LIFE INSURANCE: ACCELERATE BENEFIT OPTION (ABO) FOR YOUR SPOUSE OR STATE-REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNER (continued) Accelerated Benefit Amount We will pay an accelerated benefit up to the percentage shown in the SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS for the amount of Life Insurance in effect for a Terminally Ill Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner, subject to the following: Maximum Accelerated Benefit Amount. The maximum amount We will pay is shown in the SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS. Scheduled Reduction of Life Insurance for a Terminally Ill Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner. If the Life Insurance in effect for a Terminally Ill Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner is scheduled to reduce within the 24 month period after the date You or Your legal representative request an accelerated benefit, We will calculate the accelerated benefit using the amount of Life Insurance that will be in effect for Your Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner immediately after the reduction(s) scheduled for such period. Scheduled end of Life Insurance for a Terminally Ill Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner . If the Life Insurance in effect for a Terminally Ill Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner is scheduled to end due to Your age, Your Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner 's age within 24 months after the date You or Your legal representative request an accelerated benefit, We will not pay an accelerated benefit. We will pay the accelerated benefit in one sum unless You or Your legal representative select another payment mode. Effect of Payment of an Accelerated Benefit On Premiums for Life Insurance. After We pay the accelerated benefit, any future premiums for Dependent Life Insurance You are required to pay for Life Insurance for Your Spouse or State- Registered Domestic Partner will be waived. On Payment of Life Insurance at Your Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner’s death. The amount of Life Insurance that We will pay at death of Your Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner for whom We paid an accelerated benefit will be decreased by the amount of the accelerated death benefit paid by Us for Your Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner . On Life Insurance at conversion. The amount to which Your Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner for whom We paid an accelerated benefit is entitled to convert under the section entitled LIFE INSURANCE: CONVERSION OPTION FOR YOUR DEPENDENTS provision will be decreased by the amount of the accelerated benefit paid by Us for Your Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner . On Your Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner's Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance. Payment of an accelerated benefit will not affect Your Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner's Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance. Date Your Option to Accelerate Benefits Ends The accelerated benefit option for Your Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner will end on the earliest of:  the date Life Insurance for Your Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner ends;  the date Your rights in Life Insurance for Your Spouse or State-Registered Domestic Partner are assigned; or  the date You or Your legal representative have accelerated all Dependent Life Insurance benefits. GCERT2024-WSHCA-WA-LIFE-EMPLOYEE1 66