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(a)(1) such Spouse (or the Spouse’s legal guardian if the Spouse is legally incompetent) executes a written instrument
whereby such Spouse consents not to receive such benefit and consents either:
(i) to the specific beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the Participant; or
(ii) to the Participant’s right to designate any beneficiary without further consent by the Spouse;
(2) such instrument acknowledges the effect of the election to which the Spouse’s consent is being given; and
(3) such instrument is witnessed by a Plan representative or notary public;
(b) the Participant:
(1) establishes to the satisfaction of the Committee that his Spouse cannot be located; or
(2) furnishes a court order to the Committee establishing that the Participant is legally separated or has been abandoned
(within the meaning of local law), unless a qualified domestic relations order pertaining to such Participant provides that the Spouse’s consent
must be obtained; or
(c) the Spouse has previously given consent in accordance with this Section and consented to the Participant’s right to
designate any beneficiary without further consent by the Spouse.
The consent of a Spouse in accordance with this Section 5.11.3 shall not be effective with respect to other spouses of the Participant prior to the
Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date, and an election to which Section 5.11.3(b) applies shall become void if the circumstances causing
the consent of the Spouse not to be required no longer exist prior to the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date.
5.11.4. If a Participant has no beneficiary under Section 5.11.1 or Section 5.11.3, if the Participant’s beneficiary(ies) predecease the
Participant, or if the beneficiary(ies) cannot be located by the Committee, the interest of the deceased Participant shall be paid to the
Participant’s surviving Spouse, or if no Spouse survives the Participant, to the personal representative of the Participant’s estate.
Section 5.12. Recalculation of Life Expectancy . If a Participant’s Account is payable over the life expectancy of the Participant and/or his
Spouse and/or another beneficiary, the determination of whether such life expectancy shall be recalculated, in accordance with regulations issued
under section 401(a)(9) of the Code, shall be made as follows:
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