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EXHIBIT 10(kk)
TRUST AGREEMENT No. 8
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This Trust Agreement ("Trust Agreement No. 8") made this 9th day of
April, 1991 by and between Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, an Ohio corporation
("Cleveland-Cliffs"), and Ameritrust Company National Association, a national
banking association (the "Trustee");
WITNESSETH:
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WHEREAS, certain benefits are or may become payable under the
provisions of the Amended and Restated Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Retirement Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, effective June 1, 1984 and amended and restated
effective January 1, 1988, as the same may hereafter be supplemented, amended
or restated, or any successor thereto (the "Plan"), a current copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference, to the
non-employee Directors listed (from time to time as provided in Section 9(c)
hereof) on Exhibit A hereto ("Directors");
WHEREAS, the Plan provides for the payment, following retirement
from the Board of Directors of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (the "Board"), of an annual
retainer to all non-employee Directors with five years of active service or
with less than five years of active service in the event of a "Change of
Control" (as defined herein);
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WHEREAS Cleveland-Cliffs wishes specifically to assure the
payment to the Directors of amounts due under the Plan (the amounts so payable
being collectively referred to herein as the "Benefits");
WHEREAS, subject to Section 9 hereof, the amounts and timing of
Benefits to which each Director is presently or may become entitled are as
provided in the Plan;
WHEREAS, Cleveland-Cliffs wishes to establish a trust (the
"Trust") and to transfer to the Trust assets which shall be held therein
subject to the claims of the creditors of Cleveland-Cliffs to the extent set
forth in Section 3 hereof until paid in full to all Directors as Benefits in
such manner and at such times as specified herein unless Cleveland-Cliffs is
Insolvent (as defined herein) at the time that such Benefits become payable;
and
WHEREAS, Cleveland-Cliffs shall be considered "Insolvent" for
purposes of this Trust Agreement at such time as Cleveland-Cliffs (i) is
subject to a pending voluntary or involuntary proceeding as a debtor under the
United States Bankruptcy Code, as heretofore or hereafter amended, or (ii) is
unable to pay its debts as they mature.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby establish the Trust and
agree that the Trust shall be comprised, held and disposed of as follows:
1. TRUST FUND: (a) Subject to the claims of its
creditors to the extent set forth in Section 3 hereof, Cleveland-Cliffs hereby
deposits with the Trustee in trust Ten
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Dollars ($10.00) which shall become the principal of this Trust, to be held,
administered and disposed of by the Trustee as herein provided, but no payments
of all or any portion of the principal of the Trust or earnings thereon shall
be made to Cleveland-Cliffs or any other person or entity on behalf of
Cleveland-Cliffs except as herein expressly provided. The Trust hereby
established shall be irrevocable.
(b) Cleveland-Cliffs shall notify the Trustee promptly in the
event that a "Change of Control," (as defined herein) has occurred. The term
"Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) a tender offer shall be made and consummated for
the ownership of 30% or more of the outstanding voting securities of
Cleveland-Cliffs;
(ii) Cleveland-Cliffs shall be merged or consolidated
with another corporation and as a result of such merger or consolidation
less than 70% of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving or
resulting corporation shall be owned in the aggregate by the former
shareholders of Cleveland-Cliffs, other than affiliates (within the
meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of any party to such
merger or consolidation, as the same shall have existed immediately
prior to such merger or consolidation;
(iii) Cleveland-Cliffs shall sell substantially all of
its assets to another corporation which is not a wholly owned
subsidiary;
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(iv) a person, within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) or
of Section 13(d)(3) (as in effect on the date hereof) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, shall acquire 30% or more of the outstanding
voting securities of Cleveland-Cliffs (whether directly, indirectly,
beneficially or of record), or
(v) during any period of two consecutive years,
individuals who at the beginning of any such period constitute the Board
of Directors of Cleveland-Cliffs cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority thereof, unless the election, or the nomination for
election by the shareholders of Cleveland-Cliffs, of each Director first
elected during any such period was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds of the Directors of Cleveland-Cliffs then still in office who
are Directors of Cleveland-Cliffs on the date at the beginning of any
such period.
