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The Will of Doris Duke
The tobacco heiress had a $1.2 billion estate that was the subject of
much litigation. A New York judge ordered the removal of two
co-executors of Duke's $1.2 billion estate. The court found that
Duke's butler Bernard Lafferty was squandering her estate to support
his "profligate life style" and that United States Trust Company
failed to slow down Lafferty's spending.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
DORIS DUKE
I, DORIS DUKE, a resident of and domiciled in the State of New
Jersey, do hereby 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.
ONE: A. I direct that there be no funeral service or
memorial service of any kind for me and that I be buried at sea.
B. I give my eyes to THE EYE BANK FOR SIGHT RESTORATION INC.,
New York, New York, and I hereby ratify all that anyone
theretofore may have done toward carrying out this gift.
TWO: A. 1. I give, devise and bequeath all of my right,
title and interest in and to a certain portion of my real
property located in Somerville, New Jersey, known as the "parks
area" to my Trustees hereinafter named to be held as a new and
separate wholly charitable trust which shall be created upon my
death and which shall be known as the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR
THE PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE, and such separate
wholly charitable trust shall be administered and distributed
subject to the provisions of Article NINE for the purposes
hereinafter set forth in this Paragraph 1. All references in
this Will to the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF
ENDANGERED WILDLIFE shall refer to such wholly charitable trust.
I direct the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF
ENDANGERED WILDLIFE to use the parks area to provide an
enclosure to protect endangered species of all kinds, both flora
and fauna, from becoming extinct. The funds necessary to operate
the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED
WILDLIFE shall be provided by the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION as set forth in Article EIGHT hereof.
2. I give, devise and bequeath all of my right, title and
interest in and to a certain portion of my real property located
in Somerville, New Jersey, known as the "farmland and growing
areas" to my Trustees hereinafter named to be held as a new and
separate wholly charitable trust which shall be created upon my
death and which shall be known as the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR
THE PRESERVATION OF NEW JERSEY FARMLAND AND FARM ANIMALS, and
such separate wholly charitable trust shall be administered and
distributed subject to the provisions of Article NINE for the
purposes hereinafter set forth in this Paragraph 2. All
references in this Will to the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF NEW JERSEY FARMLAND AND FARM ANIMALS shall refer
to such wholly charitable trust. The DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR
THE PRESERVATION OF NEW JERSEY FARMLAND AND FARM ANIMALS shall
be authorized to lease this property at an annual rental of One
Dollar ($1.00) to a college or university specializing in
farming education. In all events, I direct that this property be
used solely for agricultural and horticultural purposes,
including research (provided that no animals are used to conduct
such research), and that this property be used for the exclusive
purpose of maintaining and protecting the wildlife located on
the property. I direct that the DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE OF
SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, be given the
first right to so lease such property, provided that such
COLLEGE pay all of the expenses of operating such property
during the term of any such lease. The funds necessary for the
DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW JERSEY
FARMLAND AND FARM ANIMALS to make required capital improvements
and to purchase farm equipment shall be provided by the DORIS
DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION as set forth in Article EIGHT hereof.
3. I give, devise and bequeath all of my right, title and
interest in and to the balance of my real property, located in
Somerville, New Jersey, and all structures and improvements
located thereon, to my Trustees hereinafter named to be held as
a new and separate wholly charitable trust which shall be
created upon my death and which shall be known as the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, and such separate wholly charitable trust
shall be administered and distributed subject to the provisions
of Article NINE for the purposes hereinafter set forth in
Subdivisions A through J of Article EIGHT and Subdivision K of
this Article. All references in this Will to the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION shall refer to such wholly charitable
trust. In no event shall the wholly charitable trust which shall
be known as the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION be confused
with "The Doris Duke Foundation," which was incorporated in
Delaware in 1934 and which was originally known as "Independent
Aid, Inc." It is my intention that The Doris Duke Foundation
receive no benefit from my estate under this Will or the
exercise of any power of appointment under this Will.
4. I give and bequeath all of my clothing, jewelry and other
personal effects located at my residence in Somerville, New
Jersey at my death to the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
5. The Thai and Burmese objects of art located at my Somerville,
New Jersey residence and the Thai houses that have been
dismantled and that are presently stored on my Somerville, New
Jersey property are owned by the FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN
ART AND CULTURE. It is my hope and expectation that after my
death, such property will either (i) be sold by the FOUNDATION
FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART AND CULTURE, with the proceeds thereof
to be used for the general charitable purposes that I have
supported or (ii) be returned to their respective countries of
origin under appropriate conditions.
6. I give and bequeath all of my furniture, furnishings, books,
linen, silver, china, glassware and other household effects,
automobiles and all other similar tangible personal property of
whatsoever description (hereinafter "Other Tangible Personal
Property") located at my residence in Somerville, New Jersey at
my death to the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, to be used at
its principal headquarters.
B. I give, devise and bequeath my real property located in
Montague City, New Jersey to the Morristown, New Jersey chapter
of the NATURE CONSERVANCY INC., upon the conditions that such
property be kept in its natural state and that such property be
leased for One Dollar ($1.00) per year to the Trail Blazers Camp
so long as such Camp shall be in existence and shall use such
property for its campsite. If the NATURE CONSERVANCY INC. shall
not agree to accept such property on these conditions or if the
Trustees of the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION determine in
their absolute discretion that either or both of such conditions
shall have been violated at any time, I direct that such
property shall be distributed to the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION, to be held by it upon the conditions set forth in
the preceding sentence, or if that is not feasible for any
reason, then for the general charitable purposes for which the
DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is being administered.
C. I give, devise and bequeath my real property, Known as the Quarry,
in Whitehorse Station, New Jersey (approximately 3.83 acres) to the
DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
D. 1. I give, devise and bequeath all of my right, title and interest
in and to my real property, and the structures and improvements
thereon, known as Rough Point, in Newport, Rhode Island, to the
NEWPORT RESTORATION FOUNDATION, which shall be charged with the
responsibility and obligation of maintaining Rough Point in accordance
with the usual standards for preserving historical properties located
in Newport, Rhode Island. I direct that the first two (2) floors of
the residence (together with the tangible personal property described
in Paragraph 3 of this Subdivision D) be set aside for public viewing
similar to the manner in which the other "summer
cottages" are operated by the Preservation Society and that the
top floor of the residence be used for the NEWPORT RESTORATION
FOUNDATION's offices. (Accordingly, it is my expectation that
the house at Two Marlborough Street owned by the NEWPORT
RESTORATION FOUNDATION be used as a rental property since it
will no longer be used as office space.) Funds to maintain Rough
Point shall be provided by the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
as set forth in Article EIGHT hereof.
2. I give and bequeath all of my clothing, jewelry. and other
personal effects located at my residence known as Rough Point,
in Newport, Rhode Island at my death to the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
3. I give and bequeath all of my Other Tangible Personal
Property (as hereinbefore defined) located at my residence known
as Rough Point, in Newport, Rhode Island at my death to the
NEWPORT RESTORATION FOUNDATION, to be set aside for public
viewing as explained in Paragraph I of this Subdivision D.
E. I give, devise and bequeath such portion of my real property
in Middletown, Rhode Island which is contiguous to the Prescott
Farm Museum (approximately four (4) acres) to the NEWPORT
RESTORATION FOUNDATION, to be used as a part of such Museum. I
direct that the balance of my Middletown, Rhode Island property
be sold and the net sales proceeds thereof be disposed of as a
part of my residuary estate in accordance with the provisions of
Article EIGHT hereof.
F. l. I give, devise and bequeath all of my right, title and
interest in and to my real property, and the structures and
improvements located thereon, known as Shangri La, in Kaalawai,
Honolulu, Hawaii to a new and separate wholly charitable trust
which my Trustees hereinafter named shall create upon my death
and which shall be known as the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR
ISLAMIC ART, and such separate wholly charitable trust shall be
held, administered and distributed subject to the provisions of
Article NINE for the purposes hereinafter set forth in this
Paragraph 1. All references in this Will to the DORIS DUKE
FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ART shall refer to such wholly charitable
trust. The DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ART shall promote
the study and understanding of Middle Eastern art and culture. I
direct that the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ART make this
property available to scholars, students and others interested
in the furtherance and preservation of Islamic art and make the
premises open to the public subject to the payment of a
reasonable fee to be fixed by the Trustees of the DORIS DUKE
FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ART. In addition, I direct that the
Honolulu Academy of Arts be permitted to use the premises for
display of its collection of Middle Eastern art without any
charge to the Academy. In the event that the funds derived from
admission fees charged to the public are inadequate to staff and
maintain properly the land, grounds, buildings, furniture,
furnishings and art held by the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR
ISLAMIC ART, supplemental funds for such purposes shall be
provided by the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION as set forth in
Article EIGHT hereof.
2. I give and bequeath all of my clothing, jewelry and other
personal effects located at my residence known as Shangri La, in
Kaalawai, Honolulu, Hawaii at my death to the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
3. I give and bequeath all of my other Tangible Personal
Property located at my residence known as Shangri La, in
Kaalawai, Honolulu, Hawaii at my death to the DORIS DUKE
FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC-ART.
G. 1. I give, devise and bequeath all of my right, title and
interest in and to my real property, and the structures and
improvements thereon, known as Falcon's Lair, in Beverly Hills,
California to the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
2. I give and bequeath all of my clothing, jewelry, other
personal effects and Other Tangible Personal Property located at
my residence known as Falcon's Lair, in Beverly Hills.
