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 so assigned, and actual transfer thereof is recorded upon the books of the respective corporations.

(Signed) , Per.

There is pasted to this stub the original assignment of legal title for the transfer of Mr. Rockefeller's trust certificates into corporate stock of the respective companies. This has been returned and marked "cancelled" and attached to the original stub, and is as follows:

Number A 365.

Assignment of Legal Title to Stocks Heretofore Represented by 256,854 shares.

Whereas, John D. Rockefeller is the owner of the equitable title to $256,854/972,500$ of the amount of corporate stocks held by the trustees of the Standard Oil Trust in each of the several corporations whose stocks were held by said trust on the first day of July, 1892, which equitable ownership was represented by 256,854 shares of Standard Oil Trust surrendered for cancellation. Now, we, the trustees in whose names the legal title to said stock stands, do hereby assign and transfer to John D. Rockefeller and his assigns the legal title to the aforesaid amount of the said stocks and authorise the proper officers of the several corporations to transfer upon their books and to issue corporate certificates for the required amount of their respective capital stocks upon presentation and cancellation of this assignment. The several corporations will issue stock certificates for whole shares and scrip for fractions of shares and upon presentation of fractional share scrip sufficient for the purpose, certificates for whole shares will be issued. When transfer of stock upon the corporate books is desired by virtue of this assignment, it must be placed in the hands of an attorney in fact, both for the assignee and the undersigned trustees, and said attorney shall first obtain the proper certificates and scrip from all the several companies, and thereupon shall deliver the certificates to the trustees and the stock certificates and scrip to the party or parties entitled thereto.