15.7 Incompetent. If the Administrator determines in its discretion that payment under this Plan is to be made to a minor, a person declared incompetent, or to a person incapable of handling his affairs because of accident or illness, the Administrator may direct payment of that benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of the minor, incompetent, or incapacitated person. The Administrator may require proof of minority, incompetence, incapacity or guardianship, as it deems appropriate, prior to payment. Any payment under the Plan will be a payment for the account of the Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary, as the case may be, and will be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for that amount.
15.8 Information Required. Each Participant must file with the Administrator all pertinent information concerning the Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary as specified by the Administrator, and no Participant or Beneficiary or other person will have any rights or be entitled to any benefits under the Plan, unless that information has been filed by, or with respect to, the Participant.
15.9 Communications by Participant or Beneficiary. All elections, designations, requests, notices, instructions, and other communications from a Participant, Beneficiary, or other person to the Administrator required or permitted under the Plan must be in the form prescribed by the Administrator, and must be mailed by first-class mail or delivered to a location specified by the Administrator and will be deemed to have been given and delivered only on actual receipt by the Administrator at that location.
15.10 Communications by Administrator. All notices, statements, reports, and other communications from the Administrator to any Employee, Participant, Beneficiary, or other person required or permitted under the Plan will be deemed to have been given when delivered to, or when mailed first-class mail, postage prepaid and addressed to, the Employee, Participant, Beneficiary, or other person at the person’s address last appearing on the records of the Company Group.
15.11 No Employment Rights. Nothing contained in the Plan or any Contribution Agreement shall confer upon any individual any right with respect to the continuation of employment by or provision of services to any member of the Company Group or interfere in any way with the right of the Employee, subject to the terms of any separate agreement to the contrary, at any time to terminate such employment or service or to increase or decrease the compensation of such individual.
15.12 Effect of Payment. The full payment of a Participant’s Account balance under the terms of the Plan will completely discharge all obligations of the Company to the Participant and the Participant’s designated Beneficiaries under the Plan.
15.13 Withholding of Taxes. The Company (or other applicable member of the Company Group) will deduct from the Participant’s compensation or from the amount of any payment made under the Plan, or both, any amounts required to be paid or withheld by the federal government or any state or local government. By participating in the Plan, the Participant agrees to these deductions.
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