California at my death to the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
3. If I shall be survived by a dog owned by me and residing at
my death at my residence known as Falcon's Lair, in Beverly
Hills, California, I give such dog to the caretaker of such
property at my death or, if such caretaker is at any time
unwilling or unable to care for such dog, to one of the
foundations created under this Will or of which I was a member,
director, trustee or officer at my death which is caring for
other dogs of mine. If I shall be survived by a dog owned by me
and located at my death at Falcon's Lair, I give and bequeath
the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) to my
Trustees, to be held by them in a separate trust for the benefit
of such dog, with the income and principal thereof to be
disposed of as follows:
a. My Trustees, at any time and from time to time, shall apply
such part or all or none of the net income and principal of the
trust for the benefit of such dog, at such times and in such
amounts as my Trustees, in their absolute discretion, shall deem
necessary for the care, feeding, comfort, maintenance and medical
treatment of such dog, even though any such application or
applications may result in the termination of the trust. At the end of
each year of the trust, my Trustees shall accumulate and add to
principal any net income not so applied, any such capitalized income
thereafter to be disposed of as a part of such principal.
b. Upon the earlier to occur of (i) the death of such dog and
(ii) twenty-one (21) years after my death, the trust shall
terminate. Upon such termination, the principal of the trust
remaining at that time, and any accrued and undistributed
income, shall be added to my residuary estate and disposed of in
accordance with the provisions of Article EIGHT hereof.
H. 1. I give and bequeath all of my right, title and interest
in and to my cooperative apartment, known as Penthouse B,
located at 475 Park Avenue, New York, New York, including the
proprietary lease and shares of stock relating thereto, to the
DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
2. I give and bequeath all of my clothing, jewelry, other
personal effects and Other Tangible Personal Property located at
my New York City cooperative apartment at my death to the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
I. To the extent, if any, that my Other Tangible Personal
Property, as hereinbefore defined, or any of my clothing,
jewelry, personal effects or real property shall not otherwise
be effectively disposed of in the preceding provisions of this
Article, I give and bequeath such property to the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
J. I give and bequeath my two (2) camels, two (2) horses and
donkey to the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF
ENDANGERED WILDLIFE.
K. If, upon semi-annual investigation into the expenditures and
needs of the NEWPORT GARDENS FOUNDATION, INC., the Trustees of
the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION determine that the NEWPORT
GARDENS FOUNDATION, INC. is operating at a deficit, and if they
determine that the deficit is not created by substantial waste
or mismanagement, they shall pay over to the NEWPORT GARDENS
FOUNDATION, INC. from the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
sufficient monies to offset any justified operating deficit and
in addition shall supply the NEWPORT GARDENS FOUNDATION, INC.
with operating funds sufficient for a period not in excess of
sixty (60) days from the date of payment if the NEWPORT GARDENS
FOUNDATION, INC. is then a tax-exempt organization, as
hereinafter defined. In the event that the NEWPORT GARDENS
FOUNDATION, INC. reports that funds are required for capital
improvements or major repairs, the Trustees of the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION shall retain the services of a qualified
engineer and, to the extent that the engineer confirms the need
for such funds, the Trustees of the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION shall pay over such funds to the NEWPORT GARDENS
FOUNDATION, INC., which shall promptly render a full and
complete accounting of the funds disbursed for such purposes.
L. Any expenses which may be incurred by my Executors in
selling, storing, packing, shipping and insuring any of my
tangible personal property, including any expenses which may be
incurred in delivering such property to the designated
beneficiary or beneficiaries thereof, shall be charged against
the principal of my residuary estate and treated as an expense
of administering my estate.
M. I direct that (i) my Executors, in their absolute discretion,
shall be authorized to determine what property, if any, shall be
disposed of under each provision of this Will, and (ii) all such
determinations by my Executors shall be binding and conclusive
upon all interested persons.
THREE: I direct that my Executors sell the airplane owned by
Newport Farms, Inc., a New Jersey corporation of which I own one
hundred percent (100%) of the stock, and then liquidate such
corporation and add the net sales proceeds thereof to my
residuary estate to be disposed of in accordance with the
provisions of Article EIGHT hereof.
FOUR: A. The following loans were owed to me as of August, 1991:
1. DR. ROBERT NIXON: Fifty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($58,000)
2. ELEANOR LAWSON: Sixteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
(516,500).
3. FRANCO ROSSELLINI: One Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Dollars
($158,000).
4. VERA CYCKMAN: Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000).
5. EDWARD LEIATO: Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000).
6 RAPHAEL RECTO: One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).
I direct that, to the extent that these loans shall be
outstanding at the time of my death, such loans shall be
forgiven.
B. I direct that my Executors make reasonable arrangements with
IMELDA MARCOS (or the legal representatives of her estate, if
she shall not survive me) for the repayment of the Five Million
Dollars ($5,000,000), plus accrued interest, that I loaned to
her pursuant to a demand note dated March 6, 1990, such
repayment to be made when Mrs. Marcos and the Philippines
government settle their financial dispute or at such other time
as my Executors shall deem appropriate in their absolute
discretion.
C. I have made a loan in the current principal amount of Six
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000), plus accruing interest, to
HEALTH MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, INC., which loan is convertible to
common stock in such corporation. I direct my Executors to
convert such loan (as the same shall be outstanding at my death)
into common stock and to add such stock to my residuary estate
to be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Article
EIGHT hereof.
D. I direct my Executors not to seek a refund for the
relinquishment of my memberships at the Newport Country Club and
the Spouting Rock Beach Association.
FIVE: A. I give and bequeath the following sums to the
following organizations:
1. Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) to DUKE UNIVERSITY,
Durham, North Carolina.
2. Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) to the SELF
-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP, Los Angeles, California.
3 . Ten Million Dollars ($ 10,000,000) to the METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM OF ART, New York, New York.
4. One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) to the NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL
PARK operated by the New York Zoological Society, Bronx, New
York.
B. I give and bequeath the following sums to such of the
following persons as shall survive me:
1. Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) to ELEANOR JOHNSON
LAWSON.
2 . One Million Dollars ($ 1,000,000) to DOROTHY MCCAWLEY.
3. One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) to ROSEANNA TODD.
4. Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) to ANNA LUNDY
LEWIS.
5. One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) to REVEREND LAWRENCE
ROBERTS, in his individual capacity, whether or not he is, at
the date of my death, affiliated with the First Baptist Church
of Nutley, New Jersey.
6. Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) to CONSTANCE
PITTS SPEED.
7. Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) to JOHN GOMEZ.
8. One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) to ANNA KENNESAY.
C. 1. The bequests to my employees under this Subdivision C are
in gratitude for their past services rendered to me and my
foundations. It is my hope and expectation that my Executors and
Trustees and the foundations in which I am a member, director,
trustee or officer at my death or which are to be created under
this Will shall employ as many of these persons as reasonably
possible in order to maintain my various properties and to
operate these foundations after my death. The determination of
my Executors as to the persons to receive a bequest under this
Subdivision C and the amount of each such bequest shall be
binding and conclusive on all interested persons.
2. If BERNARD LAFFERTY shall survive me and shall at my death be
in my employ or in the employ of The Doris Duke Foundation, the
Foundation for Southeast Asian Art and Culture, the Duke Gardens
Foundation, Inc., the Newport Restoration Foundation (such
foundations being hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Applicable Foundations") or of any other foundation of which I
am a member, director, trustee or officer at my death, I give
and bequeath to my Trustees the sum of Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000). Such sum shall be held by my Trustees in a
separate charitable remainder annuity trust, with the income and
principal thereof to be disposed of in accordance with the
provisions of Paragraph 6 of this Subdivision C.
3. If NUKU MAKASIALE shall survive me and shall at my death be
in my employ or in the employ of any of the Applicable
Foundations or of any other foundation of which I am a member,
director, trustee or officer at my death, I give and bequeath to
my Trustees a sum which my Executors, in their absolute
discretion, determine shall be necessary, assuming that such sum
will generate interest at a rate of five percent (5%) per annum,
to produce income on an annual basis which shall equal the sum
of (i) the annual salary that NUKU MAKASIALE received from me or
such foundation, as the case may be, for the twelve (12) month
period immediately preceding my death plus (ii) Fifty-Eight
Thousand Dollars ($58,000). Such sum shall be held by my
Trustees in a separate charitable remainder annuity trust, with
the income and principal of such trust to be disposed of in
accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 6 of this
Subdivision C.
4. If JINADASA DESILVA shall survive me and shall at my death be
in my employ or in the employ of any of the Applicable
Foundations or of any other foundation of which I am a member,
director, trustee or officer at my death, I give and bequeath to
my Trustees a sum which my Executors, in their absolute
discretion, determine shall be necessary, assuming that such sum
will generate interest at a rate of five percent (5%) per annum,
to produce income on an annual basis which shall equal the sum
of (i) the annual salary that JINADASA DESILVA received from me
or such foundation, as the case may be, for the twelve (12)
month period immediately preceding my death plus (ii) Eighteen
Thousand Dollars ($18,000). Such sum shall be held by my
Trustees in a separate charitable remainder annuity trust, with
the income and principal of such trust to be disposed of in
accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 6 of this
Subdivision C.
5. With respect to each of NILZA MOORE, SHIZUE HAMAMOTO, GEORGE
REED and BENJAMIN REED who shall survive me and shall at my
death be in my employ or in the employ of any of the Applicable
Foundations or of any other foundation of which I am a member,
director, trustee or officer at my death, I give and bequeath to
my Trustees a sum which my Executors, in their absolute
discretion, determine shall be necessary, assuming that such sum
will generate interest at a rate of five percent (5%) per annum,
to produce income on an annual basis which shall equal such
person's annual salary from me or such foundation, as the case
may be, for the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding
my death. With respect to each such person, such sum shall be
held by my Trustees in a separate charitable remainder annuity
trust, with the income and principal of each such trust to be
disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 6 of
this Subdivision C.
6. Pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Subdivision C,
certain property is to be held by my Trustees in a separate
charitable remainder annuity trust for the benefit of a certain
person. I direct that the income and principal of each such
trust shall be disposed of as follows:
a. Commencing as of the date of my death and continuing during
the lifetime of the person for whose benefit the trust has been
established (the "Beneficiary"), my Trustees shall, in each
taxable year of the trust, pay to the Beneficiary an annuity
amount equal to five percent (5%) of the initial net fair market
value of the property which constitutes the principal of the
trust (the "Annuity Amount"), provided, however, that the payout
percentage (as adjusted to reflect the time and frequency of the
annuity payments) shall not exceed the percentage that would
result in a five percent (5 %) probability that the principal of
the trust shall be exhausted before the death of the
Beneficiary, determined as of the date of my death (or the
alternate valuation date, if applicable).
b. Upon the death of the Beneficiary, the principal and income
of the trust remaining at that time, other than any such
principal and income which may be required to be distributed to
the Beneficiary or the Beneficiary's estate in satisfaction of
the final Annuity Amount payment, shall be distributed outright
to the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. If the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is not a tax-exempt organization, as
hereinafter defined, at the time when any principal or income of
the trust is to be distributed to it, then my Trustees shall
distribute such principal and income to such one or more tax
-exempt organizations as my Trustees shall determine in their
absolute discretion.
c. The trusts held pursuant to this Paragraph 6 of Subdivision C
shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of
Subdivision D of this Article.
7. I give and bequeath to each other person who shall survive me
and who my Executors shall determine in their absolute
discretion shall be on my payroll or the payroll of any of the
Applicable Foundations or of any other foundation of which I am
a member, director, trustee or officer at my death on a salaried
(but not an hourly) basis, other than a person who is a
beneficiary under another provision of this Will, a sum equal to
one (l) month's salary for each full year of such employment
prior to my death (rounded to the nearest Five Hundred Dollars
($500)), but in no case less than One Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($1,500).
8. I give and bequeath to each other person who shall survive me
and who my Executors shall determine in their absolute
discretion shall be on my payroll or the payroll of any of the
Applicable Foundations or of any other foundation of which I am
a member, director, trustee or officer at my death on an hourly
basis, other than a person who is a beneficiary under another
provision of this Will, a sum equal to one (1) month's salary
for each full year of such employment prior to my death (rounded
to the nearest Five Hundred Dollars ($500)), but in no case less
than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500). For purposes of
this Paragraph 8, one month's salary shall be deemed to equal
one-twelfth (1/12) of the income such person received from me or
such foundation, as the case may be, in the year prior to my
death based on such person's Form W-2 for such year.
9. Notwithstanding anything herein which might suggest a contrary
result, I hereby specifically state that I do not intend by the
provisions of Paragraph 7 or 8 of this Subdivision C to make any
gift or bequest to any person or entity that I, any of the
Applicable Foundations or any other foundation retain as an
independent contractor to perform services, including lawyers,
accountants, physicians, nurses and others who are not my
employees, the employees of an Applicable Foundation or the
employees of any other foundation of which I am a member,
director, trustee or officer at my death.
10. I request that each of NILZA MOORE, GEORGE REED and BENJAMIN
REED who are at my death in the employ of any of the Applicable
Foundations or of any other foundation of which I am a member,
director, trustee or officer at my death have a residence
provided for them by one of such foundations after my death. If
possible, I expect that the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
shall provide such a residence for each of NILZA MOORE and
GEORGE REED and that the NEWPORT RESTORATION FOUNDATION shall
provide such a residence for BENJAMIN REED.
D. Each trust created pursuant to the provisions of Paragraphs
2, 3, 4 and 5 of Subdivision C of this Article and the
provisions of Article SIX of this Will shall be administered as
follows:
1. The obligation to pay the Annuity Amount shall commence on
the date of my death, but payment of the Annuity Amount may be
deferred during a period from the date of my death to 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 occurs the complete funding of the
trust, my Trustees shall pay to the person for whose benefit the
trust was created (the "Recipient"), in the case of an
underpayment, or shall receive from the Recipient, in the case
of an overpayment, the difference between (a) the total of any
amounts in respect of the Annuity Amount actually paid to the
Recipient, plus interest on such amounts, compounded annually,
computed for any period at the rate of interest that the federal
income tax regulations under Section 664 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the "Code"),
prescribe for the trust for such computation for such period,
and (b) the total of such amounts in respect of the Annuity
Amount that are properly payable, plus interest on such amounts,
compounded annually, computed for any period at the rate of
interest that the federal income tax regulations under Section
664 of the Code prescribe for the trust for such computation for
such period.
2. The Annuity Amount shall be distributed to the Recipient in
equal quarterly installments from income and, to the extent that
income is not sufficient, from principal in accordance with the
following provisions of this Paragraph 2. The Annuity Amount
shall be paid from the ordinary net income (including short-term
capital gain) of the trust other than "unrelated business
income" as defined in Section 681 of the Code. To the extent
that such ordinary net income is insufficient to pay the Annuity
Amount, the Annuity Amount shall be paid from the long-term
capital gain of the trust or, if insufficient, from the
unrelated business income of the trust or, if insufficient, from
income of the trust which is exempt from income taxes or, if
insufficient, from the principal of the trust. As used in this
Paragraph 2, the terms "short-term capital gain" and "long-term
capital gain" are defined as in Section 1222 of the Code.
3. Any income of the trust for a taxable year which shall exceed
the Annuity Amount shall be accumulated and added to principal,
any such capitalized income thereafter to be disposed of as a
part of the principal of the trust.
4. If the first or the last taxable year of the trust or both
such years shall have fewer than 365 days, the Annuity Amount
for such short taxable year or years shall be prorated on a
daily basis, in accordance with Section 1.664-2 of the federal
income tax regulations, or any successor provision thereto. The
taxable year of the trust shall be the calendar year.
5. No additional contributions may be made to the trust. The
initial contribution to the trust shall be deemed to consist of
all property passing to the trust by reason of my death.
6. The computation of the value of the assets transferred to the
trust shall be controlled by the valuations as finally
determined in the federal estate tax proceeding relating to my
estate. If the initial net fair market value of the assets
constituting the trust is determined incorrectly by my Trustees,
then within a reasonable period after the final determination of
the correct value, my Trustees shall pay to the Recipient, in
the case of an undervaluation, or shall receive from the
Recipient, in the case of an overvaluation, an amount equal to
the difference between the total sums in respect of the Annuity
Amount that my Trustees should have paid if the correct value
were used and the total of such sums that my Trustees actually
paid.
7. Notwithstanding any provision of this Will:
a. The income and principal of the trust for each taxable year
shall be distributed at such time and in such manner as not to
subject the trust to any tax under Section 4942 of the Code;
b. Except for the payment of the Annuity Amount to the
Recipient, my Trustees shall not engage in any act of self
dealing, as defined in Section 4941(d) of the Code, and shall
not make any taxable expenditures, as defined in Section 4945(d)
of the Code;
c. My Trustees shall not make any investments that jeopardize
the charitable purpose of the trust, within the meaning of
Section 4944 of the Code and the federal income tax regulations
thereunder, or retain any excess business holdings, within the
meaning of Section 4943(c) of the Code;
d. The Annuity Amount shall not be reduced by any expenses of
the trust including, but not limited to, trustees' commissions;
e. Nothing in this Will shall be construed so as to restrict my
Trustees from investing the assets of the trust in a manner that
could result in the annual realization of a reasonable amount of
income or gain from the sale or disposition of trust assets:
f. It is my intention that the trust shall qualify as a
charitable remainder annuity trust within the meaning of Section
6 of Rev. Proc. 90-32, and any successor revenue procedures
thereto, and Section 664(d)(1) of the Code, and the federal
income tax regulations thereunder, and that the remainder
interest which is to be distributed shall qualify for the estate
tax charitable deduction under the provisions of Section 2055 of
the Code. Accordingly, I hereby direct that (i) no
authorization, direction or other provision contained in this
Will which would prevent the trust and such remainder interest
from so qualifying shall apply, (ii) the trust shall be
interpreted, valued, managed and invested in a manner consistent
with that intent, (iii) no distribution shall be made to the
trust of any property which does not qualify for such charitable
deduction and (iv) it is my further intention that any court
having jurisdiction over this Will shall construe and interpret
and, if necessary, modify and limit the terms and provisions of
this Will so as to permit such remainder interest so to qualify;
g. My Trustees are authorized, acting alone, to amend the trust
in any manner required for the sole purpose of ensuring that the
trust qualifies and continues to qualify as a charitable
remainder annuity trust within the meaning of Section 664(d)(1)
of the Code and the federal income tax regulations thereunder:
and
h. The operation of the trust shall be governed by the laws of
the State of New York. My Trustees, however, are prohibited-from
exercising any power or discretion granted under such laws that
would be inconsistent with the qualification of the trust under
Section 664(d)(1) of the Code and the corresponding regulations.
SIX: If WALKER P. INMAN, JR. shall survive me, I give and
bequeath to my Trustees the sum of Seven Million Dollars
($7,000,000), to be held by my Trustees in a separate charitable
remainder annuity trust for the benefit of WALKER P. INMAN, JR.,
with the income and principal thereof to be disposed of as
follows:
A. Commencing as of the date of my death and continuing during
the lifetime of WALKER P. INMAN, JR., my Trustees shall, in each
taxable year of the trust, pay to WALKER P. INMAN, JR. an
annuity amount equal to five percent (5%) of the initial net
fair market value of the property which constitutes the
principal of the trust (the "Annuity Amount") provided, however,
that the payout percentage (as adjusted to reflect the time and
frequency of the annuity payments) shall not exceed the
percentage that would result in a five percent (5%) probability
that the principal of the trust shall be exhausted before the
death of WALKER P. INMAN, JR., determined as of the date of my
death (or the alternate valuation date, if applicable).
