SPCA TAMPA BAY POOLED PET TRUST

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1 SPCA TAMPA BAY POOLED PET TRUST THIS DECLARATION OF TRUST is made on this fl11t;.y of JMiu~20!8, by SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, TAMPA BA FL, INC., a Non-Profit Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Florida as Settlor and Trustee with principal offices located at TH A VENUE NORTH, LARGO, FL The name of the Trust established under this Declaration is the SPCA TAMPA BAY POOLED PET TRUST (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Trust"). ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1.1. "Settlor" means SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, TAMP A BAY FL, INC., a Florida non-profit corporation with principal offices located at TH A VENUE NORTH, LARGO, FL , who shall be responsible for appointment of all Trustees and therefore the ultimate management of this Trust "Trustee" means SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, TAMP A BAY FL, INC., or its successor or successors "Co-Trustee" means a person, entity, or both, selected by the Trustee to assist with the management, administration, allocation, and disbursement of Trust assets and property "Grantor" means a person who executes a Joinder Agreement to establish a Trust subaccount for a Beneficiary Animal, or who contributes property to the Trust, either through gift, bequest, or devise, for the benefit of a specified Beneficiary Animal. In the event that the Grantor is legally married, both spouses shall be considered to be Grantors under this Agreement for the purposes of Article 5 and Article "Beneficiary Animal" means a dog or cat for which the trust sub-account is established and is the animal for whom a Grantor shall specify as the recipient of services and benefits under any one of the particular Trust sub-accounts created within this Trust by such Grantor "Joinder Agreement" means the individual written agreement between the Trustee and a Grantor by which the Grantor establishes a Trust sub-account for the sole benefit of a Beneficiary Animal "Trust sub-account" means that portion of the entire Trust estate that is established and managed for the benefit of a specified Beneficiary Animal. 1.8 "Beneficiary Animal's Caretaker" means the individual or organization that has physical possession of a Beneficiary Animal and who otherwise has an interest in the welfare of the Beneficiary Animal. ARTICLE2 Page 1 of 1

2 ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST 2.1. Trust is Established. The Settlor and Trustee hereby establish a Trust for the benefit of Beneficiary Animals ( as defined in Article I) under this Trust Initial Funding of Trust. Concurrently with the execution of this Trust, the Settlor and Trustee assigns, conveys, transfers, and delivers a lump sum payment of One Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($100.00) to the Trust. The Trust estate shall consist of this initial contribution and any additional contributions in cash or property made to the Trust estate at any time by any Grantor in accordance with the provisions below in Article Irrevocability. This Trust shall be irrevocable Amendments to Trust. Notwithstanding the irrevocability of this Trust as set forth in paragraph 2.3 above, this Trust may be amended from time to time to comply with its purposes and intent as set forth in this document. The Trustee may also amend the Trust to continue to conform with any statutes, rules, or regulations Management of Trust. The Trustee, SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, TAMPA BAY FL, INC., or its successor or successors, has the ultimate managerial control over the Trust. The Settlor shall determine the amount of the trust corpus to invest, maintains sole and exclusive authority to appoint and remove the Trustee or Co-Trustees and is responsible for all day-to-day decisions regarding the use of the funds for each Beneficiary Animal. However, when conducting the business of the Trust, the Trustee, or any one of the acting Co-Trustees may act alone and independently. ARTICLE3 SPENDTHRIFT PROVISIONS No interest in the principal or income of the Trust shall be anticipated, assigned or encumbered, nor shall be subject to any creditor's claim or to legal process, of any Grantor, Beneficiary Animal's Caretaker or Trustee of this Trust. ARTICLE4 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRUST BY A GRANTOR FOR A BENEFICIARY ANIMAL 4.1. Grantors' Intent to Establish a Supplemental Fund. In making contributions to the Trust Grantors intend to establish a supplemental fund and it is the Grantors' primary concern that this Trust continue in existence as a discretionary, supplemental and emergency fund for the Beneficiary Animal's care and well-being, throughout each Beneficiary Animal's life Irrevocability of Joinder Agreements or Grantor's Gift, Bequest, or Devise. Subject to approval and acceptance by the Trustee, this Trust shall be effective as to a specified Beneficiary Animal upon Grantor's execution of a joinder agreement and/or Grantor's Page 2 of2

