FUNDING. Benefits payable under this Plan to a Participant or to a beneficiary will be paid by the Company from its general assets. The Company is not required to segregate on its books or otherwise establish any funding procedure for any amount to be used for the payment of benefits under this Plan. The Company may, however, in its sole discretion, set funds aside in investments to meet its anticipated obligations under this Plan. Any such action or set-aside may not be deemed to create a trust of any kind between the Company and any Participant or beneficiary or to constitute the funding of any Plan benefits. Consequently, any person entitled to a payment under this Plan will have no rights greater than the rights of any other unsecured creditor of the Company.

FUNDING.Section # Funding. Benefits payable under this Plan to a Participant or to a beneficiary willany person shall be paid by the Company from its general assets. TheShares to be distributed hereunder shall be issued directly by the Company is notfrom its authorized but unissued Shares or acquired by the Company on the open market, or a combination thereof. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall be required to segregate on itstheir books or otherwise establish any funding procedure for any amount to be used for the payment of benefits under this Plan. The Company or any of its Affiliates may, however, in itstheir sole discretion, set funds aside in investments to meet itsany anticipated obligations under this Plan. Any such action or set-aside mayshall not be deemed to create a trust of any kind between the Company or any of its Affiliates and any Participant or beneficiaryother person entitled to benefits under the Plan or to constitute the funding of any Plan benefits. Consequently, any person entitled to a payment under thisthe Plan will have no rights greater than the rights of any other unsecured general creditor of the Company.Company or its Affiliates.

FUNDING. Benefits payable under thisUnfunded Plan Status. All payments pursuant to a Participant or to a beneficiary willthe Plan shall be paid bymade from the Company from its general assets. The Company is not required to segregate on its books or otherwise establish any funding procedure for any amount to be used for the paymentfunds of benefits under this Plan. The Company may, however, in its sole discretion, set funds aside in investments to meet its anticipated obligations under this Plan. Any such action or set-aside may not be deemed to create a trust of any kind between the Company and anyno special or separate fund shall be established or other segregation of assets made to assure payment. No Participant or beneficiaryother person shall have under any circumstances any interest in any particular property or to constitute the funding of any Plan benefits. Consequently, any person entitled to a payment under this Plan will have no rights greater than the rights of any other unsecured creditorassets of the Company.Company as a result of participating in the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may (but shall not be obligated to) create one (1) or more grantor trusts, the assets of which are subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, to assist it in accumulating funds to pay its obligations under the Plan.

FUNDING. Benefits payable under thisThis Plan to a Participant or to a beneficiary will be paid by the Company from its general assets. The Company is not required to segregate on its books or otherwise establish any funding procedure for any amountintended to be used foran unfunded plan. All payments pursuant to the paymentPlan shall be made from the general funds of benefits under this Plan. The Company may, however, in its sole discretion, set funds aside in investments to meet its anticipated obligations under this Plan. Any such action or set-aside may not be deemed to create a trust of any kind between the Company and anyno special or separate fund shall be established or other segregation of assets made to assure payment. No Participant or beneficiaryother person shall have under any circumstances any interest in any particular property or to constitute the funding of any Plan benefits. Consequently, any person entitled to a payment under this Plan will have no rights greater than the rights of any other unsecured creditorassets of the Company.Company as a result of participating in the Plan.

FUNDING. Benefits payableprovided under this Plan to a Participant or to a beneficiary will be paid byare unfunded and unsecured obligations of the Company payable from its general assets. TheNothing contained in this Plan shall require the Company is not required to segregate onany monies from its books or otherwise establish any funding procedure for any amount to be used for the payment of benefits under this Plan. The Company may, however, in its sole discretion, set funds aside in investments to meet its anticipated obligations under this Plan. Any such action or set-aside may not be deemedgeneral funds, to create aany trust or other funding vehicle, to make any special deposits, or to purchase any policies of insurance with respect to such obligations. If the Company elects to take any kind betweensuch action, such assets, investments and the proceeds therefrom shall at all times remain the sole property of the Company and subject to its creditors. No other individual shall have any Participanteconomic interest or beneficiarysimilar rights under the Plan or to constitute the fundingany ownership rights in such assets, investments or proceeds, whether by reason of any Plan benefits. Consequently, any person entitled tobeing a payment under this Plan will have no rights greater than the rights of any other unsecured creditor of the Company.named insured or otherwise.

FUNDING. Benefits payable under this PlanAll payments to abe made hereunder shall be paid from the general assets of the Company, and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts. No Participant shall have any right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to a beneficiary willany amounts under the Plan prior to receipt. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no actions taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be paid by the Company from its general assets. The Company is not required to segregate on its books or otherwise establish any funding procedure for any amount to be used for the payment of benefits under this Plan. The Company may, however, in its sole discretion, set funds aside in investments to meet its anticipated obligations under this Plan. Any such action or set-aside may not be deemedconstrued to create a trust or fund of any kindkind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any other person. The rights of any Participant or beneficiary or to constitute the funding of any Plan benefits. Consequently, any person entitled to a payment under this Plan will haveamounts hereunder shall be no rights greater than the rightsthose of any otheran unsecured general creditor of the Company.

FUNDING. Benefits payable under thisThe Plan to a Participant or to a beneficiary willshall be unfunded and all costs of the Plan shall be paid byfrom the Company’s general assets. Neither the Company from its general assets. The Company is notnor the Board shall be required to segregate on its books or otherwise establish any funding procedure forassets that may at any amount totime be used for the payment ofrepresented by benefits under thisthe Plan. TheNeither the Company may, however, in its sole discretion, set funds aside in investments to meet its anticipated obligations under this Plan. Any such action or set-aside may notnor the Board shall be deemed to createbe a trusttrustee of any kind betweenamounts to be paid under the Plan. Any liability of the Company andto any Participant with respect to any benefit shall be based solely upon any contractual obligations created by the Plan and the Participation Agreement; no such obligation shall be deemed to be secured by any pledge or beneficiary or to constitute the funding of any Plan benefits. Consequently,encumbrance on any person entitled to a payment under this Plan will have no rights greater than the rights of any other unsecured creditorproperty of the Company.

FUNDING. Benefits payable under this Plan to a ParticipantNo trust fund, escrow account or to a beneficiary willother segregation of assets need be paidestablished or made by the Company from its general assets. The Company is not required to segregate on its booksguarantee, secure or otherwise establish any funding procedure for any amount to be used forassure the payment of any amount payable hereunder. The Company’s obligation to make payments pursuant to this Plan shall constitute only a general contractual liability of the Company to individuals entitled to benefits underhereunder and other actual or possible payees hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof. Payments hereunder shall be made only from such funds of the Company as it shall determine, and no individual entitled to benefits hereunder shall have any interest in any particular asset of the Company by reason of the existence of this Plan. The Company may, however,No provision of the Plan shall be interpreted so as to give any individual any right in its sole discretion, set funds aside in investments to meet its anticipated obligations under this Plan. Any such action or set-aside may not be deemed to create a trustany assets of any kind between the Company and any Participant or beneficiary or to constitute the funding of any Plan benefits. Consequently, any person entitled to a payment under this Plan will have no rights greater than the rights of any othera general unsecured creditor of the Company. It is expressly understood as a condition for receipt of any benefits under this Plan that the Company is not obligated to create a trust fund or escrow account or to segregate any asset of the Company in any fashion.