B. Upon the death of WALKER P. INMAN, JR., the principal and
income of the trust remaining at that time, other than any such
principal and income which may be required to be distributed in
satisfaction of the final Annuity Amount payment, shall be
distributed outright to the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. If
the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is not a tax- exempt
organization, as hereinafter defined, at the time when any
principal or income of the trust is to be distributed to it,
then my Trustees shall distribute such principal and income to
such one or more tax-exempt organizations as my Trustees shall
determine in their absolute discretion.
C. The trust created in this Article SIX shall be administered
in accordance with the provisions of Subdivision D of Article
FIVE of this Will.
SEVEN:
A. I expressly exercise the general testamentary power of
appointment granted to me by subparagraph (2) of Paragraph C of
the Indenture of Trust, dated May 2, 1917 made by my father,
J.B. Duke, as Grantor and Trustee, with the Farmers' Loan and
Trust Company (now Citibank, N. A., by merger and succession) as
successor Trustee, by directing that the principal, and any
remaining income, of the trust created pursuant to such
Indenture at my death be distributed to the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION which is the wholly charitable trust held
pursuant to the provisions of Article NINE of this Will, to be
administered and distributed as a part thereof.
B. I declare that, despite my 1988 adoption of Chandi Heffner(who was
35 years old at that time), it is my intention that she not be deemed
to be my child for the purposes of disposing of the trust property
described in Subdivision A of this Article
SEVEN, or for any other purpose of this Will, or otherwise, and
that this Will and all trusts and other entities in which I have
an interest be administered accordingly. I am confident that my
father, who created certain trusts for my lifetime benefit,
would not want Chandi Heffner to have any interest in any such
trust, even if I had wanted her to have such an interest (which
I do not).
EIGHT: I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and
remainder of my estate, real, persona] or mixed, of whatsoever
nature and wheresoever situate, of which I shall die seized or
possessed, or to which I shall be in any way entitled at the
time of my death, including all property over which I shall have
a power of appointment or other power of disposal at the time of
my death, and including any legacies or devises which may lapse
or be invalid or for any reason fail to take effect (herein
referred to as my "residuary estate"), after the payment of all
taxes of whatsoever kind and all debts and expenses properly
chargeable against my residuary estate, to my Trustees, IN
TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, to hold manage, invest and reinvest the
same, to collect the income thereof, and to dispose of the net
income thereof for the educational, charitable, scientific,
literary and artistic purposes for which this wholly charitable
trust is created and which shall be known as the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, and such trust shall be held,
administered and disposed of subject to the provisions of
Article NINE of this Will and for the purposes described in the
following Subdivisions A through
A. The Trustees shall pay over from time to time to (i) the
DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED
WILDLIFE, (ii) the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF
NEW JERSEY FARMLAND AND FARM ANIMALS, (iii) the NEWPORT
RESTORATION FOUNDATION, (iv) the DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR
ISLAMIC ART, and (v) the NEWPORT GARDENS FOUNDATION, INC. (the
"Charitable Entities") such funds as may be required by the
Charitable Entities to carry out the purposes expressed in the
provisions of this Will with respect to the Charitable Entities.
Such funds shall be disbursed only after the Trustees make
appropriate inquiries into the claimed costs and determine that
the funds paid over shall be utilized solely for the purposes
expressed. Anything to the contrary above notwithstanding, my
Trustees shall distribute such funds to each of the above-named
Charitable Entities pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Subdivision A or pursuant to any other provision of this Will
only if, at the time any funds are to be distributed, the
Charitable Entity qualifies as a tax-exempt organization, as
hereinafter defined.
B. The Trustees may make contributions to tax exempt
organizations that have as their purposes the assistance of
actors, dancers, singers, musicians and other artists of the
entertainment world in fulfilling their ambitions and providing
opportunities for the public presentation of their arts and
talents.
C. I have a special interest in the preservation of wildlife,
both flora and fauna, in the United States and elsewhere, and
also a special interest in the prevention of cruelty to children
or to animals. The Trustees may make contributions to tax-exempt
organizations that they are satisfied are actively and
efficiently promoting these goals.
D. The Trustees may make contributions to tax-exempt
organizations that they are satisfied are actively and
efficiently promoting medical research designed to effectuate
cures of major diseases such as cancer and heart disease, and
other diseases, including sickle cell anemia, provided that no
animals are used to conduct such research.
E. The Trustees may make contributions to tax-exempt
organizations that they are satisfied are actively and
efficiently promoting anti-vivisectionism.
F. The Trustees may make contributions to tax-exempt
organizations that they are satisfied are actively and
efficiently promoting ecological endeavors.
G. If the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION has income during any
year that is not disbursed pursuant to the preceding
Subdivisions of this Article EIGHT, the Trustees may make
contributions to various universities and colleges in the United
States that they are satisfied are actively and efficiently
promoting agricultural programs that are for the benefit of the
public or of wildlife or of animals.
H. Whenever the Trustees, in the course of any of the
investigations that I recognize will be required, need expert,
clerical or other types of assistance in conducting such
investigations, they are hereby authorized to retain such
assistance and to pay the reasonable rates required therefor.
These costs shall be charged against income in the year in which
such charges or costs are incurred.
I. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Trustees may give to any tax-exempt charitable organization any
item of tangible personal property they may find impossible or
inappropriate to sell or retain.
J. Unless otherwise provided, in the event that the income
derived by the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is insufficient
in any year to supply the funds that the Trustees deem
appropriate to be disbursed pursuant to the foregoing provisions
of this Article EIGHT, the Trustees are authorized to invade the
principal of the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION to supply
those funds.
NINE: Each separate wholly charitable trust created pursuant to
the provisions of this Will shall be held, administered and
distributed by my Trustees for the educational, charitable.
scientific, literary and artistic purposes for which it was
created subject to the following provisions:
A. The Trustees are hereby authorized, in their sole discretion,
at any time and from time to time, to distribute all or any part
of the net income and/or principal of the trust to or for the
use of such one (1) or more entities, including any organization
formed, organized and/or incorporated by the Trustees,
qualifying as exempt from Federal income taxes as an
organization described in and meeting the requirements of
Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, and transfers to which are
deductible for income tax and estate tax purposes under the
provisions of Section 170(c) and Section 2055 of the Code and,
to the extent not inconsistent with the foregoing provisions of
the Code, the income tax and estate tax laws of the state of my
domicile in effect at the time of my death and in effect at the
time of payment or application (herein sometimes referred to as
a "tax-exempt organization" or "tax-exempt organizations") as
the Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall select in such
amounts or proportions, equal or unequal, as the Trustees in
their sole discretion, shall determine.
B. The Trustees are hereby authorized, in their sole discretion,
to terminate the trust at any time, if the Trustees feel that by
so doing the best charitable use will be made of the trust
estate of the trust. Upon termination of the trust, the Trustees
shall transfer, convey and pay over the principal thereof, as it
is then constituted, to such one (I) or more tax-exempt
organizations at the time of such termination as the Trustees
in their sole discretion, shall select, in such amounts or
proportions, equal or unequal, as the Trustees in their sole
discretion, shall determine.
C . The administration and distribution of the trust shall be
subject to the following restrictions: (i) the trust shall be
operated exclusively for purposes allowed for tax-exempt
organizations, (ii) no part of the net earnings of the trust
shall inure to the benefit of any private individual, except
that the Trustees of the trust shall be authorized and empowered
to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make
payments and distributions in furtherance of the trust's general
charitable purposes, (iii) no substantial part of the activities
of the trust shall be carrying on propaganda or otherwise
attempting to influence legislation, (iv) the trust shall not
participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or
distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of
(or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, and (v)
upon the termination of the trust, the assets of the trust shall
be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the
meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Code or the corresponding
section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed
to the federal government, or to a state or local government,
for a public purpose.
D. Notwithstanding the broad nature of the powers and authority
granted to the Trustees by this Article or by any other Article
of this Will, the following provisions shall apply to the trust:
1 The Trustees shall distribute the income of the trust for each
taxable year at such time or times and in such manner as not to
subject the trust to tax under Section 4942 of the Code:
2. The Trustees shall not engage in any act of self-dealing [as
defined in Section 4941(d) of the Code];
3. The Trustees shall not retain 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;
4. The Trustees shall not make any investments which would
subject the trust to tax under Section 4944 of the Code;
5. The Trustees shall not make any taxable expenditures [as
defined in Section 4945(d) of the Code]; and
6. None of the powers and authorities granted to the Trustees
under any provision of this Will shall be exercised in such a
manner as to disqualify the trust from tax-exempt status under
Section 501(c)(3) or to disqualify the interests in the trust
given to charity from the charitable deduction allowable in
determining the Federal estate tax on my estate.
E. I specifically authorize the Trustees of the trust to form,
organize and/or incorporate any tax-exempt organization as more
completely set forth in Article TEN of this Will. It would not
be inconsistent with my wishes if the Trustees completed the
necessary work to bring such foundations into existence as
tax.exempt organizations. Furthermore, it would not be
inconsistent with my intention if the trust eventually were to
terminate in favor of one or more tax-exempt organizations.
However, I leave the decision as to how these matters are
handled to the sole discretion of my Trustees.