3 contribution of property and/or money ("Property") to the Trust. Upon approval by the Trustee, and delivery of Property that is acceptable to the Trustee, the following provisions apply: the Trust shall be irrevocable as to such Grantor; the contributed Property shall not be refundable to the Grantor under any circumstances; and, the designation of the Beneficiary Animal may only be changed by the Grantor or Trustee Contributions to a Trust Sub-Account. The Trustee may not distribute for the benefit of a Beneficiary Animal an amount greater than the total of all contributions and additions due to increases in investment income that are allocated to a Trust sub-account for a particular Beneficiary Animal plus any undistributed income earned from said contributions Future Transfer of Property. At any time or from time to time, a Grantor may transfer, during his or her lifetime or at death, any kind of real or personal property to the Trust and the same shall be subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement. The Trustee may refuse to accept any addition if the Trustee deems such rejection to be in the best interest of the Trust or a Beneficiary Animal. Each Grantor retains no reversion or other interest in any Trust property Effect of Designation of Future Transfers of Property. In cases of future designations of property, through a testamentary devise or other designation, as provided by paragraph 4.4 above, the Trustee will not consider such designations to be completed or effective, nor shall it credit any such property to a particular Beneficiary Animal's Trust sub-account, until such property has been actually transferred and/or delivered to the Trust and accepted by the Trustee. ARTICLES DISTRIBUTIONS DURING THE BENEFICIARY ANIMAL'S LIFETIME Subject to the Trustee's sole and absolute discretion, distributions from any of the individual Trust sub-accounts may be made as follows: 5.1. Distributions Within Discretion of Trustee. Upon the incapacity, as defined in 5.3, or death of the Gran tor, the Trustee may pay or apply for the care or needs of a Beneficiary Animal, such amounts from the principal or income, or both, of the Trust sub-account maintained for such Beneficiary Animal, up to the whole thereof, as the Trustee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may from time to time deem necessary, advisable or desirable. The interest and well-being of the Beneficiary Animal is the primary determining factor in making distributions however, Trustee may, but is not required to, consider the future needs of a Beneficiary Animal when making distributions or when considering requests for Page 3 of3

4 distributions. Any income not distributed from a Trust sub-account shall be added to the principal of that Trust sub-account Non-exclusive Examples of Appropriate Distributions. The following examples illustrate the types of non-support payments that are appropriate for the Trustee to make from a Beneficiary Animal's Trust sub-account to a Caretaker, or for the benefit of, a Beneficiary Animal. Such examples are not exclusive and include: medical, dental, and diagnostic work and treatment for which there are no other available funds; costs of housing, shelter, food, daycare, for a Beneficiary Animal; other expenditures that will improve the quality oflife of a Beneficiary Animal; and veterinarian care that is identified as necessary and reasonable by the Trustee in the Trustee's sole discretion. 5.3 Incapacity of the Grantor. It shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the Trustee, based upon information submitted to the Trustee whether to recognize that a Grantor is incapacitated, and due to that incapacity unable to provide for the care needs of the Beneficiary Animal or must fully relinquish the Beneficiary Animal as it would be in the best interest of the Beneficiary Animal. Trustee shall not have a duty to independently investigate the claim of incapacity of the Grantor. ARTICLE6 DISTRIBUTION UPON A BENEFICIARY ANIMAL'S DEATH Upon the death of a Beneficiary Animal, the non-profit Trustee shall retain the amount remaining in that Beneficiary Animal's trust sub-account as a remainder interest. The provisions of Florida Statute (3) shall not apply to this trust. ARTICLE? NON-TERMINATION OF TRUST OR TRUST SUB-ACCOUNTS 7.1. Non-Termination. This Trust may not be terminated during the lifetime of the Beneficiary Animal No Refunds to Grantor. No refunds may be made to a Grantor or Beneficiary Animal's Caretaker. Page 4 of 4