For purposes hereof, ownership of voting securities shall take into account and
shall include ownership as determined by applying the provisions of Rule
13d-3(d)(1)(i) (as in effect on the date hereof) pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
(c) Any payments by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement
shall, to the extent thereof, discharge the obligation of Cleveland-Cliffs to
pay benefits under the Plan, it being the intent of Cleveland-Cliffs that
assets in the Trust established hereby be held as security for the obligation
of Cleveland-Cliffs to pay benefits under the Plan.
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(d) The principal of the Trust and any earnings thereon shall
be held in trust separate and apart from other funds of Cleveland-Cliffs
exclusively for the uses and purposes herein set forth. No Director shall have
any preferred claim on, or any beneficial ownership interest in, any assets of
the Trust prior to the time that such assets are paid to a Trust Beneficiary as
Benefits as provided herein.
(e) The Company may at any time or from time to time make
additional deposits of cash or other property in the Trust to augment the
principal to be held, administered and disposed of by the Trustee as herein
provided, but no payments of all or any portion of the principal of the Trust
or earnings thereon shall be made to Cleveland-Cliffs or any other person or
entity on behalf of Cleveland-Cliffs except as herein expressly provided.
(f) The Trust is intended to be a grantor trust, within the
meaning of section 671 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), or any successor provision thereto, and shall be construed
accordingly. The Trust is not designed to qualify under Section 401(a) of the
Code or to be subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"). The Trust established under this
Trust Agreement No. 8 does not fund and is not intended to fund the Plan or any
other employee benefit plan or program of Cleveland-Cliffs. Such Trust is and
is intended to be a depository arrangement with the Trustee for the setting
aside of cash and other assets of Cleveland-Cliffs as
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and when it so determines in its sole discretion for the meeting of part or all
of its future obligations with respect to Benefits to some or all of the Trust
Beneficiaries under the Plan.
2. PAYMENTS TO TRUST BENEFICIARIES. (a) Provided that
the Trustee has not actually received notice as provided in Section 3 hereof
that Cleveland-Cliffs is Insolvent, the Trustee shall make payments of Benefits
to each Director from the assets of the Trust in accordance with the terms of
the Plan and subject to Section 9 hereof. The Trustee shall make provision for
withholding of any federal, state, or local taxes that may be required to be
withheld by the Trustee in connection with the payment of any Benefit
hereunder.
(b) If the balance of a Director's separate account maintained
pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof is not sufficient to provide for full payment
of Benefits to which such Director is entitled as provided herein,
Cleveland-Cliffs shall make the balance of each such payment as provided in the
Plan. No payment from the Trust assets to a Director shall exceed the balance
of such separate account.