F. It is my intention by this Article to create a trust
conferring a charitable interest which qualifies for a Federal
estate tax charitable deduction and which qualifies as an entity
exempt from Federal income tax. Accordingly, my Executors or the
Trustees are hereby authorized, in their sole discretion, to
apply to qualify the trust for tax-exempt status under Section
501(c)(3). In addition, I hereby direct that the provisions of
my Will applying to this trust shall be construed in a manner
consistent with Sections 2055, 170(c) and 501(c)(3) of the Code
and with the regulations and rulings which from time to time may
be promulgated thereunder, and that my estate and the trust
shall be administered solely in conformity with said sections
and the regulations and rulings thereunder. Notwithstanding any
provision in this Will which might otherwise suggest or direct a
contrary result, should any provision of this Will applying to
the trust be inconsistent or in conflict with said Code
sections, or the regulations or rulings thereunder, then said
Code sections, regulations or rulings shall be deemed to
override and supersede such inconsistent or conflicting
provisions of this Will. If said Code sections, regulations or
rulings at any time require that instruments creating tax-exempt
trusts which are intended to be private charitable foundations
to which the aforesaid Code sections, regulations and rulings
relate contain provisions which are not expressly set forth in
this Will, then such provisions shall be specifically
incorporated herein by this reference, and shall be deemed to be
a pan hereof to the same extent as though they had been
expressly set forth herein. To those ends, the Trustees may
amend the terms of the trust for the sole purpose of complying
with the requirements of said Code sections, regulations and
rulings.
TEN: A. In addition to the powers and authority granted to
my Trustees of each separate wholly charitable trust created
pursuant to the provisions of this Will, I grant the Trustees of
each such trust the power and authority to create under New York
law or the law of any other state a corporation or a trust which
will be operated exclusively for the purposes allowed for tax
-exempt organizations as described in Subdivision A of Article
NINE of this Will, and for the specific charitable purposes for
which such wholly charitable trust was created. Such
corporations or trusts are hereinafter sometimes referred to as
a "foundation" or "foundations".
It is my intention that each of the foundations created
hereunder shall be an organization qualifying under Sections
501(c)(3) and 170(c) of the Code, gifts or bequests to which are
deductible for federal estate and gift tax purposes under the
provisions of Sections 2055(a) and 2522(a), respectively, of the
Code. I direct my Trustees to take or cause to be taken such
action as may be necessary to qualify these corporations or
trusts for exemption from tax under the Code or other applicable
law including. without limitation, establishing procedures for
selecting recipients of the funds of these foundations which
will comply with requirements existing at that time for
obtaining and maintaining their tax-exempt status.
The Certificate of Incorporation, trust agreement or similar
document creating each of these foundations shall include
provisions (among such other provisions as shall be necessary to
create a corporation or trust, gifts and bequests to which are
deductible for federal estate and gift tax purposes under the
provisions of the Code referred to in the preceding paragraph)
providing that (i) these foundations shall be organized and
operated exclusively for purposes allowed for tax-exempt
organizations, (ii) no part of the net earnings of these
foundations shall inure to the benefit of any private
individual, except that these foundations shall be authorized
and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services
rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance
of their general charitable purposes, (iii) no substantial part
of the activities of the foundations shall be carrying on
propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation,
(iv) the foundations shall not participate in, or intervene in
(including the publishing or distributing of statements), any
political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any
candidate for public office, and (v) upon the termination of
each foundation, the assets of the foundation shall be
distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning
of Section 501(c)(3) of the Code or the corresponding section of
any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the
federal government, or to a state or local government for a
public purpose.
Those foundations shall not engage in any act of self-dealing,
retain any excess business holdings, make any investment, or
make any taxable expenditures, so as to subject these
foundations to any tax under Sections 4941, 4943, 4944 and 4945,
respectively, of the Code. These foundations shall make
distributions for each taxable year at such time and in such
manner as not to subject these foundations to the tax on
undistributed income imposed by Section 4942 of the Code, and
shall not otherwise engage in any act which would prevent any
transfer under this Will to any of these foundations from
qualifying for a deduction in my estate under the applicable
sections of the Code, or any similar provision of the law of any
state.
B. I direct that the initial directors or trustees of these
foundations shall be BERNARD LAFFERTY, MARIAN OATES CHARLES and
such three (3) additional persons as BERNARD LAFFERTY (or
failing the exercise of such power by Bernard Lafferty, as
MARIAN OATES CHARLES) shall designate in writing, signed and
acknowledged. BERNARD LAFFERTY (or failing the exercise of such
power by Bernard Lafferty, then the initial directors or
trustees) shall select the member(s), if any, of these
foundations and determine the procedures for (i) the selection
and removal of additional and successor members, directors or
trustees, (ii) the selection of officers and (iii) the length of
term of each member, director, trustee or officer.
C. Each of the directors or trustees of each foundation shall
receive reasonable compensation for serving in such capacity as
provided by applicable law; and each director or trustee shall
also be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses
incurred by him or her in the performance of his or her duties
as a director or trustee.
D. No bond or other security shall be required of any director
or trustee. In addition to all powers given the directors or
trustees by law, the certificate of incorporation creating these
corporations or the trust agreements creating these trusts, as
the case may be, shall give the directors or trustees all powers
necessary and appropriate to carrying out my charitable
intentions.
ELEVEN: A. 1. I nominate and appoint BERNARD LAFFERTY as my
individual Executor hereunder, but only if he shall agree to
accept a maximum commission of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000)
for the performance of his duties as Executor.
2. I direct BERNARD LAFFERTY to appoint as a co-Executor such
bank or trust company (the "corporate Executor") as he, in his
absolute discretion, shall select. Such appointment shall be
made by an instrument in writing filed with the clerk of the
appropriate court. BERNARD LAFFERTY shall have the authority to
make such arrangement with a bank or trust company concerning
its compensation for acting as corporate Executor hereunder, and
the acceptance of such fixed compensation shall be a condition
for the appointment of such bank or trust company as co-Executor
hereunder. Any bank or trust company appointed pursuant to this
authority shall have its principal place of business in the
City, County and State of New York and shall be acting as
Trustee of personal trusts having aggregate assets of not less
than Three Billion Five Hundred Million Dollars
($3,500,000,000). However, if BERNARD LAFFERTY shall fail to
effectively appoint a corporate Executor, then I hereby nominate
and appoint UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, New York,
New York, to serve as the sole Executor hereunder, conditioned
only upon its willingness to accept a maximum commission of
Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,500,000).
3. I authorize, but do not direct, BERNARD LAFFERTY at any time
to appoint such one (1) or more individuals as he, in his
absolute discretion, shall select as additional or successor
individual Executors, provided, however, that BERNARD LAFFERTY
may appoint additional individual Executor(s) only of all
individual Executors shall agree to accept maximum commissions
of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,500,000) for
the performance of their duties as Executors, such amount to be
divided among them as BERNARD LAFFERTY shall determine, and any
such additional or successor Executor(s) shall serve for such
term and subject to such conditions (including, but not limited
to, the right of BERNARD LAFFERTY or some other person selected
by BERNARD LAFFERTY to remove any person so appointed) as
BERNARD LAFFERTY shall designate in an instrument in writing
filed with the clerk of the appropriate court.
4. I authorize BERNARD LAFFERTY, or if he is not serving as an
Executor of my Will, then any other person who may then be
serving as an Executor [or if there shall be more than one (1)
person serving in such capacity, then all such persons,
jointly], in his [their] absolute discretion to remove the
corporate Executor at any time and, in the event such corporate
Executor is removed, I direct the person(s) with such removal
power to appoint such bank or trust company as he [they], in his
[their] absolute discretion, shall select to act in its place.
Any removal and appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument
in writing delivered to the corporate Executor and to the bank
or trust company being appointed in its place, and shall be
filed with the clerk of the appropriate court. The person(s)
with such removal power shall have the authority to make such
arrangement with such bank or trust company concerning its
compensation for acting as successor corporate Executor
hereunder, and the acceptance of such fixed compensation shall
be a condition for the appointment of such bank or trust company
as co-Executor hereunder. Any bank or trust company appointed
pursuant to this authority shall have its principal place of
business in the City, County and State of New York and shall be
acting as Trustee of personal trusts having aggregate assets of
not less than Three Billion Five Hundred Million Dollars
($3,500,000,000).
B. 1. I nominate and appoint BERNARD LAFFERTY as Trustee of each
trust created hereunder other than any wholly charitable trust
held pursuant to the provisions of Article NINE of this Will.
2. There shall always be at least five (5) Trustees of each
wholly charitable trust held pursuant to the provisions of
Article NINE of this Will. I nominate and appoint BERNARD
LAFFERTY, MARIAN OATES CHARLES and such three (3) additional
persons as BERNARD LAFFERTY shall designate and appoint as the
initial Trustees of each of the wholly charitable trusts created
hereunder and held pursuant to the provisions of Article NINE of
this Will. Each person so appointed by BERNARD LAFFERTY shall
serve for such term and subject to such other conditions
(including, but not limited to, limitations on commissions and
the right of BERNARD LAFFERTY or some other person selected by
BERNARD LAFFERTY to remove any person so appointed) as BERNARD
LAFFERTY in his sole discretion shall designate in an instrument
in writing filed with the clerk of the appropriate court.
3. BERNARD LAFFERTY shall be empowered to establish such
procedures and other terms and conditions as he in his sole
discretion shall deem appropriate for the appointment of co
-Trustees and/or successor Trustees of each separate wholly
charitable trust and each other trust held pursuant to the
provisions of this Will. Such procedures, terms and other
conditions may include, but are not limited to, limitations on
commissions and the right of BERNARD LAFFERTY or some other
person designated by BERNARD LAFFERTY to remove any person so
appointed. If there shall be a vacancy in the trusteeship of any
separate trust [which with respect to any wholly charitable
trust shall mean that there shall be less than five (5) Trustees
serving with respect to such trust], and if BERNARD LAFFERTY
shall not have established a procedure for the appointment of a
successor Trustee to fill such vacancy, then the then acting
Trustee (or all then acting Trustees, jointly) of such trust
shall appoint a successor Trustee to fill such vacancy, and to
the extent necessary to avoid any such further vacancy, shall
establish procedures, terms and conditions for the appointment
of further co-Trustees and successor Trustees; provided,
however, that such procedure may not be inconsistent with or
contravene any procedure, term or condition previously
established by BERNARD LAFFERTY. The establishment of any
procedure for the appointment of co-Trustees and successor
Trustees pursuant to this Paragraph 3, and any appointment of a
co-Trustee or successor Trustee pursuant to this Paragraph 3
shall be made by an instrument in writing filed with the clerk
of the appropriate court.
