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withhold such sum as the Employer or such person may reasonably estimate to be necessary to cover taxes for which the
Employer or such person may be liable and which may be assessed with regard to such payment of supplemental retirement
income or survivor benefits.
10.10 Amendments. The Board may amend this Plan in its sole discretion. Any such amendment shall be effective at such
date as the Board may determine, except that no such amendment, other than an amendment of a minor nature or permitted in
accordance with the terms of the trust, if any, described in Section 10.4, may apply to any period prior to the announcement o
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the amendment. The Committee may also amend the Plan, both retroactively and prospectively, but only to make minor changes
which are technical or administrative in nature.
10.11 Plan Termination. The Board may at any time terminate this Plan in whole or in part in which case no furthe
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benefits shall accrue hereunder with respect to any affected Participant. If an Employer ceases to be a Subsidiary of the
Company, the participation in this Plan of all Participants employed by that Employer will terminate and no further benefits fo
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such Participants shall accrue hereunder.
10.12 Non Alienation. Subject to Section 10.13, no right or benefit under the Plan shall be subject to anticipation,
alienation, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, assign, pledge,
encumber or charge the same shall be void. No right or benefit under the Plan shall in any manner be liable for or subject to the
debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of the person entitled to such benefits, except such claims as may be made by the Company
or any other Employer.
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