3. THE TRUSTEE'S RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING PAYMENTS TO A TRUST
BENEFICIARY WHEN CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IS INSOLVENT: (a)At all times during the
continuance of this Trust, the principal and income of the Trust shall be
subject to claims of creditors of Cleveland-Cliffs. The Board and the Chief
Executive Officer ("CEO") of Cleveland-Cliffs shall have the duty to inform the
Trustee if either the Board or the CEO believes that Cleveland-Cliffs is
Insolvent. If the Trustee
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receives a notice from the Board, the CEO, or a creditor of Cleveland-Cliffs
alleging that Cleveland-Cliffs is Insolvent, then unless the Trustee
independently determines that Cleveland-Cliffs is not Insolvent, the Trustee
shall (i) discontinue payments to any Director, (ii) hold the Trust assets for
the benefit of the general creditors of Cleveland-Cliffs, and (iii) promptly
seek the determination of a court of competent jurisdiction regarding the
Insolvency of Cleveland-Cliffs. The Trustee shall deliver any undistributed
principal and income in the Trust to the extent necessary to satisfy the claims
of the creditors of Cleveland-Cliffs as a court of competent jurisdiction may
direct. Such payments of principal and income shall be borne by the separate
accounts of the Directors in proportion to the balances on the date of such
court order of their respective accounts maintained pursuant to Section 7(b)
hereof; and provided further, that for this purpose the Threshold Percentage
shall be equal to 100%. If payments to any Director have discontinued pursuant
to this Section 3(a), the Trustee shall resume payments to such Director only
after receipt of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Trustee
shall have no duty to inquire as to whether Cleveland-Cliffs is Insolvent and
may rely on information concerning the Insolvency of Cleveland-Cliffs which has
been furnished to the Trustee by any person. Nothing in this Trust Agreement
shall in any way diminish any rights of any Director to pursue his rights as a
general creditor of Cleveland-Cliffs with respect to Benefits or otherwise, and
the rights of each Director under the
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Plan shall in no way be affected or diminished by any provision of this Trust
Agreement or action taken pursuant to this Trust Agreement except that any
payment actually received by any Director hereunder shall reduce
dollar-per-dollar amounts otherwise due to such Director pursuant to the Plan.
(b) If the Trustee discontinues payments of Benefits from the
Trust pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof, the Trustee shall, to the extent it has
liquid assets, place cash equal to the discontinued payments (to the extent not
paid to creditors pursuant to Section 3(a) and not paid to the Trustee pursuant
to Section 10 hereof) in such interest-bearing deposit accounts or certificates
of deposit (including any such accounts or certificates issued or offered by
the Trustee or any successor corporation but excluding obligations of
Cleveland-Cliffs) as determined by the Trustee in its sole discretion. If the
Trustee subsequently resumes such payments, the first payment following such
discontinuance shall include the aggregate amount of all payments which would
have been made to the Directors in accordance with this Trust agreement during
the period of such discontinuance, less the aggregate amount of payments made
to any Director by Cleveland-Cliffs pursuant to the Plan during any such period
of discontinuance, together with interest on the net amount delayed determined
at a rate equal to the rate paid on the accounts or deposits selected by the
Trustee; provided, however, that no such payment shall exceed the balance of
the respective Director's account as provided in Section 7(b) hereof.
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4. PAYMENTS TO CLEVELAND-CLIFFS: Except to the extent
expressly contemplated by this Section 4, Cleveland-Cliffs shall have no right
or power to direct the Trustee to return any of the Trust assets to
Cleveland-Cliffs before all payments of Benefits have been made to all
Directors as herein provided. From time to time, if and when requested by
Cleveland-Cliffs to do so and/or in order to comply with Section 7(b) hereof,
the Trustee shall engage the services of Xxxxxx Associates or such other
independent actuary as may be mutually satisfactory to Cleveland-Cliffs and to
the Trustee to determine the maximum actuarial present values of the future
Benefits that could become payable under the Plan and the Agreements with
respect to each Director. The Trustee shall determine the fair market values of
the Trust assets allocated to the account of each Director pursuant to Section
7(b) hereof. Cleveland-Cliffs shall pay the fees of such independent actuary
and of any appraiser engaged by the Trustee to value any property held in the
Trust. The independent actuary shall make its calculations based upon the
assumptions that (i) the Annual Retainer payable to each active Director shall
increase by ten percent per year, and (ii) each Director shall retire from the
Board at aye 70. In addition, the independent actuary shall use the 1983 Group
Annuity Mortality Table, an interest rate of 8%, Gross National Product Price
Deflator increases of 4%, or such other assumptions as are recommended by such
actuary and approved by Cleveland-Cliffs and, after the date of a Change of
Control, a majority of the Directors (subject to the provisions of
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Sections 11(b) hereof). For purposes of this Trust Agreement, (A) the "Fully
Funded" amount with respect to the account of a Director maintained pursuant to
Section 7(b) hereof shall be equal to the "Threshold Percentage," as defined
below, multiplied by the maximum actuarial present value of the future Benefits
that could become payable under the Plan with respect to the Director, and (B)
the "Account Excess" with respect to such account shall be equal to the excess,
if any, of the fair market value of the assets held in the Trust allocated to a
Director's account over the respective Fully Funded amount. Unless otherwise
provided, prior to a Change of Control the Threshold Percentage shall be equal
to 110%, and following a Change of Control the Threshold Percentage shall be
equal to 140%. The Trustee shall allocate any Account Excess in accordance with
Section 7(b) hereof. Thereafter, upon the request of Cleveland-Cliffs, the
Trustee shall pay to Cleveland-Cliffs the excess, if any, of the aggregate
account balances over the aggregate Fully Funded amounts computed upon the
basis of a Threshold Percentage equal to 140%.
