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GENERAL:
If corrections to Code section 415 violations are made to another plan, you must enter the name of plan in which 415 corrections will be made.
BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT:
Section 5.05 Maximum Amount Of Annual Additions:
(a) General Rule.
(1) One Plan. If the Participant does not participate in, and has never participated in another qualified plan maintained by the Employer or a welfare benefit fund, as defined in Code section 419(e) maintained by the Employer, or an individual medical account, as defined in Code section 415(l)(2), maintained by the Employer, or a simplified employee pension, as defined in Code section 408(k), maintained by the Employer, which provides an Annual Addition, the amount of Annual Additions which may be credited to the Participant's Account for any Limitation Year will not exceed the lesser of the maximum permissible amount specified in Section 5.05(b) or any other limitation contained in this Plan. If the Employer contribution that would otherwise be contributed or allocated to the Participant's Account would cause the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed such maximum permissible amount, the amount contributed or allocated will be reduced so that the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year will equal the maximum permissible amount.
(2) Multiple Plans. This Subsection 5.05(a)(2) applies if, in addition to this Plan, the Participant is covered under another qualified defined contribution plan maintained by the Employer, a Code section 403(b) plan maintained by the Employer, a welfare benefit fund maintained by the Employer, an individual medical account maintained by the Employer, or a simplified employee pension maintained by the Employer, that provides an Annual Addition during any Limitation Year. The Annual Additions which may be credited to a Participant's Account under this Plan for any such Limitation Year will not exceed the maximum permissible amount specified in Section 5.05(b) reduced by the Annual Additions credited to a Participant's account under the other qualified defined contribution plans, welfare benefit funds, individual medical accounts, and simplified employee pensions for the same Limitation Year.
(b) Maximum Permissible Amount. For Limitation Years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, the maximum permissible amount is the lesser of:
(1) $40,000, as adjusted for increases in the cost-of-living under Code section 415(d), or
(2) 100 percent of the Participant's Testing Compensation for the Limitation Year. The compensation limit referred to in this Subsection (b)(2) shall not apply to any contribution for medical benefits after separation from service (within the meaning of Code sections 401(h) or 419A(f)(2)) which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Testing Compensation for purposes of Section 5.05 for a Participant in a defined contribution plan who is permanently and totally disabled (as defined in Code section 22(e)(3)) is the compensation such Participant would have received for the Limitation Year if the Participant had been paid at the rate of compensation paid immediately before becoming permanently and totally disabled.
Prior to determining the Participant's actual Testing Compensation for the Limitation Year, the Employer may determine the maximum permissible amount for a Participant on the basis of a reasonable estimation of the Participant's Testing Compensation for the Limitation Year, uniformly determined for all Participants similarly situated. As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the maximum permissible amount for the Limitation Year will be determined on the basis of the Participant's actual Testing Compensation for the Limitation Year.
(c) Correction of Excess.
(1) One Plan. If Subsection 5.05(a)(1) applies and if pursuant to an estimate of Testing Compensation in Section 5.05(b) or as a result of the allocation of forfeitures, there is an excess amount the Plan Administrator shall correct such excess pursuant to the terms of Subsections (d) and (e).
(2) Multiple Plans.
(A) In General. If Subsection 5.05(a)(2) applies and the Annual Additions with respect to the Participant under the other plans specified in Subsection 5.05(a)(2) are less than the maximum permissible amount and the Employer contribution that would otherwise be contributed or allocated to the Participant's Account under this Plan would cause the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed this limitation, the amount contributed or allocated will be reduced so that the Annual Additions under all such plans and funds for the Limitation Year will equal the maximum permissible amount. If the Annual Additions with respect to the Participant under the other plans specified in Subsection 5.05(a)(2) in the aggregate are equal to or greater than the maximum permissible amount, no amount will be contributed or allocated to the Participant's Account under this Plan for the Limitation Year.
