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<br />5.02 Election of Benefit Commencement Date. A Participant may elect to commence distribution of <br />benefits at any time after retirement or other Severance from Employment, as determined and <br />confirmed by the Plan Sponsor by a notice ftled with the Administrator before the date on which <br />benefits are to commence. However, in no event may distribution of benefits commence later than <br />the date described in Section 5.04(2) Required Beginning Date. <br /> <br />5.03 Forms of Distribution - Benefit Payment Options. Benefits shall be paid in accordance with the <br />payment option elected by the Participant. Payment, method of payment, and settlement options are <br />available as provided by each of the available investment specifications. The Participant shall elect <br />the method of payment based upon the options then available under the Plan, including but not <br />limited to lump sum distributions, periodic payment by fixed amount, periodic payment by fixed time <br />period, partial lump sum payment or purchased annuity. A Participant or Beneficiary who has <br />chosen a payment option, other than the purchased annuity option, shall have the ability to change <br />his payment option subject to any restrictions or limitations imposed by the Plan, the Administrator, <br />an investment option provider, any regulatory agency, or as otherwise required by law. <br /> <br />5.04 Required Minimum Distributions. All distributions under the Plan must comply with IRC <br />Section 401 (a) (9) and the regulations issued thereunder. The provisions of this Section 5.04 will <br />apply for purposes of determining required minimum distributions for calendar years beginning with <br />the 2003 calendar year. The term Designated Beneficiary as used in this Section 5.04 shall have the <br />meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.401 (a) (9)-4. <br /> <br />(a) Requirements of Treasury Regulations Incorporated into Plan. All distributions required <br />under this Section 5.04 will be determined and made in accordance with the Treasury <br />Regulations under promulgated under IRC Section 401 (a) (9). <br /> <br />(b) Required Beginning Date. The Participant's entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be <br />distributed, to the Participant no later than the Participant's required beginning date, which is to <br />begin no later than April 1 following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 l/z <br />or has a Severance from Employment, whichever is later. <br /> <br />(c) Death of Participant before Distributions Begin. If the Participant dies before distributions <br />begin, the Participant's entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, no later than <br />as follows: <br /> <br />(1) If the Participant's surviving Spouse is the Participant's sole Designated Beneficiary, <br />distributions to the surviving Spouse will begin by December 31 of the calendar year <br />immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant dies, or by December 31 of <br />the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 70 Vz, if later. <br /> <br />(2) If the Participant's surviving Spouse is not the Participant's sole Designated Beneficiary, <br />distributions to the Designated Beneficiary will begin by December 31 of the calendar year <br />immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died. <br /> <br />(3) If there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of the <br />Participant's death, and there are no other Designated Beneficiaries, the Participant's entire <br />interest will be distributed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth <br />anniversary of the Participant's death. <br /> <br /><<;l Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc. 8 <br />Consolidated Standard 457 Plan <br />Amended and Restated 457(b) Governmental Plan Document <br />November 11, 2005 <br />