Common use of Alternative Death Benefit Clause in Contracts

Alternative Death Benefit. If the Early or Normal Retirement Benefit which the Executive would have been entitled to (if he had retired) on the day immediately preceding the date of the Executive’s death exceeds the Death Benefit payable under Section 3.1, the Beneficiary shall be entitled to an amount equal to such Early or Normal Retirement Benefit paid as a replacement for the Death Benefit. Such sum shall be paid over a period of ten (10) years beginning with the fifteenth (15th) day of the first calendar month following the date of the Executive’s death and on the next following nine (9) anniversaries of the first payment.