Common use of JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY Clause in Contracts

JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY. If a participant has a spouse (as defined in section 2.7 below) on his supplemental retirement benefit commencement date, payment of his supplemental retirement benefits shall be in the form of a joint and 50 percent survivor annuity unless the participant has theretofore elected pursuant to the preceding provisions of this section 2.4 to have his benefits provided in a single lump sum. Such joint and 50 percent survivor annuity shall consist of a reduced monthly benefit continuing during the participant's lifetime, and if such spouse is living at the time of the participant's death, payment of 50 percent of such monthly benefit shall be made to such spouse until such spouse's death occurs. The amount of the participant's and such spouse's benefits under this subsection shall be calculated so that it is the actuarial equivalent of the supplemental retirement benefits to which the participant would otherwise be entitled under the plan. If such spouse predeceases the participant, or if the participant and such spouse cease to be married after the participant's supplemental retirement benefit commencement date, there shall be no adjustment to the participant's monthly payments and no supplemental retirement benefits shall be payable to any person after the participant's death.