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. If no designated Beneficiary survives 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 Administrative Officer of Verizon (or his or her 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 Sates 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 6.7] 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.

In the event an Eligible Employee, upon becoming a Participant, is not a participant in the Retirement Plan, he may file with the Committee (or its delegate) a designation of one or more Beneficiaries to whom benefits otherwise payable to the Participant shall be made prior to the complete distribution of his benefits under the Plan. Such a Beneficiary designation shall be on the form prescribed by the Committee and shall be effective when received and accepted by the Committee. A Participant who is not a participant in the Retirement Plan may, from time to time, revoke or change his Beneficiary designation by filing a new designation form with the Committee. The last valid designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided, however, that no Beneficiary designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received prior to the Participant’s death, and shall not be effective as of a date prior to its receipt or if the Participant is a participant in the Retirement Plan at the time of his death..

Section # Designation of Beneficiary; Payments to Beneficiary.

The submission of a new Beneficiary designation shall cancel all prior Beneficiary designations. Any finalized divorce or marriage of a Participant subsequent to the date of a Beneficiary designation shall revoke such designation, unless in the case of divorce the previous Spouse was not designated as Beneficiary and unless in the case of marriage the Participant's new Spouse has previously been designated as Beneficiary. The Spouse of a married Participant shall consent to any designation of a Beneficiary other than the Spouse, and the Spouse's consent shall be witnessed by a notary public.

I hereby revoke any prior designations of death benefit beneficiary/ies under the Plan, and I hereby designate the following beneficiary/ies to receive any benefit payable on account of my death under the Plan, subject to my right to change this designation and subject to the terms of the Plan:

RESOLVED, that [Section 8.2] of the Plan is hereby amended to conform the Plan's beneficiary designation procedures with those under the Corporation's Supplemental Retirement 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan by clarifying that (i) a married participant must designate his or her spouse as the beneficiary unless such spouse consents in writing to the designation of another beneficiary, (ii) the default beneficiary of a married participant shall be the spouse and (iii) a Participant's divorce decree will not revoke an existing beneficiary designation, to read as amended in [Exhibit A] ("Amendment"); and

The Employee may change the designation of beneficiaries at any time upon written notice to MGE. If no beneficiary survives the Employee, then the remaining payments shall be made to the estate of the Employee. If the last beneficiary named dies after the Employee, but before the total number of payments to the Employee and his beneficiaries equals 120, then the remaining payments shall be made to the estate of the beneficiary last to die.

“Beneficiary” means the Person or Persons designated in writing as such by Executive and filed with the Company at any time. Any such designation may be withdrawn or changed in writing by Executive, but only the last such designation on file shall be effective. If the Beneficiary predeceases Executive and no contingent Beneficiary was designated, or if Executive failed to designate a Beneficiary, then the Beneficiary shall be Executive’s estate.