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<br />Except as may be required to maintain the status of the Plan as an eligible deferred
<br />compensation plan under Section 457(b) of the Code or to comply with other applicable
<br />laws, no amendment Ot termination of the Plan shall divest any Participant of any rights
<br />with respect to coml'ensation deferted before the date of the amendment or termination. .
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<br />Article XIII. Applicable Law
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<br />This Plan and Trust shall be construed under the laws of the state where the Employer is
<br />located and is established with the intent that it meet the tequirements of an "eligible
<br />deferred compensation plan" under Section 457(b) of the Code, as amended. The provisions
<br />of this Plan and Trust shall be interpteted wherever possible in conformity with the
<br />requirements of that Section of the Code. .,
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<br />In addition, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Plan shall be
<br />administered in compliance with the requitement$ of Section 414(u) of the Code. .
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<br />Article XIV. Gender and Number
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<br />The masculine pronoun, whenever used hetein, shall include the feminine pronoun, and the
<br />singUlar shall include the plural, except where the COntext tequires otherwise.
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