacitated trustee, will terminate the trusteeship.<br />

Appointment of Independent Special <strong>Trust</strong>ee<br />

No individual trustee shall participate in any decision with respect to any tax election or option,<br />

under Federal, state or local law that could enlarge, diminish or shift his or her beneficial interest<br />

hereunder from or to the beneficial interest hereunder of another person. Any such tax election or<br />

option shall be made only by a trustee or trustees that do not have a beneficial interest hereunder or<br />

whose beneficial interest could not be enlarged, diminished or shifted by the election or option. If<br />

the only trustee or trustees who otherwise could exercise such tax election or option hold beneficial<br />

interests hereunder that could be so enlarged, diminished or shifted, another individual or a bank or<br />

trust company (but not an individual, bank or trust company that is related or subordinate within the<br />

meaning of Code Sec. 672I to any acting trustee) shall be appointed by the trustee or trustees to serve<br />

as an independent special trustee as to such property or with respect to such provision by an<br />

[acknowledged] instrument delivered to the person so appointed and the trustee so appointed shall<br />

alone exercise any such election or option.<br />

If for any other reason the trustee of any trust created under this agreement is unwilling or unable to<br />

act with respect to any trust property or any provision of this agreement, another individual or a bank<br />

or trust company (but not an individual, bank or trust company that is related or subordinate within<br />

the meaning of <strong>Section</strong> 672I of the Internal Revenue Code to any acting trustee) shall be appointed<br />

by the trustee or trustees as an independent special trustee as to such property or with respect to such<br />

provision by an [acknowledged] instrument delivered to the person so appointed and the trustee so<br />

appointed shall alone exercise any and all powers, rights or interests of the trustees over such<br />

property or with respect to such provision. The independent special trustee appointed shall not be<br />

related or subordinate to any beneficiary of the trust within the meaning of <strong>Section</strong> 672I of the<br />

Internal Revenue Code.<br />

An independent special trustee shall exercise all fiduciary powers granted by this agreement unless<br />

expressly limited elsewhere in this agreement or by my <strong>Trust</strong> Advisor in the instrument appointing<br />

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