Common use of Death Beneficiary Designation Clause in Contracts

Death Beneficiary Designation. You may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries (contingently, consecutively or successively) to receive shares of Common Stock, if you die while Performance Units are held in your Performance Unit Account, and the Company will distribute upon vesting of the Performance Units shares of Common Stock equal in number to such vested Performance Units to your beneficiary(ies). You may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries from time to time, and you may change your designated beneficiary(ies). A beneficiary may be a trust. A beneficiary designation must be made in writing in a form prescribed by the Company and delivered to the Company while you are alive. If you do not have a designated beneficiary surviving at the time of your death, any transfer of shares of Common Stock will be made to your surviving spouse, if any, and if you do not have a surviving spouse, then to your estate.