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34 <br />7.1.1 Death Benefit Claim Payment Processing. Plan Sponsor Directs Empower to <br />process, without Plan Sponsor’s further approval, death benefit claim forms received in good order from <br />Participants under the Plan in accordance with the procedures provided by Empower to Plan Sponsor. <br />Death benefit claim forms submitted without complete information or without a certified copy of the <br />deceased Participant’s death certificate or other required documentation will not be processed, and the <br />claimant will be notified of the deficiency. Processing will continue once Empower receives all required <br />information and documentation in good order. Plan Sponsor agrees to make determinations with respect <br />to any competing claims, claims which require the Plan Sponsor’s interpretation or other claims that are not <br />specifically addressed in the procedures. In order to receive this service, Plan Sponsor must also utilize <br />Empower’s beneficiary recordkeeping and vesting tracking services , if applicable. This service shall <br />commence following completion of initial beneficiary solicitation. <br />7.1.2 Participant Rollover Contributions. Plan Sponsor Directs Empower to process <br />Participant rollover contributions received in good order pursuant to the P articipant’s instruction in <br />accordance with procedures provided by Empower to the Plan Sponsor and without the Plan Sponsor’s <br />further approval. In the event that a Participant does not elect Investment Options on the incoming direct <br />rollover form but otherwise completes the form, Plan Sponsor further Directs Empower to invest the money <br />according to the Participant's on-going investment elections, and if none are elected, then in the Default <br />Investment Option under the Plan at the time the incoming rollover is received. Separate accounts within <br />the Participant’s account will be maintained for such rollovers. <br />7.1.3 Signatureless Distributions Due to Severance from Employment for Reasons <br />Other than Death or Disability. Plan Sponsor Directs Empower to process, without Plan Sponsor’s further <br />approval, Participant requests for distribution due to severance of employment for any reason other than <br />death or disability, provided such requests are received in good order and in a man ner acceptable to <br />Empower. In order to receive this service, Plan Sponsor must also utilize Empower’s vesting tracking <br />service, if the Plan has a vesting schedule. If Plan Sponsor has not provided a Participant’s termination <br />date or other required information, Plan Sponsor Directs Empower to notify Plan Sponsor to obtain missing <br />information before processing the distribution. For spousal consent purposes, Plan Sponsor Directs <br />Empower to rely on the marital status specified by the Participant in the request form, or as stored on <br />Empower’s recordkeeping system, as applicable. <br />7.1.3.1 Signatureless Distribution Withdrawal Fees Due to Severance from Employment. <br />For each benefit disbursement the following administration fee will apply and will be assessed to the <br />Participant: <br />0.00 for each benefit disbursement. <br />7.1.4 Signatureless In-Service Distributions at Age 59½. Plan Sponsor Directs <br />Empower to process, without Plan Sponsor’s further approval, Participant requests for age 59 ½ in-service <br />distributions, provided such requests are received in good order and in a manner acceptable to Empower. <br />Plan Sponsor represents that the Plan allows Participants to take in-service distributions at age 59 ½ and <br />will provide Empower with information concerning the sources eligible for such distributions. In order to <br />receive this service, Plan Sponsor must also utilize Empower’s vesting tracking service, if the Plan has a