Death Prior to Separation from Service and Disability. In the event the Executive dies prior to Separation from Service and Disability, the Employer shall pay the Beneficiary the Deferral Account balance as of the date of the Executive’s death, plus an additional amount equal to the Contributions remaining to be made in accordance with [Article 2]. This benefit shall be paid in a lump sum or in quarterly installments up to 10 years, at the selection of the Executive, and shall commence the first day of the immediately subsequent quarter following the Executive’s death. During the payment period, interest shall be credited on the unpaid portion of the benefit as described in [Section 3.1(b)(ii)]. The quarterly payments shall be amortized in such a way so as to produce equal payments over the remaining payment period. This will require quarterly reamortization for changes in the Crediting Rate.

Separation from Service. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, and notwithstanding any election that has been made by a Participant under [Section 5.2(a) or 5.2(b)])], above, if a Participant has elected a Scheduled Withdrawal Date on a date certain pursuant to [Section 5.2(a)(i)], above, with respect to a Plan Year Account, and such Participant experiences a separation from service from the Company, as defined in [Section 5.3], below, before distribution in respect of his or her Plan Year Account having such a Scheduled Withdrawal Date has begun, then the balance of the Participant’s vested Plan Year Account associated with such Scheduled Withdrawal Date shall be paid in a lump sum distribution as soon as administratively practicable following such separation from service, in an amount equal to the balance credited to such Account as of the last day of the month of termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Plan Year Account that has become payable in installments prior to the date of a Participant’s separation from service pursuant to an election under [Section 5.2(b)(ii)] shall continue to be so paid.

Separation from Service. The phrases “termination of employment,” “separation from service,” and similar phrases as used in this Plan shall refer to separation from service within the meaning of the Regulations, determined by reference to the presumptive rule of Treasury Reg. § 1.409A-1(h)(l)(ii) (under which a reasonable expectation of a permanent reduction in the level of service to no more than 20% of the average level during the prior 36-month or other applicable period is presumed to result in a separation from service), and determined by treating the Company and all Subsidiaries as single Employer.

Separation from Service. Upon a Participant’s Separation from Service, a lump sum payment shall be made to the Participant within the 90-day period beginning on the fifteenth (15th) day of the month following the end of the month in which such event occurs, in an amount equal to the balance credited to the Participant’s Accounts as of the last day of the month in which such event occurs.

Separation from Service. Separation from Service means the termination of an Eligible Employee’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries, provided such termination also constitutes a separation from service under Section 409A of the Code.

Separation from Service. The Participant’s separation from service with the Employer and all Affiliated Entities, within the meaning of Code Section 409A.

Separation from Service. Termination of employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary. A Separation from Service will be deemed to have occurred if the Employee’s services with the Corporation or a Subsidiary is reduced to an annual rate that is 20 percent or less of the services rendered, on average, during the immediately preceding three years of employment (or if employed less than three years, such lesser period). The Committee shall have the power to promulgate Committee Rules and other guidelines in connection with the determination of a Separation from Service and any such determination by the Committee shall be final and conclusive as to all Eligible Employees and other persons claiming rights under the Plan.

Separation from Service. The Participant's Separation from Service; provided, however, that if the Participant is a [Section 409A] Specified Employee as of the date of his or her Separation from Service and any of the Company's Stock is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise, the Company shall withhold payment of any [Section 409A] Award deferral that becomes payable to such [Section 409A] Specified Employee on account of his or her Separation from Service until the first day of the seventh (7th) month following such Separation from Service or, if earlier, the date of his or her death. In the case of installments, this delay shall not affect the timing of any installment otherwise payable after the six-month delay period;

Termination of Service; Death; Disability; Change in Control. In the event of the Director’s Separation from Service, death, Disability, or a Change in Control while Awards are outstanding, the following vesting provisions will apply.

Except as provided in [subparagraph (b)], as soon as administratively practicable following the completion of the first valuation of a Participant’s Account pursuant to Section 2.1 which coincides with or next follows the Participant’s Separation from Service, the value of the Participant’s Account at the time of such Separation from Service shall be paid to the Participant or, if such Participant is not living at the time of payment, to such Participant’s Beneficiaries in a single lump-sum payment in cash.