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(i) To require and obtain from the Employer and the Participants and their beneficiaries any information or data that the Committee determines is
necessary for the proper administration of the Plan;
(j) To instruct the Trustee as to the loans to Participants pursuant to the provisions of Article XII;
(k) To instruct the Trustee as to the management, investment, and reinvestment of the Trust Fund as provided in the Trust Agreement;
(l) To appoint investment managers;
(m) To receive and review reports from the Trustee and from investment managers as to the financial condition of the Trust Fund, including its receipts
and disbursements;
(n) To review periodically the Plan's short-term and long-term investment needs and goals and to communicate such needs and goals to the Trustee
and any investment manager as frequently as the Committee, in its discretion, deems necessary for the proper administration of the Plan and Trust;
(o) To establish or designate Investment Funds as investment options under the Plan as provided in Article V;
(p) To determine in its discretion administrative expenses properly payable from the Plan and allocate the payment of such expenses from Participants'
Accounts or forfeitures.
(q) To direct the Trustee as to the exercise of rights or privileges to acquire, convert, or exchange Company Stock pursuant to Article V; and
(r) To amend the Plan in accordance with and to the extent provided in Article XIII.
10.8 Employer to Supply Information. The Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Committee, including, but not limited to, information
relating to each Participant's compensation, age, retirement, death, or other cause of termination of employment and such other pertinent facts as the
Committee may require. The Employer shall advise the Trustee of such of the foregoing facts as are deemed necessary for the Trustee to carry out the
Trustee's duties under the Plan. When making a determination in connection with the Plan, the Committee shall be entitled to rely upon the aforesaid
information furnished by the Employer.
10.9 Indemnification. The Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and each Employee
who is a fiduciary or a delegate of the Committee against any and all expenses and liabilities arising out of his administrative functions or fiduciary
responsibilities, including any expenses and liabilities that are caused by or result from an act or omission constituting the negligence of such individual in
the performance of such functions or responsibilities, but excluding -52-