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8.04. Unforeseeable Emergency: Notwithstanding any other Provisions herein, In the event of an UnforeSeeable Emergency, a PARTICIPANT may request that benefils be paid to him ImmediatelY; provided, however, that payment of any such benefits after the Elected or Mandatory Commencement Date shall be subject to any limitations Specified bY an investment carrier. Such request shall be filed in accordance with procedures established pursuant to this Plan. If the application for payment is approved by the EMPLOYER or its designee, payments shall be effected within 45 days of such approval. Benefits fo be Paid shall be limited strictly to the amount necessary to meet the Unforeseeable Emergency constituling linancial hardship to the extent such UnfOreseeable EmergencY is not relieved: fa) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise; (b) by liquidation of the PARTICIPANT'S assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause financial hardship; or (c) by cessation of deferrals under the Plan. Foreseeable personal expenditures normally budgetable, such as a down payment on a home, the purchase of an automobile, college or other educational expenses, etc., will not constitute an Unforeseeable Emergency. The decision of the EMPLOYER or ifs designee concerning the payment of benefits under this Section shall be final. ARTICLE IX Administration of Plan 9.01. The Employer may at any time amend, modify, or terminate the Plan without the consent of the PARTICIPANT (or any Beneficiary thereof). All amendments shall become effective forty-five (45) days after the issuance of notice of the amendments by the Administrator to the EMPLOYER. To the extent it is possible to do so, the Administrator shall mall an explanation of all amendments that become effective during the year to the PARTICIPANT with his annual report. Ne amendments shall deprive the PARTICIPANT of any of the benefits to which he is entitled under this Plan with respect to deferred amounts credited to his account prior to the effective date of the amendment. If the Plan is Curtailed, terminated, or the acceptance of additional deferred amounts suspended permanently, the Administrator shall nonetheless be responsible for the supervision of the payment of benefits resulting from amounts deferred prior to the amendment, modification, or termination in accordance with Article VIII hereof. 9,02. Any companies that may issue any policies, coniracts, or other forms of investment media used by the EMPLOYER or specified by the PARTICIPANT, are not parties to this Plan and such companies shag have no responsibility or accountablility to the PARTICIPANT or his Beneficiary with regard to the operation of this Plan. 9.03. Participation in this Plan by a Public Employee shall not be construed to give a contract of employment to fhe PARTICIPANT or to alter or amend an existing employment contract of the PARTICIPANT, nor shall participation in this Plan be construed as affording to the PARTICIPANT any representation or guarantee regarding his continued employment. 9.04. The EMPLOYER and the Administrator do not represent or guarantee that any particular Feder.a.I or State income, payroll, personal property, or other tax consequence will occur because of the PARTICIP~ANT'S participation in this Plan. The PARTICIPANT should consult with his own representative regarding all questions of Federal or State income, payroll, personal property, or olher tax consequences arising from participation in this Plan. 9.05. The Administrator shall have the power to appoint agents to act for and in fha administration of this Plan and to select depositories for the assets of this Plan. 9.06. Whenever used herein, the masculine gender shall include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural unless the provisions of the Plan specifically require a different construction. Page 6 (~- '!1~') DC-502-B t8-89)