An Eligible Employee may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any shares and cash, if any, from the Eligible Employee 's account under this Plan in the event of such Eligible Employee's death subsequent to the end of an Purchase Period but prior to delivery to him of such shares and cash. In addition, an Eligible Employee may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the Eligible Employee 's account under this Plan in the event of such Eligible Employee's death prior to a Purchase Date.

The Eligible Employee may change such designation of beneficiary at any time by written notice. In the event of the death of a participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under this Plan who is living at the time of such Eligible Employee's death, the Company shall deliver such shares or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such shares or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.