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Designated Beneficiary
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No Designated Beneficiary. If no Beneficiary has been validly designated by a Participant, or the Beneficiary designated by the Participant is no longer living or in existence at the time of the Participant's death, then the Participant's Beneficiary shall be deemed to be the Participant's legal spouse under applicable state law, or if none, the Participant's estate.

No Beneficiary Designation. If the Participant dies without a valid designation of beneficiary, or if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant, then the Participant’s surviving spouse shall be the designated Beneficiary. If the Participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits shall be made payable to the personal representative of the Participant’s estate.

No Beneficiary. If a designated Beneficiary does not survive the Participant, or if there is no valid Beneficiary designation, amounts payable under the Plan upon the death of the Participant shall be paid to the Participant’s spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, then to the duly appointed and currently acting personal representative of the Participant’s estate.

No Beneficiary Designation. If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided in Sections 10,1, 10.2 and 10.3 above 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.

Section # No Beneficiary Designation. If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary, or if no Beneficiary survives the Participant (or if no Beneficiary survives until the complete distribution of the Participant’s Account balance), then the Participant’s Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her surviving spouse. If the deceased Participant has no surviving spouse, then the Participant’s Account balance, as the case may be, shall be payable to the executor or personal representative of the deceased Participant’s estate.

Section # No Beneficiary Designation. If a Participant fails to name a Beneficiary in accordance with [Section 6.1], if the Beneficiary named by a Participant predeceases him or her or dies before complete distribution is made to the Beneficiary under the Plan, or there is a disclaimer pursuant to law, then the Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s Spouse, but if the Spouse predeceases the Participant, then the Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s descendants per stirpes, and if none survive the Participant, then the Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s estate.

Designation of Beneficiary. Each Participant shall designate his or her Beneficiary on a form provided by the Plan Administrator, and such designation may include primary and contingent beneficiaries; provided, however, that if a Participant or Former Participant is married on the date of his or her death, the Participant’s then spouse shall be the Participant’s Beneficiary unless such spouse consented to the designation of another Beneficiary in accordance with [Section 13.08]. If a Participant does not designate a Beneficiary and is not married at the date of his or her death, the estate of the Participant shall be deemed to be the designated Beneficiary. If a Participant has completed a Beneficiary designation in which the Participant designates his or her spouse as the Beneficiary, and the Participant and the Participant’s spouse are legally divorced subsequent to the date of such designation, then the designation of such spouse as a Beneficiary hereunder will be deemed null and void unless the Participant, subsequent to the legal divorce, reaffirms the designation by completing a new Beneficiary designation form.

NO BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION. If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided in [Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3]3]3] above, 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 his or her surviving spouse. If the Participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits remaining under the Plan shall be paid to the Participant’s issue upon the principle of representation and if there is no such issue, to the Participant’s estate.

Beneficiary” means the persons, trusts, estates or other entities designated in writing by a Participant, or otherwise entitled to receive benefits under the Plan upon the death of a Participant. If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary, then the Participant’s Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s spouse or, if the Participant does not have a spouse on the Participant’s date of death, the Participant’s estate.

Designation of Beneficiary: Each Participant may designate one or more primary or contingent Beneficiaries to whom his benefits are to be paid in the event the Participant should die prior to receiving such benefits. Such designation shall be made in writing and shall be filed with the Plan Administrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Participant designates a Beneficiary other than his surviving spouse, such designation shall not be effective unless the Participant’s spouse consents or has consented to such designation in accordance with [Section 7.02]. In the event a Participant designates his spouse as a beneficiary, such designation shall become null and void upon the entry of a decree in divorce by a court of competent jurisdiction, absent an order of court or a signed, written agreement between the parties to the contrary. If, at the time of the Participant’s death, no such Beneficiary is living, or if the Participant has failed to designate one and the Participant has no surviving spouse, the Trustee shall pay the benefits as follows: # to the Participant’s then living children, including adopted children, in equal shares, or # if there is no living child, to the surviving parent or parents of the Participant in equal shares, or # if there is no living child or parent, to the legal representative of the Participant’s estate.

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