5 ARTICLE 8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRUST SUB-ACCOUNTS 8.1. Establishment and Maintenance of Trust Sub-accounts. A separate Trust sub-account shall be established and maintained for the sole benefit of each Beneficiary Animal, but the Trustee may pool these sub-accounts for investment and management purposes. The Trustee, or the Trustee's authorized agents, will maintain records for each Trust subaccount in the name of, and showing the contributed property for, each Beneficiary Animal Reports to the Beneficiaries. The Trustee will report at least annually to each Beneficiary Animal's Caretaker. Such report will include a complete statement of the Trust subaccount assets and all of the transactions to or from such Trust sub-account occurring during the reporting period Inspection of Trust Records by Beneficiary Animal's Caretaker. The Trust sub-account records maintained by the Trustee will be available and open at all reasonable times for inspection by the Beneficiary Animal's Caretaker, The Trustee is not required to furnish Trust records, sub-account records, or documentation to any individual, corporation, or other entity who: a) is not a Beneficiary Animal's Caretaker, orb) does not have express written authorization of the Beneficiary Animal's Caretaker to receive such information, unless required by law. The Trustee's decision shall be the sole and final determination as to the sufficiency of any and all written authorizations or requests for records and/or documentation Costs of Defending Trust. Costs and expenses of defending the Trust, or any Trust subaccount, including attorney's fees incurred prior to, during, or after trial, and on appeal, against any claim, demand, legal action, equitable action, suit, or proceeding may, in the sole discretion of the Trustee, be apportioned on a pro rata basis to all Trust sub-accounts; or charged only against the Trust sub-account that is affected by the action defended against. ARTICLE9 TRUSTEE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 9.1. Employment of Agents and Others. The Trustee may, in performing its duties under this Trust, seek the advice and assistance of any person or entity it deems to be appropriate, including, but not limited to, individuals, organizations or companies the Trustee deems helpful. Associated costs, if any, shall be a proper expense of the Trust and may be apportioned on a pro rata basis to all Trust sub-accounts or charged only against the Trust sub-account about which the Trustee seeks such advice or assistance Designation of Co-Trustee. The Trustee may designate or remove a Co-Trustee, or Co Trustees, as it may deem, in its sole and absolute discretion, to be necessary and advisable. Such Co-Trustee's fees shall be a reasonable expense of the Trust. Page 5 of5

6 9.3. Trustee Relief from Identification of Programs. The Trustee shall not be liable for the failure to identify any programs or resources that may be available to such Beneficiary Animal or to create programs when such programs do not exist. Trustee in their sole and absolute discretion may purchase insurance to cover an obligation under this Agreement Trustee's Powers. Except as may be otherwise provided in this Trust, and for so long as the Trustee is prudent (as provided in Florida Statutes and and any subsequent amendments to said sections) in administering the Trust, the Trustee shall exercise all powers under any and all Federal and Florida laws that may exist and be applicable to trusts (such as under Florida Statute 736 and any subsequent law), in effect on or after the execution of a Joinder Agreement and/or delivery of property to the Trustee by a Grantor. The Trustee shall not be bound by Florida Statute 738 regarding the allocation among principal and income Trustee's Acceptance of Beneficiaries. All Beneficiary Animals shall be identified as such, as determined in the sole discretion of the Trustee Trustee to Receive Full Consideration for Trust Assets. No authority described in this Trust, or available to trustees pursuant to applicable law, shall be construed to enable the Trustee to purchase, exchange, or otherwise deal with or dispose of the assets of any Trust subaccount for less than adequate or full consideration in money or money's worth Trustee Entitled to Reasonable Compensation. The Trustee and any Co-Trustee(s), including their agents, shall be entitled to reasonable compensation and to reimbursement of costs and expenses properly incurred in the management and/or administration of the Trust. The Trustee and any Co-Trustee(s) shall be entitled to compensation to be determined from time to time by agreement in writing or by application of the schedule of fees as published by Trustee and in effect at the time such fees are charged for Trust subaccounts of a similar size and character, and in the event that Trustee shall be called upon to render any extraordinary services, it shall be entitled to additional compensation therefor Trustee Resignation; Successor Trustees. The Trustee may resign upon written notice to the Beneficiary Animal's Caretaker(s) and to the Co-Trustee(s), if the Trustee has named any Co-Trustee(s), at the time of the Trustee's resignation. Upon any such resignation, the Trustee shall designate a successor Trustee. A successor Trustee shall assume its duties under this Trust without any liability for the acts or omissions of any predecessor Trustee. The provisions of this paragraph shall also control if the Trustee ceases to exist, if dissolved, or can no longer serve as Trustee for any other reason. In conjunction with any action taken under this paragraph, a final accounting will be made by the Trustees to the Beneficiaries and to the Co-Trustee(s ), if any Indemnification of Trustee. The Trustee and each Co-Trustee, their agents and employees, including the heirs, successors, assigns, and personal representatives of its agents, are hereby indemnified by the Trust and the Trust property against all claims, liabilities, fines, or penalties, and against all costs and expenses, including attorney's fees and disbursements and the cost of reasonable settlements, imposed upon, asserted against or reasonably Page 6 of6

