Last Will and Testament of Linda McCartney

I, LINDA LOUISE McCARTNEY, a citizen of the United States residing at _____________________________, declare this to be my Will, revoking all prior Wills and codicils.

FIRST: I give my residuary estate, defined as the residue of my estate, real and personal, including lapsed gifts, after deduction of taxes and other charges to the extent provided in Paragraphs A and B of Article EIGHTH as follows:

A. If my husband, JAMES PAUL McCARTNEY, survives me, I give my residuary estate to my trustees in a separate trust to be known as the qualified domestic marital trust. My trustees shall pay the net income of this trust at least quarterly to my husband from the date of my death and as long as he lives, and subject to Article SECOND hereof, my trustees shall also pay to my said husband such sum or sums from principal, up to the whole thereof, as my trustee who is an individual citizen of the United States or which is a domestic corporation deems advisable in his, her or its sole discretion. Upon my husband's death my trustees shall pay over the remaining principal of this trust in equal shares to such of my children, HEATHER LOUISE McCARTNEY, MARY ANNA McCARTNEY, STELLA NINA McCARTNEY and JAMES LOUIS McCARTNEY, as survive my husband, and to the issue then living of each of them who shall have predeceased my husband leaving issue then living, such issue to divide per stirpes the share the child of mine would have received if living.

B. If my husband does not survive me, I give my residuary estate in equal shares to such of my children named in Paragraph A hereof who survive me, and to the issue then living of each of them who shall have predeceased me, such issue to divide per stirpes the share the child of mine would have received if living.

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