Section 9. Certain Elections for Participants in Prior Plan
9.1 Election to Continue Under Original Plan Provisions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Eligible Employees who, as of March 31, 1998, were Participants in the Prior Plan were given the opportunity, pursuant to a one-time, irrevocable written election, to have certain provisions relating to permitted Deferrals, Matching Awards and investments as described in Exhibit “B” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the “Original Plan Provisions”), apply with respect to their future Plan participation.
9.2 Election for Investment of Pre-April 1, 1998 Deferrals and Matching Awards. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Eligible Employees who, as of March 31, 1998, were Participants in the Prior Plan and who did not make the election provided for in Section 9.1 to have the Original Plan Provisions apply to their future Plan participation, were given the opportunity, pursuant to a one-time, irrevocable written election, to have the investment provisions set forth in Section 6.1 and the valuation provisions set forth in Section 8.1(a) apply to the entirety of their Account, including Salary Deferrals and Matching Awards made under the Prior Plan prior to April 1, 1998. The Account of each Participant who made such an election was valued as of March 31, 1998 using the actual rate of return of such Account assets in accordance with the investment provisions of Section 6.2. From and after April 1, 1998, the provisions of Sections 6.2 and 8.1(b) no longer applied to any portion of their Account. Furthermore, such Participant’s election under Section 8.2(b)(v) shall be applied as if all amounts in Participant’s Account, subject to the Retirement Option, were deferred on or after April 1, 1998.
Section 10. Nontransferability
10.1 Nontransferability. In no event shall the Company or any Participating Employer make any distribution or payment under this Plan to any assignee or creditor of a Participant or a Beneficiary. Prior to the time of a distribution or payment hereunder, a Participant or a Beneficiary shall have no right by way of anticipation or otherwise to assign or otherwise dispose of any interest under this Plan.
Section 11. Designation of Beneficiaries
11.1 Specified Beneficiary. A Participant shall designate a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries who, upon the Participant’s death are to receive the amounts that otherwise would have been paid to the Participant. All Beneficiary designations shall be in writing and signed by the Participant, and shall be effective only if and when delivered to the Plan Administrator during the lifetime of the Participant. A Participant may, from time to time during his lifetime, change his Beneficiary or Beneficiaries by a signed, written instrument delivered to the Plan Administrator. The payment of amounts shall be in accordance with the last unrevoked written designation of the Beneficiary that has been signed and so delivered.
11.2 Estate as Beneficiary. If a Participant designates a Beneficiary without providing in the designation that the Beneficiary must be living at the time of each distribution, the designation shall vest in the Beneficiary all of the distributions whether payable before or after the Beneficiary’s death, and any distributions remaining upon the Beneficiary’s death shall be made to the Beneficiary’s estate. In the event a Participant shall not designate a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, or if, for any reason, such designation shall be ineffective, in whole or in part, as determined solely in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, the distribution that otherwise would have been paid to such Participant shall be paid to the Participant’s estate.
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