5. INVESTMENT OF PRINCIPAL: (a) The Trustee shall
invest and reinvest the principal of the Trust including any income accumulated
and added to principal, as directed by the Compensation Committee of the Board
(which direction may include investment in Common Shares of Cleveland-Cliffs).
In the absence of any such direction, the Trustee shall have sole power to
invest the assets of the Trust (including investment in common shares of
Cleveland-Cliffs). The Trustee shall act at
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all times, however, with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the
circumstances then prevailing that a prudent corporate trustee, acting in a
like capacity and familiar with such matters, would use in the conduct of an
enterprise of a like character and with like aims. The investment objective of
the Trustee shall be to preserve the principal of the Trust while obtaining a
reasonable total rate of return, measurement of which shall include market
appreciation or depreciation plus receipt of interest and dividends. The
Trustee shall not be required to invest nominal amounts. The Trustee shall be
mindful, in the course of its management of the Trust, of the liquidity demands
on the Trust and any actuarial assumptions that may be communicated to it from
time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement No. 8.
(b) In addition to authority given to the Trustee under
Section 8 hereof, the Trustee is empowered with respect to the assets of the
Trust:
(i) To invest and reinvest all or any part of the Trust
assets, in each and every kind of property, whether real, personal or
mixed, tangible or intangible, whether income or non-income producing,
whether secured or unsecured and wherever situated, including, but not
limited to, real estate, shares of common and preferred stock, mortgages
and bonds, leases (with or without option to purchase), notes,
debentures, equipment or collateral trust certificates, and other
corporate, individual or government securities or obligations, time
deposits (including savings
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deposit and certificates of deposit in the Trustee or its affiliates if
such deposits bear a reasonable rate of interest), common or collective
funds or trusts, and mutual funds or investment companies, including
affiliated investment companies and 12 B-1 funds. Cleveland-Cliffs
acknowledges and agrees that the Trustee may receive fees as a
participating depository institution for services relating to the
investment of funds in an eligible mutual fund.