4. If there shall be a vacancy in the trusteeship of any
separate trust held hereunder which shall not be filed pursuant
to the foregoing provisions of this Subdivision B, then I hereby
nominate and appoint UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
New York, New York, to serve as a Trustee of each such trust to
fill such vacancy and to establish procedures for the
appointment of co-Trustees and successor Trustees as
contemplated by Paragraph 3 of this Subdivision B. Any such
appointment shall be made by an instrument in writing filed with
the clerk of the appropriate court.
5. The Trustees of each trust, other than the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, shall be entitled to receive the annual
commissions provided by law in the State of New York from time
to time for acting as Trustees hereunder, such commissions to be
divided among such Trustees as BERNARD LAFFERTY shall direct
pursuant to the powers vested in him under Paragraphs 2 and 3 of
this Subdivision, or if he shall fail to so direct, then as may
otherwise be provided in any other procedures, terms and
conditions duly established by any other person pursuant to
Paragraph 3 of this Subdivision, or if there shall be no such
direction, then equally among the then acting Trustees. However,
with respect to the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, the
maximum annual commissions to be paid to all Trustees of that
wholly charitable trust shall be one-half (1/2) of the
commissions provided by law in the State of New York from time
to time for serving as Trustees of such trust. The commissions
so payable to the Trustees of the DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION shall be divided among such Trustees as BERNARD
LAFFERTY shall direct pursuant to the powers vested in him under
Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Subdivision, or if he shall fail to
so direct, then as may otherwise be provided in any other
procedures, terms and conditions duly established by any other
person pursuant to Paragraph 3 of this Subdivision, or if there
shall be no such direction, then equally among the then acting
Trustees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if all but not less
than all of the then acting Trustees of the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION shall petition the court having
jurisdiction over such wholly charitable trust for additional
commissions based on extraordinary service or for some other
compelling reason, then such court may set the amount of any
such additional commissions and the allocation thereof among
such Trustees if it finds such petition to be meritorious.
C. I hereby confirm that my Executors' commissions and my
Trustees' commissions are not to be reduced for the other costs
and expenses of administering my estate or of the various trusts
created under this Will, including but not limited to the
compensation of such employees, agents, accountants, custodians,
experts and counsel, legal or investment, as they shall deem
advisable to employ, except that if a bank or a trust company
shall be serving as an Executor or as a Trustee hereunder, no
payment shall be made to such bank or trust company for its
custodian or investment counsel services.
D. I authorize any Executor and Trustee, at any time in office,
to resign by an instrument in writing, signed and acknowledged
in duplicate, one counterpart of which shall be filed in the
court in which this Will shall be admitted to probate, and one
counterpart of which shall be delivered to the remaining or
successor Executors or Trustees or both, as the case may be.
E. Any Executor or Trustee may, at any time and from time to
time, by an instrument in writing, delegate any or all of his or
her rights, powers, duties, authority and privileges, whether or
not discretionary, to any other Executor or Trustee, as the case
may be, for such period or periods of time as may be specified
in such written instrument, provided, however, that any such
instrument shall be revocable at any time and that any Executor
or Trustee who is granted any discretionary power hereunder may
not delegate such discretionary power to any Executor or Trustee
who is not granted such discretionary power.
F. The terms "Executor" and "Executors" wherever used in this
Will shall be taken to mean the executor, executrix, executors
or administrators for the time being in office, and the terms
"Trustee" and "Trustees" wherever used in this Will shall be
taken to mean the trustee or trustees for the time being in
office and each such Executor and Trustee shall have the same
rights, powers, duties, authority and privileges, whether or not
discretionary, as if originally appointed hereunder.
G. I direct that no bond or other security shall be required of
any Executor (including. without limitation, any preliminary
Executor) or Trustee appointed herein or pursuant to the power
granted herein for the faithful performance of his her or its
duties, any law of any state or jurisdiction to the contrary
notwithstanding. To the extent permitted by law, any court of
competent jurisdiction shall grant an order for the advance
payment of commissions without requiring the posting of a bond
by any individual Executor acting hereunder.
H. No beneficiary eligible to receive income or principal from
any trust created hereunder by exercise of my Trustees'
discretionary power to distribute such income or principal, if
such beneficiary shall be acting as a Trustee hereunder, shall
exercise or participate in the exercise of such discretionary
power to distribute the income or principal to himself or
herself.
1. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each
Executor and Trustee hereunder shall be entitled to
reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred by him, her or it
in connection with the performance of his, her or its duties as
an Executor or Trustee or both hereunder, as the case may be.
J. Ministerial duties of my Executors and my Trustees (such as
opening of safe deposit boxes, signing of checks, execution of
brokerage transactions relating to securities or commodities,
and the like) may be executed by any one Executor or any one
Trustee.
K. Although I am a resident of the State of New Jersey, some of
my assets are located in the State of New York and it is my
desire that my estate shall be administered primarily in the
State of New York and shall, to the extent possible, be governed
by its laws. It is my desire that this Will be admitted to
original probate in the Surrogate's Court in the City, County
and State of New York pursuant to the provisions of Section 1605
of the Surrogate's Court Procedure Act of the State of New York,
as now in effect and as amended from time to time.
L. I hereby elect, pursuant to Section 3-S.1(h) of the Estates,
Powers and Trusts Law of the State of New York, as now in effect
and as amended from time to time, that, as to all of my property
except any real property or tangible personal property located
outside of the State of New York at the time of my death, this
Will and the testamentary dispositions herein contained shall be
construed and regulated in all respects, not only as to
administration but also as to validity and effect, by the laws
of the State of New York, and I direct that my fiduciaries shall
be deemed to possess all discretionary and other powers granted
to them by said laws.
M. Should it be necessary for a representative of my estate to
qualify in any fiduciary capacity, whether as executor,
administrator or otherwise, in any jurisdiction other than New
York or such other state in which the principal administration
of my estate shall be pending, my Executors shall appoint such
persons(s) and/or a bank or trust company to act as such
fiduciary in any such other jurisdiction without giving any
security, and to have thereinafter the rights, powers,
privileges, discretion and duties conferred or imposed upon my
Executors by the provisions of this Will.
N. Any corporation which shall, by merger, consolidation,
purchase or otherwise, succeed to all or substantially all the
personal trust business of any corporation then in office as a
fiduciary hereunder shall, thereupon and without any
appointment, assignment or other action by anyone, succeed to
office hereunder.
TWELVE: Subject to the provisions of Subparagraph f of Paragraph
7 of Subdivision D of Article FIVE hereof, I authorize my
Executors and my Trustees, in their absolute discretion, in any
case in which they are authorized or directed by any provision
of this Will to pay or distribute income or principal to any
beneficiary, to apply the whole or any part of such income, and,
in case such beneficiary shall be incompetent or otherwise under
a legal disability, or by reason of advanced age, illness or
other physical or mental incapacity, incapable of handling and
disposing of his or her property, as determined by my Executors
or my Trustees (other than such beneficiary), as the case may
be, in their absolute discretion, the whole or any part of such
principal, directly to the care, comfort, maintenance, support,
education or use of such beneficiary instead of paying or
distributing the same to such beneficiary, or to pay or
distribute the whole or any part of such income or principal
payable or distributable to any such beneficiary to (i) the
guardian, committee, conservator or other legal representative,
wherever appointed, of such beneficiary, (ii) the person with
whom such beneficiary shall reside, (iii) any other person
having the care and control of such beneficiary, or (iv) such
beneficiary personally, the receipt of the person to whom any
such payment or distribution is so made being a sufficient
discharge therefor even though one of my Executors or one of my
Trustees may be such person.
THIRTEEN: A . Subject to the provisions of Subparagraph f of
Paragraph 7 of Subdivision D of Article FIVE hereof and the
provisions of Subdivision F of Article NINE hereof, I authorize
my Executors and also my Trustees, in their absolute discretion,
with respect to any property, real or personal, left by me or at
any time held or acquired by my Executors or Trustees (including
accumulated income), and without authorization by any court and
in addition to all powers granted to my Executors and Trustees
by law:
1. To retain the same for such periods of time as they shall
deem advisable without any liability therefore;
2. To sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of the same at such
times, in such manner, for cash or on credit, and upon such
terms and conditions, as they shall deem advisable;
3. To hold all or any part uninvested for such periods of time
as they shall deem advisable;
4. To acquire by purchase or otherwise, and retain so long as
may seem advisable, any kind of real or personal property, or
undivided interests therein, including, but not limited to, such
common or preferred stocks, unsecured obligations, interests in
investment companies or investment trusts, interests in
discretionary common trust funds, maintained by any corporate
fiduciary, whether acting as an Executor or Trustee hereunder or
not, and securities, foreign or domestic, or to hold cash
uninvested, as may seem advisable, all without diversification
as to kind or amount and without being limited to investments
authorized by law for the investment of trust funds, it being my
intention to give the same power of investment and reinvestment
in real and personal property which I might myself possess and
exercise as absolute owner of such property;
5. To make such purchases or exchanges at such time, in such
manner and upon such terms and conditions as they seem
advisable;
6. To manage, maintain, improve, lease (for any term whether or
not extending beyond the term of the trusts created by this Will
or the term fixed by any law), mortgage, partition or otherwise
dispose of any real or personal property or any interest
therein, to make repairs and alterations in any buildings now or
hereafter located on any such property or to demolish the same,
and to construct new buildings, all in such manner and upon such
terms and conditions as they shall deem advisable;
7. To foreclose mortgages and bid on property under foreclosure
or to take title to property by conveyance in lieu of
foreclosure, either with or without payment of consideration;
and to continue mortgage investments after maturity, either with
or without renewal or extension, upon such terms and conditions
as they shall deem advisable; to consent to the modification,
renewal or extension of any note, whether or not secured, or any
bond or mortgage, or of any term or provision thereof, or of any
guarantee thereof, or to the release of such guarantee; to
release obligors on bonds secured by mortgages or to refrain
from instituting suits or actions against such obligors for
deficiencies; to use such part of the property held under this
Will as they shall deem advisable for the protection of any
investment in real property or in any mortgage on real property;
8. To abandon any property, real or personal, which they shall
deem to be worthless or not of sufficient value to warrant
keeping or protecting; to abstain from the payment of taxes.
water rents, assessments, repairs, maintenance and upkeep of any
such property; to permit any such property to be lost by tax
sale or other proceedings, or to convey any such property for a
nominal consideration or without consideration.
