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<br />(b) an annuity contract shall be issued by an insurance company qualified to do business in the state <br />where the contract was issued and may not include any life, health or accident, property casualty <br />or liability insurance contract, and <br /> <br />Cc) the custodian of any custodial account created pursuant to this Plan must be a bank, as described <br />in IRC Section 408Cn), or a person who meets the non-bank trustee requirements of paragraphs <br />(2)-C6) of Section 1.408-2Ce) of the Income Tax Regulations relating to the use of non-bank <br />trustees. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XII <br />Miscellaneous <br /> <br />12.01 Non-Assignability. Except as provided in Article VII and Section 12.02 IRS Levy, the interests of <br />each Participant and Beneficiary under the Plan are not subject to the claims of the Participant's or <br />Beneficiary's creditors; and neither the Participant nor any Beneficiary shall have any right to sell, <br />assign, transfer, or otherwise convey the right to receive any payments hereunder or any interest <br />under the Plan, which payments and interest are expressly declared to be non-assignable and non- <br />transferable. Furthermore, in accordance Section 522 of the Bankruptcy Abuse Protection and <br />Consumer Protection Act of 2005 C"the Act"), retirement funds that are in a fund that is exempt <br />from taxation under IRC Section 457 may be exempted from an individual's property estate for <br />purposes of the Act. <br /> <br />12.02 IRS Levy. Notwithstanding Section 12.01 Non-Assignability, the Administrator may pay from a <br />Participant's, Beneficiary's, or Alternate Payee's Account Balance the amount that the Administrator <br />finds is lawfully demanded under a levy issued by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to that <br />Participant, Beneficiary, or Alternate Payee or is sought to be collected by the United States <br />Government under a judgment resulting from an unpaid tax assessment against the Participant, <br />Beneficiary, or Alternate Payee. <br /> <br />12.03 Mistaken Contributions. If any contribution Cor any portion of a contribution) is made to the Plan <br />by a good faith mistake of fact, then within one year after the payment of the contribution, and upon <br />receipt in good order of a proper request approved by the Administrator, the amount of the mistaken <br />contribution Cadjusted for any income or loss in value, if any, allocable thereto) shall be returned <br />directly to the Participant or, to the extent required or permitted by the Administrator, to the <br />Employer. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XIII <br />Amendment and Termination <br /> <br />13.01 Amendment and Termination. The Plan Sponsor may at any time modify, amend, suspend, or <br />terminate the Plan in whole or in part Cincluding retroactive amendments) or cease deferring <br />Compensation pursuant to the Plan for some or all Participants. In the event of such an action, the <br />Plan Sponsor shall deliver to each affected Participant a notice of such modification, amendment, or <br />termination or a notice that it shall cease deferring Compensation; provided, however, that the Plan <br />Sponsor shall not have the right to reduce or affeCt the value of any Participant's Account Balance or <br />any rights accrued under the Plan prior to such modification, amendment, termination, or cessation. <br /> <br />13.02 No Effect of Plan on Employment of Participants. Neither the establishment of the Plan nor <br />any modification thereof, nor the establishment of an account, nor any agreement between the Plan <br />Sponsor and the Administrator nor the payment of any benefits, shall be construed as giving to any <br />Participant or other person any legal or equitable right against the Plan Sponsor except as herein <br /> <br />@ Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc. 18 <br />Consolidated Standard 457 Plan <br />Amended and Restated 457(b) Governmental Plan Document <br />November 11, 2005 <br />