(ii) At such time or times, and upon such terms and
conditions as the Trustee shall deem advisable, to sell, convert,
redeem, exchange, grant options for the purchase or exchange of, or
otherwise dispose of, any property held hereunder, at public or private
sale, for cash or upon credit, with or without security, without
obligation on the part of any person dealing with the Trustee to see to
the application of the proceeds of or to inquire into the validity,
expediency, or propriety of any such disposal;
(iii) To manage, operate, repair, partition, and improve
and mortgage or lease (with or without an option to purchase) for any
length of time any property held in the Trust; to renew or extend any
mortgage or lease, upon such terms as the Trustee may deem expedient; to
agree to reduction of the rate of interest on any mortgage; to agree to
any modification in the terms of any lease or mortgage or of any
guarantee pertaining to either of them; to exercise and enforce any
right of foreclosure; to bid on property in foreclosure; to take a deed
in lieu of foreclosure with or
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without paying consideration therefor and in connection therewith to
release the obligation on the bond secured by the mortgage; and to
exercise and enforce in any action, suit, or proceeding at law or in
equity any rights, covenants, conditions or remedies with respect to any
lease or mortgage or to any guarantee pertaining to either of them or to
waive any default in the performance thereof;
(iv) To join in or oppose any reorganization,
recapitalization, consolidation, merger or liquidation, or any plan
therefor, or any lease (with or without an option to purchase), mortgage
or sale of the property of any organization the securities of which are
held in the Trust; to pay from the Trust any assessments, charges or
compensation specified in any plan of reorganization, recapitalization,
consolidation, merger or liquidation; to deposit any property allotted
to the Trust in any reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation,
merger or liquidation; to deposit: any property with any committee or
depository; and to retain any property allotted to the Trust in any
reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, merger or liquidation;
(v) To compromise, settle, or arbitrate any claim, debt
or obligation of or against the Trust; to enforce or abstain from
enforcing any right, claim, debt, or obligation; and to abandon any
property determined by it to be worthless;
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(vi) To make, execute and deliver, as Trustee, any
deeds, conveyances, leases (with or without option to purchase),
mortgages, options, contracts, waivers or other instruments that the
Trustee shall deem necessary or desirable in the exercise of its powers
under this Agreement; and
(vii) To pay out of the assets of the Trust all taxes
imposed or levied with respect to the Trust and in its discretion may
contest the validity or amount of any tax, assessment, penalty, claim,
or demand respecting the Trust and may institute, maintain, or defend
against any related action or proceeding either at law or in equity (and
in such regard, the Trustee shall be indemnified in accordance with
Section 8(d) hereof).
6. INCOME OF THE TRUST: Except as provided in Section 3
hereof, during the continuance of this Trust all net income of the Trust shall
be allocated not less frequently than monthly among the Directors' separate
accounts in accordance with Section 7(b) hereof.
7. ACCOUNTING BY TRUSTEE: (a) The Trustee shall
maintain books, records and accounts as may be necessary for the proper
administration of Trust assets, including such specific records as shall be
agreed upon in writing by Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee, and shall render to
Cleveland-Cliffs within 60 days following the close of each calendar year
following the date of this Trust until the termination of this Trust or the
removal or resignation of the Trustee and within 60 days after
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the date of such termination, removal or resignation) an accounting with
respect to the Trust assets as of the end of the then most recent calendar year
(and as of the date of such termination, removal or resignation, as the case
may be). The Trustee shall furnish to Cleveland-Cliffs on a quarterly basis (or
as Cleveland-Cliffs shall direct from time to time) and in a timely manner such
information regarding the Trust as Cleveland-Cliffs shall require for purposes
of preparing its statements of financial condition. The Trustee shall at all
times maintain separate bookkeeping accounts for each Director as prescribed by
Section 7(b) hereof, and, upon the written request of a Director, shall provide
to him an annual statement of his account. Upon the written request of
Cleveland-Cliffs or, on or after the date of Change of Control, a Director, the
Trustee shall deliver to such Director or Cleveland-Cliffs, as the case may be,
a written report setting forth the amount held in the Trust and a record of the
deposits made with respect thereto by Cleveland-Cliffs. Unless Cleveland-Cliffs
or any Director shall have filed with the Trustee written exception or
objection to any such statement and account within 90 days after receipt
thereof, Cleveland-Cliffs and the Directors shall be deemed to have approved
such statement and account, and in such case, the Trustee shall be forever
released and discharged with respect to all matters and things reported in such
statement and account as though it had been settled by a degree of a court of
competent jurisdiction in an action or proceeding to which Cleveland-Cliffs and
the Directors were parties.