7 incurred thereby in connection with or arising out of any claim, demand, action, suit, or proceeding in which he, she, or it may be involved by reason of being or having been a Trustee or affiliated with a Trustee as set forth above, whether or not he, she, or it shall have continued to serve as such at the time of incurring such claims, liabilities, fines, penalties, costs, or expenses or at the time of being subjected to the same. However, the Trustee and each of its Co-Trustees, agents and employees, including their heirs, successors, assigns, and personal representatives of its agents, shall not be indemnified with respect to actual fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. This right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of, or prejudicial to, other rights to which the Trustee and each of its Co-Trustees, agents and employees, including the heirs, successors, assigns, and personal representatives of its agents, may be entitled as a matter of law or otherwise. ARTICLE 10 TRUSTEE MISC. PROVISIONS Waiver of Bond. No Trustee acting under this Agreement shall be required to give any bond or security in any court or jurisdiction for acting hereunder. If bond is required by any law or court of competent jurisdiction, no surety shall be required on such bond, and such bond shall be an expense of the Trust Jurisdiction. This Trust shall be administered expeditiously consistent with its terms, free of any judicial intervention and without order, approval or other action by any court, subject only to the jurisdiction of a court which is invoked by the Trustee or other interested party or as otherwise provided by law Law to Govern. This Trust Agreement and the trusts created hereby shall be construed, regulated and governed by and in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida and of the United States of America Severability and Savings. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, in any jurisdiction shall in no way impair, affect or prejudice the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, including that provision, or the application thereof to other persons and circumstances, in any other jurisdiction Gender and Number. Whenever necessary or appropriate, the use herein of any gender shall be deemed to include the other genders and the use herein of either the singular or the plural shall be deemed to include the other Headings. The headings, titles and subtitles herein are inserted solely for convenient reference and shall be ignored in any construction hereof. Page 7 of7

8 ARTICLE 11 POWERS AND DUTIES OF TRUSTEE 11.1 Retention of Assets. The Trustee may retain any investments received from or through Grantor's estate, whether or not of the character permissible for investments by fiduciaries, and without regard to any effect the retention may have upon the diversification of the investments Sale and Investment. The Trustee shall invest, reinvest and maintain invested the principal of the trust estate in stocks, bonds and other securities and assets, including units in a discretionary common trust fund. Except as otherwise provided, the Trustee shall have full and complete independent power and authority to sell, assign, transfer and convey any security or property held in any trust, at such time and price and upon such terms and conditions as the Trustee may determine Disclaimer. The Trustee shall have the power to disclaim, in whole or part, any interest in or power over any asset or property passing to the Trustee including a power of appointment Real Property. The Trustee shall have full power and authority to protect, conserve, sell, convey, deed, lease, encumber or otherwise manage and dispose of all real property which is or becomes an asset of the trust estate Securities. With regard to any stocks, bonds or other securities which are, or become, assets of the trust estate, the Trustee is authorized as follows: To exercise or sell subscription or conversion rights and any other rights, options and powers pertaining to any stocks, bonds or other securities. To vote or refrain from voting a security in person or by general or limited proxy as fully as might be done by persons owning similar property in their own rights. To cause securities held by the Trustee to be registered in the name of a nominee in "street name" without liability for doing so. To maintain and operate a securities margin account; To deal in various forms of option trading such as puts and calls; and To engage in "short sales" of securities; 11.6 Depreciation. The Trustee may establish and maintain reasonable reserves for depreciation on property subject to depreciation under generally accepted accounting principles. If established, the reserves shall be a charge against income and a credit to principal Authority to Employ. At the expense of trust, the Trustee may employ attorneys, accountants, auditors, investment advisors, or agents, and others ( even if they are the Trustee or associated with the Trustee), in the performance of administrative duties; to act Page 8 of8