9. To exercise or dispose of any or all options, privileges, or
rights, whether to vote, by discretionary proxy or otherwise, or
to assent, subscribe or convert, or of any other nature; or to
become a party to, or deposit securities or other property
under, or accept securities issued under, any voting trust
agreement;
10. To assent to or participate in any reorganization,
readjustment, recapitalization, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, sale or purchase of assets, lease, mortgage,
contract or other action or proceeding by any corporation; to
deposit securities or other property under, or become a party
to, any agreement or plan for any such action or proceeding or
for the protection of holders of securities; to subscribe to new
securities issued pursuant to any such action or proceeding; to
delegate discretionary powers to any reorganization, protective
or similar committee; to exchange any property for any other
property in connection with any of the foregoing; and to pay any
assessments or other expenses in connection with any of the
foregoing;
11. To carry on any business or partnership owned by me for such
period of time as they shall deem advisable, or to sell or
liquidate the same;
12. To adjust, compromise and settle or refer to arbitration any
claim in favor of or against my estate or any trust created by
this Will, and to institute, prosecute or defend such legal
proceedings as they shall deem advisable;
13. To borrow money from themselves or from any other party,
whether for the purpose of raising funds to pay taxes or
otherwise, and to give or not to give security therefor, all
upon such terms and for such periods as they shall deem
advisable;
14. To make any loans, either secured or unsecured, in such
amounts, upon such terms and to such persons (including any
beneficiary of any trust created herein), trusts, partnerships,
corporations or other entities as they may determine;
15. To employ and to pay the compensation of such agents,
accountants, custodians, experts and counsel, legal or
investment, as they shall deem advisable and to delegate
discretionary powers to, and rely upon information or advice
furnished by such agents, accountants, custodians, experts, or
counsel, provided, however, that if a bank or trust company
shall be acting as an Executor or Trustee hereunder, no payment
shall be made to such bank or trust company for its custodian or
investment counsel services;
16. To pay any and all expenses, costs, fees, taxes, penalties
or other charges, including the reasonable travel and similar
expenses incurred by my Executors and my Trustees in connection
with their duties in administering my estate and any trust
created herein;
17. To set up reserves for taxes, assessments, insurance,
repairs, depreciation, obsolescence and general maintenance on
any buildings or other property held by them out of rents,
profits or other income received on such buildings or other
property;
18. To hold property in their names as Executors or Trustees or,
to the extent permitted by law, in their names without
designation of any fiduciary capacity or in the name of a
nominee or unregistered or in such form as will pass by
delivery;
19. To form such corporations or partnerships as they shall deem
advisable in connection with the administration or distribution
of my estate or any trust, part, fund or share thereof, and to
transfer to any such corporation or partnership such property as
they shall deem advisable;
20. To drill, test, explore, mine, develop and otherwise exploit
any oil, gas, mineral or other interests of any kind in natural
resources (including interests commonly known as working
interests in oil, gas or any other mineral), and to enter into
pooling, unitization, repressurization and any other type of
agreements relating to the development, operation and
conservation of mineral properties, which, in their discretion,
is for the best interests of my estate or of any trust created
hereunder;
21. To enter into contracts or grant options at such times, in
such manner and upon such terms and conditions as they shall
deem advisable, in connection with the exercise of any of the
rights, powers, duties, authority and privileges given to them
by this Will;
22. To make any payment or distribution required or authorized
under this Will either wholly or partly in kind and to cause any
share to be composed of cash, property or undivided fractional
interests in property different in kind from any other share,
pro rata or non pro rata, without regard to differences in the
tax bases of any such property;
23. To continue to operate or participate in the operation of
any business in which I shall have been engaged, retaining my
interest in any such business, as sole proprietor, majority
stockholder, general or limited partner or otherwise, as long as
may seem advisable, and without liability for any loss suffered
by reason of the continued operation of any such business;
24. To comply with all the terms and provisions of every real
estate partnership and joint venture agreement to which I may be
a party at the time of my death and which evidences any interest
which shall become a part of my estate or of the principal of
any trust herein created; to succeed me as a member of any such
partnership or joint venture, and in connection therewith to
execute any consents and to take such other action as in their
absolute discretion may seem advisable;
25. To the extent necessary to preserve the value of the
interest of my estate or of any trust in any partnership in
which I shall have been a participant or to maintain my
proportionate interest in any such partnership, to make such
loans to or further investments in any such partnership, upon
such terms as may seem advisable, without liability for any
loss suffered;
26. To pay any and all expenses, costs, fees, taxes, penalties
or other charges (including the commissions of my Executors and
Trustees) and to charge the same against principal or income. or
partly against the principal and partly against the income of
the whole or any part of my estate or of any of the trusts,
parts, funds or shares created by this Will, except as otherwise
expressly provided in Article EIGHTEEN hereof with reference to
estate, transfer, succession or other inheritance taxes; and
27. Generally, to exercise all such rights and powers, and to do
all such acts, and to enter into all such agreements, as persons
owning similar property in their own right might lawfully
exercise. do or enter into.
B. In any case in which my Executors or Trustees are required or
permitted to divide my estate or any part thereof into trusts,
parts, funds or shares, they shall not be required physically to
divide any of the investments or other property held hereunder
but may assign undivided interests therein to the various
trusts, parts, funds or shares.
C. No person dealing with my Executors or Trustees shall be
bound to see to the application or disposition of cash or other
property transferred to my Executors or Trustees, or to inquire
into the authority for or propriety of any action by my
Executors or Trustees.
D. I authorize my Executors, in their absolute discretion, to
allocate any portion of my exemption under Section 2631 (a) of
the Code to any property as to which I am the transferor within
the meaning of Chapter 13 of the Code, including any property
transferred by me during life as to which I did not make an
allocation prior to my death.
E. In connection with valuing my estate for federal estate tax
purposes, I authorize my Executors to value my estate as of the
date of my death or as of such other date as may be permitted
by any alternative method of valuation available under the
provisions of the Code, whichever they reasonably believe, at
the time of filing the federal estate tax return for my estate,
will result in the lowest federal estate tax liability for my
estate. Where deductions can be taken, at the option of my
Executors, either as income tax deductions or as estate tax
deductions, I authorize my Executors to make the election which
they reasonably believe may result in the lowest possible
federal tax liability for my estate on an overall basis.
However, I authorize (but do not direct) my Executors to make an
equitable adjustment between the income and principal accounts
to eliminate any detriment to either account which may be
sustained by reason of their election with respect to any such
deduction.
FOURTEEN: A. Dividends, interest, rents, royalties and other
similar payments, received in cash by my Executors or Trustees,
as the case may be, shall normally be dealt with as income,
whether such payments were ordinary or extraordinary and whether
or not they were in the nature of liquidating payments or
payments on mining stocks or other assets of a wasting nature
(and irrespective of any statement any corporation, other
organization or person declaring or making such payments may
make with reference thereto), and whether or not the investments
to which such payments relate shall have been purchased at a
premium and irrespective of the character of the assets or
accounts out of which they were paid or the time when they
accrued or accumulated or were earned, declared or payable, or
the time for the determination of the persons entitled thereto,
but my Executors or my Trustees, as the case may be, are
authorized, in their absolute discretion, to allocate the whole
or any part of such payments to principal if they shall deem
such action advisable for any reason.
B. Dividends paid in, or distributions of, or rights to
subscribe to (i) securities, whether or not of the same class or
issuer and without regard to the rate or percentage thereof or
the characterization or accounting treatment thereof by the
issuer, or (ii) other property (excluding cash) shall normally
be dealt with as principal, but my Executors or my Trustees, as
the case may be, are authorized, in their absolute discretion,
to allocate to income the whole or any part of any such
dividends, distributions or rights if they shall deem such
action advisable for any reason.
C. The proceeds from the sale, redemption, or other disposition
(whether at a profit or loss) of, and any securities or other
property received (whether in a merger, reorganization,
consolidation or otherwise) in exchange for, any property
constituting principal (including mortgages and real estate
acquired through foreclosure of mortgages or otherwise), shall
normally be dealt with as principal, but my Executors or my
Trustees, as the case may be, are authorized, in their absolute
discretion, to allocate to income a portion of any such
proceeds, securities or other property if the property disposed
of produced no current income or produced current income at a
rate which, in their opinion, was substantially less than an
appropriate rate for trust investments under the circumstances
then prevailing.
