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ii. to pay or provide for the payment of reasonable and necessary expenses of administering <br />Group Employee Benefits and Other Financial and Risk Management Services including, <br />without limitation, all expenses which may be incurred in connection with the <br />establishment and administration of Pools, the employment of administrative, legal, <br />accounting, other expert and clerical assistance, the leasing of such premises and the <br />purchase of lease materials, supplies, equipment, and liability and property insurance; <br />iii. to establish and accumulate funds deemed adequate by the Trustees to carry out the <br />purpose of the Pools, for example, for purposes of rate stability and risk reserve; <br />iv. to pay any federal, state or local income, employment, death or other tax which may be <br />properly imposed on or levied against Group Employee Benefit, Other Financial and Risk <br />Management Service, a Pool, or on benefits paid therefrom; <br />V. to pay for any bond and to pay the premiums on any insurance purchased by a Pool, <br />including, but not limited to liability insurance, "stop loss" insurance and other insurance <br />intended to pay directly or indirectly the benefits established with respect to a Pool; and <br />vi. to pay the SC any service fee payable to it pursuant to, or authorized pursuant to, this <br />Agreement. <br />6.3 Investment of Program Funds. Program Funds shall be held and invested in a manner that is <br />consistent with any applicable legal requirements regarding the holding and investment of funds by the <br />Participant Members who are governmental units within the meaning of Minn. Stat. 471.59. <br />6.4 Withdrawal of Participant Member. In the event of the withdrawal of a Participant Member <br />prior to the termination of this Agreement or of a Pool, Program Funds attributable to contributions of <br />such Participant Member shall not be returned to such Participant Member. <br />6.5 Termination of Pool. In the event of termination of a Pool, any portion of the Program Funds <br />that has been designated for use solely in connection with the terminating Pool, and any other portion <br />allocated to the terminating Pool by the Trustees in its sole discretion, shall be distributed to the Pool <br />Participant Members in a manner to be determined by the Trustees, which may include the following: <br />payment of benefits to or on behalf of enrolled employees with respect to claims <br />arising prior to such termination; <br />ii. provision of similar benefits for such employees; <br />iii. payment of reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in such termination. <br />iv. payment of taxes; and <br />V. cash payments to Participant Members according to a formula established by the <br />Trustees and adopted in the by-laws. <br />Upon such termination, the Trustees shall continue to serve for such period of time and to the extent <br />necessary to carry out the directions of the preceding sentence. The Participant Members who receive <br />such distributions shall be solely responsible for determining whether, and to what extent, any amounts <br />they receive will be distributed to individuals who were covered by benefit programs provided by the <br />terminating Pool. <br />12 <br />Rev. 712015 <br />