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457 Plan and Trust Do~ent 7.04 Post-Retirement Death Benefits: (a) Should the Participant die after he/she has begun to receive benefits under a payment option, the remaining payments, if any, under the payment option shall continue until the Administrator receives notice of the Participant's death. Upon. notification of the Participant's death, benefits shall be payable to the Participant's Beneficiary commencing not later than December 31 of the year following the year of the Participant's death, provided that the Beneficiary may elect to begin benefits earlier than that date. (b) In the event that the Beneficiary dies before the payment of death benefits has commenced or been completed, the remaining value of the Participant's Account shall be paid to the estate of the Beneficiary in a lump sum. In the event that the Participant's estate is the Beneficiary, payment shall be made to the estate in a lump sum. 7.05 Pre-Retirement Death Benefits: (a) Should the Participant die before he or she has begun to receive the benefits provided by Section 7.01, the value of the Participant's Account shall be payable to the Beneficiary commencing not later than December 31 of the year following the year of the Participant's death, provided that the Beneficiary may elect to begin benefits earlier than that date. (b) In the event that the Beneficiary dies before the payment of death benefits has commenced or been complered, the remaining value of the Participant's Accounr shall be paid to the estate of the Beneficiary in a lump sum. In the event that the Participant's esrate is the Beneficiary, payment shall be made to the estate in a lump sum. 7.06 Unforeseeable Emergencies: (a) In the event an unforeseeable emergency occurs, a Participant or Beneficiary may apply to the Employer to receive that part of the value of his or her Account that is reasonably needed to satisfy the emergency need. If such an application is approved by the Employer, the Participant or Beneficiary shall be paid only such amount as the Employer deems necessary to meet the emergency need, but payment shall not be made to the extent that the financial hardship may be relieved through cessation of deferral under the Plan, insurance or other reimbursement, or liquidation of other assets to the extent such liquidation would not itself cause severe financial hardship. (b) An unforeseeable emergency shall be deemed to involve only circumstances of severe financial hardship to the Participant or Beneficiary resulting from a sudden . unexpected illness, accident, or disability of the Participant, Beneficiary, or of the . spouse or dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant or Beneficiary, loss of the Participant's or Beneficiary's property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by homeowner's insurance, e.g., as a result of a natural disaster), or other 13