Beneficiary Designation; Change. A participant shall designate his or her Beneficiary by delivering to the Corporate Secretary’s Office a written statement or instructions in a form provided by the Company (the “Beneficiary Designation Form”). A participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and the Corporate Secretary’s Office of the Company’s rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time. No Beneficiary Designation Form shall be valid unless accepted by the Corporate Secretary’s Office of the Company. Upon the acceptance by the Corporate Secretary’s Office of the Company of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously filed shall be canceled. The Corporate Secretary’s Office of the Company shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the participant and accepted by the Corporate Secretary’s Office of the Company prior to the participant’s death.

A Director or former Director may designate a beneficiary to receive distributions from the Plan in accordance with the provisions of [Section 7] upon the death of the Director. The beneficiary designation may be changed by a Director or former Director at any time, and without the consent of the prior beneficiary, except as required under applicable law.

Beneficiary Designation. The Participant may, pursuant to the Plan, name one or more beneficiaries to whom vested benefits under this Agreement shall be paid in case of Participant’s death before Participant receives all of such benefits. In the absence of any such designation, benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid to his or her estate.

Beneficiary Designation. The Participant may designate on the attached beneficiary designation the person or persons to receive payment of Vested RSUs in the event of the Participant’s death. In the event the Participant fails to designate a beneficiary, amounts payable in the event of Participant’s death shall be paid to the Participant’s estate.

Each Non-Employee Director may designate a beneficiary for each outstanding grant of Restricted Stock and for payment of his Deferred Accounts in the event of his death. If no beneficiary is designated or the beneficiary does not survive the Non-Employee Director, the award shall be made to the Non-Employee Director’s surviving spouse or, if there is none, to his estate.

Beneficiary Designation. A Participant may designate a beneficiary to receive any Options that may be exercised after death or to receive any other Award that may be paid after his death, as provided for in the Award Agreement. Such designation and any change or revocation of such designation shall be made in writing in the form and manner prescribed by the Committee (or its delegee). In the event that the designated beneficiary dies prior to the Participant, or in the event that no beneficiary has been designated, any Awards that may be exercised or paid following the Participant’s death shall be transferred or paid in accordance with the Participant’s will or the laws of descent and distribution.

Beneficiary Designation. The Awardee may designate one or more beneficiaries, from time to time, to whom any benefit under this Agreement is to be paid in case of Awardee’s death. Each designation must be in writing, signed by Awardee and delivered to the Company. Each new designation will revoke all prior designations.

"Beneficiary" means such person(s) as the Participant has designated. A Participant may change his/her Beneficiary designation at any time. All Beneficiary designations (including changes) shall be made in writing on such forms as the Committee shall prescribe, and shall become effective only when received and accepted by the Committee; provided, however, that a Beneficiary designation (including a change) received by the Committee after the designating Participant's death shall be disregarded. In the absence of a Beneficiary designation, or if the designated Beneficiary is no longer living or in existence at the time of the Participant's death, all distributions payable from the Plan upon the Participant's death shall be paid to the Participant's estate.

Form and Method of Designation. The affirmative designation of any beneficiary and any elected change or revocation thereof by a Participant shall be made on forms provided by the Committee

A Participant may change his or her designation of Beneficiary(ies) at any time pursuant to [Section 7.08].

I reserve the right to revoke and/or change this designation after the filing of a new Beneficiary Designation Form delivered as provided under the terms and conditions of the Plan.

In such event, the designation of a Beneficiary shall be made on a form satisfactory to the Administrator. A Participant may at any time revoke a designation of a Beneficiary or change a Beneficiary by filing written (or in such other form as permitted by the IRS) notice of such revocation or change with the Administrator. However, the Participant's Spouse must again consent in wr iting (or in such other form as permitted by the IRS) to any change in Beneficiary unless the original consent acknowledged that the Sp ouse had the right to limit consent only to a specific Beneficiary and that the Spouse voluntarily elected to relinquish such right.

A Participant may designate a Beneficiary or change a previous Beneficiary designation at such times prescribed by the Committee by using forms and following procedures approved or accepted by the Committee for that purpose.

Beneficiary. Holder’s rights hereunder shall be exercisable during Holder’s lifetime only by Holder or Holder’s legal representative. Holder may file with the Committee a written designation of beneficiary (such person(s) being the Holder’s “Beneficiary”), on such form as may be prescribed by the Committee. Holder may, from time to time, amend or revoke a designation of Beneficiary. In the event that Holder does not file a written designation of Beneficiary, or where such Beneficiary predeceases the Holder, the following rules shall apply: # the Holder’s beneficiary designation for the basic life insurance benefits provided by the Company shall be Holder’s Beneficiary; and # in the absence of such basic life insurance beneficiary, or in the event that such basic life insurance beneficiary predeceases the Holder, the Holder’s estate shall be deemed to be Holder’s Beneficiary.

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.