LAST WILL
OF
MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON
I, MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON, a resident of the State of
I
I declare that I am not married. My marriage to DEBORAH JEAN
II
It is my intention by this Will to dispose of all property which I
am entitled to Dispose of by wail. I specifically
refrain from exercising all powers of appointment that I may possess at the
time of my death.
I give my entire estate to the Trustee or Trustees then acting
under that certain Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust executed on
If for any reason this gift is not operative or is invalid, or if
the aforesaid Trust fails or has been revoked, I give my residuary estate to
the Trustee or Trustees named to act in the MICHAEL JACKSON FAMILY TRUST, as
Amended and Restated on March 22,2002, and I direct said Trustee or Trustees to
divide, administer, hold and distribute the trust estate pursuant to the
provisions of said Trust, as hereinabove referred to as such provisions now exist
to the same extent and in the same manner as though that certain Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust, were herein set forth in full, but without giving effect
to any subsequent amendments after the date of this Will. The Trustee,
Trustees, or any successor Trustee named in such Trust Agreement shall serve
without bond.
IV
I direct that all federal estate taxes and state inheritance or
succession taxes payable upon or resulting from or by reason of my death
(herein "Death Taxes") attributable to property which is part of the
trust estate of the MICHAEL JACKSON FAMILY TRUST, including property which
passes to said trust from my probate estate shall be paid by the Trustee of
said trust in accordance with its terms. Death Taxes attributable to property
passing outside this Will, other than property
constituting the trust estate of the trust inentioned
in the preceding sentence, shall be charged against the taker of said property.
V
I appoint JOHN BRANCA, JOHN McCLAIN and BARRY SIEGEL as
co-Executors of this Will. In the event of any of their deaths, resignations,
inability, failure or refusal to serve or continue to serve as a co-Executor,
the other shall serve and no replacement need be named. The co-Executors
serving at "any time after my death may name one or more replacements to
serve in the event that none of the three named individuals is willing or able to
serve at anytime.
The term "my executors" as used in this Will shall include any duly acting personal representative
or representatives of my estate. No individual acting as such need post a bond.
I hereby give to my Executors, full power and authority at any
time or times to sell, lease, mortgage, pledge, exchange or otherwise dispose
of the property, whether real or personal comprising my estate, upon such terms
as my Executors shall deem best, to continue any business enterprises, to
purchase assets from my estate, to continue in force and
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pay insurance premiums on any insurance policy, including life
insurance, owned by my estate, and for any of the foregoing purposes to make,
execute and deliver any and all deeds, contracts, mortgages, bills of sale or
other instruments necessary or desirable therefor. In addition, I give to my
Executors full power to invest and reinvest the estate funds and assets in any
kind of property, real, personal or mixed, and every kind of investment,
specifically including, but not by way of limitation, corporate obligations of
every kind and stocks, preferred or common, and interests in investment trusts
and shares in investment companies, and
any common trust fund administered by any corporate executor hereunder, which
men of prudent discretion and intelligence acquire for their own account.
VI
Except as otherwise provided in this Will or in the Trust referred
to in Article
If at the time of my death I own or have an interest in property
located outside of the State of
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shall be administered as a unit and that my domiciliary Executors
shall supervise and control, so far as permissible by local law, any ancillary
administration proceedings deemed necessary in the settlement of my estate.
VIII
If any of my children are minors at the time of my death, I
nominate my mother, KATHERINE JACKSON as guardian of the persons and estates of
such minor children. If KATHERINE JACKSON fails to survive me, or is unable or
unwilling to act as guardian, I nominate DIANA
I subscribe my name to this Will this 7 day of July, 2002.
On the date written below, MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON declared to us,
the undersigned, that the foregoing instrument consisting of five (5) pages,
including the page signed by us as witnesses, was his Will and requested us to
act as witnesses to it. He thereupon signed this Will in our presence, all of
us being present at the same time. We now, at his request, in his presence and
in the presence of each other, subscribe our names as witnesses.
Each of us is now more than eighteen(18)
years of age and a competent witness and resides at the address set forth after
this name.
Each of us is acquainted with MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON. At this
time, he is over the age of eighteen (18) years and, to the best of our
knowledge, he is of sound mind and is not acting under duress, menace, fraud,
misrepresentation or undue influence.
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We declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
correct.
Executed on July 7th, 2002 at
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