INSTRUMENT OF APPOINTMENT PURSUANT TO
INSTRUMENT OF APPOINTMENT PURSUANT TO
NEW YORK ESTATES POWERS AND TRUSTS LAW $10-6.6
OF THE BLACK FAMILY 1997 TRUST
, 2013
WHEREAS, the Black Family 1997 Trust (the "Original Trust") was
created under trust agreement dated July 30, 1997 (the "Trust Agreement") between Leon
D. Black, as Settlor (the "Settlor"), and Debra R. Black, Barry Cohen, John J. Hannan,
and Richard Ressler, as original Trustees.
WHEREAS, by Instrument of Division of Trust dated December 28, 2009,
the Trustees divided the original Trust into two separate trusts: the Black Family 1997
Trust (the "Non-GST Exempt Trust") and the Black Family 1997 GST Exempt Trust (the
"GST Exempt Trust"), each having identical terms to the Original Trust (the Non-GST
Exempt Trust and the GST Exempt Trust, collectively the "1997 Trusts").
WHEREAS, Article IV of the Trust Agreement creates a trust for the
benefit of the Beneficiaries, defined as the Settlor's spouse, Debra R. Black ("Debra"),
and the Settlor's living descendants, and gives the Independent Trustees unlimited
discretion to pay or apply so much of the income and principal of the 1997 Trusts to or
for the benefit of the Beneficiaries and in such amounts and proportions as the
Independent Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall determine.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (A) of Article VII of
the Trust Agreement, the 1997 Trusts are governed by the laws of the State of New York.
WHEREAS, Section 10-6.6(b) of the New York Estates, Powers and
Trusts Laws (the "EPTL") provides, in part, that an authorized Trustee with unlimited
discretion to invade trust principal may appoint part or all of such principal to a Trustee
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of an appointed trust for, and only for the benefit of, one, more than one or all of the
current beneficiaries of the invaded trust, to the exclusion of any one or more of such
current beneficiaries (the "Appointment Power").
WHEREAS, Bany J. Cohen, John J. Hannan and Richard Ressler are the
Independent Trustees of the 1997 Trusts, having absolute discretion to invade the
principal thereof for the benefit of the Beneficiaries, and accordingly they are
the authorized trustees with unlimited discretion to invade and appoint principal of the
1997 Trusts in accordance with Section 10-6.6(b) of the EPTL.
WHEREAS, under a Declaration known as "APO2" dated
2013 by and between Barry J. Cohen, John J. Hannan, and Richard Ressler, as Trustees
(the "Appointed Trustees"), a trust was created for the benefit of Debra and the Settlor's
descendants (the "Appointed Trust").
WHEREAS, the Beneficiaries of the 1997 Trusts and the beneficiaries of
the Appointed Trust, who are the only persons currently interested in such trusts, are
Debra and the Settlor's living children,
WHEREAS, the Independent Trustees have determined that it is in the
best interests of the Beneficiaries to exercise their sole and absolute discretion to invade
the principal of the Non-GST Exempt Trust by appointing the assets held in the Non-GST
Exempt Trust, including, without limitation, any contingent rights to receive property in
the future, to the Appointed Trustees of the Appointed Trust pursuant to EPTL Section
10-6.6(b).
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WHEREAS, the Independent Trustees' exercise of the power to appoint
the Non-GST Exempt Trust property meets the requirements of Section 10-6.6(b) through
(s) of the EPTL.
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with the foregoing premises
specifically incorporated herein by reference:
1. Pursuant to Article IV of the Trust Agreement and Section 10-
6.6(b) of the EPTL, Barry J. Cohen, John J. Hannan and Richard Ressler, as the
Independent Trustees of the Non-GST Exempt Trust, hereby exercise their sole and
absolute discretion to invade the principal of the Non-GST Exempt Trust by appointing
all the property held in the Non-GST Exempt Trust, including, without limitation, any
contingent rights to receive property in the future, to the Appointed Trustees of the
Appointed Trust, to be held, administered and disposed of as part of the Appointed Trust.
2. Barry J. Cohen, John J. Hannan and Richard Ressler, as the
Trustees of the Appointed Trust, hereby accept the property herein appointed from the
Non-GST Exempt Trust and agree to hold and administer the same in trust under the
Appointed Trust Declaration, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of such
Declaration.
3. Notice of the exercise of discretion hereby made shall be delivered,
and such exercise shall be effective, in accordance with EPTL Section 10-6.6(j).
4. This instrument may be executed in counterparts which, taken
together, shall be treated as an original instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
instrument as of the date first above written.
BLACK FAMILY 1997 TRUST
By:
BARRY J. COHEN, Independent Trustee
By:
JOHN J. HANNAN, Independent Trustee
By:
RICHARD RESSLER, Independent Trustee
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STATE OF
COUNTY OF ) ) ) SS.:
On the day of in the year 2013, before me, the
undersigned, personally appeared BARRY J. COHEN, personally known to me or proved
to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed
to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his
capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon
behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
STATE OF
COUNTY OF ) ) ) SS.: Notary Public
On the day of in the year 2013, before me, the
undersigned, personally appeared JOHN J. HANNAN, personally known to me or proved
to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed
to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his
capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon
behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
STATE OF
COUNTY OF ) ) ) SS.: Notary Public
On the day of in the year 2013, before me, the
undersigned, personally appeared RICHARD RESSLER, personally known to me or
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is
subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in
his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person
upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
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