A Participant may select one or more Beneficiaries by filing with the Committee a written designation of such Beneficiaries on such forms as may be prescribed by the Committee and may, from time to time, amend or revoke such designation. If no Beneficiary survives the Participant, the Qualified Plan Beneficiary shall be the Beneficiary, or if no Qualified Plan Beneficiary survives, the executor or administrator of the Participant's estate shall be deemed to be the Beneficiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a married Participant's initial designation and/or any subsequent change in Beneficiary designation to someone other than or in addition to his or her Eligible Spouse shall not be effective unless the Eligible Spouse consents in writing to such designation. The Committee shall have the authority to establish from time to time additional rules and procedures with respect to the designation of Beneficiaries hereunder.

A Participant may designate a beneficiary or change a previous designation only by written notice. No such designation or change will be effective until received by New York Life, but, once it has been so received, it will take effect as of the date the notice was signed, subject to any payment made or other action taken before such receipt. A beneficiary designation made under the Plan prior to the Effective Date as communicated by the Contractholder to New York Life will continue in force until changed by the Participant in accordance with the foregoing.

The designated beneficiary is the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the Employee on a beneficiary designation form properly filed by the Employee in accordance with established administrative procedures, or if there is no such designated beneficiary, the Employee’s estate. Employees may name and change beneficiaries without the consent of any person.

No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be effective until received, accepted and acknowledged in writing by the Committee or its designated agent. Any such acknowledgement not received by the Participant before his death shall not be valid.

Beneficiary. Each participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate his or her Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent) to receive any benefits payable under the Plan to a beneficiary upon the death of a participant as specified pursuant to [Section 7] above. The Beneficiary designated under the Plan may be the same as or different from the Beneficiary designation under any other plan of the Company in which the participant participates. For purposes of the Plan, “Beneficiary” shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities, designated in accordance with this [Section 19], that are entitled to receive benefits under the Plan upon the death of a participant. If a participant fails to designate a Beneficiary or if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the participant or die prior to complete distribution of the participant’s benefits, then the participant’s designated Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her surviving spouse. If the participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits remaining under the Plan to be paid to a Beneficiary shall be payable to the executor or personal representative of the participant’s estate.

Beneficiary. The Participant shall designate a beneficiary in writing and in such manner as is acceptable to the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Verizon (or her or his designee). Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the Participant with respect to the Participant’s benefits under the Plan and shall be effective only when filed by the Participant with the Company during the Participant’s lifetime. If the Participant fails to so designate a beneficiary, or if no such designated beneficiary survives the Participant, the Participant’s beneficiary shall be the Participant’s estate.

Beneficiary. “Beneficiary” means an individual (human being), a trust that is a United States person within the meaning of the Code, a person that has been recognized as a charitable organization under Code section 170(b), or the Participant’s estate designated in accordance with Section 5.6 to receive all or a part of the Participant’s Account in the event of the Participant’s death prior to full distribution thereof. A person so designated shall not be considered a Beneficiary until the death of the Participant.

Beneficiary. In accordance with the Plan, the Executive, by completing, signing and returning to the Company a "Designation of Beneficiary," shall have the right to designate a beneficiary to receive any payment of any Award (deferred or otherwise) and/or to exercise the option, remaining unpaid and/or unexercised at Executive's death, all in the manner and to the extent set forth in this Agreement. The designation may be changed at any time by written notice delivered to the Company. If no Designation of Beneficiary is made, any Award remaining unpaid or unexercised, in whole or in part, at the time of death of the Executive, shall be paid to, or may be exercised by, his legal representative. The Executive cannot otherwise transfer any Award.

Beneficiary. Beneficiary means the person or persons designated by an Eligible Employee who are to receive any amounts payable under the Plan following the death of the Eligible Employee.

Beneficiary. The beneficiary or beneficiaries (including any contingent beneficiary or beneficiaries) designated pursuant to [subsection 8.3] hereof.