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(b) The Trustee shall maintain a separate account for each
Director. The Trustee shall credit or debit each Director's account as
appropriate to reflect such Director's allocable portion of the trust assets,
as such Trust assets may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms of
this Trust Agreement No. 8. Except as provided in this Section 7(b), all
allocations shall be made in proportion to the balances of the separate
accounts of the Directors. Prior to the date of a Change of Control, all
deposits of principal pursuant to Section 1(a) and 1(e) hereof shall be
allocated as directed by Cleveland-Cliffs. On or after such date deposits of
principal shall be allocated as an Account Excess in accordance with this
Section 7(b). Income, expense, gain or loss on assets allocated to the separate
accounts of the Directors shall be allocated separately to such accounts by the
Trustee in proportion to the balances of the separate accounts of the
Directors. Prior to the date of a Change of Control, at the request of
Cleveland-Cliffs the Trustee shall determine the amount of all Account
Excesses. On or after the date of a Change of Control, the Trustee shall
determine annually the amount of all Account Excesses. The Trustee shall
allocate the aggregate amount of the Account Excesses to any accounts that are
not Fully Funded, as defined in Section 4 hereof, in proportion to the
differences between the respective Fully Funded amount and account balance,
insofar as possible until all accounts are Fully Funded. Any remaining
aggregate Account Excess shall be allocated to all the accounts in proportion
to the respective Fully Funded amounts.
(c) Nothing in this Section 7 shall preclude the commingling
of Trust assets for investment.
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8. RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEE: (a) The Trustee shall act
with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then
prevailing that a prudent corporate trustee, acting in a like capacity and
familiar with such matters, would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like
character and with like aims; provided, however, that the Trustee shall incur
no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to a direction,
request or approval, contemplated by and complying with the terms of this Trust
Agreement No. 8, given in writing by Cleveland-Cliffs, by the Compensation
Committee or by a Director applicable to his or her beneficial interest herein;
and provided, further, that the Trustee shall have no duty to seek additional
deposits of principal from Cleveland-Cliffs for additional amounts accrued
under the Plan, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the adequacy of
this Trust.
(b) The Trustee may vote any stock or other securities and
exercise any right appurtenant to any stock, other securities or other property
held hereunder, either in person or by general or limited proxy, power of
attorney or other instrument.
(c) The Trustee may hold securities in bearer form and may
register securities and other property held in the trust fund in its own name
or in the name of a nominee, combine certificates representing securities with
certificates of the same issue held by the Trustee in other fiduciary
capacities, and deposit, or arrange for deposit of property with any
depository; provided that the books and records of the Trustee shall at all
times show that all such securities are part of the trust fund.
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(d) If the Trustee shall undertake or defend any litigation
arising in connection with this Trust Agreement No. 8, it shall be indemnified
by Cleveland-Cliffs against its costs, expenses and liabilities (including
without limitation attorneys' fees and expenses) relating thereto.
(e) The Trustee may consult with legal counsel, independent
accountants and actuaries (who nay be counsel, independent accountants or
actuaries for Cleveland-Cliffs) with respect to any of its duties or
obligations hereunder, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining
from acting in accordance with the advice of such counsel, independent
accountants and actuaries.
(f) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting within the authority granted by the terms of this Trust
Agreement No. 8 upon any written notice, instruction or request furnished to it
hereunder and believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties.
(g) The Trustee may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, and
financial consultants, who may be agents, accountants, actuaries, or financial
consultants, as the case may be, for Cleveland-Cliffs, and shall not be
answerable for the conduct of same if appointed with due care.
(h) The Trustee is empowered to take all actions necessary or
advisable in order to collect any benefits or payments of which the Trustee is
the designated beneficiary.
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(i) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers
conferred on trustees by applicable law unless expressly provided otherwise
herein.
9. AMENDMENTS, ETC. TO PLAN; COOPERATION OF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS:
(a) Cleveland-Cliffs has previously furnished the Trustee a
complete and correct copy of the Plan, and Cleveland-Cliffs shall, and any
Director may, promptly furnish the Trustee true and correct copies of any
amendment, restatement or successor thereto, whereupon such amendment,
restatement or successor shall be incorporated herein by reference, provided
that such amendment, restatement or successor shall not affect the Trustee's
duties and responsibilities hereunder without the consent of the Trustee.