9 -~ without independent investigation upon their recommendations; and, instead of acting personally, to employ one or more agents to perform any act of administration, whether or not discretionary Rule Against Perpetuities. No trust created under this Trust Agreement shall continue beyond the longest period permitted under Florida law in effect upon the date of Grantor's death Continuation of Business. In the exercise of any power, the Trustee is specifically authorized to deal with any business entity regardless of the fact that one or more of the Trustees are or may be fiduciaries or own interest in the business entity (whether operated in the form of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or some other form of entity, referred to collectively as the "Business Entity"). Grantor vests the Trustee with the following powers and authority, all of which may be exercised with respect to any Business Entity, without limitation: To continue or to permit the continuation of any Business Entity which shall be held in any trust created under this Trust Agreement for any period as the Trustee shall determine, or to recapitalize the Business Entity upon terms as the Trustee, in the Trustee's sole discretion, shall determine, including, but not limited to, investing additional sums in any Business Entity even to the extent that trust fund may is invested largely or entirely in a Business Entity without liability for any loss resulting from lack of diversification, to pledge other assets of the trust as security for loans made to the Business Entity and to lend funds from the trust to the Business Entity. To control, direct and manage any Business Entity. In this connection, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, shall determine the manner and extent of its active participation in the operation and may delegate all or any part of Trustee's power to supervise and operate to another person or persons as Trustee may select, including any associate, partner, officer or employee of the Business Entity. To hire and discharge officers and employees, fix their compensation and define their duties; and similarily to employ, compensate and discharge agents, attorneys, consultants, accountants and any other representatives as Trustee may deem appropriate; including the right to employ any beneficiary or individual Personal Representative or Trustee in any of the foregoing capacities. To retain in a Business Entity any amount of its net earnings for working capital and other purposes of the Business Entity as the Trustee may deem advisable in conformity with sound business practice. To treat a Business Entity as an entity, separate from the trusts created under this Trust Agreement. In its accounting to the beneficiaries, the Trustee shall be required to report only the earnings and conditions of the Business Entity in accordance with standard accounting practice. To sell or liquidate all or any part of any Business Entity at such time and Page 9 of9

10 price and upon such terms and conditions (including credit) as the Trustee may determine. The Trustee is specifically authorized and empowered to sell a Business Entity to any partner, officer or employee of the Business Entity or to any trust beneficiary. To take any action required to convert any Business Entity into a partnership, limited liability company, corporation, limited liability partnership or sole proprietorship. To diminish, enlarge or change the scope or nature of any Business Entity Insurance Proceeds. The Trustee may use the proceeds of insurance policies as the Trustee deems advisable without being limited to assets authorized by law for the investment of trust funds. IN WITNESS THEREOF, the undersigned hereby subscribes to the above Declaration of Trust on the date and year first written above as Settlor and Trustee. WITNESSE.,S: s Cm o1 lf ~ L,. 0, s ::\,~sb- :1:am~ ~ ~ESS Lor, -S Min+an Printed Name SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ::~~ CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA MARTHA BODEN, CEO STATE OF FLORIDA ) COUNTY OF PINELLAS ) The foregoing Declaration was acknowledged before me on this 25 day of San(..{a r-/ 2018 by Martha Boden, CEO of SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FL, INC., who i~ersonally known to me or who produced as identification , V. 2 SEAL Page 10 of 10 o"~r;.'.'ue( 0 TiiERESA M. COOK -c MY COMMISSION t FF * * EXPIRES: November 2, 2019 Bonded Thru Budget Notary Services