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Beneficiary may depose the Participating Employer, pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, plus
two other witnesses. Each party may make such reasonable document discovery requests as are allowed in the discretion of
the arbitrator.
(v) The decision of the arbitrator shall be final, binding, and non-appealable, and may be enforced as a final judgment
in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(vi) This arbitration provision of the Plan shall extend to claims against any parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of each party,
and, when acting within such capacity, any officer, director, shareholder, Participant, Beneficiary, or agent of any party, or of
any of the above, and shall apply as well to claims arising out of state and federal statutes and local ordinances as well as to
claims arising under the common law or under this Plan.
(vii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and unless otherwise agreed between the parties, either party may apply to any
federal court of the United States of America sitting in the Western District of Texas and any appellate court from any thereof
for provisional relief, including a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction, on the ground that the arbitration
award to which the applicant may be entitled may be rendered ineffectual without provisional relief.
(viii) Any arbitration hereunder shall be conducted in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act: provided, however,
that, in the event of any inconsistency between the rules and procedures of the Act and the terms of this Plan, the terms of this
Plan shall prevail.
(ix) The parties do not agree to arbitrate any putative class action or any other representative action. The parties agree to
arbitrate only the claims(s) of a single Participant or Beneficiary.
(b)
If any of the provisions of this Section 12.5 are determined to be unlawful or otherwise unenforceable, in the whole part,
such determination shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this section and this section shall be reformed to the extent
necessary to carry out its provisions to the greatest extent possible and to insure that the resolution of all conflicts between
the parties, including those arising out of statutory claims, shall be resolved by neutral, binding arbitration. If a court should
find that the provisions of this Section 12.5 are not absolutely binding, then the parties intend any arbitration decision and
award to be fully admissible in evidence in any subsequent action, given great weight by any finder of fact and treated as
determinative to the maximum extent permitted by law.
(c)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant and a Participating Employer are parties to a written employment agreement
that provides for the arbitration of disputes thereunder and sets forth procedures for such arbitration, then those arbitration
procedures shall supersede the procedures set forth in Section 12.5(a)
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