(b) Cleveland-Cliffs shall provide the Trustee with all
information requested by the Trustee for purposes of determining payments to
the Directors or withholding of taxes as provided in Section 2. Upon the
failure of Cleveland-Cliffs or any Director to provide any such information,
the Trustee shall, to the extent necessary in the sole judgment of the Trustee,
(i) compute the amount payable hereunder to any Director; and (ii) notify
Cleveland-Cliffs and the Director in writing of its computations. Thereafter
this Trust Agreement No. 8 shall be construed as to the Trustee's duties and
obligations hereunder in accordance with such Trustee determinations without
further action; provided, however, that no such determinations shall in any way
diminish the rights of any Director hereunder or under
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the Plan; and provided, further, that no such determinations shall be deemed to
modify this Trust Agreement No. 8 or the Plan. Nothing in this Trust Agreement
No. 8 shall restrict Cleveland-Cliffs' right to amend, modify or terminate the
Plan.
(c) At such times as may in the judgment of Cleveland-Cliffs
be appropriate, Cleveland-Cliffs shall furnish to the Trustee any amendment to
Exhibit A for the purpose of the addition of Directors to Exhibit A (or the
deletion of Directors from Exhibit A who have no Benefits currently due or
payable in the future) to Exhibit A; provided, however, that no such amendment
shall be made after the date of a Change of Control.
10. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF TRUSTEE: The Trustee
shall be entitled to receive such reasonable compensation for its services as
shall be agreed to upon by Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee. The Trustee shall
also be entitled to reimbursement of its reasonable expenses incurred with
respect to the administration of the Trust including fees and expenses incurred
pursuant to Sections 8(d), 8(e) and 8(g) and liabilities to creditors pursuant
to court direction as provided in Section 3(a) hereof. Such compensation and
expenses shall in all events be payable either directly by Cleveland-Cliffs or,
in the event that Cleveland-Cliffs shall refuse, from the assets of the Trust
and charged pro rata in proportion to each separate account balance. The Trust
shall have a claim against Cleveland-Cliffs for any such compensation or
expenses so paid.
11. REPLACEMENT OF THE TRUSTEE: (a) Prior to the date of a
Change of Control, the Trustee may be removed by
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Cleveland-Cliffs. On or after the date of a Change of Control, the Trustee may
be removed at any time by agreement of Cleveland-Cliffs and a majority of the
Directors. The Trustee may resign after providing not less than 90 days' notice
to Cleveland-Cliffs and to the Directors. In case of removal or resignation, a
new trustee, which shall be independent and not subject to control of either
Cleveland-Cliffs or the Directors, shall be appointed as shall be agreed by
Cleveland-Cliffs and a majority of the Directors. No such removal or
resignation shall become effective until the acceptance of the trust by a
successor trustee designated in accordance with this Section 11. If the Trustee
should resign, and within 45 days of the notice of such resignation
Cleveland-Cliffs and the Directors shall not have notified the Trustee of an
agreement as to a replacement trustee, the Trustee shall appoint a successor
trustee, which shall be a bank or trust company, wherever located, having a
capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 in the aggregate.
(b) For purposes of the removal or appointment of a Trustee
under this Section 11, a Director shall not participate if all payments of
Benefits then currently due or payable in the future have been made to such
Director.
12. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION: (a) This Trust Agreement
No. 8 may be amended by Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee without the consent of
any Director provided the amendment does not adversely affect any Director.
This Trust Agreement No. 8 may also be amended at any time and to any extent by
a written instrument executed by the Trustee,
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Cleveland-Cliffs and a majority of the Directors, except to alter Section
12(b), and except that amendments to Exhibit A contemplated by Section 9(b)
hereof shall be made as therein provided.
