Death of a participant

• In the event of the death of a participant or spouse, notify the Plan.
• Pension benefits may be available to the beneficiaries of a participant who dies before retirement.
• If the participant was retired before death, benefits to the beneficiary will depend upon the type of pension selected.

Death of a spouse

• In the event of the death of a spouse of a participant, notify the Plan.
• If you are the surviving participant of the Plan and have not begun taking your pension benefit, you must update your beneficiary designation using the Designation of Beneficiary Form.
• If you have retired under the Plan, your benefits will change only if you are drawing your pension under one of the Pop-up Option forms.

Death of a designated beneficiary

• In the event of the death of a designated beneficiary, update your beneficiaries using the Designation of Beneficiary Form.