D. No part of any income received by my Executors or Trustees,
as the case may be, shall be deemed to be principal by reason of
the fact that such income was earned or accrued or, in the case
of dividends, such dividends were declared prior to the time of
death. All such income shall be held and disposed of in all
respects as though earned and accrued during the period of
administration of my estate.
E. Neither the preceding provisions of this Article nor any
other provision of this Will shall be deemed to authorize any
act by my Executors or Trustees which may be a violation of any
law prohibiting the accumulation of income.
FIFTEEN: A. My Executors may, at any time and from time to time,
render an account of their transactions as Executors with
respect to my estate to the Trustees of the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
B. The Trustees of any trust may, at any time and from time to
time, render an account of their transactions as Trustees with
respect to such trust to the Recipient of such trust and to the
DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
C. Such designated person or persons and the DORIS DUKE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION shall have full power to settle finally
any such account and on the basis of such account to release the
Executors, individually and as Executors, or the Trustees,
individually and as Trustees, as the case may be, from all
liability, responsibility or accountability for their acts or
omissions as Executors or Trustees, as the case may be. In the
event that any one or more of such designated persons shall be
an infant or under other legal disability, then his or her
guardian or committee in any jurisdiction or, in the case of an
infant without a guardian, his or her parents or either of them
shall have full power to act with respect to any such settlement
and release. Any such settlement and release shall be binding
and shall have the force and effect of a final decree, judgment
or order of a court of competent jurisdiction rendered in an
appropriate action or proceeding for the settlement of such an
account in which jurisdiction was obtained of all necessary and
proper parties.
D. The foregoing provisions shall not preclude the Executors and
Trustees from having their accounts judicially settled if they
shall so desire.
SIXTEEN: A. No disposition, charge or encumbrance on the income
or principal of any trust, or any part thereof, by any
beneficiary under this Will by way of anticipation shall be
valid or in any way binding upon my Trustees, and no beneficiary
shall have the right to assign, transfer, encumber or otherwise
dispose of such income or principal, or any part thereof, until
the same shall be paid to such beneficiary by my Trustees, and
no income or principal or any part thereof shall in any way be
liable to any claim of any creditor of any such beneficiary.
B. Unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular
number include the plural, words in the plural number include
the singular, words of the masculine gender include the feminine
and words of the feminine gender include the masculine.
C. It is my wish that all legacies under this Will shall be
satisfied by my Executors as soon as may be practicable after my
death, but 1 direct that the legacies under Subdivisions A and B
of article FIVE hereof shall bear interest if not paid within
the time specified by law and my Executors shall not be required
to take any discount on account of the early payment of any
legacy.
D. Notwithstanding any provision of this Will to the contrary,
no separate trust, nor any share or portion thereof, shall be
held in trust for longer than, nor shall any estate or trust
created by the exercise of any limited power of appointment
hereunder terminate later than twenty-one (21) years after the
date of death of the last survivor of a group consisting of the
descendants of my grandfather, Washington Duke, who are living
at the date of my death, all natural persons who are mentioned
by name in this Will, and all descendants of all such persons
who are living at the date of my death. If at the expiration of
such period, any separate trust, or any share or portion
thereof, is still held in trust, or any estate has not
terminated, the Trustees shall cease to accumulate the net
income thereof, and such separate trust, or share or portion
thereof, or such estate, shall vest in and immediately be
distributed to the beneficiary of said income, or if there shall
be more than one (l) such beneficiary, then to all such
beneficiaries in equal shares; provided, however, that no trust
or estate shall terminate pursuant to the provisions of this
Subdivision D, if such trust or estate would otherwise be
legally valid without the application of the provisions of this
Subdivision D.
SEVENTEEN: In the event that any beneficiary under this Will and
I or any other person upon whose death such beneficiary shall
become entitled to receive either income or principal hereunder
shall die in a common accident or disaster or under such
circumstances that it is difficult or impracticable to determine
who survived the other, then I direct that for the purposes of
this Will such beneficiary shall be deemed to have predeceased
me or such other person, as the case may be.
EIGHTEEN: A. I direct that all estate, transfer, succession
or other inheritance taxes including the supplemental estate tax
on certain qualified benefits, or any interest or penalty
thereon imposed by the United States or any state thereof or any
foreign country or any subdivision thereof, insofar as such
taxes and interest and penalty are imposed with respect to any
property or interest passing under this Will, shall be paid out
of my entire residuary estate and treated as an expense of
administration. All such taxes, interest or penalty imposed with
respect to any other property shall be apportioned against and
paid out of such property.
B. My Executors may compromise any death taxes, including,
without limitation, any such taxes the assessment, computation
or payment of which may be required by law to be delayed or
postponed, and may pay any such compromised tax at any time
without notice to or the consent of and without liability to any
person who may be or become a beneficiary under this Will,
whether or not any such person shall be a minor or under any
other legal disability or not in being.
NINETEEN: If any legatee, devisee or beneficiary under this
Will shall in any way directly or indirectly contest or object
to the probate of this Will, or dispute any clause or provision
hereof, or exercise or attempt to exercise any right of election
or other right to take any part or share of my estate against
the provisions of this Will, or institute or prosecute, or be in
any way directly or indirectly interested in or instrumental in
the institution or prosecution of, any action, proceeding,
contest or objection, or give any notice for the purpose of
setting aside or invalidating this Will, or any clause or
provision hereof, then and in each such case all provisions for
such legatee, devisee or beneficiary above contained in this
Will or any other benefit to which such legatee, devisee or
beneficiary might become entitled including, without limitation,
any benefit which may pass pursuant to the rules governing
intestate succession, shall be wholly void and ineffectual, and
my estate shall be disposed of in like manner as though such
legatee, devisee or beneficiary, if an individual, had
predeceased me or, if a corporation or other entity, had ceased
to exist prior to my death.
TWENTY: In any judicial proceeding relating to this Will, my
estate or any trust or other fund created hereunder, where a
party to the proceeding has the same interest as a person under
a disability, it shall not be necessary to serve the person
under the disability.
TWENTY-ONE: As indicated in Article SEVEN, it is my intention
that Chandi Heffner not be deemed to be my child for purposes of
disposing of property under this my Will (or any Codicil
thereto). Furthermore, it is not my intention, nor do I believe
that it was ever my father's intention, that Chandi Heffner be
deemed to be a child or lineal descendant of mine for purposes
of disposing of the trust estate of the May 2, 1917 trust which
my father established for my benefit or the Doris Duke Trust,
dated December 11, 1924, which my father established for the
benefit of me, certain other members of the Duke family and
ultimately for charity.
I am extremely troubled by the realization that Chandi Heffner
may use my 1988 adoption of her (when she was 35 years old) to
attempt to benefit financially under the terms of either of the
trusts created by my father. After giving the matter prolonged
and serious consideration, I am convinced that I should not have
adopted Chandi Heffner. I have come to the realization that her
primary motive was financial gain. I firmly believe that, like
me, my father would not have wanted her to have benefited under
the trusts which he created, and similarly, I do not wish her to
benefit from my estate. Accordingly, I specifically authorize
and direct my Executors to steadfastly take any and all actions
and to expend such funds as my Executors in their sole
discretion deem appropriate in order to prove the validity of
this my Will for the purpose of having it admitted to probate. I
also specifically authorize and direct my Executors to
steadfastly take any and all actions and to expend such funds as
my Executors in their sole discretion shall deem advisable in
order to prove the effective exercise of the power of
appointment described in Article SEVEN of this my Will over the
principal and income of.the trust created by my father, J.B.
Duke, as Grantor and Trustee, dated May 2, 1917.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affix my
seal to this my Last Will and Testament on this 5th day of
April, 1993.
Doris Duke (seal)
On the date last above written, the Testatrix, Doris Duke,
declared to us, the undersigned, that the foregoing instrument
was her Last Will and Testament, and requested us to act as
witnesses to it. The Testatrix thereupon signed this Will in our
presence, all of us being present at the same time, and we now,
at the Testatrix's request, in the Testatrix's presence, and in
the presence of each other, subscribe our names as witnesses.
Each of us observed the signing of this Will by the Testatrix
and by each other subscribing witness and knows that each
signature is the true signature of the person whose name was
signed. Each of us is now more than eighteen (18) years of age
and a competent witness and resides at the address set forth
after our name.
We are acquainted with the Testatrix. At this time, the
Testatrix is over the age of eighteen (18) years, and to the
best of our knowledge, is of sound mind and is not acting under
duress, menace, fraud, misrepresentation or undue influence.
We declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true
and correct, and that this declaration was executed at Los
Angeles, California, this 5th day of April, 1993.
/s/CHARLES KIVOWITX residing at 630 Warner Ave,
Los Angeles CA 90029
/s/JEROLD FEDERMANRI residing at 530 Loring Ave., Los Angeles
CA 90024
/s/LIDIA RIVES residing at 12420 Archwood St #5, North Hollywood,
CA 91606
/s/MARGARET UNDERWOOD residing at 1969 S. Beverly Glen #102,
Los Angeles CA 90025
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
: ss.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, DORIS DUKE, the testatrix, sign my name to this instrument
this 5th day of April, 1993, and being first duly sworn, do
hereby declare to the undersigned authority that I sign and
execute this instrument as my Last Will and Testament, and that
I sign it willingly, that I execute it as my free and voluntary
act for the purposes therein expressed, and that I am 18 years
of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue
influence.
/s/Doris Duke
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 Doris Duke, the within-named Testatrix, on the 5th
day of April, 1993, at Cedars- Sinai Hospital, in the City and
County of Los Angeles, State of California.
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 of Michael E.S. McCarthy, attorney-at-law.
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