(B) Ordering Rule. If pursuant to an estimate of Testing Compensation in Section 5.05(b) or as a result of the allocation of forfeitures, a Participant's Annual Additions under this Plan and such other plans would result in an excess amount for a Limitation Year, the correction shall be first made to the plan designated in the Adoption Agreement. Any excess amount attributed to this Plan will be disposed in the manner described in Subsections (d) and (e). If an excess still remains and the terms of the other plans do not provide an ordering rule, the excess amount will be deemed to consist of the Annual Additions last allocated, except that Annual Additions attributable to a simplified employee pension will be deemed to have been allocated first, followed by Annual Additions to a welfare benefit fund or individual medical account, regardless of the actual allocation date. If an excess amount was allocated to a Participant on an allocation date coincides with an allocation date in more than one plan, the excess amount attributed to such each plan will be the product of: (i) the total excess amount allocated as of such date, times (ii) the ratio of (x) the Annual Additions allocated to the Participant for the Limitation Year as of such date under a particular plan to (y) the total Annual Additions allocated to the Participant for the Limitation Year as of such date under the other defined contribution plans with the same allocation date.
(d) Ordering Rule. Unless the Adoption Agreement provides otherwise, the correction shall be made by first refunding Elective Deferrals and Voluntary Contributions, if any, and then forfeiting any other Company contributions. If the Plan permits Roth Elective Deferrals, the Plan Administrator shall determine the ordering rule for refunds of excess Annual Additions. Such ordering rule may provide that the Participant may elect to have refunds made either from his Pre-tax Elective Deferrals or Roth Elective Deferrals or any combination thereof.
(e) Method of Correcting Company Contributions. Any Company contributions (plus attributable earnings), to the extent they would reduce the excess amount, shall be treated in the following manner:
(1) Reduce Company Contributions. Unless the Adoption Agreement provides otherwise, any amount forfeited pursuant to this Section shall be held unallocated in a suspense account for the Limitation Year and allocated and reallocated pursuant to Article 4 in the next Limitation Year and each succeeding Limitation Year if necessary. The suspense account will be applied to reduce future Company contributions for all remaining Participants in the next Limitation Year, and each succeeding Limitation Year if necessary. If a suspense account is in existence at any time during a Limitation Year pursuant to this Section, other than the year in which the excess occurred, all amounts in the suspense account must be allocated and reallocated to Participants' accounts (subject to the Annual Addition limitation) before any Company contributions and Participant contributions which would constitute Annual Additions may be made to the Plan for that Limitation Year. Excess amounts may not be distributed to Participants or former Participants.
(2) Reallocate to other Participants. If the Adoption Agreement so provides, any amount forfeited pursuant to this Section shall be reallocated to such Accounts of other Participants pursuant to Article 4 to the extent such reallocation does not cause another Participant's Annual Addition to exceed such limitation. However, if the allocation or reallocation of the excess amounts pursuant to the provisions of the Plan causes the Annual Addition limitations to be exceeded with respect to each Participant for the Limitation Year, then these amounts shall be held unallocated in a suspense account. If a suspense account is in existence at any time during a particular Limitation Year pursuant to this Section, other than the Limitation Year described in the preceding sentence, all amounts in the suspense account must be allocated and reallocated to Participants' accounts (subject to the Annual Addition limitation) before any Company contributions and Participant contributions which would constitute Annual Additions may be made to the Plan for that Limitation Year. Excess amounts may not be distributed to Participants or former Participants.
(f) Special ESOP Rule. If for a Plan Year: (i) the Company Stock is not issued by an S Corporation, and (ii) no more than one-third of the Company contributions to the Plan which are deductible under Code section 404(a)(9) are allocated to the Accounts of Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees, there shall be excluded in determining the Annual Addition limit for each Participant for such Plan Year (x) Company contributions to the Plan which are deductible under Code section 404(a)(9)(B) and charged against the Participant's Account; and (y) any forfeitures of Company Stock if such Company Stock was acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan.
(g) Annual Addition Limit if ESOP Stock Value Declines Below Basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of Company contributions attributable to ESOP Contributions that is considered an Annual Addition for any Limitation Year shall in no event be greater than the lesser of (i) the amount of the payment of principal and interest on the Acquisition Loan or (ii) the value of the shares released from the Suspense Account.
The foregoing is only intended to be a brief overview of applicable plan provisions. You should carefully review the entire Adoption Agreement and the entire Basic Plan Document to ensure that your responses to the Adoption Agreement questions accurately reflect the intended design of the plan.
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