(b) The Trust shall terminate on the date on which the Trust
no longer contains any assets, or, if earlier, the date on which each Director
is entitled to no further payments hereunder.
(c) Upon termination of the Trust as provided in Section 12(b)
hereof, any assets remaining in the Trust shall be returned to
Cleveland-Cliffs.
13. SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION: (a) It is intended that
(i) the creation of, and transfer of assets to, the Trust will not cause the
Plan to be other than "unfunded" for purposes of title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor provision
thereto ("ERISA"); (ii) transfers of assets to the Trust will not be transfers
of property for purposes of section 83 or the Code, or any successor provision
thereto, nor will such transfers cause a currently taxable benefit to be
realized by a Director pursuant to the "economic benefit" doctrine; and (iii)
pursuant to section 451 of the Code, or any successor provision thereto,
amounts will be includable as compensation in the gross income of a Director in
the taxable year or years in which such amounts are actually distributed or
made available to such Director by the Trustee.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Trust Agreement No. 8, in the event it is determined by
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a final decision of the Internal Revenue Service, or, if an appeal is taken
therefrom, by a court of competent jurisdiction that (i) by reason of the
creation of, and a transfer of assets to, the Trust, the Trust is considered
"funded" for purposes of title I of ERISA; or (ii) a transfer of assets to the
Trust is considered a transfer of property for purposes of section 83 of the
Code or any successor provision thereto; or (iii) a transfer of assets to the
Trust causes a Director to realize income pursuant to the "economic benefit"
doctrine; or (iv) pursuant to section 451 of the Code or any successor
provision thereto, amounts are includable as compensation in the gross income
of a Director in a taxable year that is prior to the taxable year or years in
which such amounts would, but for this Section 13, otherwise actually be
distributed or made available to such Director by the Trustee, then (A) the
assets held in Trust shall be allocated in accordance with Section 7(b) hereof,
and (B) subject to the last sentence of Section 2(b) hereof, the Trustee shall
promptly make a distribution to each affected Director which, after taking into
account the federal, state and local income tax consequences of the special
distribution itself, is equal to the sum of any federal, state and local income
taxes, interest due thereon, and penalties assessed with respect thereto, which
are attributable to amounts that are includable in the income of such Director
for any of the reasons described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this
Section 13(b).
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14. SEVERABILITY, ALIENATION, ETC.: (a) Any provision
of this Trust Agreement No. 8 prohibited by law shall be ineffective to the
extent of any such prohibition without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, benefits to Directors
under this Trust Agreement No. 8 may not be anticipated, assigned (either at
law or in equity), alienated or subject to attachment, garnishment, levy,
execution or other legal or equitable process and no benefit provided for
herein and actually paid to any director by the Trustee shall be subject to any
claim for repayment by Cleveland-Cliffs or Trustee.
(c) This Trust Agreement No. 8 shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without giving
effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.
(d) This Trust Agreement No. 8 may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original agreement. This
Trust Agreement No. 8 shall become effective immediately upon the execution by
Cleveland-Cliffs of at least one counterpart, it being understood that all
parties need not sign the same counterpart, but shall not bind any Trustee
until such Trustee has executed at least one counterpart.
15. NOTICES; IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN TRUST BENEFICIARIES:
All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when received:
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If to the Trustee, to:
Ameritrust Company National Association
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Attention: Trust Department
Employee Benefit Administration
If to Cleveland-Cliffs, to:
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Secretary
If to the Director's, to the addresses listed on
Exhibit A hereto;
provided, however, that if any party or any Director or his or its successors
shall have designated a different address by written notice to the other
parties, then to the last address so designated.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Cleveland-Cliffs and the Trustee have caused
counterparts of this Trust Agreement No. 8 to be executed on their behalf on
April 9, 1991, each of which shall be an original agreement.
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC
By: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Its: V.P. of Human Resources
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AMERITRUST COMPANY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: J. R. Xxxxxxx
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Its: Vice President
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