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SECTION XII MISCELLANEOUS 12.1 Non-Assignability Except as provided in Sections 12.2 and 12.3,no benefit under the Plan at any time shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, assignment(either at law or in equity), encumbrance, garnishment, levy, execution, or other legal or equitable process; and no person shall have power in any manner to anticipate,transfer, assign(either law or in equity), alienate or subject to attachment, garnishment, levy, execution, or other legal or equitable process, or in any way encumber his or her benefits under the Plan, or any part thereof, and any attempt to do so shall be void except to such extent as may be required by law. 12.2 Domestic Relation Orders The Employer shall establish reasonable procedures to determine the status of domestic relations orders and to administer distributions under domestic relations orders which are deemed to be qualified orders. Such procedures shall be in writing and shall comply with the provisions of Code Section 414(p) and regulations issued thereunder. Notwithstanding Section 12.1,the Administrator may affect a Participant's Account Balance for a "qualified domestic relations order" as defined in Code Section 414(p), and those other domestic relations orders permitted to be so treated by the Administrator under the provisions of the Retirement Equity Act of 1984. The amount of the Participant's Account Balance shall be paid in the manner and to the person or persons so directed in the qualified domestic relations order. Such payment shall be made without regard to whether the Participant is eligible for a distribution of benefits under the Plan. 12.3 IRS Levy Notwithstanding Section 12.1,the Administrator may pay from a Participant's or Beneficiary's Account Balance the amount that the Administrator finds is lawfully demanded under a levy issued by the Internal Revenue Service to the Plan with respect to that Participant or Beneficiary or is sought to be collected by the United States Government under a judgment resulting from an unpaid tax assessment against the Participant or Beneficiary. 12.4 Mistaken Contributions Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the Trust Fund to the contrary,in the event any contribution of an Employer is made under a mistake of fact(and not a Plan operational error), such contribution may be returned to the Employer within one year after the payment of the contribution.Earnings attributable to the excess contribution may not be returned to the Employer, but losses attributable thereto must reduce the amount to be so returned. 34 GN-107672 Specimen 457(b)Plan Document GPLANLVL—CORRSPND Deferred Compensation Plan Ver 102011