(2) Optional assumptions. Prior to the first information year in which the mortality assumptions prescribed under
section 302(d)(7)(C)(ii)(II) of ERISA apply to all of the plans maintained by a controlled group, the value of unfunded vested benefits for a plan may be determined by substituting for the respective assumptions used under
paragraph (b)(1) of this section (but not using the alternative calculation method under
§ 4006.4(c) of this chapter) all of the following assumptions: