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additional benefits (other than benefit accruals relating to the period of qualified military service) provided under the Plan had the Participant resumed and then terminated employment on account of death. 1.5 Designation of Beneficiary. (a) Each Participant shall designate in writing the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries whom such Participant desires to receive the benefits (if any) that are payable under this Plan in the event of the Participant's death. Such designation must be evidences by a written instrument filed with the Employer, on a form prescribed by the Employer, and signed by the Participant. (b) Except as set forth in subsection (c), the Beneficiary of a married Participant shall be the Participant's spouse at the date of death, unless the written consent of such spouse is provided upon a form acceptable to the Employer. If no valid designation of Beneficiary, along with a valid spousal consent, is on file with the Employer at the time of the death of the Participant, or if for any reason at the sole discretion of the Employer, such designation is defective, then (except as set forth in subsection (c)) the spouse of such Participant shall be conclusively deemed to be the Beneficiary designated to receive such benefit. (c) The spousal consent required under subsection (b) shall not be required if Participant declares in writing that one of the following conditions exists: (i) The Participant is not married; (ii) The Participant does not know, and has taken all reasonable steps to determine, the whereabouts of the spouse; (iii) The spouse is incapable of executing the acknowledgment because of an incapacitating mental or physical condition; N131:564577.3 3 55C-44